“It’s a different thing” at the White House, he said. After revoking the press credentials of the Washington post after a critical article they wrote, Trump now says he wouldn’t do the … Continue reading Trump says he wouldn’t ban reporters from the White House

Austerity policies not only generate substantial welfare costs due to supply-side channels, they also hurt demand—and thus worsen employment and unemployment. The notion that fiscal consolidations can be expansionary (that is, raise … Continue reading IMF: Neoliberalism – Oversold?

Rusbridger told the IBC legal conference in London: “It is the biggest threat to the press at the moment.” He noted that the fact UK police secretly access telecoms data in order … Continue reading Alan Rusbridger: Sources will die if we don’t ‘push back hard’ at snooper’s charter threat to press freedom

Neither explained how escalating bombardments in Iraq and Syria would do anything to stop self-radicalized and/or unhinged attackers in the United States. Seems odd that Hillary and Donald call for more bombing … Continue reading Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Call for Bombing ISIS After Orlando Shooting That ISIS Didn’t Direct

Being critical of a presidential candidate and your “press credentials” get revoked? This really demonstrates what would happen if he was president. Source: Trump revokes press credentials of the Washington Post Continue reading Trump revokes press credentials of the Washington Post

Know about world’s first carbon negative country, Bhutan in under two minutes. Their GDP is also measured in happiness, not dollars. Source: Bhutan: The world’s first carbon negative country – YouTube Source: Gross … Continue reading Bhutan: The world’s first carbon negative country also the happiest Asian country

The Twitter feed of Igor Volsky, the deputy director of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, offers striking examples of this tactic. Volsky has been highlighting the … Continue reading Another mass shooting, another round of politicians tweeting ‘thoughts and prayers’ – doing nothing else.

It is unclear if a connection exists between the Orlando shooter and the man arrested by Santa Monica police. This just happened after the mass shooting in Orlando. Hmmm. Source: Santa Monica … Continue reading Santa Monica Police Arrest Man With Explosives, Guns Going to L.A. Pride

European council president dismisses claims by Vote Leave campaign that new deal with EU could be struck quickly. This is really getting exhausting. The constant DAILY barrage of propaganda coming out of … Continue reading Britain faces seven years of limbo after Brexit, says Donald Tusk

City’s mayor says 50 killed and 53 injured, as FBI study shows no previous attack had more than 100 casualties So, yesterday a gunman walked up to, shot and killed a YouTube … Continue reading Orlando nightclub attack is deadliest US mass shooting in modern history

Leaked secret audio recordings of Brazil’s most powerful figures have sparked a series of explosive scandals. Now, lawmakers are trying to outlaw their publication. The interim government keeps getting embarrassed by leaked … Continue reading As Brasília’s Corruption Is Exposed, Lawmakers Try to Criminalize Dissent

Former Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says two proposed healthcare insurance mergers “will impact every state, every population.” Instead, the media is focusing on this: Here is the tweet exchange … Continue reading Trump tweet gets 100x more coverage than health insurance merger that will raise costs for millions of people