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…
Seven More Trump Supporters Sentenced to Federal Prison for Roles in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation continues to track down, arrest and seek convictions against radicalized supporters of former President Donald Trump who heeded his call for insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and came to the nation’s capital to try to halt the peaceful transfer of power and overturn the…
A Day of Reckoning is Coming
Biden Administration Proposes Tough New Pollution Standards for Cars and Trucks
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration announced the most ambitious federal vehicle emissions standards ever on Wednesday that will accelerate the ongoing transition to a clean vehicles future by requiring that two-thirds of new passenger cars and a quarter of new heavy trucks sold in the United States are all-electric by 2032.…
Illinois and Massachusetts Men Charged With Felonies For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to hunt down Trump supporters and arrest those who took an active role in the seditious conspiracy and insurrection by breaching the United States Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. This past week the United States Department of Justice announced an arrest…
Pennsylvania Man Arrested on Felony Charge For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is continuing to hunt down and arrest Trump supporters who took part in the seditious conspiracy and insurrection by breaching the United States Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. A Pennsylvania man has been arrested this week on felony and misdemeanor charges for his…
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and A Cozy Friendship With Billionaire Harlan Crow
By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski – ProPublica – In late June 2019, right after the U.S. Supreme Court released its final opinion of the term, Justice Clarence Thomas boarded a large private jet headed to Indonesia. He and his wife were going on vacation: nine days of island-hopping in a volcanic archipelago…
Biden Administration Proposes Stronger Mercury and Air Toxic Standards for Power Plants
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…
Everyone Stands Equal Under the Law: Trump Charged With 34 Felony Counts
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â All over the country and the world, people who doubted that Donald Trump would ever be held accountable under the law for any of his crimes against humanity and the Constitution of the United States celebrated on social media. Meanwhile most of the press and media covering the…
No One is Above the Law: You Can Charge a Former President for Crimes
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. â No one is above the law. That includes the President of the United States. Whether you can convict one is another question. But at least America is not a Catholic monarchy, although the Supreme Court looks like one with six out of nine justices…
The True Dangers of Long Trains
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…
A Majority of Registered American Voters Approve of the Indictment of Trump
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A majority of registered voters in the United States, 51 percent, say they approve of the indictment of former President Donald Trump on fraud charges for his role in a scheme to pay hush-money to adult film star Stormy Daniels to hide the sexual…
New York Grand Jury Votes to Issue the first Indictment in History of a U.S. President, Donald Trump
By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â A Manhattan Grand Jury voted Thursday in New York to issue the first criminal indictment in American history against a former president. Donald Trump will be the first former president to face criminal charges in a case focused on a hush-money payment to a porn star Stormy Daniels…
A Majority of Americans Say Criminal Charges Should Disqualify Trump from Running for President
Public Opinion Analysis – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. â A clear majority of Americans believe an indictment of Donald Trump in any of the criminal investigations pending against the former president should be enough to stop him from actively campaigning for another term as president. When asked whether criminal charges should disqualify Trump…
New York Woman Found Guilty of For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York woman has been found guilty on felony charges this week for her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Maryann Mooney-Rondon, 56, of…
Biden Administration Moves to Remove Harmful Lead in Drinking Water
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
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…
What Will It Take to Get the Press Onboard to Influence Public Opinion to Save Democracy and the Planet?
Six More Oath Keepers Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Obstruct Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election
Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more members of the right-wing Oath Keepers domestic terrorist group were found guilty in the District of Columbia this week for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and breach of the U.S. Capitol, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes…
Should People Be Worried About Contracting Covid From Dogs, Cats and Other Pets?
Lack of canine COVID-19 data fuels persisting concerns over dog-human interactions – By Glynn Wilson – WASHINGTON, D.C. — The SARS-CoV-2 virus that originated in a wet meat market outhouse in Wuhan, China, in 2019 from the mixture of human and animal RNA had infected more than 600 million people globally with what came to…