Georgia

Georgia GOP Turns Into A Political Madhouse At Exactly The Wrong Time

 Kelly Loeffler-- the first U.S. Senator to publicly embrace QAnon Well-meaning but politically naive self-identifying Democrats who are laboring under the impression that "anything blue" is the way to go, are going to be very disappointed in 2021. Cheri Bustos' DCCC has guaranteed a totally dysfunctional conservative Democratic House caucus and Schumer has done even worse in the Senate.

Gilead has paid $178 million to doctors to promote drugs despite patient deaths

American pharmaceutical giant Gilead has paid at least $178 million to doctors and $81 million to hospitals in the US to promote and prescribe the company’s drugs despite cases of deaths and severe side effects. The drug-maker funded as many as 21,833 physicians in 2019 alone, according to data about Gilead payments from 2013 to 2019. Arms […]

Will Women-- Including Rural Women-- In Red States Break Away From Their Menfolk On November 3rd And Save The Country From The Authoritarianism The Men Crave?

 New polling by YouGov for The Economist suggests a bigger swing away from Trump in rural America than in the suburbs. The magazine reported that Democrats are doing less badly among rural voters We'll get to that in a second. But first let me give you a little background on Howard County, Iowa (no relation).

Why Does the Right-Wing Support Cross-Border Office Holders?

Among the phrases that are guaranteed to trigger right-wing backlash are “global governance” and “world government.” However, when it comes to appointing foreign citizens to high government posts, conservative governments are at the forefront of such “global governance.” When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson appointed former Australian Prime Minister (and fellow right-winger) Tony Abbott as an official adviser to the British Board of Trade, including a role in advising on the United Kingdom’s Brexit implementation, alarms were triggered in London and Canberra.

Georgia cover-up of deaths in $3.3 billion pharmaceutical project: documents

A new data leak reveals that the Georgian government and US drug giant Gilead have failed to investigate at least 249 deaths of patients enrolled in a $3.3 billion Hepatitis C elimination project. Arms Watch has analyzed these documents allegedly originating from the Ministry of Health of Georgia and leaked anonymously on Twitter. We have […]