LS Politics Club

Minnesota court says activists can use climate change as a defense in trial The Minnesota Court of Appeals ruled on Monday that four climate activists can use a "necessity defense."

Ashley Madison data reveals Republican men are more likely to cheat on their wives One thing that came out of the hack on Ashley Madison was the information that the site was overwhelmingly dominated by male users. Data is now revealing, however, that among those men using the site, the majority were Republicans. Ashley Madison is the world’s leading website for married people s...

Trump administration planning to ‘monitor’ journalists and bloggers DHS spokesman dismisses "tinfoil hat wearing" reporters who question the government's motives.

Trump's Homeland Security will begin tracking news outlets, journalists and ‘social media influencers’: report The U.S. National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) will begin creating a database to track and monitor hundreds of thousands of news outlets, journalists, bloggers, and “social media influencers,” in the latest Trump-world development of what sounds like a bad dystopian novel. If you.....

Trump to Sign Proclamation Deploying National Guard to US-Mexico Border 'Immediately' Neither the White House press secretary nor the secretary of homeland security would deny that the move was influenced by Fox News

Right-Wing Media Look at Parkland Student Activists and See a Reason to Gut Public Education Conservatives' condemnations of public schools for producing liberal activists come amid increasing support for charter schools on the right.

The Science Can No Longer Be Ignored: Legal Cannabis Access Reduces Opioid Abuse and Mortality For many patients, cannabis offers a viable alternative to opioids. Scientific data is growing exponentially in support of the notion that legalized cannabis access can significantly mitigate opioid use and abuse.On Monday, the esteemed Journal of the American Medical Association, Internal Medicine....

Fukushima Jitters Fukushima is full of nasty surprises, similar to John Carpenter’s classic film The Thing (1982), which held audiences to the edge of their seats in antici

Weapons for Anyone: 
Donald Trump and the Art of the Arms Deal Trump wants to peddle arms to the hottest spots on Earth. It’s one of those stories of the century that somehow never gets treated that way. For an astounding 25 of the past 26 years, the United States has been the leading arms dealer on the planet, at some moments in near monopolistic fashion.

Donald Trump’s Embrace of Abstinence-Only S*x Ed Is an Absurd Twist on a Failed Policy Donald Trump, an unlikely champion of abstinence-only s*x ed, has increased funding for the failed policy to $100 million.

Massacre in Gaza leaves at least 15 dead, more than 700 wounded It marks the single deadliest day in the Israel-Palestine conflict since the 2014 war in Gaza.

Animal Abuse and Violence Against Women Are Linked—and We Need to Talk About It Victims of abuse often find themselves fearing for the safety of their pets. When I was 16, an older boy pinned my arm behind my back, shoved me face-first into a wall, pressed his body against mine and told me to, "Take it back." I'd just made a silly joke at his expense and he wouldn't let me go u...

Howard University students occupy school building to push for sweeping change on campus “We leave when our demands are met."

Former Fox News contributor says he was silenced from talking about Russia Lt. Col. Ralph Peters was one of the few at Fox with experience in Russia.

Structural neuroimaging correlates of alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents and adults - Thayer - 2017 - Addiction - Wiley Online Library Research Report Structural neuroimaging correlates of alcohol and cannabis use in adolescents and adults Rachel E. Thayer Corresponding Author E-mail address:[email protected] http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1333-8142 Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Colorado Boulder, Bou...

Thomas Piketty Sees Only One Way to Defeat the Rise of the Radical Right The economist's latest paper contains an urgent warning for the Democratic Party. In a new paper, French political economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestselling 2013 book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," argues that Western political parties on the right and left have both become parties...

The NRA’s narrative about Maryland school shooting collapses A good guy with a gun wasn't enough to prevent two deaths and an injury.

Trump White House hires 22-year-old Disney star to work in the press office A former Disney Channel star was just hired by the Trump administration after interning in the White House. CNN reported Tuesday that Caroline Sunshine, best known for her work on the Disney Channel show “Shake It Up,” was hired to work in the White House press office as an assistant. In a state...

A 13-Year-Old Boy and Other Yemeni Civilians Were Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes This Month Counterterror strikes have been eclipsed by the horrors of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, but U.S. drones are killing many people who have no Al Qaeda ties.

'Hi**er's regime took guns': Televangelists say Parkland students are like 'demonic' N***s who 'r**e' gun owners Televangelist Frances Swaggart, the wife of Jimmy Swaggart, on Monday suggested that the students who participated in the March for Our Lives over the weekend were like ‘demonic’ N***s and Adolf Hi**er. During the Frances & Friends program, Swaggart reacted to an estimated 800,000 people who cal...

Saudi Crown Prince Boasted That Jared Kushner Was “In His Pocket” Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told confidants that Kushner discussed the names of royal family members opposed to his power grab.

The Moment of Trump On 2 November 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated in a CIA-backed military coup. U.S. support for the coup was based on the idea that the elimination of Diem would open the way to the formation of a government which would be more popular, stable and open to U.S. advice. From the perspective of the U...

The Fake Enemy Israel has a conflict with the Arab world, which refuses to recognize and have normal relations with it as long as there is no peace between Israel and the Palestinian people. Israel is now practically at war with Syria and Hezbollah. Iran wants to be the dominant Muslim power in the region. Therefo...

Professor sues Cambridge Analytica to find out what they know about him David Carroll's legal action against Cambridge Analytica has been given added importance by the new Facebook data revelations.

Driving for Uber or Lyft is a dumb way to make money, new study shows Driving for Uber or Lyft is not a smart way to make money, a new study from MIT shows. According to the study, the median profit from driving is $3.37 per hour before taxes. That’s far below the federal minimum wage of $7.25. In fact, researchers found that 74% of drivers earn less than the minimu...

The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed Documents shine light on a secretive coalition that eavesdrops on communications in countries across the world.

Chinese Censors Ban Winnie The Pooh, George Orwell And Letter 'N' To Silence Xi Critics They've been busy scrubbing the web as critics take aim at President Xi Jinping’s expansion of power.

Right-Wing Supreme Court Majority Decrees Refugee Asylum Seekers Can Be Jailed Indefinitely Without Bail Hearing An authoritarian ruling enlarges federal police power and ignores centuries of judicial precedent and human rights. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued what may become one of the most consequential anti-immigrant rulings in the Trump era, declaring that asylum seekers—non-citizens—are not entitled...

Paul Krugman: American Decency Is Making a Huge Comeback There are signs of real hope in the response to the Parkland massacre. Hope for democracy is in short supply during the Trump administration. A surge in activism and civic engagement has offered a bright spot, but for every Women's March, there's a Neil Gorsuch appointed to the Supreme Court. The Af...