The Lucky 1 Percent Get Trump’s Speech, CNBC’s Devotion – and Nearly All Global Growth

Would it really do CNBC 's wealthy, influential viewers a disservice to consider the statement from Oxfam's Winnie Byanyima that "the billionaire boom is not a sign of a thriving economy but a symptom of a failing economic system"? "We are right to ask who is making news media for those outside of wealth and influence," Jackson writes. "The World Economic Forum is lucky to have [Donald Trump] addressing them," says CNBC host Becky Quick.

Leaked Trump Infrastructure Plan Ripped as Thinly-Veiled ‘Assault on the Environment’

"The administration's legislative outline for infrastructure sacrifices clean air, water, the expertise of career agency staff, and bedrock environmental laws," concluded Theresa Pierno, president of the National Parks Conservation Association. Environmentalists reacted with alarm on Friday to a leaked Trump administration infrastructure draft that proposes a drastic rollback of environmental regulations in an attempt to expedite the construction of water-threatening oil pipelines , roads, bridges-and, of course, "the wall."

Malcolm Nance Accuses Lou Dobbs Of ‘Sedition’ After He Calls For An Open ‘War’ On The FBI

MSNBC analyst Malcolm Nance, a former Naval intelligence officer, suggested on Wednesday that Lou Dobbs was a traitor to the United States after the Fox Business host argued that conservatives should declare "war" on the FBI. Radio host Stephanie Miller noted during her Wednesday broadcast that multiple Fox News personalities have attacked the FBI and the Justice Department because they do not agree with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Debating Prevaricators

Most all lying has conscious and subconscious elements. When a lie dribbles out of your mouth a little ding goes off in the brain that you might not even be able to articulate, but it informs you that what you just said perhaps was not entirely true, or could be a best guess expressed as if it were fact.

While Schumer Mercilessly Criticized for Caving to GOP, These 16…

Demonstrators, many of them recent immigrants to America, protest the government shutdown and the lack of a deal on DACA outside of Federal Plaza on January 22, 2018 in New York City. As progressives and immigrant rights advocates lampooned House Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday for caving to Republicans over the #TrumpShutdown-a deal whose critics say betrays undocumented Dreamers who again face the threat of deportation every day a permanent fix for the DACA program is not reached-the Democrats, and lone Independent, who voted against the deal received applause for standing firm.

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Dr T.P. Wilkinson writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is also the author of Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa .

10,000 Deaths Later Germany Bars Arms Sales to Yemen Attackers

Spokesperson for German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Friday the country will "immediately" stop all arms exports to countries involved in the ongoing war in Yemen, which began in March 2015 and has so far claimed 10,000 lives according to the United Nations. Merkel's government has admitted that between 2016 and 2017 it quintupled arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two key players in the Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen.

European Parliament backs Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050

Green lawmakers have hailed a "great victory for the climate" as a proposal to bring down to zero the amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted in the atmosphere by 2050 received unexpected backing from the European Parliament last Wednesday . Plenary session week 3 2018 in Strasbourg - Debate on energy efficiency, renewables and the governance of the Energy Union.

Will Aliens Save Humanity?

It was July 1st, 1952 when Look magazine carried this story: "Flying Saucers - The Hunt Goes On" with the byline: "Fearful of danger from the skies, the United States Air Force is launching a secret search to discover once-and-for-all what is the mysterious, unbelievable thing Americans keep sighting overhead." At the time, the Air Force confirmed more than 800 sightings of flying saucers with reports from outposts all across the country, including "our vital atomic installation sites."

Here’s What Trump Said About Presidential Leadership During 2013 Government Shutdown

"I mean problems start from the top and they have to get solved from the top," Trump said of Obama during the interview with Fox News . As the White House on Friday refused to accept any responsibility for the government shutdown that will result if Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on a spending deal before midnight, remarks made by citizen Donald Trump in 2013 reveals what he thought then about the role of presidential leadership during a similar political crisis under President Barack Obama.

Lawmakers learn Ryan Zinke can’t be trusted in debate over offshore drilling

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, foreground, and President Donald Trump want to open huge offshore areas to oil and gas drilling. CREDIT: Paul Morigi/Getty Images Sen. Bill Nelson doesn't trust Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's pledge to remove Florida from the Trump administration's five-year offshore drilling plan.

Paul Booth-Fighter, Strategist, and Visionary Labor Leader

No circle has been broken here No one who stands along The threads of life so lately broke Are woven through our own None of us who knew Paul Booth expected him to die when he did, in the early evening of Wednesday, November 17, 2018. At 74, he was young not just at heart but in body and spirit, vibrant, alive, still the fighter, the visionary he'd been for well over 50 years.