Meanderings of a Manic Mind: Today’s news on the coronavirus pandemic and President Trump

By Robert A. Vella As has been previously reported on this blog, new COVID-19 infections are rising across America’s heartland Continue reading →

More bombshells hit the Trump Administration, plus lots of other important news

By Robert A. Vella Explosive news stories are landing on President Trump‘s thoroughly corrupt administration at a rate reminiscent of Continue reading →

In Targeting Reporter, Justice Dept. Backs Trump’s Anti-Press Rhetoric

The revelation on Thursday that the Justice Department had seized years of phone and email records from Ali Watkins, a Continue reading →

Judge strikes down overtime pay hike for 4.2 million workers

U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant’s ruling affects an estimated 4.2 million workers who would have been eligible for time-and-a-half wages Continue reading →

A Lesson in Corporatism: Government collusion revealed in recent Airline Industry consolidation

By Robert A. Vella The dangers of corporatism (i.e. the close association between big business and government) have been discussed Continue reading →

Retribution as State Policy

By Robert A. Vella “Vengeance is mine,” saith the state. One of the hallmarks of authoritarian systems is the retribution Continue reading →

The Games Politicians Play: Secret 28 Pages of 9/11 Document finally released, redacted of course

By Robert A. Vella 28 pages of the 2002 congressional inquiry into the 9/11 terrorist attacks have been kept secret Continue reading →

FBI wants access to Internet browser history without a warrant in terrorism and spy cases

The Obama administration is seeking to amend surveillance law to give the FBI explicit authority to access a person’s Internet Continue reading →