If there’s one thing we can say about Trump’s presidency, it’s that it foments lies – blatant, continuous, and unsubstantiated lies. Advance forward through his first 100 days, and his most recent AP interview and here are 16 falsehoods he perpetrated on
by Dana Floberg, contributor at CommonDreams Internet users took a hard loss this week in the fight for broadband privacy and internet freedom — but if you listen to the Republican lawmakers who trashed our privacy rights, you’d think they’d done the opposite.
Young people who took low-paying, public-sector jobs with promise of loan forgiveness now ‘hosed’ by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at CommonDreams In a troubling development for the countless people saddled with student debt, the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) may be reneging on a
Rallies in 14 cities will feature everyday Americans speaking on how the appointment of Neil Gorsuch would advance Trump’s extreme agenda for decades to come —by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at CommonDreams Organized by a coalition of pro-democracy and civil rights groups under the
“Picking your mode [of] transportation is a consumer good that you pay for; public education is both a public good and a right.” — by Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has once again illustrated her limited understanding of—and respect for—public
“Aside from provoking a large-scale nuclear war, it is hard to imagine an American president taking an action more harmful to the U.S. than Trump’s effort to accelerate greenhouse gas emissions” — by Nika Knight, staff writer at CommonDreams President Donald Trump
Senator Dean Heller voted to take the side of corporate communication giants like Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T over the side of privacy for his Nevada constituents. “This resolution is a direct attack on consumer rights, on privacy, on rules that afford basic protection
Wow, that didn’t take long! Stomping the crap out of States’ Rights on education, Rep. Steve King [R-IA4] introduced HR 610 on 1/23/2017 to begin the voucherization of our tax dollars assessed for public K-12 education as private profit: Betsy DeVos, who up until the
On Thursday, March 9, 2017, the Office of Government Ethics [@OfficeGovEthics] informed the White House that it’s not happy that the President has taken no action to discipline Kellyanne Conway [@KellyannePolls] regarding her televised action promoting Ivanka Trump’s business activities from the podium
Meanwhile … in Trump’s ‘Murikkka … Education Secretary is working to deny access to those with Special Needs so she can personally profit off those who need no such accommodations. Here’s a copy of the post from “China Daily.” Adviser says all
