Above Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images. The hearing room at the Federal Communications Commission headquarters in Washington, on Feb. 26, 2015. FOLLOWING THE VOTE last week by the Federal Communication Commission to unwind the net neutrality rules enacted during the Obama administration, House Republican lawmakers received an email from GOP leadership on how to defend the decision. The email was shared with The […]
Posts Tagged ‘lobbyists’
WH Tries to Block Public Disclosure of Large Number of Lobbyists, Industry Lawyers Hired by Trump
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Host of Hardline Radio Show The Trump administration is hard at work trying to get the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to back off from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other agencies that do not want to comply with turning over ethics waivers given to […]
Lobbyists Lining Up To Influence Marijuana Laws In Maine
Juan Palese, a marijuana grower, shows his crop outside of Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, Dic. 18, 2013. (Matilde Campodonico/AP). AUGUSTA — Retail sales of marijuana may still be a year away, but cannabis-related cash is already flowing at the Maine State House as businesses jockey to influence the policies that will govern the lucrative recreational market. […]
Your Fertility App Isn’t Helping You Avoid Getting Pregnant
Susanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Media Spokesperson, HEALTH MAX Group In our digital age, apps are the way to go. Users can play games, organize their love life and figure out when they are most fertile, but researchers at Georgetown University School of Medicine (GUSM) warn against the latter. In a […]
Iran coverage: Iran open to investment, win-win economic exchange:Rouhani
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran open to investment, win-win economic exchange:Rouhani Tehran, Jan 26, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday in Rome, Italy, that Iran follows a win-win policy in economy as it did so in politics. President urges collective cooperation for peaceful co-existance in world Tehran, […]
Iran coverage: Iran open to investment, win-win economic exchange:Rouhani
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran open to investment, win-win economic exchange:Rouhani Tehran, Jan 26, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani said Tuesday in Rome, Italy, that Iran follows a win-win policy in economy as it did so in politics. President urges collective cooperation for peaceful co-existance in world Tehran, […]
68% of Americans destroy credit before age 30: Survey
These mistakes include overspending on credit cards, missing payments, defaulting on a loan or having an account sent into collections, the survey found. The greater the offense, the longer it will reflect on your credit report, said Bethy Hardeman, chief consumer advocate at Credit Karma. In fact, it usually takes consumers seven to […]
‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"
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Behind Netanyahu’s Ban on the “Islamic Movement” in Israel
The decision to outlaw the northern wing of the Islamic Movement in Israel was announced by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on November 17, 2015, days after attacks claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, left 130 dead in Paris. Although the ban had been long in the making, the timing was patently […]
New Moon in Capricorn – Standing Strong in a Paradox of Darkness and Light
9th January 2016 By Simon Vorster and Jennifer Langstone Contributing Writers for Wake Up World This New Moon in Capricorn marks a very inspiring period, yet paradoxically, a period that will also reveal to us some of the deepest distortions of our world. Human consciousness has come a long way forward on its recent evolutionary path, however the darkness […]
‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"
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Hex Signs as Solar and Ethnic Symbolism and Other Interpretations
Hyperlinks and images added by post editor. Cultural Marxist commentary crossed out for accuracy. The Scholars’ War Just what are the hex signs supposed to mean, if they have any meaning at all? This question lifts the lid on an acrimonious and ongoing controversy in the world of Pennsylvania Dutch scholarship. At the heart of this controversy lies […]
Plot Thickens: Pentagon Now Facing More Scrutiny Over $766 Million Task Force
Earlier this month, we reported that the Pentagon was making it difficult for the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction to investigate reports of gross waste and mismanagement by the now-defunct, five-year Task Force for Business Stability Operations. One of its projects, a gas station, cost 140 times what it should have. […]
Executed: Dania Arshid, 17, from Hebron
They do not want them to give birth to “snakes”. They hate the Palestinians, whether men, women and children. The women and children seem to be easy prey. The hatred is however shown to all. They seem to be followers of the Shaked doctrine. “A week later, on July 7, Shaked again quoted the following […]
Google grabs GOP lobbyists to help on the Hill
Google have been conducting a search of their own as of late. Facing a high-profile probe in Washington, Google has brought on board several Republican bigwigs to buy itself some bipartisan support to balance out its left-leaning roster of lobbyists. Google top-brass went before lawmakers on Capitol Hill last week for the beginning of a […]
Lobbyists push to veto Palestinian statehood
“When we come back here next year, we can have an agreement that will lead to a new member of the United Nations — an independent sovereign state of Palestine, living in peace with Israel.” Those are the words that President Barack Obama told world leaders on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly […]
Rick Perry: Owned and Operated by Lobbyists
Karen TumultyWashington PostSeptember 17, 2011 Any insider at the Texas Capitol could have identified which aide-turned-lobbyist Rep. Michele Bachmann was talking about when she attacked Texas Gov. Rick Perry over a 2007 executive order mandating that teenage girls receive a vaccination against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus. “There was a big drug company that made […]
Lobbyists line up to new Libyan government
It’s no surprise that America is quick to put itself in the picture of the whole ordeal in Libya as the United States isn’t exactly a known isolationist nation. Aside from involving itself in the politics of the country during the current revolution, American PR companies have begun a bidding war to offer their services […]