Author: KJ McElrath

Mr. “Tough On Crime” Jeff Sessions Not So Tough When the Criminal is a Corporation

Mr. “Tough On Crime” Jeff Sessions Not So Tough When the Criminal is a Corporation

Posted by | May 30, 2017 | , , |

Attorney General Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, III has been busy beating his chest, vowing to fill already overcrowded U.S. private, for-profit prisons (a dubious industry to which he has indirect ties) – mostly with small-time drug offenders and people of color. He has rescinded all of the Obama Administration’s directives giving prosecutors more leeway to push for more lenient sentences, particularly for low-level drug offenders. Sessions, who by rights should be removed from office and disbarred, is demanding the most draconian punishments for natural people for the slightest misdemeanors – but for corporate “people” involved in murder and grand larceny,...

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They Keep On Coming: Fox News Faces More Discrimination Lawsuits

They Keep On Coming: Fox News Faces More Discrimination Lawsuits

Posted by | May 30, 2017 | , , , |

This week, three more plaintiffs filed lawsuits against Fox News, alleging racial discrimination and gender-based harassment, putting yet more nails in the coffin of Rupert Murchoch’s right-wing propaganda machine. It’s the gift that keeps on giving. One of the plaintiffs, Kathleen Lee, accuses radio anchorman Ron Flatter of “unrelenting sexual harassment,” and mocking her disability, calling her an “invalid.” When she took her complaint to higher levels, she was told to “deal with it.” Another plaintiff, Naima Farrow, was fired three days after telling her supervisor that she was pregnant. Farrow, who is African-American, also alleges that she was...

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Here We Go Again: Diesel Dupe, Part Six – General Motors Sued for Installing “Cheat Devices”

Here We Go Again: Diesel Dupe, Part Six – General Motors Sued for Installing “Cheat Devices”

Posted by | May 26, 2017 | , , |

In the words of late baseball player Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Following similar scandals involving major automakers that include Volkswagen, Fiat-Chrysler and Renault, General Motors – manufacturer of venerable lines that include Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac and Cadillac – has joined the parade of car companies accused of installing “cheat devices” designed to bypass emissions tests. Specifically, General Motors faces accusations of installing software into its heavy-duty, full-sized Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra HD2500 and 3500HD pickup and SUV models. These vehicles are equipped with the Duramax V8 diesel engine. The class action lawsuit was initiated...

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Israel Changes The Way it Shares Classified Info With U.S. After Trump Leaks

Israel Changes The Way it Shares Classified Info With U.S. After Trump Leaks

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , , |

“The Donald” just can’t seem to keep his mouth shut. Last week, bragging to Russian officials about how he gets “great intel,” Trump shared highly classified information that had come from Israeli intelligence sources. This week, it was revealed that Trump had boasted about deploying two submarines to the coast of North Korea to his good buddy, Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, at a time that tensions on the peninsula were reaching a boiling point. It is patently obvious that Trump is as untrustworthy as he is dishonest. In response, Israel, up to this point America’s closest Middle East ally,...

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Carrier Jobs Trump “Saved” Are Going to Mexico Anyway

Carrier Jobs Trump “Saved” Are Going to Mexico Anyway

Posted by | May 25, 2017 | , , |

Remember how, during his campaign, Trump threatened the Carrier Corporation with a 35% tariff on its products if it outsourced its manufacturing to Mexico? Then, it turned out that the parent company, United Technologies had actually been offered a bribe in the form of a $7 million tax cut which had been negotiated by then-governor Mike Pence. Now, despite Trump’s “promises” to save U.S. jobs, more than 600 Carrier workers in Indianapolis are being kicked to the curb as the employer they served loyally and diligently for years moves those jobs to a facility in Monterrey, Mexico. It’s less than half...

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