Former CalPERS Board Member JJ Jelincic Files Protest Against Election Abuses
JJ Jelincic is still fighting the uphill battle of cleaning up CalPERS.
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The Political Colour of Fiscal Responsibility: Trump’s Fiscal Policy as a Republican Tradition
Why Democrats are the party of fiscal orthodoxy.
Read more...HHS Investigates Google-Ascension Secret Medical Records Project for Millions of Patients; Concrete Evidence of HIPAA Violations
Google and Ascension look to have shot their medical data project in the head with their flagrant disregard for patient privacy laws.
Read more...Ilargi: Vindman, the Expert
A close reading of NSC director Alexander Vindman’s deposition in the impeachment investigation.
Read more...The Economics of Neutrality in World War II
Neutrality in World War II meant appeasing the belligerents.
Read more...Google Collecting Medical Data on Millions Without Informing Patients or Doctors
Google now wants to play doctor.
Read more...Brexit: Farage Capitulates…or Does He?
NIgel Farage does Boris a solid. But the Tories want more concessions. Are they forthcoming?
Read more...The Many Ways Sanders and Warren Are Different & Why It Matters
A look at key policy differences between Sanders and Warren.
Read more...Billionaire Entryism: Prospects and Problems for Mayor “Mike” Bloomberg’s Presidential Run
Who is Bloomberg going to take votes from? Will his late entry into the campaign work? Oppo, oppo, oppo! Can be buy enough votes? And is he really running?!
Read more...30 Years After the Berlin Wall Came Down, East and West Germany Are Still Divided
Why Eastern Germany is still a place apart.
Read more...Electronic Voting Machine Debacle Continues in 2019, Setting Dangerous Precedent for 2020
Bloomberg’s recent story on electronic voting machines is good, but ignores their private equity owners, soft-pedals the role of corruption, and ignores the incursion of the intelligence community into the voting process.
Read more...Dean Baker: A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security Is What America Needs
Social Security has been oddly absent from the Presidential debate. Time to remedy that.
Read more...Paul Jay and Sharmini Peries Ousted from The Real News Network in June; Current Fundraiser Hides that Fact; Falling Viewership and Liberal Turn Result
The disgraceful defenestration of the founders of The Real News Network and the effort to cover that up.
Read more...The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
A review of major institutional and political developments that created modern Europe.
Read more...How Misleading Economic Analysis Is Corrupting Our Democracy
Illustrating some ways that so-called economic studies in the political sphere are cooked to sell a point of view.
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