Sunday, October 4, 2026

Tag: Legal Accountability

Alex Jones agrees to liquidate Infowars empire to pay $1.5 billion...

This historic move follows years of misinformation and defamation by Jones regarding the tragic 2012 school shooting.

NRA and Wayne LaPierre found guilty in corruption case: A blow...

A Manhattan jury delivers a seismic verdict, finding Wayne LaPierre and the NRA guilty of corruption, shaking the foundations of America's gun rights stronghold.

Trump pardons promise the sleazy ‘total immunity’ escape-hatch that courts defy 

What smart primary candidates stumble into self-destructive mode, immune from knowing smart pandering from dumb pandering.

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The Oregon State Capitol in Salem. Photo: M.O. Stevens (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Midterms Have Revived Universal Healthcare Debate. These States Are Ahead of Everyone.

While Democratic congressional candidates are floating the restoration of federal Affordable Care Act subsidies and Medicaid funding, Oregon officials are crafting a more ambitious plan to implement universal coverage in their state.
An Amazon warehouse in Garner, North Carolina, not the Rock Tavern facility. Photo: Indy beetle (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Amazon warehouse workers in Rock Tavern strike over conveyor speeds and ignored safety complaints

Teamsters say managers deleted safety posts from Amazon's internal feedback board; Amazon says the picket was an illegal attempt to intimidate workers.
A classroom in the United States. Photo: Marie from Malang, East Java, Indonesia / CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

We’re Reporters, Not Teachers. We Were Able to Start Private Schools Anyway.

Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places.
A lethal injection room at San Quentin State Prison in California. Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Christa Pike’s botched execution exposes the deep contradictions of a ‘painless’ state-imposed death

Lethal injections are not typically administered by doctors, given executions are incompatible with their oath to protect lives.
The Frances Perkins Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Labor in Washington. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Senate confirms Keith Sonderling as labor secretary, 47-41

The vote fell along party lines after a hearing in which Democrats questioned him over a rolled-back overtime rule; the seat had been empty since April.