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Michael Moore Is Right: Rick Snyder Has To Go To Jail
Earlier today, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver met in Lansing to discuss how the city and the state will manage the on-going lead contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan.
On Tuesday, Snyder declared a state of emergency for Genesee County, the county surrounding Flint.
The Bundy Boys Want to Take Us Back to the Articles of Confederation
The armed right-wing militia members who are occupying the headquarters of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge out in Oregon say they believe in and want to defend the Constitution.
How Corporate Greed Caused the Massive CA Methane Leak
If you don't live on the West Coast of the United States, you might not have heard about the massive natural gas well leak that's been venting natural gas into the atmosphere at a rate of more than 100,000 pounds per hour for over two months.
Trump Gives Terrorism a Boost
If Donald Trump fails in his quest to become the 45th President of the United States, he’ll always have a career in terrorist propaganda.
For months now, security experts have been warning us that Trump’s call for a ban on all Muslims entering the United States was going to become a recruitment goldmine for terrorist groups.
Well, those security experts were right.
Tag You're It!
Hey Folks,
Thom here writing again to ask for your help. Free Speech TV is nearing the end of its year-end campaign and your support could make the difference in whether or not we meet our goal.
The Big Lie on the War Against Drugs
If you've shopped at a gardening supply store in the last year, and if you happen to live with someone who drinks tea, guess what?
Your local sheriff could just send a SWAT team into your house.
It's not a far-fetched scenario, in fact it actually happened, here in America, just 3 short years ago.
The Huge Public Health Crisis That No One’s Talking About
America is in the midst of a full-blown public health crisis.
Around 282 people every day - over 32,000 people every year - are dying from a totally preventable cause.
This totally preventable cause, by the way, just isn’t a problem in most other developed nations.
How Apple is Hurting the American Taxpayer
It's the holidays, and whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or anything else, there's one thing that we all have in common.
Corporate America wants us all to buy stuff, lots of stuff.
Our Obsession with Having Strong-Man Leadership is Un-American
If you’ve watched any the Republican debates this election cycle, you’ve probably heard one of the candidates say something about how we need a big strong leader in the White House.
This idea, that America needs a strongman type leader, is very popular right now among conservatives.
More than half of Americans are flat broke.
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four needs an income of at least $60,000 dollars a year to reach a “adequate but modest living standard.” But, fifty percent of all Americans make less than half that amount.
Paul Buchheit over at Alternet reports that new Social Security Administration data shows that one out of every two Americans is living in – or damn near close – to flat out poverty.