In a case you’re sure to read more about in the coming months, a Columbus, Ohio physician who practiced at Mount Carmel West Hospital in the downtown area of the state capital is being accused of overdosing as many as 34 patients over the course of three years (2015-2018) with the powerful synthetic opioid, fentanyl. As the criminal … [Read more...]
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Will Gun Control Survive Brett Kavanaugh and the Court’s Absolutist Bloc?
The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: ‘A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” The Supreme Court has refused to hear a Second Amendment case for nearly a decade since it decided in two watershed cases … [Read more...]
Fourth Circuit Temporarily Delays Emoluments Lawsuit Against Trump
(Photo Credit: Bin im Garten - CC 3.0) The Trump Administration won a temporary victory in December when the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a stay in a lawsuit filed by state attorneys general alleging that Donald Trump is illegally profiting from his private business interests while serving as President. The Fourth Circuit's ruling … [Read more...]
Foster Agency Requires Parents be White, Straight, and Christian
You may not get to a foster a child in South Carolina anytime soon if you’re anything but a White, heterosexual, Christian couple after the Donald Trump administration recently granted a federally funded foster care agency in the Palmetto State the right to freely discriminate against potential foster parents who are LGBTQ, Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, … [Read more...]
Roger Stone Arrested And Indicted For Crimes Related To Russia Probe
Special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted Roger Stone, the former campaign adviser for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections, according to Reuters. In a Justice Department filing on Thursday, Stone was charged with one count of obstruction, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering. At … [Read more...]
Severe Budget Cuts, Demonization Dramatically Weaken IRS
In 2001, the conservative anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said, “I don't want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it to the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” It wasn't an idle boast. Conservative Republicans – and these days, there are very few Republicans who aren't conservative – have spent … [Read more...]
New Hampshire Releases New Standards for Chemicals in Drinking Water
Food wrappings, fire-fighting foam, metal plating, carpet, and upholstery are just a few of the things PFAS are used to make. PFAS can also be found in drinking water, and when consumed by humans, PFAS chemicals can cause cancer, hormone disruptions, low birth weights, increased cholesterol, thyroid disease, and immune deficiencies. PFAS stands for … [Read more...]
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To Consumer Protection Bureau
On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a Texas bank’s constitutional challenge to the structure of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, passing up a case that could have led to more presidential power over an independent agency that President Donald Trump’s administration already has weakened, According to Reuters. The decision … [Read more...]
2018: A Year of Corporate Misbehavior and Government Apathy
As many Americans look forward to a new year and a new political environment in Washington D.C., it's worth taking one final look back at the year that was. Specifically, 2018 was a year when our biggest, wealthiest corporations seemed to feel free to engage in a staggering range of misconduct and misbehavior. Corporations have never exactly … [Read more...]
Kids in Indiana Are Dying; Parents Beg for Help from the Government
Children are getting sick and dying in a small county in Indiana, and some of the parents of those children are staunch Trump supporters who are now looking to their President to do something about what’s causing an inordinately high number of childhood cancer deaths. Johnson County has a population of less than 150,000, yet it is seeing a high … [Read more...]
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