Archives for General News
August 2016
Wednesday, August 31:
Asia Pacific Rebalance Uncertain as Obama Makes Final Trip to Region
Paul LePage insists he's staying put
From No Child Left Behind To Children Evolving (5 comments)
Dilma Rousseff impeached by Brazilian senate
Donald Trump's visit to Mexico is greeted with hostility online
Fight for $15: Chris Christie vetoes minimum wage hike in New Jersey (1 comments)
Tuesday, August 30:
David Duke Urges White Supremacist Supporters To Vote for Donald Trump (5 comments)
French government wants EU to stop TTIP talks
World is Warming at Rate 'Unprecedented' for 1,000 Years (6 comments)
The Six Clinton Foundation Scandals Everyone Needs to Know (10 comments)
The Talented Mr. ErdoÄŸan: ErdoÄŸan's Game (1 comments)
Beat the Press by Timothy Egan (1 comments)
The 2016 Lummi Nation Totem Pole Journey is Under Way! (3 comments)
Monday, August 29:
Spirit Wins and Media Lies Lose at Standing Rock Protest (10 comments)
FBI has found hackers accessed AZ and IL election databases (2 comments)
Carl Peterson: A Jaw-Dropping Report on the LAUSD Hearings on El Camino Real Charter High School (1 comments)
Trump: Weiner Endangered National Security
Brazil's Rousseff to face accusers in impeachment showdown
Sheldon Adelson Tells Donald Trump To Show Some "Humility"
The Anthropocene Is Here: Humanity Has Pushed Earth Into a New Epoch
Tomgram: Arlie Hochschild, Trumping Environmentalism
Huma: I'm Leaving Weiner (1 comments)
FBI vs. State Department Over Hillary Clinton's Secrets
School reform: Ga. PTA says ballot wording deceptive (1 comments)
A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories (6 comments)
Democracy Earth Governance Singularity Grand Challenge Winner #gsummit (1 comments)
Sunday, August 28:
Greg Palast: The GOP's Stealth War Against Voters (2 comments)
Presidential Debates: A Fraud on the American Voter? (5 comments)
Wasserman Schultz goes down to wire against primary challenger
Inside debate prep: Clinton's careful case vs. Trump's "WrestleMania"
DoJ Says Jail for Not Making Bail is Unconstitutional
Cold War 2.0: Hillary Claims a Putin-Led "Alt-Right" Conspiracy is Against Her
How the charter school lobby is changing the Democratic Party (1 comments)
Saturday, August 27:
MomsRising Tackles Zika Virus, EpiPen Greed (and More) (4 comments)
#PayToPlay: State Dept to reveal Clinton's meetings with possible donors only after election
Italy's day of mourning for earthquake victims
Friday, August 26:
Hague Tribunal Exonerates Slobodan Milosevic for Bosnia War Crimes (4 comments)
North Korea claims it's now able to nuke U.S. mainland (6 comments)
Philadelphia DA Hammered Over Unethical Antics (1 comments)
France's top administrative court overturns burkini ban (1 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: FARC and Colombian Government Announce Final Peace Accord (6 comments)
Thursday, August 25:
Rachel Maddow's fascinating duel with Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, annotated
Bernie Sanders launches "Our Revolution" with electoral targets -- and a few critics left behind (7 comments)
American University in Kabul remains closed after deadly attack - News - Stripes
Tomgram: Ann Jones, "I Didn't Serve, I Was Used" (1 comments)
Prophecy: God Sent Donald Trump to Wage War Against Destructive Spirits -- Charisma News
Central bankers eye public spending to plug $1 trillion investment gap (2 comments)
Assange says WikiLeaks to release "significant" Clinton campaign data
Wednesday, August 24:
Arctic gives clues on worst mass extinction of life
Held 14 Years Without Charge, CIA Torture 'Guinea Pig' Abu Zubaydah Asks for Freedom (2 comments)
Mississippi Parents Demand an Answer: Are Charter Schools Constitutional? (1 comments)
Louisiana Climate-Deniers Who Refused Sandy Victims Now Want Federal Flood Relief (2 comments)
Stiglitz Blasts 'Outrageous' TPP as Obama Campaigns for Corporate-Friendly Deal (1 comments)
Drones: Law Enforcement's Secret Eye In The Sky How Minnesota's largest county started using drones (2 comments)
Trump, Ailes, Cosby, Ann Coulter Keep "Playboy Philosophy" Alive (12 comments)
Death toll from Italy quake rises to 120
Donald Trump and the Escalation of Hate - BillMoyers (3 comments)
Bernie Sanders's New Political Group Is Met by Staff Revolt (15 comments)
Tuesday, August 23:
Is This the Beginning of the End for the Private Prison Industry? (1 comments)
Recently Leaked Documents Confirm Clinton Haitian Gold Scheme (29 comments)
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province
A Full List of Donald Trump's Rapidly Changing Policy Positions
Tomgram: Todd Miller, The Great Mexican Wall Deception
Leading Doctor Calls Climate Gravest Health Threat of 21st Century
With Voting Rights at Risk Across US, International Monitors Called to Help
McAuliffe restores voting rights to 13,000 felons (3 comments)
Stanford sex assault judge recuses self from upcoming sex case (6 comments)
Monday, August 22:
Trump Colorado Campaign Office Is Literally Run by a 12-Year-Old (2 comments)
Trump denies 'flip-flopping' on immigration
FBI uncovers 14,900 more documents in Clinton email probe (1 comments)
Watch: John Oliver's Brutally Accurate Charter School Takedown (1 comments)
Colin Powell Says Hillary Clinton's "People Have Been Trying to Pin" Email Scandal on Him (2 comments)
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Making Sense of Trump and His National Security State Critics
Sunday, August 21:
Monsanto Just Made a Massive Mistake (2 comments)
Trump companies have $650M in debt: report
Donald Trump's deportation pledge called into question amid reports
Does Trump still want mass deportations? "To be determined," campaign manager says. (2 comments)
Media Silent as Native Americans Successfully Halt Construction on Oil Pipeline
U.S. Army Fudged Its Accounts By Trillions Of Dollars, Auditor Finds (1 comments)
Saturday, August 20:
NPR Host Demands That Assange Do Something Its Own Reporters Are Told Never to Do
Over 30,000 Muslims in the UK Marched Against ISIS -- Of Course You Didn't Hear About It (4 comments)
Trump's Empire: A Maze of Debts and Opaque Ties
More than half of Clinton Foundation's major donors would be barred under new rule (1 comments)
al-Nusra "media center" War Ppropaganda (1 comments)
Exposed! Naked Donald Trump Statues Pop Up in Cities Across U.S. (3 comments)
Class Action Lawsuit Against Debbie Wasserman Schultz Moves Forward (2 comments)
Friday, August 19:
Inside/Outside the DNC in Philly with Sanders Delegate Chuck Pennacchio (1 comments)
Clinton, Trump agree to square off at a "commander-in-chief forum" next month
Exclusive: U.S. withdraws staff from Saudi Arabia dedicated to Yemen planning
Trump campaign manager Manafort resigns after troubled stretch
Video of CNN Jill Stein Green Party Town Hall (3 comments)
Why Wasserman Schultz' Failed 2014 Mid-term Election's Leadership facilitates the passage of Fast-Track Enabled TPP (2 comments)
Thursday, August 18:
"My husband may die" in a Colorado prison, says wife of CIA whistleblower
Justice Department says it will end use of private prisons (4 comments)
Justice Department Plans to Stop Using Private Prisons
Policies of Cruelty (1 comments)
Did Green Party Pitch for 'Greater Good' Resonate with National Audience? (1 comments)
Best of TomDispatch: Andrew Bacevich, Pentagon, Inc.
Wednesday, August 17:
Liz Cheney Wins Wyoming Republican Primary for U.S. House Seat (2 comments)
Bluecut Fire Burns 25,000 Acres, Forces 82,000 to Evacuate in California (1 comments)
Donald Trump: The New York Times Is Biased Because "It's Owned By Mexico" (1 comments)
It seemed like Trump and Breitbart couldn't be closer. Then Stephen Bannon joined the campaign.
NATO, Poland, Russia and Missile Defense Threats (3 comments)
Why Latin American Environmentalists Are an Endangered Species
Complicit in Civilian Carnage, US Support for War in Yemen Called 'Indefensible'
Snowden Calls 'Shadow Brokers' Hack of NSA Hackers 'Significant' Turn in Spy Wars
Trump shakes up campaign, demotes top adviser (1 comments)
Don't Give Away Our Wildlife Refuges - (1 comments)
Tuesday, August 16:
FBI sends Clinton investigation docs to Congress as Republicans seek perjury charges -- RT America
Disasters like Louisiana floods will worsen as planet warms, scientists warn
Pennsylvania attorney general resigns following perjury conviction (1 comments)
'The only other option': Bernie Sanders backers turn to Green party's Jill Stein (1 comments)
Tomgram: Judith Coburn, On the Mean Streets of America
The Earth Just Experienced the Hottest Month on the Books. Period. (1 comments)
New York Times: Unfiltered Voices From Donald Trump's Rallies (3 comments)
What Real School Choice Would Look Like -- And Why What They're Selling Isn't It (1 comments)
As ISIS Brewed in Iraq, Clinton's State Department Cut Eyes and Ears on the Ground
Donald Trump and the $12.7 million Ukraine connection (1 comments)
Monday, August 15:
Clinton Slips as She Steps Away From Podium to Make Way for Biden (5 comments)
Jill Stein hits Hillary Clinton on emails: Voters "owed an explanation"
Liberals rally to sink Obama trade deal
Teaching Kids Empathy: In Danish Schools, It's " Well, It's a Piece of Cake (3 comments)
Sunday, August 14:
Country's Most Successful U.S. Attorney Leading Investigation Into Clinton Foundation (2 comments)
Three dead, over 7000 rescued from deadly Louisiana flood waters
Trump surrogate suggests President Obama started the war in Afghanistan (2 comments)
10 Children Killed in US-Backed Coalition Strike: Yemeni Officials (1 comments)
AP Reporter in Video at Center of "Hillary Health" Conspiracy Debunks "Seizure" Theory (16 comments)
Trump Says He May Revoke NY Times' Credentials Over Report About Internal Campaign Drama (1 comments)
Unmarried Women Have the Power to Decide the 2016 Election (3 comments)
Hacking The Machines -- Coverage Finally! (2 comments)
Saturday, August 13:
It's way too quiet: Spotting the Havoc Wreaked by Climate Change and Development is, Sadly, a Walk in the Park (7 comments)
'Chemtrails' not real, say atmospheric science experts -- ScienceDaily (15 comments)
Ecosystems in the southeastern US are vulnerable to climate change
How privatization of schools works: An infograph (1 comments)
Trump offers a Peek behind the Curtain, is Mocked by "alternative" media (3 comments)
Friday, August 12:
Pieces of Silver - by Paul Krugman (2 comments)
Putin fires chief of staff, sign of fatigue with old guard (7 comments)
Expecting Better: The National Partnership for Women & Families (1 comments)
2016 Election Lawsuit Tracker: The New Election Laws and the Suits Challenging Them
Hate Trump? You should still hold Clinton's feet to the fire (3 comments)
Trump Sets a Trap - and the mainstream media rush to jump in it. (8 comments)
Thursday, August 11:
Beyond the Olympics: An Inside Look at Brazil's Political Crisis
Bernie Sanders Buys a Summer Home in North Hero (14 comments)
Donald Trump Says He Gives His Workers Childcare. His Workers Say That's Baloney. (3 comments)
Scathing Report on Baltimore Cops Vindicates Black Residents
Tomgram: William Astore, Why It's So Hard for Members of the Military to Speak Out (1 comments)
Trump: Clinton, Obama are IS group's "founders" (3 comments)
SpaceX: Inspiring Visions of Mars Colonization (37 comments)
Wednesday, August 10:
Despite Cops' Best Efforts, Photography Is [Still] Not A Crime (13 comments)
Malia Obama Caught on Video Smoking Pot (35 comments)
Pentagon Money Pit: Unaccountable Army Spending of $6.5 Trillion and No DOD Audit for the Past Two Decades (57 comments)
Charles Belk, a black man wronged by police used the experience to get the law changed (VIDEO) (1 comments)
Open Letter from Cliff Arnebeck: Theft of the Primary Election (3 comments)
Dirty War Files Show How Clinton Ally Kissinger Backed Regime of Terror
Lawsuit Finds Millions Of Uncounted Bernie Sanders Ballots (5 comments)
Trump on "Second Amendment" backlash: "Give me a break"
Did Assange Confirm Murdered DNC staffer was Wikileaks' source? (73 comments)
NY Times; "Emails Renew Questions About Clinton Foundation and State Dept. Overlap" (4 comments)
Major GOP Donors are Turning to Clinton Over Trump (1 comments)
Tuesday, August 9:
Political Revolution Night School Starts Wed. Aug 10, Online (8 comments)
Donald Trump: Stop Hillary Clinton With "Second Amendment"
Chicago: Karen Lewis Warns of Strike Due to Mass Layoffs and Budget Cuts (7 comments)
NPR Takes Direct Jabs at Poland With 'Anaconda' War Games Report (1 comments)
Obama Has Relied on the Flimsiest Rationale for Launching Attacks on Countries Across the Planet (2 comments)
Humans are Poisoning the Ocean--and It's Poisoning Us Back
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Election From Hell (2 comments)
Republican Senator Dumps Trump (2 comments)
Monday, August 8:
Over 60 Dead After Suicide Bomber Targets Mourners In Front Of Pakistan Hospital
Former GOP national security officials: Trump would be "most reckless" American president in history (1 comments)
Trial by Jury, a Hallowed American Right, Is Vanishing (1 comments)
Delta Warns of Chaos After Power Outage, Worldwide System Failure
Trump targets taxes, regulations in economic speech in Detroit (1 comments)
Protect the West From a Black-Gold Rush; by Mark Udall (1 comments)
Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin to Launch Independent Presidential Bid
As Nominee, Stein Says She Wants to Assume Mantle of Sanders' Revolution
Humanity Just Ate Through Planet's Annual Resource Budget Faster Than Ever (2 comments)
Gestapo In The USA: FCC intimidates press and kills free speech at 5G rollout (video)
NAACP members call for ban on privately managed charter schools (2 comments)
General Atomics Funded U.S. Think Tank That Promoted Increased Drone Exports
Sunday, August 7:
Harvard Republican Club won't endorse GOP nominee for first time since 1888
The 2016 Democratic National Convention: 'Inside-Outside' Reflections of a Bernie Sanders Delegate (16 comments)
Bill Bratton Resigns, Takes Job With Pro-Clinton, Pro-Israel Firm (1 comments)
Obama warns Trump not to spread details of security briefings
Hillary Clinton is putting a key battleground state out of reach for Donald Trump
Trump looms large in primaries
Is Your State Attorney General Undermining America's Clean Power Plan?
Saturday, August 6:
Obama administration releases redacted version of drone policy (1 comments)
Trump Is A Real Nuclear Threat (3 comments)
Trump's Bad Week Just Got A Whole Lot Worse As Melania Trump Immigration Lies Grow
Friday, August 5:
MEDIA MANIPULATION: DNC leaks reveal NY Times, MSNBC helped sabotage Sanders (68 comments)
Donald Trump Announces Economic Policy Team: 13 Men
The Onion - America's Finest News Source (2 comments)
Donald Trump economic council draws on experts from real estate, finance and hot dogs
Beyond Clinton vs. Trump, Green Party Convention Kicks Off
Protesters With Pocket Constitutions Thrown Out Of Trump Rally (1 comments)
Saving Detroit from the Bottom Up: New Gang in Town (19 comments)
The Exoneration of Milosevic: the ICTY's Surprise Ruling
NYPost Publishes Melania Trump Nude Pics-- (25 comments)
Gaps in Melania Trump's immigration story raise questions (2 comments)
Thursday, August 4:
Reaching Beyond the Candidates with Bob Koehler (1 comments)
What Happens if Trump Really Does Drop Out of the Presidential Race?
Suspected Charleston Church Shooter Dylann Roof Assaulted in Jail
Black Firefighter's Home Targeted After He Receives Racist Letter
Full Video of CNN Libertarian Town Hall With Gary Johnson and William Weld
CNN hosting Green Party Town Hall With Jill Stein (3 comments)
Why President Obama's 'Better Argument' Than Trump or Clinton on TPP is flawed! (2 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, Pseudo-Election 2016 (1 comments)
Obama just commuted the sentences of a record number of inmates (2 comments)
Judge Rules: Trump Must Face Trial for Racketeering in Trump U. Suit (1 comments)
Wednesday, August 3:
Trump refuses to endorse Paul Ryan in GOP primary: "I'm just not quite there yet"
Government Fights Zika While Allowing These Birth-Defect Linked Drugs (9 comments)
Another Sanders Candidate wins: Jayapal advances to Nov ballot
Tuesday, August 2:
Watch Donald Trump Throw Crying Baby Out of Rally (1 comments)
He Said He Wasn't A Politician
Climate Change is Here and Now, Dire NOAA Report Warns
Obama says Trump is "unfit" to be president (2 comments)
Hillary Wouldn't Be the First Female American President - The New Yorker (1 comments)
Activists submit signatures calling for Judge Persky's removal
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The U.S. Military Pivots to Africa and That Continent Goes Down the Drain
The First Sanders Democrat Just Won Her Congressional Primary (2 comments)
'You should vote your conscience' (3 comments)
Monday, August 1:
There's No Business Like the U.S. Global Arms Business (1 comments)
Sanders Surrogate Nina Turner Considering Green Party's VP Offer
Why Koch and Republican donor network won't back Trump
Donald Trump's ABC interview may be his best/worst yet (2 comments)
New Report Reveals Illegal Admissions Polices at Charter Schools (1 comments)
Nina Turner rejects offer to join Green Party ticket As VP (2 comments)
European Commission proposes visa-free travel for citizens of Ukraine, Georgia and Kosovo (1 comments)
Only 9% of America Chose Trump and Clinton as the Nominees - The New York Times (1 comments)
Clinton claims FBI director said she was "truthful" about emails
Donald Trump's Path: What Map Should Democrats Fear the Most? - The NY Times (1 comments)
Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, Guns for Tots
A Million+ Demand Impeachment for Persky, Lenient Rape Trial Judge
DNC Fraud Class Action Lawsuit (24 comments)
The Trump Files: When Donald Struck Oil on the Upper West Side