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# New American Journal

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- [Anthropic Founder Calls for Slowing the Pace and Regulating A.I.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/anthropic-founder-calls-for-slowing-the-pace-and-regulating-a-i/) - We Must Pace the Frontier - By Dario Amodei - Bio Note: Dario Amodei is an American artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. In 2021, he and his sister Daniela Amodei co-founded Anthropic, the company behind the large language model series Claude. Before that, he was the vice president of research at OpenAI. Dario Amodei: Wikipedia
- [The Trump Dividend and the Bribe of Gold by Roman Emperor Commodus as the Roman Empire Falls](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/the-trump-dividend-and-the-bribe-of-gold-by-roman-emperor-commodus-as-the-roman-empire-falls/) - The parallels with the rise and fall of the American Empire are unmistakable - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - This is where reading AND watching makes a difference. Way down in Texas this week, Donnie Trump showed how afraid he is of losing control of Congress by making a false campaign promise
- [Trump’s Plans for Major Changes to How National Parks Are Managed is Leaked](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/trumps-plans-for-major-changes-to-how-national-parks-are-managed-is-leaked/) - Staff Report - The Trump administration is planning a significant reorganization of the National Park Service and other bureaus with the Department of Interior, the second major shake-up of the nation’s public lands infrastructure in less than two years, according to a breaking news scoop from NOTUS, a new D.C. news outfit started by Publisher
- [Part V - Nine Billion People on a Warming Planet: Humanity’s Next Great Test](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/part-v-nine-billion-people-on-a-warming-planet-humanitys-next-great-test/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The world is moving toward another demographic milestone as the accelerating, exponential rate of change in technology and society speeds up beyond what the average human mind can keep up with and grasp. So here are some facts about what is coming in the years ahead. Unlike
- [Part I - Facts Matter: The State of Health Care in America](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/facts-matter-the-state-of-health-care-in-america/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Editor's Note: Healthcare is one of the top domestic and economic concerns for Americans. Public opinion research consistently shows this to be the case. Recent surveys from Gallup reveal that a striking 61 percent of adults in the U.S. worry "a great deal" about healthcare, ranking it
- [You Can't Always Get What You Want: The A.I. Bubble Will Go Bust](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/you-cant-always-get-what-you-want-the-a-i-bubble-will-burst/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - From the Golden Gate Bridge crossing San Francisco Bay to Apple's iconic round "Spaceship" campus in Cupertino near San Jose, there lies an ideal place in the universe that embodies the American Dream in the 21st century. Driving north from San
- [Elon Musk Proves Great Wealth Does Not Make You Happy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/elon-musk-proves-great-wealth-does-not-make-you-happy/) - Take the Pledge of Altruism to Find Happiness - By Glynn Wilson - Elon Musk is living proof that great wealth does not make for great happiness. He's the richest man in the world, the first trillionaire. Yet a new documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney, set to make its world premiere this week at
- [Part IV - Trump's Changes to American Health Care](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/part-iv-trumps-changes-to-american-health-care/) - What Will the Administration's Policies Actually Mean for Patients? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The Affordable Care Act changed American health care by making insurance available to millions of people who previously couldn't obtain or afford it. The second Trump administration is now making changes that appear to be a direct
- [Part III - The Affordable Care Act and the Corporate Transformation of American Medicine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/part-iii-the-affordable-care-act-and-the-corporate-transformation-of-american-medicine/) - What Obamacare Did for Patients — and What It Didn't Fix - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - When President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010, the first law ever passed by Congress to REGULATE health care in the United States, the central promise was straightforward. More Americans
- [Part II: When Medicine Starts to Look Like a Factory](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/when-medicine-starts-to-look-like-a-factory/) - Is American Health Care Losing the Doctor-Patient Relationship to Corporate Medicine? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - There was a time when going to the doctor meant going to your local doctor, a member of your community who you knew personally. You knew the physician. The physician knew you. Your medical history
- [The Turbulent A.I. Era is Here. The Choices We Make Now are Critical.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/the-turbulent-a-i-era-is-here-the-choices-we-make-now-are-critical/) - We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad. - Guest Column - By Bill Gates - The transition to the AI era will be one of the most turbulent times in human history. Right now, we are not preparing adequately for that transition. If the world takes the right steps, AI
- [Can Doug Jones Pull Off a Miracle and Beat Republican Tommy Tuberville in the Alabama Governors Race?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/can-doug-jones-pull-off-a-miracle-and-beat-republican-tommy-tuberville-in-the-alabama-governors-race/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – As I sit here in the coolness and fog while the rest of the world burns, looking out at what's happening "out there" through a big computer screen, I see that my old friend Doug Jones is working hard to make inroads with
- [Record-High 89 Percent of People in the U.S. Say Government Corruption is Widespread](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/record-high-89-percent-of-people-in-the-u-s-say-government-corruption-is-widespread/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - A record high percentage the people of the United States, 89 percent, now say government corruption is widespread, a number that is up 10 percentage points from 2025 and well above readings in the 72 to 79 percent range researchers found in surveys between 2010 and 2025.
- [Report: The World Will Soon Overshoot Global Warming Goal and Must Change Course](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/09/report-the-world-will-soon-overshoot-global-warming-goal-and-must-change-course/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The world has failed in its goal of limiting the average global temperature to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit and must take fast action to limit the "overshoot" or face even more cataclysmic consequences from climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy
- [The Red Flags Keep Going Up: To 'The Public' - Stop Doomscrolling and Do Something Else](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/the-red-flags-keep-going-up-to-the-public-stop-doomscrolling-and-do-something-else/) - Stop Staring at Your Phone, Feeding the Tech Giants Traffic, and Get Involved - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - How many red flags do we have to wave before enough people will listen and take action? For many years now, we have been pointing out over and over again that the future
- [Developer Bribes Trump Administration To Gain Access Land in Yosemite: Park Advocates Say Hell No](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/developer-bribes-trump-administration-to-gain-access-land-in-yosemite-park-advocates-say-hell-no/) - Staff Report - The Trump administration has proposed trading away a parcel of land in Yosemite National Park in California so a private developer who supported Trump's campaign for president can gain access to the park, according to federal officials and documents reviewed and reported by The New York Times. The potential deal has alarmed
- [The Press: Raising a Red Flag When Riptides Churn Society](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/the-press-raising-a-red-flag-when-riptides-churn-society/) - The A.I. Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - When riptides are churning up the ocean, lifeguards raise red flags, warning swimmers and beachgoers of the danger. When there is danger ahead in society, scientists, experts and journalists raise red flags. That is how democracy works, or doesn't work, if people and politicians ignore the
- [What Good is Altruism in a Selfish World Gone Mad?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/what-good-is-altruism-in-a-selfish-world-gone-mad/) - Under the Microscope - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Why does this seem so hard for some people to grasp? Perhaps it is a lack of leadership? While sitting in a bar recently having an intelligent conversation with a good friend who understands, through the swinging doors entered a stressed out woman.
- [Democrat Xavier Becerra Leads California Governor’s Race by Wide Margin](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/democrat-xavier-becerra-leads-california-governors-race-by-wide-margin/) - Staff Report – Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, the Democrat, is leading Republican businessman Steve Hilton by a double-digit margin in the race for governor of California, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley. The Institute of Governmental Studies poll found about 55% of likely voters saying they’ll support Becerra, 37%
- [Republicans Are Trying to Hide These Health Care Cuts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/republicans-are-trying-to-hide-these-health-care-cuts/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The New York Times Editorial Board ran a piece today explaining how the Trump administration is trying to kill poor people in this country to get ready for the A.I. bots to take over. They didn't exactly phrase it that way, but that is what's going on.
- [On the Streets of San Francisco: Transformative A.I.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/on-the-streets-of-san-francisco-transformative-a-i/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - “If handled well,” they say, “this transformation could bring about abundance and prosperity for everyone. If handled poorly, it could result in an extreme concentration of power in the hands of a tiny elite.” - Effective Altruism We have traveled to
- [Summer in San Francisco: Bad News and Some Good News on the Environmental Front](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/summer-in-san-francisco-bad-news-and-some-good-news-on-the-environmental-front/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - American writer Mark Twain, who spent two years in San Francisco writing for newspapers from 1864 to 1866, is often quoted as saying, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.” It's apparently not true. He never said it,
- [Planet Under Pressure: Climate Change, Wildfires and the Politics of Inaction](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/08/planet-under-pressure-climate-change-wildfires-and-the-politics-of-inaction/) - You don't have to read this. You can listen and watch on YouTube. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - From the forests of northern Canada to the mountains of California and the hills of southern Europe, smoke has become one of the defining images of summer. Wildfires that were once considered seasonal disasters
- [Funding New Media is Critical for the Future of Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/07/funding-new-media-is-critical-for-the-future-of-democracy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - When I tell you that funding a new kind of media is critical if there is to be a future for American democracy, I am not making this up. We are at a critical point in the development of this new brand of non-profit
- [Those Were the Days My Friend: Flora-Bama Lounge Owner Pat McClellan Dies](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/07/those-were-the-days-my-friend-flora-bama-lounge-owner-pat-mcclellan-dies/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - So you may agree with me that social media sux in many ways. But it is good for a thing or two, like finding out when someone dies. It has come to my attention, thanks to Facebook, that my old friend and
- [Glynn R. Wilson: Curriculum Vitae](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2015/09/glynn-r-wilson-curriculum-vitae/) - Glynn R. Wilson has been a reporter, writer and photographer since the early 1980s and been published in some of the top most significant publications in American journalism history, including the The Nation magazine, the Howell Raines New York Times, the Christian Science Monitor back when it had a print edition, The Dallas Morning News, and some of the best alternative weeklies in the country. He worked as a college professor for a decade while completing a Master's degree and working toward a Doctorate
- [America at 250: National Pride Falls to Record Low](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/06/america-at-250-national-pride-falls-to-record-low/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, only 33 percent of adults in the United States say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, the lowest reading in Gallup's polling history. Only 20 percent say they are “very proud,” according to the latest poll on
- [A Long History: Naming Cars, Vans, Pets, Boats and Hurricanes](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/06/a-long-history-naming-cars-vans-pets-boats-and-hurricanes/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - People have been naming vehicles, animals and storms for a very long time. Dating back at least 15,000 years to the Mesolithic Age, perhaps, when the oldest known boat on the planet was named the "Pesse Canoe" after it was discovered in
- [Another Cycle of Life Turns and America Faces Another Crossroads](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/06/another-cycle-of-life-turns-and-america-faces-another-crossroads/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Biologists sometimes talk about the cycles of life. Communications scholars occasionally debate aspects of the "news cycle." Life appears to move in circles, like the rotating planet Earth itself. Such it is with each individual life. In recent times, with all the crazy chaos upending this fast
- [Nashville Honeymoon Rocks Big Table Ranch](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/06/nashville-honeymoon-rocks-big-table-ranch/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - When you hear in the gossip winds around here about a party featuring a band called Nashville Honeymoon, you might think the Sierra mountain foothills are about to come alive with the sounds of Nashville country music. Especially when you find out
- [Trump Economy is Driving Americans to Stay Home and Not Travel](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/06/trump-economy-is-driving-americans-to-stay-home-and-not-travel/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - California has the highest average gas prices in the nation, at $6.15 a gallon, where prices tend to be higher due to a combination of state taxes and fees, environmental regulations and special fuel blends. Of all the U.S. states, it was
- [The Old West is Full of Great Stories](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/the-old-west-is-full-of-great-stories/) - But this 21st Century Hell is Not for Me - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - The Old West is full of great stories, famous the world over. Some are based on a bit of truth; others seem made up out of whole cloth. The Shootout at the
- [A Promise of Community Collaboration Emerges From Visit to Yosemite](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/a-promise-of-community-collaboration-emerges-from-visit-to-yosemite/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - In spite of everything you hear on sensational news channels about climate change, the draught in the West and packed national parks in summer, the waterfalls and rivers are flowing in the Sierras and the crowd was light on Monday
- [Americans Oppose A.I. Data Centers in Their Area](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/americans-oppose-ai-data-centers-in-their-area/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Seventy percent of Americans oppose the construction of data centers for Artificial Intelligence in their local area, according to recent Gallup polls, and 48 percent say they are strongly opposed. Barely a quarter of those surveyed said they favor these projects, with only 7 percent who say they are
- [Secret Vistas: A River Runs Through It (Three)](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/secret-vistas-a-river-runs-through-it-three/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - “I am haunted by waters,” author Norman Maclean wrote in the conclusion to his memoir A River Runs Through It. It is a line that will be familiar to anyone who watched the movie produced and directed by Robert Redford about hard
- [Ted Turner Was One American Egomaniac Who Found the Light and Should Be Remembered for the Good He Did in the World](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/ted-turner-was-one-american-egomaniac-who-found-the-light-and-should-be-remembered-for-the-good-he-did-in-the-world/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - When I saw the news that CNN's creator Ted Turner died the other day, I knew I would soon find time to write about him. He was one of the most iconic figures of our generation, and based in the Capital of
- [Good Reasons Teddy Roosevelt Was A Popular President and Donald Trump is Not](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/05/good-reasons-teddy-roosevelt-was-a-popular-president-and-donald-trump-is-not/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - On May 14, 1903, 126 years ago this month, a Republican President was at a banquet in his honor in San Francisco, California. But instead of going along with the official schedule with all the well dressed dignitaries, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt - one of
- [An Update on the Inevitability of Change in Society](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/an-update-on-the-inevitability-of-change-in-society/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Man, have we seen changes come in our time or what? As I was reading The New York Times on Thursday morning the last day of April, 2026, and sharing some headlines on Facebook, I was reading another long screed about the
- [Wildland Firefighters Issue Open Letter Opposing Trump Administration's Plan to End the ‘Roadless Rule’ in National Forests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/wildland-firefighters-issue-open-letter-opposing-trump-administrations-plan-to-end-the-roadless-rule-in-national-forests/) - Staff Report - EUGENE, Ore.— About 120 current and former wildland firefighters issued an open letter Tuesday calling on members of Congress to oppose the Trump administration's proposal to rescind the Roadless Area Conservation Rule in National Forests. The rollback of the "Roadless Rule" would remove protections across 45 million acres of national forestlands, opening
- [On the Subject of Small Town News](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/on-the-subject-of-small-town-news/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - So in the interest of being "honest" and "unmerciful" as a writer - the sage advice to a young rock journalist from Philip Seymour Hoffman as Cream magazine editor Lester Bangs in the film "Almost Famous" - let me just say here
- [Priced Out of Water: Rising Rates in the American West Are Forcing Seniors From Their Homes](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/priced-out-of-water-rising-rates-in-the-american-west-are-forcing-seniors-from-their-homes/) - By Art Inverness - Staff Writer - COULTERVILLE, Calif. — In the American West, water has long been scarce. What’s new is the price. Across California, Arizona, Nevada and beyond, a collision of drought, climate change and aging infrastructure is driving water bills sharply upward — pushing some of the region’s most vulnerable residents, particularly
- [Is There Still Gold to Be Extracted in Them Thar Hills?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/is-there-still-gold-to-be-extracted-in-them-thar-hills/) - A New Gold Rush Could Be Coming to California - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - In creating my own version of literary journalism on the web over the past 20 years, as regular readers know I've often turned to Mark Twain and other American writers for inspiration.
- [Alabama Guitar Slinger Wayne Perkins Dies at 74](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/alabama-guitar-slinger-wayne-perkins-dies-at-74/) - By Glynn "Cowboy" Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Alabama guitar slinger Wayne Perkins, who's playing in the early days of Rock 'n' Roll inspired Southern Rock bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd and influenced British Rock bands like The Rolling Stones, and whose lead guitar licks helped make Bob Marley's Reggae music internationally famous, died on Monday
- [Trump Administration Declares War on American Conservation as Well as Iran](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/04/trump-administration-declares-war-on-american-conservation-as-well-as-iran/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir and Gifford Pinchot are turning over in their graves as Donald Trump launches a devastating war against the conservation movement at the same time he sent the U.S. military to attack Iran. "With the subtlety of a wrecking ball and
- [It's Only Rock 'n' Roll But I Like It: Wayne Perkins, The Rolling Stones and Lynyrd Skynyrd](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/wayne-perkins-and-lynyrd-skynyrd-1973-to-1977/) - A Deep Dive into when Ronnie Vann Zant asked Wayne Perkins to join the band - Blast From the Past - By Glynn "Cowboy" Wilson - Introduction WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's only Rock 'n' Roll, but I like it. Yes I do. One of the gods of rock once wrote that in the early 1970s Wayne Perkins and Lynyrd Skynyrd, 1973 to 1977
- [How to Save 'Deep Thought,' Ourselves and Communities](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/how-to-save-deep-thought-ourselves-and-communities/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Are we losing not just our attention spans but the ability to think deeply at all just in time for machines to take over? Is it time for millions of us to die in war because the machine economy will not support us? These
- [Elon Musk to Owe Billions After Jury Finds He Misled Twitter Investors Before Takeover](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/elon-musk-to-owe-billions-after-jury-finds-he-misled-twitter-investors-before-takeover/) - By Katie DeBenedetti For KQED Elon Musk has been found liable for attempting to drive down Twitter’s stock price ahead of his $44 billion takeover of the company four years ago, a federal jury in San Francisco decided Friday. Attorneys said the world’s wealthiest person will owe an estimated $2.1 billion in damages to former
- [Still Thinking Differently, Apple Computer Turns 50](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/still-thinking-differently-apple-computer-turns-50/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - As Apple turns 50, I can't help but think back on the turning point for the company when Steve Jobs came back in 1997, the year I turned 40. I will never forget the ad credited with bringing the company back, complete
- [Long Live Rock 'N' Roll: Remembering the Band Chicago](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/long-live-rock-n-roll-remembering-the-band-chicago/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - "I just want to be free ... free of all the hurt ... all the pain ... end those lonely hours ... those lonely days, yeah, yeah..." Someone could definitely write those lyrics now and I could relate, as I'm sure many
- [An Instinct for Truth? Or a Propensity to Spread Lies?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/03/an-instinct-for-truth-or-a-propensity-to-spread-lies/) - "I believe there exists… an instinct for truth … & that our having such an instinct is reason enough for scientific researches without any practical results ever ensuing from them." - Charles Darwin to J. S. Henslow, April 1, 1848 The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Could there be any
- [You Can't Call It A Civil War If One Side Refuses to Fight](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/you-cant-call-it-a-civil-war-if-one-side-refuses-to-fight/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - The war for democracy is over. Trump's authoritarianism won. So many Democrats were so worried about another Civil War that they refused to engage in the fight. Now what are the rest of us supposed to do? I know, you don't believe
- [Letter to Google Demanding $3.4 Million for Page Views to Google Ads](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/letter-to-google-demanding-3-4-million-for-page-views-to-google-ads/) - As Well as Theft of Text and Data to Train Artificial Intelligence Bots - Sundar Pichai Alphabet-Google 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043 To whom it may concern: Now that a federal judge has ruled you guilty of engaging in monopolistic corporate practices in regards to search and online advertising, we wonder if you
- [Interpreting Our Heritage in Words and Pictures](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/interpreting-our-heritage-in-words-and-pictures/) - Greenbelt National Park and Washington, D.C. - A Decade of Experience, With Photographs - EDITOR'S NOTE - This essay with links was developed to guide an interpretive ranger talk delivered on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025 at 4 p.m. outside the Greenbelt National Park Ranger Station. It was not designed as a public program, but a
- [Remembering Three Dog Night the Band and Their Music](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/remembering-three-dog-night-the-band-and-their-music/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - One of the main reasons I fled Washington, D.C. last year and traveled to California in the first place was a determination to stop spending so much time paying attention to partisan politics and issues that never seemed to change for the
- [Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges Republicans to Protect Public Lands](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/teddy-roosevelts-family-urges-republicans-to-protect-public-lands/) - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Ted Roosevelt IV doesn’t like to put words in his great-grandfather's mouth. But according to a letter signed by himself and three other decedents of the former Republican president, he’s pretty sure that President Theodore Roosevelt would have been “appalled” by an effort by House Republicans to allow
- [How I Nearly Died After Developing Pneumonia From Exposure to Pine Tree Toxins](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/how-i-nearly-died-after-developing-pneumonia-from-exposure-to-pine-tree-toxins/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Before you dismiss what I'm about to say due to the headline on Facebook, and before I get off into the full story of what happened to me, let me just show you up front an excerpt from one scientific-health journal article.
- [Democracy and Capitalism Are NOT One and the Same](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/02/democracy-and-capitalism-are-not-one-and-the-same/) - A Review of Michael Moore's 'Capitalism: A Love Story' Editor's Note: This column first ran in The Locust Fork News-Journal on October 17, 2009. It also ran on the Alternet website in San Francisco at the time, as well as other news sites and blogs in those days. The subject recently came up in conversation
- [New Right-Wing Murdoch Tabloid Launches in L.A.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/new-right-wing-murdoch-tabloid-launches-in-l-a/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Man, this is all we need. A new right-wing sensational tabloid newspaper and news website (no paywall) owned by Rupert Murdoch in California. According to reporting from The New York Times on Thursday, the California Post just launched from Los Angeles, with
- [Movie Night - Papa: Hemingway in Cuba, This Property is Condemned](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/movie-night-papa-hemingway-in-cuba-this-property-is-condemned/) - Editor's Note: We don't review that many movies here, only the ones we think hold historical and/or literary significance. This week, we found two interesting movies on streaming services to talk about, "Papa: Hemingway in Cuba" and "This Property Is Condemned," starring Robert Redford and Natalie Wood. Movie Night - By Glynn Wilson - Maybe
- [So If A.I. Bots Are So Smart, What Technologies and Jobs Will They Replace?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/so-if-a-i-bots-are-so-smart-what-technologies-and-jobs-will-they-replace/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Why do some people, even many experts, fear the coming Artificial Intelligence Revolution? While some people, even some whose professions are at risk, seem ho hum about it? For eons of time, but mainly in the past 250 years, humans invented new
- [The Damaging Trillion-Dollar Battle to Hack Your Attention and Your Money](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/the-damaging-trillion-dollar-battle-to-hack-your-attention-and-your-money/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - If people knew how much value grabbing and holding their attention held for media outlets, social media platforms, corporate advertisers and politicians of all stripes, would it make a difference in how people spend their time and money? Maybe. Maybe not. But at least
- [Using New Technology to Fight the Artificial Intelligence Bots](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/using-new-technology-to-fight-the-artificial-intelligence-bots/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Let me be perfectly clear. Artificial Intelligence is being funded by Wall Street and designed to replace us all. It will consume all our clean water, over burden the power grid to the point of collapse, and instead of providing solutions to
- [Reflections on Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Altruism and Artificial Intelligence](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/reflections-on-martin-luther-king-civil-rights-altruism-and-artificial-intelligence/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - As the sun rises over the Sierra mountain ridge with a clear blue sky as a backdrop, 2,797 miles west of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. on this MLK national holiday, I woke up thinking about were I
- [Glynn Wilson's Updated Resume](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2015/02/glynn-wilsons-updated-resume/) - Glynn Wilson's Updated Resume
- [Fear and Loathing in Silicon Valley: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of Artificial Intelligence Culture](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/fear-and-loathing-in-silicon-valley-a-savage-journey-into-the-heart-of-artificial-intelligence-culture/) - By Glynn Wilson - Tales From the MoJo Road - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - We were somewhere around Sunnyvale headed north at high speed on 101 in the Forest Green Gwyneth Ford, a media camper van, when the sun finally burned through the fog, just in time to reveal the view of South Bay. The
- [Gallup Says Volunteering and Charitable Giving Are Alive and Well in America](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/gallup-says-volunteering-and-charitable-giving-are-alive-and-well-in-america/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - Majorities of Americans continue to support charitable causes, according to a recent Gallup Poll, although not so much religious groups. More than three-quarters of American adults surveyed, 76 percent, report that they gave money to a nonprofit organization in the past year, and 63 percent said they
- [Google's Waymo Taxis Mysteriously Die During Power Blackout](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/googles-waymo-taxis-mysteriously-die-during-power-blackout/) - Multiple Intersections Blocked for Hours - Another Black Eye for Google - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Nothing says Silicon Valley like Google's Waymo robotaxis, the newest, greatest form of transportation invented since the electric streetcar in 1892, the year my grandmother was born. It served
- [On the 'Genius' of Thomas Wolfe, Looking Homeward and Of Time and The River](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/on-the-genius-of-thomas-wolfe-looking-homeward-and-of-time-and-the-river/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - This just goes to show you that, in these crazy, mixed up times, even a bad movie can inform and entertain. These days at night, like everybody else, I scroll through the mostly bad movies and shows on streaming services trying to
- [What is This 'Swampers Sound' and What Musicians Should be Credited on the List as 'A Swamper?'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/what-is-this-swampers-sound-and-what-musicians-should-be-credited-on-the-list-as-a-swamper/) - "Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes, they do) Lord, they get me off so much They pick me up when I'm feelin' blue, now how 'bout you? "Sweet home Alabama (oh) Where the skies are so blue Sweet home Alabama Lord, I'm comin'
- [Yosemite National Park: Sometimes You Eat the Bear, Sometimes the Bear Eats You](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/yosemite-national-park-sometimes-you-eat-the-bear-sometimes-the-bear-eats-you/) - "Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes the bear eats you." - Sam Elliott as The Stranger in "The Big Lebowski." Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Sometimes in this crazy, mixed up world, the written word can make all the difference. Yet sometimes, no matter
- [We Will Never Forget Jan. 6, 2021](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/we-will-never-forget-jan-6-2021/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - At least the sun is shining in the new year in the great state of California, even as dark clouds still block the sun on democracy in Washington, D.C. on this fifth infamous anniversary of Trump's insurrection to overthrow the United States government on
- [Photographer Rowland Scherman Was There](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/04/photographer-rowland-scherman-was-there/) - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Running into Rowland Scherman at the "We Shot Rock 'n' Roll" show the other day made me think of a story I picked up from a professor who taught a class at the University of Alabama on the history of "Rock 'n' Roll," a story packed with advice about how to live life and succeed.
- [Goodbye 2025: Worst Year Ever for American Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2026/01/goodbye-2025-worst-year-ever-for-american-democracy/) - We begin 2026 by documenting Trump’s cruelties, collusions, corruptions and crimes - By Glynn Wilson - Tales From the MoJo Road - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - As the year 2025 came to an ignominious close, a few friends were having drinks while the view of the fireworks out the front apartment window was obscured by
- [Part III: How to Create a Functioning Communications System to Save Democracy and the Planet](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/02/part-iii-how-to-create-a-functioning-communications-system-to-save-democracy-and-the-planet/) - Who wants to stop Donald Trump and Facebook from destroying democracy and the planet?
- [When Life Itself Seems Lunatic, Who Knows Where Madness Lies](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/when-life-itself-seems-lunatic-who-knows-where-madness-lies/) - “When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies?" - Don Quixote Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - Mark Twain was already on my mind Tuesday morning when the news came across the email wire that one of our great science writers died. In the account of
- [A Question For the Bots: Can A.I. Be Designed and Trained to Be Used for Good?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/a-question-for-the-bots-can-a-i-be-designed-and-trained-to-be-used-for-good/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - So on the eve of my trip to San Francisco to meet some of the human bots whose technology controls so much of our lives now, I awoke at 5 a.m. with an existential question that has been hounding my thoughts of
- [Life on the Mississippi Inspires, But is Not for Me: Colorado and California Here We Come](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/life-on-the-mississippi-inspires-but-is-not-for-me-colorado-and-california-here-we-come/) - “Good books, good friends and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” ― Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - ST. LOUIS, Mo. - As a writer and traveler it's near impossible to cross over the Mississippi River without thinking of Mark Twain, and back
- [Tales From the MoJo Road: How Many More Miles to Yosemite](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/tales-from-the-mojo-road-how-many-more-miles-to-yosemite/) - You said a road trip would do us some good Despite every instinct I said that I would It’s been six years since you put on that ring Maybe the road will fix everything When all that remains is the gas in the tank The tread on the tires and what’s left in the bank
- [Trump Looks Like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/12/trump-looks-like-the-grinch-who-stole-christmas/) - It Could Cost the Republicans in the Midterms - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - It's beginning to look a lot like a sad Christmas indeed, especially for Democrats with SNAP benefits and Obamacare and Republicans who want to get reelected next year. Grinch in chief Donald Trump and his
- [National Park Fees for International Visitors Are Going Up Jan. 1](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/national-park-fees-for-international-visitors-are-going-up-jan-1/) - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - As international travel and tourism has dropped significantly in the United States over the past year due to Trump administration trade and other unpopular policies, the administration just announced a major hike in fees for foreign travelers at America's most visited National Parks that could cause another economic
- [What's There to Be Thankful For in 2025? Audio Books?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/whats-there-to-be-thankful-for-in-2025-audio-books/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - These in many ways are dark days that try people's very souls, when celebrating traditional holidays seems almost pointless and quaint. Many Americans will go through the motions this week of traveling to visit relatives and consuming traditional meals of turkey and dressing with cranberry sauce and
- [What to Make of 'The American Revolution' by Ken Burns and Company](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/what-to-make-of-the-american-revolution-by-ken-burns-and-company/) - More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About It - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - In a world battered by one instantaneous crisis after another, where attention spans are cut short from years of propaganda spread on phones and every other medium of communication by so-called social media, what
- [Winnie the Pooh: E-Book](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/winnie-the-pooh-e-book/) - Title: Winnie-the-Pooh Author: A. A. Milne Illustrator: Ernest H. Shepard Release date: January 3, 2022 [eBook #67098] Most recently updated: December 31, 2024 Language: English Original publication: Canada: McClelland & Stewart, Ltd, 1926 Credits: Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan, Iona Vaughan, David T. Jones and the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at http://www.pgdpcanada.net EBook of Winnie-the-Pooh,
- [Apple CEO Tim Cook From South Alabama Stands Up to FBI](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/03/apple-ceo-tim-cook-from-south-alabama-stands-up-to-fbi/) - If Apple CEO Tim Cook was an anti-gay activist judge like Judge Roy Moore, an openly Christian conservative Republicn like Richard Shelby and/or a football star like Kenny "Snake" Stabler, there would be a bronze statue of him in his home town of Robertsdale in the center of Baldwin County. They would probably celebrate his legacy across the bay where he was born in Mobile, too.
- [California Governor Gavin Newsom Declares Victory, Vows to Continue Challenging Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/california-governor-gavin-newsom-declares-victory-vows-to-continue-challenging-trump/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - As more than half the people in America continue to watch in shock and horror on 24-hour cable television news and the web as the mad king dictator-in-chief dismantles the White House East Wing for a gold-laced ballroom and unravels democracy as we know
- [Urgent Senate Update: Trump’s Attack on Food Assistance/SNAP](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/11/urgent-senate-update-trumps-attack-on-food-assistance-snap/) - Guest Column - By U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland - Starting today, Donald Trump and Republicans planned to intentionally withhold food and nutrition assistance (SNAP benefits) from over 42 million Americans, including 16 million children. In Maryland, that translates into 680,000 people, including nearly 270,000 children, 120,000 seniors, and 130,000 individuals with disabilities.
- [Eventually All Things Come to Light](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/eventually-all-things-come-to-light/) - "For nothing is secret that will not be revealed, nor anything hidden that will not be known and come to light." - Luke 8:17 - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - I've been singing a song by The Animals my whole life. "We Gotta Get Out of This Place." For
- [Welcome Home From Vietnam](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/welcome-home-from-vietnam/) - Guest Column - By James Rhodes - Special to the New American Journal - When I was discharged after my tour of combat in Vietnam in November, 1969, I did not realize then I was literally "walking dead." I had a tumor a year for 21 years - none of which have ever been treated
- [Crazy World Volume 2025-10: Military Fires Live Rounds Over California Interstate as 'No Kings' Protests Rock the Nation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/crazy-world-volume-2025-10-military-fires-live-rounds-over-california-interstate-as-no-kings-protests-rock-the-nation/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - If I was on the radio, I'm not yet, I might play a song this morning by Waylon Jennings, "It's The World's Gone Crazy." If I was still covering daily news and politics in Washington, D.C., I'm not, this is the news for today.
- [The Cathedral of Yosemite National Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/the-cathedral-of-yosemite-national-park/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Calif. - The most awesome scene in nature and American national parks, at least in my traveling experience, is still Bear Tooth Pass into Yellowstone from the Northeast. For sheer jaw dropping wow, give me the snow capped Rocky Mountains over azure blue lakes, clear as
- [California Dreamin' On a Beautiful October Day](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/california-dreamin-on-a-beautiful-october-day/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Ca. - Never in my wildest dreams of making the move nearly 3,000 miles across the country to the Golden State of California did I imagine landing in the nicest small town in America. But due to preparation, opportunity, timing, good friends and little luck, it's
- [Across Utah and Nevada to Coulterville, California](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/across-utah-and-nevada-to-coulterville-california/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Ca. - It's been the dream trip of a lifetime. Making it was never guaranteed, like all those souls who set out by horse and wagon to go west in the 19th century after President Thomas Jefferson negotiated a treaty with France in 1803
- [Eight Days in Colorado: Denver, Rocky Mountain National Park, Woody Creek and a Colorado River State Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/eight-days-in-colorado-denver-rocky-mountain-national-park-woody-creek-and-a-colorado-river-state-park/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, Co. - So I crossed another river today, the Colorado River, about a dozen times along the MoJo Road. Discovered and camped by the headwaters in the national park. After seeing it for myself, it's difficult to imagine anyone crossing the
- [Trump to Democrats and Americans on Government Shutdown: 'Go Fuck Yourself'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/10/trump-to-democrats-and-americans-on-government-shutdown-go-fuck-yourself/) - By Glynn Wilson - COULTERVILLE, Ca. - The Trump administration embraced the government shutdown on Wednesday and a senior White House official said there are no plans to negotiate with Democratic leadership in the House and Senate to get it back open again. “We’re going to extract maximum pain,” said the official, speaking anonymously to
- [Volunteers Seek to Fill the Gaps in Care for Veterans Left By Cuts to Programs in Washington, D.C.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/volunteers-seek-to-fill-the-gaps-in-care-for-veterans-left-by-cuts-to-programs-in-washington-d-c/) - "To care for him who shall have borne the battle." - Since 1865, that's been the country's promise, and the motto of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. By Glynn Wilson - DENVER, Co. - About 60 percent of U.S. military veterans say they supported Donald Trump for president in 2024. But many now say
- [Thought Experiment: What Underlying Motivations Could There Be for Creating Chaos and Distorting Reality?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/thought-experiment-what-underlying-motivations-could-there-be-for-creating-chaos-and-distorting-reality/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WILSON LAKE, Ka. - It seems I've found the center of the country. It's a salt water lake in central Kansas where you would not expect to see sea gulls. Yet they are here. After a good night's sleep by the lake, with no broadcast noise pollution
- [We Could Learn A Lot About Organizing for Human Happiness From Observing Nature](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/we-could-learn-a-lot-about-organizing-for-human-happiness-from-observing-nature/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - TOPEKA, Ks. - Oh, to have the patience of the great white egret I can see fishing outside the media camper van window as I sip the morning coffee, read the New York Times and post on Facebook. It stealthily moves along the bank of
- [Missouri Voters Fight Attacks on Citizen Initiative Rights and Democracy by Republican Legislature](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/missouri-voters-fight-attacks-on-citizen-initiative-rights-and-democracy-by-republican-legislature/) - By Glynn Wilson - ST. LOUIS, Mo. - When pulling up the canopy stakes in the Washington, D.C. metro area on Monday worried about the militarized occupation in the nation's capital and heading across the Midwest as fast as possible to a political meeting here Wednesday night, nothing really prepared me for the scene where
- [An Initial A.I. Response to the Question: How to Build a Better System to Protect Democracy?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/an-initial-a-i-response-to-the-question-how-to-build-a-better-system-to-protect-democracy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Five years ago, hunkered down for the winter north of Pensacola, Florida in Donald Trump's mostly disastrous first term as president and keeping up with the news as Covid-19 spread over the world and across the United States, I embarked on a special research
- [Heading West to Join the Opposition to Trump in the Shadow of Yosemite](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/heading-west-to-join-the-opposition-to-trump-in-the-shadow-of-yosemite/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Like Honest Abe and Honest George, I can't lie. I've moved around and seen a lot in my life, but I've long planned to make my final move to the West Coast. Call it my own personal manifest destiny, or simply riding off into
- [Arkansas Farmers Abandon Fields to Voice Concerns About Washington Policies at Town Hall Meeting](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/arkansas-farmers-abandon-fields-to-voice-concerns-about-washington-policies-at-town-hall-meeting/) - By Ronald Sitton - Trumann Observer - BROOKLAND, Ark. -- When Alan Brown got into farming his wife's family's land in Trumann four years ago after leaving the Air Force, he couldn't have foreseen the day when the money he'd earn wouldn't cover the cost of putting the crops in the ground, let alone the
- [Trying to Act and Feel Normal as America Falters Into Fascism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/09/trying-to-act-and-feel-normal-as-america-falters-into-fascism/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Something woke me up early on Labor Day 2025. I slept deep and well after an afternoon of fun at the Labor Day Fest in Greenbelt, Maryland, 10 miles due north of the White House and Capitol. I went out of my way to
- [Trump E.P.A. to Reconsider Biden's Ban on Asbestos: Does Trump Have a Conflict of Interest?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/trump-e-p-a-to-reconsider-bidens-ban-on-asbestos-does-trump-have-a-conflict-of-interest/) - The move would endanger the health of workers and military personnel - By Cristina Johnson and Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - While the administration of President Joe Biden had moved to finally ban all use of the deadly carcinogen asbestos in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency under President Donald Trump is reconsidering
- [Frenemies John Muir and Gifford Pinchot](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/frenemies-john-muir-and-gifford-pinchot/) - Have their differences been overstated? - EDITOR'S NOTE - The National Endowment for the Humanities, funded in a bipartisan way by Congress, is under threat from the Trump administration like many agencies, history and science itself. Back in April, when Elon Musk invaded the administration and created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), hackers with
- [It's Bad Watching Trump Turn America Into A Fascist Dictatorship](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/its-bad-watching-trump-turn-america-into-a-fascist-dictatorship/) - But you don't have to watch or listen. Read the news in the morning, then go for a hike - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It must have been just another ho-hum day on the job for Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times. Board
- [A Sunday Prayer for Earth and Freedom](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/a-sunday-prayer-for-earth-and-freedom/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Editor's Note: Shakespeare had his prayers. Muir and Thoreau too. I don't think Charles Darwin prayed much, or Edward Abbey for that matter. The man in the White House said he wants to get to heaven, while taking orders from the right hand of
- [Talk About Connecting the Dots: Have I Offended the Mob?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/talk-about-connecting-the-dots-have-i-offended-the-mob/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - You never know when the day will come when the final piece of a big picture puzzle will show up, bringing higher knowledge into focus and taking you over a plateau in your thinking. Like a guitar player or pianist who studies and practices
- [How Existential Anxiety Leads to Authoritarianism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/02/how-existential-anxiety-leads-to-authoritarianism/) - There would be no Donald Trump without George Wallace, two American politicians who used existential anxiety to create authoritarian regimes.
- [The Last of the Great American Newspapers and the End of History](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/the-last-of-the-great-american-newspapers-and-the-end-of-history/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Do you feel it now? Is the world changing fast enough for you to actually feel it? Are you reeling from it? I keep up with this stuff and I can honestly say yes, I am feeling it. Maybe you didn't believe me (or
- [Secret Vistas: Visiting the Catoctin Mountains One Last Time](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/secret-vistas-visiting-the-catoctin-mountains-one-last-time/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - When the noise of the city becomes just too much to take, especially the political noise from blowhard politicians in Washington who have no idea what they are talking about, head for the mountains and find a babbling brook, a place
- [Trump Makes America Grunt Again: Social Media Demolishes Attention Spans and Shared Reality](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/trump-makes-america-grunt-again-social-media-demolishes-attention-spans-and-shared-reality/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Reading the Sunday New York Times is not what it used to be. Nothing is as good as it used to be. But on occasion, if you look closely enough, you will run into a cogent thought or two that puts things in context and allows you
- [When This Levee Breaks, We All Go Down in the Flood](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/when-this-levee-breaks-we-all-go-down-in-the-flood/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If it keeps on raining shit, the levee is going to break. By the levee I mean the world. By shit I mean the distortions, disinformation, misinformation and out right lies spouted on an hourly basis by Donald Trump and his minions of chaos
- [Democratic Leadership Responds to Trump Threat to Orchestrate a Federal Takeover of Washington, D.C.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/democratic-leadership-responds-to-trump-threat-to-orchestrate-a-federal-takeover-of-washington-d-c/) - BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVE REPORT - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump is running an authoritarian regime and his threat to orchestrate a federal takeover of the nation's capital city is as unconstitutional as much of what his administration is doing, according to the head of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin,
- [You Can Lead A Horse to Water, but You Can't 'Save the World' Without Watchdog Journalism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/08/you-can-lead-a-horse-to-water-but-you-cant-save-the-world-without-watchdog-journalism/) - If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - They say you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it
- [Wayne Perkins: The Story of a Swamper And a Sideman](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/wayne-perkins-a-ramblin-heart/) - There for the Birth of Southern Rock in 1969, he took the Muscle Shoals swampy sound to London and blended it with the Rasta island beat, creating a new sound that transformed Reggae for mainstream audiences in Europe and America. He then added this flavor to The Rolling Stones sound, after helping to create it
- [Birmingham Barons Welcome Historic 1964 Barons To New Regions Field](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/birmingham-barons-welcome-historic-1964-barons-to-new-regions-field/) - Editor's Note: We are publishing this story here for archival links purposes from The Locust Fork News-Journal, first published on May 14, 2013. Birmingham Barons Welcome Historic 1964 Barons To New Regions Field By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- It was 1947 when Jack "Jackie" Roosevelt Robinson, son of a sharecropper from Cairo, Georgia,
- [Superman Stands for Truth, Justice, the American Way: What Does MAGA Man Stand For?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/superman-stands-for-truth-justice-the-american-way-what-does-maga-man-stand-for/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If Superman stands for Truth, Justice and the American Way, what does MAGA Man stand for? Admittedly I've not seen the new DC Comics-DC Studios-Warner Brothers Superman movie yet. You can watch the trailer here. But there is a character called MAGA Man you
- [American Crisis 2025: Media Capitulation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/american-crisis-2025-media-capitulation/) - If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Not since December, 1776, have the people of America faced a more serious crisis
- [Native Legends Define Special Places in Nature: Dream A Little Sunbeam Dream](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/native-legends-define-special-places-in-nature-dream-a-little-sunbeam-dream/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SHENANDOAH, Va. - Niagara Falls on the border of New York State and Canada has the Iroquois legend about a young Seneca girl who was swept over the falls in a canoe, but was rescued by Hinum “the Thunder God” who shows how her people
- [President Obama Weighs in on Russian Hacking Story in Press Conference](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/12/president-obama-weighs-in-on-russian-hacking-story-in-press-conference/) - President Barack Obama faced the national press corps on Friday in his final press conference of the year and one of the last of his presidency.
- [Letter to the Editor of the New York Times: Shut Up James Carville](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-new-york-times-shut-up-james-carville/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Why is the New York Times still running political advice from James Carville? In another inane column for July 21, Carville's advice again is for Democrats to remain on the sidelines on the Epstein story and everything else and wait around for Trump to
- [Roll Over Ed Murrow: Make Way for Fox News Two on CBS](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/roll-over-ed-murrow-make-way-for-fox-news-two-on-cbs/) - ___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Roll over Beethoven. Tell Tchaikovsky the news. Roll over Ed Murrow. Tell Walter
- [Hundreds of NASA Employees Sign Letter of Formal Dissent Against Trump Budget Cuts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/hundreds-of-nasa-employees-sign-letter-of-formal-dissent-against-trump-budget-cuts/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a public rebuke of and open act of dissent from President Donald Trump's budget cutting priorities and policies, hundreds of NASA employees signed a letter made public Monday compelling leaders of the space agency not to carry out the deep budget cuts advocated by this president. In
- [Where Trump Belongs in Dante's Hell](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/where-trump-belongs-in-dantes-hell/) - ___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just for the fun of it on Sunday morning, rather than watching or
- [The Days When America Screwed Up and Went to Hell](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/the-days-when-america-screwed-up-and-went-to-hell/) - ___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It could be the after effects of the Benadryl, or the simmering summer
- [Epstein! Oh Epstein! QMAGA Must Know: Trump And Best Friend Lead the Pedophile Ring](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/epstein-oh-epstein-qmaga-must-know-trump-and-best-friend-lead-the-pedophile-ring/) - ___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - This is almost too good to be true. Donald Trump ordered the death
- [What To Do About Trump? Democrats Hope to Retake the House and Senate in 2026 and Impeach Him Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/what-to-do-about-trump-democrats-hope-to-retake-the-house-and-senate-in-2026-and-impeach-him-again/) - ___ If you support truth in reporting with no paywall, and fearless writing with no popup ads or sponsored content, consider making a contribution today with GoFundMe or Patreon or PayPal. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - What to do about Donald Trump? Democrats and some Republicans and independents are
- [How Did the World Get So Fucked Up?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/how-did-the-world-get-so-fucked-up/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - How did the world get so fucked up? Related question: How did humans become so stupid? I hate to be the one to wax nostalgic about the great past. Resisting that sentimentality has defined my existence. Until now. Not that I want to write
- [Not So Happy Fourth: The World Will Follow the Beast, by Intimidation or Bribe](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/not-so-happy-fourth-the-world-will-follow-the-beast-by-intimidation-or-bribe/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - Never in all my years in this country and on this planet have I felt less patriotic than on this Fourth of July, 2025. It was always my favorite of our national holidays, celebrating our independence from the tyranny of a
- [American Pride Slips to New Low As USA Celebrates Independence Day and 250th Anniversary](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/american-pride-slips-to-new-low-as-usa-celebrates-independence-day-and-250th-anniversary/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States of America is in big trouble. As preparations were being made in the nation's capital for the Fourth of July 2025, and the 250th anniversary of the country in 2026, a Gallup poll finds American pride at an all time low.
- [Frederick Douglass and Me On the U.S. Fourth of July](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/07/frederick-douglass-and-me-on-the-u-s-fourth-of-july/) - "O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and
- [Bill Moyers, for a Generation the 'Conscience' of a Nation on CBS and PBS, Dies at 91](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/bill-moyers-for-a-generation-the-conscience-of-a-nation-on-cbs-and-pbs-dies-at-91/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - You know it's the end of an era when a giant passes from the Earth. Bill Moyers, who made it to the Big Time from small town Baptist roots in Texas in the 1950s to the White House in the time of President John
- [How to Succeed at Failing](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/how-to-succeed-at-failing/) - Everyone is failing every day at everything. Is that a bad thing? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It seems to me there is a central conundrum facing American society these days, and it involves the two-tiered society we have allowed to develop basically to serve capitalism. Not just
- [Historically, America Has Killed Fascists](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/historically-america-has-killed-fascists/) - By Jon Hochschartner - There isn’t a lot Americans agree on. However, up until very recently, there was a broad consensus, among representatives from the socialist left to the neoconservative right, that the United States’ effort to halt the spread of fascism in World War II was laudable. Of course, all violence is a tragedy
- [Chances Are Elon Musk is Already Using Your Data Collected Illegally by DOGE in Building His A.I. Machine Grok](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/05/chances-are-elon-musk-is-already-using-your-data-collected-illegally-by-doge-in-building-his-a-i-machine-grok/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein believed in the benefits of racial diversity on human evolution and society, fought for sexual freedom in his life in the great 20th century, and worried about the threat posed by corrupt politicians and governments to individual liberty.
- [What Will the Mad King Fuck Up Next?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/what-will-the-mad-king-fuck-up-next/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - What will the mad king fuck up next? This is not my idea of fun. You? For many years I was not only a political news junkie, like many of my friends, fans and followers on social media and the web. I reveled in
- [An Essay On Abstract vs. Concrete Thinking and the Human Brain vs. A.I. Bots](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/an-essay-on-abstract-vs-concrete-thinking-and-the-human-brain-vs-a-i-bots/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Human society, and these days especially American society, are plagued by many ongoing problems. One of these is the inability to think abstractly about issues and solutions. It's harder than ever when every day is fraught with a never ending series of crazy, distracting,
- [How to Engender Trust in an Era of Mass Fraud and Fakery](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/how-to-engender-trust-in-an-era-of-mass-fraud-and-fakery/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Without going into all the details or naming names at this juncture, let's just say for the sake of argument that some recent experiences demonstrate how we live in an era of massive fraud and fakery. For some good reasons, many people have come
- [What A Nightmare: Rescuing Wolves and Rockets Red Glare](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/what-a-nightmare-rescuing-wolves-and-rockets-red-glare/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It's four in the morning and I just woke up with a start after an intense session of REM sleep. The dreams were realistic and in vivid color. I was hiking with a friend somewhere out West when some idiots who should not have
- [Flag Day Smeared By Tanks on the Streets of the Nation's Capital](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/flag-day-smeared-by-tanks-on-the-streets-of-the-nations-capital/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If a story could change the misdirection of our country, I would write it. If a song could save the day, I would play and sing it. If a movie or show could make the people understand, I would produce it. If an A.I.
- [Who Could Have Predicted a Fascist America](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/06/who-could-have-predicted-a-fascist-america/) - “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana, The Life of Reason, 1905. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Could it be that the 20th century was the last, great century for humanity? It's looking more like it every day. The older I get, and
- [Elon Musk Poses a Very Real National Security Threat. He's Not Just a Political Liability for Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/05/elon-musk-poses-a-very-real-national-security-threat-hes-not-just-a-political-liability-for-republicans/) - "We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It's up to the public to decide what's true." - Washington Post Editor Ben Bradley The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - So after consulting with my doctor on Tuesday about the latest
- [Trump's War on Science Continues: NASA to Face Budget Cuts of Up to 50 Percent](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/05/trumps-war-on-science-continues-nasa-to-face-budget-cuts-of-up-to-50-percent/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Trump administration, led by Elon's Musk's DOGE team of hackers and aided by complicit Republicans in Congress, is engaged in a war on science like nothing anyone has ever seen in American history. The administration is threatening to cut the federal budget for the National Aeronautics and
- [A Different Kind of Spring in Washington](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/05/a-different-kind-of-spring-in-washington/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It's a different kind of spring here in and around the great capital city of the United States. Yes, the Japanese cherry trees blossomed this year by the Jefferson Memorial and around the Tidal Basin, along with the redbuds, dogwoods and mountain
- [Trump Threatens to Cut $1 Billion From National Park Service Budget](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/05/trump-threatens-to-cut-1-billion-from-national-park-service-budget/) - He's still mad about the Inauguration crowd size photos showing Obama's crowd much larger - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Still furious with the National Park Service for releasing photos showing his inauguration crowd size to be half the crowd who showed up in 2009 for President Barack Obama's inauguration, President Donald Trump
- [One Hundred Days in Trumpville: The People Must Act to Stop This Madness](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/one-hundred-days-in-trumpville-the-people-must-act-to-stop-this-madness/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rather than changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, if Trump is allowed to continue transforming this country as he has tried to do in his first 100 days back in the White House, we might as well
- [Once More Into the Breach, Dear Friends, Once More...](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/once-more-into-the-breach-dear-friends-once-more/) - On My Return to Washington One More Time - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. BOUND - This little detour back to the American South for the past six months has been interesting, to say the least, presenting some fascinating opportunities I never envisioned. Covering politics and the disastrous 2024 election
- [Trump Lies About Speaking at UA Commencement: His Appearance Will Face Protests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/trump-lies-about-speaking-at-ua-commencement-his-appearance-will-face-protests/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - PELL CITY, Ala. - By the time Donald J. Trump flies into Tuscaloosa on Thursday, May 1 for a private, ticketed event for himself in Coleman Coliseum on the eve of University of Alabama graduation ceremonies beginning on May 2, I will be long gone from Alabama
- [Camping Wisdom: If Liberals Are 'Libs' Then Conservatives Are 'Cons'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/camping-wisdom-if-liberals-are-libs-then-conservatives-are-cons/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE, Ala. – If the conservative Republicans on Fox News, talk radio and social media are just going to go on and on calling liberal Democrats "libs" and talk endlessly about "sticking it to the libs" while Donald Trump and Elon Musk go
- [The Sun Sets on Human Possibilities on This 55th Anniversary of Earth Day](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/the-sun-sets-on-human-possibilities-on-this-55th-anniversary-of-earth-day/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - It is a sad time for Planet Earth, maybe the saddest of times since the first Earth Day 55 years ago today. By the 20th anniversary in 1990, after news organizations developed specialty beats to cover "pollution" of the natural environment in the United States and around
- [Does Southern Hospitality Still Exist?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/does-southern-hospitality-still-exist/) - What about Christian charity? - "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ... back home to places in the country, back home to the old forms and systems of things which once seemed everlasting, but which
- [Camping, Hiking and Boating at Kymulga Grist Mill and Covered Bridge Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/camping-hiking-and-boating-at-kymulga-grist-mill-and-covered-bridge-park/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - CHILDERSBURG, Ala. - If you find yourself traveling in Alabama looking for a hidden place to camp that is not too crowded, maybe on a fast moving stream where you can float in a canoe or kayak with lots of wildlife to see, you might
- [Camping, Hiking and Rock Climbing at Cherokee Rock Village](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/camping-hiking-and-rock-climbing-at-cherokee-rock-village/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - CHEROKEE ROCK VILLAGE, Ala. - Always on the lookout for cool, historic and scenic places to camp these days, on a recent trip scouting new places in Alabama I ran across this gem in Cherokee County not far from Gadsden and Noccalula Falls. Cherokee Rock
- [Will the F.B.I. and Congress Now Act to Remove Trump from Power?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/07/will-the-f-b-i-and-congress-now-act-to-remove-trump-from-power/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Try to imagine the reaction inside the Hoover building at 935 Pennsylvania Avenue as arguably the most corrupt and incompetent president in American history openly committed treason on foreign soil in Helsinki, Finland on Monday.
- [Blackberry Winter MoJo Road Update](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/blackberry-winter-mojo-road-update/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - PELL CITY, Ala. - We're going through Blackberry Winter here this week and it's not a bad thing, especially if you are camping out. Last week the afternoon high temperature reached the upper 80s, with the low at night only dropping to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
- [Perspective is Everything: Bots Are Being Trained to Run Governments](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/perspective-is-everything-bots-are-being-trained-to-run-governments/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - LOGAN MARTIN LAKE, Ala. - A friend sent out an email on Sunday with a link to a story in the liberal news site Truthout out of Berkeley, California. The headline? AI Isn’t Going to Cut Government Bureaucracy — It’s Going to Vastly Worsen It The subhead:
- [Don't Let Trump Get You Down](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/dont-let-trump-get-you-down/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - MONTEVALLO, Ala. - It's raining hard now in the campground as I work on the first cup of coffee on Sunday morning. We could lose power or internet at any moment. But I am going to try to write a little something before it goes
- [Working On a New Plan Not of My Own Making: See You Down the Dusty Trail](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/working-on-a-new-plan-not-of-my-own-making-see-you-down-the-dusty-trail/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - You know me. It's not my way to just blow smoke, make shit up and sensationalize the facts with pretension to get attention and traffic. There's clearly no money in that anyway, in contradiction to what everyone thought about the internet in
- [The Rise and Fall of the American Empire](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-empire/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - It would be ironic, if not funny, if the end of the American run of prestige and power in the world came crashing to an end because of the idiotic and corrupt actions of a mob boss dictator wannabe who got elected on the slogan "Make America
- [The Dumbing Down of America: Republicans Drive to Defund PBS and NPR Shows Disregard for International Competitiveness](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/04/the-dumbing-down-of-america-republicans-drive-to-defund-pbs-and-npr-shows-disregard-for-international-competitiveness/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden had a thing for wanting to compete with China in the 21st century. He talked about it all the time. Sometimes he seemed to go a little overboard with this, especially when talking about "winning" a space weapons race and war with China. The
- [What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Vengeance Most Fowl](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/what-could-possibly-go-wrong-vengeance-most-fowl/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - "What could possibly go wrong?" Donald Trump and Elon Musk could learn a thing or two from British animated comedy team Wallace and Gromit. That is if they were the least bit interested in learning, as opposed to destroying education and the concept of human learning in
- [Spider Martin Photography Exhibit Opens on the 60th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/spider-martin-photography-exhibit-opens-on-the-60th-anniversary-of-the-civil-rights-act-of-1965/) - ON THE RADIO - APR, NPR - "Bloody Sunday" through the lens of Spider Martin By Glynn Wilson - MONTGOMERY, Ala. - As people get ready to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the Selma to Montgomery March and passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts just
- [A New Red Scare Threatens American Democracy From Within the White House](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/a-new-red-scare-threatens-american-democracy-from-within-the-white-house/) - Can factual reporting diligently investigated and brilliantly written still make a difference? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - A new Red Scare threatens American democracy. This time, it's not a deranged Senator from Wisconsin making all the noise and ruining lives. It's the president himself, seemingly serving the interests of the new
- [March from Selma to Montgomery Could Go All the Way to Washington This Year](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/03/march-from-selma-to-montgomery-could-go-all-the-way-to-washington-this-year/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SELMA, Ala. - As fate would have it, no real plan of my own, I'm encamped in an undisclosed location somewhere off the Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail. On Sunday, the reenactment of that historic march will kick off once again, as it does
- [The Price of Liberty is Eternal Vigilance: How Authoritarian Leaders Mutilate Reality, History and Culture](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/the-price-of-liberty-is-eternal-vigilance-how-authoritarian-leaders-mutilate-reality-history-and-culture/) - "The first thing every totalitarian regime does along with confiscation and mutilation of reality is confiscation of history and confiscation of culture." - Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Introduction WASHINGTON, D.C. — When I first walked into the administration building of an Alabama community
- [Concentric Circles: Once Again on Denny Chimes Time](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/concentric-circles-once-again-on-denny-chimes-time/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - One of these days I'm going to find my way out of this concentric circle maze that seems to be my life. There has to be a secret door somewhere in the universe. What I need is a worm hole. Let's just
- [Trump's Kingship of America Will Hopefully Be Short Lived](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/trumps-kingship-of-america-will-hopefully-be-short-lived/) - EDITOR'S NOTE - This will be my last political editorial column for awhile, as it appears I may be doing some reporting for Alabama Public Radio and maybe even NPR soon. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Well, I hope you are happy now, the half of America that voted
- [Secret Vistas: A Day Trip to Shenandoah to Focus the Mind](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/29708/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So in between everything else that's going on in the news and my life at this time, which has been pretty busy and productive of late, I had a chance on Thursday to get out on the road for a day trip to Shenandoah National
- [A Faustian Bargain? Elon Musk's Behavior Hints That His Time is Almost Up](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/a-faustian-bargain-elon-musks-behavior-hints-that-his-time-is-almost-up/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Who is this Elon Musk? And what's his problem? What went wrong with Time magazine's person of the year for 2021? Sources with inside knowledge through the Dreams of "The Sandman" from DC Comics say Musk made a deal with the Devil back in the 1990s, and
- [Who Will Write and Sing the New American Pie?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/who-will-write-and-sing-the-new-american-pie/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn "Cowboy" Wilson - MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. - Who will write the new American Pie for this tumultuous time in history? Camping for a few days down by the Tennessee River and contemplating our future - or if we even have one - I doubt it will be Taylor Swift
- [If Steve Bannon Wants a War, I Say We Give Him One](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/09/if-steve-bannon-wants-a-war-i-say-we-give-him-one/) - I say if Sloppy Steve Bannon wants a war, we should give him one, starting now, today! Why wait until the election?
- [Elon Musk Security Breach Must Be Stopped: Who Can Stop It?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/elon-musk-security-breach-must-be-stopped-but-by-who/) - He has the power of the presidency now, complete with Supreme Court Presidential Immunity, and a guaranteed pardon for any crimes he commits with this massive breach of privacy and imminent threat to national security - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BREAKING NEWS - Get ready for the worst. Do not assume
- [Maryland Become Active Player in Lawsuits Challenging Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/maryland-become-active-player-in-lawsuits-challenging-trump/) - By Danielle J. Brown - Maryland Matters - President Donald Trump is unleashing almost daily executive orders to reshape the federal government — and opponents, including the state of Maryland, are just as quickly filing legal challenges to block policies that put “Marylanders and Americans at risk.”That’s how Attorney General Anthony Brown (D) described his
- [A Story About a Man Named Dick, and Another Dick Named Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/33554/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - "Listen to my story about a man named" ... Not Jed, Dick. Not sure exactly why this popped into my head on Sunday morning. Maybe because I've been immersed in Southern music for the past few months, hanging out down the street from Nashville, Tennessee in Muscle
- [The Logic of Destruction: How to Resist](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/the-logic-of-destruction-how-to-resist/) - ‘We must all hang together or we will all surely hang separately.’ - Ben Franklin Guest Column - Dr. Timothy D. Snyder - Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University - “What is a country? The way its people govern themselves. America exists because its people elect those who make and execute laws.
- [Letter to the Freedom of the Press Foundation: Elon Musk Hack of Social Security Must Be Stopped!](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/letter-to-the-freedom-of-the-press-foundation-elon-musk-hack-of-social-security-must-be-stopped/) - By Glynn Wilson - To whom it may concern at the Freedom of the Press Foundation: You should be aware of the real story behind the Elon Musk-Hacker-Trump invasion of the Treasury Department and Social Security System data. The real story is Trump's "Enemies List" - which was unconscionable even in Richard Nixon's corrupt time
- [Elon Musk Security Breach Must Be Stopped](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/elon-musk-security-breach-must-be-stopped/) - It's not clear who that might be now that he has the power of the presidency, complete with Supreme Court Immunity, and a guaranteed pardon for any crimes he commits with this massive breach of privacy and imminent threat to national security - By Glynn Wilson - MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. - Well folks, it was
- [Threats to Investigate DOGE Critics Violate the U.S. Constitution](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/02/threats-to-investigate-doge-critics-violate-the-u-s-constitution/) - Staff Report - A coalition of civil society groups sent a letter to interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Edward R. Martin, Jr. and congressional leaders on Tuesday demanding that Martin clarify public statements suggesting he would use his public office to threaten critics of Elon Musk and the new Department of Government
- [Whiplash 2.0: A Split-Personality, Now the Most Powerful Man in the World](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/whiplash-2-0-a-split-personality-now-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-world/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - SOMEWHERE IN DIXIELAND - (Jan. 2, 2021) - Six inches of snow covers Audubon Park in New Orleans, something no one alive has ever seen. The Santa Ana winds are still whipping up the uncontrollable wildfires around Los Angeles, and it's not even fire season. In Washington,
- [From Hey Jude to Southern Rock: When Slide Guitar and a Beat from the Swamps Went Mainstream](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/from-hey-jude-to-southern-rock-when-slide-guitar-and-a-beat-from-the-swamps-went-mainstream/) - Outline of an Idea Emerges With First Snow of 2025 - "All of a sudden, there was Southern Rock." - Jimmy Johnson, about the day Wilson Pickett covered the Beatles' "Hey Jude" with Duane Allman on guitar, 1969. Tales from the MoJo Road - By Glynn "Cowboy" Wilson - ARGO, Ala. - A rare blanket
- [I Think Critically, Therefore I Am An Outcast in Red MAGA Land](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/i-think-critically-therefore-i-am-an-outcast-in-red-maga-land/) - "Do not take what I say as if I were merely playing, for you see the subject of our discussion — and on what subject should even a man of slight intelligence be more serious? Namely, what kind of life should one live ... the unexamined life is not worth living." - Socrates Sunday Reader
- [We Lived in the Time of Joni Mitchell: Could the Grammys Give America the Hope We Need?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/we-lived-in-the-time-of-joni-mitchell-could-the-grammys-give-america-the-hope-we-need/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — We lived in the time of Joni Mitchell. It's true, in more ways than one. For a few moments in the present on Sunday night, it was once again possible to both live in the promise of the past -- and to hold out
- [President Biden Delivers Farewell Address to the Nation With A Warning About the Future of Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/president-biden-delivers-farewell-address-to-the-nation-with-a-warning-about-the-future-of-democracy/) - By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden delivered his last political speech on Wednesday evening in his last address to the nation from the Oval Office, issuing a dire warning about the state of the country with an “oligarchy” of the ultrawealthy on the verge of taking over and destroying American democracy in a "dangerous
- [A Failure of Justice: Special Prosecutor Drops Case Against Trump for Jan. 6 Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/a-failure-of-justice-special-prosecutor-drops-case-against-trump-for-jan-6-insurrection/) - Jack Smith's Final Report Justifies the Charges and Dropping the Case Against Trump - By Glynn Wilson - The complete failure of the American justice system to stop Donald Trump from hijacking the United States government with profound and corrupt lies and deceit does not bode well for the future of American democracy and places
- [Elon Musk’s Boring Company Is Tunneling Beneath Las Vegas With Little Oversight](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/elon-musks-boring-company-is-tunneling-beneath-las-vegas-with-little-oversight/) - By Daniel Rothberg for ProPublica and Dayvid Figler, City Cast Las Vegas - Elon Musk’s Boring Company spent years pitching cities on a novel solution to traffic, an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles. Proposals in Illinois and California fizzled after officials and the public began scrutinizing details of the
- [Jackson Browne's 'These Days' Remembered From 'Those Days'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/jackson-brownes-these-days-remembered-from-those-days/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - ARGO, Ala. - Well, I've been out walking some, since I don't do that much talking or partying anymore, these days. Out back there's an old native trail through the woods they say was the original road from Trussville to Springville. I don't know about
- [Time is Running Out: We Must Help Each Other Make It Through the Next Four Years](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2025/01/time-is-running-out-we-must-help-each-other-make-it-through-the-next-four-years/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - We have only 16 days to go until you know who will be sworn in again in Washington, so time is of the essence. President Joe Biden and his White House staff, along with all the federal agencies, are taking steps to try to prevent the destruction
- [Death Comes for Us All: What To Do With the Time We Have Left](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/death-comes-for-us-all-what-to-do-with-the-time-we-have-left/) - “Death comes for us all... And every day he looks towards us and muses somewhat to himself whether that day or the next he will draw nigh. It is the law of nature, and the will of God.” ― Robert Bolt, "A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts" The Big Picture -
- [E.B. White on Henry David Thoreau: A Slight Sound at Evening](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/e-b-white-on-henry-david-thoreau-a-slight-sound-at-evening/) - Editor's Note: The sun is shining on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, as we get ready to pass through the vortex of a new calendar year. In our never-ending cycle of life in the Milky Way galaxy, Earth is circling around the Sun and will reach the perihelion – or Earth's closest pass
- [The Year 2024 in Pictures: A Photo Essay](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/the-year-2024-in-pictures-a-photo-essay/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - News photography is a dying field just like news itself. That started with the invention and release of the iPhone by Apple in 2006. But at least the New York Times still keeps the tradition alive with news pictures from all over the world. The Year in
- [The 2024 Year In Review: Hope Fails, Human Brain Rot Wins the Prize](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/the-2024-year-in-review-hope-fails-human-brain-rot-wins-the-prize/) - Editor's Note: The year 2024 could have ended differently, and there could have been hope for democracy delivered by voters in November. Instead, American voters expressed their political preferences for dictatorship over democracy, and the consequences will be profound. By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden powerfully framed the election debate in January as a
- [House Ethics Report Accuses Matt Gaetz of Being A Bad Boy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/house-ethics-report-accuses-matt-gaetz-of-being-a-bad-boy/) - Just No Strict Punishment Recommended for His Alleged Crimes - Staff Report - A House Ethics Committee report accuses former House member Matt Gaetz of Florida, and President-elect Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general, of paying for sex, possessing illegal drugs and having sexual relations with an underage girl. But you, know, we won't
- [When Lives Intersect and Intertwine, and See Magic Rise and Time Fall](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/when-lives-intersect-and-intertwine-and-see-magic-rise-and-time-fall/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - ARGO, Ala. - You want to know a secret? Sure you do. Everybody wants to know a secret. Knock, knock Who's there? Santa Clause and me Who's me? Jesus No room at the Inn A color line even then How lives intertwine. So Santa, I have a
- [Why Tech Billionaires Feel the Need to Kiss the New King-Dictator's Ring](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/why-tech-billionaires-feel-the-need-to-kiss-the-new-king-dictators-ring/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - In a retrograde world where finding crumbs to eat might be enough to make the peons and peasants kiss up to the new king/dictator and the pope like they did in Shakespeare's time, when monarchs ruled the world. But how in this world has it come to
- [Many Rivers to Cross Before I Find My Way Home](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/many-rivers-to-cross-before-i-find-my-way-home/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, Missouri - "How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man," Bob Dylan once sang in another anxious time. He found the answer, "blowin' in the wind." How many rivers must the same man cross, before
- [Game of Riddles: The Thing that Devours All Things](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/game-of-riddles-the-thing-that-devours-all-things/) - Game of Riddles No. 9 This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down. The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - In chapter five of J.R.R. Tolkien's book The Hobbit, and in the first of the
- [Liz Cheney, Law Enforcement Officials, Respond to Trump's Threats on NBC](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/liz-cheney-law-enforcement-officials-respond-to-trumps-threats-on-nbc/) - Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - Liz Cheney, the Wyoming Republican who helped lead a Congressional investigation into the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, called President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to imprison her and other members of the select House committee an “assault on the rule of law and the foundations
- [The Folly of Dreaming About Winning a Space War With Russia or China](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/the-folly-of-dreaming-about-winning-a-space-war-with-russia-or-china/) - Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Buried under all the latest news dominating the cable news talk and social media traffic about President-elect Donald Trump's insane choices of unqualified loyalists to serve in his cabinet, clearly a team designed to destroy the United States government from within, there have been a few
- [The Elon Musk Files: Concern Grows at NASA, Space X About the Outspoken Billionaire](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/the-elon-musk-files-concern-grows-at-nasa-space-x-about-the-outspoken-billionaire/) - By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's hard to imagine that no one in the Biden administration and America's space agency NASA is concerned about the behavior of Elon Musk at Twitter, considering he is also the CEO of Space X, which NASA has become dependent on for servicing the International Space Station and
- [Ignorance is Bliss: The Word of the Year is Brain Rot](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/12/ignorance-is-bliss-the-word-of-the-year-is-brain-rot/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - If we had only known that ignorance really was bliss, that human stupidity was the ultimate goal in life, that to be "woke" was not just a bad thing but the worst thing a person could strive to be, we could have saved ourselves
- [Resistance May or May Not Be Futile: With a Little Help From Our Friends](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/resistance-may-or-may-not-be-futile-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Resistance may be futile. Unless you live in California. Apparently, the phrase "resistance is futile" appeared the first time on TV in a 1967 "Doctor Who" episode called "Tomb of the Cybermen." In Star Trek's "First Contact," the voice of the Borg, spoken by
- [The News Business is Dead, and So Too Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/the-news-business-is-dead-and-so-too-democracy/) - Live with that if you can - “In absolute government, the King is law.” - Thomas Paine The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The news business is dead. Just ask The Washington Post: The latest news? Not right now, thanks. Long live the news writers who braved to tell it
- [Nobody Really Knows Me: A Rock and Roll Journey](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/nobody-really-knows-me-a-rock-and-roll-journey/) - By Glynn "Cowboy" Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Close to 300 friends and followers of Birmingham musician Wayne Perkins, many from the east side of town who came of age in the 1970s listening to the Alabama Power Band play at The Crossroads in Roebuck, nearly filled the Steiner Auditorium at the Birmingham Museum of
- [Taps for American Democracy at Gettysburg](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/taps-for-american-democracy-at-gettysburg/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - It makes me a little sad that I could not be there at Gettysburg this year for the 161st anniversary of a legendary two minute speech that hinted at the end of fighting during the Civil War and began to move the United States
- [The Proposal to Break Up Google Is Finally Here](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/the-proposal-to-break-up-google-is-finally-here/) - Guest Column - By Matt Stoller - Big Tech On Trial Three and a half months ago, D.C. district Judge Amit Mehta found that Google broke antitrust law in monopolizing search and search advertising. In a tightly reasoned 277-page opinion, Mehta’s conclusion was that Google, by controlling the means of distribution of search engines through
- [Dissapointed In the People of America: A Retreat Into the Past](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/dissapointed-in-the-people-of-america-a-retreat-into-the-past/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - When the present goes wrong, hope for the future - or retreat into the past. Mark Twain didn't say that. I just did. More on that in a minute. But on October 2, 1876, a speech of Twain's was covered by The New York
- [Putin Sees America Hurtling to Disaster, With Trump at the Wheel](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/putin-sees-america-hurtling-to-disaster-with-trump-at-the-wheel/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - It should come as no surprise that the news of Donald Trump's election again was greeted with glee in Moscow. Russian dictator president Vladimir Putin sent his congratulations to Trump after the news was announced, but not for the reasons you may imagine. According to Russian journalist
- [How To Face the End of the World as the Republicans Win the House Too](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/how-to-face-the-end-of-the-world-as-the-republicans-win-the-house-too/) - By Glynn Wilson - If this is not the end of the world, as we know it, I can't wait to see the real thing. Oh wait, this can't be it. It's nothing like the dream. America is fooled again, and he probably won't even have me killed for saying this. Donald Trump is the
- [Clinging to the Last Vestiges of Hope for Democracy in the Mark Twain National Forest](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/clinging-to-the-last-vestiges-of-hope-for-democracy-in-the-mark-twain-national-forest/) - "How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and hard it is to undo that work again!" - Mark Twain Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - SOMEWHERE IN THE MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST, Missouri - While Democrats and sane people all over the country are freaking out on social
- [A Curve Into Birmingham: I Will Not Back Down](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/a-curve-into-birmingham-i-will-not-back-down/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - This feels surreal, like much going on in the world these days, even without hallucinogens. Everything feels like a bizarre mix of fact and fantasy, like the world depicted by artist M.C. Escher. And apparently that's the way it's going to be
- [Consulting with Spirits at Devil's Den After a Nightmare Election Night](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/consulting-with-spirits-at-devils-den-after-a-nightmare-election-night/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - DEVIL'S DEN, Ark. - When the news came through loud and clear and all over the New York Times front page Wednesday morning that a majority of the American people are willing to roll the dice on another crazy term for a criminal and proven
- [Trump Rocks the Free World, Stunning the American Establishment Again in Apparent Electoral College Win](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/trump-rocks-the-free-world-stunning-the-american-establishment-again-in-apparent-electoral-college-win/) - By Glynn Wilson – LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Welcome to four more years of chaos, confusion and the fall of the American empire. Donald Trump defied the odds again and managed to convince an astounding number of people that in spite of his criminal conviction, his business and first term failures and smash-mouth rhetoric against
- [Fear and Loathing On the Eve of Election Night 2024](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/fear-and-loathing-on-the-eve-of-election-night-2024/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - Election Night 2024 is two days away and even 966 miles west of Washington, D.C. the tension in the air is so heavy it makes me seriously regret giving up my predilection for Xanax 20 years ago, about the time Hunter S. Thompson killed himself
- [Throw the Bums Out: Choose the Blue Team](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/11/throw-the-bums-out-choose-the-blue-team/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - JONESBORO, Ark. - Covering politics for the past 44 years, for the past decade mostly in Washington, D.C., I've seen some crazy, outrageous things in my time. But Republican Congressman Rick Crawford's federal lawsuit for a pay raise and back pay may just take the cake. After
- [Arkansas Republican's Federal Pay Lawsuit Clears Court Hurdle](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/arkansas-republicans-federal-pay-lawsuit-clears-court-hurdle/) - By Glynn Wilson - JONESBORO, Ark. - A federal judge from Indonesia who attended Auburn University and the University of Alabama School of Law and was appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims by Ronald Reagan in 1986, ruled last week that a lawsuit filed by a Republican Congressman from Arkansas against the government
- [Early Voting Numbers Give Democrats Hope](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/early-voting-numbers-give-democrats-hope/) - Election Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - HARRISBURG, Ark. - Not much is at stake in this election. Only the future of democracy itself. The stakes were so high in 2020 that nearly 63 percent of eligible voters in the United States cast ballots in the election, enough to block Donald Trump from remaining in
- [Kamala Harris Delivers Closing Argument Against Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/kamala-harris-delivers-closing-argument-against-trump/) - News Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - Democrats have tried to frame Donald Trump as an aberration of the country’s democratic norms and political traditions for years. It worked for Joe Biden in 2020, when he argued that as president, Trump "eroded the soul of the nation.” It did not work for Hillary Clinton in
- [Liz Cheney: Helping Kamala Harris Make the Closing Argument Against Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/liz-cheney-helping-kamala-harris-make-the-closing-argument-against-trump/) - By Glynn Wilson - No matter how this election turns out, my retirement from political news and journalism is imminent. Social media has made news, journalism and facts irrelevant, even as Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are making the first big social media program Facebook irrelevant, by ignoring and downplaying news and politics. No matter that
- [Here's a Little Secret for Donald Trump and Mike Johnson](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/heres-a-little-secret-for-donald-trump-and-mike-johnson/) - The Democrats will retake control of the House in January - Election Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - There's almost no way the Democrats can lose the House in 2024. At a race baiting rally in Madison Square Garden on Sunday, Trump hinted at "a little secret” he had with House Speaker Mike Johnson, who
- [Biden-Harris Administration Announces New $80 Million Investment in Clean Ports](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/biden-harris-administration-announces-new-80-million-investment-in-clean-ports/) - Staff Report - The Biden-Harris administration continues to announce the spending of billions of dollars to rebuild America's infrastructure even as the nation focuses on the election next week. But news about these investments seems to generate very little in the way of press coverage, media conversation or attention from the public on social media.
- [Election 2024 Update: Harris Leads in Pennsylvania, Trump Leads in Arizona, Michigan is Critical](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/election-2024-update-harris-leads-in-pennsylvania-trump-leads-in-arizona-michigan-is-critical/) - By Glynn Wilson - With less than four weeks to go before the critical election on Nov. 5, anxiety is off the charts in the United States, especially in hurricane ravaged Florida and North Carolina where Hurricanes Helene and Milton are making it hard for people to even think about voting. Thousands of weary residents
- [Deception is a Plague On People and Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/deception-is-a-plague-on-people-and-democracy/) - Guest Column - By George Zadigian - Deception. It’s been a plague on humanity ever since Eve was beguiled to take a bite from the apple. Seeded and cultivated by those determined to profit from it, deception has driven many wars and resulted in incalculable destruction, heartache and loss of human potential. President Johnson told
- [American Crisis: Democracy Just Died in Darkness as The Washington Post Fails to Endorse a Candidate for President](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/american-crisis-democracy-just-died-in-darkness-as-the-washington-post-fails-to-endorse-a-candidate-for-president/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - UNDISCLOSED LOCATION - "These are the times that try men’s souls," Tom Paine once wrote in a famous essay drumming up support for the American Revolution. The American Crisis: By Thomas Paine – 1776 Now a woman writer named Margaret Sullivan, formerly the media columnist for The
- [The American Crisis: By Thomas Paine - 1776](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/the-american-crisis-by-thomas-paine-1776/) - Editor's Note: We publish this here today in honor of President's Day, and especially to honor George Washington's brilliant plan to cross the Delaware River and attack the British Red Coats at Trenton, New Jersey on the night of December 25, 1776, which turned the tide and gave the American Revolution the public opinion boost
- [Eureka Moment: Another Kind of Farm Near the Missouri State Line](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/eureka-moment-another-kind-of-farm-near-the-missouri-state-line/) - Tales From the MoJo Road - By Glynn Wilson - EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. - Some writers claim to compose in their head while in the shower. That's not my style. I mostly like short showers anyway, on the road, unless I can find a bathtub somewhere. Writing has long come easy to me. Except in
- [A Political Upset is Brewing from the Grass Roots Up in Rural Arkansas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/a-political-upset-is-brewing-from-the-grass-roots-up-in-rural-arkansas/) - By Glynn Wilson - POCAHONTAS, Ark. - With less than two weeks to go before the Nov. 5 election, Democratic operative James Carville of Louisiana acknowledged the "palpable anxiety" out here in the wind of American life on Wednesday in a column in the New York Times. While claiming he is not one to take
- [Rodney Govens Campaigns for Congress in Hardy, Arkansas: Trump Campaigns for President at the Alabama-Georgia Game in Tuscaloosa](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/rodney-govens-campaigns-for-congress-in-hardy-arkansas-trump-campaigns-for-president-at-the-alabama-georgia-game-in-tuscaloosa/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - HARDY, Ark. - It takes time to get oriented in a new place as a writer, especially after experiencing nearly catastrophic trauma on the road. But less than two weeks after leaving Maryland and passing through Virginia, West Virginia, a sliver of Missouri and crossing the Mississippi
- [Ode to Mark Twain: The 21st Century Feels Like A Stranger to Me](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/ode-to-mark-twain-the-21st-century-feels-like-a-stranger-to-me/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - EUREKA SPRINGS, Ark. - You never know what you're going to find until you find it. Mark Twain once said "travel is fatal to prejudice." But prejudice is not my problem. The Bible says the love of money is the root of evil, but that's not my problem
- [Change is Coming to Harrison, Arkansas, Once Called 'The Most Racist Town in America'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/change-is-coming-to-harrison-arkansas-once-called-the-most-racist-town-in-america/) - By Glynn Wilson - HARRISON, Ark. - It seems fitting to visit Boone County on Indigenous Peoples' Day, since Native Americans were the earliest inhabitants of the area, beginning with cliff dwellers who lived in caves in the bluffs along the Buffalo and White Rivers. The Osage Sioux were the dominant tribe, along with the
- [Lilly Ledbetter of Alabama, Champion of Pay Equality, Dies at 86](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/lilly-ledbetter-of-alabama-champion-of-pay-equality-dies-at-86/) - Staff Report - Lilly Ledbetter, whose lawsuit against her employer paved the way for the Fair Pay Act of 2009 and who dedicated decades of her life to fighting for equal pay, died in Alabama on Saturday, her family said in a statement. She was 86. The cause was respiratory failure, the statement said, and
- [On the MoJo Road Again, to Harrison, Arkansas, 'The Most Racist Town in America'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/on-the-mojo-road-again-to-harrison-arkansas-the-most-racist-town-in-america/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - Y'all are not going to believe this. As fate would have it, and irony of ironies considering my Alabama history, we will be visiting a town this week that gained national tabloid fame in November, 2016, as "the most racist town in America." I kid you not. I
- [Five Weeks Until Election Day: What's the State of the Race?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/five-weeks-until-election-day-whats-the-state-of-the-race/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - With only five weeks to go until the election on Nov. 5, the stakes could not be higher as the latest public opinion polls still show a close race for president. Although the latest compilation average of all the polls show that Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican
- [Black History in Jonesboro Arkansas: A Tour of the E. Boone Watson Museum](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/black-history-in-jonesboro-arkansas-a-tour-of-the-e-boone-watson-museum/) - Video by Glynn Wilson - JONESBORO, Ark. - One of the great things about traveling to new places and meeting new people is finding out about the history and cultural of a place. On the campaign trail with Rodney Govens on Thursday speaking at a Voter Education event on Disability Rights in Arkansas at the
- [Crossing the Mississippi River and Back in the Land of Cotton](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/crossing-the-mississippi-river-and-back-in-the-land-of-cotton/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - TRUMANN, Ark. - When the Mississippi River bridge came into view with cotton fields as far as the eye could see, and then the Welcome to Missouri sign came into view, I began to relax a little after a trying ordeal that already had me thinking about
- [Arkansas PBS Debate Features Challengers to Incumbent Republican Rick Crawford](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/arkansas-pbs-debate-features-challengers-to-incumbent-republican-rick-crawford/) - Staff Report - JONESBORO, Ark. - The state Public Television network held a debate on Tuesday between candidates in the First Congressional District in Eastern Arkansas, between the incumbent Republican and challengers from the Democrat and Libertarian parties. The issues included the role and funding for the Federal Emergency Management agency in natural disasters, the
- [Actor Wendell Pierce Urges the People of Arkansas to Register and Vote](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/actor-wendell-pierce-urges-the-people-of-arkansas-to-register-and-vote/) - By Glynn Wilson - WEST MEMPHIS, Ark. - The actor Wendell Pierce who played the Rev. Hosea Williams in the move "Selma," trombone player Antoine Batiste in "Treme" and Detective Bunk Moreland in the acclaimed HBO drama series "The Wire," broke off from traveling the country campaigning for Democrats with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz
- [Life's A Journey: Climate Change is Real](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/lifes-a-journey-climate-change-is-real/) - Will people finally wake up when they finally feel the hurt? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - They say life is a journey, and you never know where you might end up. For many people, life seems more like a slog, from one hard day of work for a bad boss and
- [Republican Congressman Rick Crawford Was a No Show at Arkansas State Debate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/republican-congressman-rick-crawford-was-a-no-show-at-arkansas-state-debate/) - Staff Report - JONESBORO, Ark. - Republican Congressman Rick Crawford was a no show Thursday night in his home town televised debate by Arkansas State University Television, as Democrat Rodney Govens and Libertarian Steve Parsons went back and forth on the critical problems facing the people in U.S. House District One and potential solutions for
- [Prosecution Brief Shows Trump Should be on Trial, Not Running for President](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/prosecution-brief-shows-trump-should-be-on-trial-not-running-for-president/) - By Glynn Wilson - If justice was indeed blind and fair in all cases, Donald Trump would be standing trial today for his crimes against the United States Constitution and American democracy, not running for president again as a major party's nominee. New evidence disclosed in a court brief made public on Wednesday by Federal
- [Vice Presidential Debate - JD Vance is a Smooth Liar, But Tim Walz Nailed Him on Who Won the 2020 Election and Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/10/32414/) - By Glynn Wilson - JONESBORO, Ark. - Minnesota Governor and Vice Presidential contender Tim Walz shamed Senator and Donald Trump's running mate JD Vance of Ohio Wednesday night in the only vice presidential debate of 2024 on CBS, when Vance had no answer for the most basic of questions: Did Trump lose the 2020 election?
- [Biden-Harris Administration Invests $225 Million in Arkansas: The State's Republican Congressional Delegation Opposed It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/biden-harris-administration-invests-225-million-in-arkansas-the-states-republican-congressional-delegation-opposed-it/) - Staff Report - JONESBORO, Ark. - No one thought it could be done. Every president and Congress since the administration of Ronald Reagan has talked about passing a national infrastructure bill to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges and more. They could never agree and get it done. That all changed in 2021, however, when
- [U.S. House Seat in Eastern Arkansas On the Line in 2024](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/us-house-seat-in-eastern-arkansas-on-the-line-in-2024/) - By Glynn Wilson - Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has dispatched Donald Trump in the presidential debate event Tuesday night on ABC, live from Philadelphia - the birthplace of American independence, freedom and democracy - it's time to think about which party might control the closely divided Congress next year. Related: A Majority of
- [The Only Patriotic Choice for President: Kamala Harris](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/the-only-patriotic-choice-for-president-kamala-harris/) - The New York Times Editorial Board endorsed Kamala Harris as the only patriotic choice for president of the United States. The editorial board of the New American Journal concurs in that endorsement, and finds no flaw in the reasoning of this group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and longstanding
- [Learning How to Understand and Avoid Fake News](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/learning-how-to-understand-and-avoid-fake-news/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - JONESBORO, Ark. - The rain and wind from Hurricane Helene is lashing out even here in the Delta on Friday night, and that's an actual fact. There are no two partisan sides to report in this story. This storm was huge, covering most of the Gulf of
- [America Has Fallen and Can't Get Up](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/12/america-has-fallen-and-cant-get-up/) - America has fallen and it can’t get up.
- [How We Are Going to Fund the New Free Press](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/04/how-we-are-going-to-fund-the-new-free-press/) - Do you wake up in the morning, make the coffee, crank up your computer and look at your Facebook news feed and ever feel confused about what’s really going on in the world? Don’t feel bad. You are not alone.
- [The Love Kin, Big Republicans from Shoal Creek Valley: Our Family’s Story of Patriotism, Valor and Courage](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/the-love-kin-big-republicans-from-shoal-creek-valley-our-familys-story-of-patriotism-valor-and-courage/) - Editor's Note - It came near the end of my decade long run living in the Washington, D.C. area and covering our federal government with democracy in peril and the world seemingly on fire. A Facebook friend request from a cousin I didn't know, John Sansom of Marietta, Georgia. He found me on Ancestry dot
- [National Security Agencies Blast Foreign Efforts to Influence Elections and Undermine Democracy in the U.S.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/national-security-agencies-blast-foreign-efforts-to-influence-elections-and-undermine-democracy-in-the-u-s/) - Staff Report - Foreign actors, especially Iran, Russia and China, are actively involved in trying to sow discord, create chaos and influence the elections coming up in the United States to undermine American democracy for their own nefarious purposes. That's according to a joint statement from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the
- [Careening Through the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/careening-through-the-allegheny-mountains-in-west-virginia/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CHARLESTON, W.V. - After we left the campsite Monday morning by that creek in Maryland where I had the amazing spiritual experience in nature, what could be the last time in that enchanted forest by Camp David, Ramsey the Roadtrek Media Camper Van headed south and west. Secret Vistas:
- [I Did Everything Right: So Why Does it Feel Like the Universe is Punishing Me?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/i-did-everything-right-so-why-does-it-feel-like-the-universe-is-punishing-me/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The last thing I would ever want to do is compare myself to a Biblical character like Job. Job was a rich man in his time, if he really existed, which is a scholarly dispute to this day among Christians, Jews, Mormons and even within Islam, since
- [Mark Twain Couldn't Pull the Trigger: Instead He Wrote About a Jumping Frog](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/mark-twain-couldnt-pull-the-trigger-instead-he-wrote-about-a-jumping-frog/) - Editor's Note - Samuel Langhorne Clemens was once so down and out, broke and desperate in San Francisco that he took a loaded pistol and aimed it at his head. He couldn’t bring himself to pull the trigger, maybe out of sheer cowardice. He picked up a pen instead and wrote The Celebrated Jumping Frog
- [Secret Vistas: A Spiritual Experience in Nature and a New Direction](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/secret-vistas-a-spiritual-experience-in-nature-and-a-new-direction/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - This column has been several days in the planning, but I needed to wait until after the ABC presidential debate to finalize it. That's done, and what a great performance by Vice President Kamala Harris and a relief for all of us in this
- [Election Deniers Secretly Pushed Rule That Would Make It Easier to Delay Certification of Georgia’s Election Results](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/election-deniers-secretly-pushed-rule-that-would-make-it-easier-to-delay-certification-of-georgias-election-results/) - Editor's Note: In case you haven't been paying attention, the critical 2024 election is just over two months away. There is good news for Democrats as surveys show a surge in voter enthusiasm since President Joe Biden dropped out and Vice President Kamala Harris took over the campaign, and polls already show her catching Trump
- [A Majority of the American People Who Watched Say Kamala Harris Clearly Won the ABC Debate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/a-majority-of-the-american-people-who-watched-say-kamala-harris-clearly-won-the-abc-debate/) - Trump Says He Won't Debate Harris Again. She Hauls in $47 Million in 24 Hours - By Nathaniel Rakich - ABC/538 On Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris met for their first, and potentially only, presidential debate, with each candidate hoping to gain a crucial advantage over the other in
- [Kamala Harris Stood Up to Trump and Bested Him in the ABC Debate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/kamala-harris-stood-up-to-trump-and-bested-him-in-the-abc-debate/) - By Glynn Wilson - From the first moment when Vice President Kamala Harris walked on stage in Philadelphia, approached Donald Trump and extended her hand to shake his in their first face-to-face meeting, to the last when she talked about the Biden administration's work to fight climate change and create millions of high paying jobs,
- [Two Months to Go Until Nov. 5: Will American Democracy Survive?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/two-months-to-go-until-nov-5-will-american-democracy-survive/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Just two months from now, Americans will go to the polls to vote on Nov. 5 to decide the fate of this experiment in democracy of the people one more time. If that sounds dramatic, it's because it is dramatic, or traumatic, depending on your point of
- [Kamala Harris Needs to Destroy Donald Trump in Debate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/kamala-harris-needs-to-destroy-donald-trump-in-debate/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Rarely in American political history has a moment been as charged with salience and import as the so-called "debate" that is to take place in Philadelphia Tuesday night on ABC between Democrat Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. On the face of it, Harris should have the clear
- [Democrats Drive Surge in Election Enthusiasm](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/democrats-drive-surge-in-election-enthusiasm/) - Nearly eight in 10 Democrats say they are more enthusiastic than usual about voting - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Measuring voter enthusiasm is one way to gauge trends in the run up to an election, and on that front thanks to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, enthusiasm among Democrats to vote in November
- [Federal Judge in Trump Election Interference Case Accuses His Lawyers of Stalling Tactics](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/federal-judge-in-trump-election-interference-case-accuses-his-lawyers-of-stalling-tactics/) - Staff Report - The case that could have done in Trump for good came up in federal court in Washington today, and it does not look good for any kind of active prosecution before the Nov. 5 election. The federal judge accused former President Donald Trump's lawyer of more stalling tactics. But since any decision
- [Shenandoah National Park to Privatize Campgrounds with No Opportunity for Public Comment](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/shenandoah-national-park-to-privatize-campgrounds-with-no-opportunity-for-public-comment/) - Staff Report - SHENANDOAH, Va. - The federal government's management of the National Park Service in Shenandoah National Park in Luray, Virginia has proposed to completely privatize all commercial operations in the park, including the campgrounds, without notifying the public or allowing public comments. The privatization plan is buried down in a press release about
- [Long Live Web Publishing: Too Bad About the Death of Print](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/09/long-live-web-publishing-too-bad-about-the-death-of-print/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Have you ever thought you lost something and then discovered it wasn't lost after all? That's how I felt Wednesday night winding down for sleep after watching a show on Netflix. Checking the calendar on the iPhone, it occurred to me it's coming up on 10 years
- [ELECTION 2024: Fighting to Save Democracy One More Time](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/election-2024-fighting-to-save-democracy-one-more-time/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - It's Labor Day weekend, not Memorial Day or Veterans Day, I know. It would be great if the unions could help us save democracy in November. But I've spent enough time working with unions to know the rank and file are largely with
- [How a Kamala Harris-Tim Walz Democratic Ticket Will Beat Trump and Vance](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/how-a-kamala-harris-tim-walz-democratic-ticket-will-beat-trump-and-vance/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The race is on. Only 90 days to go. And Tim Walz for Veep? Wow! "We can sleep when we're dead" indeed. More like a country singer than a rock star, a cross between Harry Truman, Joe Biden and Jimmy Carter, while the vice
- [Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Take Questions on CNN](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-take-questions-on-cnn/) - IN CASE YOU MISSED IT - CNN’s Dana Bash speaks with Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Part 1 of Dana Bash's interview with 2024 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate Gov. Tim Walz, their first since the Democratic National Convention. In part 2 of the interview with CNN's
- [Campaign 2024: Can Joy Beat Hate? Let’s Hope So](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/campaign-2024-can-joy-beat-hate-lets-hope-so/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. —- I heard the Marine One helicopter landing at Camp David on Friday, Aug. 16, after flying overhead right above the Owens Creek campground in Catoctin Mountain (National) Park. President Joe Biden arrived for another weekend preparing his speech for Monday night, Aug. 19,
- [Project 2025: The Author and Head of the Heritage Foundation's Ties to Radical Catholic Group Opus Dei](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/project-2025-the-author-and-head-of-the-heritage-foundations-ties-to-radical-catholic-group-opus-dei/) - The Anti-Democratic Group Wants to Bring Back Theocracy - By Glynn Wilson - The Full Big Picture - Americans of all stripes who favor keeping our democratic Republic have many good reasons to be concerned about Project 2025. But the underlying reason we should all be concerned is not just all the horrendous policy proposals
- [World Traveler Tab Gilbert of Birmingham, Alabama, Makes it to Easter Island](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/world-traveler-tab-gilbert-of-birmingham-alabama-makes-it-to-easter-island/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - So I had just made it back up to the mountain top from D.C. and setup in a regular campsite on Tuesday at 1,700 feet above sea level when the iPhone went off with a text message from a strange, international number. At first
- [Trump Indicted Again for Plotting to Overturn the 2020 Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/trump-indicted-again-for-plotting-to-overturn-the-2020-election/) - Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - In one more effort to save American democracy from Donald Trump and his conservative Supreme Court, special prosecutor Jack Smith filed another indictment against the former president in federal court on Tuesday, once again accused him of plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
- [Trump And Staff Use War Dead for Political Purposes, Clashing With Officials at Arlington National Cemetery](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/trump-and-staff-use-war-dead-for-political-purposes-clashing-with-officials-at-arlington-national-cemetery/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Donald Trump and his campaign staff distastefully used the war dead at Arlington National Cemetery for political purposes on Monday, in direct violation of federal law, clashing with an official at the cemetery who confronted them and demanded that they stop taking pictures. The military cemetery said in
- [What Do Donald Trump and RKJ Have in Common?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/what-do-donald-trump-and-rfj-have-in-common/) - Maybe Giant Egos and the Same Spray On Tan Brand? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bobby Kennedy's son has fallen off his rocker. I'm renaming him RKJ, instead of RFKJr. How did this happen? Did the worm really eat part of his brain? I considered doing a big
- [Kamala Harris's Presidential Address Knocks Trump Out of the Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/kamala-harriss-presidential-address-knocks-trump-out-of-the-park/) - By Glynn Wilson - Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president Thursday night in Chicago in a near perfect presidential address peppered with calls for national unity and a prosecutor's arguments against electing former President Donald Trump as an “unserious man” whose return to the White House would have devastating consequences
- [People Like Tim Walz and Kamala Harris: Trump VP Pick JD Vance is More Unpopular than Sarah Palin](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/people-like-tim-walz-and-kamala-harris-trump-vp-pick-jd-vance-is-more-unpopular-than-sarah-palin/) - Staff Report - It's important to make a good first impression, they say, whether you're on a first date, interviewing for a job - or running to be vice president of the United States. And the two men who recently joined the Republican and Democratic presidential tickets have made very different first impressions. JD Vance
- [Tim Walz Accepts the Democratic Party's Nomination for Vice President: Oprah Winfrey Wows the Crowd](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/tim-walz-accepts-the-democratic-partys-nomination-for-vice-president-oprah-winfrey-wows-the-crowd/) - By Glynn Wilson - The third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was mostly about telling the story of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, the vice presidential nominee and keynote speaker, with the theme of American freedom. But it was not the laissez-faire economic free market capitalism of libertarians and conservative Republicans of old
- [Michelle Obama Steals the Show on Night Two of the Democratic National Convention](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/michelle-obama-steals-the-show-on-night-two-of-the-democratic-national-convention/) - By Glynn Wilson - Michelle Obama stole the show on the second night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. She delivered a rousing call for Democrats to get behind the campaign of Kamala Harris and work harder than they've ever worked before, while also giving Republican candidate Donald Trump, the former president, the tongue
- [On the Eve of the Democratic Convention in Chicago, New Polls Show Harris Leading Trump in Key Swing States](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/on-the-eve-of-the-democratic-convention-in-chicago-new-polls-show-harris-leading-trump-in-key-swing-states/) - By Glynn Wilson - As the Democrats begin arriving in Chicago for a national convention like no other, Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, are arriving by way of a bus tour through Pennsylvania, a critical swing state with the potential to decide the presidential election in November. They
- [President Joe Biden Urges the Country to Get Behind Kamala Harris, Defeat Trump and Save Democracy Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/president-joe-biden-urges-the-country-to-get-behind-kamala-harris-defeat-trump-and-save-democracy-again/) - By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden finally took the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago at 11:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and delivered an energetic address urging people to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to defeat the hateful selfishness of Donald Trump one more time, to save
- [Artificial Intelligence, the Power Grid and News Work: Who Will Pay for Covering the Information Falling Through the Cracks?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/artificial-intelligence-the-power-grid-and-news-work-who-will-pay-for-covering-the-information-falling-through-the-cracks/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - To be brutally honest? Or to project an image of success at all times? Are you interested in pretense? Or the unabashed truth? Shakespeare never had any of his characters ask these questions. At least not to the best of my recollection. Of course the very idea
- [Snoop Dogg: Go Back in Time To Move Forward](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/snoop-dogg-go-back-in-time-to-move-forward/) - Editors Note: Back in time I dreamed of becoming a syndicated columnist. But the internet changed the news writing business. Well now I’ve taken Snoop’s advice and made it happen anyway. This column was written on deadline for The Progressive Populist newspaper in time to come out before the Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago starting
- [Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/armed-and-underground-inside-the-turbulent-secret-world-of-an-american-militia/) - Editor's Note: If the November election does not go their way, installing a white nationalist dictator in the person of Donald Trump, what will the radical, right wing militia do? Try to create more chaos and attack the United States government like they did on Jan. 6, 2021? If you know active members in your
- [Countering the Con of Trump and Project 2025: In Altruism Lies the Answer, Not the Selfish Gene](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/countering-the-con-of-trump-and-project-2025-in-altruism-lies-the-answer-not-the-selfish-gene/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - There was a time in this country, in this world, when most people were probably good people willing to go out of their way to help their neighbors. There are still good people out there for sure, helping others every day. But some
- [A Sea Change Coming - CBS Interviews Biden: New Polls Show Harris Leading Big in Battleground States](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/a-sea-change-coming-cbs-interviews-biden-new-polls-show-harris-leading-big-in-battleground-states/) - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - From on top of the mountain looking down at the world over the internet, it looks like a blue sea change is rolling across the country. Even Mother Nature on this blue planet appears to be cooperating somehow, if the weather around here is any indication. It's
- [Who Will Make the Final Cut as Vice Presidential Running Mate for Kamala Harris?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/who-will-make-the-final-cut-as-vice-presidential-running-mate-for-kamala-harris/) - Who would you like to see her pick and why? - By Glynn Wilson - GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Kamala Harris is on track to pick a vice presidential running mate by August 7, according to the schedule established by the Democratic Party to formally nominate its ticket in preparation for the national convention in Chicago
- [Kamala Harris and Tim Walz Deliver First Rally Together in Philly](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/kamala-harris-and-tim-walz-deliver-first-rally-together-in-philly/) - Breaking News - Staff Report - Vice President Kamala Harris appeared for the first time alongside her newly-announced running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, introducing him on Tuesday evening at a packed rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. “Thank you for bringing back the joy,” Walz said as he turned and beamed at Kamala Harris after she
- [Democrat Kamala Harris Picks Tim Walz as Vice Presidential Running Mate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/democrat-kamala-harris-picks-tim-walz-as-vice-presidential-running-mate/) - Breaking News - Staff Report - Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has apparently picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, according to The New York Times and other news outlets, after Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro seemed to have the momentum going into the weekend. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Leads
- [In Landmark Antitrust Case, Judge Rules Google Is a 'Monopolist'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/in-landmark-antitrust-case-judge-rules-google-is-a-monopolist/) - Judge Amit Mehta ruled that Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by excluding rivals from the general search engine market in order to maintain its monopoly. What happens now? - Guest Column - By Matt Stoller - Today is a big day for American business. "After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and
- [Bernie Sanders: Democrats Should Run on a Progressive Economic Agenda](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/bernie-sanders-democrats-should-run-on-a-progressive-economic-agenda/) - Editor's Note: For too many politicians and corporate media pundits, politics is a "game." They talk about everything except the most important issues facing the working class of our country – the vast majority of the people, according to Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. His campaign recently conducted a poll which found, not surprisingly, that in
- [Secret Vistas: A Photo Essay - Summer 2024 So Far in Pictures](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/secret-vistas-a-photo-essay-summer-2024-so-far-in-pictures/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - SHENANDOAH, Va. - Now hold your horses. Hang on to your hat. Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat. Hit pause for a minute. This summer has been a whirlwind of activity since we left the D.C. Metro Area in June, heading for the hills and sensing the summer heat and trouble on
- [Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro Leads VP Contenders for Presidential Campaign of Kamala Harris](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/08/pennsylvania-governor-josh-shapiro-leads-vp-contenders-for-presidential-campaign-of-kamala-harris/) - Announcement Could Be Made Over the Weekend - By Glynn Wilson - GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Democrats in Pennsylvania are bullish on their popular governor Josh Shapiro, whose moderate views on some issues might not be hugely popular on the far left around the country, but also to some extent isolates him from some of the
- [Director of Heritage Foundation’s Controversial Project 2025 Steps Down](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/director-of-heritage-foundations-controversial-project-2025-steps-down/) - By Glynn Wilson - The conservative Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, also inspired by the radical Catholic cult Opus Dei, could be the albatross hanging around Trump's neck that drags him down into icy defeat come November. The ice is already cracking. Paul Dans, who directed the Heritage Foundation’s controversial 2025 Presidential Transition Project, or Project
- [Kamala Harris Opens Her Campaign With a Two Point Lead Over Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/kamala-harris-opens-her-campaign-with-a-two-point-lead-over-trump/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - Vice President Kamala Harris opens her campaign for president with a two-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted on Monday and Tuesday. The national poll shows her leading
- [Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris Appeals to Black Women's Sorority to Help Power Her Campaign](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/presidential-candidate-kamala-harris-appeals-to-black-womens-sorority-to-help-power-her-campaign/) - By Glynn Wilson - Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail in her first week with a series of appearances in strategic places, appealing to key constituency groups to fire them up to get onboard and help power her campaign. In Indianapolis on Wednesday, she spoke at a rally of more than 6,000 Black
- [Doug Jones: Win This One for Joe](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/doug-jones-win-this-one-for-joe/) - Guest Column - By Doug Jones - It was the spring of 1978, and I was a second year law student when we had as a guest speaker a young, first-term Senator from Delaware. To say that he made a lasting impression is an understatement. I had a feeling then what I know to be
- [What A Difference A Day Makes: A New Campaign as Kamala Harris Takes on Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/what-a-difference-a-day-makes-a-new-campaign-as-kamala-harris-takes-on-trump/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - What a difference a day can make? That's why you don't want to go anywhere just yet. Things can turn around overnight. That's in part what keeps me going, anyway. Like Joe Biden stepping down from his reelection campaign and passing the torch to Kamala Harris. Trump
- [American Republicans, Catholics Offended by Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/american-republicans-catholics-offended-by-paris-olympics-opening-ceremony/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The Olympic Games have been used as a platform for international politics and to influence public opinion since the first modern Games were held in Athens, Greece in 1896. Of course the purpose of the games was to promote international peace and understanding. But there are plenty
- [Trump is in Trouble: Kamala Harris Just May Be the Game Changer We Need](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/trump-is-in-trouble-kamala-harris-just-may-be-the-game-changer-we-need/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Donald Trump's campaign to return to the White House is now in big, big trouble. No one else I've seen is reporting it this way yet. But I'm here to tell you, it's true. Why? Because all of a sudden, overnight, the game has changed. Kamala Harris
- [Joe Biden Drops Out of Presidential Race, Endorses Vice President Kamala Harris](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/joe-biden-drops-out-of-presidential-race-endorses-vice-president-kamala-harris/) - Breaking News - By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden announced on Twitter (X) on Sunday afternoon that he would comply with the wishes of many Democrats and abandon his bid for re-election, endorsing his Vice President, Kamala Harris, to replace him at the top of the ticket. The move may sooth some of the
- [Peace and Quiet Requires Peace and Prosperity: Is It Now Out of Our Reach?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/peace-and-quiet-requires-peace-and-prosperity-is-it-now-out-of-our-reach/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - Who does not want peace and quiet? Apparently kids, bots and Trump supporters. Maybe New Yorkers. Sitting outside for hours on a mountaintop this week, the quiet only broken by birds and frogs singing in the trees and an occasional whoop across the
- [Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Gives Trump the Power of King George III](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/supreme-courts-immunity-ruling-gives-trump-the-power-of-king-george-iii/) - On the eve of Independence Day, six right-wing justices issued an unhinged and dangerous ruling - Guest Column - By Mitchell Zimmerman - If you hadn’t read the news in four years — or just arrived from another galaxy — the Supreme Court’s de facto grant of immunity to Donald Trump for his alleged federal
- [Pillaging by the Super-Rich Will Continue Until the Working Class Revolts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/pillaging-by-the-super-rich-will-continue-until-the-working-class-revolts/) - American workers are not stupid. They’re getting fleeced and they know it. But until we rebuild large scale working-class power, it’s going to be a very rough ride - They’ll stone you when you’re at the breakfast table. They’ll stone you when you are young and able. They’ll stone you when you’re tryin’ to make
- [Steve Bannon and the Culture of Impunity](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/steve-bannon-and-the-culture-of-impunity/) - Guest Column - By Joe Conason - Among right-wing Republicans, the incarceration of Stephen K. Bannon has provoked a torrent of sputtering rage. “I stand with Steve Bannon!” was the defiant slogan barked by scores of prominent figures on the right, after a federal judge ordered the fascist media personality and adviser to former President
- [The Future is Up to Joe and Jill Biden: What Path Will They Choose?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/the-future-is-up-to-joe-and-jill-biden-what-path-will-they-choose/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - Camp David was designed as a presidential retreat not just from the heat and humidity of Washington. FDR actually commissioned it and called it "Shangri-La." It was and remains a no press zone. It's understandable why any president would want to keep out
- [The Faustian Bargain of J.D. Vance, Trump's Pick for Vice President](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/the-faustian-bargain-of-j-d-vance-trumps-pick-for-vice-president/) - Our Journey Continues... The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - After suffering through a brutally hot global warming day on Tuesday, making our way back to the top of the mountain in the morning before noon to escape it somewhat, there's a cool breeze up here on Wednesday morning at
- [The Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. in 2024](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/the-most-dangerous-cities-in-the-u-s-in-2024/) - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - While violent crime has dropped to pre-Covid pandemic levels nationwide, according to the latest crime report from Federal Bureau of Investigation, the changes weren’t the same everywhere. The crime rates remained elevated in dozens of cities around the country, including my home town of Birmingham, Alabama, which
- [How Wrestle­ Mania Trumped Intelligence in U.S. Politics](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/03/how-wrestle­-mania-trumped-intelligence-in-u-s-politics/) - “The day I realized it can be smart to be shallow was, for me, a deep experience” – Donald J. Trump
- [Camping and Cycling Around the Catoctin Mountains in Maryland](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/camping-and-cycling-around-catoctin-mountain-in-maryland/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- While tens of thousands of people flock to the iconic national parks of the American West in the summer travel season, exacerbating an already disastrous mega-drought and experiencing a record-breaking heat wave and an already out of control wildfire season, there are lesser known
- [There Has to Be A Better Way: Let's Find It Together](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/there-has-to-be-a-better-way-lets-find-it-together/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - There has to be a better way. A better way to live. To eat. To communicate. To govern. To lead. To love. As many of you already know, from picking up on my hints, I am in search of these things for myself
- [Capitalizing on End Times Apocalyptic Conspiracy Theories](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/capitalizing-on-end-times-apocalyptic-conspiracy-theories/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - Not since the King and the Duke fooled the townspeople along the Mississippi River in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have so many people been fooled into believing in a scam by a bunch of grifters. I just had to laugh out
- [Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/inside-ziklag-the-secret-organization-of-wealthy-christians-trying-to-sway-the-election-and-change-the-country/) - By Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Nick Surgey, Documented - ProPublica - A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12 million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a million people from the rolls in key swing states, aiming to tilt the 2024 election in favor of former President Donald Trump. These previously
- [What A World: We Tried to Inform People - They Didn't Listen](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/what-a-world-we-tried-to-inform-people-they-didnt-listen/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - What a world. It may be the perspective of getting out of Washington and hanging out in the mountain woods, but I'm having a hard time remembering a time quite like this. It's not hard to appreciate that people are mad at CNN
- [A Story Told is A Life Lived](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/a-story-told-is-a-life-lived/) - "A story told is a life lived." - Unknown The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - If the story of the 21st century is just going to end up being one hellscape disaster after another, until most of the countries of the world live under tyrannical dictators who ignore all
- [Welcome to Botville: An Uncertain Computerized Future](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/welcome-to-botville-an-uncertain-computerized-future/) - Connecting the Dots - By Glynn Wilson - Computer hacker-programmers have been creating bots to do various things since the 1990s. Bot is short for robot, although these bots don't look like the robots from science fiction going back to the 1950s. If you use any search engine to ask "what is a bot?" you
- [Lord A-Mighty What Will Become of Us Arguing Beasts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/lord-a-mighty-what-will-become-of-us-arguing-beasts/) - Should Joe Stay or Go? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Lord a-mighty this is exactly why I did not want to remain in Washington and wade into the middle of this Biden-Trump rematch. Well, that and the heat and humidity, the bureaucracy and the sheer burnout on being in one place
- [Trump Guilty Verdict Moves Voters](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/trump-guilty-verdict-moves-voters/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The worm is beginning to turn, and not in Trump's favor. For the past six months, news outfits have pushed out story after story claiming former President Donald Trump was ahead of President Joe Biden in the polls in the presidential election of 2024, keeping Trump supporters feeling
- [Biden is Running: Campaign Goes After Project 2025](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/biden-is-running-campaign-goes-after-project-2025/) - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - While hunkered down in the mountains at the presidential retreat of Camp David last week preparing president and candidate Joe Biden to "debate" Republican challenger Donald Trump, what appears in retrospect to be a bad plan that went horribly awry, some members of the Biden campaign came
- [The Emerging 'Come Retribution' if Trump Sidesteps Jail and Gets Elected President Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/the-emerging-come-retribution-if-trump-sidesteps-jail-and-gets-elected-president-again/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - As if we needed any more evidence to backup our unique name for the so-called "Freedom Caucus," a new book and review show that a far right movement of MAGA Republicans in the House should be called the "Dixie Caucus," because the brain trust
- [Letter to the Editor: Joe Biden Should Step Aside](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/letter-to-the-editor-joe-biden-should-step-aside/) - To the editor, Joe Biden’s decision to stay in the presidential race at this point is incredibly selfish. He’s risking American democracy for the sake of his ego. I don’t know if Kamala Harris or whoever else would defeat Donald Trump, but I’m confident they have a better chance than an elderly man who can’t
- [Conservative Supreme Court Rules Trump Has Some Immunity from Prosecution for Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/conservative-supreme-court-rules-trump-has-some-immunity-from-prosecution-for-jan-6/) - By Glynn Wilson - The conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court issued a long-anticipated ruling on Monday claiming that former President Donald Trump is in fact entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution for his actions of engaging in a seditious conspiracy and inciting a violent insurrection against his own government on
- [Report Shows Climate Change Impacting People’s Health and the Environment](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/07/report-shows-climate-change-impacting-peoples-health-and-the-environment/) - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - Just as President Joe Biden is facing an "armageddon" of criticism for his performance against Donald Trump last Thursday, according to Politico and other news outlets, and numerous calls for him to step aside and let the Democratic Party choose another nominee at its convention in August
- [The Mood From Camp David is Not Good](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/the-mood-from-camp-david-is-not-good/) - But there will be a party on the Fourth of July anyway, with fresh, locally grown tomatoes and plenty of good beer and vodka - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN PARK, Md. — As the sun rises in the forest down the street from Camp David, where President Joe Biden
- [The Question that Will Not Be Asked at the Biden-Trump Debate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/the-question-that-will-not-be-asked-at-the-biden-trump-debate/) - What to do about the electric power demands of artificial intelligence data centers? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - It's a lovely summer day in the mountains, and the last thing I want to be doing is thinking about this Biden-Trump rematch presidential debate everyone on news talk and
- [Seven Day Heat Wave Grips the Eastern U.S.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/seven-day-heat-wave-grips-the-eastern-u-s/) - By Glynn Wilson - THURMONT, Md. - How hot must it get before most doubters are convinced that the planet is warming? How many heat waves, droughts, floods, wildfires, massive hurricanes and tornadoes will it take to convince most people that global warming is changing the climate and that humans are responsible? An end to
- [Do We Face the End of Decency? Or is Decency All That Endures?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/do-we-face-the-end-of-decency-or-is-decency-all-that-endures/) - “The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.” - Theodore Roosevelt The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — For how long must we endure the end of decency in public and private life in America? Is it possible that the historically critical election of 2024 is as much
- [Getting By With a Little Help From Our Friends](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/getting-by-with-a-little-help-from-our-friends/) - Is the sun setting on the web press in America? - By Glynn Wilson - The Big Picture - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - It was never my intention to move to Washington a decade ago to take it by storm to try and fix the federal government or bridge the partisan divide, promises often proclaimed
- [Father's Day from the White House](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/fathers-day-from-the-white-house/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It seems only fitting that my last dateline Washington column is about the White House and falls on Father's Day. It feels like the end of another era. How many of those milestones may a person experience in a life? In a time when
- [Photo Essay: A White House Tour](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/09/photo-essay-a-white-house-tour/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the past three years I have chased a dream to visit the White House and stand on the same hallowed ground where so much American history has taken place in the nation’s capitol. Finally, thanks to the helpful staff of Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, the Congressman from Greenbelt, Maryland, I lived that dream on Wednesday, August 30.
- [The Big Picture: Back When Artists, Photographers and Writers Helped Sway Public Opinion to Create National Parks](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/the-big-picture-back-when-artists-photographers-and-writers-helped-sway-public-opinion-to-create-national-parks/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was a time in American history when artists, writers and photographers were held in such high esteem that the best of the best were recruited by the federal government to showcase some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country to help convince
- [You Can Be Inspired, Yet Disagree, With Nature Writer Edward Abbey](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/you-can-be-inspired-yet-disagree-with-nature-writer-edward-abbey/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. - What would you do if you knew you had just one week more to live in a place that feels like home, knowing there are more stories to discover and tell? Maybe vow to come back next year and tackle the other stories?
- [Storms Are Coming to Washington: Head for the Hills](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/storms-are-coming-to-washington-head-for-the-hills/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A storm is coming. More than one storm in fact. This might be a good time to plan an escape from staying inside the Beltway in the nation's capital region, with all the traffic and tension that goes with living in such a place.
- [Federal Judge Orders Trump Mouthpiece Steve Bannon to Jail](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/06/federal-judge-orders-trump-mouthpiece-steve-bannon-to-jail/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge ordered Donald Trump brain trust and mouthpiece Steve Bannon to surrender by July 1 to start serving a four-month prison sentence imposed for contempt of Congress for disobeying a subpoena to provide documents and testimony to the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6,
- [Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal Lawsuit Settled for Undisclosed Sum](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/facebook-cambridge-analytica-scandal-lawsuit-settled-for-undisclosed-sum/) - Staff Report - As the legal and financial heat continue to rain down on Mark Zuckerberg at Meta-Facebook, the tech giant has caved at the last minute and agreed to settle a massive lawsuit seeking billions in damages for allowing Cambridge Analytica to access the private data of tens of millions of users, data used
- [Trump Found Guilty on All 34 Counts in New York Hush Money Trial](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/trump-found-guilty-on-all-34-counts-in-new-york-hush-money-trial/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald J. Trump was convicted of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal on Thursday by a New York jury, becoming the first former president to be tried and convicted of a felony. The conviction will no doubt reverberate around the country and impact the presidential election
- [House Democrats Demand Supreme Court Justice Alito's Recusal Over Flag Controversy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/house-democrats-demand-supreme-court-justice-alitos-recusal-over-flag-controversy/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats on Capitol Hill are demanding that religious conservative Supreme Court Justice Sam Alito recuse himself on all cases related to Donald Trump's incited insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, including the immunity motion before the court, after it was reported that an upside down American flag was photographed
- [Supreme Court Justice Alito Refuses to Recuse For Display of Controversial Flags](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/supreme-court-justice-alito-refuses-to-recuse-for-display-of-controversial-flags/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Predictably and with righteous arrogance, Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. declined to recuse himself on Wednesday from two cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after reports that flags displayed outside his houses appeared to support Donald Trump's “Stop the Steal” movement to
- [Contemplating the Future of Democracy on a Spring Day in Washington](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/contemplating-the-future-of-democracy-on-a-spring-day-in-washington/) - A Country With No King - Can We Keep It? The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Growing up in the suburbs of a Southern town in the early days of television, what we knew of the nation's capital city we learned from what politicians said and what TV news personalities
- [Camping Out and Living the Nomadland Life in the Washington Capital Region](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/camping-out-and-living-the-nomadland-life-in-the-washington-capital-region/) - Escape Global Warming and Climate Change in Summer - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The New York Times magazine recently assigned a woman who had never been camping in her life to travel around in a camper van and write about the experience. The trip was a disaster, and the
- [Presidential Election 2024: Biden, Trump Rematch Too Close to Call](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/presidential-election-2024-biden-trump-rematch-too-close-to-call/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Are you tired of seeing these headlines saying challenger Donald Trump is leading President Joe Biden in the polls with less than six months to go before the presidential election of 2024? Are you sick of these stories bashing Biden for his age, and
- [The Supreme Court is Above the Law, Out of Reach of the Power of the Press](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/the-supreme-court-is-above-the-law-out-of-reach-of-the-power-of-the-press/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Never in all my years of covering public affairs and the courts did I ever imagine a day when the Supreme Court in this country would be taken over by fascists and support an American dictator in overturning an election and attempting to halt
- [What Can Be Learned from the Columbia University Protests of 1968](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/what-can-be-learned-from-the-columbia-university-protests-of-1968/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since encountering the story early in my college career about Sherwood Anderson advising William Faulkner in New Orleans to write about people, places and things he knew something about, I've tried to follow that advice in my journalism career. "Write what you know," is
- [HUGE Medicaid Crisis Looms in Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/04/huge-medicaid-crisis-looms-in-alabama/) - Critis Say More People Are Going to Die Needlessly Due to Legislative Inaction
- [A One-State Solution Offers Hope](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/a-one-state-solution-offers-hope/) - Guest Column - By Curtis Seltzer - The butchery in Israel and Palestine creates an opportunity to find a viable peace through fairness. Imagination, leadership and boldness are required to recast the ways they exist with each other. Reverting to the antebellum “stability” of Israel’s West Bank occupation and Gaza ghettoization will produce more Palestinians
- [A Kennedy Who is 'Mad as a Hatter' is Running for President: Welcome to the Show](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/a-kennedy-who-is-mad-as-a-hatter-is-running-for-president-welcome-to-the-show/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nothing shocks anymore. What, you need podcast proof? Does it seem normal to you that a 70-year old man who admits part of his brain was eaten by a worm would think he is qualified to run for president of the United States? Where's
- [An Update on Thoreau's Necessities of Life](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/07/an-update-on-thoreaus-necessities-of-life/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the 200th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s birth, it’s time for an update from the woods on his essay detailing the economy and necessities of life in 18th century America and how they’ve changed in the United States he loved. It’s imperative that this followup be just as critical in its analysis of the scene — and done with an equally unfettered tongue.
- [Why Can't We Solve Problems? Because of the People Who Like to Break Things](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/05/why-cant-we-solve-problems-because-of-the-people-who-like-to-break-things/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. — You don't have to travel to some high mountain pass to find insight in this mixed up world. But maybe it helps. It seemed to help Moses, George Mallory and Elisha Mitchell, as I've written in the past. Climbing Mountains For Inspiration: What’s
- [Mobile Writer and Activist David Underhill Dies at 78](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2019/11/mobile-writer-and-activist-david-underhill-dies-at-78/) - MOBILE, Ala. -- Long-time activist and writer David R. Underhill, Associate Editor of the New American Journal, died in the Mobile Infirmary Medical Center of heart failure after a battle with a series of other health issues early Friday morning, November 8. He was 78.
- [Earth Day 2024: Planet vs. Plastic](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/earth-day-2024-planet-vs-plastic/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the early days of a movement created in the 1960s to begin a process to save the planet from the ravages of industrial pollution, a bunch of hippies, activists, some politicians and even a few corporations made big news in April, 1970, when
- [NPR Rocked by Self-Inflicted Scandal](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/npr-rocked-by-self-inflicted-scandal/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Another American media outlet is rocked by a self-inflicted scandal. It's not clear what National Public Radio's business editor Uri Berliner was thinking when he decided to bash his employer as "liberal" on a Substack newsletter run by a known conservative flame thrower, Bari
- [Media Transformation from the O.J. Simpson Trial of the Last Century to Trump's Hush Money Trial](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/media-transformation-from-the-o-j-simpson-trial-of-the-last-century-to-trumps-hush-money-trial/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Please forgive me, sensational news readers, for taking a Spring Break from all the clickbait over the past few days to sit outside and drink in the clean air and sunshine after months of being cooped up inside hiding from the winter cold, the
- [Biden Administration Releases Stronger Clean Air Rules for Chemical Plants and New Standards for Regulating Chemicals in Drinking Water](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/biden-administration-releases-stronger-clean-air-rules-for-chemical-plants-and-new-standards-for-regulating-chemicals-in-drinking-water/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — For 25 years since I was first hired by newspapers to cover the environment as a news beat activists have begged, pleaded and prodded the federal government to pass and enforce laws and regulations to force polluting industries to do more to protect public health. Progress had been
- [Biden Administration Announces Tough Auto-Emissions Standards to Combat Climate Change and Promote Electric Vehicles](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/biden-administration-announces-tough-auto-emissions-standards-to-combat-climate-change-and-promote-electric-vehicles/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The stakes could not be higher for the future of the United States and humanity. There is a consensus based on an overwhelming amount of scientific evidence that continuing to burn fossil fuels for energy and transportation will doom the next generation of humans to living through a
- [Smithsonian Opens 'Nation to Nation' Treaty Exhibit in National Museum of the American Indian](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2014/09/smithsonian-opens-nation-to-nation-exhibit-in-native-american-museum/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. - We made the Metro trek down to the Washington Mall on a sunny, hot Sunday to be there for the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Smithsonian's Native American Museum on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
- [There's a 99.9 Percent Probability That Machine Learning Will Destroy Humanity](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/04/theres-a-99-9-percent-probability-that-machine-learning-will-destroy-humanity/) - But Let's All Focus on the Sensational Clickbait on Social Media and Ignore the Threat - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — You know, if I actually thought sensational tabloid news would make a difference in this crazy world, I might have gravitated in that direction myself many years ago.
- [Trump Campaigns for Roy Moore in Pensacola?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/12/trump-campaigns-for-roy-moore-in-pensacola/) - MOBILE, Ala. - Five days before a crucial special election for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama, President Donald J. Trump came to Pensacola, Florida, to try to turn out the vote for accused teen sex predator and former judge Roy Moore in his race with Birmingham attorney Doug Jones.
- [Commander in Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2019/04/commander-in-cheat-how-golf-explains-trump/) - Everybody who is anybody knows by now that Donald Trump is a liar, a cheat and a bad president. What if there is irrefutable proof that Trump cheats at golf?
- [Operation Zap: A Novel and Film by Aaron Murphy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/operation-zap-a-novel-and-film-by-aaron-murphy/) - Editor's Note: In 1992, while working as a staff writer and reporter for a chain of newspapers on the Gulf Coast, I stumbled onto a dangerous story involving electromagnetic fields and pulses being developed by Naval Intelligence in Pensacola, Florida. The stories I wrote about it were so controversial that a rogue agent working for
- [Trump the Bible Salesman: Ridicule Could Mark the End of The Donald](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/trump-the-bible-salesman-ridicule-could-mark-the-end-of-the-donald/) - "No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live." - Mark Twain The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — We will see if Mark Twain's satirical wisdom holds water still in these craziest
- [Explore Washington, D.C. from Greenbelt National Park's Campground](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/09/explore-washington-d-c-from-greenbelt-national-parks-campground/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- So you're a patriotic American or an international admirer of the United States and you've always wanted to visit the nation's capital city? Maybe you've hesitated, thinking it may be too expensive? Think again.
- [What We've Got Here is a Failure to Communicate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/02/what-weve-got-here-is-a-failure-to-communicate/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - So I'm sipping the second cup of coffee Tuesday morning, watching the sun come up over the Smokies, scouring the web looking for an expert to quote, when it finally dawns on me like an epiphany: I must be the nation's top expert on the press and
- [Bending the Arc of the Moral Universe Towards Justice Takes Vigilance](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/03/bending-the-arc-of-the-moral-universe-towards-justice-takes-vigilance/) - An Update on the Legal Jeopardy of Steve Bannon and Donald Trump - Sunday Reader - By Glynn Wilson - Now that the nation is finally beginning to turn the corner on the coronavirus pandemic and on this first day of spring begin to reemerge from the economic downturn caused by it, there is a
- [We Can End the Civil War Once and For All Time on Tuesday, Nov. 3](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/10/we-can-end-the-civil-war-once-and-for-all-time-on-tuesday-nov-3/) - GETTYSBURG, Pa. -- The election of 2020 is one week away and I'm driving up Highway 15 toward Gettysburg thinking about the Civil War we still seem to be fighting 255 years after the bloody war ended in 1865.
- [I Don't Mean to Toot My Own Horn, but...](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/03/i-dont-mean-to-toot-my-own-horn-but/) - "You don't mind tooting your own horn."
- [Five Alabama Cities Make the List of the 50 Worst Places to Live in the U.S.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2019/02/five-alabama-cities-make-the-list-of-the-50-worst-places-to-live-in-the-u-s/) - A new report ranking the 50 worst places places to live in the United States based on crime rates, poverty levels, job markets, property values and access to entertainment and cultural attractions ranked Bessemer as the sixth worst place to live in the country and the worst place to live in Alabama, a state with 5 cities in the worst 50 places to live in the nation.
- [So Newhouse Gave Us Trump: Now They Will Profit by Taking Him Down?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/07/so-newhouse-gave-us-trump-now-they-will-profit-by-taking-him-down/) - On the eve of the Republican convention in Cleveland Ohio, a remarkable thing happened. No, not another police shooting. Not just a tell all article about Donald Trump. It is an event that should send shock waves through the capitalist press in the United States, if people were really paying attention. Half the Democrats and a few Republicans are sharing an article just out Monday in The New Yorker all over Facebook and Twitter from the writer and the media company that gave us Trump, Newhouse, which now intends to profit from taking him down.
- [While Attorney General Merrick Garland Plays It Safe and By the Book, Trump Browbeats His Way Toward the Presidency Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/while-attorney-general-merrick-garland-plays-it-safe-and-by-the-book-trump-browbeats-his-way-toward-the-presidency-again/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — If Donald Trump somehow avoids bankruptcy, a criminal conviction and prison time and wins the support of enough voters in key battleground states to assume the presidency in November and move into the White House again in January, 2025, no doubt commentators may blame
- [Native American Longest Walk History Remembered in Washington and Greenbelt National Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/09/longest-walk-peace-pole-returns-to-washington-and-greenbelt-national-park/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Greenbelt National Park just north of the nation's capital was the scene of a historic gathering of Native Americans, Japanese Buddhist monks and Americans interested in bringing about an era of spiritual peace 40 years ago in the summer of 1978.
- [Timely Death of John Lewis Spurs Us On to Continue the Revolution Until Trump is Gone: We Must Rename the Bridge in Selma in His Honor](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/07/timely-death-of-john-lewis-spurs-us-on-to-continue-the-revolution-until-trump-is-gone-we-must-rename-the-bridge-in-selma-in-his-honor/) - In discussing death, people often talk about someone's "untimely death" when a person dies relatively young and suddenly. Civil Rights hero and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis was not young and his death was not sudden. He was 80 when he died on Friday from pancreatic cancer, which he had announced to the world back in December.
- [Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Law Enforcement During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/maryland-man-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-law-enforcement-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A young Trump supporter from Bethesda, Maryland with Asperger’s syndrome, a neuro-developmental disorder, has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges of assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Steven Patrick Cook, 24, of Bethesda, pleaded guilty in the District of
- [Pressure Mounts on Justice Department to Bring Charges Against Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/pressure-mounts-on-justice-department-to-bring-charges-against-trump/) - By Glynn Wilson -- ANALYSIS - The pressure on the United States Department of Justice to bring charges against Donald Trump for inciting a violent insurrection and leading a seditious conspiracy to overturn a democratic election just got turned up by degrees on Sunday on the eve of Independence Day when Liz Cheney went on
- [Interior Department Announces $195 Million in Spending on America’s National Parks](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/interior-department-announces-195-million-in-spending-on-americas-national-parks/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration this week announced the allocation of $195 million in climate restoration and resilience projects over the next decade in America’s national parks. President Biden’s "Investing in America" agenda calls for national parks across the United States to use this funding to prepare for the impacts of
- [The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Social Media](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-social-media/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Social media. What is it? What good is it? Does it help the public become more informed and enhance democracy? Or does it just help spread fake news, misinformation and disinformation and help the spread of authoritarianism and fascism? Is it a good way
- [Voyager 1 Goes Dark: First Craft in Interstellar Space Loses Contact](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/voyager-1-goes-dark-first-craft-in-interstellar-space-loses-contact/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Space exploration occupies some of my thoughts of late. Wonder what's become of Voyager 1? The first of its kind space probe launched in 1977 when I was right out of high school? Is it out there somewhere past Pluto, still transmitting? This is the
- [What Humanity Needs: A Shared Narrative for the 21st Century](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/what-humanity-needs-a-shared-narrative-for-the-21st-century/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - What humanity needs is a shared, factual narrative. Not just a myth to live by, as Joseph Campbell articulated in a series of interviews with Bill Moyers on PBS way back in the 20th century. I've written about this before, even in my own book. The Power
- [Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: President Biden Follows State of the Union With Budget Proposal](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/put-your-money-where-your-mouth-is-president-biden-follows-state-of-the-union-with-budget-proposal/) - Federal agencies react positively to proposed federal budget even though it's dead on arrival in the Republican House - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Not wasting any time and showing what federal leadership looks like, President Joe Biden released a $7.3 trillion budget proposal on Monday for fiscal year 2025 that is packed with
- [Senator #KatieBritt Sticks Feet in Mouth in Alabama Kitchen Responding to President Biden's State of the Union Address](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/senator-katiebritt-sticks-feet-in-mouth-in-alabama-kitchen-responding-to-president-bidens-state-of-the-union-address/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Uh, I'm not sure this is what politicians usually have in mind when they talk about "kitchen table" issues. I asked former Senator Doug Jones of Alabama about this on Twitter(X). He talked a lot about kitchen table issues back in 2017. But there
- [President Joe Biden Delivers Super Hero State of the Union Address](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/president-joe-biden-delivers-super-hero-state-of-the-union-address/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The moment could not have been more critical for American democracy and the future of the planet. President Joe Biden rose to the occasion, seeming to summon a Super Hero power in standing up to the anti-democracy forces sitting in the United States Capitol building sneering, and jeering
- [Prepare Yourself for Battle With an Army of Bots](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/prepare-yourself-for-battle-with-an-army-of-bots/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In preparation for President Joe Biden's State of the Union address on Thursday, I went back and rewatched Star Trek: The Motion Picture, released in 1979, recalling that it was one of the first science fiction movies to depict a computer machine nearly destroying
- [Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Trump’s Immunity Appeal](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-trumps-immunity-appeal/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The god damn United States Supreme Court announced its agreement on Wednesday to take up the case of whether former President Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution on charges of engaging in a seditious conspiracy and inciting a violent insurrection in a corrupt plot to overturn the results
- [Attorneys General in 41 States Demand that Facebook Take Action Against Scammers](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/attorneys-general-in-41-states-demand-that-facebook-take-action-against-scammers/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown joined a bipartisan coalition of 41 Attorneys General around the country to demand that Meta address the recent increase in Facebook and Instagram platform account takeovers by scammers. Account takeovers happen when bad actors break into a user’s account and change passwords, effectively
- [Cyber Terrorism Viewed as a Top, Critical Threat by the American Public](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/cyber-terrorism-viewed-as-a-top-critical-threat-by-the-american-public/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There was a time not that long ago when researchers could draw a statistical correlation between what the press in America was reporting about problems facing the country and the world and how the public responded to public opinion survey questions naming the top
- [Hacking Knocks Out Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads on Tuesday](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/hacking-knocks-out-facebook-instagram-messenger-and-threads-on-tuesday/) - Cyberattack and 'Security Breach' Cited on Day Two - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — What will poor people do who have become totally dependent on social media accounts when the accounts go down and don't work? Maybe get outside and go for a hike? Millions of people were locked out of their Meta accounts
- [The Story of Wild, Native Brook Trout and Why They Are So Ecologically Important Like the Canary in the Coal Mine for Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/the-story-of-wild-native-brook-trout-and-why-they-are-so-ecologically-important-like-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine-for-climate-change/) - When the Brook Trout Leaps - By Anonymous - The slender dew-tipped grasses are trembling in the breeze, The east is blushing rosy red beneath the Sun's caress, The wild rose bends to kiss the stream—but only Nature sees, And the reed-harps play weird music just above the water cress. The quail is calling loudly
- [Ranger Program: Welcome to Washington](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/ranger-program-welcome-to-washington/) - Endeaver to Persevere - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- From humble beginnings in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, where I was not even expected to live after my premature birth in a Southside hospital, I've climbed and clawed my way out of what seemed destined to be a mundane
- [Democracy is the Silver Frame Upon Which the Golden Apple of Democracy Rests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/democracy-is-the-silver-frame-upon-which-the-golden-apple-of-democracy-rests/) - House Select Committee Investigating Trump's Insurrection on Jan. 6 Provides Clear Evidence of Trump's Culpability in Seventh Hearing - By Glynn Wilson - The obvious seditious conspiracy to halt the Electoral College vote certification on January 6, 2021, and to break the peaceful transfer of power for the first time, was planned and incited by
- [Global Warming With Crows: How To Survive All Of It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/global-warming-with-crows-how-to-survive-all-of-it/) - A Painting and Poem by Janet Mego - Hurt feelings. Cancer. Never knowing What’s the answer. Highway 43: rush hour Politicians: too much power. Record Heat Spoiled meat Tax breaks available to The Elite Severe depression Textbook obsession Making it on time to Your next session Climate change World War III Smog, fear, and pestilence
- [U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado Court Ruling Banning Trump From Ballot as an Insurrectionist](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-colorado-court-ruling-banning-trump-from-ballot-as-an-insurrectionist/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Supreme Court avoided the question of whether Trump incited an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, but struck down a Colorado Supreme Court ruling saying he was an insurrectionist and could therefore be banned from the Republican primary ballot in that state. In an unusual move
- [Bernie Sanders and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/02/bernie-sanders-and-maslows-hierarchy-of-needs/) - At the risk of facing attacks from supporters and detractors of Democratic Presidential Candidate and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, there is a new article out this week analyzing public opinion related to the Sanders platform from the Gallup poll that I feel compelled to comment on.
- [Havana Syndrome Clearly Caused by Directed Energy Weapon](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/havana-syndrome-clearly-caused-by-directed-energy-weapon/) - Will the American People Be Told the Truth About Who is Responsible? By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The mysterious Havana Syndrome, called an "alleged set of medical symptoms with unknown causes experienced mostly abroad by U.S. government officials and military personnel," is so mainstream now that it has its own Wikipedia page. So
- [The News Suffers from Mad Cow Disease: Just Call Me a Peacenik Please](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/the-news-suffers-from-mad-cow-disease-just-call-me-a-peacenik-please/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a desperation coming through over the airwaves that is making people sick. It's no wonder so many people in the United States have stopped paying attention to news, and that includes me. It's all just too much. Too much sensationalism. Too much
- [Rudyard Kipling's 'If: A Father's Advice to His Son'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/rudyard-kiplings-if-a-fathers-advice-to-his-son/) - By Rudyard Kipling - If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or being lied about, don't deal
- ['My Old Kentucky Home' Song Depicted as 'Racist' -- Really?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/my-old-kentucky-home-song-depicted-as-racist-really/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. -- On this rainy day in Maryland when I won't be traveling to Churchill Downs, donning a sear sucker suit or even watching the 148th running of the Kentucky Derby on television -- or drinking mint juleps with Mitch McConnell for that matter --
- [Defiant Trump Supporter Who Sparred with Judge Sentenced to More Than Three Years in Federal Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/03/defiant-trump-supporter-who-sparred-with-judge-sentenced-to-more-than-three-years-in-federal-prison/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a case that clearly demonstrates how Donald Trump's insane candidacy and presidency both attracted crazies and turned people even crazier, a man from New York was sentenced to three and a half years in federal prison this week for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on
- [The Tenth Anniversary of the New American Journal May be the Last](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/the-tenth-anniversary-of-the-new-american-journal-may-be-the-last/) - Have we reached the 'singularity' from science fiction when computer robots take over? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is no longer science fiction. The computer robots are taking over, if they haven't already. In 2007, the year Steve Jobs announced that Apple had invented the iPhone and
- [Sorry, Tom Parker and the Alabama Supreme Court: Frozen Embryos Don't Breath Air](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/30245/) - “Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.” - Genesis 2:7 Fetuses and frozen embryos don’t breath air. Under the Microscope - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — You can't fix stupid. There
- [Outed: Neo-Nazi Admits Republicans Are Out to 'Destroy Democracy' at C-PAC Conference](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/outed-neo-nazi-admits-republicans-are-out-to-destroy-democracy-at-c-pac-conference/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally, the fascists are coming out of the closet with less than nine months to go before November. Not that massive coverage of it will do the movement and its promoters any harm, or even slow them down. They literally believe that history is
- [Biden Administration Releases $1 Billion for Work at 100 Superfund Sites](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/biden-administration-releases-1-billion-for-work-at-100-superfund-sites/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the policies of the previous administration, the Biden administration is going all out to combat pollution of the natural environment. As part of this renewed effort and with funds provided by the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed in November, 2021, the Environmental
- [The 'Fake News' Controversy is Not Over and Not Just on Facebook: Check Your Local TV News Listings for Sinclair Propaganda](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2018/04/the-fake-news-controversy-is-not-over-and-not-just-on-facebook-check-your-local-tv-news-listings-for-sinclair-propaganda/) - So you think the exposure of “fake news” in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election and all the stories about how Facebook data was compromised and used to manipulate voters was the end of the controversy? Surely all the publicity about this woke up the American people and informed them so they will never be manipulated to elect the likes of Russian sympathizer Donald Trump ever again, right? Think again.
- [Russia Takes America Without Firing a Shot](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2019/01/russia-takes-america-without-firing-a-shot/) - From inside the White House - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - “We will take America without firing a shot...." It's almost too bad that there's no truth to the long-held rumor that Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev used some form of this quote while addressing Western ambassadors at a reception at the
- [Camp David: The White House in the Mountains of Maryland](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/camp-david-the-white-house-in-the-mountains-of-maryland/) - Editor's Note: This article is published here for educational purposes only from information published in the public domain on the web - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. -- The birds arise first. They will sing you awake if you let them. The star singer here is the wood thrush, although
- [Alabama Is Not the Dumbest State in the Country, but It's Close](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2016/06/alabama-is-not-the-dumbest-state-in-the-country-but-its-close/) - In a rare bit of quantitative analysis, not something the American press is really known for, The Post put together what it called "objective measures" to rank the "intellegence" of the states.
- [Trump Supreme Court Dismantles Wall of Separation Between Church and State](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/trump-supreme-court-dismantles-wall-of-separation-between-church-and-state/) - There goes democracy ... monarchy anyone? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - ANALYSIS - Donald Trump always said he wanted to "build a wall." Instead he tore one down, the wall separating church and state. Just like his hero Putin, he pandered to the Christians, and almost became the dictator he always
- [California's Giant Sequoias Could Face Extinction Due to Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/californias-giant-sequoias-could-face-extinction-due-to-climate-change/) - From the Editors of E - The Environmental Magazine - Dear EarthTalk: What is the status of California's giant sequoias trees and what's being done to save them from extinction? -- M.L., Sacramento, CA Giant sequoias, which can grow upwards of 300 feet tall with circumferences of 90+ feet around at ground level, are among
- [Forest Service Takes Emergency Measures to Protect Giant Sequoia Trees on Federal Land](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/forest-service-takes-emergency-measures-to-protect-giant-sequoia-trees-on-federal-land/) - Staff Report - The U.S. Forest Service is initiating emergency measures to provide for the long term survival of giant sequoia groves on public land against immediate wildfire threats. The agency, under the authority of the Department of Agriculture's existing framework and the National Environmental Policy Act, will conduct emergency fuels reduction treatments as expeditiously
- [Elon Musk Makes Bid to Take Over Twitter: Why Should We Care?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/elon-musk-makes-bid-to-take-over-twitter-why-should-we-care/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Everyone, it seems, is up in arms about Elon Musk's hostile takeover of Twitter. With the possible exception of all those stockholders who are about to make a fortune when he has to buy them out to take the company private. And there's the
- [Meta's Facebook and Instagram Harm Mental Health, Federal Lawsuits Allege](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/metas-facebook-and-instagram-harm-mental-health-federal-lawsuits-allege/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown, along with 41 other state Attorneys General, filed a series of federal and state lawsuits against Meta this week, alleging that the company knowingly designed and deployed harmful features on Instagram and Facebook and its other social media platforms with the intent of
- [Louisiana Conservative Elected Speaker of the House](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/louisiana-conservative-elected-speaker-of-the-house/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Little known Louisiana arch-conservative Mike Johnson managed to do what others could not. He managed to get 220 votes and was elected Speaker of the House on Wednesday, bringing an end to three weeks of chaos that left the chamber without a leader and put Republican divisions on display
- [Blurring the Line Between Reality and the Fake: How to Regulate Damaging New Technology](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/blurring-the-line-between-reality-and-the-fake-how-to-regulate-damaging-new-technology/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It may be too little too late, or too little too soon, but at least the Biden administration is trying to do something to try keeping people grounded in reality. What are the Christo Fascists in the House doing other than trying to push
- [The End of Innocence: Liz Cheney Will Not Be the Next President](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/the-end-of-innocence-liz-cheney-will-not-be-the-next-president/) - But She Get's Her Moment in the Sun Taking on the Orange Jesus - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Allow me to be facetious for a couple of minutes to set this up. Back in the good old days before 24-hour cable news and the internet, Congress would be
- [North American Wolverine to be Protected as a Threatened Species under the Endangered Species Act](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/north-american-wolverine-to-be-protected-as-a-threatened-species-under-the-endangered-species-act/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A distinct population of the North American wolverine is set to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is seeking public comments on the proposal indicating the species faces increasing threats from habitat degradation and
- [Biden Administration to Require Replacing All Water Pipes Containing Lead in 10 Years](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/biden-administration-to-require-replacing-all-water-pipes-containing-lead-in-10-years/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the nations of the world gather in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Biden administration announced a comprehensive plan to replace all water pipes in the United States that contain the harmful pollutant lead. The Environmental Protection Agency announced a proposal on Thursday to
- [National Park Service Announces Free Days for 2024](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/national-park-service-announces-free-days-for-2024/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Park Service announced Saturday that there will be six holidays in 2024 when entry fees will be waved. On these dates, the public is invited to experience the wonder of national parks for free. “National parks are places that awaken senses, inspire curiosity, encourage reflection, and foster
- [Liz Cheney: The U.S. is 'Sleepwalking into Dictatorship' by Supporting Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/liz-cheney-the-u-s-is-sleepwalking-into-dictatorship-by-supporting-trump/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney says that voters have become increasingly numb to politicians warning of looming dangers to democracy, so in her new book, "Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning," she lays out the case for the threats to the Constitution posed by Donald Trump should
- [Is a Trump Dictatorship Inevitable?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/is-a-trump-dictatorship-inevitable/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Everyone should remember this day elevon months from now on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, Election Day -- because of what I'm about to say. As the one American journalist and public opinion analyst who predicted that Donald Trump would win the presidential election of
- [Learning How to Deal With Anxiety by Communing With Nature](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/learning-how-to-deal-with-anxiety-by-communing-with-nature/) - Editor's Note: It has long been claimed by nature writers, scientists, psychologists and even the National Park Service that spending time outdoors in nature is good for human physical and mental health. My good friend Edward O. Wilson (no relation) put forward the theory of Biophilia in a book by that name in 1984. The
- [The End of Innocence: Everybody Cheats, Even Facebook and Harvard](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/the-end-of-innocence-everybody-cheats-even-facebook-and-harvard/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Everything has changed since Donald Trump cheated and got himself elected president in 2016. All of us true believers in American democracy were naive, including the top public opinion pollsters and journalists. Almost no one gave him a chance. Now many of the same
- [Texas Police Chief Sentenced to 11.2 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiracy To Obstruct Congress During the Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/texas-police-chief-sentenced-to-11-2-years-in-federal-prison-for-conspiracy-to-obstruct-congress-during-the-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas police chief was sentenced to 11.2 years in Federal Prison this week after a judge convicted him of four felonies for his conduct during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Alan Hostetter, 59, of Poolville, Texas, formerly of San Clemente, California, was sentenced by
- [Climate Talks End With Call for Moving Away from Fossil Fuel Use](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/29290/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the final weeks of the hottest year in recorded history, the United Nations climate conference in Dubai known as COP28 ended Wednesday with an agreement for the first time to call on countries to transition away from fossil fuels, the chief cause of climate change due to global
- [Democrats Question Social Media Giants on Spread of Abortion Misinformation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/democrats-question-social-media-giants-on-spread-of-abortion-misinformation/) - By Danielle J. Brown - Maryland Matters - ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- In the new landscape of abortion discourse following the overturning of Roe v. Wade by the United States Supreme Court, Maryland Congressman Jamie Raskin and other Democrats are calling on top social media sites to combat potentially harmful misinformation related to abortion access and
- [Biden Administration Proposes Historic Ban on Cutting Old Growth Trees in National Forests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/biden-administration-proposes-historic-ban-on-cutting-old-growth-trees-in-national-forests/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of a historic agreement in Dubai calling for the first time for countries to transition away from fossil fuel use for powering energy and transportation, the chief cause of climate change due to global warming, the Biden administration just announced a proposal to conserve old-growth
- [Tuberville Filibuster Ends as Senate Confirms Biden's Military Appointments](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/tuberville-filibuster-ends-as-senate-confirms-bidens-military-appointments/) - By Ashley Murray - Maryland Matters - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville's one man filibuster of President Joe Biden's top military appointments effectively came to an ignominious end Tuesday night when the U.S. Senate voted to confirm the remainder of the senior generals and admirals on hold for the past year in a
- [Verified Accounts on X Thrive While Spreading Misinformation About the Israel-Hamas Conflict](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/verified-accounts-on-x-thrive-while-spreading-misinformation-about-the-israel-hamas-conflict/) - By Jeff Kao, ProPublica, and Priyanjana Bengani, Tow Center for Digital Journalism - ProPublica - “My sisters have died,” the young boy sobbed, chest heaving, as he wailed into the sky. “Oh, my sisters.” As Israel began airstrikes on Gaza following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack, posts by verified accounts on X, the social
- [A Christmas Column in a World Torn Asunder: Baby Jesus Under the Rubble in Gaza](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/a-christmas-column-in-a-world-torn-asunder-baby-jesus-under-the-rubble-in-gaza/) - Meanwhile the "Orange Jesus" Continues to Parrot Hitler, and President Joe Biden Calls Trump an 'Insurrectionist' - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's hard to get excited about celebrating Christmas — or Hanukkah for that matter — when your country is torn asunder by war. So there won't be
- [Letters: Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/letters-yes-virginia-there-is-a-santa-claus/) - Editor's Note: "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" is a line from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real, the editorial was first published in the New York newspaper The Sun on September 21, 1897. "Is There a Santa
- [Year in Review for 2023: Democracy on Trial, the Planet in Peril](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/year-in-review-for-2023-democracy-on-trial-the-planet-in-peril/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one sure sign that traditional press and media outlets have been influenced, for good or ill, by the rise of social media, look no further than the end of the year review stories. For a couple of centuries, newspapers filled space between the
- [The Dumbest Doomsday Idea Ever: Zuckerberg Reportedly Building an Underground Bunker in Hawaii](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/12/the-dumbest-doomsday-idea-ever-zuckerberg-reportedly-building-an-underground-bunker-in-hawaii/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the world careening from one crisis to another over the past few years, it's no wonder some people are prepping for the end times. The global coronavirus pandemic put everyone on notice that perhaps the world is not as safe as it once
- [New Hampshire Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy for Harassing and Intimidating Journalists](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/new-hampshire-man-pleads-guilty-to-conspiracy-for-harassing-and-intimidating-journalists/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A radical, right-wing Trump supporter in New Hampshire has pleaded guilty for his role in a conspiracy to harass and intimidate two journalists employed by New Hampshire Public Radio. The harassment and intimidation of the victims included the vandalism – on five separate occasions – of the victims’ homes
- [On the Eve of Jan. 6, President Biden Condemns Trump as a Dire Threat to Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/on-the-eve-of-jan-6-president-biden-condemns-trump-as-a-dire-threat-to-democracy/) - Video and full text below... By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The sting of Trump's violent insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 that nearly brought down a shroud and a pall over American democracy is still fresh like an open, bleeding, infected wound that refuses to heal after three years of Covid and political strife.
- [Supreme Court Agrees to Review the Colorado Decision to Ban Trump from the Republican Primary Ballot](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/supreme-court-agrees-to-review-the-colorado-decision-to-ban-trump-from-the-republican-primary-ballot/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the same day when President Joe Biden addressed the nation from Valley Forge warning about the existential threat to democracy posed by Donald Trump, the United States Supreme Court chose to try to usurp the news in a Friday afternoon announcement that it would indeed take up
- [If A Tree Falls in the Forest, Will it Ever Be Heard From Again?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/if-a-tree-falls-in-the-forest-will-it-ever-be-heard-from-again/) - Under the Microscope - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it really make a sound? This, of course, is an age old thought experiment that is tinged with the stink of Anthropocentrism, homocentricism, or if you like, human
- [Tuscaloosa Photographer's Wife Arrested in China for Suspicion of Sharing Secret Information with a Foreign National](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/tuscaloosa-photographers-wife-arrested-in-china-for-suspicion-of-sharing-secret-information-with-a-foreign-national/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wife of a photographer from Tuscaloosa, Alabama has been arrested in China and disappeared on the night of Wednesday, Dec. 27 -- two days after Christmas -- from the airport in Nanjing, not far from Shanghai. Her husband Mark Lent, formerly a photographer with the Tuscaloosa News,
- [Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban to Retire: Sources](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/alabama-football-coach-nick-saban-to-retire-sources/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's a sad day in Alabama and across the land, except in Auburnland. The god of the football religion in these parts Nick Saban has apparently made the decision to retire, according to leaks from his inner circle to ESPN and other news sources. It will be the
- [U.S. Elections in 2024 Are Secure from Foreign Interference, FBI Director Wray Says](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/u-s-elections-in-2024-are-secure-from-foreign-interference-fbi-director-wray-says/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — FBI Director Chris Wray began the new year with a public appearance to assure the American public and the academic community that, in spite of a growing number of foreign actors and nation-states seeking to disrupt the democratic process in the U.S., the Bureau is well-positioned to defend against
- [NASA Analysis Confirms 2023 was Warmest Year on Record](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/nasa-analysis-confirms-2023-was-warmest-year-on-record/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earth’s average surface temperature for 2023 was the hottest ever recorded, according to an analysis by NASA, and the data shows no letting up in the trend toward a warming planet from climate change due to the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. Global temperatures last year
- [Snow Covers Washington, but Congress Somehow Manages to Avoid a Government Shutdown](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/snow-covers-washington-but-congress-somehow-manages-to-avoid-a-government-shutdown/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Where I come from, the American South, snow is rare. Or at least it used to be. When it comes, it's a momentous event. New gleeful opportunities for entertainment and beautiful fun. It's also dangerous, since state and local governments are rarely prepared. It
- [To Build a Fire by Jack London](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/to-build-a-fire-by-jack-london/) - Editor's Note: To Build a Fire is a short story by American author Jack London. John Griffith Chaney was his real name. He was born on Jan. 12, 1876 and died on Nov. 22, 1916 at the age of 40 on the sleeping porch in a cottage on his ranch in Glen Ellen, California. London
- [When the Press is In League with Nazis](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/when-the-press-is-in-league-with-nazis/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It would be nice to wake up one winter morning in America and turn on the news to find out that the world is at peace, prosperity abounds. How about this for a lede story banner headline? THE WORLD IS AT PEACE, THE ECONOMY
- [The Osgood Files: When the Cutting Edge Becomes Obsolete](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/the-osgood-files-when-the-cutting-edge-becomes-obsolete/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — When the news broke in the New York Times this past week that Charles Osgood Wood died, I knew there would be a retrospective on CBS's "Sunday Morning" show. I made it a point to get out of bed at 9 a.m. in time
- [Washington State 'Proud Boy' Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/washington-state-proud-boy-sentenced-to-six-years-in-prison-for-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former member of the now defunct Proud Boys from Washington state was sentenced to six years in federal prison this week after he was found guilty of multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during and after the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
- [Biden Administration Seeks Public Comments on Large Offshore Wind Project on Virginia Coast](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/biden-administration-seeks-public-comments-on-large-offshore-wind-project-on-virginia-coast/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration is seeking public comments on a large offshore wind farm project along the coast of Virginia in the Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the opening of a 30-day public comment period on Jan. 29 for a draft Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf
- [Going Forward On the Economy, Inflation: A Non-Partisan, Practical Approach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/01/going-forward-on-the-economy-inflation-a-non-partisan-practical-approach/) - By George Zadigian - While we often like to think America is “Number One”, underneath that veneer of bravado, we often feel like our free-market economy is less than stable and fair. Inflation has undermined family budgets and our financial plight often feels far from prosperous. As we try to cope with these challenges, rather
- [How to Save American Democracy from Fascism and Authoritarian Dictatorship](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/how-to-save-american-democracy-from-fascism-and-authoritarian-dictatorship/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you take an in-depth look at any of the right-wing fascist dictators who rose to power in their countries or states over the past century -- from the most widely known instances of Adolph Hitler in Germany to Benito Mussolini in Italy, Francisco
- [Trump Leads Biden by Five Percent in New NBC Poll](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/trump-leads-biden-by-five-percent-in-new-nbc-poll/) - But Biden Leads Trump by Two if He's Convicted of a Felony - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Break time is over. It's time to get to work on the elections of 2024, now less than 10 months away on Tuesday, Nov. 5. A new public opinion poll by
- [Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim of Absolute Immunity](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2024/02/federal-appeals-court-rejects-trumps-claim-of-absolute-immunity/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal appeals court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he was immune to charges of engaging in a seditious conspiracy to subvert the results of the 2020 election, ruling that he must go to trial on a criminal indictment accusing him of seeking to overturn
- [The Saban Pledge of Excellence Could Work in Government and Business](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/05/the-saban-pledge-of-excellence-could-work-in-government-and-business/) - Are you sick and tired of living in a land of idiocy and mediocrity?
- [New Report Shows Chinese Government Coverup of Covid-19 Origins and Spread From Outhouse in Wuhan Wet Market](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/new-report-shows-chinese-government-coverup-of-covid-19-origins-and-spread-from-outhouse-in-wuhan-wet-market/) - By Glynn Wilson - While a theory of a possible leak from a government science lab in Wuhan, China has dominated the news coverage especially on social media on the origin of the novel coronavirus that led to the global Covid-19 pandemic and how the strain SARS-CoV-2 jumped from animals to humans, and this was
- [The Times Buried the Lede: A Criminal Conviction Would End Trump's Chances of Being Elected President Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/the-times-buried-the-lede-a-criminal-conviction-would-end-trumps-chances-of-being-elected-president-again/) - Public Opinion - National Politics - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wait just a doggone minute. Did The New York Times just bury the lede? In the Sunday Times, a banner headline promoting a public opinion story about the 2024 presidential election proclaimed that President Joe Biden was trailing former President Donald Trump
- [What if Rat King Trump Returns to Power?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/what-if-rat-king-trump-returns-to-power/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nothing will make us healthier or happier in America when we never have to hear about or talk about Donald Trump ever again. The country and the world would be a much better place if the most corrupt politician in American history would just
- [Return of the Wild Turkey, a Conservation Success Story](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/return-of-the-wild-turkey-a-conservation-success-story/) - By Alonso Abugattas - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The wild turkey has made an incredible comeback. Not that long ago, wild turkeys were all but wiped out by a combination of overhunting and habitat loss. By the early 1900s, none remained in the District of Columbia and very few remained in the woods of Maryland, Virginia,
- [Are Washington Bars as Divided as Members of Congress?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/are-washington-bars-as-divided-as-members-of-congress/) - Apparently Not at the Hawk 'n' Dove - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The government is so dysfunctional here that it might well lead one to seek out strong drink. But where to go? Are bars as divided as members of Congress these days? The government dysfunction is especially
- [Study: Google and Meta Owe News Publishers at Least $12 Billion](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/study-google-and-meta-owe-news-publishers-at-least-12-billion/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you like reading news online but hate paywalls and popup ads? There is a solution. But it will take a smart law firm to file the right kind of legal case against Google and Meta to bring it about. It has long been
- [Congress Passes Stopgap Spending Bill, Averting Government Shutdown](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/congress-passes-stopgap-spending-bill-averting-government-shutdown/) - By Jennifer Shutt - Maryland Matters - WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. senators voted 87-11 to approve legislation Wednesday that would fund the government into next year, clearing the measure for President Joe Biden’s signature. The stopgap spending bill, sometimes called a continuing resolution or CR, would fund part of the government until mid-January and the
- [New National Climate Assessment Documents Far-Reaching Perils of Global Warming](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/new-national-climate-assessment-documents-far-reaching-perils-of-global-warming/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Massive changes in the climate due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation is deadly and expensive, but some of the most extreme impacts could be prevented if there was the political will to take on the challenges, according to the new
- [Steve Bannon Belongs Behind Bars, Not on Some Podcast Promoting Trump's Extremism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/steve-bannon-belongs-behind-bars-not-on-some-podcast-promoting-trumps-extremism/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Next to Donald Trump himself, the guy who belongs high on the list of those who should be behind bars for threatening democracy itself and screwing up the world is Steve Bannon. He helped Trump get elected in the final months of the presidential election in 2016 by
- [The Changing Nature of What's Considered 'Cool' in the U.S.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/the-changing-nature-of-whats-considered-cool-in-the-u-s/) - "We are all captives of the picture in our head - our belief that the world we have experienced is the world that really exists." - Walter Lippmann The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — What image pops into your head when you see or hear someone say, "That's cool, man?"
- [New FBI Headquarters Will Be Built in Greenbelt, Maryland](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/new-fbi-headquarters-will-be-built-in-greenbelt-maryland/) - By Jennifer Shutt - Maryland Matters - ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- After years of wrangling between politicians in Virginia and Maryland, it appears the new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters will be built just north of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, according to a statement from the General Services Administration. The Greenbelt site appears to have
- [Biden Administration Accelerates Removal of Lead Pipes With $15 Billion in New Spending](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/biden-administration-accelerates-removal-of-lead-pipes-with-15-billion-in-new-spending/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Are you better off than you were three years ago? That's a perennial question that pops up like a weed every four years in Washington politics, or at least the media coverage of it. Think about it. Three years ago, in November 2020, the global Covid-19 pandemic was at
- [House Votes to Approve Aid for Israel With No Money for Ukraine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/house-votes-to-approve-aid-for-israel-with-no-money-for-ukraine/) - The Dead on Arrival Bill Included a Partisan Poison Pill to Cut Federal Spending - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a crass attempt to appear to side with Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson brought up a bill which included $14.3 billion
- [House Speaker Mike Johnson Says He's 'A Steadfast Christian' but 'I Refuse to Put People Over Politics'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/house-speaker-mike-johnson-says-hes-a-steadfast-christian-but-i-refuse-to-put-people-over-politics/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Who is the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson? Let his own words reveal all. “It’s no secret that I am a steadfast Christian and man of God,” Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told supporters in recent fundraising emails. But in
- [Budget Gridlock in Congress Could Carry Over Into 2024 Election Year](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/29086/) - By Jennifer Shutt - Maryland Matters - ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Congress will need to pass a second stopgap funding measure before Thanksgiving if lawmakers want to avoid a government shutdown, though pushing off final decisions on full-year spending bills until next year would put lawmakers smack dab in the middle of what’s expected to be
- [Alabama Journalists Arrested for Investigating Mishandling of Covid Funds](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/alabama-journalists-arrested-for-investigating-mishandling-of-covid-funds/) - Staff Report - Freedom of the Press Foundation - An Alabama newspaper publisher and reporter were arrested last week and charged under a grand jury secrecy statute for the “crime” of reporting on a grand jury subpoena provided by a source. The publisher, Sherry Digmon, was arrested again — this time for soliciting ads from
- [PEPCO to Pay More than $57 Million for Polluting the Anacostia River](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/11/pepco-to-pay-more-than-57-million-for-polluting-the-anacostia-river/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In one of the largest and most significant corporate pollution settlements in the history of electric power and the law, Potomac Electric Power has agreed to pay more than $57 million to help mitigate contamination of the Anacostia River from its power plants. We just received the press
- [A Majority of Americans Favor Stricter Gun Laws: Not the Republicans in Congress](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/a-majority-of-americans-favor-stricter-gun-laws-not-the-republicans-in-congress/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A majority of Americans favor stronger gun control laws, opinions that are at odds with the Republicans in Congress, where doing anything about guns is a non-starter in spite of a major spike in deadly mass shootings in the United States over the past few years. According to the
- [Public Attention to Political News Drops: Implications for the Future of News and Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/public-attention-to-political-news-drops-implications-for-the-future-of-news-and-democracy/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — As wars continue to rage in Israel-Gaza and Russia-Ukraine, and the Republicans still can't seem to find a Speaker of the House they can get behind, what is the American public paying attention to and concerned about these days? Judging by what people seem to be interested in
- [Some Christians See Israel-Hamas War as Fulfillment of Prophecy?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/some-christians-see-israel-hamas-war-as-fulfillment-of-prophecy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was just a matter of time. Too bad we don't have televangelist Pat Robertson or Jerry Falwell around anymore to remind us so we can run stories making fun of them. Give Mike Johnson, the new Louisiana Christian conservative Speaker of the House,
- [We Can Overcome Ignorance and Fascism -- By Reading](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/we-can-overcome-ignorance-and-fascism-by-reading/) - “I must judge for myself, but how can I judge, how can any man judge, unless his mind has been opened and enlarged by reading.” – John Adams The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — There's no good excuse these days to be ignorant about anything. Any information you want or
- [Jordon Fails on Third Speaker Vote: Democrats Nominate Hakeem Jeffries](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/jordon-fails-on-third-speaker-vote-democrats-nominate-hakeem-jeffries/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The chaos in the House continued on Friday as Jim Jordan of Ohio failed for a third time to win election as Speaker, "leaving his party with no consensus on a way forward and the chamber paralyzed in the face of growing pressure to get back to business,"
- [Jim Jordon Fails to Get the Votes to Become Speaker of the House](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/jim-jordon-fails-to-get-the-votes-to-become-speaker-of-the-house/) - By Glynn Wilson -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A behind the scenes scorched earth political pressure campaign over the weekend failed to generate enough votes for right-wing flame thrower Jim Jordon of Ohio to be approved as Speaker of the House in a floor vote on Tuesday. In the final analysis, he only got 200 votes.
- [Putin Gets His Way: American Democracy is Chaos](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/putin-gets-his-way-american-democracy-is-chaos/) - Gonzo Journalism - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Man, I was all mentally prepared for a government shutdown. I was dreaming of sleeping late every morning and taking a long unpaid vacation from having to pay attention to the morons making a mockery of running the Congress of the United States. But nooo!
- [Everybody Knows the Dice Are Loaded, the Wars Will Never End](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/everybody-knows-the-dice-are-loaded-the-wars-will-never-end/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Everybody knows the dice are loaded. Gamblers may roll with their fingers crossed. But the war is not over. It never ends, even though the good guys already lost. The fight was fixed. And the poor stay poor, while the rich just get richer.
- [When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2019/03/when-the-going-gets-weird-the-weird-turn-pro/) - Sorry straight news fans. I woke up in the middle of an acid flashback this morning and there's nothing I can do but tell the story. The news has turned truly weird anyway in the post-Mueller report world.
- [The Heart is a Lonely Hunter](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/the-heart-is-a-lonely-hunter/) - "Deep in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still, But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill." - Scottish poet William Sharp, who used the pseudonym Fiona MacLeod The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern writer Carson McCullers took that line from
- [Court Secrecy Undermines Trust in Google Antitrust Trial](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/court-secrecy-undermines-trust-in-google-antitrust-trial/) - Guest Column - By Caitlin Vogus - Freedom of the Press Foundation Before a single witness could utter a word of testimony in the Google antitrust case on Tuesday, the public and the press were temporarily barred from the courtroom. It’s just another step in a long list of anti-transparency measures styming access to the
- [House Republicans Choose Chaos and Gridlock with Jim Jordon](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/house-republicans-choose-chaos-and-gridlock-with-jim-jordon/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the world watches the devastating crisis of war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas on 24-hour cable news and social media, the federal government in Washington is still operating without a 2024 budget on a temporary continuing resolution that will expire on Nov. 17, the
- [Best Places to View and Photograph Autumn Foliage](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/best-places-to-view-and-photograph-autumn-foliage/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's October, perhaps my favorite month of the year, when the leaves start falling from the trees and begin to changes colors. Studies show that fall is one of the busiest travel seasons of the year, and many people are motivated to visit national parks and other beautiful
- [If Bork's Thinking is Behind Google Strategy, Let's All Boycott Google](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/28687/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — After spending some time this week thinking about the world of 1687, when Sir Isaac Newton and the Royal Society of London published Principia Mathematica -- with a little MAGA Republican distraction thrown in -- I've stumbled on to another epiphany. Newton’s Laws Work:
- [House Votes To Remove McCarthy as Speaker as Dixie Caucus Creates Chaos in U.S. Government](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/house-votes-to-remove-mccarthy-as-speaker-as-dixie-caucus-creates-chaos-in-u-s-government/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The MAGA Dixie Caucus, a.k.a., the "Freedom Caucus," led by Matt Gaetz of the Redneck Riviera in the Panhandle of Florida, got their way on Tuesday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed in a vote of 216 to 210. In live coverage, the New York Times called it
- [Congress Narrowly Averts a Government Shutdown as House Democrats Help Pass Stopgap Funding Bill, Approved by the Senate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/10/congress-narrowly-averts-a-government-shutdown-as-house-democrats-help-pass-stopgap-funding-bill-approved-by-the-senate/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — While every federal agency was going through contingency plans preparing for a catastrophic government shutdown, including National Park Service rangers getting ready to close most national parks and campgrounds at the beginning of the busy Autumn color season, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy failed to obtain an agreement from
- [Fighting the Civil War One More Time: Will 2024 be the Last Stand of the White Christian Nationalists?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/fighting-the-civil-war-one-more-time-will-2024-be-the-last-stand-of-the-white-christian-nationalists/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — With all the clouds of gloom and doom rocking the world, there are still days when a little light shines through with portents that could hint at a chance of better days to come. It's a long shot, but I think we should cling
- [Government Shutdown Will Close America’s National Parks, Impede Visitor Access and Services](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/government-shutdown-will-close-americas-national-parks-impede-visitor-access-and-services/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior held a press conference on Thursday afternoon to inform the press and the people about what they can expect to happen if and when Congress fails to compromise to keep the United States government open and running and forces a massive federal government shutdown
- [Rupert Murdoch of Fox News Steps Down: Will the Rightward Tilt of America Continue or Peak in 2024?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/rupert-murdoch-of-fox-news-steps-down-will-the-rightward-tilt-of-america-continue-or-peak-in-2024/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So I heard on CBS radio while riding around in a large campground near the nation's capital in a Ford Escape hybrid that Rupert Murdoch announced his retirement from News Corp at the age of 92. By the time I got back to the
- [A Coalition of States and the FTC Sue Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/a-coalition-of-states-and-the-ftc-sue-amazon-for-illegally-maintaining-monopoly-power/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Trade Commission and 17 states filed a lawsuit against the online retailer Amazon started by Jeff Bezos on Tuesday, setting up a long-awaited antitrust fight with the e-commerce giant that could alter the way Americans shop for everything from toilet paper to electronics. Maryland Attorney General Anthony
- [Part 4: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and the Big Easy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/part-4-on-unfulfilled-hopes-shattered-dreams-and-the-big-easy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was as hot as I believed hot could get when I landed at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans in the midst of the first August of the new millennium. Even in a summer Searsucker Suit the hot air hit you
- [National Parks Set Visitation and Economic Impact Record: Biden Administration Addresses Funding Shortfalls](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/national-parks-set-visitation-and-economic-impact-record-biden-administration-addresses-funding-shortfalls/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the American public appears to be divided on political issues these days and sometimes disagree on the role of government, there is one federal program most people love no matter what political party they vote for at election time: National Parks. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns called this "America's
- [A ‘Disaster’ Nears: Millions of Federal Workers’ Paychecks Would Be on Hold in a Shutdown](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/a-disaster-nears-millions-of-federal-workers-paychecks-would-be-on-hold-in-a-shutdown/) - By Jennifer Shutt - Maryland Matters - WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 3.5 million federal employees and military personnel — many in the Washington, D.C., area but also scattered across the states and around the globe — are bracing for another partial government shutdown, as U.S. House Republicans struggle to produce a short-term plan to
- [America Needs a Defense Bill That Puts Freedom Over Fascism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/america-needs-a-defense-bill-that-puts-freedom-over-fascism/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – While every news organization in the land was covering it and Democrats all over social media were watching cable TV talk shows and complaining about House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio's grilling of Attorney General Merrick Garland over Hunter Biden's laptop, a nothing burger of a story
- [Revealed: The Republicans’ Three-Step Plan for Corporate Fascism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/revealed-the-republicans-three-step-plan-for-corporate-fascism/) - Guest Column - By Thom Hartmann - The Republican Party is increasingly clear about its goal: Make America Russia, or at least Russia’s mini-me, Hungary. They are openly embracing a modern, westernized, Christian white supremacy-based version of classic fascism. And the MAGAT Republicans have a three-step process to bring it about that they’re already putting
- [Democracy Needs Moderated Forums, Not Hate-Filled Free-For-Alls](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/democracy-needs-moderated-forums-not-hate-filled-free-for-alls/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Let's face it, there are times in this crazy world and this funny business when the only recourse in the face of imminent disaster is to call up the ghost of Hunter S. Thompson, the doctor of Gonzo Journalism. Now is such a time,
- [Big Problems Require Big Solutions: How to Save Democracy and the Planet](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/big-problems-require-big-solutions-how-to-save-democracy-and-the-planet/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So let's say for the sake of argument that you're interested in getting involved to help "save the world" or save the planet, or at least help try to keep life livable for humans on Earth, and at the same time, you have an interest in saving some
- [Newton's Laws Work: Except in the House of Representatives](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/newtons-laws-work-except-in-the-house-of-representatives/) - “I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.” ― Sir Isaac Newton The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sitting here in front of a big screen hooked up to the internet on a late summer morning and wondering what to say about a nagging
- [Fall Bird Migration Kicks Off Tuesday Sept. 12](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/fall-bird-migration-kicks-off-tuesday-sept-12/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A major fall bird migration will begin on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 12, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology bird cast. "Bird migration forecasts show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset," they say in an email blast. Their forecasts come from models trained on the
- [New Report Shows Major Emissions Reductions in Electricity Sector from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/new-report-shows-major-emissions-reductions-in-electricity-sector-from-president-bidens-inflation-reduction-act/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report claims that President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, billed as "the largest climate investment ever," spurs major carbon dioxide emission reductions from the electricity sector and across the economy in the United States. The report, released Tuesday by the Environmental Protection Agency, finds that the Inflation Reduction
- [Part 3: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and Journalism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/part-3-on-unfulfilled-hopes-shattered-dreams-and-journalism/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — One of the themes that emerges from this life analysis is that kids need heroes to inspire and emulate. That's why it's so important for young women to have role models, along with African Americans and other minorities in America. All I can do
- [Part 2: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and Baseball](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/part-2-on-unfulfilled-hopes-shattered-dreams-and-baseball/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you ever feel like you are marking time, waiting for something to happen? Something that is supposed to happen, but the timing is not yet right? I was thinking that recently when watching the movie "Field of Dreams." "The one constant through all
- [Part 1: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/part-1-on-unfulfilled-hopes-shattered-dreams/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A person with character may pickup a few nicknames in a life. A famous Baptist preacher once called me "Cowboy," and it stuck. That worked for a couple of decades, and I was locally famous as the only drummer to ever wear a cowboy
- [Summer 2023 Ranks as the Hottest on Record 'By a Large Margin'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/summer-2023-ranks-as-the-hottest-on-record-by-a-large-margin/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's so hot in the middle of the day that the birds are not even moving around in the windless woods. The only thing moving are the yellow jackets and European hornets, looking for other bees to kill, the occasional blue-tailed lizard, going after the flies too hot
- [Presidential Centers Issue Joint Statement Urging Civility in Politics to Protect Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/presidential-centers-issue-joint-statement-urging-civility-in-politics-to-protect-democracy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bland joint statement from a group of presidential centers made national news on Thursday warning about a threat to the future of democracy even though it overwhelmingly avoids identifying the real problem or recommending any solutions. The New York Times produced a story
- [Biden Administration Bans Oil and Gas Drilling on Millions of Acres in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/biden-administration-bans-oil-and-gas-drilling-on-millions-of-acres-in-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — I remember the first time I heard a presentation on the need to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It was 1989, and an activist had traveled all the way from Alaska to Mobile,
- [Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Seditious Conspiracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/proud-boys-leader-enrique-tarrio-sentenced-to-22-years-in-prison-for-seditious-conspiracy/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The former national chairman of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison this week for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process
- [More Proud Boys Leaders Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/more-proud-boys-leaders-sentenced-to-prison-for-roles-in-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former leaders of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization have been sentenced on multiple felony charges, including terrorism, related to their roles in the attack of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, for actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the
- [RIP Jimmy Buffett the Parrot Head Billionaire Beach Bum](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/rip-jimmy-buffett-the-parrot-head-billionaire-beach-bum/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Jimmy Buffett had his only Top 10 hit with "Margaritaville" in 1977, searching for that lost shaker of salt for the Mexican booze in the blender helping him to hang on, I was smoking and boozing it up a little in bars myself
- [Concerns Mount as Japan Initiates Release of Fukushima Nuclear Water into the Pacific Ocean](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/concerns-mount-as-japan-initiates-release-of-fukushima-nuclear-water-into-the-pacific-ocean/) - Special Report - By Valentina Francis - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In a pivotal move that has ignited international debate, workers in Japan have commenced the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean. This decision, stemming from the aftermath of the
- [Two Proud Boys Leaders Sentenced to Long Prison Terms for Seditious Conspiracy in Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/09/two-proud-boys-leaders-sentenced-to-long-prison-terms-for-seditious-conspiracy-in-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two former leaders of the right-wing, pro-Trump Proud Boys organization were sentenced to long prison terms this week for seditious conspiracy and acts of terrorism for their leading roles in the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process
- [Judge Rules Giuliani Liable for Defaming Georgia Election Workers](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/judge-rules-giuliani-liable-for-defaming-georgia-election-workers/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rudi Giuliani is liable for defaming two Georgia election workers by repeatedly declaring they mishandled ballots while counting votes in Atlanta during the 2020 election, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Beryl A. Howell ruled that the liable case against Giuliani may now proceed to the damages
- [Florida's Third Senator Tommy Tuberville: Poll Shows 58 Percent of People in Alabama Oppose Hold on Military Promotions](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/floridas-third-senator-tommy-tuberville-poll-shows-58-percent-of-people-in-alabama-oppose-hold-on-military-promotions/) - “Tuberville lives in Auburn, Alabama, with his wife Suzanne.” — website of Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — We've often reported that former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville is not a resident of Alabama. Republican voters elected him as a U.S. Senator anyway. Now the Washington Post Fact Checker has proved
- [Trump and 18 Codefendants Indicted in Georgia for Vast Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/trump-and-18-codefendants-indicted-in-georgia-for-vast-conspiracy-to-overturn-the-2020-election/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted by an Atlanta grand jury on Monday in a vast racketeering case, accusing Trump and some of his former top aides of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise” to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia. The 41-count indictment,
- [Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. -- A Journey Through Shifting Times](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-a-journey-through-shifting-times/) - Guest Column - By Valentina Francis - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy has taken a unique course, defying expectations and adapting to the changing tides of history. Once celebrated by the American Left and criticized by the reactionary Right, his legacy has undergone a fascinating transformation. On campuses across the nation, a thought-provoking shift
- [Rebuilding American Infrastructure With Millions in Grants](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/rebuilding-american-infrastructure-with-millions-in-grants/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was a time in a previous reality when creating tens of thousands of good paying jobs while rebuilding America would have been big news in newspapers and on television news channels. Not anymore. Social media sensationalism and silly memes and videos have replaced the grocery store checkout
- [Let Freedom Ring, but not the Fascist Version of the 'Moms for Liberty'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/let-freedom-ring-but-not-the-fascist-version-of-the-moms-for-liberty/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you pay the slightest attention to what's going on in the world, sometimes the irony hits you in the face like a blast of 100 degree August heat at the airport. On this day 60 years ago, Martin Luther King expressed a dream
- [Judge Sets Trump’s Federal Election Conspiracy Trial for March 4, the Day Before 'Super Tuesday'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/judge-sets-trumps-federal-election-conspiracy-trial-for-march-4-the-day-before-super-tuesday/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The presiding judge in the federal election conspiracy trial of former President Donald Trump rebuffed defense counsel attempts to delay the trial until after the 2024 election, setting a trial date for March 4, the day before the "Super Tuesday" primary on March 5. U.S. District Judge Tanya S.
- [Part 5: On Unfulfilled Hopes, Shattered Dreams and Covering News in Washington, D.C.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/part-5-on-unfulfilled-hopes-shattered-dreams-and-covering-news-in-washington-d-c/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Within days of moving to the nation's capital in 2004, I was the last reporter hired by States News Service operating out of a cool newsroom on Pennsylvania Avenue, a couple of blocks from the White House. It was right near a Metro tunnel,
- [New Wilderness Scenic Areas Proposed by Shenandoah Mountain Act](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/new-wilderness-scenic-areas-proposed-by-shenandoah-mountain-act/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's understandably difficult for the American public to get excited very often about legislation proposed in Congress, especially considering all the crazy crap coming out of the House since the extremist Republicans took over this year, like a new plan to cut Social Security that is dead on
- [Three More Trump Supporters Found Guilty for Attack on the Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/three-more-trump-supporters-found-guilty-for-attack-on-the-capitol/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters from Ohio, California and Kentucky have been found guilty or pleaded guilty to federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Ohio Man Found Guilty of
- [NASA Records Show July as the Hottest Month on Record Since 1880](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/nasa-records-show-july-as-the-hottest-month-on-record-since-1880/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — This story is getting to be old news now, since the world keeps getting hotter and more data showing how hot it is getting to be is no longer unusual. But the crisis is reaching a boiling point, and the Biden administration is clearly on the offensive to warn
- [Four More Trump Supporters Arrested and Charged for Attacking the U.S. Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/four-more-trump-supporters-arrested-and-charged-for-attacking-the-u-s-capitol/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more Trump supporters have been tracked down, arrested and charged for attacking the United State Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Florida Man and Woman Arrested
- [Three More Trump Supporters Arrested and Charged With Federal Crimes for Attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/three-more-trump-supporters-arrested-and-charged-with-federal-crimes-for-attacking-the-capitol-on-jan-6-2021/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters have been arrested and charged with federal crimes for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Missouri Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions
- [U.S. Supreme Court Public Approval Stands at Record Low](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/u-s-supreme-court-public-approval-stands-at-record-low/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- American public approval of the United States Supreme Court remains the lowest in public opinion history as this conservative majority of 6-3 made up of Trump and Bush appointees continues its onslaught of rulings upending decades of established precedent. The latest public approval rating
- [New York Man Sentenced for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/new-york-man-sentenced-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York man was recently sentenced for assaulting a law enforcement officer during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, actions that threatened to disrupt a Joint Session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Thomas F. Sibick, 37,
- [The State of the News Media and What That Means for Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/the-state-of-the-news-media-and-what-that-means-for-democracy/) - “The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” -- Thomas Jefferson,
- [President Biden Vows to Protect Native American Lands Around Grand Canyon from Uranium Mining](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/president-biden-vows-to-protect-native-american-lands-around-grand-canyon-from-uranium-mining/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — When we visited the Grand Canyon on a big swing through the American west in 2016, local activists tipped us off that there were plans to allow for uranium mining by the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon. That came as a shocker, and after Trump won the
- [Trump Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Conspiracy to Overturn the 2020 Presidential Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/trump-pleads-not-guilty-in-conspiracy-to-overturn-the-2020-presidential-election/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump pleaded 'not guilty' on Thursday to charges that he conspired to overturn the presidential election of 2020, appearing before Federal Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya not far from the United States Capitol where a mob of his supporters stormed the building in a violent effort
- [Six More Trump Supporters Found Guilty on Federal Charges for Attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/six-more-trump-supporters-found-guilty-on-federal-charges-for-attacking-the-capitol-on-jan-6-2021/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six more Trump supporters were found guilty or pleaded guilty in the past week on felony charges for actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, actions that ultimately disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential
- [Congress Leaves Town on Summer Recess: Divided House Raises Fear of Government Shutdown in Fall](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/congress-leaves-town-on-summer-recess-divided-house-raises-fear-of-government-shutdown-in-fall/) - By Jennifer Shutt - Maryland Matters - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of Congress jetted off for the August recess without a plan in place to avoid a partial government shutdown when the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1 — and the lawmakers who write spending bills acknowledge that it’s a real possibility, given deep divisions.
- [Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/trump-indicted-for-trying-to-overturn-the-2020-election/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Finally, the day has arrived and the Department of Justice has issued a formal indictment of former President Donald Trump for all his efforts to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election and cling to power after clearly losing to Joe Biden by millions of votes and in
- [President Biden Reverses Trump's Political Decision to Move Space Command from Colorado to Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/president-biden-reverses-trumps-political-decision-to-move-space-command-from-colorado-to-alabama/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden reverses Donald Trump's decision to move the headquarters of U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, senior military officials announced Monday. Former Democratic Senator from Alabama Doug Jones said while he is disappointed, the decision was best for national security and was not a political
- [As the World Warms, Scientists Solve Heat and Air Conditioning Problem for Long-Term Space Habitats](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/08/as-the-world-warms-scientists-solve-heat-and-air-conditioning-problem-for-long-term-space-habitats/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — On two fronts the imaginations of those who write science fiction are gradually coming into raw focus. For those who see the world spinning toward life-ending apocalypse, look no further than the very "cradle of civilization," home to the Garden of Eden in the Bible, according to some
- [Five More Trump Supporters Arrested and Charged for Crimes Committed During Jan 6. Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/five-more-trump-supporters-arrested-and-charged-for-crimes-committed-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Five more Trump supporters were arrested and charged in the past week for their actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Two men from Florida
- [Art Ruins Sink Into the Marshes of Glynn](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/28197/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In my dreams it sometimes seems possible to solve all the world's problems with only the abstract expression of a correct thought derived from empirical observation. But in the waking life of living, breathing human beings, this would only work if all were rational,
- [Three More Trump Supporters Sentenced to Federal Prison for Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/three-more-trump-supporters-sentenced-to-federal-prison-for-jan-6-attack-on-the-capitol/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three more Trump supporters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 have been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes on that day. A Maryland man was sentenced on multiple felony and misdemeanor convictions for his actions during the Capitol breach, actions which disrupted a joint session of
- [Trump Faces New Charges in Classified Documents Case](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/trump-faces-new-charges-in-classified-documents-case/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — As word leaked out from Donald Trump himself that he was about to be indicted for trying to remain in office after losing the 2020 election and for inciting a violent insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to halt the peaceful transfer of power, it was revealed
- [President Joe Biden Leads All Republican Contenders in Early Presidential Polls](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/president-joe-biden-leads-all-republican-contenders-in-early-presidential-polls/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the presidential election of 2024 still 15 months away, it is far too early to put much stock in the results of public opinion polls. But for those of us who are educated and trained in such things, there is some news benefit in
- [Biden Administration Helps Expand Access to Rural Health Care Through Investing in America Agenda](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/biden-administration-helps-expand-access-to-rural-health-care-through-investing-in-america-agenda/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — While House Republicans continue to try to fool the MAGA Trump constituency into believing they might have a case for impeaching President Joe Biden, federal workers in the Biden administration (a.k.a. the Deep State) continue to show up for work every day to try to help the American people.
- [Biden Administration Moves to Fund Reduction in Methane Emissions, a Greenhouse Gas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/biden-administration-moves-to-fund-reduction-in-methane-emissions-a-greenhouse-gas/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration announced new funding options Monday to reduce methane emissions, a major greenhouse gas that leads to climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. Methane is the primary contributor to the formation of ground-level ozone, a hazardous air
- [Pennsylvania Woman Found Guilty of Felony Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/pennsylvania-woman-found-guilty-of-felony-charges-for-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania woman was found guilty of eight felonies and one misdemeanor charge related to her actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Rachel Marie Powell, 41, of Sandy Lake,
- [The Future of Humanity on Planet Earth](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/the-future-of-humanity-on-planet-earth/) - Superorganism: Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species - Published online by Cambridge University Press - June 23, 2023 - Editor's Note: As I've been writing for many years, the future of humanity on planet Earth is in jeopardy and there is no guarantee we will survive for much longer. Like many naysayers,
- [Two More Trump Supporters from Southern States Arrested on Felony Charges For Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/two-more-trump-supporters-from-southern-states-arrested-on-felony-charges-for-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trump supporters from Georgia and Kentucky were recently arrested on felony charges for actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of the Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Phillip Crawford, 47, of Douglasville,
- [Alabama Trump Supporter Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/alabama-trump-supporter-pleads-guilty-to-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Alabama man pleaded guilty in federal court this week for charges related to his actions during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Kaleb Dillard, 27, of
- [Illinois Man Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/illinois-man-sentenced-to-four-years-in-federal-prison-for-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Illinois man who stole a framed photograph from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the attack on the Capitol was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison this week on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 that
- [Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville Fails on Pledge to Donate Salary to Veterans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/alabama-senator-tommy-tuberville-fails-on-pledge-to-donate-salary-to-veterans/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Oh to be a fly on the wall. It would be interesting to caddie for Donald Trump or bug his Secret Service detail to hear what Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville and the most corrupt president in American history talk about while cheating at golf.
- [Florida Woman Sentenced to Six Years in Federal Prison for Assault on Law Enforcement Officers During the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/florida-woman-sentenced-to-six-years-in-federal-prison-for-assault-on-law-enforcement-officers-during-the-jan-6-attack-on-the-capitol/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida woman was sentenced this week on multiple felony charges, including assaulting law enforcement officers, related to her actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 which disrupted a joint session Congress convened to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020.
- [Doug Jones Weighs in on Tuberville's One Man Filibuster on Military Promotions](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/doug-jones-weighs-in-on-tubervilles-one-man-filibuster-on-military-promotions/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Most people around the country have now found out about Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville's one-man filibuster of military promotions. It's been covered all over cable TV and shared all over social media. He's made it clear -- by not being clear -- that he's against women in the
- [Florida Member of the Proud Boys Sentenced For Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/florida-member-of-the-proud-boys-sentenced-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Florida member of the right-wing Proud Boys militia group was sentenced to 5 years in federal prison on Wednesday, July 12 for obstruction of an official proceeding and assaulting police officers during the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Daniel Lyons Scott, 29, of Englewood,
- [How Harlan Crow Slashed his Tax Bill by Taking Clarence Thomas on Superyacht Cruises](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/how-harlan-crow-slashed-his-tax-bill-by-taking-clarence-thomas-on-superyacht-cruises/) - In lavishing gifts on the Supreme Court justice, the billionaire GOP donor may have violated tax laws, according to tax experts - By Paul Kiel - ProPublica For months, Harlan Crow and members of Congress have been engaged in a fight over whether the billionaire needs to divulge details about his gifts to Supreme Court
- [The Shared Goals and Mission of U.S. Intelligence Services and American News Organizations](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/the-shared-goals-and-mission-of-u-s-intelligence-services-and-american-news-organizations/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was interesting to see what CIA Director William J. Burns had to say about all the craziness going on in the world and the role of "intelligence" in a recent Washington Post guest column, especially considering he had previously turned down an interview
- [Biden Administration Announces $188 Million in New Spending to Protect Forests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/biden-administration-announces-188-million-in-new-spending-to-protect-forests/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration recently announced another $188 million in new spending to protect and preserve private forestland through the U.S. Forest Service, a move that will help prevent the loss of forests that help prevent more severe climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels
- [How Can We Compete With China When All Anyone in Washington Talks About is Abortion?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/how-can-we-compete-with-china-when-all-anyone-in-washington-talks-about-is-abortion/) - Lincoln Project Calls Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville a 'Traitor' - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. – This all must seem very confusing to people sampling a little news on cable TV and social media. With the death of American newspapers and a downward trend in reading by people in general,
- [FBI Director Defends Agency Against Criticism from House Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/fbi-director-defends-agency-against-criticism-from-house-republicans/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's curious that the MAGA Republicans controlling the House bombarded FBI director Chris Wray with criticisms on Wednesday about his role in investigating former President Donald Trump, considering that Wray is a Republican himself who was appointed to lead the Federal Bureau of Investigation by Trump himself. Committee Republicans,
- [Maryland Think Tank Director Who Republicans Used to Lodge Charges Against Hunter Biden Has Been Indicted for Acting as an Unregistered Foreign Agent](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/maryland-think-tank-director-who-republicans-used-to-lodge-charges-against-hunter-biden-has-been-indicted-for-acting-as-an-unregistered-foreign-agent/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The director of a think tank in Maryland who claimed to have damaging information about President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden has been charged with arms trafficking, violating sanctions against Iran and acting as an unregistered foreign agent for China, according to a federal indictment unsealed this week by
- [Right-Wing Websites Connected to Former Trump Lawyer Are Scamming Loyal Followers With Phony Celebrity Pitches](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/right-wing-websites-connected-to-former-trump-lawyer-are-scamming-loyal-followers-with-phony-celebrity-pitches/) - By Craig Silverman - ProPublica - Oprah Winfrey looked upset.The photo caught her midsentence, her left hand jabbing at the camera.“They are twisting everything,” the TV icon was quoted as saying, under a red “BREAKING NEWS” banner.The ad featuring the Winfrey image and quote ran on the conservative website DC Swamp Tales. It directed readers
- [Travel - Something to See in Washington, D.C.: Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/travel-something-to-see-in-washington-dc-kenilworth-park-and-aquatic-gardens-2/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you find yourself in the Washington region and happen to be traveling down the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to see all the monuments and museums in the nation's capital city, you might notice an exit sign for Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens. If you have the
- [Fund Watchdog Journalism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/fund-watchdog-journalism/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Well, just as I was considering retirement from the news business, Donald Trump is running for president again, even as he faces multiple lawsuits over his character and business -- and multiple indictments and charges for his behavior before, during and after his time
- [Was This Fourth of July Earth’s Hottest Day on Record?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/was-this-fourth-of-july-earths-hottest-day-on-record/) - Staff Report - Tuesday was the hottest day on Earth since at least 1979, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit (17.18 degrees Celsius), according to data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction. As a result, some scientists believe July 4 may have been one of the hottest days on Earth
- [American Ambivalence About the State of Freedom on the Fourth of July](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/american-ambivalence-about-the-state-of-freedom-on-the-fourth-of-july/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is understandable why many Americans are having mixed feelings about celebrating Independence Day this year. So many things seem conflicted in our divergent feelings about what freedom, liberty and independence mean in these trying times when the vox populi seems so divided. Many
- [The Roberts Court Adjourns With a Bang: Biden Embraces 'Bidenomics'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/07/the-roberts-court-adjourns-with-a-bang-biden-embraces-bidenomics/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thank Lady Justice that the Supreme Court has adjourned for the summer -- before they do any further damage to American Democracy. No doubt Justice Sam Alito is off on an all expenses paid fishing trip somewhere, maybe Alaska,
- [Conservative Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/conservative-supreme-court-strikes-down-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-plan/) - Legal Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — With another stroke of their blood-soaked computer keyboards, the activist judges on the Trump-Bush conservative Supreme Court might as well have taken an axe to the Constitutional separation of powers and splintered the power of the Executive branch to make policy on matters it is
- [Conservative Supreme Court Strikes Down Affirmative Action](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/conservative-supreme-court-strikes-down-affirmative-action/) - Legal Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is great to find out on Thursday, June 29, 2023 -- thanks to a conservative majority on the Supreme Court -- that on the eve of American Independence Day, the United States has finally reached the zenith of its founding, self-evident pledge, "that all
- [Two More Trump Supporters Face Consequences for Violence at the Capitol on Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/two-more-trump-supporters-face-consequences-for-violence-at-the-capitol-on-jan-6/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two more radical, right-wing domestic terrorists who supported Donald Trump's insurrection and attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, face consequences for their violent actions on that infamous day in American history. Colorado Man Sentenced For Assault on Law Enforcement During Capitol Breach A Colorado man
- [Senate Report Details Law Enforcement and Intelligence Failures Leading Up to Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/senate-report-details-law-enforcement-and-intelligence-failures-leading-up-to-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Senate committee released a scathing report on Tuesday with details of how the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies repeatedly ignored, downplayed or failed to share warnings of violence before the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol in 2021. The report from the
- [The U.S. Justice System Faces Major Tests and Crises](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/the-u-s-justice-system-faces-major-tests-and-crises/) - “You shoot an arrow into a far-distant future, when you appoint a justice” to the United States Supreme Court. — President Dwight D. Eisenhower The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The first of the summer heat and humidity arrived in the nation's capital this week, and unfortunately, I'm not heading
- [Exploring the Mind of the Raven and the Bird's Role in Human Culture and Evolution](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/exploring-the-mind-of-the-raven-and-the-birds-role-in-human-culture-and-evolution/) - "This is an amazing book by an amazing author. Heinrich is a naturalist of the first rank, champion ultramarathoner, woodsman of skills seldom seen in modern times, and not least, as Mind of the Raven illustrates, a nature writer of uncommon talent. By living with the ravens for many years, literally at home and in
- [Trump Supporter Who Tased DC Cop Michael Fanone in Capitol Attack Sentenced to 12 Years](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/trump-supporter-who-tased-dc-cop-michael-fanone-in-capitol-attack-sentenced-to-12-years/) - Fanone Calls for the Indictment of Trump - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A radical, right-wing militia member and avid Trump supporter from California who tased Metro Police officer Michael Fanone during the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in federal prison this week
- [Justice Samuel Alito Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With Republican Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/justice-samuel-alito-took-luxury-fishing-vacation-with-republican-billionaire-who-later-had-cases-before-the-court/) - By Justin Elliott, Joshua Kaplan, Alex Mierjeski - ProPublica - In early July 2008, Samuel Alito stood on a riverbank in a remote corner of Alaska. The Supreme Court justice was on vacation at a luxury fishing lodge that charged more than $1,000 a day, and after catching a king salmon nearly the size of
- [EPA Announces New Standards for Renewable Energy Sources, Reducing Reliance on Foreign Oil Imports](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/epa-announces-new-standards-for-renewable-energy-sources-reducing-reliance-on-foreign-oil-imports/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden administration made moves this week to strengthen the nation’s energy independence, advance low-carbon fuels and support agricultural communities as well as fight climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy and transportation. The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule under
- [Abortion Remains a Potent Issue for Pro-Choice Voters](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/abortion-remains-a-potent-issue-for-pro-choice-voters/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A year after voters in the United States attached record-high importance to abortion as an election issue after the Supreme Court overturned decades of settled law to make its legality questionable again, a new Gallup poll finds the issue retaining its potency especially for
- [Fear and Careerism Rule the U.S. Department of Justice? No Zeal for Justice for Trump?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/fear-and-careerism-rule-the-u-s-department-of-justice-no-zeal-for-justice-for-trump/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A detailed investigative report in Monday's Washington Post just confirmed much of what I have been warning about for months, no years. Since being appointed by President Joe Biden, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Attorney General Merrick Garland was too afraid of appearing to be politically partisan
- [Why Do MAGA Republicans Claim Democrats 'Hate America' When the Evidence Supports the Opposite?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/why-do-maga-republicans-claim-democrats-hate-america-when-the-evidence-supports-the-opposite/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — After Donald Trump faced arraignment on charges Tuesday for mishandling classified documents critical to national defense, conspiracy to obstruct justice by concealing the possession of said documents and making false statements to the FBI, there was only a small contingent of Trump supporters gathered
- [E.O. Wilson, a Pioneer of Evolutionary Biology and Scientific Studies of Ants and Human Behavior, Dies at 92](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/e-o-wilson-a-pioneer-of-evolutionary-biology-and-scientific-studies-of-ants-and-human-behavior-dies-at-92/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If ever there lived a scientist who came closest to figuring out the essence of human nature and what we need to do to survive on planet Earth, it was Edward Osborne Wilson from Birmingham, Alabama, who reached the zenith of the biological sciences at Harvard and provided
- [Biden Administration Releases $714 Million to Connect People in Rural Areas to High-Speed Internet](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/biden-administration-releases-714-million-to-connect-people-in-rural-areas-to-high-speed-internet/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the continuing effort to fund the development of high speed internet across the country from revenue allocated in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November 2021, the Biden administration announced the release of $714 million this week to connect thousands of rural residents, farmers and business owners in
- [A Blast From the Past: The Machine's Political Power at the University of Alabama Makes News Once Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/a-blast-from-the-past-the-machines-political-power-at-the-university-of-alabama-makes-news-once-again/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — There's an advantage in gaining wisdom the longer you live, the older you get. There are advantages to staying active on social media. But there are also drawbacks, like getting blindsided by blasts from the past you do not necessary relish. Like a recent
- [There's Only One Way to Stop the Violence Threatened by Donald Trump and his Followers: #LockThemAllUp](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/theres-only-one-way-to-stop-the-violence-threatened-by-donald-trump-and-his-followers-lockthemallup/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's been an extraordinary week of news, with the death of conservative televangelist Pat Robertson and Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, the surprise ruling by this conservative Supreme Court that Alabama’s congressional map did indeed dilute the power of Black voters, and the biggest political-legal news
- [Trump Indicted for Mishandling Classified Documents and Conspiracy to Obstruct Justice](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/trump-indicted-for-mishandling-classified-documents-and-conspiracy-to-obstruct-justice/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In what could very well be the beginning of the end for Donald Trump and the unraveling of the Trump era in American politics unfolded over the past two days when a special prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice announced and then unveiled 37 federal charges
- [Mental Health Series: A Summer of Brutal Honesty](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/mental-health-series-a-summer-of-brutal-honesty/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So I just sent an email message to The New York Times deputy editor of Culture and Lifestyle, Melissa Kirsch, author of the book “The Girl’s Guide" -- not exactly a literary powerhouse. Charged with providing something interesting to read on the soft news
- [Economic Crisis Averted: Congress Passes Bipartisan Debt Limit Bill](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/economic-crisis-averted-congress-passes-bipartisan-debt-limit-bill/) - Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — After months of political gamesmanship on the part of MAGA Republicans that caused unnecessary economic anxiety across the land, the United States Senate followed up on a vote in the House and passed a clean, bipartisan bill on Thursday night in a vote of 63 to
- [Up to Four Major Hurricanes Predicted for Hurricane Season 2023](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/06/up-to-four-major-hurricanes-predicted-for-hurricane-season-2023/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — For residents of low-lying coastal areas in the United States, the beginning of Hurricane Season on June 1 is nothing to celebrate. From now until November 30, there is always the threat of a major hurricane coming ashore and the dreaded order to evacuate. There's nothing in the long-term
- [Still Fighting Fascism on Memorial Day 2023](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/still-fighting-fascism-on-memorial-day-2023/) - 'God save thee, ancient Mariner! From the fiends, that plague thee thus!— Why look'st thou so?'—With my cross-bow I shot the ALBATROSS. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Probably the most significant victory to celebrate on Memorial Day is the defeat of fascism and the Nazis
- [DC Top Cop Indicted for Obstruction in Colluding With Proud Boys Leader](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/dc-top-cop-indicted-for-obstruction-in-colluding-with-proud-boys-leader/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a rare, one of a kind case proving that there was indeed law enforcement involvement in the seditious conspiracy leading up to the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a Metropolitan Police Lieutenant was arrested last week after being indicted by a grand jury and
- [Conservative Supreme Court Rules to Limit EPA's Power in Regulating the Destruction of Wetlands](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/conservative-supreme-court-rules-to-limit-epas-power-in-regulating-the-destruction-of-wetlands/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In another disastrous ruling destroying decades of established legal precedents, the conservative majority on the United States Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Idaho farmers and against the Environmental Protection Agency in a case involving the protection of wetlands near waterways. In response to the decision
- [Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Sentenced to 18 Years for Seditious Conspiracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-sentenced-to-18-years-for-seditious-conspiracy/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Stewart Rhodes, 58, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced by a federal judge on Thursday to 18 years in prison for his conviction on seditious conspiracy charges and the role he played in leading the mobilization of the pro-Trump insurrection and attack on the Capitol
- [National Terrorism Bulletin Issued by U.S. Homeland Security Department](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/national-terrorism-bulletin-issued-by-u-s-homeland-security-department/) - Lone Offenders and Small Groups Continue to Pose a Persistent Threat - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Be on the lookout for violent threats from domestic and foreign terrorists, according to a new National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin issued Wednesday. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas issued the National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin
- [Famous Jan. 6 Rioter Seen Reclining in Pelosi’s Office Sentenced to 4.5 Years in Federal Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/famous-jan-6-rioter-seen-reclining-in-pelosis-office-sentenced-to-4-5-years-in-federal-prison/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Arkansas man who became famous for being pictured reclining with his feet on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office desk in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on felony and misdemeanor charges for his actions during the Trump insurrection and Capitol Breach, with the government arguing that
- [Texas Man Who Tried to Breach the House Speaker’s Lobby on Jan. 6 Gets 7 Years in Federal Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/texas-man-who-tried-to-breach-the-house-speakers-lobby-on-jan-6-gets-7-years-in-federal-prison/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas Trump supporter who joined rioters in the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and tried to break into the Speaker’s Lobby and shut the power off in the Capitol was sentenced by a federal judge on Tuesday to nearly seven years in prison. Christopher
- [Is There a Divine Providence That Can Save Us From Our Own Selfish Destruction?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/is-there-a-divine-providence-that-can-save-us-from-our-own-selfish-destruction/) - “And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.” ― Thomas Jefferson, The Declaration of Independence The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — From the very beginning of this
- [Democrats Rally at the Capitol to Make Sure the People Know the Debt Crisis is Politically Manufactured by the House MAGA Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/democrats-rally-at-the-capitol-to-make-sure-the-people-know-the-debt-crisis-is-politically-manufactured-by-the-house-maga-republicans/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Democratic Whip Katherine Clark of Massachusetts went on the offensive against the MAGA House Republicans on Tuesday and was joined by fellow House Democrats, veterans, families, local lawmakers and the non-profit activist group Courage for America in speaking out at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol against the
- [The Final Breach of Judge Roy Moore is At Hand](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/11/the-final-breach-of-judge-roy-moore-is-at-hand/) - MOBILE, Ala. — Now that we have made “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” I think it is incumbent upon me to add a few editorial comments as material for future shows.
- [#BoycottCNN: Do Not Give the Criminal Trump a Platform for Lies](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/boycottcnn-do-not-give-the-criminal-trump-a-platform-for-lies/) - "Our government ... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy." - Justice Louis Brandeis "The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the
- [Alabama's Tommy Tuberville Mounts a One-Man Blockade of Anti-MAGA Military Promotions](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/alabamas-tommy-tuberville-mounts-a-one-man-blockade-of-anti-maga-military-promotions/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — As if it were not embarrassing enough to hang around in the nation's capital and admit to people that you are originally from Alabama, this bad football coach joke of a United States Senator Tommy Tuberville is running a one man filibuster against the
- [Take a Break From More Pressing Thoughts to Contemplate the End of the Universe](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/take-a-break-from-more-pressing-thoughts-to-contemplate-the-end-of-the-universe/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — I don't know about you, but deep math problems have never seemed so fun to me. They burn too much energy. Energy that could be utilized doing something much more fun, like playing baseball or the drums. Some of the smartest people I know
- [Government Declares Covid National Emergency Over: But Is It?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/government-declares-covid-national-emergency-over-but-is-it/) - How has your life been changed by this global pandemic? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — It feels like a scary movie of a lifetime has passed in the past three years since March, 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic national emergency was declared in the United States. While the
- [Biden Administration Shoots for the Moon on Regulating Pollution from Power Plants](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/biden-administration-shoots-for-the-moon-on-regulating-pollution-from-power-plants/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defying critics and in an effort to bring the United States back to its leadership role on the world stage in fighting climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy, the Biden administration announced major new regulations to limit greenhouse pollution from
- [Jury Convicts Four Leaders of the Proud Boys of Seditious Conspiracy for Planning Revolution and Leading the Attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/jury-convicts-four-leaders-of-the-proud-boys-of-seditious-conspiracy-for-planning-revolution-and-leading-the-attack-on-the-capitol-on-jan-6/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A jury returned guilty verdicts on multiple felonies against five members of the Proud Boys, finding four of the defendants guilty of seditious conspiracy for their actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. According to the evidence at trial, in the months
- [Clarence Thomas Had a Child in Private School: Harlan Crow Paid the Tuition](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/05/clarence-thomas-had-a-child-in-private-school-harlan-crow-paid-the-tuition/) - By Joshua Kaplan, Justin Elliott and Alex Mierjeski ProPublica In 2008, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas decided to send his teenage grandnephew to Hidden Lake Academy, a private boarding school in the foothills of northern Georgia. The boy, Mark Martin, was far from home. For the previous decade, he had lived with the justice and
- [The Future of Politics, the Internet and a Coming 'Enthusiasm Gap' in Public Opinion](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/the-future-of-politics-the-internet-and-a-coming-enthusiasm-gap-in-public-opinion/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So I've been flying a little under the radar of late. For some very good reasons, and some not so great. I've been burned out on the sensational clickbait traffic arms race, which as I predicted a long time ago was not the holy
- [Trump's Domestic Terrorist Followers Continue to be Arrested, Convicted and Sent to Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/trumps-domestic-terrorist-followers-continue-to-be-arrested-convicted-and-sent-to-prison/) - Editor's Note: This is a weekly roundup of results from cases related to the seditious conspiracy that led to the insurrection and attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021 when Trump refused to concede his loss in the 2020 election and incited followers to violence in Washington to try to keep him in power. We are
- [President Joe Biden Announces Candidacy, Officially Kicking Off the 2024 Race for President](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/president-joe-biden-announces-candidacy-officially-kicking-off-the-2024-race-for-president/) - Political Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — While public opinion data shows the American people do not seem ready or excited to begin the official campaign season for president in 2024, especially if the campaign is going to be a rematch between President Joe Biden and loser Donald Trump, Biden announced his
- [A Story of Soul: Grappling With Mental Illness](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/27334/) - EDITOR'S NOTE - YOU ARE NOT ALONE. That is the slogan for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a non-profit organization based in Arlington, Virginia. According to this group and other sources, millions of people in the United States and all over the world are affected by mental illness each year. They say it’s important
- [Global Warming's Effects Have Begun: Only 60 Percent of Americans Believe It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/global-warmings-effects-have-begun-only-60-percent-of-americans-believe-it/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the eve of Earth Day 2023, public opinion on the very real problem of global warming appears stagnant. What will it take to get past the majority of 60 percent of Americans who consistently say global warming and its effects on the climate
- [Biden Administration Scores With the Public as Americans Celebrate Earth Day 2023](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/biden-administration-scores-with-the-public-as-americans-celebrate-earth-day-2023/) - Politics and the Environment - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In sharp contrast to the previous administration in Washington, and in spite of some compromises on domestic oil and gas production in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico that angered environmentalists, it is important to report on this Earth Day 2023 that the
- [Even in Losing, Are Trump, Putin and Fox News Still Winning?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/even-in-losing-are-trump-putin-and-fox-news-still-winning/) - 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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/a-day-of-reckoning-is-coming/) - 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 Tough New Pollution Standards for Cars and Trucks](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/illinois-and-massachusetts-men-arrested-on-felony-charges-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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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
- [Everyone Stands Equal Under the Law: Trump Charged With 34 Felony Counts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/everyone-stands-equal-under-the-law-trump-charged-with-34-felony-counts/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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
- [Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and A Cozy Friendship With Billionaire Harlan Crow](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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
- [No One is Above the Law: You Can Charge a Former President for Crimes](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/no-one-is-above-the-law-you-can-charge-a-former-president-for-crimes/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/04/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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. — 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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/a-majority-of-americans-say-criminal-charges-should-disqualify-trump-from-running-for-president/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/what-will-it-take-to-get-the-press-onboard-to-influence-public-opinion-to-save-democracy-and-the-planet/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Can a song change the world? A news story? What about a leak? Daniel Ellsberg, famous for leaking the Pentagon Papers to newspapers in 1971 -- an act that rippled through American life for decades in the form of a distrust of government over
- [Six More Oath Keepers Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Obstruct Certification of the 2020 Presidential Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/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
- [Nearly Half of Americans Do Not Expect Life to Return to Normal After Covid Pandemic](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/nearly-half-of-americans-do-not-expect-life-to-return-to-normal-after-covid-pandemic/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Are you still working from home and staying home most of the time, avoiding contact with members of the public as much as possible and wearing a mask when you must go out to the store? If you are still feeling the stress and
- [Look Away, Look Away from the Dixie Caucus](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/look-away-look-away-from-the-dixie-caucus/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Imagine, if you will, what it would feel like to be a rain soaked soldier (like the ones depicted in “All Quiet on the Western Front”) huddled a muddy trench fighting a stalemated civil war for 40 years. Some days just north of the
- [The Secret But True Story of Network News and The Happy Pill](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/the-secret-but-true-story-of-network-news-and-the-happy-pill/) - Satire - Fiction - Film Proposal - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Here's a movie script idea for Netflix or one of the other streaming companies. FADE UP FROM BLACK - A secret cabal of corporate executives are huddled in a conference room in a New York skyscraper. They are watching video clips
- [Joe Biden: My Plan to Extend Medicare for Another Generation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/joe-biden-my-plan-to-extend-medicare-for-another-generation/) - Guest Column - By Joe Biden - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Millions of Americans work their whole life, paying into Medicare with every working day — starting with their first job, even as teenagers. Medicare is more than a government program. It’s the rock-solid guarantee that Americans have counted on to be there for them when
- [What's Better for Us? Nostalgia For the Past or Hope For the Future?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/whats-better-for-us-nostalgia-for-the-past-or-hope-for-the-future/) - The Day the Newspaper Died - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Please allow me to apologize in advance for some of what I'm about to say. They say the truth hurts, and even psychologists agree looking with hope toward the future is more healthy than dwelling with nostalgia on
- [Lessons Learned About Violence, Chaos and the Need to Tell the Truth from the Coen Brothers' 'Fargo'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/lessons-learned-about-violence-chaos-and-the-need-to-tell-the-truth-from-the-coen-brothers-fargo/) - The universe is vast. Why can't we be humbled by that and work together to save our tiny planet? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sometimes I look out through the magic tube at what's happening in the world and feel at once like a wise old owl, or
- [Biden Administration Announces $250 Million in Spending to Tackle Climate Pollution](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/03/biden-administration-announces-250-million-in-spending-to-tackle-climate-pollution/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is making $250 million available to develop innovative strategies to cut climate pollution and build clean energy economies. The money will distributed in the form of planning grants through the Environmental Protection Agency, and the funding will go to states, local governments, Tribes,
- [War in Ukraine Drags On: Is it Time for 'Regime Change' in Russia?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/war-in-ukraine-drags-on-is-it-time-for-regime-change-in-russia/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If ever there was a need for "regime change" at any time in history, anywhere in the world, surely it would now be time to get rid of Vladimir Putin in Russia. He's not only waging an unjust war against the innocent Ukrainian people and causing havoc in
- [Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones of Alabama Stands With Black Students Protesting Racism in a Tuscaloosa High School](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/former-u-s-senator-doug-jones-of-alabama-stands-with-black-students-protesting-racism-in-a-tuscaloosa-high-school/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As if young people don't have it hard enough these days after having their lives and educations upended by a global pandemic, with mental health issues and suicide rates rising and college entrance levels falling. And as if African Americans didn't already have a
- [Norfolk Southern Policy Lets Officials Order Crews to Ignore Safety Alerts](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/norfolk-southern-policy-lets-officials-order-crews-to-ignore-safety-alerts/) - By Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz - ProPublica - ProPublica learned of the policy after reviewing the rules of the company, which is engulfed in controversy after one of its trains derailed this month, releasing toxic flammable gas over East Palestine, Ohio. The policy applies specifically to the company’s Wayside Detector Help Desk, which monitors
- [Common Sense: By Thomas Paine - 1776](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/common-sense-by-thomas-paine-1776/) - Editor's Note: We publish this here today in honor of President's Day. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of
- [Biden Administration Announces $48.6 Million in Spending to Combat Climate Change and Fight Wild Fires](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/biden-administration-announces-48-6-million-in-spending-to-combat-climate-change-and-fight-wild-fires/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration announced new spending of $48.6 million Tuesday on projects to mitigate wildfire risks across the country, which will also improve water quality, restore forest ecosystems and combat climate change. The announcement comes from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), which along with the Natural Resources Conservation
- [Celebrating Nine Years of Publishing News in the Nation's Capital](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/celebrating-nine-years-of-publishing-news-in-the-nations-capital/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Please forgive us if we do not pander to our audience by writing and publishing what we think people want to hear, like Tucker Carlson at Fox News. It would be nice to think people appreciate this. But I'm not so sure they do
- [President Biden Delivers 2023 State of the Union Address](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/president-biden-delivers-2023-state-of-the-union-address/) - Watch the Video - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Read the Full Text - Remarks of President Joe Biden – State of the Union Address as Prepared for Delivery - The United States Capitol - Mr. Speaker. Madam Vice President. Our First Lady and Second Gentleman. Members of Congress and the Cabinet. Leaders of our military. Mr.
- [Biden’s Idea to Limit ‘Junk Fees’ is a Hit With the American Public](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/bidens-idea-to-limit-junk-fees-is-a-hit-with-the-american-public/) - Junk Fees Prevention Act Enjoys Overwhelming, Bipartisan Support - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Let's face it, President Joe Biden has not been the most universally popular president, with his job approval ratings consistently in the low 40s. But his idea to limit "junk fees" by law appears to have hit a major nerve
- [Biden Administration Announces Details of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/biden-administration-announces-details-of-greenhouse-gas-reduction-fund/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden administration announced guidelines for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund program this week created under the Inflation Reduction Act, which will dole out $27 billion in federal spending over the next few years to mobilize billions more in private capital to reduce pollution and improve public health, lower
- [Alabama Department of Corrections Officer Charged with Violating the Civil Rights of Inmates by Using Excessive Force](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/alabama-department-of-corrections-officer-charged-with-violating-the-civil-rights-of-inmates-by-using-excessive-force/) - Officer Also Charged with Obstructing the Investigation - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment on Wednesday charging a former Alabama Department of Corrections officer with excessive use of force and two obstruction offenses. Lieutenant Mohammad Shahid Jenkins used excessive force on two inmates – V.R. and D.H.
- [State of the Union Followup: Biden Administration Rolls Out First Electric Buses at Kansas School](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/02/state-of-the-union-followup-biden-administration-rolls-out-first-electric-buses-at-kansas-school/) - EPA Administrator Regan Marks Delivery of Kansas’ First Electric School Buses, Announcing Electric Utility Pledge to Support Electric School Buses Nationwide - EPA Highlights Progress to Invest in America Through Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just on the heels of President Joe Biden's State of the Union Address, with
- [Attorney General Merrick Garland Should Learn a Lesson About History from Bill Barr](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/attorney-general-merrick-garland-should-learn-a-lesson-about-history-from-bill-barr/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Declarative statement: You cannot have a non-partisan Department of Justice and a "fair and blindfolded" system of justice if only one side plays by the rules. Sorry to have to be the one to break the news. It's just a fact. I know it's
- [Biden Administration Invests $2.7 Billion to Improve and Expand Rural Electric Infrastructure](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/biden-administration-invests-2-7-billion-to-improve-and-expand-rural-electric-infrastructure/) - EDITOR'S NOTE: There's been much hand wringing and commentary on what's wrong with America, democracy and why people don't trust the federal government, which led in part to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. We submit that the reason is pretty obvious and right in front of everyone's face. Republicans have been running for office for
- [Elon Musk Comes to Washington as a Republican 'Deep Throat'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/elon-musk-comes-to-washington-as-a-republican-deep-throat/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I told y'all he was coming to Washington in the new year with a political agenda to help feed fake dirt to the Republicans in the House. Sure enough -- totally unlike Mr. Smith who came to Washington in another era for a far
- [EPA to Accelerate Lead Pipe Replacement and Protect Underserved Communities](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/epa-to-accelerate-lead-pipe-replacement-and-protect-underserved-communities/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Biden administration announced a major national initiative on Friday to begin work to replace lead pipes across the country using funding provided by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Environmental Protection Agency, which is still trying to recover from being gutted and corrupted by the Trump administration, will lead
- [Doomsday Clock Set at 90 Seconds to Midnight as Scientists Cite 'Unprecedented Danger'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/doomsday-clock-set-at-90-seconds-to-midnight-as-scientists-cite-unprecedented-danger/) - By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the hands of the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight this week, the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been, largely because of the mounting dangers of Russia using nuclear weapons in the
- [Republicans Weaponize the House to Torpedo the Federal Government](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/republicans-weaponize-the-house-to-torpedo-the-federal-government/) - "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell's 1984 QUOTE of the DAY - “The Republicans have brought the QAnon caucus to the Oversight Committee, and you can expect them to run with the most ludicrous conspiracy theories one can ever imagine.” - Freshman Congressman Dan Goldman, Democrat from New York
- [Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/justice-department-sues-google-for-monopolizing-digital-advertising-technologies/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Department of Justice and eight states filed a civil antitrust lawsuit against Google on Tuesday for monopolizing multiple digital advertising technology products in violation of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on
- [Four More Oath Keepers Convicted of Sedition for Jan. 6 Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/four-more-oath-keepers-convicted-of-sedition-for-jan-6-insurrection/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Four more members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia found themselves being declared guilty of seditious conspiracy on Monday by a D.C. jury for their roles in trying to halt the peaceful transfer of power in the United States for the first time, and prevent the rightful winner
- [Attorney General Merrick Garland Should Bring the Hammer of Justice Down on Trump -- Or Step Aside and Let Biden Appoint Someone Who Will](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/attorney-general-merrick-garland-should-bring-the-hammer-of-justice-down-on-trump-or-step-aside-and-let-biden-appoint-someone-who-will/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the House Republicans get ready to launch a partisan, political investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Department of Justice, many Democrats and liberal commentators also find themselves wondering what in the hell is going on with Attorney General Merrick Garland. When Garland
- [Food for Thought: Political-Religious Strife from the Vikings to Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/food-for-thought-political-religious-strife-from-the-vikings-to-jan-6/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On a cold, dreary winter day in the nation's capital, I'm thinking maybe I've finally hit the old man codger wall. When you live for nearly three-quarters of a century, they say, there are some things you don't recognize about this world anymore; also
- [Big Tech's Advertising Monopoly is Destroying the American Press and Damaging Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/big-techs-advertising-monopoly-is-destroying-the-american-press-and-damaging-democracy/) - By Ken Buck - Special to the New American Journal - The first brilliant idea Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page had was to “crawl” — and trawl — the World Wide Web. Using spiders, it would copy what it found, create vast databases of web content, and then “index” that content, evaluating it
- [Bipartisan Support for Regulation of Big Tech Means It's Coming in 2023](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/bipartisan-support-for-regulation-of-big-tech-means-its-coming-in-2023/) - By Glynn Wilson — WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Elon Musk of Twitter, Mark Zuckerberg of Meta, the methhead hacker/programmers at Google and YouTube and their lobbyists in Washington, as well as their Republican friends in the House, do not want to hear this. But there is little doubt that more government regulation of social media is
- [Biden Administration Launches Efforts to Fight Wildfire Crisis](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/biden-administration-launches-efforts-to-fight-wildfire-crisis/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- To reduce the threat of wildfires in the American West, the Biden administration announced new spending measures this week through the Department of Agriculture to improve forest health and reduce fuel for fires by the U.S. Forest Service. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced expanded efforts to reduce wildfire risk
- [Reflections on Dr. Martin Luther King](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/reflections-on-dr-martin-luther-king/) - By Bob Reilly - Rideshare by Robert: Every Ride's a Short Story, contains stories, observations, inspirations, and reflections resulting from a 7-Year, 25,000 ride journey before, during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic. Here's one story from the book: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Passions were running high, and confusion, fear and chaos reigned. And as
- [New March on Washington Announced Against Hate Crimes to Mark 60th Anniversary of First March on Washington with Martin Luther King](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/new-march-on-washington-announced-against-hate-crimes-to-mark-60th-anniversary-of-first-march-on-washington-with-martin-luther-king/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The National Action Network is organizing a new march on Washington to mark the 60th anniversary of the first march on Washington in 1963 with Martin Luther King, the Rev. Al Sharpton announced Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." The focus will be on the rise in hate
- [What Can an Irish Rock Star Teach America About Freedom?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/what-can-an-irish-rock-star-teach-america-about-freedom/) - It turns out quite a lot, if people would listen... The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- How can art influence life and make the world a better place? One thing's for sure. You can't do it by being oblivious to what's going on around you. And what can an Irish
- [Martin Luther King's Final Speech on Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/martin-luther-kings-final-speech-on-remaining-awake-through-a-great-revolution/) - Full Text Delivered at the National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., on 31 March 1968. Congressional Record, 9 April 1968, By Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here this morning, to have the opportunity of standing in this very great and significant pulpit. And
- [House Rules: Fear and Loathing Signifying Nothing](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/house-rules-fear-and-loathing-signifying-nothing/) - Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. - Macbeth after he hears of Lady Macbeth’s death, in Act 5, scene 5, lines 16–27. The
- [Beyond Section 230: Three Suggested Ways to Make Big Tech More Accountable and Transparent](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/beyond-section-230-three-suggested-ways-to-make-big-tech-more-accountable-and-transparent/) - Editor's Note: As we have been reporting for some time, there is academic research taking place to offer potential solutions to the problems of social media. Here's one example. The difficulty of making any progress on these issues over the next few months is going to be the problem of partisan divisiveness in Congress, distorted
- [McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House on 15th Ballot, But Jan. 6 Will Continue to Haunt Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/mccarthy-elected-speaker-of-the-house-on-15th-ballot-but-jan-6-will-continue-to-haunt-republicans/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After a spectacle of arm-twisting on the House floor that nearly erupted into fisticuffs, California Republican Kevin McCarthy finally won over just enough of the right-wing rebels he needed Friday night to become Speaker of the House. After a five-day, 15-ballot debacle of a
- [To Hell With the 21 Rebels Holding Up the House by Refusing to Elect a Speaker](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/to-hell-with-the-21-rebels-holding-up-the-house-by-refusing-to-elect-a-speaker/) - They Should Be Locked Up Along With Donald Trump - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Confederate rebels who wanted to break up the United States in the 1860s failed in 1864, and similar rebels failed to take over the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. But 21 insurrectionist
- [On Jan. 6 Second Anniversary, Insurrectionists Hold Congress Hostage from Within](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/26650/) - Reward for Information About Capitol Hill Pipe Bomber Raised to $500,000 - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On the eve of the second anniversary of the violent attack at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a seditious conspiracy and violent insurrection that was clearly an unsuccessful attempt to block the certification of
- [Americans Seem Pessimistic Heading Into 2023](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2023/01/americans-seem-pessimistic-heading-into-2023/) - Public Opinion Analysis - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Are you feeling basically optimistic or pessimistic about 2023 as we head into the new year? It's understandable why people would be careful about predicting a great year ahead considering everything that's happened in the U.S. and the world since 2016. If you are
- [Glynn Wilson's Year in Review for 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/glynn-wilsons-year-in-review-for-2022/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the years roll by and print becomes ever less relevant -- and this is supposed to be the year of gratitude -- I am more grateful every year that I do not have to crank out more irrelevant and ridiculous news to fill
- [As the World Turns Toward Autocracy, A Chance to Turn it Around Toward Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/as-the-world-turns-toward-autocracy-a-chance-to-turn-it-around-toward-democracy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This country and the world seemed to be perched on the edge of a precipice, a double edged sword. While the world has appeared to be lurching toward autocracy in recent years, it appears quite possible that there is actually a way, a chance,
- [Will 2023 Be the Year Republicans Finally Abandon Trump?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/will-2023-be-the-year-republicans-finally-abandon-trump/) - An Independent Run by Liz Cheney Could Hand President Joe Biden Another Term - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After tiptoeing around the issue for two years, Republicans will be forced to reckon with a major question as they begin their 2024 presidential nominating process in 2023: What to
- [From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Elon Musk's Head and Twitter May Explode](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/from-the-sublime-to-the-ridiculous-elon-musks-head-and-twitter-may-explode/) - A cold rain is falling. But I'm out of my bed. As the coffee is calling. Can't get this out of my head. The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- What do Napoleon Bonaparte, Thomas Paine, William Wordsworth, Edmund Burke, Immanuel Kant, Fredric Jameson, and Bob Dillon have in common? And
- [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Delivers Address to A Joint Meeting of Congress](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/ukrainian-president-volodymyr-zelensky-delivers-address-to-a-joint-meeting-of-congress/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers an address before a joint meeting of Congress. Video Full Text Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. He appealed to President Biden and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to increase U.S. support for Ukraine as they seek
- [Lame Duck Congress Plays Government Shutdown Funding Games Again](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/lame-duck-congress-plays-government-shutdown-funding-games-again/) - ANALYSIS - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Funding the government of the United States used to be a fairly routine affair, and for most of its history, Congress went home in recess before Thanksgiving and members didn't come back to Washington until the new year. Not anymore. For the past 40 years or
- [Porn, Piracy, Fraud: What Lurks Inside Google’s Black Box Ad Empire](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/porn-piracy-fraud-what-lurks-inside-googles-black-box-ad-empire/) - By Craig Silverman and Ruth Talbot - - In late 2021, the right-wing site Conservative Beaver published a story falsely claiming the FBI had arrested Pfizer’s CEO for fraud. It wasn’t Conservative Beaver’s first brush with fabricated news. The site had falsely claimed Barack Obama was arrested for espionage, Pope Francis was and “human trafficking,”
- [House Select Committee Unanimously Recommends Criminal Charges Against Donald Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/house-select-committee-unanimously-recommends-criminal-charges-against-donald-trump/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol held its final public meeting on Monday afternoon, Dec. 19, 2022, ending a historic 18-month investigation with the approval of its final report. The committee voted unanimously to recommend criminal charges of inciting an insurrection,
- [Senator Angus King of Maine Presses Biden Administration on 'Inadequate' Maintenance Budget and Staff Shortages at National Parks](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/senator-angus-king-of-maine-presses-biden-administration-on-inadequate-maintenance-budget-and-staff-shortages-at-national-parks/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Anyone who works in national parks, volunteers with the National Park Service or visits the parks can attest to the fact that staff shortages and maintenance backlogs have plagued the parks for years, through the administrations of Republicans and Democrats. If there is any truth to documentary filmmaker Ken
- [Biden Administration Announces Tough New Pollution Standards for Trucks](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/biden-administration-announces-tough-new-pollution-standards-for-trucks/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden Administration announced the strongest-ever national clean air standards to cut emissions from trucks, vans and buses beginning with model year 2027, the first update to clean air standards for trucks in more than 20 years. According to the announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency, the new standards
- [Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes: A Mental Health and Media Crisis Converge](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/changes-in-latitudes-changes-in-attitudes-a-mental-health-and-media-crisis-converge/) - "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane." - Jimmy Buffet and the Coral Reefer Band, 1977 The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Here's a Sunday challenge: Do a Google search for "mental health crisis." There is no doubt a mental health crisis grips this country, and probably the
- [The Twitter Files: The Removal of Donald Trump](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/the-twitter-files-the-removal-of-donald-trump/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - #TheTwitterFiles WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If I had a bank account like Elon Musk, I might very well be hanging out somewhere around Palm Beach, Florida this weekend, since it's expected to hit 80 degrees for a high in the sun. Clearly Elon Musk is not a golfer.
- [Biden Administration Announces the Release of $6 Million in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Support Tribal Nations in Reducing Nutrient Pollution in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/biden-administration-announces-the-release-of-6-million-in-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-funds-to-support-tribal-nations-in-reducing-nutrient-pollution-in-the-mississippi-atchafalaya-river-basin/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In case you were wondering how the administration was spending the money allocated under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in November, 2021, the availability of $6 million in funds was announced Monday to support Tribal Nations across the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin to reduce nutrient pollution in the third largest
- [Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia Runoff - Democrats Take 51st Senate Seat](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/warnock-defeats-walker-in-georgia-runoff-democrats-take-51st-senate-seat/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock won re-election to the United States Senate Tuesday over Republican former star fullback Herschel Walker, handing Democrats a 51st seat and a clear majority in the upper chamber and insurance against a slim majority by Republicans in the House. With 95 percent of the votes
- [Trump Real Estate Company Found Guilty in Tax Fraud Scheme](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/trump-real-estate-company-found-guilty-in-tax-fraud-scheme/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Donald Trump’s real estate company was found guilty of tax fraud Tuesday for helping executives dodge taxes on lavish perks such as Manhattan apartments and luxury cars, in a significant repudiation of financial practices at the former president’s family business in what New York state prosecutors called a “culture
- [F.B.I. Headquarters Move Could be a Legacy Project for Greenbelt's Congressman, Steny Hoyer](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/f-b-i-headquarters-move-could-be-a-legacy-project-for-greenbelts-congressman-steny-hoyer/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some people say you shouldn't talk about politics at family gatherings on holidays like Thanksgiving, as incendiary as that can be these days. But as power is shifting in the nation's capital city and the Capitol building, and with juicy political plums to be plucked after Christmas, you
- [Biden Administration Announces $981 Million in Spending for Rural Infrastructure Investments](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/biden-administration-announces-981-million-in-spending-for-rural-infrastructure-investments/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Back during the height of news covering during the midterm election campaign, mainstream media pundits and commentators often blamed Democrats for ineffective messaging and failing to get the word out on how President Joe Biden's legislative successes would help suffering people even in rural America, where working class people
- [Terrorism Threat Advisory Issued Across the United States](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/terrorism-threat-advisory-issued-across-the-united-states/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States remains in a heightened threat environment, according to a terrorism advisory bulletin issued Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "Lone offenders and small groups motivated by a range of ideological beliefs and/or personal grievances continue to pose a persistent and lethal threat," the advisory
- [Belligerent Wild Turkey in D.C. Eludes Capture by the Federal Government](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/12/belligerent-wild-turkey-in-d-c-eludes-capture-by-the-federal-government/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's admittedly a few days late for a Thanksgiving turkey story. The White House turkeys were pardoned again this year by President Joe Biden in the annual American Thanksgiving tradition, while 46 million turkeys were consumed over the holiday weekend, according to the University
- [Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy for Planning the Attack on the Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-and-kelly-meggs-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy-for-planning-the-attack-on-the-capitol/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Finally after a trial that lasted more than two months and three days of jury deliberations, a guilty verdict was returned against Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs of the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers on Tuesday for leading a seditious conspiracy to keep former President Donald Trump
- [Thanksgiving Rebooted: Take a Break and Have Some Fun](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/thanksgiving-rebooted-take-a-break-and-have-some-fun/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It was with no small amount of trepidation that I hit the ON button to turn on the television Sunday morning. And with great relief, there was no immediate report of a mass shooting. So let's reboot this Thanksgiving and start again. While some
- [What To Say on Thanksgiving 2022? At Least It Ain't 2020 Anymore](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/what-to-say-on-thanksgiving-2022-at-least-it-aint-2020-anymore/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. — So I woke up at the crack of dawn on the day before Thanksgiving and felt pretty good. Even though it was 32 degrees outside, it was 68 inside, and I remembered to make the coffee the night before. All I had to do was hit the button on Mr. Coffee and
- [Liz Cheney Was Right - Attorney General Merrick Garland Punted](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/liz-cheney-was-right-attorney-general-merrick-garland-punted/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Liz Cheney was right. Cheney Says Trump Faces ‘Multiple’ Criminal Referrals, and Hints the Justice Department Should Not Wait Merrick Garland didn't listen. Pressure Mounts on Justice Department to Bring Charges Against Trump Now we are stuck with Trump for two more years, with
- [Maryland Men Arrested on Felony Charges for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/maryland-men-arrested-on-felony-charges-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two Maryland men have been arrested on felony charges for assaulting law enforcement officers during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and for disrupting a joint session of Congress to certify the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Douglas Wyatt, 49, and his
- [Global Population Reaches Eight Billion People: Is This Really Something to Celebrate?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/global-population-reaches-eight-billion-people-is-this-really-something-to-celebrate/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- About the time Lewis and Clark were rafting up the Missouri River to search for a land and water route to the Pacific from 1803 to 1806, the global population topped one billion people. It took more than a century to reach two billion,
- [Republicans Capture Control of the House but Fall Short of Midterm Expectations](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/republicans-capture-control-of-the-house-but-fall-short-of-midterm-expectations/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Republican Party managed to eke out a slim majority in the House on Wednesday, according to announcements that broke in the late afternoon eight days after Election Day, after Republican Congressman Mike Garcia of the 27th District in California appeared to win his race with Democrat Christy
- [Democrats Hold Power in the Senate With Win in Nevada](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/democrats-hold-power-in-the-senate-with-win-in-nevada/) - Late Vote Counting in Western States Favors Democrats, So Don't Count Control of the House Out Yet - By Glynn Wilson - Political Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Defying the historical odds and the predictions of every famous, mainstream pollster and media pundit in the United States who said the Republicans were surging in the
- [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer to Step Aside](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-and-majority-leader-steny-hoyer-to-step-aside/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Greenbelt, Maryland will not seek a leadership role in the 118th Congress, according to an email message to colleagues and supporters. His announcement comes as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the face of House Democrats for two decades and the first woman to serve
- [Democrat Katie Hobbs Beats Trump Republican Kari Lake in Arizona Governor's Race](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/democrat-katie-hobbs-beats-trump-republican-kari-lake-in-arizona-governors-race/) - It looks like a miracle considering where Americans get their information - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Uh, oh. It's been one week since Election Day, and it appears Republicans are on the verge of winning the 218 seats they need in the House to take majority control in
- [President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Conserve Ecosystems, Clean Up Legacy Pollution Sites Across the Country](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/president-bidens-bipartisan-infrastructure-law-to-conserve-ecosystems-clean-up-legacy-pollution-sites-across-the-country/) - About $10 million committed to 17 project sites - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — New federal spending of $10 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill will go to fund 17 projects to address legacy pollution and conserve ecosystems around the country, according to an announcement on Wednesday from the Department of the Interior,
- [Trump Corruption Revealed in Foreign Government Spending at Trump Hotel](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/trump-corruption-revealed-in-foreign-government-spending-at-trump-hotel/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In another stunning example of how Donald Trump corrupted the presidency for his own personal benefit, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform released documents on Monday showing how at least six foreign countries spent upwards of $750,000 at the Trump Hotel in Washington as a way to
- [America Plans Return to the Moon For the First Time in 50 Years](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/america-plans-return-to-the-moon-for-the-first-time-in-50-years/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- All things being stable, the United States of America will launch a rocket to the moon this Wednesday for the first time since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, 50 years ago. While many critics say the billions of dollars being spent on this Artemis moon mission that
- [Still Waiting on Election Results: What About the Future of Human Life on this Planet?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/still-waiting-on-election-results-what-about-the-future-of-human-life-on-this-planet/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Tick, tock. Tick, tock. It's been three days since the midterm elections and we still do not know which party will control the next Congress and set the national agenda, not in the House or the Senate. But one thing is crystal ball clear.
- [Public Confidence in the Press, Media and American Institutions Continues Free Fall in the U.S.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/public-confidence-in-the-press-media-and-american-institutions-continues-free-fall-in-the-u-s/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Where should a wary public turn for reliable information? Too bad it's not working out to try turning the clock back to the 20th century to trust in newspapers and television news. The Gallup Poll became the gold standard for public opinion back then,
- [Maryland Elects Its First Black Governor, as Voting Problems Plague Some Key States](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/maryland-elects-its-first-black-governor-as-voting-problems-plague-some-key-states/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Millions of people who waited until Election Day to vote cast their ballots on Tuesday in an American democratic tradition that is historically strained, to say the least, while millions more voted early by mail and in person, hoping to avoid any last minute problems or even violence
- [A Resounding Takeaway For Democracy: Americans Reject Election Denial](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/a-resounding-takeaway-for-democracy-americans-reject-election-denial/) - Guest Column - The Brennan Center for Justice - Although we won’t know all of the results for a while, yesterday’s midterms had a resounding takeaway for our democracy: Americans reject election denial. Many election deniers in competitive races were defeated. And these races were happening in states with a diverse array of political leanings.
- [Tennessee Disenfranchised 21 Percent of Its Black Citizens](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/tennessee-disenfranchised-21-percent-of-its-black-citizens/) - By Bianca Fortis - ProPublica - Leola Scott recently decided to become a more active citizen. The 55-year-old resident of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was driven to action after her son was stabbed to death and nobody was charged.In August, Scott tried to register to vote. That’s when she learned she’s not allowed to cast a ballot
- [A Mainstream American Republican Asks: What Have We Become?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/a-mainstream-american-republican-asks-what-have-we-become/) - Guest Column - By George Zadigian - While advocating for America and protesting against candidates in my own Republican Party over the last five years, it’s been interesting to witness how much people have changed. Typically, hundreds of people respond with a big thank you and thumbs-up, while a few dozen hurl demeaning names at
- [#CodgerPower - You Want a Civil War? Mess With Social Security and Medicare, Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/codgerpower-you-want-a-civil-war-mess-with-social-security-and-medicare-republicans/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This is it folks. Another major turning point in our lives in this crazy 21st century hellscape world. It's been a strange week since I came down from the mountains and set up camp inside the Beltway again just in time for Halloween and
- [Ask an Expert: Why Does Life Have to be This Hard?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/ask-an-expert-why-does-life-have-to-be-this-hard/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you ever find yourself asking: Why does this crap (whatever crap you are dealing with) have to be so hard? I know I do, and see it all the time in others. Another way to put the question: Why does life have to
- [Expect a 'Red Mirage' On Election Night: Higher Early Voting Trend Favors Democrats in Midterm Elections](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/expect-a-red-mirage-on-election-night-higher-early-voting-trend-favors-democrats-in-midterm-elections/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- While pollsters across the political spectrum are showing a rising problem of predicting the outcome of elections in advance using telephone surveys, Google searches and such, one trend that has been overlooked by many analysts and pundits is the advantage gained by Democrats from
- [Google’s Ad Business Funds Disinformation Around the World](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/11/googles-ad-business-funds-disinformation-around-the-world/) - By Craig Silverman, Ruth Talbot, Jeff Kao and Anna Klühspies - ProPublica - Google is funneling revenue to some of the web’s most prolific purveyors of false information in Europe, Latin America and Africa, a ProPublica investigation has found.The company has publicly committed to fighting disinformation around the world, but a ProPublica analysis, the first
- [New Polls Show Definite Backlash Against Herschel Walker for Abortion Scandal in Georgia Senate Race](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/new-polls-show-definite-backlash-against-herschel-walker-for-abortion-scandal-in-georgia-senate-race/) - By Glynn Wilson - Public Opinion Analyst - Four new polls all show a clear backlash against Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker not only for the abortion scandal, but also domestic abuse allegations used in political ads against Walker over the past couple of months. New polls from the Trafalgar Group, Quinnipiac University, Emerson College
- [Tennessee Trump Supporter Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Assaulting DC Metro Cop Mike Fanone at Capitol on Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/tennessee-trump-supporter-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-dc-metro-cop-mike-fanone-at-capitol-on-jan-6/) - Staff Report - A Tennessee Trump supporter was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison on Thursday for dragging a police officer protecting the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, into an angry pro-Trump crowd that brutally assaulted the officer. Albuquerque Cosper Head, 43, who pleaded guilty in March to assaulting the D.C. Metro
- [Capturing Fall Foliage Pictures in Maryland's Catoctin Mountain Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/capturing-fall-foliage-pictures-in-marylands-catoctin-mountain-park/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — It's about time to hit the MoJo Road one more time in this amazing life journey chasing bliss and enlightenment in nature near the heart of political power in America. MoJo in this case refers to Mobile Journalism, as well as the Luck and
- [The Pollsters and Pundits Are At It Again, This Time Predicting Republican Victories in November](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/the-pollsters-and-pundits-are-at-it-again-this-time-predicting-republican-victories-in-november/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The pollsters and pundits are at it again. Regular followers will recall what I wrote back in July, when I chastised the mainstream public opinion media establishment for predicting a Republican sweep of both houses of Congress in November simply based on historical precedent in midterm elections.
- [Happy Birthday: Living Beyond the Curse of 64](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/happy-birthday-living-beyond-the-curse-of-64/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - THURMONT, Md. — If you are reading this today, October 15, 2022, then I've defied the odds and outlived the curse of 64. I'm now alive and well and 65-years-old. According to my doctor here, I've got the heart rate of a professional tennis player and the
- [Abortion Scandal in Georgia Takes a Toll on Herschel Walker's Chances in Senate Race](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/abortion-scandal-in-georgia-takes-a-toll-on-herschel-walkers-chances-in-senate-race/) - Increasing the Likelihood that Democrats Will Hold the Senate in November - By Glynn Wilson - Political Analyst - With just over three weeks to go until Election Day 2022, Nov. 8, control of the United States Senate still hangs in the balance. But new developments are giving pollsters more confidence that the Democrats may
- [Feed Your Biophilia by Tracking the Art of Rich Autumn Color](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/feed-your-biophilia-by-tracking-the-art-of-rich-autumn-color/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — Many years ago in a land far away, I proposed a way to test E.O. Wilson's Biophilia hypothesis by adding a few questions to annual surveys of visitors in the most visited national park in the United States, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- [The Politician and the Journalist Who Cried Wolf: Vote Like Your Life Depends on It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/the-politician-and-the-journalist-who-cried-wolf-vote-like-your-life-depends-on-it/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson – GETTYSBURG, Pa. — It's totally understandable that people get tired of hearing and seeing sensational clickbait threatening another existential crisis emergency. But please don't allow this one to go unheeded. In my life and times, I've reported on all kinds of politicians who warned the public of
- [Critical Pennsylvania Senate Race Tightens as Election Day Nears](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/critical-pennsylvania-senate-race-tightens-as-election-day-nears/) - By Glynn Wilson - GETTYSBURG, Pa. — The fate of American democracy could once again rest on the shoulders of the good people of Pennsylvania, where it all began in Philadelphia and may well have been saved on a battlefield in Gettysburg. In some very real ways we are fighting another civil war for the
- [Proud Boys Leader Pleads Guilty To Seditious Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/proud-boys-leader-pleads-guilty-to-seditious-conspiracy-for-role-in-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A former leader of the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week to seditious conspiracy for his actions before and during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 while attempting to stop the peaceful transfer of power by disrupting a joint session of Congress convened to certify
- [Pennsylvania Man Arrested on Felony Charges For Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/pennsylvania-man-arrested-on-felony-charges-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Pennsylvania man nicknamed “JackTheTripper” has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges for assaulting a law enforcement officer and other illegal actions during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, disrupting a joint session of Congress certifying the Electoral College votes showing Democrat Joe Biden
- [It's a Mad, Mad World We Live In Now: What Will Become of Us?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/10/its-a-mad-mad-world-we-live-in-now-what-will-become-of-us/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Sometimes, like when it rains for three days and nights without stopping and I get a little tired of being cooped up in an RV space the size of the average efficiency apartment in Tokyo, I vow to simply curl up on the futon mattress and rest,
- [True Conservatives Should Reject This Year's Slate of Trump Republicans](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/true-conservatives-should-reject-this-years-slate-of-trump-republicans/) - Editor's Note: The New American Journal is dedicated to publishing a diversity of ideas, and we believe the harsh partisan divide is not good for democracy. Guest Column - By George R. Zadigian - As a conservative Republican for more than 40 years, it has been disheartening to watch the unraveling of the Republican Party
- [Conservative Supreme Court Back in Session Facing Historically Low Public Approval](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/conservative-supreme-court-back-in-session-facing-historically-low-public-approval/) - By Glynn Wilson - Look out people. The United States Supreme Court is about to go back into session and more rights are on the line as the high court faces the lowest public approval in American history. According to the latest Gallup poll, nearly 60 percent of Americans disapprove of this conservative court, made
- [Biden Administration Launches New National EPA Office to Advance Environmental Justice](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/biden-administration-launches-new-national-epa-office-to-advance-environmental-justice/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – With less than six weeks to go before the critical midterm elections, the Biden administration and the Environmental Protection Agency have announced the establishment of a new national office charged with advancing environmental justice and civil rights to deliver on President Biden’s commitment to elevate these critical issues to
- [The Wizard of Id - Anti-Christ](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/the-wizard-of-id-anti-christ/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - When French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician René Descartes first posited his theory, Cogito, ergo sum, "I think, therefore I am," he could not have foreseen a Wizard of Id like Donald Trump taking over America and saying just because he thinks documents are declassified, therefore they are
- [New Jersey Neo-Nazi Trump Supporter Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/new-jersey-neo-nazi-trump-supporter-sentenced-to-four-years-in-federal-prison/) - Staff Report - A New Jersey neo-Nazi Trump supporter who was one of the first insurrectionists to break into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — who testified under oath that he didn’t know Congress met there — was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison, according to a press release from
- [Goodbye Summer 2022: Hello Midterm Election Fall](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/goodbye-summer-2022-hello-midterm-election-fall/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAINS, Md. — It's drizzling rain in the mountain woods, hovering around 72 degrees on this last day of summer. We will transit the autumn equinox about 8 p.m. tonight, and fall will officially begin — with only six weeks to go until the critical midterm
- [The Real Killer: The Role of Stress in People's Lives](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/the-real-killer-the-role-of-stress-in-peoples-lives/) - How Climate Change Might Wipe Out the Human Population - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - For all the bromides and self-help scams flooding the market these days for gullible people seeking the secret to living longer or at least living more healthy lives, I've long suspected that the number one killer is
- [Public Opinion and the 2022 Election: Could the Polls be Wrong Again?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/public-opinion-and-the-2022-election-could-the-polls-be-wrong-again/) - By Glynn Wilson - New York Times public opinion pundit Nate Cohn is at it again. Never forget, he was the public opinion analyst who famously said in 2016 of Hillary Clinton, "She's got this." He's now writing an email newsletter called "The Tilt" for the Times, which went out by email Monday morning. The
- [FBI Increases Reward Offered for Florida Man to $30,000 Wanted on Charges from the U.S. Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/fbi-increases-reward-offered-for-florida-man-to-30000-wanted-on-charges-from-the-u-s-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - The Federal Bureau of Investigation Tampa Field Office and the Washington, D.C. Field Office have doubled the reward being offered for Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 23, of Lakeland, Florida. A reward of up to $30,000 is available in exchange for information leading to his arrest and conviction, according to a press release from
- [Never Forget There's A Critical Election Coming Up Nov. 8](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/never-forget-theres-a-critical-election-coming-up-nov-8/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - What's the point of jumping on the bandwagon and sharing memes on Facebook or even writing a news column on remembering Sept. 11, 2001? Those days are long gone and I say "Never Forget" Jan. 6, 2021. The number one threat of "terrorism" these days does not
- [Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Perp Walked in New York and Charged for Fraud](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/trump-adviser-steve-bannon-perp-walked-in-new-york-and-charged-for-fraud/) - By Glynn Wilson - "Sloppy" Steve Bannon was perp walked in handcuffs in front of the press into state court in New York on Thursday and charged with money laundering, fraud and conspiracy for his role in defrauding donors of millions of dollars in a fake online fund raising scheme to allegedly build a wall
- [The Tragedy of North Birmingham, Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/the-tragedy-of-north-birmingham-alabama/) - By Max Blau - Graphics by Shane Loeffler - ProPublica By the spring of 2020, the century-old industrial plant on Birmingham’s 35th Avenue was literally falling apart. Chunks of the metal doors fronting several of the 1,800-degree ovens — which heat coal to produce a fuel called coke — had broken off and tumbled to
- [Trump Appointed Federal Judge Grants His Wish for a 'Special Master' in the Case of Seized Classified Documents](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/trump-appointed-federal-judge-grants-his-wish-for-a-special-master-in-the-case-of-seized-classified-documents/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — Is it past time to put aside this false notion that the legal system, the Department of Justice and the courts in the United States are above politics? In unprecedented breaking news announced by a federal judge appointed by Donald Trump, she announced
- [President Biden Goes on the Offensive Against Violent Extremism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/president-biden-goes-on-the-offensive-against-violent-extremism/) - Staff Report - PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Speaking in prime time outside Independence Hall where American democracy was forged, President Joe Biden went on the offensive Thursday night by issuing an unprecedented warning of a "clear and present danger to democracy," declaring that our democratic values are under assault by forces of extremism loyal to "pseudo-fascist"
- [What's Past May be Prologue, but Sometimes You Have to Charter New Ground](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/whats-past-may-be-prologue-but-sometimes-you-have-to-charter-new-ground/) - Stay Tuned to See if Trump Will Face the Music, or Not... Sunday Reader - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. — Down in Washington, D.C. at the National Archives a team of investigators are combing through all the classified documents seized by the FBI in the recent raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Outside the
- [New York Cop Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison For Assaulting Police at Capitol on Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/09/new-york-cop-sentenced-to-10-years-in-prison-for-assaulting-police-at-capitol-on-jan-6/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A retired New York cop was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison this week for assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. It's the longest sentence given to any Capitol riot subject to date. Thomas Webster,
- [Missing Secret Service Texts Could Reveal a Coup Plot to Remove Vice President Mike Pence to a 'Secure Location'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/missing-secret-service-texts-could-reveal-a-coup-plot-to-remove-vice-president-mike-pence-to-a-secure-location/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - ANALYSIS - Imagine how damaging it would be for the national security of the United States, for public confidence in American institutions, not to mention how embarrassing for the Secret Service, if text messages emerged revealing a plan by agents loyal to "Mogul," the agency code name
- [Biden Administration Announces $65 Million Investment from Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill in Clean Water Projects, Roads and Trails](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/biden-administration-announces-65-million-investment-from-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-in-clean-water-projects-roads-and-trails/) - Staff Report - The Biden administration announced more than $65 million in spending this week for the U.S. Forest Service to invest in projects nationwide to prepare for climate change by improving roads, trails, fish habitat and water quality. Made possible by President Joe Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the first round of a $25.5 million
- [President Joe Biden Rides Independent Wave to Higher Job Approval Rating](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/president-joe-biden-rides-independent-wave-to-higher-job-approval-rating/) - By Glynn Wilson - Joe Biden is back. With 75 days to go until the midterm elections, old Joe Biden is riding a blue wave back toward presidential popularity with independent, swing voters now that gas prices are going down and the people are finding out about the passage of a historic climate, health care
- [A Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Supreme Court](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/a-secretive-billionaire-handed-his-fortune-to-the-architect-of-the-right-wing-takeover-of-the-supreme-court/) - By Andrew Perez, The Lever - Andy Kroll and Justin Elliott, ProPublica.org - An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion — and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to reshape the American judicial system,
- [Biden Administration Launches Major Funding Effort to Create More Outdoor Recreation Opportunities Across America](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/biden-administration-launches-major-funding-effort-to-create-more-outdoor-recreation-opportunities-across-america/) - The FICOR Program Will Also Help Prepare the Country for the Worst Impacts of Climate Change - By Glynn Wilson - ANALYSIS - If you are a long-time nature lover who understands the environmental, biological, economic, psychological and sociological needs to protect and expand green spaces across the country, or a new convert who discovered
- [President Biden Signs Historic Climate Legislation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/president-biden-signs/) - By Glynn Wilson - President Joe Biden triumphantly signed the signature Inflation Reduction Act on Tuesday in the State Dining Room of the White House, praising the legislation as among the most significant legislative achievements in the history of the country. The ambitious package of bills takes direct aim at tackling global warming and climate
- [We Think Therefore We Win](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/we-think-therefore-we-win/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Mother Nature doesn't care what your political opinion is, what side you take in the current partisan political divide in the United States. She is malevolent, and will not even bother to laugh at you on Facebook when you prove to be such a moron that you
- [Artemis: We Are Going Back to the Moon, Onto Mars...](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/artemis-we-are-going-back-to-the-moon-onto-mars/) - NASA to Stream Artemis I Rollout, Briefings on Science, Tech Payloads - Staff Report - It's true. No BS, according to NASA. We are going back to the Moon, and setting up a base to launch the trip to Mars. NASA will hold three media teleconferences the week of August 14 to preview the science
- [Democrats in the United States Senate Unite on Sunday to Pass Historic Climate Legislation, Lower Drug Costs and Tax Corporations](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/democrats-in-the-united-states-senate-unite-on-sunday-to-pass-historic-climate-legislation-lower-drug-costs-and-tax-corporations/) - By Glynn Wilson - If you care about democracy and the planet, you should be singing "Hallelujah" on Sunday night as a historic package of bills addressing the climate and energy emergency passed in the United States Senate on Sunday by a vote of 51-50, legislation that will also reduce the price of prescription drugs
- [On Leaving Alabama and the Future of Humanity and Nature](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/on-leaving-alabama-and-the-future-of-humanity-and-nature/) - Sunday Reader - By Glynn Wilson - You must know by now that I read a lot. Always have. When I was a kid I went through the school library and left little unread. In the summer months, back when there was a such thing as a book mobile, very little escaped my attention. I
- [NASA's Webb Telescope Reveals Star Formation in the Cartwheel Galaxy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/nasas-webb-telescope-reveals-star-formation-in-the-cartwheel-galaxy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - If I was going to hop aboard a worm hole jumping space ship to travel back in time to visit another galaxy, I think I would pick the Cartwheel Galaxy, 500 million light-years from Earth. I figure if there is a heaven in the expanding universe for
- [First Capitol Insurrectionist to Go On Trial Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/08/first-capitol-insurrectionist-to-go-on-trial-sentenced-to-seven-years-in-federal-prison/) - By Glynn Wilson - Guy Wesley Reffitt, the first Trump insurrectionist to face trial in the massive criminal investigation into the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, was sentenced by a federal judge on Monday to more than seven years in federal prison, the longest sentence to date. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich handed down a
- [Independent Voters Moved by Capitol Attack Hearings: 63 Percent Blame Trump for Jan. 6 Violence](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/independent-voters-moved-by-capitol-attack-hearings-63-percent-blame-trump-for-jan-6-violence/) - By Glynn Wilson - ANALYSIS - Some important voters were paying attention to the Capitol Attack hearings this summer. And not just Democrats, paying rapt attention to every revelation and detail of Trump's crimes against the country and the Constitution and sharing the stories on social media. Independent voters were watching too, and according to
- [Steve Bannon Found Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Refusing to Cooperate with the Capitol Attack Investigation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/steve-bannon-found-guilty-of-contempt-of-congress-for-refusing-to-cooperate-with-the-capitol-attack-investigation/) - By Glynn Wilson - He might see himself as an Ollie North, or a G. Gordon Liddy. No matter. A jury in Washington, D.C. found Steve Bannon guilty as charged on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, for refusing to cooperate in the Capitol attack investigation by turning over documents and testifying under
- [Trump Fiddled While the United States Capitol was Overrun](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/trump-fiddled-while-the-united-states-capitol-was-overrun/) - "We must remember that we cannot abandon the truth and remain a free nation." - Liz Cheney “Every American must consider this. Can a president who is willing to make the choices Donald Trump made during the violence of Jan. 6 ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again?” -
- [Steve Bannon Shows Up for Court With a Haircut, a Shave and a Smile](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/steve-bannon-shows-up-for-court-with-a-haircut-a-shave-and-a-smile/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "It's a fine Navy day," Bannon said with a big smile for the press when he showed up for court with a haircut and a shave on Monday in Washington, D.C., just down the street from the Capitol where "all hell" broke loose on January 6, 2021. Appearing
- [Webb Telescope Reveals a New Vision of an Ancient Universe - But Will the Images Hold the Power to Change Us?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/webb-telescope-reveals-a-new-vision-of-an-ancient-universe-but-will-the-images-hold-the-power-to-change-us/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - For some reason I had a little trouble falling sound asleep on Saturday night. So after watching a couple of shows on Netflix, dozing off a few times and waking back up, I went outside for a few minutes for some fresh air between 1 and 2
- [The Untold Story of Liam Van Winkle](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/fiction-the-untold-story-of-liam-van-winkle/) - Editor's Note: It is a fact of life that many true stories have passed down through the ages parading as fiction. It is also true that many tall tales have been passed off as fact. Take the story of Rip Van Winkle, for example, by early American author Washington Irving. If you read the after
- [Steve Bannon Was a Key Architect of Trump's 'Stop the Steal' Strategy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/steve-bannon-was-a-key-architect-of-trumps-stop-the-steal-strategy/) - Why is this such a mystery to other news outlets? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - If ever there was any doubt that "Sloppy" Steve Bannon was a key architect of Donald Trump's "Stop the Steal" strategy and that it was developed even before Election Day on November 3, 2020, new sensationalized
- [How the Pollsters and Pundits Are Misleading People Again, Just Like 2016: Don't Buy It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/how-the-pollsters-and-pundits-are-misleading-people-again-just-like-2016-dont-buy-it/) - By Glynn Wilson - The midterm elections are less than four months down the road from now, on November 8, and the mainstream media and big name pollsters are still bullish on the Republicans, while oddsmakers are still betting they will take back control of Congress in 2023. Why? How it could it be that
- [Cheney Says Trump Faces 'Multiple' Criminal Referrals, and Hints the Justice Department Should Not Wait](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/cheney-says-trump-faces-multiple-criminal-referrals-and-hints-the-justice-department-should-not-wait/) - Staff Report - BREAKING NEWS - Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney strongly indicated Sunday in a national television interview that multiple criminal referrals were in the offing against former President Donald Trump, and gave the go ahead nod to the Department of Justice not to wait. “The Justice Department doesn’t have to wait for the committee
- [Conservative Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Power to Fight Global Warming and Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/conservative-supreme-court-strikes-down-federal-power-to-fight-global-warming-and-climate-change/) - Is this the fatal blow in law that will doom human life on planet Earth? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Since it is now plainly obvious that the conservative majority on this Supreme Court is packed with biased, politically partisan, "activist judges" who have demonstrated that they feel unbound in their
- [Supreme Court Dismantles Liberty, Rights and Freedoms, and Not Just for Women](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/07/supreme-court-dismantles-liberty-rights-and-freedoms-and-not-just-for-women/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - For half a century, two Supreme Court cases, Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pa. v. Casey, protected the liberty and equality of women in the United States of America. Roe held, and Casey reaffirmed, that the Constitution safeguards a woman’s right to decide for
- [Huge Majority of American Voters Say Trump Should Be Prosecuted for His Crimes](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/huge-majority-of-american-voters-say-trump-should-be-prosecuted-for-his-crimes/) - By Glynn Wilson - This just in -- and this is HUGE -- as Trump and Bernie Sanders used to say. A huge majority, 74 percent of the American people now believe Donald Trump -- the former president being investigated on a number of fronts most notably for inciting an insurrection and leading a seditious conspiracy
- [Only 38 Percent of People Living in the U.S. Say They Are Extremely Proud to Be an American, a Record Low](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/only-38-percent-of-people-living-in-the-u-s-say-they-are-extremely-proud-to-be-an-american-a-record-low/) - By Glynn Wilson - While Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is having some trouble rolling over Ukraine on the battlefield and is now the most unpopular man in the world, he can at least have a shot of vodka and laugh at the chaos in the United States. American patriotism is taking a major hit on
- [Trump Ordered Washington Security to 'Stand Down' on Jan. 6, according to Sworn Testimony](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/trump-ordered-washington-security-to-stand-down-on-jan-6-according-to-sworn-testimony/) - By Glynn Wilson - As we reported back in January, 2021 -- now proved with evidence in testimony from a high level aide to Donald Trump's last chief of staff as president who was in the room - Trump ordered the entire security infrastructure of Washington and the United States Capitol building to "stand down"
- [Two New National Holidays Proposed: Election Day and Freedom of the Press Day](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/two-new-national-holidays-proposed-election-day-and-freedom-of-the-press-day/) - O wondrous youth Through this grand ruth Runs my boy's life, its thread The General's fame, the battle's name The rolls of maimed and dead I bear with my thrilled soul astir And lonely thoughts and fears And am but history's courier To bind the conquering years A battle's ray, through ages gray To light
- [Trump Tried to Manipulate Justice, Senate Passes Gun Bill, Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/trump-tried-to-manipulate-justice-senate-passes-gun-bill-supreme-overturns-roe-v-wade/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Something in the tumblers of the universe just shifted, and at least here in the United States, shockwaves began moving across the landscape between the waning hours of Thursday, June 23, and hit the land hard on Friday afternoon and Saturday, June 24-25, 2022. Days that will
- [When Liberty is Truly Threatened, Who Will Actually Stand Up?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/when-liberty-is-truly-threatened-who-will-actually-stand-up/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - The biggest threat to the future of humanity, democracy and the inherent rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is the muddled thinking of men. Feel free to quote me on that. For example, as I was re-reading the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v.
- [Trump's Attempted Coup in Search of a Legal Theory Involved a Pressure Campaign with Threats of Violence and Death](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/trumps-attempted-coup-in-search-of-a-legal-theory-involved-a-pressure-campaign-with-threats-of-violence-and-death/) - Staff Report - Donald Trump's attempt to hold onto power even though he knew he lost the 2020 election was described as "a coup in search of a legal theory," according a conclusion drawn by Adam Schiff of California, who led the questioning of witnesses Tuesday in the fourth gripping hearing of the Select House
- [Poll: Nearly Sixty Percent of Americans Say Trump Should be Charged for Jan. 6 Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/poll-nearly-sixty-percent-of-americans-say-trump-should-be-charged-for-jan-6-insurrection/) - A majority of Americans also think the Select Committee has been fair - Staff Report - Nearly 6 in 10 Americans believe former President Donald Trump should be charged with a crime for his role in the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll. The same number
- [Father's Day 2022 and the 50th Anniversary of Watergate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/fathers-day-2022-and-the-50th-anniversary-of-watergate/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - On June 17, 1972, when Nixon's CREEP burglars broke into the Watergate Hotel in Washington looking for psychological dirt on Democrats -- 50 years ago Friday -- school was out in the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama. I was only 14 and listening to "School's Out" by Alice
- [Trump's 'Big Lie' Remains a 'Clear and Present Danger' to American Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/trumps-big-lie-remains-a-clear-and-present-danger-to-american-democracy/) - By Glynn Wilson - Donald Trump's big lie about the 2020 election and his big ripoff that continues remains a “clear and present danger to American democracy,” according to testimony before the House Select Committee investigating Trump's insurrection by J. Michael Luttig, a retired conservative federal appeals court judge who advised Vice President Mike Pence
- [Nearly 70 Percent of American Voters Support Stricter Gun Control Measures](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/nearly-70-percent-of-american-voters-support-stricter-gun-control-measures/) - Staff Report - As Congress moves closer than it has in years to passing gun safety legislation following the recent mass shootings in Texas and New York, a new Morning Consult/Politico poll shows voter support for gun control has reached a new high. According to the June 10-12 survey, 68 percent of voters support stricter
- [Putin Constitutes the Gravest Threat to Democracy and the Planet Ever](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/putin-constitutes-the-gravest-threat-to-democracy-and-the-planet-ever/) - In Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine, the World Finds Hope - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The fight to save democracy and the planet is coming to a head. It may very well come down to whether Russia's dictator-president Vladimir Putin lives or dies. If he lives, within days we
- [How Trump's 'Big Lie' Became the 'Big Ripoff'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/how-trumps-big-lie-became-the-big-ripoff/) - Surely There is a Crime Here Somewhere - By Glynn Wilson - It's the biggest grifter con in history, and it's still going on. If the public doesn't get this by now, American democracy is doomed. Maybe that's Trump's intent. Even the most creative writer in the world could not make this stuff up. Only
- [Steve Bannon Dares Merrick Garland to Indict Trump: Me Too](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/steve-bannon-dares-merrick-garland-to-indict-trump-me-too/) - Charge Trump With Inciting an Insurrection and Prevent Him From Running Again - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - After the House Select Committee investigating Trump's insurrection adjourned the prime time hearing Thursday night, the first in a series of hearings that seem destined to end in a call for the first ever
- [Will Liz Cheney Be the Unlikely Hero Who Saves Democracy One More Time?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/will-liz-cheney-be-the-unlikely-hero-who-saves-democracy-one-more-time/) - It Was Trump's Plot All Along: Will We Hold Him Accountable? - By Glynn Wilson - The American experiment in democracy has been saved at critical points over the past 246 years by a number of brave actions, yes, but also a fair number of haphazard accidents -- and a few political ironies. If this
- [Trump's Criminal Presidency Returns to Prime Time](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/06/trumps-criminal-presidency-returns-to-prime-time/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump's criminal presidency will be back on the news tube front and center Thursday night when the House Select Committee investigating the seditious insurrection and unprecedented attack on the United States government and Capitol convenes the first hearing to begin showing its evidence to the American people.
- [Why 18-Year-Olds in Texas Can Buy AR-15s but Not Handguns](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/why-18-year-olds-in-texas-can-buy-ar-15s-but-not-handguns/) - The massacre at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, highlights disparities in how federal laws regulate rifles and handguns. The shooter bought two rifles days after his 18th birthday. By Kiah Collier and Jeremy Schwartz - ProPublica and The Texas Tribune - Co-published with ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. The fact that the gunman responsible
- [Another Above Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Predicted for 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/another-above-average-atlantic-hurricane-season-predicted-for-2022/) - Staff Report - It's that time of year again when the weather begins to grow hotter and the hurricanes start forming off the west coast of Africa and swirling across the Atlantic Ocean toward the United States. And yes, the planet is still growing hotter due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels
- [Maryland Man Sentenced to 33 Months in Prison For Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/maryland-man-sentenced-to-33-months-in-prison-for-offenses-committed-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Maryland man who was among the youngest charged with participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Tuesday to nearly three years in prison. Matthew Ryan Miller, 23, of Cooksville, Maryland, was sentenced in the District of Columbia for assaulting law enforcement officers and
- [The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2 Billion on a Plan to Save Salmon - The Fish Are Vanishing Anyway.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/the-u-s-has-spent-more-than-2-billion-on-a-plan-to-save-salmon-the-fish-are-vanishing-anyway/) - By Tony Schick, Oregon Public Broadcasting, and Irena Hwang, ProPublica - Photography by Kristyna Wentz-Graff, Oregon Public Broadcasting - CARSON, Wash. — The fish were on their way to be executed. One minute, they were swimming around a concrete pond. The next, they were being dumped onto a stainless steel table set on an incline.
- [Trump's First Amendment Lawsuit Against Twitter Dismissed by Federal Judge](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/trumps-first-amendment-lawsuit-against-twitter-dismissed-by-federal-judge/) - The First Amendment Guarantee of 'Free Speech' Only Applies to Government Censorship, Not Moderation by Private Social Media Companies - By Glynn Wilson - In an important ruling that should make it clear to the American people why the Constitutional right of free speech does not apply to private companies, including social media platforms like
- [Americans On the Move: Climate Change and the Great Political Divide Drive Mass Migration](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/americans-on-the-move-climate-change-and-the-great-political-divide-drive-mass-migration/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - APPALACHIA - People are packing up their tents and RVs in the campground on Sunday to head back home or on down the road, and over coffee here in the woods, I can't stop thinking about all the ways Americans are on the move these days. Paying
- [A Novel Theory: Try Being Nice, People](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/a-novel-theory-try-being-nice-people/) - The latest public opinion on gun control, white nationalism and the future of democracy - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Here's a novel theory: What if people at least tried to be nicer? Boring, I know. And of course it won't work, because so many people are, let's face it, basically dumbasses
- [Spring Bird Migration: A Few Splendid Sentences About Pretty Things](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/spring-bird-migration-a-few-splendid-sentences-about-pretty-things/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - Sometimes, when sitting outside in the Appalachian Mountains in the shade thinking about what to write about on Sundays, I wonder how to go about writing splendid, pretty sentences. Perhaps the key is writing about pretty things, not bad news. I don't know. I've even Googled it, and
- [Republicans Maintain Midterm Enthusiasm Edge, but Democrats Are Gaining Ground Due to Supreme Court Stand on Abortion](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/republicans-maintain-midterm-enthusiasm-edge-but-democrats-are-gaining-ground-due-to-supreme-court-stand-on-abortion/) - By Glynn Wilson - With only six months to go before the midterm elections on November 8, Republicans are still more enthusiastic to vote than Democrats, although the party in power is gaining some ground thanks to a recent leak of a draft ruling on abortion out of the United States Supreme Court. The share
- [Americans Remain Concerned About Climate Change and Related Disasters, as WMO Predicts the World Could See a 1.5 Degree Rise in the Next Five Years](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/05/americans-remain-concerned-about-climate-change-and-related-disasters-as-wmo-predicts-the-world-could-see-a-1-5-degree-rise-in-the-next-five-years/) - By Glynn Wilson - As carbon emissions rise and the planet continues its warming trend, climate change and energy are increasingly on the public’s mind, according to public opinion surveys from Morning Consult. For good reason, according to the latest data. There is a 50-50 chance of the annual average global temperature temporarily reaching 1.5°
- [Will Conservative North Carolina Voters Stand by Nazi Sympathizer Madison Cawthorn?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/will-conservative-north-carolina-voters-stand-by-nazi-sympathizer-madison-cawthorn/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There was a period in American politics when being openly racist and a German Nazi fascist sympathizer would have automatically disqualified a candidate from being elected to any office in the United States. Some political scientists and historians might give some of the credit
- [Proud Boys Member Pleads Guilty to Felony for Offenses Committed During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/proud-boys-member-pleads-guilty-to-felony-for-offenses-committed-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Trump supporter from Missouri and an admitted member of the right-wing domestic terrorist group the Proud Boys pleaded guilty this week in federal court to a felony charge for obstructing police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions disrupted a joint session
- [The Earth Nears a Tipping Point When Forests Stop Storing Carbon and Release it Into the Atmosphere](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/the-earth-nears-a-tipping-point-when-forests-stop-storing-carbon-and-release-it-into-the-atmosphere/) - We can't plant enough trees to stop run amok deforestation - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As if the world needed another reason to be down on Russia, the widespread wildfires that raged across Russia in 2021, burning vast swaths of forest and sending smoke as far as the North Pole, unleashed massive
- [Building the 'Big Lie' - Inside the Creation of Trump’s Stolen Election Myth](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/building-the-big-lie-inside-the-creation-of-trumps-stolen-election-myth/) - By Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Kirsten Berg - ProPublica - By the time Leamsy Salazar sat down in front of a video recorder in a lawyer’s office in Dallas, he had grown accustomed to divulging state secrets. After swearing to tell nothing but the truth so help him God, he recounted that he
- [Americans Widely Favor Welcoming Ukrainian Refugees](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/americans-widely-favor-welcoming-ukrainian-refugees/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Too see how the cause of Ukraine has captured the attention of the American people, check out the latest Gallup poll on the subject, which found that 78 percent say they approve of "allowing up to 100,000" Ukrainian refugees into the United States. The poll was based on a
- [Marjorie Taylor Greene and the 14th Amendment: A Way to End the Civil War](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/marjorie-taylor-greene-and-the-14th-amendment-a-way-to-end-the-civil-war/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Marjorie Taylor Greene. That's all you have to say on Facebook to get Democrats fired up to hit like and comment. There must be a political lesson in here somewhere. Democrats appear burned out on politics in general and say they are tired of
- [Earth Day 2022: Will We Ever Learn?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/earth-day-2022-will-we-ever-learn/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Millions of people all over the world came out on April 22, 1970 to celebrate the first Earth Day, and the era of environmental activism was launched. The movement was an evolution from the non-violent activism for civil rights and against the war in
- [American Voters Say the World Would Be a Better Place Without Putin in Power](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/american-voters-say-the-world-would-be-a-better-place-without-putin-in-power/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An overwhelming majority of American voters, 83 percent, say the world would be a better place without Russian President Vladimir Putin in power, according to a new Morning Consult poll. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on the other hand, gets high marks from all voters, with 64 percent saying the
- [Florida Trump Supporter Arrested and Charged For Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/florida-trump-supporter-arrested-and-charged-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Another Trump supporter from Florida was arrested and charged this week for assaulting police officers at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob breached the building and disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as president.
- [Justice Jackson's Confirmation to the Supreme Court is a Major Turn in the Arc of History](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/justice-jacksons-confirmation-to-the-supreme-court-is-a-major-turn-in-the-arc-of-history/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If the long arc of history bends towards justice, it just took a major turn this week. If Barack Obama was America's political Jackie Robinson, the first African American president just as Robinson was the first Black player to make the major leagues in
- [War in Ukraine: The Price We’re paying for Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ Stance](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/war-in-ukraine-the-price-were-paying-for-donald-trumps-america-first-stance/) - Guest Column - By George Zadigian - As our hearts break for the people of Ukraine, it is imperative that we wrap our heads around the fact that this is the price of supporting a president who stridently promoted “America First”. This is the price of supporting a president that cast doubt on American’s commitment
- [Welcome the First African American Woman to the U.S. Supreme Court](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/welcome-the-first-african-american-woman-to-the-u-s-supreme-court/) - History in the Making - Senate Confirms Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate as the first African American woman to the United States Supreme Court on Thursday in a somewhat bipartisan vote of 53-47. Three Republicans joined Democrats
- [Gallup Poll: The Latest Public Opinion Data Shows Sustained Concern for the Environment](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/gallup-poll-the-latest-public-opinion-data-shows-sustained-concern-for-the-environment/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Maybe the American public is finally seeing the evidence of climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels where they live. That as well as the heightened news coverage about it and concern being shown by politicians and agencies in Washington again has the
- [Project Protect Democracy - Georgia: Raphael Warnock vs. Herschel Walker](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/project-protect-democracy-raphael-warnock-vs-herschel-walker/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Remember watching the election returns in November, 2020 as Georgia became the one state in the American South to go blue and help Joe Biden beat Donald Trump? The people of Atlanta, of all places, not only helped save democracy from corporate, capitalist fascism.
- [Doom is Not Destined or Inevitable: Slap Yourself, Wake Up, Get to Work](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/doom-is-not-destined-or-inevitable-slap-yourself-wake-up-get-to-work/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There are lots of people who deserve to be slapped these days. Maybe not so much Chris Rock on television at the Academy Awards. As a recent Photoshopped meme going around on Facebook depicts, Vladimir Putin deserves to be slapped by Volodymyr Zelensky for
- [Biden Administration Announces New Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards to Require 49 MPG by 2026](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/04/biden-administration-announces-new-vehicle-fuel-economy-standards-to-require-49-mpg-by-2026/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Spurred on by high gas prices and increasing evidence of climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for transportation as well as energy, the Biden Administration moved quickly and aggressively to reverse Trump administration rollbacks in new car fuel economy standards and announced much
- [Reward Offered for Trump Supporter From Florida Involved in Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/reward-offered-for-trump-supporter-from-florida-involved-in-capitol-insurrection/) - Virginia Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Felony Conspiracy - New Mexico Man Found Guilty - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A reward of $15,000 is being offered in exchange for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Jonathan Daniel Pollock, 23, of Lakeland, Florida, for his role in connection with the violence at
- [National Park Service Adds New Listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/national-park-service-adds-new-listings-to-the-national-underground-railroad-network-to-freedom/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Park Service has added 16 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom across 11 states, joining 700 sites, facilities and programs already in the network. They all provide insight into the diverse experiences of freedom seekers who bravely escaped slavery and those who assisted
- [Federal Agency Leaders Respond With Enthusiasm to President Biden's Budget Plan](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/federal-agency-leaders-respond-with-enthusiasm-to-president-bidens-budget-plan/) - Budget Includes Increases for National Park Service, EPA - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's hard to remember a time when a president's budget plan was greeted with more enthusiasm than the $5.8 trillion budget proposal issued by the Biden Administration on Monday. The last time this happened was probably 1999, in Bill Clinton's
- [The Ideal of Justice on Trial: The Rise of Judge Jackson and the Fall of Clarence Thomas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/the-ideal-of-justice-on-trial-the-rise-of-judge-jackson-and-the-fall-of-clarence-thomas/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oh so long ago, in a land far, far away, there arose an ideal of a government by the people where a thing called justice could actually exist, blind and fair. Some people, especially politicians, still try to cling to this fantasy. It's a
- [Conservative Voter Opposition to Judge Jackson Ticks Up After Supreme Court Hearing](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/conservative-voter-opposition-to-judge-jackson-ticks-up-after-supreme-court-hearing/) - But Americans continue to favor her confirmation by a nearly 2-to-1 margin - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson appears to be bound for the Supreme Court after coming through last week’s four-day confirmation hearing relatively unscathed, but the latest Morning Consult/Politico poll suggests that some of the questioning she faced
- [Distracted by War and Crises, the World Sleepwalks to 'Climate Catastrophe'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/distracted-by-war-and-crises-the-world-sleepwalks-to-climate-catastrophe/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- All you have to do is glance at what people are paying attention to on social media and television to see that United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was right on Monday when he said the world is “sleepwalking to climate catastrophe.” “There is no kind way to put
- [In An Emotional Plea for Help From the World, President Zelensky of Ukraine Asks Biden to Lead the World To Peace](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/in-an-emotional-plea-for-help-from-the-world-president-zelensky-of-ukraine-asked-biden-to-lead-the-world-to-peace/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine delivered an emotional plea for help from the world and America in a live video address to Congress on Wednesday as the Russian army proceeded to pound much of the country to rubble, destroying a place Russian dictator president Vladimir Putin says he wants
- [President Biden Designates Amache National Historic Site as America’s Newest National Park](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/president-biden-designates-amache-national-historic-site-as-americas-newest-national-park/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — As many students of history know, after the Japanese attacked Peal Harbor on that day of infamy, Dec. 7, 1941, and the United States declared war and entered World War II, the federal government forcibly removed many Asian Americans from the West Coast to the Granada Relocation Center in
- [Wisconsin Trump Supporter Arrested and Charged for Assaulting Police During Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/wisconsin-trump-supporter-arrested-and-charged-for-assaulting-police-during-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Trump supporter from Wisconsin was arrested last week for assaulting police and using a deadly or dangerous weapon during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power by delaying a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying
- [Somehow We Made It to the First Day of Spring 2022: Get Outside](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/somehow-we-made-it-to-the-first-day-of-spring-2022-get-outside/) - Senate Sherpa Doug Jones Says He's Confident of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- At 11:33 a.m. Sunday, we cross the vernal equinox from winter into spring, and it feels like it's about time, y'all. The Japanese cherry blossoms are blooming along the Tidal
- [Trump Supporters from Idaho, Texas and Florida Taken Down for Assaulting Police, Obstructing Congress and Conspiracy in Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/trump-supporters-from-idaho-texas-and-florida-taken-down-for-assaulting-police-obstructing-congress-and-conspiracy-in-capitol-insurrection/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The radical domestic terrorists who got sucked into Donald Trump's insurrectionist message against a legitimate election and followed the former president into the violent breach of the citadel of American Democracy on Jan. 6, 2021, are being taken out one by one and shown the inside of federal
- [Summer Global Warming Trends Expected to Continue Across U.S., Along With Droughts, Fires in the West](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/summer-global-warming-trends-expected-to-continue-across-u-s-along-with-droughts-fires-in-the-west/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Earth turns toward the first day of Spring on Sunday, March 20, climate scientists are forecasting the continuation of a trend from April to June of higher temperatures across most of the Unites States, from the Desert Southwest to the East Coast and north through the Midwest
- [Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Biden Administration and Considering Climate Change When Forming Federal Policy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/appeals-court-rules-in-favor-of-biden-administration-and-considering-climate-change-when-forming-federal-policy/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden Administration received a favorable ruling from an appeals court Wednesday that overruled a local Louisiana judge who had tried to ban the federal government from considering climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels when making policy decisions on such things as
- [Louisiana Company and President Plead Guilty to Clean Air Act Violations for Tampering with Truck Emissions](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/louisiana-company-and-president-plead-guilty-to-clean-air-act-violations-for-tampering-with-truck-emissions/) - PPEI and President Kory Willis Plead Guilty and Agree to Pay $3.1 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for the Manufacture and Sale of Illegal Delete Devices and Tunes for Diesel Trucks By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. – People concerned about the environment often wonder why companies, presidents and owners are rarely held
- [To Be or Not to Be, That is The Question: Zelensky Addresses UK Parliament](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-the-question-zelensky-addresses-uk-parliament/) - Thoughts On Life and Social Media During a Snow 'Bomb Cyclone' - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Thick, wet white snow covers the ground again. The wind out of the northwest continues to howl outside, causing the RV to shake a little sometimes. The tall pine and hardwood trees
- [Trump Supporter from New York Arrested and Charged With Assault During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/trump-supporter-from-new-york-arrested-and-charged-with-assault-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Trump supporter from New York was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted the peaceful transfer of power and delated a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes that showed Joe
- [Let’s Recall What Exactly Paul Manafort and Rudy Giuliani Were Doing in Ukraine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/lets-recall-what-exactly-paul-manafort-and-rudy-giuliani-were-doing-in-ukraine/) - President Trump’s former campaign chairman and former lawyer worked with, between them, a deposed authoritarian president, a bevy of oligarchs, Russia-oriented politicians and alleged Russian spies. By Ilya Marritz ProPublica. Though Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is just days old, Russia has been working for years to influence and undermine the independence of its smaller
- [Voter Enthusiasm for Democrats Surges After Biden Appoints First Black Woman to Supreme Court](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/voter-enthusiasm-for-democrats-surges-after-biden-appoints-first-black-woman-to-supreme-court/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the news with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, dwindling Covid cases and the lifting of mask requirements, the trial of the first Trump supporter convicted for the Capitol insurrection, President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union speech and the appointment
- [Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows Committed One of the Few Cases of Voter Fraud in the 2020 Election](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/trump-chief-of-staff-mark-meadows-committed-one-of-the-few-cases-of-voter-fraud-in-the-2020-election/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ladies and gentleman, it's with mixed feelings of terrible sadness and great glee that we report to you today there was at least one clear case of voter fraud in the 2020 election. This is rich. Break out the popcorn. You will be shocked
- [President Biden’s Approval Rating Spikes After State of the Union, War in Ukraine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/president-bidens-approval-rating-spikes-after-state-of-the-union-war-in-ukraine/) - Biden’s job performance: 45% approve; 46% support his handling of Ukraine - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Joe Biden posted his best approval rating in months following his first State of the Union address and the war in Ukraine, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. While 51 percent of voters disapprove of
- [Americans Say They’ll Brave Higher Gas Prices to Ban Russian Oil](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/americans-say-theyll-brave-higher-gas-prices-to-ban-russian-oil/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly all Americans are highly concerned about inflation and especially the rising price of gas, but about half of voters in the United States now support blocking further imports of oil from Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine even if that means higher gas prices at the pump,
- [Sometimes You Eat the Bear, and Sometimes the Bear Eats You](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/sometimes-you-eat-the-bear-and-sometimes-the-bear-eats-you/) - Coronavirus Originated in Wuhan Market - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sometimes you might see news outlets playing catchup with each other on an important story by citing another news outfit. We all feel a responsibility to provide our unique collection of readers, our audience, with certain information. Even
- [Biden’s Supreme Court Pick Faces Little Opposition From Voters](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/bidens-supreme-court-pick-faces-little-opposition-from-voters/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick, has more initial support for her confirmation than any of the three jurists nominated by President Donald Trump, according to a new Morning Consult/Politico poll. Only 17 percent of voters oppose the nomination. A plurality of voters, 46 percent,
- [Department of Justice Announces Four More Arrests in Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/department-of-justice-announces-four-more-arrests-in-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Justice announced four more arrests of Trump supporters involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection in the past week from Maryland, Tennessee, Texas and Michigan. A Maryland man was arrested this week on charges stemming from the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
- [Trump Could Face Criminal Conspiracy and Obstruction Charges](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/trump-could-face-criminal-conspiracy-and-obstruction-charges/) - Select Committee Plans Public Hearings in April - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol indicated for the first time on Wednesday that there was enough evidence to charge former President Donald Trump and some of his allies with conspiracy to commit fraud
- [Senate Judiciary Committee Sets Confirmation Hearing Date for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/senate-judiciary-committee-sets-confirmation-hearing-date-for-judge-ketanji-brown-jackson/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing for President Joe Biden's nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, will begin on March 21, the chair of the committee announced Wednesday. Senator Richard Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois, revealed the timetable and was joined by Majority Leader Chuck
- [When the News Gets Weird, the Conspiracy Nuts Turn Pro](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/when-the-news-gets-weird-the-conspiracy-nuts-turn-pro/) - "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." - Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When the news gets weird, the conspiracy nuts turn pro. It was Twosday, 2-22-22, at 2:22 p.m., 22 hours ago according to Facebook, when
- [In State of the Union Address, Biden Focuses on Standing up to Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Controlling the Pandemic, Strengthening the Economy and Fighting Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/in-state-of-the-union-address-biden-focuses-on-standing-up-to-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-controlling-the-pandemic-strengthening-the-economy-and-fighting-climate-change/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Joe Biden stood before Congress Tuesday night and aside from a few stumbled words, delivered a commanding performance calling on all Americans, from all parties, every member of Congress, to stand up to Russia on behalf of Ukraine, to get onboard with his plan to fix the economy,
- [Maryland to End Sister-State Relationship with Leningrad Due to Russia's Invasion of Ukraine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/maryland-to-end-sister-state-relationship-with-leningrad-due-to-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/) - Staff Report - ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan announced Monday the state will dissolve its sister-state relationship with Russia’s state of Leningrad due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The governor directed the secretary of state to terminate the relationship that was established in 1993, Hogan said in a statement. In a letter
- [Biden Administration Won’t Fight Court Ruling Revoking Massive Oil Drilling Leases in Gulf of Mexico](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/03/biden-administration-wont-fight-court-ruling-revoking-massive-oil-drilling-leases-in-gulf-of-mexico/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biden administration will not challenge a federal court ruling saying the Department of the Interior under former President Trump failed to take climate change into account when it auctioned off 1.7 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas drilling last year. The decision invalidated
- [Time Flies When You're Having Fun: New American Journal Celebrates Eight Years Online](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/time-flies-when-youre-having-fun-new-american-journal-celebrates-eight-years-online/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- They say time flies when you're having fun. Of course that has become a cliché. The Roman poet Virgil first alluded to this phenomenon in Latin, in Georgics Book 3, using the line "fugit inreparabile tempus" which means, in proper English, "time escapes and
- [Deep Cuts in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Required or Humanity Faces Hellish Future](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/deep-cuts-in-greenhouse-gas-emissions-required-or-humanity-faces-hellish-future/) - Staff Report - BERLIN (Feb 28, 2022) – Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks, scientists say in the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, and people and ecosystems least able to cope
- [The People of Ukraine Take Up Arms and Slow the Advance of Russia's Unprecedented Invasion](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/the-people-of-ukraine-take-up-arms-and-slow-the-advance-of-russias-unprecedented-invasion/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The people of Ukraine have taken up arms to help their defense forces fight off the unprecedented Russian invasion and their efforts appear to be working to slow the advance toward Kyiv, the capitol city, according to on the ground reporting by The New York Times and other news
- [Minnesota Cops Convicted of Civil Rights Violations for Death of George Floyd](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/minnesota-cops-convicted-of-civil-rights-violations-for-death-of-george-floyd/) - Staff Report - ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota found three former police officers guilty of federal civil rights offenses this week for their involvement in the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020 that sparked international outrage and spawned a movement of protest against racist, corrupt cops who
- [Trump Supporters from Massachusetts and Georgia Arrested For Assaulting Cops During Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/trump-supporters-from-massachusetts-and-georgia-arrested-for-assaulting-cops-during_-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON. D.C. — A Massachusetts man was arrested this week for assaulting police during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of certifying the electoral votes confirming Joe Biden as the winner in the presidential election of 2020. Vincent
- [National Park Service Highlights Less Famous Parks in Reporting Annual Visitation Numbers](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/national-park-service-highlights-less-famous-parks-in-reporting-annual-visitation-numbers/) - "Everyone needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in where nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike." - John Muir, 1869 The Yosemite (1912), page 256. Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – In reporting annual visitation numbers to America's national parks for 2021, the
- [Peanut Butter, Chewing Gum Spy Pleads Guilty to Selling Nuclear Sub Secrets](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/peanut-butter-chewing-gum-spy-pleads-guilty-to-selling-nuclear-sub-secrets/) - By Glynn Wilson -- WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that being offered payment in cryptocurrency to hide nuclear submarine secrets in a peanut butter sandwich and a chewing gum package might be an under cover agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not a spy for Russian dictator
- [Lessons from Frederick Douglass and John Brown: Lock Trump Up!](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/lessons-from-frederick-douglass-and-john-brown-lock-trump-up/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Let's face facts and tell it straight, never mincing words. That's what we do here at the NAJ, which is why we have a loyal following -- and also why we have detractors and even outright enemies who would at the very least put
- [Frederick Douglass Delivers Address on John Brown in West Virginia, May 30, 1881](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/frederick-douglas-delivers-address-on-john-brown-in-west-virginia-may-30-1881/) - Full text of "John Brown. An address by Frederick Douglass, at the fourteenth anniversary of Storer College, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, May 30, 1881": source text edited from print style to web press style JOHN BROWN: AN ADDRESS FREDERICK DOUGLASS, FOURTEENTH ANNIVERSARY, STORER COLLEGE, Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, May 30, 1881. DOVER, N. H.: MORNING
- [Democrats Demand Investigation of Republican Running for Governor in Maryland for Involvement in Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/democrats-demand-investigation-of-republican-running-for-governor-in-maryland-for-involvement-in-capitol-insurrection/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A group of progressive Democrats inspired by the presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders in 2016 is going after a far right Trump supporting candidate for governor of Maryland, Dan Cox, who is now a Republican member of the state House of Delegates and has filed articles of impeachment
- [Maryland Environmental Activists Fight Proposed Forestland Sale by NASA](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/maryland-environmental-activists-fight-proposed-forestland-sale-by-nasa/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- There is a story lurking in the woods near here that may be a very real on the ground test of whether humans have a chance to save the planet, whether the United States will play a very real key role in this effort, and whether Democrats are
- [Another Big Chance to Slay the Elephant in the GOP Room: Codger Power](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/another-big-chance-to-slay-the-elephant-in-the-gop-room-codger-power/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sometimes you wake up in the morning, make the coffee, check the news and feel all hope is lost, like Frodo Baggins near the end of The Two Towers in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. That's kind of how I felt on Sunday
- [Joe Biden Says China Will Eat Our Lunch: Are Americans a 'Silly People' Devolving into Tribalism?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/joe-biden-says-china-will-eat-our-lunch-are-americans-a-silly-people-devolving-into-tribalism/) - Also, Facebook Finally Peaked and Meta Lost $230 Billion in Value - "So long as the Arabs fight tribe against tribe, so long will they be a little people, a silly people - greedy, barbarous, and cruel..." -- T.E. Lawrence in 'Lawrence of Arabia' 1962 The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C.
- [The Big Picture: On Winners and Losers](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/the-big-picture-on-winners-and-losers/) - "Winners and losers, which one will you be today?" -- Social Distortion Winners and Losers Video The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The California punk rock band Social Distortion summed it up in this song by Michael Ness. "We're all good and evil ... there's cowards and heroes ... lovers
- [Former Alabama Senator Doug Jones Picked to Sherpa President Joe Biden's Supreme Court Nominee Through Confirmation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/02/former-alabama-senator-doug-jones-picked-to-sherpa-president-joe-bidens-supreme-court-nominee/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The news is not as huge as an indictment and show trial of former President Donald Trump would be. But the announcement by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer that he will retire at the end of this court term and give President Joe Biden a chance to nominate
- [Creating a Blank Slate With Snow, the Year of the Tiger and a Federal Court Ruling with Implications for Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/creating-a-blank-slate-with-snow-the-year-of-the-tiger-and-a-federal-court-ruling-with-implications-for-climate-change/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- What would you be thinking if you woke up in the woods at dawn, with the ground covered in white snow, the world all quiet and the air clean and clear? It reminds me of a blank slate, a chance for a new beginning.
- [Federal Judge Rules For Environmentalists, Canceling Oil and Gas Leases in Gulf of Mexico](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/federal-judge-rules-for-environmentalists-canceling-oil-and-gas-leases-in-gulf-of-mexico/) - The Biden Administration Must Take Climate Change Into Account Under the Law - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a first of its kind decision with far reaching implications for the battle against climate change and potentially the fossil fuel economy, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in favor of environmental groups against
- [Virginia Man Arrested and Charged For Assault on Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/virginia-man-arrested-and-charged-for-assault-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Virginia man was arrested Thursday for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Markus Maly, 47, of Fincastle, Virginia, is
- [Biden Administration's EPA Announces 'Bold Actions' to Protect Poor, Minority Communities in the South from Pollution](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/biden-administrations-epa-announces-bold-actions-to-protect-poor-minority-communities-in-the-south-from-pollution/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following through on his commitment to action during his Journey to Justice Tour, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the first in a series of actions on Wednesday responding directly to concerns of communities historically and disproportionately impacted by pollution in the South, including "Cancer Alley"
- [The Big Picture: Who Do You Trust for News?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/the-big-picture-who-do-you-trust-for-news/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If our democracy is so under threat, Covid is still surging, workers and the economy are still suffering, climate change due to global warming is all around us and we're about to be at war with Russia, why are these talking heads on TeeVee
- [U.S. Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force Makes First Arrests](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/u-s-justice-departments-election-threats-task-force-makes-first-arrests/) - Texas Man Arrested for Making Election-Related Threats to Government Officials - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The United States Department of Justice has pivoted in its investigation of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to arresting and charging alleged domestic terrorists who pose a continuing threat to elections. In the first criminal case
- [Doomsday Clock Set at 100 Seconds to Midnight](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/doomsday-clock-set-at-100-seconds-to-midnight/) - On 75th Anniversary, The Time is the Closest to Midnight in Clock's History - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – While the past year offered glimmers of hope that humankind might reverse its march toward global catastrophe, the Doomsday Clock was set at just 100 seconds to midnight on Thursday. The time is based on
- [Corporate Seditionists Are No Better than the Seditionists who Attacked the Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/corporate-seditionists-are-no-better-than-the-seditionists-who-attacked-the-capitol/) - Guest Column - By Robert Reich - Capitalism and democracy are compatible only if democracy is in the driver’s seat. That’s why I took some comfort just after the attack on the Capitol when many big corporations solemnly pledged they’d no longer finance the campaigns of the 147 lawmakers who voted to overturn election results.
- [We Must Protect Our Democracy and Restore Function to the Senate](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/we-must-protect-our-democracy-and-restore-function-to-the-senate/) - Guest Column - By U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen - Maryland Democrat - https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen/status/1483525335018844170 Thirteen days ago, we marked the one-year anniversary of the January 6th attack on the United States Capitol and on our democracy itself. While that assault did not succeed in stopping Congress from counting the electoral vote, our democracy is still
- [Alabama Football Coach Nick Saban and Other Sports Leaders Urge Senator Joe Manchin to Support Voting Rights Legislation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/alabama-football-coach-nick-saban-and-other-sports-leaders-urge-senator-joe-manchin-to-support-voting-rights-legislation/) - By Glynn Wilson - Alabama football coach Nick Saban and other sports leaders with ties to West Virginia are urging Senator Joe Manchin to support voting rights legislation, according to a letter dated January 13 that became public on Wednesday. "We strongly support urgently needed legislation that will protect both the rights of voters and
- [House Select Committee Investigating the Capitol Attack Subpoenas Giuliani and Legal Team That Pushed False Voter Fraud Claims](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/house-select-committee-investigating-the-capitol-attack-subpoenas-giuliani-and-legal-team-that-pushed-false-voter-fraud-claims/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol announced subpoenas Tuesday demanding documents from Rudy Giuliani and the legal team that pursued false claims of voter fraud in a series of lawsuits for former President Donald J. Trump. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson announced the
- [Can Altruism Trump Selfishness to Save Democracy and Planet Earth?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2020/02/can-altruism-trump-selfishness-to-save-democracy-and-planet-earth/) - What if we marshaled the resources of the sciences such as evolutionary biology and genetics, the social sciences like psychology, sociology, political science, communications research and cultural evolution, along with what we now know about scientifically objective journalism and even art, and ramped up an evolutionary machine of information, so to speak, to stop Trump and others of his ilk from coming to power or remaining in power around the world?
- [How America’s Complicated History With Toxic Exposure and Environmental Racism is Impacting Vulnerable Communities](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/how-americas-complicated-history-with-toxic-exposure-and-environmental-racism-is-impacting-vulnerable-communities/) - Guest Column - By Jonathan Sharp - Environmental racism is a kind of racial inequality prevalent in the United States of America and around the world. Environmentally toxic plants, dumping grounds and similar sites are often located in low-income areas populated by people of color. Exposure to materials in and around these sites often lead
- [The Fundamental Lesson from Martin Luther King, Jr.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/the-fundamental-lesson-from-martin-luther-king-jr/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I've got to write this fast. So listen up. A massive winter storm named Izzy is on the way from the west, or really swirling in from the southwest. When did they start naming winter storms like hurricanes? Anyway it will hit this afternoon
- [Maryland Attorney General Joins Coalition Suing in Federal Court to End Facebook’s 'Illegal' Monopoly](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/maryland-attorney-general-joins-coalition-suing-in-federal-court-to-end-facebooks-illegal-monopoly-2/) - Staff Report - ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh has joined a bipartisan coalition of 48 attorneys general around the country in continuing the court fight to end Facebook’s illegal efforts to stifle competition and protect its monopoly power. The coalition filed an appeal brief on Friday arguing that the district court’s
- [Photo Essay: A Day Trip to the Maryland State Capital of Annapolis](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/photo-essay-a-day-trip-to-the-maryland-state-capital-of-annapolis/) - By Glynn Wilson - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Jan. 12) -- Two days before Christmas in 1783, George Washington appeared in the old Senate chamber here to submit his resignation as commander in chief to the Continental Congress. "Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate
- [Maryland General Assembly Convenes in Election Year with Covid Surging](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/maryland-general-assembly-convenes-in-election-year-with-covid-surging/) - Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh Announces 2022 Legislative Priorities - Issues Expected to Dominate: Dealing with Covid, Redistricting, the Environment and Climate Change, Legalizing Pot, Banning Ghost Guns and Landlord Evictions - Editor's Note: We are taking an interest in the Maryland General Assembly this year, heading into session this week. We are particularly qualified
- [Oath Keepers Leader and Cohorts Indicted for Seditious Conspiracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/oath-keepers-leader-and-cohorts-indicted-for-seditious-conspiracy/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Oath Keepers extremist group founder and leader Stewart Rhodes, 56, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and charged with seditious conspiracy -- the toughest charge to date in the ongoing investigation -- along with 10 of his cohorts involved in planning for insurrection on Jan. 6,
- [One Year After Jan. 6, 2021: If Democracy is to Survive, Trump Must Be Tried and Convicted for Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/one-year-after-jan-6-2021-if-democracy-is-to-survive-trump-must-be-tried-and-convicted-for-insurrection/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 6, 2022) -- Not long after the sun came up on Jan. 6, 2021, while we got ready to watch Congress affirm the Electoral College results showing Joe Biden the winner in the presidential election of 2020, we found out that two Democrats had
- [Sunday Reader and Photo Essay: What If Wildlife Could Vote?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/sunday-reader-and-photo-essay-what-if-wildlife-could-vote/) - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. - What if the wildlife could vote? I don't know if the white-tailed deer would be Republicans, Democrats or independents. Would the bucks be conservatives and the does and fawns liberals? Would the male and female Northern cardinals argue about whether the federal government should
- [Video and Full Transcript: President Joe Biden Speaks to Congress on Jan. 6, 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/video-and-full-transcript-president-joe-biden-speaks-to-congress-on-jan-6-2022/) - President Joe Biden addressed the nation from Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022 to mark one year since the deadly assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Following is the video and full text transcript of his remarks. 9:16 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Madam Vice President, my fellow Americans: To
- [Photo Essay: Snow Shots in the First Blizzard of 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/photo-essay-snow-shots-in-the-first-blizzard-of-2022/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - We are not going to let a few inches of snow prevent the mission from going forward to “preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the National Park System for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations.” A
- [Facebook Hosted Surge of Misinformation and Insurrection Threats in Months Leading Up to Jan. 6 Capitol Attack, Records Show](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/facebook-hosted-surge-of-misinformation-and-insurrection-threats-in-months-leading-up-to-jan-6-capitol-attack-records-show/) - The Insurrection - The Effort to Overturn the Election - By Craig Silverman and Jeff Kao, ProPublica, along with Craig Timberg and Jeremy B. Merrill, The Washington Post -- Facebook groups swelled with at least 650,000 posts attacking the legitimacy of Joe Biden’s victory between Election Day and the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S.
- [Trapped in Washington, Snowed In Turns to Iced In](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/trapped-in-washington-snowed-in-turns-to-iced-in/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The pictures of a snow covered landscape look pretty and peaceful on Facebook (see more pictures below). But when a massive winter storm dumped 6-12 inches of wet, heavy snow all along the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, and the mercury dipped into the teens
- [New American Journal 2021 Year in Review in Stories and Pictures](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/new-american-journal-2021-year-in-review-in-stories-and-pictures/) - By Editor Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - This time last year, we were experiencing the snow on the ground after the white Christmas in Knoxville, Tennessee, where I wrote: "As the sun comes up over the smokies, reflecting the first morning light off a thick layer of Christmas white snow covering the ground and
- [The MoJo Road Less Traveled: Another Revolution Around the Sun](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/the-mojo-road-less-traveled-another-revolution-around-the-sun/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Well -- a "deep subject" haha -- on this first day of 2022, the good news is we made it on another revolution ride around the Sun. The million dollar question now is: What less traveled MoJo road stretches out ahead in this journey
- [Robert Frost: The Road Not Taken](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2022/01/robert-frost-the-road-not-taken/) - By Robert Frost - Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim,
- [Whatever You Do, Look Up. Otherwise We're All Going to Die](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/whatever-you-do-look-up-otherwise-were-all-going-to-die/) - Movie Review: ‘Don’t Look Up’ - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Some streaming movie fans are reeling away from the outrageous silliness of one of the top watched films on Netflix this year, "Don't Look Up." It's an American satirical science fiction film written, directed and produced by Adam McKay, another in a
- [National Park Service Announces Entrance Fee-Free Days for 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/national-park-service-announces-entrance-fee-free-days-for-2022/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Park Service will offer five entrance fee-free days in 2022, free admission days designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh the body, mind and spirit, according to
- [NASA's Webb Telescope Launches on Christmas Day](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/nasas-webb-telescope-launches-on-christmas-day/) - Staff Report - GREENBELT, Md. -- Early on Christmas morning, when many Americans were just waking up wondering if this would be the Christmas when Donald Trump would end up behind bars, the good scientists at NASA were busy at work as the new James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST on an
- [A Christmas Carol for Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All in 2021 and 2022](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/a-christmas-carol-for-peace-on-earth-and-goodwill-to-all-in-2021-and-2022/) - The Big Picture - Story and Photos By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Merry Christmas from the New American Journal, no matter how you celebrate the holiday -- or whether you celebrate at all. While Christians around the world celebrate Christmas as an annual festival commemorating the alleged birth of God's son Jesus, we
- [House Select Committee Hints of Recommending a Charge Against Trump to DOJ for Obstructing Congress](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/house-select-committee-hints-of-recommending-a-charge-against-trump-to-doj-for-obstructing-congress/) - The American People Want to See Trump on Trial for Insurrection - Letters to Santa: The Number One Wish is to See Trump Behind Bars for Christmas - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Clearly the American people want to see Donald Trump, the former Republican president, prosecuted for his
- [A Visit from St. Nicholas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/a-visit-from-st-nicholas/) - By Clement Clark Moore - 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sugar-plums
- [Letters to Santa: The Number One Wish is to See Trump Behind Bars for Christmas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/letters-to-santa-the-number-one-wish-is-to-see-trump-behind-bars-for-christmas/) - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. - We have exclusive, breaking news to report on the Eve of Christmas Eve. Inside sources with Santa's elves tasked with reading letters to St. Nick and compiling the results for the jolly old man at the North Pole say the number one wish from
- [More New Evidence Surfaces That Police and Military Officials Side With Trump Against American Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/more-evidence-surfaces-that-police-and-military-officials-side-with-trump-against-american-democracy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If Donald Trump and his so-called "conservative" Republican followers -- especially police officers and members of the military -- really want to do away with any semblance of American democracy and install a white nationalist dictatorship here in the United States, I really wish
- [Winter Solstice 2021: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/winter-solstice-2021-do-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/) - Do not go gentle into that good night - Dylan Thomas, 1914-1953 Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning
- [Florida Trump Supporter Sentenced to 5 Years for Attacking Capitol Police](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/florida-trump-supporter-sentenced-to-5-years-for-attacking-capitol-police/) - FBI Arrests Other Insurrectionist from Florida and Colorado - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - A man who watched and cheered the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, then moved to the front of the Trump mob and hurled a fire extinguisher, a plank and a long pole at police officers, was sentenced Friday to
- [Charles Sams Sworn In as First Native American National Park Service Director](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/charles-sams-sworn-in-as-first-native-american-national-park-service-director/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON. D.C. — The National Park Service got its first Senate confirmed director in five years Thursday when Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland swore in Charles F. “Chuck” Sams III in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The National Park Service languished under the presidency of Donald Trump, according to Roll
- [Democrats Govern by Raising the Debt Ceiling, Republicans Bash Them for Not Governing](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/democrats-govern-by-raising-the-debt-ceiling-republicans-bash-them-for-not-governing/) - What's Wrong With This Picture? - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - In this continuing fantasyland of two realities we find ourselves living in these days in the United States of America, no controversy sheds more light on the absurdity of it all than the battle to keep the government
- [House Upholds Vote by Committee Investigating the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol to Hold Mark Meadows in Contempt of Congress](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/house-committee-investigating-jan-6-attack-on-the-capitol-votes-to-hold-mark-meadows-in-contempt-of-congress/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House voted 222 to 208 to recommend holding Mark Meadows in criminal contempt of Congress Tuesday night after the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol voted unanimously on Monday to hold the former White House Chief of Staff and member of Congress
- [How Winter Could Replenish Us If We Could Get a Break from Crazy News](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/how-winter-could-replenish-us-if-we-could-get-a-break-from-crazy-news/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - So I woke up Sunday morning as I often do, listening to the show "On Being" on NPR. While spirituality is the subject of the show, it is a far cry from all the noisy preachers on radio and television pushing their denominational brand
- [It's the Worst of Times, the Best of Times, a New Gilded Age](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/its-the-worst-of-times-the-best-of-times-a-new-gilded-age/) - “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it
- [The Coors Light Insurrectionist: Texas Man Busted Due to Facebook Posts Showing Him Drinking Beer Inside Capitol](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/the-coors-light-insurrectionist-texas-man-busted-due-to-facebook-posts-showing-him-drinking-beer-inside-capitol/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - If you're planning a trip to the nation's capital to join an insurrection and storm the Capitol, you want to choose your drink of choice carefully. And don't forget to post photos and videos of yourself in the act on Facebook to make the job of the FBI
- [The Last Thing We Need is Another Day Which Will Live in Infamy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/the-last-thing-we-need-is-another-day-which-will-live-in-infamy/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - No one should aspire to being in a state of infamy. Yet it seems human beings have a genetic predisposition to end up there whether they plan it or not. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl
- [FBI and Justice Department Continue to Track Down Capitol Insurrectionists](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/fbi-and-justice-department-continue-to-track-down-capitol-insurrectionists/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Eleven months after the violent attack on the United States Capitol on Jan. 6 by fired up Trump supporters that came harrowingly close to stopping a peaceful transfer of power for the first time in American history, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are still
- [New Study Confirms the Science Forecasting More Frequent and Destructive Hurricanes Due to Global Warming](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/new-study-confirms-the-science-forecasting-more-frequent-and-destructive-hurricanes-due-to-global-warming/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Scientists for decades have been warning that climate change due to global warming from the burning of fossil fuels for energy would cause more destructive and costly hurricanes to hit the continental United States with increasing ferocity. Study after study show this to be the case. But as
- [Republicans Gazed Into the Government Shutdown Abyss and Stepped Back from the Brink](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/republicans-gazed-into-the-government-shutdown-abyss-and-stepped-back-from-the-brink/) - Congress Averts Another Costly Federal Furlough - “He who fights with monsters should be careful lest he thereby become a monster. And if thou gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will also gaze into thee.” - Friedrich Nietzsche By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republicans in Congress who still actively support Trump's insurrection
- [Congressional Republicans Play With Political Fire by Threatening a Government Shutdown](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/congressional-republicans-play-with-political-fire-by-threatening-a-government-shutdown/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Republicans are playing with political fire by threatening to shut down the federal government again Friday, this time all in the name of attempting to defund the Biden administration's vaccine mandate applying to the private sector, according to Politico's inside sources. The vast majority of Americans support vaccines
- [The Only Constant in Life is Change: Watch the National Christmas Tree Lighting for Inspiration](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/the-only-constant-in-life-is-change-watch-the-national-christmas-lighting-for-inspiration/) - “When you are finished changing, you are finished.” - Benjamin Franklin The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - I must not be finished, because I feel a change coming on, a change in the way I feel about America's national holidays. For most of my adult life, I tended to feel
- [Endangered Spotted Owls Get Another Chance](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/endangered-spotted-owls-get-another-chance/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The endangered California spotted owl has long been a symbol in the battle between preserving the environment and allowing the cutting of trees in the American West, a political football between those who want to protect the environment for wildlife and those who believe private profits for people
- [Vice President Kamala Harris Signals Peaceful Approach to Space and Focus on Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/12/vice-president-kamala-harris-signals-peaceful-approach-to-space-and-focus-on-climate-change/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Vice President Kamala Harris is taking a leadership role in guiding United States policy in space, signaling that the focus of the Biden-Harris administration is going to be on the peaceful exploration of space and using our best minds in science, technology, engineering and math to help tackle the
- [Steve Bannon Exploited Google Ads to Monetize Extremism](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/steve-bannon-exploited-google-ads-to-monetize-extremism/) - By Craig Silverman and Isaac Arnsdorf - ProPublica - Almost a year ago, Google took a major step to ensure that its ubiquitous online ad network didn’t put money in the pocket of Steve Bannon, the indicted former adviser to Donald Trump. The company kicked Bannon off YouTube, which Google owns, after he called for
- [Trump Supporters from California and New York Arrested and Charged in Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/trump-supporters-from-california-and-new-york-arrested-and-charged-in-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Three Trump supporters from New York and another from California have been arrested and charged for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020.
- [The Stakes Could Not be Higher for Democracy as Congress Returns to Work](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/the-stakes-could-not-be-higher-for-democracy-as-congress-returns-to-work/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thanksgiving turkey break time is over for members of Congress, who return to work in the Capitol this week and now have only a few weeks before the Christmas-New Years recess to find a way to fund the United States government and pass some key bills to show
- [Happy Holidays from the New American Journal](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/happy-holidays-from-the-new-american-journal/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahh, did you have a nice break curled up on the couch watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade on NBC? Or did you spend too much time arguing with relatives about politics while stuffing your face and drinking too much? For me, it was
- [On the 400th Anniversary of Thanksgiving, 1621-2021, A Toast to Winning](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/on-the-400th-anniversary-of-thanksgiving-1621-2021-a-toast-to-winning/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - Break out the turkey and dressing and don't forget the cranberry sauce. Get the football game up on the big flat screen HD TV, with the sound bar pumping out the crowd noise and pithy commentary. It's officially the 400th anniversary of America's first
- [If Democrats Want to Win in 2022 and 2024, Stop Boring People and Go On the Offensive](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/if-democrats-want-to-win-in-2022-and-2024-stop-boring-people-and-go-on-the-offensive/) - Release The Kraken, Kamala Harris - "The best defense is a good offense." -- Glynn Wilson The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The morning broke clear and cold on Monday after some light rain overnight, and the late fall wind was whipping in the 10 to 20 mph range in
- [Gabby and Brian, A Tragic American Story of Love Gone Wrong](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/23182/) - Nature Can Be a Fickle Beast - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Autumn 2021 is slipping away from us as the Earth tilts toward its winter position in the Northern Hemisphere, and the southern breezes give way to the north wind and colder temperatures in the Mid-Atlantic region. Old
- [International Space Station Goes on High Alert After Russians Blow Up Satellite in Space](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/international-space-station-goes-on-high-alert-after-russians-blow-up-satellite-in-space/) - Staff Report - The International Space Station went on high alert on Monday when a Russian anti-satellite test destroyed a satellite in space, creating a sufficient debris field to pose a threat to the station and its crew, according to a statement by NASA Administrator Bill Nelson. “Earlier today, due to the debris generated by
- [The United States is Back: The World's Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet Must Not Fail!](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/the-united-states-is-back-the-worlds-last-best-chance-to-save-the-planet-must-not-fail/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Wake up Washington. Wake up America. Wake up world. I've been a tad busy in the campground for the past couple of weeks and was not able to make it to Glasgow, Scotland for the big Climate Conference this year and have not had
- [Trump Insurrectionists From Alabama Arrested, One Pleads Guilty on Firearms Charges](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/trump-insurrectionists-from-alabama-arrested-one-pleads-guilty-on-firearms-charges/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The most heavily armed man arrested and charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack investigation is from Alabama, and he now faces years in prison after pleading guilty Friday to bringing five loaded firearms and 11 molotov cocktails in his truck to Trump's "Stop the Steal" rally, intended to
- [Trump Adviser Steve Bannon Indicted for Contempt of Congress for Refusing to Cooperate in the House Capitol Insurrection Investigation](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/trump-adviser-steve-bannon-indicted-for-contempt-of-congress-for-refusing-to-cooperate-in-the-house-capitol-insurrection-investigation/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the face of mounting criticism of President Joe Biden's Attorney General Merrick Garland for not bringing the full weight of the U.S. Department of Justice down hard on Trump loyalists involved in a plot to mount an insurrection Jan. 6 and stop Congress from legally certifying Biden
- [Colorado Man Arrested for Assault on Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/colorado-man-arrested-for-assault-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Colorado man was arrested this week for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the the presidential election of 2020. Thomas Patrick Hamner, 48, of Peyton, Colo., is charged with
- [New Jersey Man Sentenced to 41 Months in Prison for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/new-jersey-man-sentenced-to-41-months-in-prison-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A New Jersey man was sentenced to 41 months in prison this week for assaulting a Metropolitan Police Department officer and committing other criminal conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral
- [Fall Color, First Frost and Congress Passes Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/fall-color-first-frost-and-congress-passes-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Peak Autumn color arrived in the metro area this week, after cooler temperatures blew in from Canada and the first frost covered the ground in the campground here just 10 miles north of the Capitol and 11 miles from the White House. The color
- [Congressional Passage of the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is Huge](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/congressional-passage-of-the-1-2-trillion-infrastructure-investment-and-jobs-act-is-huge/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Timing, technical details and the Biden administration's old fashioned way of using media could be to blame for why the historic and future significance of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act got lost in the mediasphere and the meta verse over the weekend. Depending on what else
- [Americans Are Not Into Facebook’s New Name or CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Survey Shows](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/americans-are-not-into-facebooks-new-name-or-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-surveys-show/) - Staff Report - A week after Facebook Inc. announced its new corporate name Meta, along with a new logo as part of the company’s strategic shift toward focusing on the metaverse, the public’s initial reaction to the rebrand is less than enthusiastic, according to new data from Morning Consult. Americans feel even more unfavorably toward
- [Biden Administration Announces Plan to Cut Methane Pollution that Threatens the Climate and Public Health](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/11/biden-administration-announces-plan-to-cut-methane-pollution-that-threatens-the-climate-and-public-health/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Biden administration says the United States will for the first time heavily regulate the potent greenhouse gas methane, which leaks from oil and natural gas platforms and is a significant source of air pollution that is contributing to warming the atmosphere 80 times as fast as carbon dioxide,
- [The Future of Democracy and the Planet Are On the Line, and It's a Scary Future](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/the-future-of-democracy-and-the-planet-are-on-the-line-and-its-a-scary-future/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Up before the sun on Halloween 2021, viewing the world through a computer screen hooked up to the internet and a big TV connected to a broadcast antenna, we can see clearly what's going on here and all over the world, even in Glasgow,
- [It's A Scary Season in Washington, and We Don't Just Mean It's Halloween](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/its-a-scary-season-in-washington-and-we-dont-just-mean-its-halloween/) - The Scary Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's the season for scary things, and nowhere are things more scary for democracy and the planet than here in the nation's capital. In case you missed it because the Facebook news feed algorithm is hiding it from you, or none of your friends
- [Texas Man Arrested for Assault on Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/texas-man-arrested-for-assault-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Texas man has now been added to a list of insurrectionists arrested for crimes related to the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of carrying out the peaceful transfer of power by certifying the electoral
- [Exploring Shenandoah National Park in Virginia in Autumn](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/exploring-shenandoah-national-park-in-virginia-in-autumn/) - By Glynn Wilson - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. -- Warm, humid October weather that could be attributed to climate change due to global warming from humans burning fossil fuels for energy has slowed the arrival of peak Autumn color in the mountains of Virginia. But it was a beautiful day in the park anyway on
- [Select Committee on Capitol Attack Moves to Hold Trump Adviser Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/select-committee-on-capitol-attack-moves-to-hold-trump-adviser-steve-bannon-in-criminal-contempt/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol met Tuesday night and voted unanimously to hold Trump brain trust Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for blatantly defying a Congressional subpoena to produce documents and testify about his role in inciting the insurrection and attempted
- [Capitol Police Officer Indicted on Obstruction Charges For Aiding Insurrectionists After Jan. 6 Capitol Attack](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/capitol-police-officer-indicted-on-obstruction-charges-for-aiding-insurrectionists-after-jan-6-capitol-attack/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been arrested following his indictment on federal charges of obstruction of justice for aiding and communicating with right-wing domestic terrorists involved in the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and destroying evidence. The insurrection and attempted coup disrupted a joint
- [NASA to Fund Gamma-Ray Telescope to Chart the Evolution of the Milky Way Galaxy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/nasa-to-fund-gamma-ray-telescope-to-chart-the-evolution-of-the-milky-way-galaxy/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A proposal for a new space telescope that will study the recent history of star birth and death along with the chemical elements that formed the Milky Way has been selected by NASA and is expected to launch in 2025. The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a gamma-ray
- [Catch a Ride in a Time Machine: What Time and Place Would You Pick?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/catch-a-ride-in-a-time-machine-what-time-and-place-would-you-pick/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If you could catch a ride in a time machine what time and place would you pick? Time and place weigh heavy on my mind this weekend as I make my 64th annual ride around the sun on this beautiful blue planet, as mixed
- [As the World Turns: A Few Clear Words About Stealing Elections](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/as-the-world-turns-a-few-clear-words-about-stealing-elections/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the world turns on its axis and we observe human affairs through the lens of media and social media, it appears from here that we have turned another corner in the tenor of news coverage and public attention and opinion. The good news
- [Fear and Loathing: Wild, Vivid Dreams More Likely if You Sleep on Your Left Side](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/fear-and-loathing-wild-vivid-dreams-more-likely-if-you-sleep-on-your-left-side/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Here's a life hack for you. If you can't find anything worth watching at night on cable, Netflix or any of the other streaming services, try going to bed early and sleeping on your left side. You might find that your crazy dreams are
- [New Studies Show Climate Change Leads to the 'Biggest Health Threat Facing Humanity'](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/new-studies-show-climate-change-leads-to-the-biggest-health-threat-facing-humanity/) - 85 percent of the global population has experienced weather events made worse by climate change - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Two new science reports out Monday show that climate change is leading to major health threats against humanity and that at least 85 percent of the global population has experienced weather events
- [High Ranking Capitol Police Official Accuses Leaders and Congress of Not Telling the American People the Truth](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/high-ranking-capitol-police-official-accuses-leaders-and-congress-of-not-telling-the-american-people-the-truth/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's looking more and more like the American people will never be told the whole truth about Trump's insurrection and attempted coup d'état on January 6, 2021. The political news site Politico broke a story Friday afternoon based on an anonymous, "scathing" whistleblower letter to high ranking members
- [Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - A Pennsylvania man was arrested this week for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the final electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Michael James Dickinson, 30, of Philadelphia, is charged with federal
- [Blue Monday: The Day Facebook Went Down](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/blue-monday-the-day-facebook-went-down/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- For millions of people around the world, Facebook is simply another toy on the internet. Many people simply log in now and then and scan what's on the home page news feed on their smart phones, maybe hit like on a post or video, and don't engage on
- [Part III: Government Regulations and Objective Journalism Redefined](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/02/part-iii-government-regulations-and-objective-journalism-redefined/) - Editor’s Note: This is the third in a three part series on the death of the American Dream and the one last chance we have to save it. Part I: Death of an Empire – Did Trump’s Reality Show Presidency Finally Kill the American Dream? Part II: The Early Days of the Internet – What
- [National Park Service Network to Freedom Announces New Underground Railroad Sites](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/national-park-service-network-to-freedom-announces-new-underground-railroad-sites/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Park Service recently announced 18 new additions to the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom in 11 states to further provide insight into the experiences of freedom seekers who escaped slavery, along with those who assisted them. “The stories of freedom seekers, who risked everything to claim their
- [Government Shutdown Averted: Divided Democrats Still Threaten to Tank President Biden's Agenda](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/10/government-shutdown-averted-divided-democrats-still-threaten-to-tank-president-bidens-agenda/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American people can utter a brief sigh of relief this weekend as President Joe Biden signed a spending bill Thursday night that prevents a shutdown of the federal government, extending funding through early December. The bad news is we will all have to live through this threat
- [What's Your Survival Plan if Democrats Can't Govern and the Trump Republicans Return to Power?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/whats-your-survival-plan-if-democrats-cant-govern-and-the-trump-republicans-return-to-power/) - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the absence of Trump tweets and constant news coverage of Trump tweets it's hard to get the attention of people around the country to focus on any one big issue these days. After a major break from the news in May-July with vaccination
- [Two Charged with Conspiracy, Obstruction and Assault on Police Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/two-charged-with-conspiracy-obstruction-and-assault-on-police-related-to-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - A superseding indictment was unsealed recently adding new charges against two men for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Ronald Sandlin, 34, of Shelby County,
- [An Open Letter to Democrats: How to Avoid Losing in 2022 and 2024](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/an-open-letter-to-democrats-how-to-avoid-losing-in-2022-and-2024/) - Mark 4:9: "And he said, 'He who has ears to hear, let him hear.' Read More The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - If I seem to speak in parables, please forgive me. Writers can only tell stories and hope some people might understand and take action. There are people screaming at me in
- [Politicians in Washington Can Ruin the Most Beautiful of Days](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/politicians-in-washington-can-ruin-the-most-beautiful-of-days/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Capitol Weather Gang is calling Monday a 10 out of 10 kind of day. I have to agree with them. The high here will be 79, with the humidity hovering around 34 percent and an expected low of around 50. It's camping weather and time to get
- [House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Moves to Create a Select Committee to Investigate the Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/house-speaker-nanci-pelosi-moves-to-create-a-select-committee-to-investigate-the-capitol-insurrection/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — Impatient with Senate Republicans for blocking the creation of a bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol Jan. 6, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi moved this week to create a select committee with subpoena power to conduct a Congressional investigation into the insurrection that
- [House Select Committee Investigating Capitol Insurrection Issues New Subpoenas](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/house-select-committee-investigating-capitol-insurrection-issues-new-subpoenas/) - Mark Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Kashyap Patel and Stephen Bannon Targeted - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a new round of subpoenas on Thursday seeking documents and testimony from four individuals with close ties to the former president who were working
- [Capitol Police Issue Statement Announcing Discipline of Six Officers for Improper Conduct During Jan. 6 Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/capitol-police-issue-statement-announcing-discipline-of-six-officers-for-improper-conduct-during-jan-6-insurrection/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Buried under the sad news on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on America on Saturday, and an inconclusive declassified report on the role of Saudi Arabia in the attacks, the U.S. Capitol Police quietly published a short report on the role some officers played
- [I Heard It Through the Facebook Grapevine](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/i-heard-it-through-the-facebook-grapevine/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- The first day of autumn, 2021, started out with a pounding rain knocking the acorns out of the trees, landing on the media camper van roof with a loud pop, along with cooler temperatures that caused me to dig the portable heater out
- [Harpers Ferry: John Brown's Raid Made Him a Martyr, Foreshadowing Trump's Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/harpers-ferry-john-browns-raid-made-him-a-martyr-foreshadowing-trumps-insurrection/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - HARPERS FERRY, WV -- John Brown was hanged for his insurrection against slavery in 1859 and is blamed by some for helping to start the Civil War. Donald Trump still walks free to play golf and run for office again after his insurrection to overthrow the United States
- [Biden EPA Issues Final Rule Cutting Climate-Damaging Greenhouse Gases from Chemicals Used in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/biden-epa-issues-final-rule-cutting-climate-damaging-greenhouse-gases-from-chemicals-used-in-air-conditioning-and-refrigeration/) - By Glynn Wilson - The Biden administration issued a final regulation Thursday aimed at cutting emissions that lead to global warming and climate change by announcing the establishment of a program to cap and phase down the production and consumption of hydrofluorocarbons in the United States by 85 percent over the next 15 years, according
- [Fossilized Footprints in White Sands Reveal Human Habitation of North America Thousands of Years Earlier than Previously Thought](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/fossilized-footprints-in-white-sands-reveal-human-habitation-of-north-america-thousands-of-years-earlier-than-previously-thought/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – New scientific research conducted at White Sands National Park in New Mexico has uncovered the oldest known human footprints in North America. The discovery reveals evidence of human occupation in the Tularosa Basin beginning at least 23,000 years ago, thousands of years earlier than previously thought. The fossilized human
- [Kansas Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/kansas-man-arrested-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - A Kansas man was arrested Monday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the Electoral College votes in the presidential election of 2020. Michael Eckerman, 37, of Wichita, is charged
- [The Big Picture: As the World Turns Off-Kilter](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/the-big-picture-as-the-world-turns-off-kilter/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- The rain has stopped for now as the days grow shorter and cooler. The Autumnal equinox will be upon us next Wednesday, September 23, when the day and night will be of equal length, marking the start of Autumn. I would love nothing
- [Global Warming Causes Climate Change, Fueling Larger and More Violent Hurricanes](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/global-warming-causes-climate-change-fueling-larger-and-more-violent-hurricanes/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ida is a feminine given name found in Europe and North America, also popular in Scandinavian countries, where it is pronounced Ee-da. The name has an ancient Germanic etymology meaning "industrious" or "prosperous" and derives from the Germanic root id meaning "labor, work." Clearly the National Hurricane Center,
- [Capitol Insurrectionist Known as the QAnon Shaman Pleads Guilty to One Felony Count](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/capitol-insurrectionist-known-as-the-qanon-shaman-pleads-guilty-to-one-felony-count/) - Jacob Chansley Could Face Two Years in the Federal Pen, and Some Say That's Not Nearly Enough - By Glynn Wilson - The QAnon Shaman of Capitol insurrection fame pleaded guilty to one felony count on Friday and could face two years in the federal penitentiary. Jacob Chansley, a former Navy sailor and alleged actor
- [Capitol Insurrection Investigative Committee Seeks Records That Could Implicate President Trump and Other Republicans in Planning the Assault](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/capitol-insurrection-investigative-committee-seeks-records-that-could-implicate-president-trump-and-other-republicans-in-planning-the-assault/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The House Select Committee on the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is quietly signaling that former President Donald Trump and other Republicans involved in inciting the seditious assault may not escape scrutiny. Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, the Democrat from Mississippi, and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, the Republican from Wyoming,
- [FBI Seeks Public Assistance in Identifying Massachusetts Man Involved in Assault of Federal Officers During U.S. Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/fbi-seeks-public-assistance-in-identifying-massachusetts-man-involved-in-assault-of-federal-officers-during-u-s-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - The FBI is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man who is wanted for an alleged assault on federal law enforcement officers during the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. The FBI released new photos of this individual on Thursday in its efforts to identify
- [Summer 2021 Was Hottest on Record in the United States](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/summer-2021-was-hottest-on-record-in-the-united-states/) - Staff Report - Summer 2021 was the hottest summer on record, according to 126 years of records for the contiguous United States. So says a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released Thursday. The average temperature for all of the Lower 48 states from June through August was 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit, or 2.6
- [September 11, 2021: There's Good News, Bad News and Much Uncertainty](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/september-11-2021-theres-good-news-bad-news-and-much-uncertainty/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Like the wise man said, there is some good news, and some bad news, and lots of uncertainty. Which would you like to hear first? Even though Saturday will mark the 20th anniversary of the attacks on America on September 11, 2001, I'll start
- [Six More Plead Guilty for Role in Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/six-more-plead-guilty-for-role-in-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - Six more people pleaded guilty on Friday to charges connected to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including a man who threatened to shoot House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the head. Cleveland Meredith Jr. missed the pro-Trump rally in Washington, D.C., earlier this year, but stuck around long enough to tell family members
- [Never Forget 9/11: I Only Wish I Could](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/never-forget-9-11-i-only-wish-i-could/) - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson -Â WASHINGTON, D.C. -- I'm not a real fan of reliving sad, tragic moments on every anniversary like the rest of the news media in America, always desperate to attract attention and fill up space and time. I had to turn off Scott Simon on NPR on Saturday
- [Surveys Show Americans are Less Concerned About Climate Change Than People Around the World](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/surveys-show-americans-are-less-concerned-about-climate-change-than-people-around-the-world/) - There is little doubt this is caused by political rhetoric and media coverage - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If there are any communications scholars out there still trying to figure out how to accurately measure political and media influence on public opinion, look no further than a new survey out from the
- [Ida Makes Landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 Hurricane](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/ida-makes-landfall-in-louisiana-as-a-category-4-hurricane/) - Staff Report - Ida roared ashore in southeastern Louisiana on Sunday as a category 4 hurricane, bringing several feet of storm surge flooding and extreme winds that are crushing the Gulf Coast, according to reporting from the Weather Channel. Reports continue to trickle out of Grand Isle, Louisiana, detailing the disastrous conditions there, where water
- [Can the Rabbit Beat The Blob?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/can-the-rabbit-beat-the-blob/) - Escaping the Tiger Mosquitoes Blown in With Hurricane Ida - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When Hurricane Ida blew up from New Orleans, through Nashville and up U.S. Interstate 81 through Virginia and Maryland this week, ultimately plowing through Pennsylvania and drowning people in their basements in New York,
- [No More Hurricanes Named Ida: New Orleans Evacuates People in No Power Zones](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/no-more-hurricanes-named-ida-new-orleans-evacuates-people-in-no-power-zones/) - Staff Report - Hurricane Ida's deadly and destructive siege of wind and flooding from Louisiana to the Northeast virtually guarantees the retirement of that name from future use. Atlantic tropical storm and hurricane name lists repeat every six years unless a storm is so severe that the name is retired from future lists. This avoids
- [Heeding Steve Bannon’s Call, Election Deniers Organize to Seize Control of the GOP — and Reshape America’s Elections](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/heeding-steve-bannons-call-election-deniers-organize-to-seize-control-of-the-gop-and-reshape-americas-elections/) - By Isaac Arnsdorf, Doug Bock Clark, Alexandra Berzon and Anjeanette Damon - ProPublica - One of the loudest voices urging Donald Trump’s supporters to push for overturning the presidential election results was Steve Bannon. “We’re on the point of attack,” Bannon, a former Trump adviser and far-right nationalist, pledged on his popular podcast on Jan.
- [People Paralyzed by Existential Threats: At Least We Can Say We Tried](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/09/people-paralyzed-by-existential-threats-at-least-we-can-say-we-tried/) - Sierra Club's Michael Brune Resigns Amid Accusations of Racism by John Muir - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Buried under the avalanche of disaster news of late -- hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Covid surge -- there are a few important developments in the headlines that most news
- [Déjà Vu All Over Again: Hurricane Ida Moves Ashore in Louisiana](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/deja-vu-all-over-again-hurricane-ida-moves-ashore-in-louisiana/) - And Other Disasters Facing the Nation and the Planet - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's Déjà vu all over again. Yogi Berra made that phrase famous when he witnessed Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris repeatedly hitting back-to-back home runs in the New York Yankees' seasons in the early
- [Hurricane Ida Expected to Rapidly Intensify Ahead of Landfall in Louisiana](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/hurricane-ida-expected-to-rapidly-intensify-ahead-of-landfall-in-louisiana/) - Staff Report - Hurricane Ida is forecast to rapidly intensify into a major hurricane as it draws closer to the northern Gulf Coast this weekend, where it will bring life-threatening storm surge, dangerous rainfall and flooding, and potentially catastrophic winds and tornadoes on the 16th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ida is currently centered 400 miles
- [Hurricane Ida Slams Louisiana, Overtopping Levees and Trapping People in Attics](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/hurricane-ida-slams-louisiana-overtopping-levees-and-trapping-people-in-attics/) - Staff Report - Hurricane Ida's catastrophic crawl across Louisiana inundated miles of roadways and neighborhoods, ripped apart buildings and trapped hundreds of residents who can't call 911 because service has been knocked out, and cannot be rescued because conditions are still too treacherous to reach them. At least one levee overtopped in lower Jefferson Parish,
- [There's Some Good in This World, And it's Worth Fighting For](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/theres-some-good-in-this-world-and-its-worth-fighting-for/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- It's 79 degrees here in the campground near Camp David, about a mile as the crow flies, and once again, we are breaking down to head back into the suburbs of Washington, D.C. for the weekend. While disasters strike much of the world,
- [Forty Million People Rely on the Colorado River and It’s Drying Up Fast](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/forty-million-people-rely-on-the-colorado-river-and-its-drying-up-fast/) - By Abrahm Lustgarten - ProPublica - On a 110-degree day several years ago, surrounded by piles of sand and rock in the desert outside of Las Vegas, I stepped into a yellow cage large enough to fit three standing adults and was lowered 600 feet through a black hole into the ground. There, at the
- [Oklahoma Man Arrested for Assault on the Press During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/oklahoma-man-arrested-for-assault-on-the-press-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. — A domestic terrorist from Oklahoma was arrested on Aug. 19 for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020 that certified Joe
- [Robert Reich: The Media Bias No One is Talking About](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/robert-reich-the-media-bias-no-one-is-talking-about/) - Editor's Note: As a media scholar, I have been writing about this for years. Guest Column - By Robert Reich - The mainstream media has historically tried to balance left and right in its political coverage, and present what it views as a reasonable center. That may sound good in theory. But the old politics
- [Secret Vistas: A River Runs Through It](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/secret-vistas-a-river-runs-through-it/) - Originally published July 31, 2005, as an introduction to our web publishing ventures in The Locust Fork News-Journal. Editor’s Note: Editor and Publisher Glynn Wilson usually writes a weekly column on Sunday. By Glynn Wilson - Editor and Publisher - LOCUST FORK RIVER, Blount County, Ala., July 30 – “I am haunted by waters,” author
- [Texas and Ohio Men Arrested and Charged With Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/texas-and-ohio-men-arrested-and-charged-with-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-insurrection/) - Staff Report - A Texas man and Ohio man were arrested last week for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the presidential election of 2020. Steven Cappuccio, 52, of
- [Biden EPA Bans Chemical Pesticide Linked to Psychological Health Disorders in Children](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/biden-epa-bans-chemical-pesticide-linked-to-psychological-health-disorders-in-children/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Millions of children just in the United States have been diagnosed with some form of attention deficit disorder and/or hyperactivity disorder by psychiatrists and psychologists, and are often treated with pharmaceutical medication or behavioral therapy. But what if these problems are not genetic or cultural psychological issues, but
- [The News Deluge Lurches From One Disaster to Another](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/the-news-deluge-lurches-from-one-disaster-to-another/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- The drizzling rain has stopped outside the camper van window for now, although more rain from Tropical Storm Fred is on the way to the mid-Atlantic region after making landfall along the Florida panhandle. Fred Hits the Southeast: Possible Tornado Leaves Damage in
- [July 2021: The Hottest Month In Recorded Human History](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/july-2021-the-hottest-month-in-recorded-human-history/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It's official, and one for the record books. July was the hottest month ever recorded in human history, according to new data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Centers for Environmental Information.. "In this case, first place is the worst place to be," NOAA Administrator Rick
- [If Hate Trumps Love, and War Trumps Peace, Only Altruism Can Combat Selfishness](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/if-hate-trumps-love-and-war-trumps-peace-only-altruism-can-combat-selfishness/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - Love versus hate. Peace versus war. Empathy versus apathy. Altruism versus selfishness. These are the fundamental struggles between humans and their evolutionary nature on planet Earth. There's always lots of talk about love going on, but it never seems to hold the power to conquer hate. In
- [The First Two Insurrectionists Plead Guilty to Felony Assault of Police Officers During Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/the-first-two-insurrectionists-plead-guilty-to-felony-assault-of-police-officers-during-capitol-breach/) - Defendants Repeatedly Assaulted Police and Stole Riot Shields and Batons to Aid in Violent Attack - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The first two felony guilty pleas for assaulting police officers in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection came this week, when two men from Washington State and New Jersey admitted to assaulting police officers
- [Exposing Corruption in the American Press is Critical for the Future of Democracy](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/exposing-corruption-in-the-american-press-is-critical-for-the-future-of-democracy/) - "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." - Thomas Jefferson By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When Thomas Jefferson said that, newspapers were the only means of communicating with citizens about
- [Code Red for Humanity: UN Report Warns of 'Unprecedented' and 'Catastrophic' Climate Change](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/code-red-for-humanity-un-report-warns-of-unprecedented-and-catastrophic-climate-change/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Back in the 1980s, into the 1990s and as recently as this year, scientists, science writers and environmental activists warned people and governments that human industrial activity fueled a catastrophic greenhouse effect that was warming the planet and changing the climate. The United Nations led the early warning
- [Some Say the World Will End in Fire](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/some-say-the-world-will-end-in-fire/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some say the world will end in fire. Maybe they are right. Whether you cling to Biblical prophesy or believe the science of global warming and climate change, much of the world does seem to be on fire these days, and it seems to
- [Robert Reich: Trump Bombshell Should Shock Us All](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/robert-reich-trump-bombshell-should-shock-us-all/) - Guest Column - By Robert Reich - We’ve become so inured to Donald Trump’s proto-fascism that we barely blink an eye when we learn that he tried to manipulate the 2020 election. Yet the most recent revelation should frighten every American to their core. Last Friday, the House oversight committee released notes of a 27
- [Clickbait: Georgia's Marjorie Taylor Greene Incites Gun Violence Against Health Workers as She Raises Money in Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/clickbait-georgias-marjorie-taylor-greene-incites-gun-violence-against-health-workers-as-she-raises-money-in-alabama/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the risk of giving Georgia's nut job Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene more of the kind of press and attention she craves, and her followers more reason to double down and give her money like they do former White House con man Donald Trump, let's just say Green
- [Delta Variant Grips Dixie: Capitol Insurrection Investigation Hearings Begin](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/delta-variant-grips-dixie-capitol-insurrection-investigation-hearings-begin/) - It didn't have to be this way. - Oh Alabama, New Orleans and Little Rock too It didn't have to be this way When a free shot would do. YouTube: Neil Young - Alabama The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - It's 72 degrees in the city Trump called a swamp.
- [Story Totem Pole With a Message for People About Accountability to Mother Earth Arrives in Washington, D.C.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/story-totem-pole-with-a-message-for-people-about-accountability-to-mother-earth-arrives-in-washington-d-c/) - Editor's Note: How can we open up the eyes and ears, hearts and minds of human beings to face facts and help deal with humanity's most pressing problems, like wearing masks and getting vaccines to avoid infection from the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2 and to prevent spreading the virus to others, or realizing that global
- [Federal Judges Scold Capitol Insurrectionists During Sentencing Hearings](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/federal-judges-scold-capitol-insurrectionists-during-sentencing-hearings/) - They are neither patriots or political prisoners, judges say - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal judges of both parties are harshly scolding defendants charged for their actions during the U.S. Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, saying they are neither patriots or political prisoners, then letting them out of jail on minimum sentences
- [National Gallery of Art Reopens in Nation's Capital](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/08/national-gallery-of-art-reopens-in-nations-capital/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Where else in America can you see in person a painting by Leonardo da Vinci? No where. Ginevra de' Benci is a portrait painting by Leonardo da Vinci of the 15th-century Florentine aristocrat Ginevra de' Benci. The oil-on-wood portrait was acquired by the National Gallery of Art in
- [Setting the Record Straight on the Lewis and Clark Expedition](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2017/02/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-lewis-and-clark-expedition/) - Having grown up in the American South and had professional and other adventures in the East for the most part, I too suffered from a pollyannaish view of the west. I honestly had no idea you could still travel the Lewis and Clark Trail and encounter the same Indian tribes they encountered. I guess I figured they were all mostly killed off by the U.S. Army and smallpox. It’s not like the information is not out there.
- [Red Road to DC: Lummi Nation to Transport Climate Change Totem Poll from Washington State to Washington, D.C.](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/red-road-to-dc-lummi-nation-to-transport-climate-change-totem-poll-from-washington-state-to-washington-d-c/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As record-breaking heat waves and floods ravage the continent, members of the Lummi Nation are transporting a 25-foot, hand-carved and painted totem pole from Washington State to Washington D.C., visiting many sacred and historic places along the way under threat from climate change, dams and resource extraction. They are
- [Delta Covid is Resurging, and So Too Trumpian Politics](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/delta-covid-is-resurging-and-so-too-trumpian-politics/) - Guest Column - By Robert Reich - Despair is worse after a brief period of hope. I don’t know about you, but I was elated earlier this spring when it seemed as if Trump and COVID were gone, and Biden seemed surprisingly able to get the nation rapidly back on track. Now much is sliding
- [Charlottesville Proves Pivotal in War on Confederate Monuments](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/charlottesville-proves-pivotal-in-war-on-confederate-monuments/) - By Glynn Wilson - CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- This city was not a pivotal location during the Civil War from 1861-65, but the often violent and deadly battle over removing the statue of Robert E. Lee in 2017 put Thomas Jefferson's home town front and center in the national war on Confederate monuments and how today's
- [U.S. Justice Department Declines to Defend Mo Brooks in Capitol Insurrection Lawsuit](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/u-s-justice-department-declines-to-defend-mo-brooks-in-capitol-insurrection-lawsuit/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- North Alabama's most vocal pro-Trump Republican Congressman, Mo Brooks -- who will most likely win a seat in the United States Senate in November, 2022 since he has no effective opposition -- will have to defend himself in a lawsuit claiming he was directly involved in inciting the
- [Pennsylvania Man Arrested for Assault on Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/pennsylvania-man-arrested-for-assault-on-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - A Pennsylvania man was arrested Tuesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Samuel Lazar, 35, of Ephrata, is charged with federal
- [Delta Variant Takes Out Republicans, as Evidence of Climate Change Competes to Dominate the News](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/delta-variant-takes-out-republicans-as-evidence-of-climate-change-competes-to-dominate-the-news/) - The Big Picture -Â By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Proving the adage that "a lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes," and show that posting false information on the inter-web appears to be far more profitable than telling the truth, consider the case of
- [The COVID Games in Tokyo, and the Blame Game for the Dying in Red Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/the-covid-games-in-tokyo-and-the-blame-game-for-the-dying-in-red-alabama/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- If ever there was a use for Twitter, other than Donald Trump's tweets, it is the COVID Games in Tokyo. I almost feel sorry for NBC, but not really, since it is so easy to ignore the NBC Olympics Twitter feed along with The
- [The Tortured History of Industrial Slavery Emerges from Hidden Graveyard and Gaines Faces from the Latest Science](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/the-tortured-history-of-industrial-slavery-emerges-from-hidden-graveyard-and-gaines-faces-from-the-latest-science/) - By Glynn Wilson - THURMONT, Md. -- Think about the picture in your head when someone mentions the word "slavery." What comes to mind? Maybe you think of a black man or woman picking cotton in the American South, with a huge, white columned mansion in the background. That would be a "stereotype," as Walter
- [Mississippi Man Arrested for Assaulting Police During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/mississippi-man-arrested-for-assaulting-police-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Mississippi man was arrested Wednesday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election. Michael Leon Brock, 54, of Walls,
- [The Fake Heroism of Space Billionaires](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/the-fake-heroism-of-space-billionaires/) - Guest Column - By Robert Reich - Within hours, Jeff Bezos will blast off into space, a week after Richard Branson went up. Another small step for billionaires. Once upon a time, long long ago, people with names like John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Buzz Aldrin, and Sally Ride blasted into space. None was selected on
- [Florida Republican Sentenced to Eight Months in Prison for Illegally Entered U.S. Capitol Jan. 6](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/florida-republican-sentenced-to-eight-months-in-prison-for-illegally-entered-u-s-capitol-jan-6/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Florida man was sentenced to eight months in prison this week with 24 months of supervised release and a fine of $100 for his role in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the
- [Hey Google, Amazon, Facebook: Is There a God?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/hey-google-amazon-facebook-is-there-a-god/) - “I do not feel obligated to believe that the same god who endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forego their use.” - Galileo Galilei Sunday Reader - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In April of 1966, Time magazine set off a firestorm of public debate and made a
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- [#SuitMacer: New York Man Arrested for Assaulting Cops During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/suitmacer-new-york-man-arrested-for-assaulting-cops-during-jan-6-capitol-breach/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A New York man has been arrested for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the presidential election electoral votes and certified Joe Biden as president, and Donald
- [Epiphany: Let Justice Be Done Though the Heavens Fall](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/epiphany-let-justice-be-done-though-the-heavens-fall/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sometimes epiphanies come in dreams. I had another one of those this morning as my brain was trying to coax my body into waking up. Not that I haven't realized this before, and defied the knowledge. The scene was set in New Orleans, and
- [Murder Suspect in Brian Shaw's Death Released on Bail Bond in Alabama](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/murder-suspect-in-brian-shaws-death-released-on-bail-bond-in-alabama/) - Staff Report - One of the suspects in the murder of Red Cross volunteer Brian Shaw of Alabama has been released on bail bond, according to a spokesman at the St. Clair County Jail in Asheville. Andray LaQuarn Pope Jr., 20, of Birmingham, was apprehended and charged with theft of property first and possession of
- [Camping in the Washington, D.C. Area Can Be A Rewarding Challenge](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/camping-in-the-washington-d-c-area-can-be-a-rewarding-challenge/) - Secret Vistas - By Glynn Wilson - SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Va. -- The American west is on fire again with wildfires burning in 11 states. Temperatures are setting records with highs in the 120 degree range. A heat dome hovers over the region, and the devastating drought continues unabated. New Orleans and the states along
- [Finding An Escape From Global Warming in the Mountains of the East](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/finding-an-escape-from-global-warming-in-the-mountains-of-the-east/) - CAMPING EAST - By Glynn Wilson - CATOCTIN MOUNTAIN, Md. -- It's only the first official week of summer and it's already peaking out at 91 degrees, according to the official forecast in the nation's capital today. But here, in the campground in the shade, it's only 83 degrees, according to the New American Journal
- [States Sue Google for Antitrust Monopoly](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/states-sue-google-for-antitrust-monopoly/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorneys general in 36 states and the District of Columbia are suing tech giant Alphabet Inc. under antitrust laws in the United States alleging that Google is running an illegal and unfair monopoly. Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh joined the coalition of 37 attorneys general Wednesday in the
- [Florida Member of Oath Keepers Charged with Conspiracy for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/florida-member-of-oath-keepers-charged-with-conspiracy-for-role-in-jan-6-insurrection/) - Staff Report - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Florida man and member of the Oath Keepers was arrested Friday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of counting the electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election.
- [June Sets Record for Hottest Ever in North America](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/june-sets-record-for-hottest-ever-in-north-america/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- James Rhodes of Coulterville, California can attest to how hot it was in June, even at 1800 feet above sea level in the shadow of Yosemite National Park and only a three hour drive from San Francisco. "It's been really hot," he said, with one wildfire in the
- [Vive la Liberté: Has American Patriotism Suffered a Fatal Blow?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/07/vive-la-liberte-has-american-patriotism-suffered-a-fatal-blow/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As people in the United States get ready to find some way to celebrate the Fourth of July again after a reopening of sorts from last year's shut down in the hellscape year of 2020, I can't help but find myself wondering: Has American
- [FreightCar America Got a $10 Million PPP Loan, Then Closed Its Plant and Moved Manufacturing Jobs to Mexico](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/freightcar-america-got-a-10-million-ppp-loan-then-closed-its-plant-and-moved-manufacturing-jobs-to-mexico/) - By Lydia DePillis - ProPublica - Late last summer, after churning along through the pandemic with only a two-week pause, managers at FreightCar America called hundreds of workers into the break area at the company’s factory near Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to tell them that the plant was closing for good. For some employees, the news
- [Research Shows Many American Conservative Republicans Suffer From Right-Wing Authoritarian Tendencies](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/research-shows-many-american-conservative-republicans-suffer-from-right-wing-authoritarian-tendencies/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- It will come as no surprise to college educated Democrats, liberal college professors and experienced journalists that American conservative Republicans who supported Donald Trump are subject to right-wing propaganda, political manipulation and suffer from authoritarian tendencies in the name of a mixed up anti-government philosophy based on a
- [Why Solving the Murder Mystery of the Coronavirus Origin is Politically Important](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/why-solving-the-murder-mystery-of-the-coronavirus-origin-is-politically-important/) - The Big Picture - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Murder mysteries have never really been my thing. Back in the days prior to personal computers and the internet when reading popular books, my reading tended more to the international political thrillers of Robert Ludlum than the mysteries of Agatha Christie. Of course I
- [Biden Justice Department Files Lawsuit Against Georgia for Discriminatory Voting Law](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/biden-justice-department-files-lawsuit-against-georgia-for-discriminatory-voting-law/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia on Friday accusing the Republican controlled legislature of intentional discrimination for passing a voting law with strict constraints on ballot drop boxes that would bar election officials from sending absentee ballot applications to voters,
- [New Details Suggest Senior Trump Aides Knew Jan. 6 Rally Could Get Chaotic](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/new-details-suggest-senior-trump-aides-knew-jan-6-rally-could-get-chaotic/) - The Effort to Overturn the Election - By Joshua Kaplan and Joaquin Sapien - ProPublica - On Dec. 19, 2020, President Donald Trump blasted out a tweet to his 88 million followers, inviting supporters to Washington for a “wild” protest.Earlier that week, one of his senior advisers had released a 36-page report alleging significant evidence
- [As Congress Takes on Big Tech with Antitrust Legislation, Are Members Asking the Right Questions?](https://www.newamericanjournal.net/2021/06/as-congress-takes-on-big-tech-with-antitrust-legislation-are-members-asking-the-right-questions/) - By Glynn Wilson - WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Democrats launched a series of legislative efforts this week to try tackling the monopoly power of Big Tech. But are they asking the right questions? And will the efforts simply fail because Republicans won't go along? Led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, a Democrat from
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