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Statement by Bruce Fein on Judge Aileen Cannon’s dismissal of the Trump classified documents case

Lead-footed, ill-trained United States District Judge Aileen Cannon today dismissed the Espionage Act-Obstruction of Justice indictment against Trump in a 93-page caper that overruled the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Nixon v. United States and more than 50 years of practice in holding Special Counsel Jack Smith had been illegally appointed by the Attorney…

The Gaza Genocide Deepens: The Reckoning Begins for the Perpetrators

By Ralph Nader July 12, 2023 In the early weeks of Israel’s massive bombardment and invasion of Gaza, the Israeli military was killing anyone who moved and destroying anything that stood.  In response to telephone calls from President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging Netanyahu to minimize civilian casualties reportedly he…

The Dictatorial Trump Court Has Put Our Democracy’s Rule of Law on Quicksand

By Ralph Nader July 8, 2024 The six “corporate state” U.S. Supreme Court Justices, occupying unaccountable lifetime unelected positions, handed over dictatorial power for presidents and corporations that disassembled our Founders’ Constitution and the centerpiece of the American Revolution. In one week! Led by the notorious Trump v. United States case these interwoven and dictatorial…

Biden Trump “Debate” – Fiascos for Both Candidates

By Ralph Nader June 28, 2024 It was, of course, not a presidential debate. Not a surprise. Trump came in ready to repeat what he tells audiences at his rallies – raging, lying by the microminute, promising perfection and spewing hate at Biden. Biden – flustered, bumbling at times, stumbling over facts, at least tried…

Are the Heedless Dems Giving Trumpty Dumpty a Path to Become America’s FÜHRER?

By Ralph Nader June 21, 2024 In the last several months, the chips have been falling in Trump’s favor to a level that probably astonishes this convicted felon. Consider the following: 1. Three of the four serious state and federal criminal lawsuits have been delayed by Trump’s lawyers and judges, so it is unlikely there will…

Nonfiction Summer Reading Recommendations

By Ralph Nader June 14, 2024 1. “The Emperor’s Nightmare” by Robert A. G. Monks (2022). Harvard lawyer, former CEO and Shareholder Rights Activist, Monks digs deep inside big corporate power and the devastating impact of this corpocracy on weakened democratic institutions. Constitutional reset is crucial, he concludes. 2. “Corporate Bullsh*t: Exposing the Lies and…

Joe Biden: Pushing America Deeper into the Russian/Ukrainian War

Is Joe Biden increasingly slipping America into the quagmire of the Russian/Ukrainian war? Something like the U.S. did in Vietnam? When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Biden announced that the U.S. government would help Ukraine for “as long as it takes.” Despite being someone who taught classes on the “separation of powers,” he…

“No One Is Above the Law” – Really Mr. Biden?

After the jury came in with its verdict that Donald Trump was guilty of a scheme and coverup to illegally influence the 2016 election, the Biden campaign issued a statement saying that the judgment demonstrated that “no one is above the law,” not even a former President. The overwhelming truth is that the majority of…

Joe Biden’s Deceptive-Declaration Zigs & Deadly-Deed Zags

As the keynote speaker at Morehouse College in Atlanta last week, Joe Biden listened to the class Valedictorian’s call for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The President nodded and applauded with others in the assembly. In contrast, he had just approved another billion dollars in killer weapons for the genocidal Netanyahu regime to blow up…

Tapping Into the Vast Safety Potential of “Loss Prevention” by the Insurance Industry

By Ralph Nader May 17, 2024 A recent newspaper article reports that GEICO, one of the largest auto insurers in the U.S., has amassed a staggering $189 billion in cash, apart from the reserves required by law to insure the volume of potential claims by its policyholders. Angry consumers have cried out about auto insurance…