“When the Trump administration announced its pick to run the $1.3 trillion federal student loan system on Tuesday, there was one notable thing about the candidate that wasn’t mentioned in the press release: He’s the CEO of a private student loan company.” More …
Month: June 2017
Ex-Homeland Security Chief Jeh Johnson: DNC and State Officials Dismissed Russia Warnings Last Year
“Former President Barack Obama’s secretary of homeland security says that his efforts to protect the country from Russian cyberattacks last year were twice rebuffed — first by the Democratic National Committee and then later by state election officials who feared he was plotting an unwarranted ‘federal takeover’ of the U.S. election system.” More …
Putin’s Fake Video Used in Oliver’s Stone Showtime Interviews
“The Kremlin has denied widespread allegations that Russian President Vladimir Putin showed U.S. director Oliver Stone a fake video of Russian airstrikes in Syria… a Russian video published Tuesday pointed out strong similarities between the clip Putin played and footage from 2013 of a U.S. Apache helicopter firing at militants in Afghanistan.” More …
Michael Flynn Worked with Foreign Cyberweapons Group That Sold Spyware Used Against Political Dissidents
“While serving as a top campaign adviser to Donald Trump, Flynn worked with firms linked to NSO Group — which develops spyware and sells it to governments.” More …
The FBI Has Quietly Investigated White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement
“White supremacists and other domestic extremists maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to that conclusion, notable for its confidence and the policy prescriptions that accompany it, appears in a classified FBI Counterterrorism Policy Guide from April 2015 …” More …
CBO-Derived Healthcare Coverage Losses by State and Congressional District
“The Center for American Progress has estimated how many Americans would lose healthcare coverage by state and congressional district based on the CBO’s projections. By 2026, on average, about 53,000 fewer people will have coverage in each congressional district. Table 1 provides estimates by state, and a spreadsheet of estimates by state and district can be downloaded.” More …
How Trump Has Made the Department of Health and Human Services a Center of False Science on Contraception
“Contraception policy may not be the biggest target of the anti-science right wing — climate change and evolution probably rank higher — but it’s the field in which scientific disinformation has the most immediate consequences for public health. So it’s especially disturbing that Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price have stocked the corridors of health policy with purveyors of conclusively debunked claptrap about contraception, abortion, pregnancy and women’s reproductive health generally.” More …
Trump’s Housing Cuts Spare the One Program He Profits From
“The president’s budget demands draconian cuts to public housing — but maintains a subsidy to landlords that nets him millions each year.” More …
Ford Defies Trump by Outsourcing Fusion Production to China
“Ford announced Tuesday that the next-generation Ford Focus, which begins production in the second half of 2019, will initially be exported from China. Additional cars will come from Europe following that, but at no point will it be built in the US.” More …
The CIA’s Torture Program, as Explained by the Psychologists Who Designed It
“The former military psychologists who designed the CIA’s torture program are now describing it in their own words for the first time, reopening one of the grimmest chapters in Washington’s war on terror and providing disturbing details about what was done to detainees in the name of US national security.” More …