If there’s one thing we can say about Trump’s presidency, it’s that it foments lies – blatant, continuous, and unsubstantiated lies. Advance forward through his first 100 days, and his most recent AP interview and here are 16 falsehoods he perpetrated on
The White House is gambling with our health, jobs, and environment by embracing the Trans-Pacific Partnership. — by Janet Redman From her home in Berks County, Pennsylvania, Karen Feridun is helping stage a growing citizen pushback against the expansion of natural gas
It would have brought a million barrels of toxic tar-sands sludge oil across the length of our nation, through wetlands and communities. President Obama wisely rejected it. Only now you and other American taxpayers may have to pay for that common-sense decision.
— by Lauren McCauley, CommonDreams staff writer Congress’ elimination of the rule “makes clear that trade agreements can—and do—threaten even the most favored U.S. consumer protections,” said Lori Wallach, director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch. (Photo: KOMUnews/cc/flickr) Claims that trade pacts like
Bernie Sanders, a challenger to Hillary Clinton, for President of the United States has put forth his “Agenda for America” Rebuilding Our Crumbling Infrastructure We need a major investment to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure: roads, bridges, water systems, waste water plants, airports,
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is facing increasing scrutiny for the extreme secrecy surrounding negotiations around this sweeping new trade deal that could rewrite OUR nation’s laws on everything from healthcare and internet freedom, to food safety and the financial markets. The latest negotiations
These deals endanger our democracy — and the safety of our citizens. By Ron Carver NAFTA. CAFTA-DR. TPP. TTIP. That numbing spoonful of alphabet soup represents four so-called free trade pacts that benefit global capital at the expense of everyone else. The
