Robert MartinQAnon Conspiracy Theory What QAnon Documentaries Reveal About How Conspiracies Flourish verified_publisherPOLITICO - Derek RobertsonAnd, in the process, how far their insidious ideas are beyond the media’s control. A media suddenly bereft of the eye-popping right-wing extremism once peddled daily by the 45th president has found its...
Robert MartinCorporate Law Robert Reich: How corporations crush the working class verified_publisherSalonThis originally appeared on Robert Reich's blog. The most dramatic change in the system over the last half-century has been the emergence of corporate giants like Amazon and the shrinkage of labor unions....
Robert MartinU.S. Politics As Biden approaches 100th day in office, Republicans admit difficulties in attacking his agenda verified_publisherBusiness Insider - John L. DormanPresident Joe Biden has befuddled Republicans in Washington, DC. He successfully pushed through his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill despite the objections of every congressional Republican, arguing...
Robert MartinRace & Ethnicity A Brief History Of How Racism Shaped Interstate Highways wuwf.org - Noel King In his $2 trillion plan to improve America's infrastructure, President Biden is promising to address the racism ingrained in historical …
Robert MartinAmerica First The Klu Klux Kaucus will end in tragedy Raw Story - Thom Hartmann, Independent Media Institute Well, now they're just coming right out and saying it. Several Southern Republican members of the House of Representatives have proposed a Klu Klux …
Robert MartinPolicing Police in Minnesota round up journalists covering protest, force them on the ground and take pictures of their faces verified_publisherUSA TODAY - Adrianna RodriguezJournalists covering a protest in a Minneapolis suburb Friday night were forced on their stomachs by law enforcement, rounded up and were only released after having their face and press credentials photographed....
Robert MartinTexas Senate Senate OKs bill allowing Lake Austin property owners to secede from city statesman.com - Philip Jankowski The Texas Senate approved a bill Thursday that would pave the way for hundreds of Lake Austin shoreline properties to secede from the city of Austin …
Robert MartinClarence Thomas Conservative Judges Are Manipulating the History of Eugenics to Overturn Roe v. Wade verified_publisherslate.com - Mark Joseph Stern In upholding a ban on certain abortions, a federal appeals court drew directly from Justice Clarence Thomas’ playbook. On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of …
Robert MartinU.S. Politics Trump supporters discussed how to execute members of Congress prior to Capitol siege Daily Dot - Mikael Thalen Supporters of former President Donald Trump discussed executing members of Congress just weeks before the riot at the Capitol. In discussions on …
Robert MartinUnited States Oklahoma Senate Passes Bill Allowing Drivers to Hit Protesters Without Being Charged The Root - Zack Linly Oklahoma lawmakers have passed a bill that they’re pretending is about protecting citizens when it’s really about their contempt for anti-racism …
Robert MartinMatt Gaetz A bunch of Matt Gaetz’s former classmates, acquaintances, and party girls are speaking out Queerty - Graham Gremore Another day, another absolutely terrible day in the press for Matt Gaetz. Not one but two bombshell reports were just dropped about the antigay …
Robert MartinCEOs CEO gets the last laugh after Fox News called him a "lunatic" for paying all employees $70K | Boing Boing boingboing.net - Carla Sinclair When CEO of Gravity Payments Dan Price announced in 2015 that everyone in his company would get a pay raise to at least $70,000 a year, and that he …
Robert MartinRon DeSantis Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Is Real Mad YouTube Took Down His Covid-19 Misinformation Circlejerk verified_publisherGizmodo - Tom McKay Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hasn’t quite reached the last stage of mad, red, and nude online over YouTube moderation, but he’s getting there, per a …
Robert MartinWastewater Millions of tons of nuclear wastewater from Fukushima will be dumped into the sea Live Science - Brandon Specktor The water contains more radioactive material than the plant's managers previously stated. Japan's government announced on Tuesday (April 13) that it …
Robert MartinU.S. Politics Here’s How the Texas GOP Wants to Restrict Voting - The Bulwark The Bulwark - Kimberly Wehle Last year, nearly every state took steps to make it easier for eligible Americans to vote during the pandemic. But this year, Republican lawmakers …
Robert MartinU.S. Politics Fox News hosts accused of conspiring behind the scenes with Trump attorneys as network faces lawsuit verified_publisherSalonThis article originally appeared on Raw Story A new court filing argues that Fox News anchors cannot hide behind the First Amendment after helping former president Donald Trump and his allies spread election...
Robert MartinInternal Revenue Service IRS chief says some $1T in taxes going uncollected annually verified_publisherPOLITICO - Aaron LorenzoHis estimate goes far beyond the official $441 billion difference between taxes paid and taxes owed annually, the so-called tax gap, reported by the IRS. The amount of taxes going uncollected by the federal...
Robert MartinVoter Fraud Fact checking Texas lawmaker's claim of 400 voter fraud 'cases' houstonchronicle.com - Taylor Goldenstein Yet that number is almost 10 times larger than the number of people with pending voter fraud charges in Texas, which is 43, according to data from …
Robert MartinGeorgia (U.S. State) It’s Not Just Georgia: More Than A Dozen Other States Are Trying To Take Power Away From Local Election Officials verified_publisherFiveThirtyEight - Nathaniel Rakich Georgia’s new election restrictions have garnered no shortage of criticism thanks to provisions that directly impose additional burdens on voters, …
Robert MartinUnited States Republicans angered after over 100 top corporate leaders meet to push back against GOP war on voting verified_publisherSalonOver 100 top corporate leaders convened in a "first-of-its-kind" virtual meeting to plan a concerted response to the Republican-backed voting rights restrictions that have swept the nation. The move comes...
Robert MartinU.S. Politics Leaked video reveals a GOP plan to intimidate Black and brown voters in Houston verified_publisherSalonDonald Trump's neofascist slogan, "Make America Great Again," was always best understood as a threat against nonwhite people, women, the LGBTQI community and others for whom "the good old days" were in...
Robert MartinPolling‘The Rock’ Sounds Like He’s Considering Running For President After Reacting To Poll Saying 46 Percent Of Americans Would... brobible.com - Jorge Alonso Could Dwyane ‘The Rock’ Johnson actually run for President one day?Earlier this week a new poll from Piplsay revealed that at least 46 percent of …
Robert MartinWomen of Color A new study found that Black women are 3 times more likely to die from COVID-19 when compared to white men verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Yelena DzhanovaNew research suggests Black women are dying from the coronavirus at higher rates than any other demographic in the US, except Black men. A team of university researchers from schools all around the country...
Robert MartinCalifornia Ten Things to Know about West Hollywood Mayor and California Rising Political Star Lindsey P. Horvath wehoville.com - Tony Castro Ten Things to Know about West Hollywood Mayor Lindsey Horvath, a rising star in California politicsThe post Ten Things to Know about West Hollywood …
Robert MartinCoronavirus (COVID-19) Brooklyn woman gets COVID 3 weeks after Johnson & Johnson vaccine New York Post - By Jon Levine A Brooklyn woman who managed to avoid catching COVID-19 throughout 2020 went down with the bug this month — three weeks after being vaccinated. Ashley …
Robert MartinProud Boys Proud Boys and other far-right groups raise millions via Christian funding site verified_publisherThe Guardian - Jason WilsonA data breach from Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo has revealed that millions of dollars have been raised on the site for far-right causes and groups, many of whom are banned from raising funds...
Robert MartinHate Groups Mike Pence caught quietly adding hate group leader to his new organization's advisory board verified_publisherSalonThis article originally appeared on Raw Story Former Vice President Mike Pence launched his new organization, Advancing American Freedom, on Wednesday. Since then, one name has quietly been added to the...
Robert MartinU.S. Politics High number of Trump political appointees sought permanent jobs in final year NBC News - By Adam EdelmanMany of the attempted conversions made in the period between Election Day and Joe Biden’s inauguration did not move forward, according to documents obtained by NBC News. The number of political appointees...
Robert MartinCollege & University A Billionaire-Funded Website With Ties to the Far Right Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors verified_publisherThe Intercept - Alice Speri When Pete Hatemi, a political science professor at Pennsylvania State University, got an email from a student he didn’t know asking him to become a …
