TrumpCare implodes as two more Republicans turn against it
Monday, two more Republican senators announced their opposition to the American Health Care Act, derailing the GOP’s long winded attempts at repealing and replacing ObamaCare….
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Anti-Net Neutrality Groups Say Millions Of ‘Fake’ FCC Comments Are From Russia
Conservative U.S. groups that support the Federal Communication Commissions’ potential move to gut net neutrality rules are claiming that millions of pro-net neutrality comments…
Why licensing journalists won’t end the scourge of ‘fake news
(Shutterstock) Christopher Waddell, Carleton University Should journalists be licensed? The Conversation Canada commissioned two articles to argue for and against the idea. Read the counterpoint…
We regulate doctors to protect the public from harm – why not journalists?
Shutterstock David Maslove, Queen’s University, Ontario Should journalists be licensed? The Conversation Canada commissioned two articles to argue for and against the idea. Read the…
Trump Attacks Media for Coverage of Son’s Russia Meeting
President Donald Trump lashed out at the U.S. media Sunday, accusing it of “DISTORTING DEMOCRACY” in its reports on his eldest son’s meeting last year…
Fukushima nuclear plant operator to dump contaminated water into sea
Image by IAEA Imagebank via Flickr Tokyo (dpa) – The operator of Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant will release radiation-contaminated water into the Pacific…
U.S. Health Care System Rated the Worst of 11 Developed Nations
As Republicans struggle to agree on a replacement for the Affordable Care Act, the Commonwealth Fund has rated the U.S> health care system as the…
Internet storm over Trump Jr.’s Russian interlocutor
WASHINGTON — Natalia Veselnitskaya has become an internet sensation, and in politics that’s hardly ever a good thing. The Russian lawyer, little-known until she surfaced…
Rep. Sherman of California introduces articles of impeachment against Trump
LOS ANGELES —Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Calif., has introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, making good on a promise he made to move the…
‘Extreme’ Use of Painkillers and Doctor Shopping Plague Medicare, New Report Says
by Charles Ornstein ProPublica, July 13, 2017, 9:30 a.m. In Washington, D.C., a Medicare beneficiary filled prescriptions for 2,330 pills of oxycodone, hydromorphone and morphine…