Month: September 2020

In a move that was characterized as a significant and possibly politically motivated departure from typical agency protocol, the FBI has fired agent Peter Strzok “'I Just Fight Back': Trump Celebrates Firing of Peter Strzok, FBI Agent at Center of Unhinged Conspiracy Theories”

Offering a stark warning to the world, a new report out Monday argues that the reticence of the world’s scientific community—trapped in otherwise healthy habits “'We Are Climbing Rapidly Out of Humankind's Safe Zone': New Report Warns Dire Climate Warnings Not Dire Enough”

After President Donald Trump on Thursday lashed out at Attorney General Jeff Sessions—yet again—for recusing himself from the Russia probe, the battered Trump loyalist responded “After Trump Again Attacks AG, Battered Minion Jeff Sessions Brags About His 'Unprecedented' Role in Pushing Despicable Agenda”

Just days after an alarming study by the Urban Institute found that nearly half of the American public can’t afford basic necessities like food, healthcare, “As Corporate Profits Reach New Heights After Trump Tax Cuts, 40% of Americans Can't Afford Basic Necessities”

Journalists and free press advocates are responding with alarm to newly released documents revealing the U.S. government’s secret rules for using Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act “Free Press Advocates Alarmed by US Government's "Terrifying" Secret Rules for Spying on Journalists”

Noisily confronted at a high-end Washington, D.C. restaurant by local activists upset with his support for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday night, “'Ted Cruz and Brett Kavanaugh Are Best Friends!': Texas Senator Flees Restaurant After Confronted by Sexual Assault Survivor and Allies”

Version one of the GOP’s deeply unpopular tax scam produced results nearly everyone—including, in his rare moments of honesty, President Donald Trump himself—predicted: Record-shattering profits “Here Comes Tax Scam 2.0: As Worker Wages Fall and Corporate Profits Soar, GOP Readies $600 Billion Tax Giveaway for the Rich”

While some of the most famous ultra-rich Americans—such as Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffett, and the Koch Brothers—have very public profiles and readily disclose “New Research Exposes "Stealth Politics" of America's 100 Richest Billionaires”

Voters in Florida and Arizona are heading to the polls on Tuesday for some of the last remaining primaries of the season. ADVERTISEMENT Polls in “Live results: Arizona and Florida hold primaries”

New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mocked the GOP on Thursday for “corny” attacks against Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) that invoked his former band. The “Ocasio-Cortez mocks GOP for 'corny' attacks on Beto O'Rourke”