Ocasio-Cortez blasts GOP for letting Elon Musk kill drug pricing reform
She slammed the Republican Party for allowing Elon Musk to derail bipartisan drug pricing reforms, calling the move a clear example of oligarchic control over American politics.
Justice Department charges 4 men in Panama Papers scandal
“Today we announce the indictment of four individuals who allegedly defrauded the U.S. government through a large scale, intercontinental money laundering and wire fraud scheme, associated with Mossack Fonseca and its affiliates."
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, July 5, 2018
Protests at the Statue of Liberty, a neo-Nazi has governmental security status, the Supreme Court rules against unions, and more.
Prominent economists ask government for substantial improvements to short-time compensation program in next COVID-19...
“Congress has the power to protect ordinary workers during this public health and economic crisis.”
Trump rages to snuff out Democracy’s candle
Will We Rage Against the Dying of Its Light?
Trump holds a trump card: The power to pardon
U.S. Constitution, Article II, Section 2 on pardon power of the president: ‘The President shall...have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.’
Whose Century Is It?
Perhaps this is no longer really the American century at all, despite the continuing status of the U.S. as the planet’s sole superpower.
Progressives’ Case Against Hillary Clinton
The Clintons are right out of “House of Cards” - the Netflix series. The corporate media is in cahoots with her for obvious reasons – she represents corporatocracy, warmongering and globalism.
The rise of the centibillionaires!
If you think wealth and power are too concentrated in the hands of a privileged few now, just imagine what a few more years of trickle-down nonsense will bring.