“The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and compile a database of journalists, editors, foreign correspondents, and bloggers to identify top ‘media influencers.'” More …
Trump Order Targets Wide Swath of Public Assistance Programs
“The Trump administration is seeking to completely revamp the country’s social safety net, targeting recipients of Medicaid, food stamps and housing assistance. Trump is doing so through a sweeping executive order that was quietly issued – and that largely flew under the radar.” More …
Is Donald Trump a Traitor?
“Americans must live with the uncertainty of not knowing whether Trump has the best interests of the United States or those of Russia at heart.” More …
Dept. of Interior Ignores Booming Recreation Economy and Opens Public Land for Oil and Gas
“Last week the Interior Department issued a new policy streamlining oil and gas drilling on federal public land by cutting back on opportunities for the public to review and comment on leasing proposals and making environmental reviews optional.” More …
Trump Ranks Last in ‘Presidential Greatness,’ According to Historians
“… a survey of 170 presidential historians puts Trump in dead last place – behind even James Buchanan, whom many historians blame for failing to stop the Civil War.” More …
Paul Ryan’s Move to Replace Election Agency Leader Stirs Outcry
“House Speaker Paul Ryan faced Democratic criticism Thursday after choosing not to renew the term of a federal agency head who has helped lead the charge on securing elections from hackers.” More …
Trump’s Obamacare Sabotage to Leave Millions More Uninsured
“The Trump administration has spent much of its tenure trying to sabotage the American health-care system. … Trump has effectively replaced Obamacare with a federal health-care program that’s nearly identical — except that it covers fewer people, charges higher premiums, and costs the government more money.” More …
Pro-Gun Russian Bots Flood Twitter After Parkland, Florida School Shooting
“In the wake of Wednesday’s Parkland, Florida school shooting Russian bots have taken to Twitter to stoke the gun control debate.” More …
That Time Mob Violence Inspired Gun Control in America
“… The National Firearms Act of 1934 required registration and a tax of $200 (almost $3,600 in today’s dollars) on all so-called gangster weapons, a category that included the tommy gun and sawed-off shotguns. It passed inspite of profound opposition from the National Rifle Association (NRA). More …