Dow’s toxic Enlist Duo pesticide just got the green light in 34 states. Scott Pruitt and the Environmental Protection Agency are putting corporate interests ahead of people’s health and the health of our planet. Now, we’re taking them to court. Dow AgroScience’s Enlist Duo is a highly toxic pesticide with extremely adverse effects on … Continue reading DOW’S TOXINS GET GREEN LIGHT
Month: March 2017
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THE ORIGIN OF THE TRUMP FORTUNE
http://www.thevint agenews.com/2016/09/23/origins-trump-fortune/ Donald Trump has deep roots in Germany. His grandfather, Friedrich Trump was born in the small southwest German town of Kallstadt in 1869. Even today, the town has just over 1,000 inhabitants. At the age of 16, he emigrated to the United States to join his sister in New York. He immediately found work … Continue reading THE ORIGIN OF THE TRUMP FORTUNE
DEFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/610 This bill will effectively start the school voucher system to be used by children ages 5 to 17, and starts the de-funding process of public schools. The bill will eliminate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESSA) of 1965 which is the nation's educational law and provides equal opportunity in education. It is a … Continue reading DEFUNDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS
EAT ONLY ORGANIC
Spinach jumped up four spots on this year’s Dirty Dozen™ list putting it in second place for produce with the highest levels of pesticide residue, just behind strawberries. Spinach contained the most pesticides by weight, including a neurotoxic bug killer called permethrin, which has been banned on food in Europe and is linked to ADHD … Continue reading EAT ONLY ORGANIC
Trump’s Extreme Oligarchy
by Simon Johnson Simon Johnson, a former chief economist of the IMF, is a professor at MIT Sloan, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of a leading economics blog, The Baseline Scenario. He is the co-author, with James Kwak, of White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, … Continue reading Trump’s Extreme Oligarchy
TRUMP’S RUSSIAN SCANDAL
DOSSIER PROVING TO BE RIGHT: Rachel Maddow takes the lead in the investigation of the Russian Connections as Congress defaults. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8abLxGh_RQc&list=PLDIVi-vBsOEyETRGoRP9y8zhyu6bHl6iK&index=1 By Steve Benen The first real sign of trouble came last summer, when Republican officials were putting together the party platform at their national convention in Cleveland. As regular readers know, when … Continue reading TRUMP’S RUSSIAN SCANDAL
The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/rural-america-understanding-isnt-problem#.WLwogO2w1Uw.facebook ELECTION 2016 In deep-red white America, the white Christian God is king. By Forsetti's Justice As the aftermath of the election of Donald Trump is being sorted out, a common theme keeps cropping up from all sides: "Democrats failed to understand white, working-class, fly-over America.” Trump supporters are saying this. Progressive pundits are saying … Continue reading The Dark Rigidity of Fundamentalist Rural America
OLIGARCHY vs DEMOCRACY
Before the U.S. Presidential Election of 2017, five or six (perhaps more) members of the Trump election team talked with the Russians, one of whom was the Russian Ambassador, who doubles as a known spy for Putin. We cannot help but try to imagine what was said. It was too early to talk about Obama's … Continue reading OLIGARCHY vs DEMOCRACY
JEFF SESSIONS’ WAR ON WEED
(ANTIMEDIA) It seems Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former comments claiming the enforcement of federal marijuana rules is a “strain on federal resources” have been completely forgotten. The former Alabama senator showed his true colors on this issue during a recent exchange with reporters, and we now know his office is “going to look” at cases in some states … Continue reading JEFF SESSIONS’ WAR ON WEED
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