Michigan agrees to $600 million settlement in Flint water crisis
“If money is how government expresses sorrow for its crimes — this is a big apology.”
Spurned reporters should dump Trump briefings and turn to investigative journalism
We need less advertising (or “public relations” in some versions), and a helluva lot more journalism these days.
Lawsuit alleging Trump’s business interests violate Constitution can proceed, judge rules
The doors are now open for the Maryland and District of Columbia legal teams to start collecting sensitive financial information from both Trump and the Trump Organization.
Trump’s backpedaling shows he’s not invincible
Protests will not directly convince Trump to change his views. But they can create an activated base of opposition.
Sedition
Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said today they will vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory next Wednesday when Congress meets to formally certify it.
Corporations exploit Trump’s tariff chaos to raise prices as global economic uncertainty deepens
As new tariffs drive up costs for food, steel, and manufacturing inputs, corporations are using the trade war as cover to inflate prices and profit margins while working families foot the bill.
Republicans: Against government of, by, and for the people
Don’t these control freaks understand that when a country like America is in the midst of a crisis it’s the job of the government to step in and use all the resources it has to bring it under control?
Trump announces plans to pull out of Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces treaty
“We will move forward with developing our own military response options and will work with NATO and our other allies and partners to deny Russia any military advantage from its unlawful conduct.”
Wall Street’s Fraud of the Week Club
“Despite the evidence, many people still see these banks and the people who run them as respectable corporate citizens. In the words of that unnamed Goldman Sachs executive: If they only knew.”
Watch Bernie Sanders call out CNN for airing Big Pharma ads during the debate
"The healthcare industry will be advertising tonight on this program."