Conservatives love to blame our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka "food stamps."
They have convinced large swaths of supporters and talking heads...
Do you know the tale of King Midas?
Everything he touched turned to gold. Life was great until he tried to eat and turned his food gold. Then he tried hugging his daughter and wound up...
The Strength Of A Country Is Based On A Strong Middle Class – Ours Is On Life Support (VIDEO)
Liberal America
Pew Research Center just released a new study that shed light on how America's economic problem in the metropolitan area have opened the door for political polar opposites Donald Trump (R- NY) and Bernie Sanders (D-VT).
It's...
Pope Francis has come out and said that we need to end tax exempt statuses of churches and church buildings that don't help the needy. He specifically mentioned religious institutions that are using loopholes to avoid...
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Today "unexpectedly" Japan slid back into recession. Some people say it is only the "first shoe" of many to come. The world economy seems to be falling apart again.
Both The Huffington Post and...
Seems there's a mystery brewing with the Twitter account of the restaurant chain IHOP. Take a look at this tweet which went out from IHOP's corporate account on Sunday:
https://twitter.com/DarrenList/status/820687413806829568
In all fairness to IHOP, they are...
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Kim Kardashian-West has always been?an extremely controversial figure ever since her sex tape with R&B singer Ray J came out.?Even though that tape seemed to be released ages ago, people still hold that...
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) proposed a resolution to allow the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to turn over President Donald Trump's tax returns using an obscure law. Sounds like a great idea, but the House voted...
Amid the glaring problems with the Republicans' rewrite of our tax code, there is another issue that should concern us--time.
Is there enough of it to allow America to adjust to the changes since several provisions in...
Way back in 1988, the business mogul Leonard Stern commissioned a TV documentary about Donald Trump. However, the film never aired because Trump managed to prevent its circulation.
The film's producer Libby Handros recalled:
“He did everything he...
Well, it happened.
Despite overwhelming opposition (including a bomb threat that temporarily evacuated the hearing room), and requests for delay from 18 state attorneys over concerns of a corrupted public comment process, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday repealed regulations protecting...
United Airlines has dramatically lost its appeal with customers recently after incidents involving poor treatment of their passengers. In late March, two teenage girls were denied entrance on board because they were wearing leggings. Even...
Donald’s Swamp: President-Elect Registered EIGHT New Companies In Saudi Arabia During Campaign
Liberal America
Over the course of the 2016 presidential campaign, Donald Trump often vowed that if elected he would "drain the swamp" and eliminate the conflicts of interest between big money donors and Washington politicians. Here his...
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said:
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
One of the promises President Donald Trump made on the campaign trail was to deny millions of refugees admission to...
Republicans love to tout "local control," "states' rights," and "smaller government."
You've heard the talking points:
"Let the states decide their own gun control laws."
"The federal government is not in the education business."
"It's not the government's job...
Entitled Customer Once Slammed Restaurant On Yelp, What Happened Next Was Sheer Badassery
Tiffany Willis Clark
This story took place back in 2014, but still serves as a good example of how to handle online reviews from rude and obnoxious people with class and humor. It's unfortunate that some people see...
Many are aware Meta--the company now formerly known as Facebook--is a refuge for white supremacists, conspiracy theorists, and foreign trolls.
But human traffickers?
Among the complaints former Facebook employee, whistleblower Frances Haugen, filed with the Securities and...
Who would have imagined people would have to protest for a free and open internet?
Yet that is exactly what is planned to occur outside Federal Communication Commission (FCC) headquarters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, the day...
Ford Motor CEO Says Trump Is Lying AGAIN! Company Is NOT Moving U.S. Operations To Mexico
Liberal America
Earlier this week, as part of an interview he gave to Fox News, Donald Trump announced he had just learned that Ford Motor Company was about to "fire all their employees in the United States and...move...
It appears wealthy right-wing donors behind the anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-democracy, anti-intellectual, "COVID hoax" wing of the republican party have widened their franchise.
Touting a so-called "freedom convoy," Canadian truck drivers protesting a vaccine mandate have fanned...