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Democrats Face Ridicule and Ire for Letting GOP Ram Through Six More Right-Wing Judges

Less Than Year After GOP Tax Scam, Six Biggest Banks Already Raked in $9 Billion in Extra Profits

Jake Johnson, staff writer

Wall Street's latest earning report provides further evidence of "just how rigged the system is against working people and the middle class."

While President Continues to Play Dumb on Murder, 2016 Reporting Shows Saudis Only Blacklisted Khashoggi After Journalist Criticized... Trump

Julia Conley, staff writer

Saudi journalist, Global Opinions columnist for the Washington Post, and former editor-in-chief of Al-Arab News Channel Jamal Khashoggi offers remarks during POMED's "Mohammed bin Salman's Saudi Arabia: A Deeper Look." (Photo: POMED/Flickr/cc)

"So the Saudis murdered a journalist they previously banned for speaking badly...

For Next Weapon in Anti-Protest Arsenal, US Military Building Plasma Gun Capable of Vaporizing Human Flesh

Jon Queally, staff writer

At its highest setting, the new laser weapon would painfully vaporize the outer...

'Are You Kidding Me?' Outrage as Dems Push 'Incremental Steps' Over Bold Agenda Needed to Save Planet

Local Fury and Health Concerns as Japan Plans to Dump a Million Tons of Radioactive Fukushima Water Into Ocean

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As Trump Accused of Conspiring With Saudis Over Khashoggi Murder, Dems Demand Full Disclosure of Financial Ties

After Leaked Video, Sanders and Warren Demand Bezos Answer for Amazon's "Potentially Illegal" Union Busting

As Trump Vows "A Lot of Cutting" After Midterms, Americans Urged to Protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid at the Voting Booth

At the Heart of Global Woes, 157 of World's 200 Richest Entities Are Now Corporations, Not Governments

UPDATED: In Latest Fit of Censorship, Facebook Deletes Video Detailing Brutal Legacy of Christopher Columbus

Telecom Lobby Firms Subpoenaed to Lift 'Fog of Fraud and Spam' Surrounding FCC's Net Neutrality Comments

'Unreal': Claiming Concerns Over 'Political Activity,' Georgia Officials Order Black Seniors Off Bus Headed for Early Voting

'Groveling' Before Murderous Kingdom, Trump Complains Saudis Deemed 'Guilty Until Proven Innocent' Like Kavanaugh

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PEN Sues: It Is Up to Those of Us Who Depend Upon A Free Press To Rise In Defense Of It

Conceding Trump's 1st Amendment right to abuse, demean or even noxiously slam the media as "enemies of the people" but fiercely rejecting his right to use the power of government to "punish and stifle" it, PEN America, representing thousands of writers, is suing him in federal court. The suit seeks to stop any move to "retaliate or threaten reprisals" against news coverage he dislikes - the sort of thing wannabe dictator Trump has repeatedly engaged in, and that the courts have found illegal.