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Zero Cost Reparations Plan Proposed
Cash reparations can be harmful. This 4-point plan for Black ownership can amend past injustices according to 2018 candidate for NY Governor, Larry Sharpe. Reparations for slavery were promised at the end of the Civil War. Had they been granted, the Black community would be much stronger today. Instead of reparations, they were targeted by government sponsored racism and terrorism.
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 Carmine Gorga, Ph.D.: Concordianism: Beyond Capitalism and Socialism Toward a World of Peace and Justice Concordian economics offers us the opportunity to go beyond Capitalism and Socialism. The opportunity necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic is to practice Concordianism, namely to apply especially the suggestions of Concordian monetary policy: Practice Debt Jubilee, Mend the Fed. 1  |
Jonas Dringelis: How the Baltic States will survive without U.S. help
The seizing of the Capitol by Donald Trump's radical supporters came as a shock not only to the United States, but also to its allies. Never in recent history has the world seen such obvious evidence of the degradation of the most powerful state on the planet as it is today. |
 Bob Johnson: US Government Gives Plaque of Lies to City of David Foundation in Palestine Trump's bankruptcy lawyer and Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, dedicated a plaque full of lies about America's Founders and the US being founded on Judeo-Christian values to the City of David Foundation in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank and Palestinian East Jerusalem. 1 |
 Steve Schneider: Pardons for Rioters? Attack on Iran, its Interests or Proxies? An Expat American in the Middle East Discusses Concerns An expat American in the Middle East discusses his concerns about the final days of the Trump Administration, including possible pardons for rioters and an attack on Iran, its interests or proxies. 2 |
 Steve Schneider: Atlanta Mail Specialist Exposed Problems with Voter Roll Purge List Last December, 22,000 purged voters were returned to the rolls a month after an Atlanta business owner researched the purge list and raised questions. Robert Gates told authorities about faulty practices by the Georgia Secretary of State's office. During an emergency federal court proceeding, the state announced it would reinstate the purged voters, but for reasons other than the ones Gates discovered. |
 Steve Schneider: Make It Easier to Sue Abusive Police Officers: Legislator Florida is controlled by Republicans in Tallahassee. But a Democratic legislator plans to introduce a bill to make it easier for people to sue po-po who are violent and abusive. The proposed legislation starts a discussion that may pick up speed as younger Americans take office. 9 |
 Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful Federal Court Declares Genetically Engineered Salmon Unlawful Nope... he is not happy. Such anguish! Petulance. Of course he is more concerned about other issues that liars, cheaters and murderers of his ilk are concerned about... how to keep on keeping on. 2 |
 Dr. Deane Waldman, MD MBA: An Evidence-Based Nonpartisan Pre-Election Decision Aid This article compares and contrasts Candidate Joe Biden with President Trump, as well as the Democrat and Republican platforms. The sections "Candidates" and "Party platforms and philosophies" may be easier for the reader to compare and contrast if they are placed side-by-side, two-column format with subsections placed next to each other. 3 |
 World Struggles as Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Pass 40 Million The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases across the planet has surpassed 40 million, but experts say that is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the true impact of the pandemic that has upended life and work around the world.The milestone was hit Monday morning, according to Johns Hopkins University, which collates reports from around the world. The actual worldwide tally of COVID-19 cases is likely to be f... |
Jason Anne: COVID-19's Impact on the Economy
India is a developing economy and after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced 21 day lockdown for the safety of people, the country has observed a high unemployment and economic depression. India has observed a great decrease in growth of the income and government revenues as the novel corona virus hits economic activities of India as a whole. 1 |
 WHO Warns of 'Very Serious Situation' in Europe, with 'Alarming Rates' of Virus Transmission TheWorld Health Organization(WHO) has warned that coronavirus cases are surging alarmingly in Europe, as a "very serious situation" unfolds across the continent. As Covid-19 infections spike to record numbers, European governments are imposing strict local measures and weighing up further lockdowns in a bid to halt a second wave of the pandemic. But WHO regional director Hans Kluge said at a Thursday news conf... 2 |
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Carmine Gorga, Ph.D.: How to Achieve Peace
There are many reasons why President Trump must go at the earliest possible moment. We have work to do. With his divisive bent, he is impeding our progress. 3 |
 Karl Grossman: Multi-Million $ Nuclear Corruption in Ohio The U.S. Attorney's Office and FBI last week charged the speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives and four others in a $61 million scheme to use $1 billion in ratepayers money to keep two decrepit nuclear power plants operating. And, said the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, David DeVillers: "This is by no means over. We are going to continue this investigation." 2 |
 Dade County Florida Reports a 33.5% Covid-19 Infection Rate Officials in Florida's Miami-Dade County reported a staggering 33.5% Covid-19 positivity rate on Thursday, according to data released by Mayor Carlos Gimenez's office. The positivity rate -- that is, the percentage of people who test positive for the virus of those overall who have been tested -- is tracked daily by the county. Gimenez's office has said the goal is to not exceed a positivity rate o... 22 |
 Supreme Court Rules Nearly Half of Oklahoma Is Indian Reservation The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled by a 5-4 margin that nearly half of Oklahoma is an Indian reservation in the eyes of the criminal-justice system, preventing state authorities from prosecuting offenses there that involve Native Americans. The decision was potentially one of the most consequential legal victories for Native Americans in decades. It was written by Justice Neil Gorsuch, a Westerner who has sided with tribe... 1 |
 A Month After Reopening, Pakistan Records 100,000 New Virus Cases Pakistanis stricken by the virus are being turned away from hospitals that have simply closed their gates and put up signs reading “full house.” Doctors and nurses are falling ill at alarming rates — and are also coming under physical assault from desperate and angry families. When Pakistan’s government lifted its lockdown on May 9, it warned that the already impoverished country could no longer wit... |
 Ted Millar: New Edu. Dept. Rule Eases Up on Students Accused of Sexual Assault In four years, Edu. Secretary Betsy DeVos has turned its back on student loan borrowers, transgender, and disabled students. Sexual assault victims are now next. |
 Steve Schneider: Coronavirus Pandemic Teaches First-time Candidate New Ways to Run for Office The Coronavirus pandemic is forcing candidates to find new ways to campaign. This fact is reflected in local races as well as national contests that draw media attention. |
 Ahmad Al Khaled: Why US outsource support for Kurdish forces? Washington continues to support the Kurdish fighters, despite the US rhetoric of total solidarity with Ankara and attempts to find a compromise with Turkey on the Kurdish and Syrian issues. Firstly the US directly bolstered the Kurds, but now they decided to seek the assistance of the European private military contractors to avoid the Turkish accusation of terrorism support. |
Steve Schneider: Some Numbers Off for Biden, Sanders in Broward County, Florida Election Auditors Say
Volunteer election auditors in Broward County, in Florida, found votes for Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders that differed from the results released by government officials, a representative from Citizens Audit of Broward said. The Broward Supervisor of Elections is waiting for a report of the organization's findings to review it and either confirm or dispute the figures, or provide context for the apparent discrepancies. |
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Set Conditions on Companies that Want Government Bailouts
Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants companies hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic to get government bailouts if the businesses accept eight conditions in order to secure taxpayer help.
The eight conditions are:
Companies must maintain payrolls.
Businesses must provide $15 an hour minimum wage quickly.
Companies would be permanently banned from engaging in stock buybacks.
Companies would be... 1 |
Lukas Ramonas: The U.S. conquers new territories in Europe
The deputy of the Latvian parliament Nikolay Kabanov spoke this week about the plans of the government to allocate territory in the suburbs of Riga under the U.S. military base. According to him, the Parliament was expelled from the decision-making process. 1 |
 Ted Millar: The Supreme Court Just Put Immigrants In the Crosshairs--Again In August, the Trump administration ramped up its next phase in the war on immigrants when it decided to deny green cards or visas to immigrants who rely on public benefits like SNAP benefits, Medicaid, and Section-8 housing. On Monday, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 5-4 to permit this "public charges" policy to proceed. 1 |
 Watchdog files FEC complaint against pro-Sanders nonprofit Fabian, Our Revolution spokesman: “The simplistic and legally flawed analysis advanced by Common Cause is based on a misunderstanding of the law and a misrepresentation of the facts. To claim that Our Revolution is an arm of Sanders 2020 insults what grassroots have accomplished. Our mission is more than electing Bernie.”Sanders during a NH Public Radio forum: he founded the group, but" if I got on the phon... |
 FBI plans to notify states about local election breaches, a change of policy The FBI, in a change of policy, is committing to inform state officials if local election systems have been breached, federal officials said Thursday. In the past, the FBI would alert local governments about attacks on their electoral systems without automatically sharing that information with the state. That meant state officials, left in the dark, might be in a position of certifying the accuracy of election results ... 3 |
 Six children died in Border Patrol care. Democrats in Congress want to know why. The 6th death involved a Guatemalan boy (2) who died of the flu and other respiratory and intestinal infections in El Paso. 4 of the 6 children who died were taken into custody by the Border Patrol’s El Paso sector. El Paso Democrat Rep. Veronica Escobar said Trump officials refused to provide her with information on the deaths, citing the need to protect internal investigations. “We take our... |
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Must Read: Lies About Iran Killing US Troops in Iraq Are a Ploy to Justify War Gareth Porter exposes the latest war pretext as a fraud. Iran is not responsible for killing US soldiers in Iraq, and this lie goes back to Dick Cheney. Trump has floated this cassus belli which is now repeated throughout the media with zero evidence to substantiate it. |
 Fifth Pentagon official announces resignation in seven days DoD's senior adviser for international cooperation left the Pentagon, marking the 5 top official in 7 days to leave or announce their departure. Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, a longtime State Department official who began working in her Pentagon role in September 2018, resigned on Dec. 16, the Pentagon confirmed.Daily Kos: What's going on? It's not clear, other than the usual: Under Trump, being an expert in policy, intelligenc... 2 |
Shad Williams: (181) People in Hong Kong do their part to restore order - YouTube
Wow! A disintegrating US Psy Op. Bet the US Deep didn't see that one coming. While the deep State glum a fake grievance about a proposed Hong Kong law holding a criminal accountable on to the backs of a real grievances about capitalist exploitation of labor in Hong Kong, the people decide instead to clean up the vandal debris in order to recover their city from west's running dog lackeys. 12 |
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