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Peter Burgess COMMENTARY
The 'Common Dreams' collection of articles is impressive. I followed Common Dreams a long time ago and have only just now picked up on their news flows.
This listing is a 'work in progress' as I try to figure out how to make the best possible use of their news and information flows.
The good news is that there is a huge amount of information that is now accessible to ordinary mortals like myself. There is a difficulty now with the quanity of information, and the quality of the information. The rapid increase in fake information is getting to be a very difficult challenge.
Common Dreams seems to be a high quality information flow and well worth integrating into my own and the TrueValueMetrics information base!
Peter Burgess
U.S. President Donald Trump
'Welp, There Goes the Economy': Trump Tariffs Trigger Global Alarm
Jessica Corbett
Apr 02, 2025
U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz
News Calls for Waltz's Resignation Grow Amid Report of At Least 20 Sensitive Signal Group Chats
Brett Wilkins
Apr 02, 2025
Rep. Gerry Connolly speaks
News Emails Show Trump Official Targeted Maine Social Security Services as Political Revenge
Brett Wilkins
Apr 02, 2025
Jewish students chain themselves to the gates of Columbia University, demanding accountability from the university's trustees following the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
News Jewish Students Chain Themselves to Columbia Fence to Protest Khalil Detention
Julia Conley
Apr 02, 2025
Protesters demonstrate against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
News Plummeting Global Tesla Sales Reveal Consumer Revolt Against Musk's 'Dangerous Far-Right' Antics
Julia Conley
Apr 02, 2025
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
News 50+ Groups to Schumer: 'Time to Step Down as Senate Minority Leader'
Jessica Corbett
Apr 02, 2025
Elon Musk with cheese on his head
Opinion World's Richest Man Is the Biggest Loser in Wisconsin
Juan Cole
Apr 02, 2025
Opinion Call Your Senators Now: Sanders' Bill Seeks to Block U.S. Weapons Transfers
Jon Rainwater
Apr 02, 2025
Opinion Trump's Absurd Trade Policies Will Impoverish Americans and Harm the World
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Apr 02, 2025
Opinion War, Doublethink, and the Struggle for Survival: the Geopolitics of the Gaza Genocide
Ramzy Baroud
Apr 02, 2025
Opinion SCOTUS’ Next Move: Taxpayer-Funded Religious Schools?
Chris Yarrell
Apr 02, 2025
Opinion Gallup Gets the Headline Wrong: Trump’s Poor Scores on the Economy Are the Real Story
Martin Burns
Apr 02, 2025
Inexplicably burning Tesla.
Further Jerk: Honk If You Hate Elon or Are Stuck In His Car
Everything is still awful, but it was heartening to see Tesla Takedown's many protests and fiery message: 'Would've fought the Nazis?
Now's your chance.' And as the world's richest, dimmest Nazi whines about people being mean to him, their persistence brings solace:
Judges, park rangers, fired workers fight back, Swasticar posters pop up - 'Goes from 0 to 1939 in 3 seconds' -
and wild hacks, from DOGE lists to (eww) videos of the two foot-fetish besties at it on HUD screens. What a time to be alive.
Abby Zimet
Apr 01, 2025
Kate MacGregor
Watchdogs Warn Trump Pick for Interior Will Assist Corporate Attack on Public Lands
The Trump administration is 'plotting to sell off America's national public lands to their billionaire friends, and Kate MacGregor is the perfect henchwoman.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Apr 02, 2025
Keep Reading News kate macgregor
Palestinians flee Rafah in Gaza on foot and donkey cart
Major Gaza Land Grab Underway as Israel's Ethnic Cleansing Escalates
Israeli forces also bombed an U.N. clinic in Jabalia, killing at least 68 Palestinians including elders, women, and children—one of them a newborn baby.
Brett Wilkins
Apr 02, 2025
News gaza
Secretary of Education nominee Linda McMahon...
'They've Come to Collect': Report Details Crisis of Billionaires Buying US Elections
'The billions of dollars of donations these oligarchic clans give candidates, parties, and particularly outside spending groups drown out the voices and concerns of ordinary voters,' according to the report.
Eloise Goldsmith
Apr 02, 2025
News Politics billionaires
NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Judge Dismisses Adams Corruption Case But Aims to Kill Trump's Leverage Over NYC Mayor
One legal expert called Judge Dale Ho's move a 'major smackdown for DOJ's unsavory behavior.'
Jessica Corbett
Apr 02, 2025
News Rights & Justice eric adams
Israeli and Hungarian National flags are raised on the oldest Hungarian bridge, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge in Budapest
ICC Rebukes Hungary for Refusing to Carry Out Arrest Warrant for Netanyahu
'Hungary should comply with its legal obligations as a party to the ICC and arrest Netanyahu if he sets foot in the country,' said one human rights expert.
Julia Conley
Apr 02, 2025
News War & Peace benjamin netanyahu
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Candidate Judge Susan Crawford Holds Her Election Night Event
'This Guy Is Toxic': Susan Crawford Defeats World's Richest Man Elon Musk in Wisconsin
'As a result of your strong grassroots organizing, you have defeated the wealthiest person on earth,' said Sen. Bernie Sanders to the state's voters after the Supreme Court race was called. 'You have set an example for the rest of the country.'
Jon Queally
Apr 01, 2025
News elon musk
Trump signs an executive order
'Absolutely Shameful': Critics Slam Latest Law Firm to Cave Amid Trump's Revenge Threats
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP—where former Vice President Kamala Harris' husband is a partner—investigated the Capitol insurrection and successfully represented Georgia election workers defamed by Rudy Giuliani.
Brett Wilkins
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics donald trump
Senate GOP Leadership Presser
Dems Wouldn't 'Ignore' Parliamentarian to Raise Minimum Wage, But GOP Plans to for Massive Tax Giveaway to the Rich
'They are deciding that the way we're gonna do this is break the Senate and make up our own rules,' said Sen. Cory Booker.
Jessica Corbett
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics taxation
A Ukrainian demining team at work
Trump Cuts, NATO Withdrawals Weakening Landmine Treaty and Endangering Lives
'The Trump administration's deep cuts to foreign aid are now disrupting mine clearance operations,' one campaigner said ahead of International Day of Mine Action.
Brett Wilkins
Apr 01, 2025
News War & Peace landmines
Stone House at Harvard University
Harvard and Princeton Are the Latest Ivies to Have Their Funding Targeted By Trump
One critic wrote that an email from Harvard University's president about the Trump administration's funding review capitulated to the 'bogus premise that this is about 'protecting' students against antisemitism.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics higher education
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) held the Senate floor overnight
'It Can't Be Business as Usual': Cory Booker Praised for Historic Stand Against Trump-Musk
'More of this energy from every Democrat please,' said one progressive commentator as the New Jersey lawmaker continued to hold the floor of the U.S. Senate with a record-breaking speech that lasted over 25 hours.
Jessica Corbett
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics cory booker
A federal worker (R) who lost her job gets help carrying some of her belongings from her office
'Absolute Bloodbath' as Trump Administration Eviscerates Federal Health Agencies
'There is no way this makes Americans healthier.'
Julia Conley
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics u.s. department of health and human services
U.S. Sen Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
Sanders Says 67,000 Could Die Awaiting Benefits Under Musk Cuts to Social Security Administration
'Instead of focusing on delivering benefits to seniors and people with disabilities, President Trump and unelected billionaire Elon Musk are systematically dismantling SSA.'
Brett Wilkins
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics social security
Luigi Mangione
Trump DOJ to Seek Death Penalty for Luigi Mangione
Calling the death penalty 'an intolerably cruel and unusual punishment,' one socialist writer said that the European Union should offer the alleged assassin asylum.
Eloise Goldsmith
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics luigi mangione
Planned Parenthood
Trump Blasted for Attack on Reproductive Care Across Numerous States
This is 'a deeply unpopular and politically motivated attack on Planned Parenthood and reproductive freedom that will disproportionately harm families who are already struggling to make ends meet,' said one advocate.
Eloise Goldsmith
Apr 01, 2025
News Politics planned parenthood
More than 250 people arrive in San Salvador, El Salvador by plane after being detained and deported by the Trump administration
Outcry as White House Admits to Sending Maryland Man to El Salvador Prison 'In Error'
'If Trump can disappear Abrego Garcia, he can disappear you,' warned one advocate. 'This is why due process matters. Without it, America slides into dictatorship.'
Julia Conley
Apr 01, 2025
News Rights & Justice deportations
Kristi Noem
'Unconstitutional Animus': Federal Judge Blocks Trump Mass Deportation Effort
'The government,' said the judge, 'has failed to identify any real countervailing harm in continuing [temporary protected status] for Venezuelan beneficiaries.' Jon Queally
Apr 01, 2025
News kristi noem
Wisconsin Voters Head To The Polls In Heated Supreme Court Justice Race
Pro-Voter Coalition Sues Over Trump Trying to 'Declare Election Rules by Executive Fiat'
'This executive order, based on nothing but years of disinformation, is blatantly unlawful and a naked attempt to suppress the votes of targeted communities,' said LULAC's national president.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 31, 2025
News Rights & Justice democracy
Ten Commandments monument at Arkansas State Capitol
Arkansas Faith Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Reject Bill Forcing Schools to Display Ten Commandments
'We do not need to—and indeed should not—turn public schools into Sunday schools.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 31, 2025
News Rights & Justice education
Funerals of 8 Palestinian health workers held in Khan Yunis
'Every Atrocity Imaginable': Litany of Israeli War Crimes Continues
'Genocide, ecocide, mass infanticide, rape, sexual assault, torture, slavery, sniping children, bombing hospitals, executing aid workers,' said one critic. 'We are funding an endless nightmare and it should haunt us forever.'
Brett Wilkins
Mar 31, 2025
News War & Peace gaza
Elon Musk gives a $1 million check made to the order of Nicholas Jacobs
'This Is the State of American Democracy': Sanders Calls for Public Funding of Elections as Musk Buys Votes With $1 Million Checks
Independent groups spending on most expensive judicial race in U.S. history favor the right-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 31, 2025
News Politics wisconsin
A person rides a scooter past a check cashing and payday loans store on March 11, 2022 in downtown Los Angeles, California.
Trump CFPB Accused of Siding With 'Bottom-Feeder' Payday Lenders Over Struggling Workers
'A policy of 'hear no evil, see no evil, punish no evil' is a sure-fire way to promote lawless behavior,' said one advocate.
Julia Conley
Mar 31, 2025
News Economy consumer financial protection bureau
Members of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau protest outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Federal Workers Union Sues Trump Over Attack on Collective Bargaining
The National Treasury Employees Union president called the order 'an attempt to silence the voices of our nation's public servants' and part of an effort 'to deny the American people the vital services' they provide.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 31, 2025
News Rights & Justice workers
Research students work in the lab
'Real Danger in This Moment': 1,900 Scientists Issue SOS Over Trump's Attack
'The voice of science must not be silenced,' the scientists wrote. 'We all benefit from science, and we all stand to lose if the nation's research enterprise is destroyed.'
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 31, 2025
News Politics science
Teacher Monica Benavides comforts a young child in the infant room at TLC for Tots daycare center
Trump Gutting of GSA Office Puts Dozens of Federal Childcare Centers at Risk
'It's an assault on people with small children being able to work,' said one childcare facility board member.
Julia Conley
Mar 31, 2025
News Economy childcare
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Trump Threatens Iran With 'Bombing the Likes of Which They Have Never Seen'
Despite U.S. intelligence once again finding Iran is not currently developing nukes, the president is trying to force Tehran into a nuclear deal after unilaterally abrogating an existing one in 2018.
Brett Wilkins
Mar 31, 2025
News War & Peace iran
contractors in protective gear remove hazardous materials from a home destroyed in the Eaton Fire
'Fossil Fuels Are Killing Us': Scientists Publish Sweeping Review of Industry Harms
'We've got to work fast to end fossil fuel operations near our homes, schools, and hospitals and trade fossil fuel infrastructure for healthy, clean energy,' said one co-author.
Jessica Corbett
Mar 31, 2025
News Climate climate emergency
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
Chances of a Recession Hiked to 35% as Trump's 'Liberation Day' Tariffs Loom
'Don't use his term 'liberation day'! Call it Trump's devastating trade war! He has caused maximum uncertainty, likely to drive the U.S. economy to a near halt,' wrote one economist.
Eloise Goldsmith
Mar 31, 2025
News Politics tariffs
Students set up Gaza solidarity encampment at the Rutgers University campus
Rutgers Senate Proposes Big Ten 'Mutual Defense Compact' to Block Trump's Campus Attacks
Universities 'should be embodying the values of democracy,' said one supporter. 'And it really becomes clear in times like this how important that is.'
Julia Conley
Mar 31, 2025
News Rights & Justice rutgers university