A lobby group approached a raft of candidates for a Democratic congressional primary in Hawaii — then prepared internal dossiers on their positions. The power of money in politics. Source: Health Care … Continue reading Health Care Lobbyists Secretly Secure Democrats’ Opposition to “Medicare for All,” Internal Documents Show

Richard “Gary” Black, a 73-year-old Vietnam veteran, was mistakenly killed by police after protecting his family from an invader. It’s getting to the point where you should probably never call the cops … Continue reading A resident kills an intruder. Then, cops show up and shoot him dead by mistake

More than half the countries in the latest update of a democratic-health index saw their scores decline Democracy fades away when you don’t stay on top of it. Source: Democracy continues its … Continue reading Democracy continues its disturbing retreat – Economist

Environmentalists say lifting the restriction poses a grave threat to pollinating insects Great *said with exhasperation*. Source: Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers | Environment | The Guardian Continue reading Trump administration lifts ban on pesticides linked to declining bee numbers

Americans can’t afford not to have Medicare For All. Proposed funding sources for M4A include a 4% income tax, which means a family of four earning $75,000 per year would pay an additional $2,000 in taxes after taking a standard deduction. But that family would no longer pay an invisible tax of … Continue reading The Kochs helped fund an attack on ‘Medicare for All.’ It still concluded the plan would save us trillions

James Galbraith says academic economics is in need of radical reform. The University of Texas economist outlines how the profession has become “self-dealing”—creating a tribal and restrictive hierarchy through journals and university … Continue reading Academic economics is in need of radical reform

“Bezos did not just make his $150 billion. In some ways, we gave it to him, perhaps to the detriment of all of us.” With so many of his employees barely surviving … Continue reading Jeff Bezos’s $150 Billion Fortune Is a Policy Failure – The Atlantic

A Koch brothers-backed economist makes a $3 trillion error, but still finds that “Medicare for All” reduces costs and boosts wages. They conclude that it will actually save trillions of dollars! Nice. … Continue reading Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That “Medicare for All” Would Cut Health Care Spending and Raise Wages. Whoops.

Hackers find the foundation of democracy is on shaky ground thanks to shoddy technology. Time to move away from electronic voting machines that don’t offer a paper trail and operate on proprietary … Continue reading Hackers Break Into Voting Machines Within 2 Hours at Defcon

It’s only July, but it has already been a long, hot spring and summer. The contiguous U.S. endured the warmest May ever recorded, and in June, the average temperature was 1.7 degrees … Continue reading What Climate Change Looks Like In 2018

The tax cuts were supposed to allow corporations to raise wages. Instead they used the money to buy back their own stock (helping the rich stockholders) and wages have gone down. Source: … Continue reading Trump’s Tax Cut Hasn’t Done Anything for Workers

The GOP-controlled state government recently passed a law that critics say amounts to placing a “poll tax” on college students. The idea is to make students have to register as permanent residents … Continue reading New Hampshire makes it tougher for students to vote. Democrats call it ‘devious’ suppression.