Bad News: Skyrocketing Unemployment and Escalating Pandemic Deaths foretell a gloomy April

By Robert A. Vella The weekly report of unemployment claims released today by the U.S. Department of Labor far surpassed Continue reading →

Saturday Supplement: Parnas interview exposes Devin Nunes, today’s Women’s March, and much more

By Robert A. Vella Rachel Maddow‘s interview with indicted Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, which was widely viewed (see:  Rachel Continue reading →

Manafort sentence, 737 and Trump, Big college scandal, Polarization in schools, Planned Parenthood ruling

By Robert A. Vella Manafort sentence After getting a very light sentence of just 4 years last week in his Continue reading →

News Briefs for a Hump Day

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that civil forfeitures imposed by state and local governments Continue reading →

Judge gives ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen 3 years in prison

NEW YORK — Michael Cohen, who as President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer and fixer once vowed he would “take a Continue reading →

Manafort’s secret meeting with Assange, and speculation about his failed plea deal

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, we discovered why Special Counsel Robert Mueller delayed the sentencing hearing for former Trump campaign Continue reading →

KKK figure sentenced to eight years for firing gun at Virginia rally

A Maryland man who identified himself as a leader of the Ku Klux Klan was sentenced on Tuesday to eight Continue reading →

Ex-Kentucky judge sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking

A former Kentucky judge has been sentenced to 20 years in prison on human trafficking charges. Timothy Nolan, a 71-year-old Continue reading →