DeMarco Morgan | (CBSN) | (Video News Report) | – – “An Idaho lawmaker is facing intense scrutiny after defending the GOP health care bill. During a town hall, Rep. Raul Labrador said that “nobody dies because they don’t have access to health care.” CBSN’s DeMarco Morgan has more.” 1. CBS News: “Idaho lawmaker faces […]
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Plutocracy
Dems to GOP After Trumpcare Vote: hey, hey, say Goodbye (in Next Election)
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | – – President Trump celebrated with House Republicans in the White House Rose Garden amid growing call to ‘make them pay’ As Republicans joined President Donald Trump for a victory photo op and beer bash at the White House following the passage of the American Healthcare […]
Trump’s Real sin in DC is not distinguishing between “Good” and “Bad” Dictators
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Donald J. Trump’s peculiar comments about and relationship with dictators and loonies among foreign leaders have upset a range of observers, from sincere human rights activists to cold-blooded Think Tank Rats. First he welcomed the Philippines’ demagogue and possibly cold-blooded murderer Rodrigo Duterte to Washington. Then […]
Trump White House Taking “Marching Orders” from Hundreds of CEOs: Report
Nadia Prupis, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – One of every five of the corporate executives who met with the Trump administration within the first 100 days represented the banking or financial sector’ “President Trump not only has betrayed the promises of candidate Trump by failing to break up the special-interest monopoly […]
“Steve Bannon just Snapped” – “Super-Scary” (TYT & Maz Jobrani)
The Young Turks | (Lively Video Discussion) | – – “The Trump Administration would like you to think they aren’t still plagued with infighting. Wrong. Sad. Babies. Ana Kasparian, John Iadarola, and Maz Jobrani, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. . . “White House advisers Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner are at war, creating the […]
Asian Doctor Violently Pulled Off US Plane by Security Guards
TeleSur | – – While he was allowed back on the flight, the man’s face was bleeding from the force the guards exerted. A viral video has yet again stirred controversy around United Airlines after footage showed security personnel dragging a screaming man off a plane Sunday evening. The flight, from Chicago O’Hare Airport to […]
Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his election will end business as usual in Washington. The self-glorifying Trump agrees and indeed his has, so far, been the most unorthodox presidency of our era, if not any era. It’s a chaotic and tweet-driven administration that makes headlines […]
Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil
TeleSur | – – The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President Donald Trump made good on campaign promises Tuesday, signing an executive order reversing measures put in place by the Obama administration to address […]
Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?
By Ernesto Falcon | (Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – Majority Leader McCarthy Confirms House to Immediately Act on Behalf of the Cable and Telephone Industry Following the Senate Vote Last week, the U.S. Senate by a razor thin margin of 50 to 48 voted to take away the privacy rights of Internet users as […]