NPR: Weeks Before Virus Panic, Intelligence Chairman Privately Raised Alarm, Sold Stocks

On February 27, Senator Richard Burr, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, was privately warning his Republican constituents of the dire consequences of a crisis caused by Coronavirus (Covid-19).

 

The Trump ‘Revolutionary’ Effect Makes Things Acceptable That Were Once Unthinkable

Renowned conservative George Will said, “What Donald Trump’s revolutionary effect has been [is] to make things acceptable that were unthinkable until recently.” “You cannot unring these bells.”

The Trump ‘Revolutionary’ Effect Makes Things Acceptable That Were Once Unthinkable

 

Violence Grows in Trump’s America

Donald Trump encourages violence. Many sources report increases in hate crimes during Trump’s presidency. In March, he suggested that supporters may resort to violence if they didn’t get their way. He threatened violence against opponents from police, military, and biker gangs who could “play it tough” if they reach a certain point. Recently, he encouraged violence against four minority congresswomen (self-proclaimed as the “Squad”) who oppose his policies.

Violence Grows in Trump’s America

 

“Beneath the Beauty of the Lilies Lies the Ugliness of War”

The reality is that the greatest casualty of war Is our future. Somehow we don’t seem to acknowledge that the real loss lies under all those graves decorated with pretty flowers and flags.

 

New C.F.P.B. Rules Allow Debt Collectors to Again Harass Consumers

New rules would allow debt collectors to send customers unlimited texts and e-mails.

New C.F.P.B. Rules Allow Debt Collectors to Again Harass Consumers

 

Vanity Fair: Trump Gives Big Oil Green Light to Kill Whales, Dolphins, People

Trump is rolling back an offshore-drilling safety regulation implemented by President Barack Obama after the infamous 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, which killed 11 people and 150 whales and dolphins, and a million seabirds.

 

Trump says late-term abortion babies are executed

Donald Trump has repeatedly made the same claim promoted by anti-abortionist that doctors and mothers execute newborns.

 

 

Trump told the NRA US is withdrawing from the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Donald Trump has decided that the United States will not continue to be part of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.

 

W.J. Astore: The NFL Draft and America First

American society is inclined to militarism. Americans call it patriotism. It is the American mindset. It’s evident in all professional sports but especially in the National Football league.

 

Truthout: The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion, It’s Time for New Priorities

“The F-35 is not just a bad plane that costs too much. It is a symptom of the mindset that is eating this country, and the world, alive.”

Truthout: The F-35 Fighter Jet Will Cost $1.5 Trillion, It’s Time for New Priorities