Staff Report – WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat from Alabama, is calling for an investigation into student loan debt. As the lead author of a letter to more than 100 key stakeholders nationwide to solicit feedback on how to help improve federal policies for student borrowers of color and make access…
By Glynn Wilson – Welcome back on the first work day of 2019, that is unless you work for the federal government. In case you missed it traveling over the holidays, the government is still shut down thanks to President Donald J. Trump’s intransigence over border wall funding. The impacts of the government shutdown are…
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.…
By Glynn Wilson – Surfing around on Netflix for something to watch during the holidays, it came to my attention that the film Kill the Messenger was available. At the outset let me say that the Gary Webb story is one I’ve purposely avoided getting involved with for many years, even though I followed it…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – It has truly been the Year of the Dog, according to the Chinese Zodiac calendar, a year characterized by “Action,” especially if you are a Twitter follower. You may be suffering from an overdose of adrenaline and dopamine. You might want to take a break during the…
Alabama Senator Doug Jones Tries to Forge Last Minute Compromise – By Glynn Wilson – The U.S. House of Representatives adjourned just before 7 p.m. on Friday, leaving the Capitol before approving a measure that could pass the Senate and be signed by the president to fund the government and the border wall President Trump…
Facebook Manipulation Had No Discernible Impact – By Glynn Wilson – MOBILE, Ala. — Birmingham Democrat Doug Jones had Alabama Republican Roy Moore beat in the U.S. Senate election last year before the Washington Post broke the sex scandal story on November 9, 2017. Our definitive reporting on the campaign clearly shows that, and the…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – GULF SHORES, Ala. — It’s 65 degrees and sunny as I stand on a bridge looking south over the Gulf of Mexico with only seven days to go before Christmas. An acid flashback is not necessary for me to see a vision of the future from here.…
Staff report… Washington, D.C. – United States Senators are calling on President Donald Trump to make good on his promise to make assistance payments to farmers harmed by his Trade War with China and retaliatory tariffs on soybeans and other crops. In a letter written to the president just obtained by the New American Journal, U.S.…
By John Feffer – Are You Ready for an Epoch Fail?Globalists Really Are Ruining Your Life You know the story: the globalists want your guns. They want your democracy. They’re hovering just beyond the horizon in those black helicopters. They control the media and Wall Street. They’ve burrowed into a deep state that stretches like…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If only the Arab King of the Jews who was never really a king, Herod Antipas, had built a border wall around Jerusalem with the help of the Romans, we might not be celebrating Christmas at all. What a different, glorious world it would be. If only…
Staff report… Rural utilities are being encouraged to apply for the up to $600 million in loans and grants now available from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help expand high speed internet infrastructure, according to a statement out Friday from U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama. Municipalities, telecommunication companies, rural electric cooperatives, internet service…
Final Farm Bill includes support for farmers, ranchers and communities on rural health, wastewater infrastructure and high-speed internet – By Glynn Wilson – It appears the lame duck Congress will pass a farm bill to place on the president’s desk by the end of the week, according to breaking news on Tuesday out of Washington,…
The Big Picture – By Glynn Wilson – If you don’t like a reality show on television you can change the channel. The problem with the reality show starring Donald Trump as president of the United States is that it dominates all the channels. There’s no turning it off, unless you just turn off the…
Donald J. Trump and Vladimir Putin at Russia-U.S. Summit in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018: Shutterstock By Glynn Wilson – Let’s be clear. Donald J. Trump is a traitor and a crook. He should be indicted, arrested and removed from the White House immediately. Trump is clearly guilty of criminal conduct for colluding with Russia…
By Glynn Wilson – There may be no better example of a corrupt, capitalist corporation trying to profit from the American dream of young people in the United States to advance themselves with an education than the Birmingham, Alabama-based Education Corporation of America, which announced this week the closing of 75 colleges across the country.…
By Glynn Wilson – In the federal case that charges President Donald J. Trump with violating the emoluments clauses of the Constitution by doing business with foreign governments at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. just down the street from the White House, a slew of new subpoenas went out Tuesday from attorneys general…
By Glynn Wilson – Due to an ongoing crisis with the Trump administration failing to pay VA benefits to student veterans and students who are the children of veterans, and the lack of an adequate response from the Department of Veterans Affairs, bipartisan legislation was introduced in the United States Senate on Tuesday to begin…
The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â Here’s the blessing and the curse of writing a memoir: It requires reliving your life all over again, at least in your head. Sometimes this can be great fun, at least when you are recounting an enjoyable experience and time in your life. Sometimes it can be…
Staff Report – Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Calls for Investigation Into VA Failure to Pay Veterans – In response to a news report indicating that the Trump administration’s Department of Veterans Affairs claims to be so short staffed it can’t do the math to pay student veterans benefits it owes, U.S. Senator Doug Jones…
