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Archives for March 2017

Donald Trump
Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth

Why Trump loves both Torture and Fake News: Doing Violence to the Truth

contributors

By Scott Beauchamp | (Informed Comment) | – – One of the more disturbing elements of Trump’s promised renewal of military dominance is a return of torture. Back on the campaign trail last year, then-candidate Trump defended torture as something that “works” and that only a “stupid person” would claim otherwise. In his typically self-serving […]

Donald Trump
Trump picks fights with US Allies: Germany, NATO, EU, Britain etc.

Trump picks fights with US Allies: Germany, NATO, EU, Britain etc.

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – After Trump falsely accused President Obama of having him wiretapped at Trump Tower during the campaign, Sean Spicer upped the ante by charging that Obama could have used the British GCHQ electronic surveillance agency to carry out the monitoring. GCHQ does in fact outrageously invade people’s […]

Donald Trump
Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?

Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?

contributors

AJ+ | (Video Clip) “Former FBI undercover agent Mike German discusses the resurgence of the white supremacist movement now under President Trump.” AJ+: “Is White Supremacy Making A Comeback?”

Corruption
Was U.S. Attorney Bharara Investigating HHS Sec. Tom Price when Trump Fired Him?

Was U.S. Attorney Bharara Investigating HHS Sec. Tom Price when Trump Fired Him?

contributors

By Robert Faturechi | (ProPublica) Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president’s health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office. Tom Price, head of the Department of Health and Human Services, came […]

Donald Trump
As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge

As Trump Budget Hurts Old, Meals on Wheels Sees Donations Surge

contributors

TeleSur | – – One in six seniors “struggles with hunger,” according to Meals on Wheels, which provides free services to those who cannot afford to pay. Meals on Wheels America, the umbrella organization for 5,000 providers of home-delivered meals for seniors, said on Saturday that online donations have surged since the White House released […]

Israel/ Palestine
Palestinians shocked at craven UN climbdown from report on Israeli Apartheid

Palestinians shocked at craven UN climbdown from report on Israeli Apartheid

contributors

Ma’an News Agency | – – BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After the head of a United Nations agency resigned from her post, citing pressure from the UN Secretary-General to censor a new report that accused Israel of imposing an apartheid regime on Palestinians, Palestinian officials denounced the UN for removing the report. Head of the UN […]

Far Right
What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon

What everyone Needs to know about alt-NeoNazi President Steve Bannon

contributors

AJ+ | (Video Clip) | – – “President Trump is calling for an investigation into voter fraud, and media sources have discovered that his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, was actually registered in two different states. Here are some other things you should know about Bannon.” AJ+: “Steve Bannon: What You Need To Know” —- Related […]

Climate Change
Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised

Wind Power Juggernaut Really doing for 100K Workers what Trump only Promised

contributors

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Big news on the wind power front. First, it has emerged in the US as the number one renewable energy source, generating more electricity than hydro-electric for the first time. This milestone came in 2016 after 8,727 megawatts (MW) of new wind installations were activated. For […]

Employment
The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!

The Rural-Urban Divide in the US in 6 Charts!

contributors

By Brian Thiede, Lillie Greiman, Stephan Weiler, Steven C. Beda, Tessa Conroy | (The Conversation) | – – Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide […]

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