by ProPublica | Oct 29, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Republished with permission from ProPublica, by Robert Faturechi After Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina dumped more than $1.6 million in stocks in February 2020 a week before the coronavirus market crash, he called his brother-in-law, according to a new Securities...
by Common Dreams | Oct 21, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Opinions & Commentary
Republished with permission from Common Dreams, by Robert Reich Excuse me but I have to vent. Three House Democrats and one Democratic senator are now blocking a proposal to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices. Medicare is such a big purchaser of drugs that it has...
by ProPublica | Oct 20, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Republished with permission from ProPublica, by Bianca Fortis A $6 billion federal program created to provide fresh produce to families affected by the pandemic was mismanaged and used by the Trump administration for political gain, a new congressional report has...
by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 7, 2021 | Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Opinions & Commentary, Progress & Solutions
Joe Manchin is now infamously quoted as saying he “Does not want to see us becoming an ‘Entitlement Society.'” Too late Joe, we’re already there and have been for many decades. You think people getting more of the Social Security or MediCare...
by Marty Kassowitz | Oct 1, 2021 | Money Over People, Politics, Corruption & Criminality, Quick Facts
According to Republican Members of Congress, and some Democrats—think Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema—the reason we can’t afford things like healthcare, education and generally ensuring the prosperity of the American people is that we supposedly need a huge...