Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Supreme Court Legalizes Influence Peddling: McDonnell v. United States

McDonnell completes Roberts’ cooptation of the liberal justices to the dark side.

Paul Ryan’s Economic Plan

“Never underestimate the power of dogma when propagandistically spread about among people who do not know much history.”

VICTORY: Washington DC Raises Minimum Wage to $15

Several other cities have passed minimum wage laws, promising to have a minimum wage of $15 an hour by 2020 or 2021.

The Age of Disintegration

Neoliberalism, Interventionism, the Resource Curse, and a Fragmenting World

EXCLUSIVE: The Hidden Billionaires behind Trump

The Foreclosure King, The Three-Headed Dog From Hell and Goldman Sachs

Brexit: The Day We Entered the Eye of the Maelstrom

In this environment, the Obama administration’s pushing of the TPP is recklessly irresponsible politics that send us nose down into the eye of the maelstrom.

Justice Thomas Passionately Argues That Convicted Domestic Abusers Need Easier Access To Guns

In a dissenting opinion, Thomas lays out his issues with the Supreme Court upholding a gun ban for convicted domestic abusers.

Texas Abortion Law Just Ruled Unconstitutional

SCOTUS rules 5-3 that Texas’s abortion law is unconstitutional.

Uh-Oh Monsanto: EU Glyphosate License Set to Expire this Month

Glyphosate may soon be off European shelves permanently.

The Empire’s Fools

“To all those fools out there who either believe in the lies and disinformation shoveled at them, or the ones who tell this writer "Voting for a 3rd party is a wasted vote": Karma is real!!”