House of Representatives Tuesday H.R. 187: Relating to efforts to respond to the famine in South Sudan Increasing the U.S. Agency for International Development emergency funding by $100 million in response to … Continue reading Congress Votes – Week of 4/24/17

In the transcript of its Friday interview, AP found 16 “unintelligible” instances, which is quite a compelling figure for a single interview. Trump talks about the military: TRUMP: I’m rebuilding the military. … Continue reading This Donald Trump interview transcript has a whole lot of ‘unintelligible’ in it

Remember what it felt like a couple of months ago when you, as an American, didn’t give much thought to North Korea? I’d like you to try and remember that feeling over … Continue reading American Media Are Getting People at Home Ready for War With North Korea

A web developer has created an app that allows Turkish citizens to prove how they voted in a recent controversial referendum. With Turkish employers requiring people to take a picture proving they … Continue reading Turkish Referendum: New App Lets People ‘Prove’ They Voted ‘Yes’

Many people take what they read online at face value. To avoid spreading (or reading) fake news, you’ve got to ask yourself a few questions first. It’s not Google or Facebook that … Continue reading Stopping the Spread of Fake News Isn’t Facebook’s Job—It’s Yours

Trump’s statement called for environmental protection, but not at the cost of American workers. In other words.. screw the environment if it means less profits for corporations. Here are some of the … Continue reading Trump releases Earth Day statement

US authorities have prepared charges to seek the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, US officials familiar with the matter tell CNN. This is bad, bad, bad for freedom of the press.. … Continue reading US prepares charges to seek Julian Assange’s arrest

Trump gives her kids organic food at home but has said nothing about her father’s last-minute reprieve of a pesticide shown to affect children’s brain development. Never mind that chlorpyrifos was banned … Continue reading Ivanka Preaches Organic, Silent While Dad OKs Toxic Pesticide

America’s chief banking regulator admits it failed to act on numerous “red flags” at Wells Fargo that could have stopped the fake account scandal years earlier. They failed to act on 700, … Continue reading Feds knew of 700 Wells Fargo whistleblower cases in 2010

A stealthy pet project by the former Microsoft chief lets you search and learn about how the government spends tax dollars. Interesting how it all came about as well… through Belmer’s belief … Continue reading Steve Ballmer Serves Up a Fascinating Data Trove

As Trump faces down North Korea, it’s alarming to think that most of the world’s nuclear warheads are now in the hands of men who are prepared to use them Lots of … Continue reading Nuclear war has become thinkable again – we need a reminder of what it means

Most people realize that Congress’ party-line vote to kill the FCC’s consumer broadband privacy rules earlier this month was a clear, albeit grotesque, example of pay-to-play American politics. Especially given the majority … Continue reading ISPs Gave 8X More Cash to Politician That Axed FCC Privacy Rule