Archives for General News
May 2016
Tuesday, May 31:
Sanders' Rally Draws Humongous Crowd Of 60,000 According To The Oakland Police Department (VIDEO) (1 comments)
Texas Braces for More Floods as Deadly Storm System Rumbles On
SMART ALEC - Lobbying for Good - Targets Affordable Housing (1 comments)
Carl Bernstein: The White House Is Terrified the Clinton Campaign "Is In Freefall" (1 comments)
Fighting for CA Workers, Sanders Slams NYT for Ignoring 'Real Issues' (1 comments)
SF Examiner: 1,400 ballots incorrectly mailed to San Francisco voters right before election
In San Francisco, Bernie Sanders' message makes believers out of the skeptics (1 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, America's Sinkhole Wars (1 comments)
Monday, May 30:
China Lashes Out At US Defense Secretary Criticisms
Thousands Call on DNC to Oust 'Corporatist Tool' Wasserman Schultz (2 comments)
So Many Warnings, So Many Lies: Patterns Emerge in State Dept Doc (13 comments)
Women's Boat to Gaza Press Conference
Burning all fossil fuels would scorch Earth
When Tiffany Talks, People Listen: Socially Unacceptable, the Vlog (7 comments)
Sunday, May 29:
THE WORM HAS TURNED: Barring unforeseeable events, Bernie Sanders will be the Democratic nominee. (4 comments)
How Hillary Clinton sanitized the paperback edition of HARD CHOICES
Sanders still sees "path toward victory"
Obama: Trump displays ignorance, seeks tweets over solutions (1 comments)
Dick Van Dyke endorses Bernie Sanders
Saturday, May 28:
Netanyahu's Government May Be Near Collapse, Report Says
Progressive Challenger to Wasserman Schultz Nabs Major Endorsement
1,000,000,000 Birds - Just Gone
Conservatives Work Hard to Clean Waterways--their way!
Trump Backs Out of Bernie Debate
Bill Maher Real Time interview with Bernie Sanders (3 comments)
Clinton email headache is about to get worse (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Behind the Scenes, Billionaires' Growing Control of News - (1 comments)
Hillary Won't Say How Much Goldman Sachs Invested With Her SIL (15 comments)
Bob Arum offers $20 million for Trump-Sanders debate (3 comments)
Friday, May 27:
Feds fight to prevent Clinton deposition in email case
Game Over: EmailGate Just Crippled the Clinton Express (5 comments)
Trump Now Says Debate With Sanders Would Be "Inappropriate" (2 comments)
Obama Becomes 1st Sitting U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima
Attention California Voters, Make Sure You Can Vote in the Presidential Primary (video) (1 comments)
Watch: Bernie Sanders Tells Jimmy Kimmel His Recipe for Working With the GOP in Congress (6 comments)
Dreaded 'Nightmare Bacteria' Resistant to All Antibiotics Is Finally Here
Thursday, May 26:
Baylor president Ken Starr demoted, coach fired amid sexual assaults scandal
Obama: Trump Candidacy Has "Rattled" World Leaders (2 comments)
Paul Ryan is in another fight he doesn't want, this time over LGBT rights (1 comments)
US spy plane flew "dangerously close" to passenger jets near Russian border (1 comments)
Donald Trump Hits "Magic Number" of Delegates Required for Nomination
Key issue is secret financial deals: As Clinton's Email Scandal Grows Nixonian, Sanders Must Address It (16 comments)
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Oil World in Chaos
Sanders-Trump Debate in CA? (23 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Intel Vets Urge Fast Report on Clinton Emails (1 comments)
Wednesday, May 25:
State Department inspector general's report on Clinton's email use released
Clinton Campaign Challenged by Email Criticism
Japan's prime minister scolds Obama at the G7 (1 comments)
Elizabeth Warren rips Donald Trump (1 comments)
Hillary Clinton Is Criticized for Private Emails in State Dept. Review (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Changes in LEGO Toys Show Disturbing Trend, Say Researchers (1 comments)
Tuesday, May 24:
Dems discuss dropping Wasserman Schultz (4 comments)
Ken Starr reportedly fired as Baylor president over sex scandals; university declines comment (5 comments)
Did $6.5m Property Deal Lead to Disenfranchisement of 126k Registered Brooklyn Democrats? (7 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Getting What We Pay For by Charles R. Morris (9 comments)
Trade pitch turns Obama into salesman for Vietnam shoes
Sanders blasts Clinton at California rally for rejecting debate (1 comments)
Sanders wins greater say in Democratic platform; names pro-Palestinian activist (3 comments)
Brazil leaked tape forces minister Romero Juca out
Tomgram: William Hartung, How to Disappear Money, Pentagon-Style
Hillary Losing to Trump for First Time in Key Poll, Sanders Tops Trump (9 comments)
Monday, May 23:
Clinton email hacker "Guccifer" set to plead guilty
Russians Insult Barack Obama by Naming Black Goat After Him (2 comments)
Should Dems Be Freaking Out? In First, National Polling Average Shows Trump Over Clinton
Obama confident trade deal will pass Congress (1 comments)
Two horses die in first four races on Preakness Saturday (10 comments)
Sanders Turns Up the Heat on the Democratic Establishment
Sunday, May 22:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Economic Promises a President Trump Could (and Couldn't) Keep (1 comments)
Snowden calls for whistleblower shield after claims by new Pentagon source
Federal judge insists Chicago mayor testify about police code of silence
Jonathan Simon, Election CyberTheft Expert, Discusses 2016 Presidential Race (8 comments)
That California Debate That Fox News And Bernie Sanders Want Probably Isn't Happening
Snopes Sets Record Straight Re: Nevada 'Faux Fracas': The Chair Thrown 'Round the World
Saturday, May 21:
Trump once revealed his income tax returns. They showed he didn't pay a cent (3 comments)
UK on Trump invite to 10 Downing Street: Not just yet
Bernie Sanders Says Debbie Wasserman Schultz Will Be Gone From DNC If He's President (3 comments)
Hillary Might Appoint Bill to Be Her JOBS CZAR - Really?! (8 comments)
A Day in The Life of The Jungle: Syrians Camped out in Calais (1 comments)
Clinton Disaster Fundraising: Predatory Humanitarianism? (1 comments)
Why Voters Might "Respectfully Disagree" With Clinton's Declaration of Victory (2 comments)
Friday, May 20:
Snowden Reacts to "Mistaken" Destruction of CIA Torture Report
Mexico Approves Extradition of Drug Lord "El Chapo" to US
Thomas Farrell: In Memoriam: John Bradshaw (1933-2016) (1 comments)
UN Assessment: Global Destruction of Mother Earth on Fast Track
Doctor Fires Back at Urban Institute's Attack on Single Payer (and Bernie) (1 comments)
Sanders operative Angie Morelli tells Politics Done Right what really happened in Nevada (VIDEO) (7 comments)
EgyptAir plane wreckage: Seats, suitcases and remains found
Bill Clinton Declares War on Poland
Israel defense chief quits, warns of extremist rise under Netanyahu (1 comments)
Argentina Approves U.S. Military Bases (7 comments)
Liberal pundits blame Debbie Wasserman Schultz for Dem's division (3 comments)
Thursday, May 19:
Why the Prosecution of Chelsea Manning Was Unconstitutional (1 comments)
The Ticking Clinton Time Bomb (73 comments)
Trump Meets "Genocidal" Kissinger to Develop Foreign Policy (2 comments)
Trump is "not qualified" to be president, Clinton says (3 comments)
Oklahoma's Legislature Passed A Law Making It A Felony To Perform An Abortion (1 comments)
Terrorism suspected in crash of Egyptian plane; 66 missing
Disturbing News for American'ts: Portugal's Renewable Energy Record
Thousands of presidential primary votes already cast are not being officially counted (9 comments)
Use of Unclassified Email Systems by Clinton and Others (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Appeals to California Voters After Oregon Win
Tomgram: Harwood and Stanley, Policing the Dystopia
Does America Always Forgive Disgraced Public Figures? Not These Transgressors! (3 comments)
Wednesday, May 18:
Did Clinton Foundation Pimp Out State Department? (7 comments)
US Senate votes to allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia
US Intelligence: Foreign Hackers Spying On Campaigns
American Civils War: Ageing infrastructure to 'cost $3.9 trillion over 10 years'
Bernie Sanders camp slams Debbie Wasserman Schultz for "throwing shade"
Millions more workers would be eligible for overtime pay under new federal rule
Franklin P. Lamb: U.S. financial regulations increase starvation among Syria's children (1 comments)
Tuesday, May 17:
Bernie Sanders Wins Oregon; Hillary Clinton Is Apparent Winner of Kentucky Primary
National Mindlessness, Police to POTUS, Threatens Nation (3 comments)
Hillary's "Damn" Emails? Or "Damning" Emails? (19 comments)
Pitch to Privatize the VA is a for-Profit Conspiracy
Hillary's Progressive Balancing Act: Envisioning Bill's Potential White House Role and Reaching out to Sanders Voters (2 comments)
Obama's "No Apology" Stance For Nukes Mirrors No Prosecution of CIA (1 comments)
Tomgram: William deBuys, No More Wide Open Spaces?
Monday, May 16:
Oops! CIA watchdog "inadvertently" destroys its only copy of torture report (1 comments)
Hillary Bets Big On Kentucky's Democratic Derby
April 2016 Hottest on Record as 'Climate Emergency' Grows
Media could effect economic development.
Bill Clinton's White House Job Would Be "Revitalizing The Economy," Hillary Clinton Says (4 comments)
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, The Snapchat Version of American Victory
Eye Witness Step-by-Step Account of NV Dem Convention Fiasco (5 comments)
Sunday, May 15:
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus on Donald Trump's Controversies: "People Just Don't Care"
Capitalism vs Humanity (1 comments)
Netanyahu tells France's Ayrault he still opposes peace conference
Susan Lee Schwartz: Crossing the Line: How Donald Trump Behaved With Women in Private - The New York Times (3 comments)
Saturday, May 14:
Russia Will Act To Neutralize U.S. Missile Shield Threat: Putin
Susan Lee Schwartz: The Vultures' Vultures: How A New Hedge-Fund Strategy Is Corrupting Washington (1 comments)
Your taxes at work: Rebuilding Bombed Hospitals Is an Act of Resistance
Friday, May 13:
Pfizer Blocks the Use of Its Drugs in Executions (9 comments)
Trump Lashes Out: My Taxes "None of Your Business"
Susan Lee Schwartz: Donald Trump Taps Climate Change Skeptic As Key Energy Adviser (3 comments)
Trump Campaign Could Use New Donations to Pay Donald Trump $36M for Loan (1 comments)
Michael Ratner, Pioneering Civil and Constitutional Rights Lawyer, Dies at Age 72 (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Blasts Republicans After Ruling That Jeopardizes Healthcare For Millions (1 comments)
Hillary's "Damn" Emails: Unraveling the Tangled Web (25 comments)
U.S. Directs Public Schools to Allow Transgender Access to Restrooms (1 comments)
Declassified documents detail 9/11 commission's inquiry into Saudi Arabia (3 comments)
Thursday, May 12:
Hillary's Latest Scandal: She And Bill Siphoned $100 Mil From Mideast Leaders (4 comments)
Donald Trump and Paul Ryan Could Not Be Further Apart (1 comments)
Dept. of Justice Investigating Hillary Clinton Email Scandal Gave $75K To Her Campaign (2 comments)
The Perfect Storm Circling Hillary Clinton (1 comments)
Trump Considering Giuliani For Commission To Address Muslim "Problem"
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff suspended in push toward impeachment
Trump says he won't release tax returns
For a Redone NY Primary, please make these five telephone calls today (3 comments)
Saudi officials were 'supporting' 9/11 hijackers, commission member says
Gingrich doesn't rule out Trump VP role (1 comments)
Wednesday, May 11:
Dept. of Justice Investigating Hillary Email Scandal Gave $75K to Her Campaign (5 comments)
Wealthy Cruz Donor Pours Millions Into Clinton Campaign (1 comments)
Women, Illegal Drugs and Vulnerability (1 comments)
Sanders Crushing Trump in Polls 53 Percent to 38 Percent (3 comments)
Hillary's Email Bombshell: Saudi's Financed the Benghazi Attack - World Beyond War . . . (5 comments)
Destiny Watford: Goldman Prize Winner from Baltimore (1 comments)
Sanders blows away Clinton in West Virginia. What next? (17 comments)
Tuesday, May 10:
Media Silent as Bernie Sanders Packs California Stadium Beyond Capacity (PHOTOS) (3 comments)
China scrambles fighters as U.S. sails warship near Chinese-claimed reef (5 comments)
FBI informer says Anwar al-Awlaki was a "Trainer and Bomb Expert" (12 comments)
Gallup: Hillary has Worst Favorability Rating in Dem History (6 comments)
Sanders Wins West Virginia Democratic Primary
Obama to make historic visit to Hiroshima (5 comments)
Breaking News: Walgreens Partners With Pharma To Churn Drugs (2 comments)
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, What Principles Rule the World? (1 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Hedge Funds Faced Choppy Waters in 2015, but Chiefs Cashed In (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Media Matters: Reporting on Corporate Reform and Omitting Walton, Gates, and Broad (1 comments)
The Great Trump Sellout Begins... (14 comments)
Monday, May 9:
Nate Silver: Sanders is Set To Win All of The Upcoming 8 States (8 comments)
How One State Ended its 'Rigged' Superdelegate System (1 comments)
"Choose me": Sarah Palin says she's "as vetted as anybody in the country" for Trump's VP (2 comments)
North Carolina, Justice Dept. file dueling lawsuits over "bathroom bill"
The Collapse of the Middle-Class Job
Hillary Clinton Targets Republicans Turned Off by Donald Trump (11 comments)
In stunning twist, Brazil's lower house acting speaker annuls Rousseff impeachment
Trump picks NJ Governor Christie to head transition team
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, The Challenges of 2016 (7 comments)
Sunday, May 8:
Why Did NBC News Sit on Explosive Story About Clinton's Alleged Hacked Email Server For Weeks? (27 comments)
Guccifer Speaks, NBC Edition (1 comments)
Alabama's Top Judge Faces Ethics Charges Over Gay-Marriage Order
Elections Board Certifies Primary Vote, Rejects 91,000 Provisional Ballots
Sanders awarded 49 more Washington state delegates
Sarah Palin Announces She Will Work to Defeat Paul Ryan in Primary (VIDEO) (1 comments)
Kremlin War Erupts Over Release of Top Secret Hillary Clinton Emails (46 comments)
Bernie Sanders' Health Care Plan Just Picked Up Support from 2,000 Leading Physicians (3 comments)
Maine Delegate Reallocation: Sanders Now Has 68%, Up From 64%
Republican Party Unravels Over Donald Trump's Takeover (2 comments)
Saturday, May 7:
Equal Means Equal: Why the ERA Must Be Passed
Panama Papers Source Offers to Aid Investigators if He's Not Punished (2 comments)
Fort McMurray Wildfire: Evacuees Relocated as "Absolutely Vicious Fire" Burns Uncontrollably
Misguided Patients Pharma Loves You (1 comments)
Its Official: The First Democratic Convention Just Abolished Superdelegates (3 comments)
Going Offshore in the 2016 Election Campaign: Disappearing Money and Opportunistic Candidates (1 comments)
Have Ted Cruz & John Kasich really suspended their campaigns? (6 comments)
Friday, May 6:
Sadiq Khan becomes London's first elected Muslim mayor
Doctors Without Borders Pulls Out Of World Humanitarian Summit, Says It No Longer Has Hope (1 comments)
Suspect in custody in shootings at mall, grocery store, high school
Susan Lee Schwartz: TTIP Documents Revealed By Alexander Hageluken and Alexander Muhlauer
Heads Up! Bernie to Be Interviewed on MSNBC 9 pm Tonight with "Exciting" News (18 comments)
Negative attitudes towards women journalists (1 comments)
Democratic Coexistence is the Most Fitting Solution (6 comments)
CNN Crushes Donald Trump (6 comments)
Thursday, May 5:
Democratic Party Officials to Vote on Eliminating Superdelegates (2 comments)
Deployed Army captain sues Obama over ISIS fight (3 comments)
The Massive, Tragic Trashing of Our Oceans: Is There Still Time to Do Something About It?
Bush 41, 43 Have No Plans to Endorse Trump (1 comments)
F.D.A. Tightens Rules for E-Cigarettes in a Landmark Move (2 comments)
Petition for RedoingNew York Primary Advances to NY Civil Rights Bureau in New York Attorney General's Office (1 comments)
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Going Offshore in the 2016 Election Campaign
Democracy, Development And Empowerment of people.
Wednesday, May 4:
Takin' It to the Street, and Pushing Bernie to Not Endorse Hillary and Instead Run as an Independent (50 comments)
The World's Media Also Can't Believe Trump Will Be The GOP Nominee (1 comments)
Mass Evacuation as 'Apocalyptic' Inferno Engulfs Canadian Tar Sands City (1 comments)
Trump: Military leaders shouldn't talk to the press (2 comments)
Elizabeth Warren Goes Ballistic on Trump in Blistering Social Media Onslaught (4 comments)
NSA to spy on own employees off work
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: A Brief History of Donald Trump and the Mafia
After Indiana, what now? (15 comments)
Tuesday, May 3:
Susan Lee Schwartz: Millions Face Pension Cuts Thanks to Wall Street Recklessness (1 comments)
Trump accuses Cruz's father of helping JFK's assassin (1 comments)
U.S. tells Pakistan it will have to fund F-16s itself
ISIS Attack Kills U.S. Navy SEAL Near Irbil, Iraq (3 comments)
Tomgram: Nick Turse, It Can't Happen Here, Can It?
Jane Sanders: "If Bernie Loses, We'll Form a New Organization" (2 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: How the North Carolina Legislature & Governor Are Destroying Public Schools and the Teaching Profession; Diane Ravitch (2 comments)
How we got the electoral college (18 comments)
State Party Officials Reportedly Displeased with Clinton-DNC 'Laundering' Scheme (1 comments)
Monday, May 2:
"Critical Hours" For Aleppo As Kerry Bids To Revive Syria Truce (1 comments)
Reuters Poll: Over half think US primary system is "rigged" (3 comments)
Susan Lee Schwartz: Appropriations Trickery in Congress (1 comments)
Politico: Clinton fundraising leaves little for state parties (6 comments)
Kerry travels to Switzerland for urgent talks on Syrian conflict
Sunday, May 1:
Daesh releases "hit list" of US pilots (2 comments)
Bergdahl defense can access classified information, court rules
Saudi Links to Terrorism are "Poison for the International Community" (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Gives Press Conference Honoring the First Anniversary of His Candidacy (15 comments)
CIA Director: Missing 9/11 Report Pages Contain "Inaccurate" Information (6 comments)
How the Curse of Sykes-Picot Still Haunts the Middle East - The New Yorker
Two People Involved In Flint Water Investigation Found Dead (5 comments)