Plutocracy

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 […]

Authoritarianism

Asian Doctor Violently Pulled Off US Plane by Security Guards

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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 […]

Donald Trump

Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security

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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 […]

Climate Change

Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil

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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 […]

Corporate Surveillance

Can you stop House from selling out your online Privacy, as Senate Just Did?

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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 […]

Corruption

How Foreign Powers Could Try to Buy Trump

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The Atlantic | (Video Report) | – – “Donald Trump is an unprecedentedly wealthy president, who owns or licenses his name to buildings, casinos, and luxury hotels around the world. An ethics watchdog group has already brought a lawsuit against him for violating the Constitution’s “Emoluments Clause,” which prohibits government officials from receiving gifts from […]

Donald Trump

Let them eat iPhones: Jason Chaffetz on Health Care & the Poor (Young Turks)

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks Video Clip) | – – TYT metadata: “Poor people don’t fund Jason Chaffetz’s campaigns, so they can take a long walk off a short pier. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. . . “Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) is proposing a quick fix for low-income Americans […]

African-Americans

It’s Racism, Stupid. America’s Persistent Racial Wealth Divide

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By Josh Hoxie | ( Inequality.org ) | – – A new study shows the legacy of racism far outweighs individual financial decisions in driving the growing gap between black and white families. No myth around around our staggering racial wealth divide may be more entrenched than the notion that black and brown people have […]

Donald Trump

Trumpocalypse: How the U.S. Invaded, Occupied, and Remade Itself

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By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – It’s been epic! A cast of thousands! (Hundreds? Tens?) A spectacular production that, five weeks after opening on every screen of any sort in America (and possibly the world), shows no sign of ending. What a hit it’s been! It’s driving people back to newspapers (online, if not […]