The Republican Party revealed its true colors on Tuesday, when nineteen GOP senators sided with the Democrats to pass an extremely misnamed $1.2 trillion “infrastructure” bill through the Senate. Note the names of the Senators that sided with the Democrats: Roy Blunt, Missouri Richard Burr, North Carolina Shelley Moore Capito, West Virginia Bill Cassidy, Louisiana […]
This headline / subheadline pair certainly do read like the Mother of all Conspiracy Theories. Two foul tastes that together may lead to subservience of billions of people, and the elimination of those pesky Christians… right? As such an evil conspiracy is clearly beyond the reaches of reality, then, one must dismiss this piece out […]
In this news roundup I give the larger techno context to the seemingly bizarre and unrelated stories being pushed in the media. Cecil? Harambe? Lions with carunka?? Veganism and diet? What about the problems of pollution and the Changing Images of Man, and the First Global R3volution document? I give you the larger context, as well as a free of charge Gill Bates Ted Talk original.
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Last Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump signed new sanctions into law against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The legislation was supported so overwhelmingly in Congress that President Trump’s ability to veto the legislation was rendered completely ineffective.
A group of senators introduced a bill on July 25, 2017 in the hopes of banning Chlorpyrifos, a toxic pesticide implicated in the poisonings of farm workers. Introduced by Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico, the bill challenges President Trump’s efforts to loosen environmental regulations. [1]
On May 24, 2017, the House passed a measure reversing an EPA requirement that those spraying pesticides on or near rivers and lakes file for a permit. Opponents are referring to the legislation as the “Poison Our Waters Act.” The bill’s real name is the “Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2017.” [1]
A GOP bill in Congress could give employers access to employees’ personal medical and genetic information and increase financial penalties for people who reject workplace wellness programs. [1]
House Republicans have proposed this legislation that would make it easier for companies to gather DNA and health information from employees and their families – children included – when it’s collected as part of a ‘voluntary’ workplace wellness program. Debate still remains, however, on the effectiveness of such wellness programs in general. [2]
Homeless Korean War veteran Thomas Moore, 79, left, speaks with Boston Health Care for the Homeless street team outreach coordinator Romeena Lee on a sidewalk in Boston. M (AP/Steven Senne)
“You get all of these promises that, ‘Hey, you do 20 years and you’ll get this.’ And when it comes down to the end, it’s like, damn. You really can’t support your family when they are taking your whole check away.”
On March 10, Maryland’s House of Delegates passed legislation to ban hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, 97 to 40. The bill’s next hurdle is the Senate, where a key lawmaker has resisted efforts to permanently prohibit the practice. [1]
“Freedom is the recognition of necessity.” — Friedrich Engels
