Articles by Mark Taylor

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Police State America May 18, 2020

‘This American Life’ Episode On American Refugee Camps Wins First-Ever Pulitzer Prize For Radio Investigative Report

    [Editor’s Note: This amazing episode of ‘This American Life’ profiles the brutal, inhumanity of American asylum policies on the southern border. In the midst of our own struggles these days, we cannot lose our humanity by ignoring the terror inflicted on innocents in our name and on our dime. To do so is to lose our humanity. — Mark L. Taylor] This American Life (5/15/20) Last week, our episode “The Out Crowd“ won the very first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded to a radio show. This is the episode that won, with some updates on the stories. Hear what the Trump administration’s…

ALL ARTICLES, Climate Change May 18, 2020

‘We Are In A Planetary Emergency’ — Michael Moore Responds To Environmental Movement Criticisms Of Movie ‘Planet Of The Humans’

By Michael Moore Rumble (5/5/20) Michael Moore lays out the stakes of the extinction level event we are currently facing, the failures of the eco-capitalist movement and why we must change course. Link To 38-Minute Audio To Read Michael’s Written Piece, “We Are In A Planetary Emergency” visit his Facebook page HERE.   To view “Planet Of The Humans” — Link To 1-Hour, 40-Minute Video

ALL ARTICLES, American Socialist Tradition May 18, 2020

May Dispatch From The Democratic Socialists Of America: Crisis & Opportunity

  “Only a crisis — actual or perceived — produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes the politically inevitable.” By Maria Svart DSA National Director (5/8/20) We knew well before COVID-19 that capitalism was killing us. The shootings of Ahmaud Arbery and Sean Reed, each caught on video, and the completely different treatment of black people vs white ones by police during the lockdown,…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, Economic Injustice, M. Taylor Columns, One Percenters May 14, 2020

House Dems’ Covid-19 Zero ‘Heroes Act’ A Recruiting Gift To Fascist Movement

Twisted by loyalty to corporate whim, corporate democrats are blind to the seeds of destruction they are sowing. By Mark L. Taylor The Commoner Call (5/14/20) Once again House democrats under the leadership of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) left average working people — those losing their jobs, health care and homes in the midst of a deadly pandemic — out in the cold. In the democrats’  recently proposed “Heroes Act” corporate interests — and even corporate lobbyists for Godsake — got a full menu of bailouts, tax breaks, kickbacks and tax shelters. Meanwhile, the people at risk — those working…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Rethuglicans, Trumpenstan May 14, 2020

Are Trump & Anti-Lockdown Militias Itching For Actual Violence?

  The implications for the 2020 election are dire. By Mehdi Hasan Deconstructed / The Intercept (5/7/20) PROTESTS HAVE BROKEN out in and around several state capitols, with demonstrators, among them armed right-wing militia members, attempting to pressure their state governments to end the Covid-19 lockdowns. Could this end in violence, and what does it portend for the presidential election? Scholar of right-wing extremism Nicole Hemmer joins Mehdi Hasan to discuss the protests. Nicole Hemmer: Donald Trump is no stranger to the language of political violence. It’s something that he has encouraged throughout his presidential campaign and throughout his presidency. Link To

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care, Rethuglicans May 14, 2020

Combining Different Models, New Coronavirus Projection Shows At Least 110,000 Deaths By June 6

About 7,000 people are projected to die in the first week of June. By Nurith Aizenman & Sean McMinn NPR (5/13/20) More than 82,000 people in the U.S. have died of COVID-19 as of Tuesday. How many more lives will be lost? Scientists have built dozens of computational models to answer that question. But the profusion of forecasts poses a challenge: The models use such a wide range of methodologies, formats, and time frames, it’s hard to get even a ballpark sense of what the future has in store. Enter Nicholas Reich, a biostatistician at University of Massachusetts Amherst. Reich and his colleagues have…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, FEATURE, Police State America, Surveillance State, Trumpenstan May 14, 2020

‘Screen New Deal’ — How Crisis Will Lead To Every Detail & Action In Your Life To Be Tracked By Google & Other Tech Giants

Under Cover of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-Tech Dystopia By Naomi Klein The Intercept (5/8/20) OR A FEW fleeting moments during New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefing on Wednesday, the somber grimace that has filled our screens for weeks was briefly replaced by something resembling a smile. “We are ready, we’re all-in,” the governor gushed. “We are New Yorkers, so we’re aggressive about it, we’re ambitious about it. … We realize that change is not only imminent, but it can actually be a friend if done the right way.” The inspiration for these…

ALL ARTICLES May 14, 2020

Code Blue America: Magical Thinking Runs Aground On The Reality Of Science

  “I find our testing record nothing to celebrate whatsoever.” — Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) criticizing Trump lack of virus testing (5/12/20) ***** “We are running out of time to save lives.” — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), senate hearing (5/12/20) By Dan Peak The Commoner Call (5/14/20) Dear Fellow Readers, What is the goal of coronavirus testing? It’s about limiting the spread and saving lives. The number of tests you promise for some future date is not a solution; the damning conclusion of Trump’s failure is that the US represents 4% of the global population but continues to represent one-third…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care May 14, 2020

‘The Next Crisis’: Due To GOP & Dem Inaction Up To 43 Million More Americans Could Lose Health Insurance Due To Pandemic, Study Shows

Last month, the Economic Policy Institute estimated that 12.7 million people had already lost their employer-based health insurance. By Julia Conley Common Dreams (5/10/20) Medicare for All advocates on Sunday pointed to the latest study on the looming health insurance crisis already becoming apparent amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has led to job losses for more than 33 million people in the past two months. Because health insurance is tied to employment for about half the country—160 million people—as many as 43 million are expected to lose their health insurance due to the pandemic, according to a new report by the Robert Wood Johnson…

ALL ARTICLES, Resist! May 14, 2020

Building The General Strike Movement To Challenge & Change Our Brutal Political & Economic System

Constantly changing in response to new situations makes it more difficult for law enforcement, the government, and corporations to predict what the movement will do. By Kevin Zeese & Margaret Flowers Popular Resistance (5/3/20) Now that May Day is behind us, we must build the General Strike campaign. The next strike day, June 1, should be the culmination of a month of working toward the day of action.  This is the responsibility of everyone involved in the General Strike movement. Join the next Popular Resistance General Strike call on Thursday, May 28 at 7:00 pm Eastern. Register at bit.ly/MayDayMeeting. This is an ongoing campaign….

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ALL ARTICLES May 14, 2020

AFL-CIO Video Conference, Friday, May 15: Fighting For All Workers During The Crisis

Team AFL-CIO (5/13/20) COVID-19 and the economic fallout from the pandemic has hit working people in this country hard. Join us on Facebook Live to hear about how we’re fighting for all workers. Current unemployment numbers are at the highest level since the Great Depression. Working families are suddenly finding themselves without health insurance during a public health crisis, and the future of our economy is appearing more and more uncertain with each passing day of inaction by the Trump administration. And workers are on the front lines of this crisis, risking our health and our lives to keep America…

ALL ARTICLES May 14, 2020

Black Agenda Radio For Week Of May 11, 2020

  Black Agenda Report (5/11/20) Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” Proposal Appeals to Black Misleaders: Black Alliance for Peace national organizer Ajamu Baraka said de facto Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” plan for Black America “assumes that all you have to do is provide a few little tweeks to the system and everything will be just fine.” But, “the US economy has collapsed and the impact on Black workers is profound.” Baraka, the 2016 Green Party vice presidential candidate, said only the Black Misleadership Class will sing the praises of Biden’s “symbolic, paternalistic crumbs.” US Systemic Collapse is “Total”: The…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know May 14, 2020

‘Murder Most Foul’ — What Everybody Is Missing About Bob Dylan’s JFK Song

Premeditated. Foul. Strange. Unnatural. Mark those words. They were carefully chosen. By Richard Eskow WhoWhatWhy (5/9/20) In the rash of hot takes that followed Bob Dylan’s release of a previously unknown track, most commentators tiptoed around the true news value: a major cultural icon has boldly given voice to a widely held, but professionally radioactive belief: that John F. Kennedy was killed, not by the “lone nut” Lee Harvey Oswald, but as part of a plot that was tantamount to a coup d’etat. And one that reshaped and misdirected his own generation and those that followed. This is an intriguing topic, but…

ALL ARTICLES, Quotes May 14, 2020

Notably Quotable: “Of course, everybody wants to save every life they can — but…”

  “Of course, everybody wants to save every life they can — but the question is, towards what end, ultimately?”  — Chris Christie, former New Jersey governor and Trump pal They Are Giving You Death and Calling It Liberty ***** “What’s been happening to working people in this country is like a frog in boiling water, where things get more dire and extreme, where there has been this slow burn of declining stability and voice, and this crisis turned up the heat and exposed just how unconscionably corporations treat workers in our economy and society. This is not just a momentary surge…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, One Percenters, Trumpenstan May 11, 2020

The Chilling Truth: Trump Is Willing To Kill You & Your Family To Win Reelection

Trump needs just enough of an economic bounce by November to help him slither through the piles of corpses. By Les Leopold Common Dreams (5/7/20) President Trump has finally made public his fateful choice. He’s all in on reopening the economy even if it sends the virus death count into the millions. Actually he made that choice long ago. His logic is simple but cruel. Before the virus struck, his re-election hinged on taking credit for the robust economy he inherited. With unemployment at record lows he hoped to hang onto just enough votes in the key battle ground states…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Economic Injustice, History They Don't Want You To Know May 11, 2020

What’s Really Going On Behind All The Headlines, News Updates & Trump Tweet Storms

Now the oligarchy is striking back. Forget Trump. He is just their useful idiot du jour.  By John Lemberger The Commoner Call (5/10/20) Trump is many ugly things. He is a serial liar, a sexual abuser of women, a swindler, a narcissist, grifter, and  psychological chameleon capable of converting from a sociopath to a psychopath right before our eyes. But he is also a Libertarian of the worst kind — the Charles Koch kind — which means he will lie, cheat and steal to destroy our majority-democracy and replace it with minority-rule Libertarianism. The important battle right now in America…

ALL ARTICLES, Economic Injustice, One Percenters May 11, 2020

Billionaires Are Eating Our Economy & Future

While a few have pledged small percentages of their fortunes to fight the virus, most have held fast to their wealth. By J.C. Pan New Republic (5/7/20) Earlier this week, public health researchers projected that one in four Americans would experience hunger and food insecurity in the coming months as a result of the economic crash and mass unemployment set off by the pandemic. Even now, up to 71 percent of people who applied for unemployment benefits haven’t yet received them, and food bank lines are overextended, with car lines stretching for miles in some cases. In the new economic downturn, which so far shows every sign of approaching or…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, American Socialist Tradition, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know, One Percenters May 11, 2020

Secretive “Dark Money” PAC Organized Specifically To Prevent Sanders From Primary Wins

“After Sanders’ path to the presidential nomination became a near-impossibility, Big Tent Project’s activity dropped precipitously—further evidence that its major purpose was defeating a federal candidate.” By Brendan Fischer Common Dreams (5/7/20) Voters from across the political spectrum are concerned about the rise of secret spending in our elections and rightly so. Political transparency is a means to advance the principles of the First Amendment by encouraging the exchange of ideas needed for voters to make informed decisions. Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against “The Big Tent Project” for illegally hiding the identity…

ALL ARTICLES May 11, 2020

Code Blue America: Republicans Butcher Responsibility To Instead Blame Covid-19 Victims

“Katie, she tested very good for a long period of time, and then all of the sudden she tested positive … this is why the whole concept of tests aren’t necessarily great … today, I guess, for some reason, she tested positive.” — Donald Trump’s reply to a question about VP Pence’s press sec. Katie Miller’s positive COVID-19 test ***** Freedom only works if it is paired with responsibility! By Dan Peak The Commoner Call (5/11/20) Dear Fellow Readers, The first quote highlights growing problems in the White House. First, the White House is a COVID-19 hot spot; a breeding…

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ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, History They Don't Want You To Know, M. Taylor Columns, Resist! May 11, 2020

WORKER STRIKES! The Only Tool Left To Resist Corporate Terrorism On American Families

  By Mark L. Taylor The Commoner Call (5/11/20) One of the best new sources on the failing of the liberal elite and even many elected progressives will not be found on MSNBC or any of the big players in other perches in the mainstream corporate media. no, some of the best news and commentary is to be found on the Jimmy Dore Show, a daily independent, viewer-supported YouTube broadcast. A self-described “Jagoff Comedian”, Dore has a brash — and at times, yes, profane — ‘take-no-prisoners’ approach to the news honed by 30 years of being a night club entertainer…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care May 11, 2020

Be Prepared For Building Second Wave Of Deadly Pandemic With A Home Pulse Oximeter: Early Detection Of Oxygen Deprivation Earlier From COVID-19, Can Help Avoid Need For Ventilator Treatment

Patients came in with alarmingly low oxygen saturations, but they did not, subjectively, actually feel short of breath. [Editor’s Note: With the willfully ignorant leadership in the nation and most states, the ‘reopening’ of the economy is going to lead to (just as in 198) a tremendous second wave of Covid-19 infections, illnesses and hundreds of thousands of deaths. If you can still find them, get a thermometer and oximeter and appropriate over-the-counter medications for fever, aches, nausea and diarrhea. I am not qualified to give medical advice, so go online and do your research NOW. Make sure your medical…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care May 11, 2020

As States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions, Dr. Leana Wen Warns “We Are Not Ready For A Safe Reopening”

“Why shouldn’t this testing be available to all Americans?” Democracy Now! (5/8/20) As more than 40 states begin to reopen, President Trump is downplaying the need for mass COVID-19 testing, even as he himself is now being tested every day for the virus. We speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who says, “Widespread testing is so critical. … Why shouldn’t this testing be available to all Americans?” Link To story, Transcript And 14-Minute Video  

ALL ARTICLES May 11, 2020

‘Perfect Storm’ — Coronavirus Pandemic ‘will cause famine of biblical proportions’

“We are in this together. We can stop this becoming a widespread famine. But we need to act quickly and smartly.” By Fiona Harvey The Guardian (4/21/20) The world is facing widespread famine “of biblical proportions” because of the coronavirus pandemic, the chief of the UN’s food relief agency has warned, with a short time to act before hundreds of millions starve. More than 30 countries in the developing world could experience widespread famine, and in 10 of those countries there are already more than 1 million people on the brink of starvation, said David Beasley, executive director of the…

ALL ARTICLES May 11, 2020

Hogs & Poultry Aren’t The Only Items On Slaughterhouse Menus. Now They Kill People, Too

Industrial plants that process cows, hogs, and chicken have become more dangerous than any other high-density sites in America save prisons.  By Sam Pizzigati Inequlity.org (5/1/20) Some businesses make us feel all warm and cuddly. Like bakeries. Who can resist smiling just thinking about the smell of newly baked bread? But other businesses — like meatpacking — we do our best to ignore. Who wants to think about blood and guts and squealing pigs? But think we must. Unsavory enterprises can reveal basic truths about our times we’d rather not consider. Back in the early 20th century, for instance, a young…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, American Socialist Tradition, Economic Injustice, One Percenters, Resist! May 11, 2020

Capitalism And The Empty Illusion Of American Democracy

Neoconservative foreign policy— support for right-wing coups abroad, stealth wars and the consolidation of power in the U.S. presidency, are matched through neoliberal support for Wall Street and austerity programs. By Rob Urie Counterpunch (4/24/20) Something to consider while suffering through the daily barrage of fabulist blather from Donald Trump is that if the Democrats thought it would benefit their cause, they would be putting Joe Biden front and center to counter this pain. That they aren’t suggests that they understand exactly how politically tenuous Mr. Biden is. In turn, that Joe Biden is their choice suggests that all isn’t…

ALL ARTICLES, Rethuglicans, Trumpenstan May 7, 2020

‘Trump Death Clock’ Nails Accountability For Trump’s Fatal Covid-19 Failures

“This suffering cannot be forgotten.” By Jessica Corbett Common Dreams (5/6/0) Drawing inspiration from the billboard-sized National Debt Clock in New York City, American filmmaker and author Eugene Jarecki on Wednesday launched an online “Trump Death Clock” to measure the cost in human lives of President Donald Trump and his administration’s “reckless handling” of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. As of press time [5/6], the clock’s count was 43,814. Below large red numbers representing the “estimated portion U.S. Covid-19 deaths due to POTUS inaction” is an explanation: “In January 2020, the Trump administration was advised that immediate action was required to stop the spread…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care May 7, 2020

Body Bags Instead Of Requested Covid-19 Testing Kits For Native American Clinic Seen As Cruel Metaphor

“Quit telling us to wait.” By Eoin Higgins Common Dreams (5/6/20) A Seattle-area Native American health center in April received body bags instead of requested equipment to handle the coronavirus in what tribal officials described as a “metaphor” for how the Indigenous population is being treated by local, state, and federal governments around the country as the pandemic continues to rage. “My question is: Are we going to keep getting body bags or are we going to get what we actually need?” Seattle Indian Health Board chief research officer Abigail Echo-Hawk told NBC News. “Native vulnerability to coronavirus did not occur out of…

ALL ARTICLES May 7, 2020

“Oneness vs. The 1%.” — We Must Fight Back Against The Deadly Greed Of The 1% To Stop The Sixth Mass Extinction And Massive Starvation

Want to have some hope? Watch this! Democracy Now! (2/22/19) New research finds at least a third of the Himalayan ice cap will melt by the end of the century due to climate change, even if the world’s most ambitious environmental reforms are implemented. A report released earlier this month by the Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment warns rising temperatures in the Himalayas could lead to mass population displacements, as well as catastrophic food and water insecurity. The glaciers are a vital water source for the 250 million people who live in the Hindu Kush Himalaya range, which spans from Afghanistan…

'Just-Us' System, ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Democrats, One Percenters, Rethuglicans May 7, 2020

The Elites Will Have Humanity For Us Only When They Are Forced To

  “There is a moment in Henry Kissinger’s memoirs — do not buy the book — when Nixon and Kissinger are looking out at tens of thousands of anti-war protesters who have surrounded the White House. Nixon had placed empty city buses in front of the White House to keep the protesters back. He worried out loud that the crowd would break through the barricades and get him and Kissinger. And that is exactly where we want people in power to be. This is why, although he was not a liberal, Nixon was our last liberal president. He was scared…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, History They Don't Want You To Know, Resist! May 7, 2020

What True Leadership In Crisis Sounds Like

Campaign button from FDR’s 1932 campaign. “Out of every crisis, every tribulation, every disaster, mankind rises with some share of greater knowledge, of higher decency, of purer purpose…. I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people. Let us all here assembled constitute ourselves prophets of a new order of competence and of courage. This is more than a political campaign; it is a call to arms. Give me your help, not to win votes alone, but to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people.” — Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s speech accepting the…

ALL ARTICLES May 7, 2020

Code Blue America — Trump Unmasked: Mourning In America

“Will some people be affected? Will some people be affected badly? Yes! But we have to get our country open, and we have to get it open soon.” — Trump in Arizona (5/5/20) By Dan Peak The Commoner Call (5/7/20) Dear Fellow Readers, The answer to the most common question ahead of Trump’s Tuesday visit to an Arizona Honeywell mask factory was: No, Trump did not wear a mask. Nor did I see any masks worn by the gaggle of Republican lawmakers that accompanied him. There was more ‘mask’ controversy as the US Senate reconvened and all wore masks with two exceptions…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know May 7, 2020

Just Stop! George Bush Is Bad. He Is Not Relevant To Reality

  By Daid Sirota TMI (5/4/20) This weekend, George W. Bush released a video calling for national unity during the coronavirus emergency. This video, which has gotten almost 6 million views, prompted an outpouring of praise for Bush by those who pine for his presidency in comparison to our current leader. Donald Trump deserves a lot of criticism right now. A lot. However, there are ways to rightly and righteously criticize Trump without touting the alleged honor, decency and humanity of George Bush, who was one of the most dishonorable, indecent and inhuman presidents in the history of our country. I actually can’t believe I…

ALL ARTICLES, American Fascism, Police State America, Rethuglicans May 7, 2020

The Cowardly Right Wing Extremists Who Have No Idea What Patriotism Really Is

This is a man who punches down, not up, and who wants to have the power to decide whether his neighbors live or die. He is a bully and a coward. By Heather Cox Richardson Letters From An American (5/3/20) Jeff Kowalsky’s photograph of the “American Patriot Rally” at the Michigan statehouse on April 30 shows a large, bearded man, leaning forward, mouth open, screaming. Positioned between two police officers who are staring blankly ahead above their masks, he is focused on something they are preventing him from reaching: the legislature. His fury is palpable. The idea that such a…

ALL ARTICLES, Health Care, Resist! May 7, 2020

Getting Mentally Grounded For More Covid-19 Uncertainty: ‘Focus on right now’

  “You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end … with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality.” — US Navy Vice Admiral James Stockdale By Adrienne Matei The Guardian (5/2/20) Time is humanity’s ultimate organizing principle, and many, myself included, have longed for a neat finale during this pandemic – a day we can patiently wait for, when this will all be over. At first, political authorities in many countries spoke of societal lockdown in terms of weeks – a challenge, yes, but a manageable one; there are even those who treated…

ALL ARTICLES May 7, 2020

Our Wisconsin Revolution: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

  By Mike McCabe Our Wisconsin Revolution (5/4/20) I am aware of a concerted social media effort to discredit the online tool Our Wisconsin Revolution has provided to help eligible voters get candidates on the ballot for the August and November elections. The tool doesn’t play favorites. Nearly 400 candidates from every part of the state, regardless of party, who’ve filed to run with the Wisconsin Elections Commission are included. Their inclusion is not an endorsement. The purpose of this tool is not to promote a political agenda or any particular candidates. Its purpose is to help the public engage in the process…

ALL ARTICLES, Quotes May 7, 2020

Notably Quotable: “Coronavirus makes clear what has been true all along. Your health is as safe as…”

“Coronavirus makes clear what has been true all along. Your health is as safe as that of the worst-insured, worst-cared-for person in your society. It will be decided by the height of the floor, not the ceiling.” — Anand Giridharadas ***** “All of a sudden you become a wealthy guy, you’re a famous guy, then you become president. And people that you’ve never seen, that you’ve never heard of, make charges. I would just say to Joe Biden, ‘Just go out and fight it.’” — Donald Trump, who noted he was “sticking up” for Biden, Trump just blew up one of…

ALL ARTICLES, Democrats, Economic Injustice, Rethuglicans May 4, 2020

Cashing In On Pandemic? Documents Show Lawmakers Made 1,500 Stock Transactions Worth $158 Million as Covid-19 Spread

“The stock trading was bipartisan—27 Democrats, 21 Republicans, and 1 independent were making trades as the devastation that Covid-19 would exact on the U.S. crystallized.” By Jake Johnson Common Dreams (5/30/20) A new analysis of financial disclosure documents found that Republican and Democratic members of Congress made nearly 1,500 stock transactions worth up to $158 million between February and April as the coronavirus spread across the U.S., heightening suspicions that elected officials in charge of the federal response to the pandemic have opportunistically cashed in on it. The Campaign Legal Center (CLC), a non-partisan watchdog group, uncovered at least 127 purchases or sales in securities by…

ALL ARTICLES, History They Don't Want You To Know, Resist! May 4, 2020

A Letter From Henry David Thoreau To Literature Faculties At Cushy Liberal Arts Schools

“Who’s laughing now, assholes?” By Ron Fein McSweeney’s (4/29/20) Dear Professors — It’s been a minute, right? A few months ago, you were talking smack about my year in a cabin. Now you’re trapped in your condo in Yonkers or the backside of Amherst or wherever, and you’d trade it in a heartbeat for 150 square feet and a whole forest full of owls and frogs and shit. Don’t play dumb, bruh. You’ve spent most of your short career trash talking me. Every damn fall, you tell your first-year Am Lit seminar that I’m completely full of shit. You stand…