In the wake of the mass shooting in an Orlando, Florida, nightclub over the weekend, politicians opportunistically pushed for excessively strict gun control legislation — but didn’t hesitate for a second to clear another hurdle to pass the next $602 billion defense spending bill. Essentially, government guns aimed at the government’s enemies — which all-too often also Read More…
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GOP Lawmakers Capitalize on Zika Threat to Pass Bill Dubbed ‘Making Pesticides Great Again’ Act
House Democrats and Obama administration, meanwhile, criticize bill’s assault on Clean Water Act The Republican-controlled U.S. House on Tuesday passed legislation—newly rebranded with the word “Zika” in it—that Democrats say is in fact not at all about the addressing the threat of the virus but making it easier for pesticides to contaminate the nation’s waterways. Read More…
Senate Passes Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims’ Families To Seek Justice Against Saudi Govt
In a stunning rebuke to President Obama’s warning of a veto, and the Saudi threat to attempt to crash the U.S. economy by selling off their U.S. holdings, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved legislation that would allow Americans to sue foreign governments for terrorist attacks committed on U.S. soil, according to The Hill. In an Read More…
Big Pharma’s Kratom Competition: The Eradication of Natural Alternatives
Everyone has the simple desire to find happiness within themselves. To find a state of well-being that can be carried throughout their lives. Sara is no different. Sara is a teacher who struggles with mental conditions for which she has been prescribed a bevy of medications. Over the years she has struggled, as most in her situation Read More…
Congress Proposes Bill to Recognize “Magic” as a “National Treasure”
A very peculiar bill was recently submitted by the House of Representatives to Congress, dated March 14th 2016, entitled “H. RES. 642: Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and national treasure.” While it may seem hard to take seriously, this is a real proposal, and the link can be seen here, from Read More…
New Law Allows Unlimited Amounts of Secret Money Into Elections
When a divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Citizens United in 2010, it reshaped the political landscape by opening the floodgates to what is known as “dark money.” Unlimited amounts of secret cash can now be funneled to political candidates from entities posing as nonprofit organizations, and the public has no right to Read More…






