Archives for General News
October 2016
Monday, October 31:
Donald Trump's Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders (2 comments)
President Obama: They Shoot Horses and Teenage Boys on the Dakota Access Pipeline (18 comments)
Italy quake: At least 15,000 in temporary shelters
Donald Trump is refusing to pay his campaign pollster three-quarters of a million dollars - The Washington Post (1 comments)
Epidemic of Assassinations Target Human Rights Defenders in Latin America (1 comments)
As Media Gatekeeper, 70+ Groups Call on Facebook to End Censorship
Carl Bernstein: FBI review 'a real bombshell' (2 comments)
Tomgram: Nate Terani, One Veteran's War on Islamophobia
Sunday, October 30:
FBI Obtains Warrant for Newly Discovered Emails in Clinton Probe -- as Reid Accuses Comey of Hatch Act Violation (3 comments)
Mikhail Gorbachev Appeals for Sanity, Dialogue (1 comments)
Rob Kall on PressTV Talking About Comey and Who Wins The Election (34 comments)
Italy quake: Norcia tremor destroys ancient buildings
GOP braces for turmoil after Election Day (1 comments)
Saturday, October 29:
Zephyr Teachout: Hedge Funders and Their Corrupt Effort to Take Over Public Education in New York
Bernie Sanders Demands a Stop to the Dakota Pipeline in Open Letter to President Obama (3 comments)
How prepared is US against Satan-2 ICBM of Russia? (2 comments)
At DAPL, Confiscating Cameras as Evidence of Journalism
What the FBI Director's letter about the Clinton emails really says; by Ian Millhiser (1 comments)
James Comey Broke with Loretta Lynch and Justice Department Tradition (2 comments)
New Layers of Dirt on Charter Schools by Paul Buchheit (3 comments)
Friday, October 28:
Wild Buffalo Herd Appears at Standing Rock (8 comments)
Clinton: Americans deserve "full and complete facts immediately" regarding new email probe (2 comments)
WWF: Two-thirds of the world's animals could be gone (10 comments)
Speaking While Female, and at a Disadvantage - Marie Tessier (1 comments)
President Obama, It Is Past-Time to Exhonorate Ethyl Rosenberg (3 comments)
Putin's speech at the Valdai Meeting in Sochi (8 comments)
A Free Book on Amazon That Explains the Plot to Privatize Public Schools; Diane Ravitch blog (1 comments)
Trump Improves the Economy in Time for Halloween
Copyright Office Coup: What It Means, And Why It Matters (2 comments)
Thursday, October 27:
Wall Street Firms Make Money From Teachers' Pensions -- And Fund Charter Schools Fight (1 comments)
Remembering Hummam, Remembering Islam: Reflections on genocide, one year on.
Map to Wikileaks Podesta Emails: Alphabetical Index by Sender (Version 20 Updated 10/27/16)
Pot Decriminalization Saves Philadelphia Millions (2 comments)
VP Nominee Mike Pence's Plane Skids Off New York Runway, No One Injured
A Christmas Story / There Is No Better Purpose Than To Serve Others. (4 comments)
Putin slams claims Russia meddling in US polls as 'hysteria' (2 comments)
Wildlife populations plunge almost 60 percent since 1970: WWF (1 comments)
Twitter is discontinuing video service Vine
Tomgram: Nomi Prins, Too Big to Fail, Hillary-Style
Cold War 2.0 update with 40 million Russian people involved in 4 days of civil defense drills (1 comments)
Wednesday, October 26:
The Ten Most Unreported Stories About Donald Trump; by by John Ziegler (7 comments)
War on Drugs Heading in Wrong Direction? (14 comments)
Map to Wikileaks Podesta Emails - Alphabetical Index by Sender (Version 14 Updated 10/25/16)
Bernie Sanders: I Will "Demand That the Democratic Party Implement" Its Platform (9 comments)
DoD Sec. Ash Carter Orders Pentagon to Stop Reclaiming Reenlistment Bonuses
Experimental drug shows promise in treating Alzheimer's disease (3 comments)
The buzz about edible bugs: Can they replace beef? -- ScienceDaily (5 comments)
Donald Trump has close financial ties to Dakota Access pipeline company
Cold war redux? Russia unveils massive Satan 2 ICBM capable of destroying France or Texas in a single hit (42 comments)
NATO Preps "Biggest Military Build-Up on Russia's Borders Since Cold War" (8 comments)
New York Times Op Ed: "How to Save Obama's Legacy in Palestine"
20 reasons to vote no on Pa. HB530 charter school reform (3 comments)
Palestine, Kafr Qaddum: Peaceful people under violent occupation
Tuesday, October 25:
Glenn Beck labels Trump a 'sociopath' (1 comments)
Protesters Build New Camps To Block Dakota Access Pipeline
Mosul battle: UN receives reports of IS atrocities
The Islamic State After Mosul (1 comments)
Public Sector Pensions Under Attack, by Bill Raden (1 comments)
Pennsylvania: Charter Sharks Zooming in for the Kill with HB530; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Tomgram: William Hartung, The Doctrine of Armed Exceptionalism (1 comments)
Here's How Good and How Bad American Job Markets Are (Now Donald and Hillary, Pay Attention and Learn (1 comments)
Hebron Palestine: "Settler attacks school-children and orders soldier to assist her" (Video) (3 comments)
MAP to Wikileaks Podesta Emails [Version 14 - Updated (10/24/16)] (4 comments)
Monday, October 24:
Why Massachusetts Is Ground Zero in the Battle Over Charter Schools (1 comments)
You Don't Have to Like Animals to Be Against Factory Farming: It Harms Workers and Pollutes Too (9 comments)
Founder of WikiLeaks Gavin Macfadyen is Dead (4 comments)
Anti-Semitic Posts, Many From Trump Supporters, Surge on Twitter -By JONATHAN MAHLER (1 comments)
Tomgram: Gary Younge, America's Deserving and Undeserving Dead Children
Tribal Chairman Says Peaceful Protestors Met with More Violence at DAPL (3 comments)
Ethnic cleansing of Shuhada Street in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron) (1 comments)
Sunday, October 23:
Bernie Sanders taps donor network, raises $2 million in 2 days for House, Senate contenders (1 comments)
As Election Day Nears, Military Hawks Circle to Promote New Wave of War
Campaign to Save STREET SPIRIT (2 comments)
Vladimir Putin - Wikipedia (1 comments)
Donald Trump jokes that it's okay for his supporters to commit voter fraud (2 comments)
At least 13 killed in California tour bus crash: report
Did John Adams Out Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings? (1 comments)
Cops Out of Control at Standing Rock Using Spiritual, Mental and Physical Abuse (15 comments)
Explaining Flat U.S. Job Growth (1 comments)
Saturday, October 22:
Thousands of California soldiers forced to repay enlistment bonuses a decade after going to war (4 comments)
Watchdog: EPA Action To Protect Flint Residents From Lead Was Delayed 7 Months (1 comments)
Tiny Region of Wallonia in Small Country of Belgium Trips up Global Corporatocracy (3 comments)
Friday, October 21:
Internet Attack Spreads, Disrupting Major Websites (1 comments)
Michael Moore to Trump Voters: "You're Legal Terrorists" (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Is Running a Shadow Campaign (1 comments)
Internet down for many as massive cyber attack stops Reddit, Spotify, Twitter and other sites from working (3 comments)
Showing Strength of 'Political Revolution,' Sanders Raises $2M in Two Days for Downticket Dems (2 comments)
Israeli forces shut down Palestinian street for Sukkot tour in occupied al-Khalil (Hebron)
Syria Up-date from Our Inside Syria Contact: (17 comments)
WikiLeaks poisons Hillary's relationship with left (6 comments)
Fukushima ice wall "is not working" (1 comments)
Thursday, October 20:
Tomgram: Nick Turse, The Perpetual Killing Field (1 comments)
Donald Trump Won't Say if He'll Accept Result of Election (1 comments)
Wednesday, October 19:
At third debate, Trump won't commit to accepting election results if he loses
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail (9 comments)
Two Americans killed in attack on base in Afghanistan
The Big Companies That Avoid Taxes by David Leonhardt (2 comments)
Trump oblivious to Russia's actions in Syria (3 comments)
Controversial wind of change in Lithuania (1 comments)
Latin Ameran Economic Growth: Alba Countries vs the Neo-Liberal Old Guard (1 comments)
China creates fund and mobilizes to eliminate extreme poverty (2 comments)
Tuesday, October 18:
Michael Moore to release surprise Donald Trump documentary (3 comments)
The growing list of women who have stepped forward to accuse Trump of touching them inappropriately (1 comments)
'Democracy Now!' Amy Goodman pursued by N Dakota prosecutors despite dropping of charges (1 comments)
Pennsylvania: Federal Report Reveals Malfeasance on Part of Charter Management Organizations (1 comments)
Shameful Silence on Donald Trump's Lies About Vote-Rigging (6 comments)
Russia, Syria halt Aleppo airstrikes ahead of 8-hour lull
Gabrielle Giffords Brings Her 'Fight, Fight, Fight!' For Gun Control to New York
Guglielmo Tell: President Obama issues directive consolidating changes to Cuba policy (1 comments)
Tomgram: Sandy Tolan, The Death of the Two-State Solution
A U.K. Bank shuts down Russia Today's Bank Account (12 comments)
Monday, October 17:
US Judge Drops Riot Charges Against Democracy Now!'s Goodman (1 comments)
Bernie's Shame: Rallies for Clinton Amid Humiliating Leaks (15 comments)
The Time for Direct Action on Climate Change Is Now (1 comments)
Millions of Trees Are Dying Across the US (1 comments)
Clinton Campaign Boss Wrote Anti-Sanders Hit Piece
Climate change has doubled Western U.S. forest fires -- ScienceDaily (1 comments)
Trump Son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly trying to start Trump TV
Abducted, Tortured, Held 14 Years Without Trial, 'Gitmo Diary' Author Finally Free
Navigating WikiLeaks: A Guide to the Podesta Emails (19 comments)
Local GOP office in North Carolina firebombed
Settlement Debate Flares Again in Israel's Quarrel With Rights Group
Donald Trump, the Worst of America - by Charles M. Blow (4 comments)
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Finding Hope in Dismal Times
RT bank accounts blocked in UK; "Decision is Final- No Discussion" (17 comments)
6 Tiny Mistakes That Almost Ended the World (8 comments)
Sunday, October 16:
Putin says Russia not trying to influence U.S. presidential election
Elizabeth Warren Calls for President to Replace SEC Chair (1 comments)
How Dictatorships Are Born - by Roger Cohen (7 comments)
Burning Down the House by Timothy Egan (1 comments)
Issues in Hillary Clinton's Past Leave Her Muted in Furor Over Donald Trump
Amy Goodman Facing Prison for Reporting on Pipeline (1 comments)
Here Are Hillary Clinton's Three Speeches To Goldman Sachs For Which She Was Paid $675,000
Saturday, October 15:
Trump "Not Impressed" With Clinton's Backside
Lizzy Ratner: Amy Goodman Is Facing Prison for Reporting on the Dakota Access Pipeline. That Should Scare Us All. (30 comments)
Posting New Secret TISA Trade Docs, Wikileaks Further Exposes Corporate Plot (6 comments)
Friday, October 14:
The George W. Bush White House 'Lost' 22 Million Emails (2 comments)
CIA Prepping for Possible Cyber Strike Against Russia
Syria is Even More Complicated than We Think (12 comments)
Obama indicted the GOP in Columbus speech: Family Values Party and this is who you nominated? (9 comments)
Political Defamation campaign targets Rescue Workers in Syria (51 comments)
Revolutionary $1bn carbon capture plant about to be completed at Texas power station (5 comments)
Thursday, October 13:
Police shoot white coal miner 5 times, thinking he was black (5 comments)
New York Times To Trump: We Didn't Destroy Your Reputation. You Did. (2 comments)
US Officially Enters War with Yemen Amid Charges of Saudi War Crimes (6 comments)
US launches strikes against Houthi radar sites in Yemen
Why The U.S. Needs To Negotiate With North Korea (1 comments)
After Exploiting Prisoners for Years, MSNBC Still Won't Cover the National Prison Strike
Tomgram: John Feffer, Slouching Toward the Apocalypse
The Donald Has Finally Inspired Me to Vote for Him! Short but major video...
Bob Dylan Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature (1 comments)
Can the Democrats Resurrect the Middle Class? by Thomas B. Edsall (1 comments)
Wednesday, October 12:
Documentary Exposes Exploitation of Native American People in North Dakota
Jill Stein and the Green Party Add More Ballot Lines This Week (5 comments)
Kerry and Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row
Haitian Factory Where Big Money, State Dept and the Clintons Intersect
Clinton Promises Military Force Against Hackers in Most Hawkish Speech Yet (4 comments)
Woman slams GOP men, quits party in stunning tweetstorm
One Tweet Unleashes A Torrent Of Stories Of Sexual Assault : The Two-Way : NPR
Tuesday, October 11:
Indigenous People Have Rights: Why It's Time to Abolish Columbus Day (1 comments)
This Persistent Myth About Native Americans Needs Debunking
Study: Public Schools Legally Beating Children at Alarming Rate--Thousands of Kids Left Injured
Why We're OK With Eating Pigs, but Not Dogs (2 comments)
Man-Made Climate Change Making Kindling of America's Forestlands (2 comments)
Planned Attacks on Sanders Included in WikiLeaks' Third Batch of Podesta Emails
Ruling Against Wall Street Watchdog Decried as 'Reckless and Partisan' (2 comments)
'Homegrown Terrorists' Are Mostly Motivated (1 comments)
'This Is My Act of Love': Climate Activists Shut Down All US-Canada Tar Sands Pipelines (1 comments)
Trump declares war on the Republican Party four weeks before Election Day
Èzili Dantò: Hurricane Matthew, Weather Warfare, Haiti, HAARP, Katrina (5 comments)
Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Unipolar No More
Is the Era of Polling Over? (1 comments)
Monday, October 10:
US death toll from Matthew climbs to 21
Facebook 'corporate fascism' exposed in shocking testimony from former employee -- The Sun
Dismantling Columbus and the Power of the Present
Megadrought risks in southwest U.S. soar as atmosphere warms -- ScienceDaily (1 comments)
Paul Ryan Won't Defend Donald Trump, Upsetting Trump and G.O.P. Hard-Liners
Billy Bush has been suspended by NBC (1 comments)
Wikileaks Drops E-Reader Version of Clinton Speeches Alongside New Email Dump (2 comments)
Russia says U.S. actions threaten its national security
This school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning. (1 comments)
In New Cardinal Picks, Pope Francis Sidelines Conservatives, Promotes Progressives (2 comments)
Sunday, October 9:
Trump holds pre-debate news conference with Clinton accusers
5 Things You Should Know About the Green Party's Jill Stein (13 comments)
WikiLeaks Dumps Excerpts From Paid Speeches Hillary Clinton Sought to Bury
How the Real Estate Lobby -- and Trump -- Got a Huge Tax Break (1 comments)
It's not just the F-35: US Navy new Ford Carrier is already 2 years late and is delayed again (1 comments)
Saturday, October 8:
WHIP LIST: Republicans Abandon Trump
Evangelical Leaders Shrug At Donald Trump's Lewd Comments
Trump said and did WHAT? (2 comments)
Friday, October 7:
Ryan "sickened" by Trump's lewd comments in video
NYC Success Academy (charter school) specializes in empty seats (1 comments)
Israel begins deporting women who tried to sail to Gaza
Warmed Oceans Fuel Massive Hurricane Matthew as It Bears Down on Florida After Flattening Parts of Haiti and Cuba (1 comments)
Obama Warned to Defuse Tensions with Russia, Avert Wider War in Syria
The big banking scandal Wall Street is hiding from you
Advocates: Vets still dying from burn pit illnesses
Tony Blair says his return to British politics is "an open question"
Thursday, October 6:
Methane Emissions From Fossil Fuel Industry May Be 60 Percent Higher Than Estimates: Study (9 comments)
23 Arrested Protesting McAuliffe's "Stunning Lack of Political Courage" on Climate (1 comments)
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet: Western States Face Decades-Long Megadroughts
Judge Rules Ex-CIA Officials Can Be Questioned in Torture Case
Reaping the Whirlwind: Kerry, al-Nusra, Russia and Syria (2 comments)
Israeli Military Blocks Female Flotilla From Reaching Gaza
OIG Report: Charter Schools Pose Risk to Education Department Goals (1 comments)
Hurricane Matthew Approaches Florida; Governor Urges 1.5 Million to Flee
Israeli navy intercepts women's flotilla on way to break Gaza blockade
Tomgram: Engelhardt, This Is Not About Donald Trump (1 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: Hurricane Matthew hits eastern Cuba (9 comments)
Wednesday, October 5:
Uganda: Profiting on the Backs of the Poor; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
Pentagon Paid Millions for Fake 'Al Qaeda' Videos (9 comments)
Left pressures Clinton for position on pipeline (3 comments)
BREAKING: Israel stops Women's Boat to Gaza (2 comments)
How Billionaires Are Successfully Fooling Us Into Destroying Public Education-by Diane Ravitch (5 comments)
Deutsche Bank is Too Big to Fail, Too Big For Big Fines?
Tuesday, October 4:
Syria peace efforts must continue despite break with Russia: Kerry
Amid Escalating Tensions, 40 Million Russians Practice for Nuclear Emergency (2 comments)
When It Comes to Tax Avoidance, Donald Trump's Just a Small Fry (4 comments)
Tomgram: Andrew Bacevich, The National Security Void
Duterte tells Obama "go to hell," says can get arms from China (4 comments)
Half of Presidential Campaign Is in Only 4 States (1 comments)
Monday, October 3:
Helicopter Allegedly Hired by North Dakota Authorities Found Flying in Violation of FAA Rules (4 comments)
New York Attorney General Orders Trump Foundation To Halt Activity (1 comments)
Pentagon Produced Fake Terrorist Propaganda
Trump Foundation ordered to stop fundraising
Atlas Bummed: The Federal Reserve Board Worries About Us (6 comments)
US suspends bilateral contact with Russia over Syria
Supreme Court denies Obama request to rehear major immigration case
When Billionaires Become Educational Experts: $ is for $chools (1 comments)
Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, What Actually Keeps Americans Safe (1 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: Colombia Votes "No" on Peace Accord, Country's Future Uncertain (9 comments)
Sunday, October 2:
If the FARC deal passes, kiss Colombia goodbye (3 comments)
Trump supporters defend the GOP nominee as a "genius" with taxes (3 comments)
Bees in Peril as First Species Added to Endangered Species List (1 comments)
Recalculating the Climate Math: Answer is not encouraging (5 comments)
Donald Trump Tax Records Show He Could Have Avoided Taxes for Nearly Two Decades (videos) (2 comments)
Travel Notes of A Talking Head: The Trump-Clinton Debate As Seen From Moscow (1 comments)
Saturday, October 1:
Trump could have avoided paying taxes for 18 years, report on tax records says (2 comments)
Archeologists denounce Dakota Access pipeline for destroying artifacts
Alabama Chief Judge Roy Moore Ousted
There Are Fewer Than 10 Grizzlies Left in Washington State--Incredibly, There's a Plan in Place That Can Restore Them (2 comments)
We Now Have Plenty of Evidence That Gary Johnson Is a Fake Alternative (1 comments)
Ballot Access: Another Way Dems and the GOP Screw Third Parties - Reason.com
Man Accused of Murdering 90-Year-Old Woman Blames "The Walking Dead"
Complaints against police plummet in presence of body cams, says new study (2 comments)