The Washington Post publishes an article claiming an anonymous source revealed to them that the CIA concluded that Russia intervened into the US election to get Trump elected. An Intercept article explains why the Washington Post article is far from quality journalism and gives several reasons why readers should be skeptical about the claims. THE […]

Much of the post-election attention on fake news has focused on how it helped to elect Donald Trump. Glenn Greenwald looks into pro-Clinton journalist and experts also spreading fake news throughout the election.  THE PHRASE “FAKE NEWS” has exploded in usage since the election, but the term is similar to other malleable political labels such as

Trump picks Andy Pudzer to head the US Department of Labor. Pudzer is the chief executive of CKE restaurants. He opposes the new labor department rule on overtime for salaried workers. President-elect Donald Trump named fast-food executive Andy Puzder to head the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, drawing criticism from labor advocates worried about

Trump offers Gary Cohn the position of National Economic Council Director. Cohn is the President and COO of Goldman Sachs. Cohn has not announced if he will accept the position. It appears that vampire squids are quite adaptable to living inside the swamp that Trump promised to be draining. Following the appointment of former Goldman

President Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into cyber attacks and foreign influence during the 2016 US presidential election, Reuters reports. He’s asking intelligence agencies to provide a report on the issue before he leaves office on January 20th, and the review will be shared with lawmakers and other stakeholders, homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco reportedly said.

The US approves $7 billion in weapon sales to Saudi Arabi, UAE, Qatar, and Morocco. The Democrats will suddenly be against it once Obama is out of the White House and a Republican is in.  The United States on Thursday approved a series of deals worth more than $7bn to supply military helicopters, planes and

Rep Tulsi Gabbard introduced a bill that would prevent the US government from arming, training, supplying or providing intelligence to terrorists groups or countries that provide support to terrorist groups. This would prevent the US from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) introduced the Stop Arming Terrorists Act today. The legislation would

Georgia’s Secretary of State sends a letter to DHS asking why someone with a DHS IP address attempted to hack into the state’s voter database. They could have just been testing security. Then again… Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp is anxiously wondering, as are we, why someone with a Department Of Homeland Security IP

A former colleague of General Flynn writes an article explaining why he believes that Flynn will push the US towards war with Iran. I don’t say that lightly. But I am worried. As a former Army intelligence soldier and then analyst for the Defense Intelligence Agency, I believe that Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, the president-elect’s pick

Trump’s pick to head DHS, General Kelly, is strongly against the legalization of marijuana. Kelly believes it undermines the war on drugs. Via Reason:  Marine Corps Gen. John F. Kelly, who plans to retire next month after more than four decades in the military, recently stepped down as head of the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command,

This is taxpayer money well spent.    Supplemental levies in IdahoCreate your own infographics As Idaho embarks on a new multimillion dollar attempt to help at-risk readers, recent test results tell an old story. Once again, more than four in 10 kindergarten through third-grade students showed up for fall classes reading below grade level. This

The Idaho wants to tie teacher pay to evaluations, and 99% of those evaluations are flawed. Brilliant.   An audit by an independent education research group found that 99 percent of Idaho teacher evaluations reviewed were completed incorrectly, reports Idaho Education News; the audit turned up hundreds of errors. The teacher evaluations are key to