Glynn Wilson

Even in Losing, Are Trump, Putin and Fox News Still Winning?

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The Big Picture –  By Glynn Wilson –  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even in losing, Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Fox News seem to be winning. Is there anything we can do to turn things around, reverse course and stop the destruction of democracy as we know it, the de-evolution of the human brain and the…

A Day of Reckoning is Coming

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The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — There will be a reckoning. But it will not look like what you think. It will not look like Biblical Christian myths about the final judgement day, although in places it will feel like and resemble hell. And the impact will not just fall…

Biden Administration Proposes Stronger Mercury and Air Toxic Standards for Power Plants

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New standards would reduce hazardous air pollutants from coal-fired power plants, further protect public health and advance environmental justice – Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration released a set of proposed new pollution standards on Wednesday to update the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for coal-fired power plants, advancing tougher requirements to…

The True Dangers of Long Trains

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By Dan Schwartz and Topher Sanders, with additional reporting by Gabriel Sandoval and Danelle Morton – ProPublica Just before 5 a.m., Harry Shaffer’s wife called to him from across the living room, where he’d fallen asleep on the couch, exhausted from installing an aboveground pool. Did he hear that sound, that metallic screeching from up…

Biden Administration Moves to Remove Harmful Lead in Drinking Water

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Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Just as we are learning the full disastrous history of Thomas Midgley Jr., the mechanical engineer who first figured out that mixing lead with gasoline would make cars run smoother on Ethyl put out by General Motors, DuPont and Standard Oil beginning in 1923, the Biden Administration is rolling…

Worse than Hypocrisy: Ray Dalio and the Heart of Dark Capitalism

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The awful truth about hedge funds – Guest Column – By Robert Reich – Bridgewater Associates is the world’s largest hedge fund, managing roughly $125 billion of other people’s money. The New York Times recently reported that its founder, Ray Dalio, agreed to relinquish control of the firm only if it gave him what could…