A new poll found he is the most popular politician in America. But instead of embracing his message, establishment Democrats continue to resist him The polls show him ahead of every other … Continue reading Everyone loves Bernie Sanders. Except, it seems, the Democratic party

Neoliberalism: defining human beings by the market as if everything we do is mediated through the market, not just in the economic sphere but in every aspect of our lives. That human life is defined by competition … Continue reading Neoliberalism, Climate Change, Migration: George Monbiot conversation

By outsourcing key intelligence work, the government has made classified material more vulnerable. Apart from the usual cry that Wikileaks is working for the Russians… this article concludes that the problem is … Continue reading Why does WikiLeaks keep publishing U.S. state secrets? Private contractors.

“We’re not spending money on that anymore. We consider that to be a waste of your money.” The EPA — which would lose about $2.6 billion according to the budget blueprint — … Continue reading For once, I promise you won’t believe what the Trump administration said about climate change

President Donald Trump is proposing historically deep budget cuts that would touch almost every federal agency and program and dramatically reorder government priorities to boost defense and security spending, although it’s likely … Continue reading Trump Plans Historic Cuts Across Government to Fund Defense

It was the first time a president has called for ending the endowments, which were created in 1965 under President Lyndon B. Johnson. Great. Next up, eliminate music lessons in school… and … Continue reading Trump Proposes Eliminating the Arts and Humanities Endowments

   Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory worked for five years to digitize thousands of reels of film before they fell apart. Maybe by releasing these we might not be so hung-ho on starting … Continue reading Hundreds of films of nuclear bomb blasts films declassified, uploaded to YouTube

Throughout the campaign, polls showed Bernie would outperform Hillary in the fall. Still, the DNC cheated on her behalf. And they sleazily lined up the superdelegates for her. She never considered him … Continue reading The Splitting Up of the Democratic Party: Why It’s Probably Coming Sooner Than You Think

A lawsuit contends that the main ingredient in Roundup, the world’s most widely used weed killer, can cause cancer. As of recent, these stories of coverups at Monsanto … Continue reading Unsealed Documents Raise Questions on Monsanto Weed Killer – NYTimes.com

Revealing two less than revelatory leaked pages from Trump’s 2005 1040 Form, the MSNBC host admits, “It’s a start.” Big run up to a big “meh”… Source: Critic’s Notebook: Rachel Maddow Tortures … Continue reading Rachel Maddow Tortures Audience, Then Reveals Donald Trump, Gasp, Paid Some Taxes

We see health as a basic human right. Every society should provide medical care for its citizens at the level it can afford. And, while the United States has made some progress in improving access to care, the results do not justify the costs. So, while we agree with President Trump’s statement … Continue reading Countries with national health insurance spend less & have longer life expectancy than the US does

The European Parliament has introduced a new procedural rule, which allows for the chair of a debate to interrupt the live broadcasting of a speaking MEP “in the case of defamatory, racist or xenophobic language or behavior by a Member”. Furthermore, the President of the European Parliament may even “decide to delete … Continue reading European Parliament Censors Its Own Free Speech