American Totalitarianism and the Culture of Fake News
"The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions."
"The Pew study indicates that there is a significant cognitive problem among US people in being able to assess facts from opinions."
"The U.S. government is calling on its allies to zero out imports of oil from Iran by November 4, or else face sanctions, and Washington is leaning towards granting no waivers at all. An official from the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday that it had plans to follow up on the matter with Turkey, India and China, even as the U.S. is trying not to 'adversely impact' these countries, Bloomberg reports."
"The stock prices of oligopoly private prison companies Geo Group and CoreCivic have been rising ever since the Trump announcement."
"The NSA considers AT&T to be one of its most trusted partners and has lauded the company’s 'extreme willingness to help.'"
"The accession of both India and Pakistan to the SCO is also a stunning repudiation of the United States."
"A company that developed a massive database for police body cameras has joined forces with the world’s biggest manufacturer of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles to sell surveillance drones to police departments."
"The key issue here: pension plans are almost universally toast."
"Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Gorsuch, cast the tie-breaking vote to drop the guillotine on online small businesses."
"The findings support the idea that marijuana is an 'exit drug,' rather than a 'gateway drug,' as drug warriors used to claim."
"New research adds to an increasing body of evidence that restricting opioid prescribing has not solved the opioid crisis but instead worsened it."