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

Not only has America failed to reduce the number of mass shootings, we can’t even agree on what a ‘mass shooting’ is. Depending on how you define mass shootings, if you just … Continue reading U.S. has already suffered 91 mass shootings in 2017—and you likely didn’t hear about any of them

Where the real problem arises is when the Fed starts raising interest rates in order to try to slow the economy’s growth. This is nonsense and based on bad theory. Great article … Continue reading Why U.S. Monetary Policy Makes No Sense – Forbes

What happens when Trump drops the mother of all policy bombs on the Fed? Who’s going to win this war, what will the US economy look like in it’s aftermath & what … Continue reading McSquared – The Coming War between Trump & The Fed

Why is the U.S. press corps so silent about an actual threat to press freedom? This is a pretty scary article when you read it. Pompeo is literally threatening the very existence … Continue reading Trump’s CIA Director Pompeo, Targeting WikiLeaks, Explicitly Threatens Speech and Press Freedoms