Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC, Accuses Media of “Lionizing Destructive Organizations” Like the FBI
The FBI is openly setting out to make and break political leaders, undermining what we have left of a functioning democracy.
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CalPERS Fiasco 2: Confidential Member Data at Risk by Letting Company With No Contract Have Access; CalPERS Apparently Still Has No Deal With Any Vendors for Upcoming Elections
How CalPERS gave access to its sensitive member database to a company it barely knew, Votem Corp., with no contractual protection whatsoever. That’s like giving the keys to your house to someone you just met.
Read more...CalPERS Fiasco: Impermissible Non-Public Board Election Count; Failure of Widely Criticized Internet Voting to Deliver on Any Goals; Botched Tabulation
CalPERS refused to abandon its half-baked idea to push beneficiaries to vote by Internet ant phone. The scheme had not only failed to produce its alleged benefits, but it’s also again demonstrated CalPERS’ incompetence and deep commitment to cronyism.
Read more...Rethinking Free Trade Agreements in Uncertain Times
Jomo Kwame Sundaram makes the case against the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership, a free trade agreement that went into effect at the end of 2018, for six of its eleven member countries.
Read more...‘A Reckless Advocate of Military Force’: Demands for John Bolton’s Dismissal After Reports He Asked Pentagon for Options to Strike Iran
John Bolton manages the difficult task of making me yearn for the days of Henry Kissinger.
Read more...$15 Minimum Wage: Job Killer or Path Out of Poverty?
This Real News Network segment sets forth the most common arguments against increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, or alternatively, a living wage level, and shows why they don’t hold up to scrutiny. A decent minimum wage is even more important when the supposedly robust US economy is increasingly creating McJobs. JAISAL NOOR: […]
Read more...Trillions In IPO Funds At Risk Over Government Shutdown
It turns out the often-maligned SEC is much missed as the Federal partial shutdown puts the IPO market on hold.
Read more...Thoughts on Warren and Sanders: How Much Change Is Needed in 2021?
A look at Warren’s and Sanders’ fundamental political stances and what they might mean for their 2020 campaigns.
Read more...Kamala Harris Tells Big Lie: That 2012 Mortgage Settlement Was a Good Deal for Homeowners
Kamala Harris’ supposed big accomplishment, of getting California a better deal in the 2012 mortgage settlement, isn’t anything to boast about.
Read more...New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics
The Orwellianly-named Integrity Initiative is bringing international disinformation campaign, road tested in Europe. to the US, in the form of a “political smear unit.”
Read more...Here’s What a Real Strike Looks Like: 150 Million Say No to Despotism in India
The Modi government is trying to stare down large-scale strikes against its labor “reforms” in India.
Read more...Starting the New Year Badly and Well
Handicapping the new year based on early indicators.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Response to Reader Comments
A follow up to Andrew Dittmer’s series on libertarian thinking.
Read more...Should Institutional Providers Be Incentivized by Profit under Medicare for All?
Provider payment strategies under S1804 and HR676 (and what Jayapal should do with a new version of HR676).
Read more...6 Ways the Trump Shutdown Is Hurting the Country
A short tally of some of the damage done by the partial Federal shutdown.
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