Senate Democrats announced a slowdown of committee business on Wednesday as the fallout from President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey continued. Continue reading
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‘Most fact-challenged politician ever’ Trump asks why Civil War happened
'UMMM . . . SLAVERY'
President Donald Trump is officially the most “fact-challenged” politician that the Washington Post’s Fact Checker has ever encountered, columnists Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee reported Monday, just hours before the president claimed in a radio interview that “people don’t ask” why the Civil War happened. Continue reading
Digital rights groups vow to fight FCC chair’s net neutrality attack ‘tooth and nail’
Ajit Pai's plan will 'turn the web into a place where the wealthiest and most powerful can be heard'
Open Internet advocates slammed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Ajit Pai’s plan to dismantle net neutrality, announced as expected on Wednesday, and vowed to fight him “tooth and nail. Continue reading
Trump’s AP interview: Unhinged, bombastic, and ‘[unintelligible]’
President sits down with Associated Press to rail against the media, dismiss his 100-day threshold, and discuss his broken pledges
President Donald Trump spoke with Associated Press journalist Julie Pace on Friday, and the transcript of the interview, released Sunday night, shows the president as bombastic and unstable, alternately dismissing his 100-day threshold and boasting about his accomplishments during that time. Continue reading
Trump’s FCC gives Big Telecom ‘free reign’ with vote for major handouts
'This is the price we pay for the outrageous influence of money in politics. The public interest suffers, and we are poorer—economically and civically—for it'
At its April open meeting on Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to give yet more handouts to the telecommunications industry, lifting a price cap on broadband services and reinstating a loophole that lets broadcasters monopolize airwaves. Continue reading
Trump’s Secret Service permanently ends White House sidewalk access
Move comes after a series of recent efforts to shield President Donald Trump from public scrutiny
The Trump administration has permanently shut down public access to the sidewalk outside of the south fence of the White House, among other restrictions, USA Today reported Wednesday. Continue reading
Groups file suit to block Trump’s pro-corporate deregulation scheme
A coalition of progressive groups filed suit on Wednesday to block President Donald Trump’s executive order instructing federal agencies to roll back two regulations for every new one implemented. Continue reading
Trump ‘not fully briefed’ on order elevating Bannon to Security Council
New York Times reports the lapse was a 'greater source of frustration to the president than the fallout from the travel ban'
President Donald Trump reportedly did not realize he was promoting chief strategist Steve Bannon to the National Security Council (NSC) Principals Committee when he signed the executive order dropping intelligence and defense officials from the top government panel and elevating the former Breitbart News chair in their place. Continue reading
‘Unprecedented’: Trump adds Bannon to National Security Council, kicks out intelligence officials
'To reiterate, the Joint Chiefs of Staff have been removed from the National Security Council and replaced with a white nationalist. Worry.'
President Donald Trump signed memorandums on Saturday that kicked the nation’s top military and intelligence advisers off the National Security Council’s (NSC) Principals Committee and elevated his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, in their place. Continue reading
Rise of right-wing demagogues threatens democracy worldwide: HRW
President-elect Donald Trump's scapegoating of immigrants, minorities, and women exemplifies "politics of intolerance," Human Rights Watch's Kenneth Roth says
The rise of political populists threatens democracy worldwide, a new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) released Thursday says. Continue reading
Urging millions to rise up, Trump foes issue call to ‘resist fascism’
Thousands of activists, journalists, scientists, entertainers, and other prominent voices took out a full-page call to action in the New York Times on Wednesday making clear their rejection of President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence with the simple message: “No!” Continue reading
Emboldened by Trump, Ohio GOP pass extreme attack on abortion rights
Ohio lawmakers approved a bill late Tuesday that bans abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. The bill is now headed to Governor John Kasich’s desk. If signed, it will be one of the strictest abortion laws in the country. Continue reading
Oklahoma earthquake shows fracking’s potential for ‘serious harm’
‘We don't need a major earthquake that claims lives and costs millions in damage to tell us the rapid increase in fracking . . . is the cause’
The earthquake in Oklahoma on Sunday that damaged dozens of buildings near the pipeline epicenter of Cushing is further proof that fossil fuel extraction activities are too dangerous to continue, environmentalists said Monday. Continue reading
Canada and EU sign ‘thoroughly undemocratic’ CETA trade deal
Opposition groups note that the deal could still fail legal scrutiny and ratification in Europe
Canada and the European Union signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) on Sunday amid widespread protests against the controversial deal that came back to life after negotiations stalled over objections from Wallonia, Belgium. Continue reading
‘Terrifying’: AT&T spying on Americans for profit, new documents reveal
'If companies are allowed to operate in this manner without repercussions, our democracy has no future'
Telecommunications giant AT&T is spying on Americans for profit and helped law enforcement agencies investigate everything from the so-called war on drugs to Medicaid fraud—all at taxpayers’ expense, according to new reporting by The Daily Beast. Continue reading
Spying’s new frontier: Private firm collects data on ‘every American adult’
‘We have data on that 21-year-old who's living at home with mom and dad’
The fight for Internet privacy has focused much of its attention on government surveillance, but mass data collection is done by private companies as well—and one such firm has “centralized and weaponized” all that information for its customers, Bloomberg reports on Friday. Continue reading
Legal experts raise alarm over shocking use of ‘killer robot’ in Dallas
'The fact that the police have a weapon like this . . . is an example of the militarization of the police and law enforcement—and goes in the wrong direction.'
As news emerges that police officers in Dallas, Texas used an armed robot to kill the suspected shooter in Thursday night’s ambush, experts are warning that it represents a sea change in police militarization that only heightens risks to human and constitutional rights. Continue reading
FCC officially approves merger to create ‘price-gouging cable giant’
Open internet advocates warn that the acquisition will only send cable prices skyrocketing and hurt low-income communities
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has approved a $90 billion merger between three telecom corporations, a move that consumer advocates warn will create a “price-gouging cable giant.” Continue reading
New leak at Hanford nuclear waste site is ‘catastrophic,’ worker warns
'This is probably the biggest event ever to happen in tank farm history.'
A leak at the Hanford nuclear site in Washington state has prompted warnings of “catastrophic” consequences, as workers attempt to clean up more than eight inches of toxic waste from one of 28 underground tanks holding radioactive materials leftover from plutonium production. Continue reading
New WikiLeaks release exposes ‘most highly classified’ NSA spy ops
New documents published by WikiLeaks on Tuesday reveal more of the U.S. National Security Agency’s (NSA) spying operations on foreign leaders, including its interception of climate talks between UN Secretary General Ban-ki Moon and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Continue reading
Classified documents show US government’s flawed ‘secret terrorist-tracking system’
Documents obtained by The Intercept show nearly half of government's terrorist suspects have no terrorist affiliation
Nearly half of the U.S. government’s terrorist suspects have no connection to any known terrorist groups, The Intercept reported on Tuesday. Continue reading
