Sunday, February 18, 2018

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Federal government will be unable to pay all bills sooner than expected, due to new tax law


 

California prosecutors dropping, reducing pot convictions


 

What Weed Could Do For Tax Revenues


 

Raj Patel on How to Break Away from Capitalism: Understanding the history of the world and our centuries-long drive toward cheapness.


 

Taxes For Revenue Are Obsolete


 

After tax cuts, U.S. borrowing to spike 84% this year to nearly $1 trillion


 

Rothschild Just Dumped Massive Amounts of US Assets, Sending an Ominous Signal: In an ominous move, Lord Jacob Rothschild has aggressively moved to limit his exposure to "risky" U.S. capital markets.


 

JPMorgan ‘Seriously Breached’ Money-Laundering Rules, Swiss Regulator Says


 

Drug Companies Sell Us Remedies for Problems Caused by Their Own Products--And the Federal Government Helps Them


 

Unfulfilled promises: Amazon fulfillment centers do not generate broad-based employment growth


 

Workers’ health, safety, and pay are among the casualties of Trump’s war on regulations

A deregulation year in review


 

DOL scrubs economic analysis that showed its tip pooling rule would be terrible for workers


 

The Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the fiduciary rule: A year in review     


 

Year one of the Trump administration: Normalizing itself by working for the top 1 percent


 

Children In The USA Are 76% More Likely To Die Than Children In Other Developed Countries


 

‘A Really Good Day,’ by Ayelet Waldman


 

Larry Fink Talks the Talk But Neglects the Walk: BlackRock's actions don't live up to its bluster.


 

Giving money to adult children could trigger your financial ruin


 

Baby boomers could end up $227,000 richer if they stop bankrolling their adult children


 

How To Stop Your Grown Kids From Ruining Your Retirement


 

Smart money lessons for kids that can last a lifetime


 

Growing Old Without a Pension


 

U.S. Stocks Sink Most Since 2011 as Rout Deepens: Markets Wrap


 

Harley-Davidson Closing Kansas City Plant, About 800 People Will Lose Jobs


 

Dow plunges 1,175 -- worst point decline in history


 

Why Trump has little influence on rising or falling stocks


 

President Trump: NHS 'going broke and not working'. US President Donald Trump has sparked a backlash from UK politicians by attacking the National Health Service.


 

Saunas Are A Hot Trend, And They Might Even Help Your Health


 

HOW SALT HURTS YOUR BRAIN


 

Everything You Should Know About The Stock Market: The market matters, for the wrong reasons.


 

FDA Releases Kratom Death Data, Undermines Its Own Claims About Drug’s Deadly Harms: The cases include a suicide and a drug overdose victim who tested positive for nine different substances.


 

Democrats Rally Against Trump’s Plan To Let Restaurants Appropriate Workers’ Tips: The Labor Department’s controversial proposal is facing mounting criticism.


 

CHAPMAN: Presidents have only modest control over the economy


 

Chuck Norris Files Lawsuit Against Big Pharma After A Popular Injection Almost Killed His Wife


 

With Yellen Out of the Picture, Get Ready for Trump vs. Powell: The new Fed chief will butt heads with the president if rate increases cool economic growth.


 

In bid to save manufacturing jobs, Trump signs tariffs on washing machines, solar cells


 

The Amazon Sweepstakes Racket: Why the giant e-tailer is gearing up for another round of bids for its second headquarters


 

Philadelphia Plans Supervised Drug Injection Sites


 

On Trade, Neither U.S. Nor China Has The Moral High Ground Despite Posturing At Davos


 

China puts world ahead amid America First


 

What are the trade cards Donald Trump could play against China?  Chinese telecoms and semiconductor manufacturers could face billions of dollars in US sanctions, trade specialist warns


 

What Happens When States Have Their Own Net Neutrality Rules?  California and New York hope to set a nationwide standard


 

They struck net neutrality down. Now it's becoming more powerful than they could possibly imagine


 

Mass., other states, must fight back on net neutrality


 

Weight Gain Is Contagious and You Could 'Catch' Obesity From Your Neighbors, Study Finds


 

Repeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain Damage


 

Curcumin improves memory and mood, new UCLA study says


 

The truth about the Trump economy, explained: A massive change in perceptions masks continuity with the Obama years.


 

When Talking About the Dollar, Boring Is Best: The reaction to U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's remarks on the dollar was a reminder that currency conventions matter.


 

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s weak-dollar myopia is dangerous


 

A weak dollar hurts more Americans than it helps


 

This is how much money it takes for millionaires to be happy


 

No Family Is Safe From This Epidemic: As an admiral I helped run the most powerful military on Earth, but I couldn't save my son from the scourge of opioid addiction.


 

‘Tough it out’: Watch Jeff Sessions recommend aspirin instead of opioids for chronic pain patients


 

How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich: The inside story of how the Republicans abandoned the poor and the middle class to pursue their relentless agenda of tax cuts for the wealthiest one percent


 

Gov. Wolf's education budget proposal bolsters workforce development programs


 

Schools win in Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal: The governor's plan would boost spending for all Berks County school districts. He also proposes more money for colleges.


 

Gov. Tom Wolf again goes for a natural gas tax: Berks County lawmakers object to the pitch and wanted to hear about property tax relief in the governor's budget.


 

Remington is looking into filing for bankruptcy, unable to withstand 'Trump slump'


 

The pizza lobby in Washington spent on the Republican Party and got what they wanted


 

This is how much money it takes for millionaires to be happy


 

Conor Lamb has the ad every Democrat should use to talk about Social Security


 

In the U.S. 49.7 Million Are Now Poor, and 80% of the Total Population Is Near Poverty


 

Zhou Youguang: The "Simplified" Reason the Chinese Linguist Gets Google Doodle: He's the reason that Chinese is, relatively speaking, so much easier to learn.


 

Walmart quietly lays off thousands of workers after bonus announcement: Workers across the country were not told of the closings and showed up to work to find stores shuttered.


 

How a Bureaucrat Helped Save the Affordable Care Act: Andy Slavitt traveled the country explaining to some 35,000 Americans how ACA repeal would harm them. And it worked.


 

‘If We Lose Our Health Care, We Will Begin to Die’: Disability activists are at the forefront of direct action against Trump.


 

3 Reasons Why Republicans Will Let the Rich Abuse the Tax Code: The GOP tax bill creates a vast and easy game for accountants to play.


 

Wall Street Isn’t the Answer to the Pension Crisis. Expanding Social Security Is.  The economic fate of workers shouldn’t be tied to a stock market that rewards assaults on the working class.


 

Houston Is Being Rebuilt on a Foundation of Wage Theft: The exploitation after the storm.


 

The Specter of Reagan Haunts the GOP’s New Tax Plan: A brief history of how the GOP taxes the poor to reward the rich.


 

From Sewer Socialism to Server Socialism: Appalachia’s Internet Revolution: Chattanoogans are pioneering public broadband.


 

Centrist Think Tanks Won’t Save Our Cities: Economic democracy must come from below.


 

Time for Resistance Against Agribusiness


 

Jim Hightower: What's Killing America's Middle Class? The American economy in 2018 is plutocracy in action.


 

America Needs A Healthcare System Built For Care, Not Profit: As well as making Americans healthier, Medicare for All would change our understanding of what we can and should demand of our society.


 

‘King’s Bench’ May Foil Fraudulent Debt Collections


 

Dean Baker | State Employer-Side Payroll Taxes and Loser Liberalism


 

A powerful economic justice movement is brewing, even in this dark time: An American Democracy Movement is fighting brutal capitalism and the culture of blame


 

The Fat Age


 

Pharma Can Buy Hasty FDA Reviews of New Drugs


 

Trump’s Gift for the Unemployed: Kicking Them Off Health Care: Imagine telling a laid off employee they won’t have Medicaid to fall back on.


 

Greed Rewarded


 

Tax Cuts Don’t Guarantee Wage Hikes


 

Final Tally: More Than 7,000 Lobbyists Worked on Taxes in 2017


 

Exclusive: U.S. consumer protection official puts Equifax probe on ice - sources


 

Budget deal is brimming with special tax breaks


 

Which Path to National  Improved Medicare for All?


 

Single-Payer: Health Care for All


 

Trump, GOP at new crossroads on deficit


 

The Best Way to Spur Growth? Help the Poor, Not the Rich


 

GM drops the steering wheel and pedals for its self-driving Bolt


 

It's time to audit the CFPB


 

The CFPB Is Now the Predatory Lender Protection Bureau


 

The U.S. Drops Out of the Top 10 in Innovation Ranking


 

There’s a Global Race to Control Batteries—and China Is Winning: Chinese companies dominate the cobalt supply chain that begins at mines in Congo


 

In big reversal, new Trump budget will give up on longtime Republican goal of eliminating deficit


 

White House to unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan


 

Trump budget seeks cuts to domestic programs, Medicare, favors military and wall


 

Trump Proposes to Cut Medicare and Spend Big on Wall, Defense


 

GOP tax plan: Take from poor. Give to rich!


 

Trump's Infrastructure Con: America needs a big, bold infrastructure plan. Trump's proposal is not one.


 

Thom Hartmann: How the GOP Used a Two Santa Clauses Tactic to Con America for Nearly 40 Years.  This scam has been killing wages and enriching billionaires for decades.


 

'No Is Not Enough': Naomi Klein Writing Anti-Trump Blueprint for 'Shock Resistance'.  'If we want to defend against the likes of Donald Trump [...] we must urgently confront and battle racism and misogyny in our culture, in our movements, and in ourselves'


 

Trump wants to replace food stamps with ‘Blue Apron-type program’


 

Heritage Foundation: Republicans are “bankrupting the country”.  The Heritage Foundation, after touting the GOP tax plan, now says the GOP-led Congress is “bankrupting the country”


 

Commentary: Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Scam

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