Trump deploys paramilitary secret police to trigger urban violence as a reelection strategy

By Robert A. Vella This is what all authoritarians do.  This is what fascists especially do.  This is what Donald Continue reading →

COVID-19 record, a sycophant governor, GOP falls deeper, Mary Trump, and a crackdown in Portland

By Robert A. Vella In today’s news, we’ll examine another record number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the Continue reading →

Trump surrenders, border crisis intensifies, U.S. pride drops, Libyan war crimes, Japan resumes whaling

By Robert A. Vella President Trump has apparently surrendered on his attempt to add a controversial citizenship question to the Continue reading →

Under the Radar: Examining Trump’s Executive Order on Administrative Law Judges

By Robert A. Vella Two days ago, President Trump issued an executive order on administrative law judges (a.k.a. ALJs).  The Continue reading →

Margaret Atwood faces feminist backlash on social media over #MeToo

Canadian author Margaret Atwood is facing a social media backlash after voicing concerns about the #MeToo movement and calling for Continue reading →

Oklahoma has started using device that can take money out of your bank account and off credit cards

Oklahoma Highway Patrol began using a new device they have begun using called ERAD—Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine. Continue reading →

The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’

The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while Continue reading →

Koch Industries Fires Kansas Teachers

For those of you who don’t know yet, our corporate masters kicked Kansas public education, teachers and students to the Continue reading →