President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Thursday blasted Vanity Fair, claiming the magazine was in “big trouble.” “Has anyone looked at the…
Month: October 2020
US Refuses to Promise to Stop Spying on German Officials, German Paper Reports
The U.S. has refused to give assurances it will not spy on German officials, a German newspaper is reporting. According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, the U.S. refusal has put talks towards a no-spying agreement between the two counties in jeopardy. Outrage in Berlin erupted in October when leaks showed that the National Security Agency had targeted…
#AskSnowden: Q&A Chat with Edward Snowden
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden participated in a live online chat Thursday starting at 3 PM EST. The forum was hosted on the Free Snowden website here, which is run by The Courage Foundation and is the only officially endorsed Snowden Defense Fund. This comes exactly one week after U.S. President Barack Obama gave an address…
Revealed: NSA Receiving Data of Tens of Thousands of Internet Users
Every six months, data from tens of thousands of accounts linked to Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and other cyber giants is turned over to the U.S. government at the behest of the secret FISA court. This is according to information published Monday by tech companies as part of a deal reached with the U.S. Justice…
Wild Winter Storm in the East, Flooding in the UK: Weather in 'Schizoid Mode'
As a ‘significant winter storm’ continues to batter the eastern part of the nation with snow and ice, leaving at least 14 dead and cutting off power for half a million people, experts are urging people to see the event as part of climate change and a reminder of the need to ditch fossil fuels….
Chokwe Lumumba (1947-2014): Activist and Revolutionary Mayor of Jackson, Miss.
Chokwe Lumumba—human rights attorney, civil rights activist and revolutionary Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi—unexpectedly died Tuesday of heart failure at the age of 66. Before entering politics, Lumumba rose to prominence as a civil rights activist and human rights attorney—defending notable clients including Black Panther Assata Shakur. Lumumba served as a leading figure in the Republic…
Duke Energy to Customers: You Pay for Coal Ash Mess
Duke Energy’s North Carolina customers should pay for the cleanup of its toxic coal ash ponds across the state. That’s what the company’s CEO, Lynn Good, said on Friday. Speaking to The Charlotte Observer after receiving the BusinessWoman of the Year award at Queens University of Charlotte, Good said that though the decision ultimately rests…
Contamination Even More Widespread After Nuclear Dump Site Leak
Four more workers have now tested positive for radiation after being exposed to a February leak from an underground nuclear waste dump near Carlsbad, New Mexico, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Monday, bringing the total number of contaminated workers to 21. The announcement came a day ahead of a DOE plan to send a…
GOP elector: Obama should tell people trying to intimidate electors to 'stand down'
A GOP elector is calling on President Obama to tell people to stop trying to intimidate Electoral College voters. Click Here: Fjallraven Kanken Art Spring Landscape Backpacks “Our president should stand up and say, ‘Hey, stand down people. This is the process,” Robert Graham, chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, said on Fox News. GOP…
Report: Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion 'All Risk, No Reward'
Enbridge is seeking a pipeline expansion that will double the amount of “dirty” tar sands pumped along the coast of Lake Superior and across key habitats in North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. But according to a new report (pdf) published Monday, that proposed plan amounts to ‘all risk and no reward’ for the land and…