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Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Another gift from Trump to Putin.  Stalin is smiling in hell....

The United States is removing nearly 12,000 American troops from Germany and will move the headquarters of U.S. European Command from Germany to Belgium.... 


Monday, August 10, 2020

The Trump Administration isn't just deporting migrant children, it's expelling them as part of a shadowy program run by a private and seemingly unqualified contractor that is imprisoning them in hotels.


Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Nice job draining the swamp Trump.  In fact, lobbying and corruption are off the charts and growing exponentially.

Chris Christie dreamed of becoming president. Now, he’s settling for a different role in Washington: lobbyist.

Christie registered to lobby for the first time only last month, in the middle of a lobbying boom fueled by the federal government’s multitrillion-dollar response to the pandemic.... leaning on his ties to the administration....


Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Approximately 40,000 meat plant workers have tested positive for Covid-19.  At least 168 have died. Rather than investing in measures to protect workers in the future, the companies have donated to Republican legislators and pushed for special immunity from legal liability.  This is corruption.  This is the swamp.


Monday, August 3, 2020

Even before the vaccine is here, the profiteering on Wall Street is flowing.

The race is on to develop a coronavirus vaccine, and some companies and investors are betting that the winners stand to earn vast profits from selling hundreds of millions — or even billions — of doses to a desperate public.

Across the pharmaceutical and medical industries, senior executives and board members are capitalizing on that dynamic.


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