Amazon launched a shameless bid for corporate welfare last week when it announced plans to build a second corporate headquarters somewhere in the U.S. One consultant estimated the company would be seeking up to $1-billion in tax incentives and other benefits from the winning city. The Real News Network interviewed me last week and I outlined many of the … [Read more...]
Seattle Mayor Resigns After New Sexual Abuse Victim Comes Forward
NOTE: Middle East Eye just published my latest contribution, a report on the not-so-secret visit of a senior Saudi prince to Israel to discuss the deteriorating strategic position of their regional alliance. I hope you'll give it a read and promote it via social media. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, besieged by a fifth victim of his alleged sexually abusive … [Read more...]
We Were as Dreamers
Today, Donald Trump killed the dream. He sentenced nearly 1-million American children to exile. Their parents had the good sense to want a better life for them than what they could offer in their homelands. Except they had the misfortune of not waiting till they arrived in this country to birth those babies. That is the only difference between Citizen … [Read more...]
Charlottesville Officials Permitted Mass Pogrom, One Dead, Scores Injured
UPDATE: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who himself is a former white supremacist, announces a federal civil rights investigation of the Charlottesville massacre. In the meantime, Richard Spencer announces he will return to finish the work he started in Charlottesville. Not happy with killing only one person, he wants to return and kill some … [Read more...]