Author: Joshua De Leon

Former Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is not just be perverted, but he’s also greedy. The Jared Foundation, designed to fight childhood obesity, has issued a single grant like it promised, reported CBS News. The Jared Foundation was announced in 2008, and it promised to donate $2 million to schools and community groups to combat childhood obesity. However, the organization never made a single grant. The foundation was worth $15 million at one point. USA Today reported that “from 2009 through 2013, the foundation spent just $73,000 a year on average. Sixty percent of the money went to the executive director’s...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) appeared on Meet the Press with Chuck Todd and slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Todd asked Sanders what he thought of Trump, to which Sanders responded that Trump is an “embarrassment for our country.”...

Semaj Rock, an 18-year-old black teen from Rochester, New York, published a video on YouTube pleading with America’s black youth to stop the violence. Rock recorded the video early Thursday morning after hearing the news of a recent drive-by shooting that took the life of three individuals and injured four. “Rochester is just dying,” said Rock “I don’t understand how the black youth don’t understand. What will it take to show y’all to go get an education, to stay off the streets?”...

Vice President Joe Biden is considering a 2016 run for the White House. One advantage he already has is realizing Hillary Clinton’s Wall Street connections, reported the Huffington Post. Biden’s decision to run for president “will be driven. . . by a belief that Hillary Clinton’s background won’t allow her to be a credible messenger when it comes to income inequality.” While the Republican candidates push the issues from the daily headlines, the Democratic candidates have been campaign on more heavy issues like income inequality and corporate crime. Clinton’s took thousands of dollars in speaking fees to address groups...

The Saudi Arabian government isn’t fond of Iran and considers them a “regional adversary.” Because of this, the Saudi Arabian government apparently has been funding millions of dollars of American TV advertisements that oppose the Iran nuclear deal, reported The Intercept. A group called the American Security Initiative (ASI) has been calling upon citizens to contact senators to oppose the Iran nuclear deal. ASI doesn’t disclose its donors, but former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) is president of the organization. The Saudi Arabian government has Coleman’s firm, Hogan Lovells, on legal retainer for $60,000 a month. Last year, Coleman said...