Saturday, November 2, 2024

Government watchdog groups call for Barr’s removal from office citing abuse of powers

"We are a nation of laws yet William Barr, the nation's top law enforcement official, has routinely abused the powers of his office to undermine the rule of law for political advantage of the president who appointed him."

The Bane of Anti-readers, thus anti-thinkers in America: Busted billionaires prove book learning a...

If you know nothing, you will believe anything – and you will be suckered to do anything.

Facebook condemned for empowering right-wing magazine to “drive liberal news outlets into the ground”

What do you achieve when you let the Weekly Standard operate as a fact-checker for one of the internet's most powerful platforms? "You achieve bullshit."

Former top aide to NY Gov. Cuomo sentenced to 6yrs in prison

Although Gov. Andrew Cuomo has not been charged in the case, his administration has taken official state action to benefit large companies that paid bribes to his former top aide.

Blue wave of money propels 2018 election to record-breaking $5.2 billion in spending

The high levels of partial disclosure suggest that dark money is not disappearing.

The next plaintiff Monsanto faces is set to go to trial

While Bayer continues to argue that there is no correlation between glyphosate and cancer, the second trial out of around 9,300 pending lawsuits will start in February.

Officer Arrested for Murder After Gunning Down Teen Laquan McDonald on Dashcam Video

Officer Jason Van Dyke claimed that Laquan McDonald lunged at him with a knife. New dashcam video footage release shows direct contradictions with the officer's account.

Oil industry ponders getting ‘dragged into low-carbon future’ while claiming it ‘stepped up’ on...

As the DeSmog series Fracking for Plastics notes, Saetre is not alone in his ambition to either burn all the oil and gas or turn it into plastics.

Are we free to do what we want with our bodies?

Summing up, women and men should be free to do what they want with their bodies within reasonable limits.

Current investigation of ExxonMobil could spur broader climate action

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for a state-led investigation into ExxonMobil’s climate change deception.