New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan’s effort to dodge a difficult vote against Big Tech has turned into its own political liability. The bipartisan American Innovation and Choice Online Act would bar major tech companies from favoring their own products… Read More ›
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Democrats Press Amazon on Legality of Worker Chat App That Would Block Words Like "Union"
In April, The Intercept reported on a plan by Amazon to ban words related to labor unions in its new internal messaging app, amid an explosion of organizing in its warehouses and a successful union drive in Staten Island, New… Read More ›
Steven Donziger, Lawyer Who Fought Big Oil, Endorses Suraj Patel for Congress
Longtime Democratic congressional candidate Suraj Patel has nabbed the support of environmental lawyer and Chevron foe Steven Donziger in his bid to oust two of New York’s longest-serving Democrats from Congress. The endorsement positions Patel to gain more credibility with… Read More ›
In Australia's Election, Rupert Murdoch Was a Surprise Loser
Rupert Murdoch, chairman of News Corp and co-chairman of 21st Century Fox, in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 10, 2018. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Rupert Murdoch, who oversees a global media empire that includes Fox News, doesn’t like losing, but… Read More ›
We All Know Mass Killers Love the AR-15. Now Meet Their Favorite Bullet.
A hollow-point bullet expanded after being fired from a gun. Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Many circumstances of this week’s elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, are incomprehensible. That a teenager did not need a license to legally buy two military-style long… Read More ›
The Biden Administration Is Pursuing a Retread of Trump’s False Peace Plan
For decades, achieving a Middle East peace agreement — especially one equitable to the Palestinians — has eluded every U.S. administration, with each decade seeming to push it further from reality. The Trump administration’s solution, spearheaded by Donald Trump’s senior… Read More ›
After Buffalo, Will Corporate America Turn Against the Murdochs and Fox News?
Rupert Murdoch, left, and his son Lachlan Murdoch in Sun Valley, Idaho, on July 13, 2018. Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images If your anger at Fox News is directed toward Tucker Carlson, you’re focusing on the symptom rather than… Read More ›
Military-Industrial Complex Is Itching to Send “Hunter-Killer” Drones to Ukraine
After failing to convince the Biden administration to ship NATO fighter jets to Ukraine, the military-industrial complex is now trying to coax the White House into sending unmanned fighter jets to counter Russia’s invasion. Kyiv reportedly met with the major… Read More ›
Does Elon Musk Know Trump Could Have Started Nuclear War via Twitter in 2018?
Elon Musk said Tuesday at a Financial Times conference that if he does indeed purchase Twitter — Friday morning Musk tweeted that the deal was “temporarily on hold” — he will reinstate former President Donald Trump’s account. After the January 6,… Read More ›
Liberals Are Celebrating a New Book on Rural Trump Voters That Falls Apart Under the Simplest Inspection
A store covered with Trump signs in support of the former president is seen in Steep Falls, Maine, on Aug. 5, 2021. Photo: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images This past week, Maine Democratic state Sen. Chloe Maxmin has received glowing… Read More ›