Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Tag: politics

Election 2016: Amerika Wins, Americans Lose!

Regardless of who won last night, the empire of Amerika keeps on rolling... but not for long.

Is This Person Our New President?

The reason why Clinton doesn’t want those speeches to be made public is that she doesn’t want the voters to know that she intends to use their money to propagandize to them for the benefit of those corporations, and also to protect those corporations from liability for harms their products cause the public.

Observers sent to polling places to help protect voters

These poll watchers will be sent to places more likely to be affected by racial discrimination, intimidation or other means of depriving voters.

With voting rights protections gutted, polling places have been shuttered on...

Decisions to shutter or reduce voting locations are often made quietly and at the last minute, making pre-election intervention or litigation virtually impossible.

The nasty fallout from North Carolina’s powerful hog industry

What smells more -- the politics or the pigs?

‘We are not ready’: Arizona voters warn Election Day could be...

Phoenix heads into Election Day with last-minute law changes, misinformation, long lines, and threats of intimidation.

Former Chris Christie allies convicted in bridge scandal

Although federal prosecutors claim they do not possess enough evidence to convict Christie of a crime, critics of the New Jersey governor suspect Christie had initiated the Bridgegate scandal and used his subordinates to take the fall for him.

Why is Washington still pushing the trans-pacific partnership?

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) embodies the stacked deck. It was negotiated in secret of, by and for the global corporations.

Eight ways to strengthen our democracy beyond voting

The strength of our civic life depends on what we do outside elections.

Like a halloween nightmare, this election keeps scaring us to death

Only the silver stake of an actual election can finally kill these spiteful specters, and save us from this long night of phantasy horror.

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Not very bright

How much of Donald Trump’s directive on U.S. tariffs imposed on nations all over the world—that in recent days has caused a stock market loss of trillions of dollars—is a result of his not being very bright?

Patriotic Millionaires challenge oligarch power with sweeping economic plan

As economic inequality worsens and public frustration grows, a coalition of wealthy Americans offers a radical legislative blueprint to dismantle the grip of the ultra-rich on democracy.

Chevron ordered to pay $744 million for decades of destruction to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands

A Louisiana jury’s landmark verdict against Chevron signals a major shift in holding Big Oil accountable for environmental degradation and decades of ignored coastal restoration laws.

Over 4,000 factory workers laid off as Trump tariffs spark economic chaos

A wave of mass layoffs across the U.S. exposes the real cost of Trump’s trade war, as union leaders and lawmakers warn of deepening instability in American manufacturing.

Israeli soldiers expose ‘kill zone’ campaign in Gaza, citing war crimes and systematic devastation

A new report from Breaking the Silence reveals shocking testimony from Israeli troops describing the creation of a lethal buffer zone inside Gaza, the deliberate razing of civilian infrastructure, and the normalization of killing civilians.