By Corynne McSherry and Elliot Harmon | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation) | – – As the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gets ready to abandon a decade of progress on net neutrality, some in Congress are considering how new legislation could fill the gap and protect users from unfair ISP practices. Unfortunately, too many lawmakers seem […]
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Corruption
Former Trump NSC Adviser Flynn Accused of $15M deportation Deal with Turkey
TeleSur | – – According to reports by NBC News and Wall Street Journal, special prosecutor Robert Mueller is reviewing a meeting between Michael Flynn and Turkish officials. Reports have surfaced that Washington is investigating whether former White House national security advisor Michael Flynn had agreed to deport Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, from the United […]
Former CIA Dir.: Trump is afraid of Putin Kompromat
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Two former intelligence officials on Sunday more or less said openly that Trump is compromised by Russia. Jake Tapper asked former CIA head John Brennan about Trump’s statement on Friday that he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin when he said that Russia did not interfere in […]
Breitbart Goes to Bat for Roy Moore Amid Sex Scandal w/ Teenage Girl
Far Right cares more about power than morality
Top 4 Things Paradise Papers tell us about Super-Rich
Tax avoidance is a booming industry
Was Democratic Nomination rigged for Clinton against Sanders?
Donna Brazile bombshell alleges DNC served as fundraising piggy bank for Clinton
How dangerous to Trump are charges against Manafort, Gates & Papadopoulos?
By Rachel Caufield | (The Conversation) | – – Five months into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of cooperation between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia during the 2016 election, Americans are seeing the first legal maneuvers in the case. Trump’s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his business associate Rick Gates surrendered to U.S. District […]
Midnight at Mar-a-Lago: The walls close in on Genghis Con
By David Faris | (Informed Comment) | – – Yesterday the former chairman of President Trump’s presidential campaign and the architect of last year’s Republican National Convention got up, got out of bed, drank his coffee and went to jail. Shortly thereafter, one of the president’s erstwhile foreign policy advisors was revealed to be a […]
Top Six Trump Admin. Crimes that ought to bring Indictments
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – 1. Jeff Sessions lied under oath, saying he never met with any Russian official during the Trump presidential campaign. He met the Russian ambassador twice. The GOP impeached Bill Clinton for perjury in what was a minor personal matter, but stand by Sessions despite his perjury […]
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