Democrats Plan Protest At Supreme Court ‘Mean-Spirited,’ ‘Un-American’ Order
Congressional Democrats on Sunday called for a demonstration on the steps of the Supreme Court to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration order, calling for nationwide enforcement of judicial orders barring its immediate implementation. Trump issued an executive order Friday barring…
Hackers Demand Bitcoin After Hijacking Hotel’s Locks
The electronic key system of an Austrian hotel was compromised by hackers, forcing managers to pay a bitcoin ransom in order to recover it. The 4-star Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt in Austria’s Alpine Turracher Hoehe Pass was targeted in November by…
Checks & Balances Aren’t Enough to Stop Trump’s Agenda
Wouldn’t the checks and balances of the U.S. government stop most of Donald Trump’s acts? No. Not unless we…
The Founding Fathers Warned Us About Men Like Donald Trump
As an aged Benjamin Franklin rose at the Philadelphia convention in 1787 to cast his vote for the Constitution, he also cast a warning that conservative devotees of the document’s “original intent,” including members of the Federalist Society and of…
Hedge Funds Hit Record 3 Trillion Assets Under Management: Shades of 2008
This out of Bloomberg: the hedge fund industry that (in part) brought us the great crash of 2008, now about more than three TRILLION dollars under management. This is a doubling of the amount of money under hedge fund control…
Don’t Call Trump a Liar—He Doesn’t Care About Truth
n. If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the past week or so, you know that last weekend America was introduced to the concept of “alternative facts.” After Trump administration Press Secretary Sean Spicer rebuked the media for…
America’s Founding Fathers Warned Us About Men Like Donald Trump
As an aged Benjamin Franklin rose at the Philadelphia convention in 1787 to cast his vote for the Constitution, he also cast a warning that conservative devotees of the document’s “original intent,” readers of conservative websites, members of the Federalist…
Obama Ethics Rule Unenforced in Trump White House
When ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson signed on to work for Donald Trump’s new administration, he set himself up to receive a quick cash infusion: Exxon committed to giving him an $180 million retirement package just as he moves to lead…
Trump risks trade war with dated claim that China manipulates currency
During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he declare China a currency manipulator on “day one.” He hasn’t done so yet, but the new administration looks ready to, risking a trade war between the world’s two largest economies. In his…
Obama Creates Propaganda Ministry; Now Trump Owns It
Just before the Christmas holiday, former President Obama signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act which provides funding for the military. Buried inside the NDAA was another bill that officially establishes an anti-propaganda center in order for the State…