REPORT: Public Records Reveal ‘Job Creator’ Trump Failed At Keeping Casino Workers Employed
R.M.Robbins
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and self professed job creator, has boasted he's hired tens of thousands of people. Well, that may be true to an extent, but don't believe the hype. Trump's casinos were...
If you thought that the Republicans were the party of law and order, think again. Common Dreams and the Washington Post report that Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, ran a Political Action Committee...
Donald Trump once said he would love to release his tax returns but was under IRS audit, so he couldn't.
But now his excuses have come back to haunt him and he no longer has a way...
Valentine's day came with a lot of love for our Veterans, as a bill to allow disabled vets to receive all of their pay entitlements gained support from nine additional Congress members. This brings the...
Donald Trump misses no opportunity to tout how the stock market is doing under his watch. But he probably didn't want to look at Friday's figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 666 points on...
One issue that's been a major message in this year's Democratic presidential primary is income inequality. Bernie Sanders has made it a central issue of his campaign.
In fact, in a recent debate he has claimed that rebuilding...
It should come as no surprise that when Republicans tell us they are protecting "freedoms," they don't mean ours." When they claim to be holding Wall Street "accountable," they're concerned only with the "account" part.
The new...
As a rule, when Congress writes and passes a piece of legislation, they try to work out any possible problems with the bill before they actually pass it. But when it comes to the GOP...
Goldman Sachs is raising Republican eyebrows when they recently enacted a set of rules that keeps its top employees from donating funds to Donald Trump’s campaign for the presidency.
By senior employees, Goldman Sachs is referring...
As inauguration day draws closer and closer, there is still a lot to be done for Team Trump. Many of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet picks are headed to Capitol Hill this week for confirmation hearings,...
This isn't the kind of stuff I typically write for Liberal America, and in fact, I deleted and changed that headline a dozen times before I felt it was OK. I'm not the best person...
On December 6, 2016, Jason Miller, a spokesperson for President-elect Donald Trump, told the press that Trump had sold "all his stocks" last June. The Washington Post reports that campaign finance disclosure forms filed in May of this...
Whenever there is a security breach compromising sensitive information, corporations affected typically offer free credit monitoring services for a specified period of time.
On Thursday, credit agency Equifax experienced a data breach that impacted at least 143 million...
The clock is ticking.
There are four weeks left in the congressional calendar, which means when federal lawmakers return to Washington in September, it will be time to be gearing up for November elections.
While it's not...
According to McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook, implementation of a $15 minimum wage would not lead to McDonald's employees being replaced by robots. The current jobs being performed by them will likely be replaced as the...
Now that we all have made--and broken--our New Year's resolutions, it's time to get real about our finances. Although the US has been recovering from the 2008 recession under Obama, recent studies have shown that...
Thought Your Student Loan Would Be Forgiven? Maybe Not, And Now You Owe Lots More In Penalties And Late Fees
Amelia Walker
In 2007, The Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program was enacted. This program promises to forgive the student loans of those who work in a variety of public service jobs.
"The program generally covers people with federal student...
Imagine picking up the phone and hearing your child scream for help. They tell you they've been kidnapped and they don't know where they are.
The next moment there's a man on the phone telling you...
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...
For those of you keeping score at home, Ben Carson is now 0 for 1 when it comes to his supposedly great ideas which he plans to use as the basis for his 2016 campaign....