Archives for General News
March 2016
Thursday, March 31:
Adventures in the Trump Twittersphere (3 comments)
Trooper, Gunman Dead in Shooting at Greyhound Station in Richmond, Virginia
Manhandling a Reporter; Punishing Women for Abortions--Bad Week for Republicans (1 comments)
Canada to take in 10,000 more Syrian refugees (1 comments)
Trump meets with RNC after dumping loyalty pledge
Anti-Surveillance: Danish Activist Destroys Cameras (2 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: The wounded Phoenix of Palmyra stretches its wings from ISIS rubble
Tomgram: Cantarow and Levy, Could Nuclear Disaster Come to America?
Wednesday, March 30:
Voter suppression, electronic vote flipping, and internal sabotage, OH MY! (1 comments)
Donald Trump spars with "Today" hosts in fiery interview over campaign manager's battery charge
Leahy asked State Dept. to investigate Israeli human rights "violations" (1 comments)
David Brock group hits Bernie Sanders with ethics complaints
Russia, despite draw down, shipping more to Syria than removing (1 comments)
Clinton vs. Trump: A Tough Choice for Small Bankers
Climate Change -- Speeding Past the Stop Signs
'Wake-Up Call' Study Finds Link Between Fracking and Toxic Water
Wisconsin's Former Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton Endorses Bernie Sanders; This will really help him on April 5 (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 29:
Report: 74% Of Billionaire Wealth From Rent-Seeking (2 comments)
Tomgram: Thomas Frank, The Inequality Sweepstakes
Monday, March 28:
North Korean Propaganda Video Shows Animated Nuclear Attack On Washington, D.C. (2 comments)
Justice Department Asks to Drop Order in iPhone Terror Case
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Don't Blame It All on Donald Trump (1 comments)
Clinton Foundation Donor's Flight From Justice Aided by Hillary Allies
Kerry: World Leaders "Shocked" by GOP Race, It's an "Embarrassment to Our Country" (1 comments)
Hot time in the old town of Philly in July?: Washington, Alaska and Hawaii Blowout Wins Boost Sanders Nomination Odds (2 comments)
Sunday, March 27:
A tombstone for Donald Trump sprouts up in Central Park (20 comments)
Interview with Jennifer Pozner: Media Critic, Author, Anti-Racist Feminist
A Doctor Talks About the Opioid Addiction Epidemic (3 comments)
Syrian army retakes Christian holy place from ISIS - Palmyra (3 comments)
Suicide Bomber Kills Dozens, Mostly Women, Kids Celebrating Easter in Pakistan Park - NBC News
Assad hails Syrian regime's capture of Palmyra from Isis
Top 10 Reasons Why George Soros is an American Hero (7 comments)
Deal reached to boost California's minimum wage to $15 (3 comments)
Saudi Arabia Cracks Down On "Peaceful Dissent," Sentences Journalist To Five Years In Prison
Even the Animals Flock to Bernie (4 comments)
Bernie has swept the last 6 states: Who's Losing Now? (12 comments)
20,000 Brits Sign Petition to Ban Cameron from Re-entering UK (1 comments)
Saturday, March 26:
Sanders Wins Alaska, Washington by a Landslide
U.S. officials extend emergency water assistance for Flint, Michigan
Whistleblower Edward Snowden claims Belgian spies could have stopped Brussels attacks (3 comments)
Sanders Pitches Revolution Ahead of Pacific Coast Caucuses
21,500+ sign petition to allow guns at Republican National Convention (2 comments)
Humor: Shandling Was Among Comics Who Riffed About Dogs (2 comments)
Friday, March 25:
New York-Based Sascha, Alexander Pinczowski Killed in Brussels Blasts
Bernie Sanders Says What Hillary & the DNC Must Do To Get His Support (50 comments)
Thursday, March 24:
Syrian forces fight their way into Palmyra as Kerry visit to Moscow prompts speculations of U.S.-Russia thaw (1 comments)
Rudy Giuliani Says Hillary Clinton "A Founding Member Of ISIS" (2 comments)
Comedian Garry Shandling dies at 66
The FBI is testing a way to get into the San Bernardino iPhone (1 comments)
Sanders campaign keeps lawsuit against DNC alive (1 comments)
Ted Cruz on Donald Trump's attacks on his wife: "Leave Heidi the hell alone" (2 comments)
Flint Investigation Lays Blame For Water Crisis Squarely On The State
Tomgram: Tanya Golash-Boza, How Many Presidents Does It Take to Deport 11 Million People?
Utah Likes Bernie (with links to other Utah Dem visions)
Video& Quotes: Cenk Uygur Interviews Bernie Sanders (7 comments)
Stolen primaries?: Questioning Hillary's Tuesday Arizona Primary Win Amid Widespread Evidence of Voter Suppression (55 comments)
Beyond ISIL: Brussels, Cuba and Obama (1 comments)
Wednesday, March 23:
"Nuts, nuts, nuts": Anger builds over long voter waits
Jeb Bush endorses Ted Cruz for president (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 22:
Voter turnout in small Utah precinct (6 comments)
Sanders wins Democratics Abroad vote in Israel and worldwide
Donald Trump calls Brussels a "horrible city" after it's attacked (2 comments)
Nixon Policy Advisor Admits He Invented War On Drugs to Suppress 'Anti-War Left and Black People' (5 comments)
Our Water System: What a Waste (2 comments)
Shouldn't Congress Tell Us How We'll Pay for Tax Cuts? (1 comments)
James Hansen's Climate Bombshell: Dangerous Sea Level Rise Will Occur in Decades, Not Centuries
Sanders Takes Landslide Victory in Ex-Pat Primary
Republican Senators are violating their Oath of Office by refusing to consider any Supreme Court nominee (11 comments)
Rep. Barbara Lee Leads on Environmental Justice (2 comments)
U.S. Says It May Not Need Apple's Help to Unlock iPhone
The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the Brussels attacks (5 comments)
Learning Lessons From Outrage (1 comments)
Tomgram: William Astore, America's Post-Democratic Military
NY's 1% Request Tax Hike on Themselves to Benefit Society (4 comments)
Sanders beats Clinton in overseas balloting with 69% of the vote (3 comments)
Nate Silver: Sanders Is Set To Win All Of The Upcoming 8 States (6 comments)
Monday, March 21:
Israeli settlement expansion "eroding" possibility of two-state solution -- Biden to AIPAC
NYT Promotes Study by Private Pension Company That Says Not to Trust Public Pensions
'Red Alert': Great Barrier Reef Severe Bleaching Raised To Highest Threat Level (1 comments)
McConnell: No New Supreme Court Justice Until The NRA Approves Of The Nominee
Tomgram: Adam Hochschild, A Corporation Goes to War
60,000+ Washington Voters Turn Out for Bernie, Lines Stretch For Miles (4 comments)
Land Worth=GDP and enough to replace all taxes with Land Rent (5 comments)
Sunday, March 20:
Media Silent as Bernie Sanders Packs Seattle Arena Beyond Capacity (LIVE VIDEO) (1 comments)
Noted Swedish Journalist, Assange Critic Exposed As Police Agent (7 comments)
Obama Tours Old Havana as Part of Historic Cuba Visit
Bhutan Plants 108,000 Trees In the Name of Gross National Happiness (1 comments)
How "ghost corporations" are funding the 2016 election
US deploys more troops on the ground in Iraq to fight ISIS
"US wants to restore its hold on Iran"
Marine Death From Islamic State Attack a First for U.S. in Iraq
Republican Leaders Map a Strategy to Derail Donald Trump
Should Bernie Pay Off Superdelegates Like Hillary? (19 comments)
Saturday, March 19:
"I was a suicide bomber": Paris suspect charged in Belgium
The Latest: 2 Israeli-Americans Killed in Istanbul Bombing
Bernie Sanders uses Pope Francis to whack Donald Trump at border
Demonstrators Block Road To Donald Trump Rally In Arizona (1 comments)
Anti-Trump Forces In Arizona Handed Him A Big Victory Today (10 comments)
Don't Be 'Absurd': Sanders Rejects Establishment Calls to Drop Revolutionary Bid
Sex and Public Policy at Green Night Out
Friday, March 18:
Jury Awards Hulk Hogan $115 Million In Gawker Sex Tape Lawsuit
Obama Admin Steps Up Raids To Deport Undocumented Children, Families (2 comments)
We Are Drinking What? What Municipalities Don't Want You to Know About Tap Water (3 comments)
Hillary Clinton Email Archive, Fully Searchable, Courtesy of WikiLeaks (3 comments)
Thursday, March 17:
Snyder blames bureaucrats, EPA faults state in Flint crisis
Contested convention is looking more likely, says Speaker Ryan
Obama Told Donors To Support Hillary Clinton During A Private Meeting
Building Civil Society in Russia - An Example from Krasnodar
Sanders in Utah, Friday 18 (1 comments)
Merrick Garland, nominated for the SC by Obama (2 comments)
Pope Francis to appoint new US ambassador, replacing Kim Davis' Buddy, Vigano
U.S. declares Islamic State 'committed genocide' against Yazidi Kurds, Christians
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, Candidates, Is America Exceptional, or Only Great?
Florida Polling Place tells Dem Voters that Primary is for Republicans Only - Wrong! (2 comments)
Here's How Bernie Sanders Could Win the Nomination (5 comments)
Wednesday, March 16:
Obama sanctions NKorea for nuclear, missile tests
After Trump pulls out, Fox News cancels Republican debate
Trump warns of riots, pulls plug on Republican presidential debate
Still a path to victory: Decrying Clinton's Wall Street and Oil Industry Bribes, Bernie Soldiers On (2 comments)
The Hillary Clinton crime that won't go away with the nomination (18 comments)
Obama Selects Supreme Court Nominee
Obama To Nominate Merrick Garland To The Supreme Court (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 15:
Hillary's emails reveal lucrative ties to for-profit colleges
Marco Rubio suspends his GOP presidential bid
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Win Big in Florida
Meet the presidential candidate who makes Bernie Sanders look conservative
Here's How Donald Trump Treats the Little People (1 comments)
Tomgram: Gregory Foster, A Case for Demilitarizing the Military (1 comments)
Monday, March 14:
UN Human Rights Investigator Calls For Prosecution Of North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un
Vladimir Putin Orders Russian Military Pullout From Syria
Breitbart's Michelle Fields, Ben Shapiro Resign Over Trump Incident
President Obama's Visit To Cuba (1 comments)
Tomgram: Bob Dreyfuss, Will The Donald Rally the Militias and the Right-to-Carry Movement?
Postal workers union endorses Sanders - Ed Schultz (video) (1 comments)
Russia ready to cooperate with U.S.-led coalition in fight for Syria's Raqqa (7 comments)
Sunday, March 13:
Turkey Blocks Social Media Following Explosion In Ankara (1 comments)
Chris Matthews's "Hardball" Guests Have Given $79,050 to His Wife Kathleen's Congressional Campaign
Gun Rights Mom Shot by 4-Year-Old Son - While Driving (1 comments)
Saturday, March 12:
No concerns over election fraud in Germany
Gordon Gekko Inspiration, Asher Edelman, Backs Bernie (2 comments)
Bundy refuses in court to recognize US authority in Nevada
Cruz wins most delegates at stake Saturday in Wyoming
Clinton Betrayed Democracy, Economic Justice, and Women and Children in Honduras (3 comments)
President Obama reportedly is down to three finalists for Supreme Court vacancy
Ben Carson Says God Sent His Friend a Dream About Trump, Hillary is Of The Devil
Friday, March 11:
Franklin P. Lamb: Why I bought 4 Syrian children off a Beirut street (1 comments)
#Chicago #TrumpRally Protest Open Thread (165 comments)
Jane Sanders will visit Oak Flat and Apache Stronghold in Arizona's Tonto National Forest on March 13 (1 comments)
Rubio urges voters to back Kasich in Ohio to stop Trump (3 comments)
5 times Hillary Clinton has played fast and loose with the facts on Sanders's record
US - UK Special Relationship Ends - Obama Blames Cameron for Libya Disster
Fukushima: They Knew (2 comments)
Thursday, March 10:
Ben Carson plans to endorse Trump
North Korean leader Kim orders more nuclear tests: KCNA
Obama and Republicans Trade Fire Over Nominee to Replace Scalia
Did Novartis and Genentech Get Away with This Big Marketing Scam? (5 comments)
Study: Privatizing government doesn't actually save money - (2 comments)
Ramos asks Clinton about emails, indictment (2 comments)
NEA: Legalize 5 Million Illegals (3 comments)
Tomgram: Engelhardt, Done In by the American Way of War (1 comments)
Canada Is About To Start Giving Away Free Money (2 comments)
Wednesday, March 9:
Michigan mayor says he was nearly kicked out of Dem debate (2 comments)
Elizabeth Warren Hammers GOP Over Supreme Court Obstruction (4 comments)
Finnish plan to revive economy risks unravelling
Tuesday, March 8:
Green Party Elects New Philadelphia Leadership
Bernie Sanders Upset Wins 2016 Michigan Primary (46 comments)
Iran fires ballistic missiles, testing U.N. resolution
Netanyahu turns down Obama meeting and cancels US trip
White House to reveal death toll of US drone strikes for first time
Washington Post Ran 16 Negative Stories on Bernie Sanders in 16 Hours -- FAIR (1 comments)
Tomgram: Michael Klare, A Take-No-Prisoners World of Oil
Monday, March 7:
At Secretive Meeting, Tech CEOs And Top Republicans Commiserate, Plot To Stop Trump (2 comments)
How Russia Is Brokering Peace in Syria (2 comments)
Jimmy Carter says he no longer needs cancer drug treatment (1 comments)
Japanese PM admits Fukushima far Worse than Reported
In drills, U.S., South Korea practice striking North's nuclear plants
Tomgram: Engler, The Transformative Power of Democratic Uprisings
Money Pours In as Move to Stop Donald Trump Expands
Sunday, March 6:
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder Goes On Defense Over Flint Water Crisis During Democratic Debate
North Korea threatens to nuke South, US over war games (1 comments)
Nancy Reagan, First Lady Behind "Just Say No" Campaign, Dead At 94 (7 comments)
Ted Cruz Keeps Up Pressure on Donald Trump; Bernie Sanders Takes 2 on "Super Saturday"
Saturday, March 5:
Ted Cruz Crushes At Kansas Republican Caucus
The Brutal Heartlessness of a Billionaire Governor-- Casting Teen Moms and their Babies onto the Streets (9 comments)
Kim Jong Un Orders North Korea To Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons "At Any Time"
Trump University: A Massive Scam (2 comments)
Friday, March 4:
Ben Carson officially drops out of the presidential race
Mexican Officials Pass Proposal To Ban Donald Trump From Their Country
Gov. Snyder hires criminal lawyer due to Flint water crisis
Congressman charges NPR with being "advocate" for government (7 comments)
Trudeau Says Canada Needs More Tar Sands Pipelines (7 comments)
Thursday, March 3:
Clinton tech employee has stopped working at State Department
Tomgram: Mattea Kramer, The Grief of Others and the Boasts of Candidates
Ukraine Regime Bans Officials From Criticizing Government (4 comments)
Wednesday, March 2:
Pets Weigh In on Super Tuesday (1 comments)
Ben Carson Super Tuesday results: No "political path" to GOP nomination he can see
Grand jury: Altoona diocese concealed sex abuse of hundreds of children
Tuesday, March 1:
Clinton, Sanders and Trump Score Early Wins on Super Tuesday
NJ papers call for Christie's resignation
Bay Area News Group consolidates newspapers
Rubio's Billionaire wins ransom from Argentina
Rand Paul offers to "un-suspend" presidential campaign in exchange for newspaper endorsement
Ten True Facts Guaranteed to Short-Circuit Republican Brains (1 comments)
McConnell Visits Obama To Tell Him To Forget That Supreme Court Seat
What Russia Wants, Straight from Horse's Mouth (5 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Donald Trump and the Remaking of America (2 comments)
Last Batch of Hillary Clinton's Emails Is Released