An attorney representing dozens of survivors and family members of victims killed in the Pulse nightclub massacre amended their negligence lawsuit on Thursday to claim the club's owners illegally transferred it to another company months after the incident. The suit now alleges Pulse owners Barbara a...
It’s possible that I shall make an ass of myself. But in that case one can always get out of it with a little dialectic. I have, of course, so worded my proposition as to be right either way (K.Marx, Letter to F.Engels on the Indian Mutiny)
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
TWO TIN CANS WIRED TOGETHER TO A VOLTMETER
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When you hear the phrase "Scientology cruise ship," it may conjure images of Tom Cruise playing shuffleboard on the deck while church members sunbathe and sip strawberry daiquiris. That's not exactly what happens aboard the Freewinds.
EVEN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA MUST ADMIT THE VENEZUELAN COUP IS A FAIL
Opposition leaders said their elation turned to a mad scramble on Tuesday as a plan hatched during weeks of secret meetings with top Maduro loyalists abruptly collapsed.
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"For the establishment press corps, the idea of grassroots progressive populism as a pathway to the White House is very strange. But for people who want genuine progressive change, it’s the only path."
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The elite-oriented atmosphere of media aversion to his campaign is in sync with media disregard for the power of community-based activism that could result in a Sanders presidency.. They don’t get it.Mainstream journalists routinely ignore the essential core of the Bernie 2020 campaign. As far as ...
Minority employees at Harley-Davidson's plant in Kansas City have been subjected to years of harassment and discrimination — including having swastikas and nooses posted in the plant, frequent racial epithets and at least one assault, several employees said at a news conference organized by the NA...
WHOA Washington's Biggest Lobbyist, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gets Shut Out
A month before his inauguration, and shortly after he had finished a round of golf with Tiger Woods, Donald Trump was introduced to an adviser of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the chief advocacy group for American corporations.
Stanton Anderson stood in the clubhouse of Mr. Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., and extended his hand to the president-elect.
Mr. Trump refused it.
“You guys did everything to stop me,” Mr. Trump said, his face reddening, according to two people who were there. “I haven’t forgotten.
In the two years since, relations between Mr. Trump and Washington’s biggest lobbying organization haven’t much improved.
The chill has hurt the U.S. Chamber, which for decades was the unmatched voice of industry. Its revenue has dipped, spending on lobbying and elections has fallen, and its large-donor pool has shrunk.
Chilly relations with both the White House and congressional Democrats leaves the chief advocacy group for U.S. corporations struggling to adapt to changing politics and shift in the U.S. economy.
Photos of the Week:
Women dressed as witches dance in front of a fire during Walpurgis Night in Erfurt, Germany, on April 30, 2019. Costumed devils and witches meet to celebrate Walpurgis Night, a traditional religious holiday of pre-Christian origins. The event is named after Saint Walburga, an English nun who helped convert the Germans to Christianity in the 8th century.
The University of Alabama has bestowed an honorary doctoral degree to Autherine Lucy Foster, the first African American to attend the university. The 89-year-old Foster received the degree during Friday's graduation ceremonies. She enrolled at the university in 1956 but was expelled three days later...
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'Microcosm of Everything Wrong With US Foreign Policy': Senate Fails to Override Trump Veto on Yemen
"Congress has a moral duty to continue pushing for an end to U.S. military involvement in Yemen."
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