Oh What a Tangled Web… Timely Quotes on Lying
Reading Time: 7 minutes The God’s honest truth, according to these observers, is that everyone lies
The Neocon Playbook Is a Recipe for Disaster in Venezuela
Reading Time: 3 minutes If anyone can make a bad situation worse, it’s Elliott Abrams. He’s now the US special envoy for Venezuela. What could possibly go wrong?
Let’s Give Trump the Military Parade He Deserves
Reading Time: 3 minutes President Donald Trump has called off plans to hold a military parade… for now. We think it should happen and here is why.
LeBron vs. Trump: A Tale of Two Schools
Reading Time: 3 minutes After President Donald Trump attacked LeBron James on Twitter — in the same week that the basketball star opened a school for children in need — we thought it might be fun to compare the charitable records of both men. The result is a slam dunk.
Ohio Voter Purge a Solution in Search of a Problem
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Supreme Court has given the green light to a completely unnecessary voter purge in Ohio, supposedly implemented in the name of fighting voter fraud. But its effect and obvious real purpose is just more disenfranchisement — and now other red states will surely implement the same program.
Consumer Protection Czar’s Confession Exposes Banks’ Political Grip
Reading Time: 2 minutes Mick Mulvaney’s confession to bank executives, along with his efforts to thwart the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, shows that the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street is operating as busily as it ever has.
ACLU Battles Voter-Suppression Architect Kobach in Kansas Court
Reading Time: 3 minutes Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is in court this week defending one of his voter disenfranchisement schemes. And hardly anybody is paying attention.
That Time When a Foreign Power Was Recruited to Keep a Clinton Out of the White House
Reading Time: 2 minutes History repeats itself, again and again. The idea of a US presidential candidate colluding with a foreign government to gain an edge on a political opponent is nothing new.Just ask former President George H.W. Bush, who was embarrassed toward the end of the 1992 presidential election by White House attempts to do just that.The story, Read More
Northern Ireland – From Terrorism to Tourist Haven to …?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Northern Ireland’s astounding turnaround is under threat from politicians’ lack of planning for the post-Brexit border.
28 Pages Deadline Passes
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, June came and went with no official word on the notorious “28 Pages” and whether or not the redacted, 2002 Joint Inquiry chapter into the attacks of 9/11 should ever see the light of day. Two months ago, White House spokesman Josh Earnest (yeah, that’s his name) assured the press the Office of the Director of National Intelligence would Read More