Trump's Privatized Infrastructure Scam | 70% of GOPers Think Trump Is a Good Role Model for Children | RIP Great Progressive Investigative Journalist Bob Parry

TODAY'S TOP STORIES - January 30, 2018 Do You Want to Pay a Toll to Private Investors When You Ride Trump's Federal Highways? That's His Infrastructure Pitch By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet $200 billion taken from other programs. Taxpayers borrow $800 billion plus interest. Then come tolls and user fees. READ MORE» Bonkers Poll: 70% of Republicans Think Trump Is a 'Good Role Model for Children' By Kali Holloway, AlterNet Some party of family values.  READ MORE» Bob Parry RIP: The Reporter Who Broke the Iran-Contra Story By Jefferson Morley, AlterNet An independent journalist who never got the credit he deserved. READ MORE» Is Trump Slowly Killing Democracy? By Heather Digby Parton, Salon Trump hasn't staged a coup, and so far our institutions are holding up. But he's doing more damage every day. READ MORE» Drug Companies Sell Us Remedies for Problems Caused by Their Own Products—And the Federal Government Helps Them By Kate Harveston, AlterNet This should be a clear violation of antitrust laws. READ MORE» Under Trump, American Foreign Policy Is an Empire of Graveyards By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Our president is making a mockery of us on the world stage. READ MORE» Julian Assange Duped by Fake Sean Hannity Account, Tried to Send 'News' About Senate Democrat AlterNet "I felt bad. He really thought he was talking to Sean Hannity." READ MORE» Dear Canadian Unions: Don't Let a Union Split Tear the Labor Movement Apart By Jonathan Rosenblum, AlterNet Learn from the mistakes of your neighbor to the south. READ MORE» In the Age of #MeToo, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina Is a Model of Women Supporting Women By Laura Flanders, The Laura Flanders Show She took down a sexual predator, and made sure his victims got their power back.  READ MORE» How a More Humane Economy Could Help Revive Rural America By Elizabeth Enochs, AlterNet Factory farming is terrible for animals and it's a disaster for rural America. READ MORE» Melania Trump Is Reportedly 'Furious' Over Payout to Stormy Daniels By Elizabeth Preza, Raw Story She'll be publicly reemerging at her husband's State of the Union address. READ MORE» Illinois Woman Faces Felony Drug Charges After Cops Mistake Pistachio Shells for Marijuana By Brad Reed, Raw Story Really? Or was that just an excuse for the cops to search? READ MORE» Zoothanasia: The Cruel Practice of Killing Healthy Zoo Animals By Dr. Marc Bekoff, AlterNet European zoos kill as many as 5,000 healthy animals every year. READ MORE» James Comey Defends McCabe, Blasts 'Small People' Trying to 'Tear Down' FBI By Noor Al-Sibai, Raw Story The former director of the agency said it must stay strong for the country. READ MORE» Watch Joy Behar's Tough Conversation with Kirsten Gillibrand About Al Franken and Sexual Misconduct AlterNet The co-host and senator had a polite but tense discussion. READ MORE» The Trumps Have Blown an Absurd Amount of Taxpayer Money on Travel By Sarah K. Burris, Raw Story The president who criticized his predecessor's spending is proving to be a total hypocrite. READ MORE» You are subscribed as: bsamad2007.adnan@blogger.com View this mailing as a webpage. SUPPORT ALTERNET | CONTACT US | PRIVACY POLICY | UNSUBSCRIBE © 2015 Independent Media Institutes All Rights Reserved 1881 Harmon Street, Berkeley, CA 94703