— by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28), Ranking Member, Intelligence Committee Ranking Member “Today’s actions begin the important process of holding Moscow accountable for its blatant meddling in our democracy. The personnel and economic sanctions announced by the Administration and other steps it
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Today, on his Facebook page, Senator Dean Heller announced: “My family and I have put much thought and prayer in considering the best way to serve the state that we love. I believe serving and running for re-election as Nevada’s senior Senator
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Today, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a joint report detailing how federal investigators linked the Russian government to hacks of Democratic Party organizations. The documentation clearly references the hacks of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Clinton’s campaign chairman
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Since the election, Republicans have made it clear that they plan to use their unified control over government to destroy Medicare. Just before Congress left for the holidays, Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) introduced the “Social Security Reform Act” – an impressive wish
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Remember this? It’s from a 2012 Speech at CPAC. Apparently, trump* has enough working digits to work a pen! “All we have to do is replace Obama. … We are not auditioning for fearless leader. We don’t need a president to
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— by Robert Weissman — President, Public Citizen Here’s the strategy: We will uncover the corruption in everything Donald Trump does. We will call out Trump’s wholesale handover of our government to Big Business. We will expose Trump for his complete and utter betrayal of
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For all those middle class voters who “wanted a change” and “someone to shake up the system,” they’re about to get what they wished for. The only problem is that now that the Republicans have complete control of government, they’re getting ready
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From 2007-2012, the Big Three wholesalers earned a combined $17 billion while they collectively shipped 423 million pain pills to West Virginia by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams Drug-pushing, multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical companies should be “investigated and prosecuted,” declared Sen. Bernie Sanders
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President-elect could present a waiver, to the tune of $150 million, if Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson balks at selling stock by Lauren McCauley, staff writer at Common Dreams One hundred million dollar waivers? Presidential pardons? With yet another billionaire appointed to a
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