Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia is not happy about the Supreme Court’s decision to save President Obama’s signature healthcare law. In a fiery dissent Scalia lashed out at Chief Justice John Roberts for his key vote to save a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allowed the fede[...]
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So, the President now has the authority to … what?
Chad Lupkes (Facebook) CLICK IMAGE TO READMORE ABOUT TPP ON THE AVE So, the President now has the authority to … what? Negotiate without having to worry about Congressional review? Agree to a deal with our Pacific Rim trading partners with no regard to workers rights? I honestly don’t ha[...]
BREAKING NEWS: US Troops On the Ground In Syria
Abu Sayyaf Killed by US Special Forces WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) – U.S. special operations forces killed a senior Islamic State leader, who helped direct the group’s oil, gas and financial operations, during a raid in eastern Syria, the Pentagon and White House said on Saturday. The W[...]
TPP is on its way
Reuters reports that U.S. senators have agreed to a bipartisan bill to move trade deals quickly through Congress . The key element was agreement on aid for workers hurt by trade. Fast track authority restricts Congress to a yes-or-no vote in exchange for setting negotiating objectives, laying out h[...]
Why is South Carolina Still Obsessed with Obama: The Poem “NIGGERS IN THE WHITE HO– USE”
A few evenings ago I watched a TV news program with a white politician defending the right of southerners to have confederate flags on their license plates. After all, the man said, it is time for reconciliation … this long after slavery every Southerner, black and white, should take pri[...]
A BLOGGER CLAIMS OBAMACARE IS NOT WORKING
ObamaCare Is it working? Posted on March 20, 2015 by hughschwartz on his blog Our president and the Democratic Congress are singing the praises of Obama care. It definitely has given more people access to health care. It protects people with pre-existing conditions from losing their benefits when [...]
Do not compare the US with Rome, Please
As US power wanes, the radical right is blaming Obama. I do not blame anyone. I think the flag wavers for American power are living in a fantasy land where Washington DC is the most recent capital of the Roman Empire … a claim made before by Rome, Constantinople, Moscow, Vienna, and Lo[...]
Bani Sadr: An Iranian President Sees The Lausanne Agreement as a Major Blow to Iran’s Theocratic Rulers.
For the US, the news is very good. For Israel, not so much. The Global Post has a very important interview with Abolhassan Bani-Sadr:, the first President of the Iranian Republic. Bani-Sadr was forced to into exile because his views on the US were too moderate for the radicals who had fermented [...]