Israel’s Welfare Dependency Grows: Largest Recipient of U.S. Foreign Aid
Israel now receives $3.2 billion in direct foreign assistance, courtesy of American taxpayers each year. This is about one-fifth of...
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Platinum Hedge Fund Executives Charged With $1 Billion Fraud
For years, the little-known New York hedge fund Platinum Partners stood out for double-digit investment returns that rivaled some of...
Just in Time for Christmas, Commander-in-Hack Donald Trump Calls for More Nukes
Donald Trump apparently has been hitting the pipe again. On December 22, he tweeted: “The United States must greatly strengthen...
George W. Bush: Asleep At The Wheel Before The 9/11 Attacks
On August 6, 2001, George W. Bush was on a month-long vacation at his ranch in Crawford, Texas. That morning,...
Pope Francis Says Money Dominates Politics
Pope Francis had strong words for world leaders’ priorities, including United States president-elect Donald Trump last week. During a speech...
Pipeline 150 Miles from Standing Rock Spews More Than 176,000 Gallons of Oil Into Water Supply
Echoing the same dangers that water protectors warned about the Dakota Access Pipeline, another pipeline in the Western part of...
Trump’s Labor Secretary Pick Is Declaration Of War On America’s Workers
Donald Trump’s pick as Labor Secretary telegraphs his plan to use the Executive Branch of the government to declare war...
Pentagon Caught Wasting $125 Billion in Taxpayer Money
As of January 2015, the Pentagon had wasted roughly $125 billion. At least this is what The Washington Post claims...
Bernie Sanders: Donald Trump ‘Has Endangered’ U.S. Jobs With Carrier Deal
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is not impressed by President-elect Donald Trump’s deal with Carrier Corp. to keep roughly...
Presidential Election Hacked? Green Party Raises $2 Million to Find Out
Citing the dangers of hacked voting machines, Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein said on Wednesday that she intends to...
Klan Terrorist David Duke Hails Trump’s “Great” Selection Of Jeff Sessions For Attorney General
David Duke — a white nationalist radio host, noted anti-Semite, failed 2016 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, and former Ku...
Progressives Bernie Sanders And Elizabeth Warren Win Senate Leadership Posts
WASHINGTON ― Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) will both have seats at the Senate Democratic leadership...
Trump Refills Swamp With More Lobbyists
In the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he pledged to “drain the swamp” in Washington, D.C. by, among...
The Fuhrer Donald Trump Appoints White Nationalist Steve Bannon to Chief Strategist
Steve Bannon, the Breitbart News Network executive chairman known for having white nationalist views ― and who has himself been accused...
Two Days After Election, Trump Is Proving His Entire Campaign Was A Massive Con
Less than two days after Donald Trump stunned the world and defeated Hillary Clinton in the presidential race, the new...
Losing the Popular Vote, Trump Ekes Out Enough Electoral Votes to Claim Presidency: Street Protests Follow
NEW YORK — Protesters dissatisfied by Donald Trump’s stunning victory took to the streets on Wednesday in several cities. In...
Trump May Have Used Illegal Scheme To Skip Paying Taxes
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has basically admitted that he avoided paying federal income tax for years in the 1990s....
Voters will soon be casting their ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington to raise the minimum wage
Voters, “tired of waiting” for federal lawmakers, will soon be casting their ballot in Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington to...
An Anti-Environmentalist Trump Presidency Would Likely Mean 3.4 Billion Tons More Carbon Emissions
A new analysis of policies promised by US Presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump by Lux Research has shown...
Stormtrooper GOP Senator Threatens Hillary Clinton
Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) joked during private remarks about putting a bullseye on Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, CNN reported...
Obama Economy Slashes Poverty Rate
If such a large percentage of the American people weren’t plagued with willful ignorance and inherent stupidity, or an inability...
To Keep Drug Prices High Big Pharma Spends Over a Hundred Million Dollars to Defeat California Ballot Measure
There is a fiercely fought and extremely expensive political battle raging in California over the passage of Proposition 61, an...
Donald Trump would give massive cut tax cuts to the richest one percent, adding trillions to the national debt
The Tax Foundation, a conservative D.C. think tank created to argue for lower taxes on the wealthy and corporations, found that...
From Abuse of Women to Abuse of the Tax Code Donald Trump Reeks of Entitlement
When Donald Trump mentioned in his presidential announcement speech last summer that Mexico was “sending rapists,” he made the prevention...
Journalist Amy Goodman Invokes 1st Amendment Rights Against N. Dakota Pipeline Company
October 13, 2016 – Award-winning journalist Amy Goodman, charged with criminal trespassing for filming an attack on Native American-led pipeline...
Wells Fargo Hustler CEO John Stumpf Walks Off With $130 Million
Stumpf opted for early retirement amid controversy, but the longtime bank boss is walking away with around $130 million, according...
Another Donald Trump Con: Donald Poses As ‘A Blue-Collar Kinda Guy’
President Obama debunked the myth of Donald Trump as a blue collar populist while rallying voters in Ohio for Hillary...
600 Megawatt Colorado Wind Farm Blows Past ALEC Roadblock
The powerful lobbying organization ALEC has been trying to trip up the US wind industry for years, but it looks...
Donald Trump Claims His Billionaire “Star” Status Allows Him To Get Away With Molestation
WASHINGTON ― A New York Times editorial says the issue with Trump’s lewd comments isn’t the lewdness. It’s that Trump...
Union Workers Launch #BoycottTrump Protest After His Refusal to Negotiate at Las Vegas Hotel
Las Vegas, NV – Citing federal law allowing boycotts for the purpose of forcing an employer to honor their duty...
Justin Bieber Condemns Big Pharma For Blocking Medical Marijuana Legalization
Medical marijuana advocates have a new ally ― and he’s tweeting his support to a massive audience. Justin Bieber criticized...
Exxon Mobil Sued Over Climate Change Cover-Up
The environmental advocacy group Conservation Law Foundation has made good on its threat to sue Exxon Mobil Corp., filing what it says is the...
Giuliani Attempts to ‘Put Lipstick on a Pig’ by Defending Trump’s Tax Dodging
Rudy Giuliani went on ABC’s This Week and added to the woes of the Trump campaign with a series of...
Community Solar Project to Retrain Underemployed and Unemployed Coal Miners
San Diego-based Solar Alliance Energy plans to build a 500 kW community solar generation and battery storage project in Southern...
Clinton Proposes Raising Taxes on U.S. Billionaire Estates
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday proposed raising taxes on inherited property to 65 percent for the largest...
Trump Brags About Ripping Off Workers, Profiting from the Housing Crisis and Gaming the System
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump bragged Monday night about taking advantage of the housing market crash, an architect he once...
Donald Trump Busted for Using Charity Money to Settle His Lawsuits
The Washington Post has revealed that Donald Trump used more than $250,000 from his charitable foundation to settle lawsuits against...
Republican Leader Paul Ryan’s Tax Plan is a Massive Handout to the Richest One Percent
Paul Ryan (WI), Republican Speaker of the House, has lately fashioned himself as a crusader for the poor, apologizing for...
Political Thug Chris Christie Knew About Bridge Lane Closings as They Happened, Prosecutors Say
NEWARK — Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey knew that three of his top officials were involved in a plan...
Lust for Profits Behind Opioid Epidemic
Opioid addiction rates have skyrocketed over the past two decades, costing millions in health insurance costs and lost productivity in...
California Governor Calls Out Big Pharma On Price Gouging
On Friday, California governor Jerry Brown signed off on a new state law that would allow businesses such as restaurants...
Studies Show Trump’s Economic Plan Would Rig the Tax System Even More in Favor of the Richest One Percent
WASHINGTON ― Donald Trump touted a retooled economic plan on Thursday, promising to provide middle-class tax cuts and eliminate perks...
Elizabeth Warren: Executives At Wells Fargo Who Scammed Customers Should Return Money
In the wake of the fraud scandal at Wells Fargo, Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined with a group of senators...
Republican Candidate Donald Trump Bought A 6-Foot-Tall Portrait Of Himself With Charity Money
In 2007, Donald Trump spent $20,000 that belonged to his charity — the Donald J. Trump Foundation — to buy...
Middle Class Americans Just Got a Huge Income Boost
It looks like Americans finally got a raise. The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday released its annual report on income,...
Oil Industry Unleashes Attack Dogs and Pepper Spray on Native American Protestors
For the second time in as many weeks, Americans are learning that their 1st Amendment right to free expression, including...
