The United States was never meant to be a ‘Democracy’:
. . . If these observations be just, our government ought to secure the permanent interests of the country against innovation. Landholders ought to have a share in the government, to support these invaluable interests, and to balance and check the other. They ought to be so constituted as to protect the minority of the opulent against the majority. The senate, therefore, ought to be this body; and to answer these purposes, they ought to have permanency and stability. Various have been the propositions; but my opinion is, the longer they continue in office, the better will these views be answered. . . . — James Madison, Notes of the Secret Debates of the Federal Convention of 1787
. . .The Panama Papers, containing info on thousands of shell companies set up to avoid taxes and hide assets for over four decades from 1977 to 2015, are all about millionaires and billionaires and the politically connected “sticking it to” average citizens of the world by hiding money from fellow countrymen’s taxation policies and/or theft of state funds and laundering money. It is outrageously heinous and deserving of criminal incrimination and/or tarring and feathering whilst run out of town on a rail. It also begs the question of how many more rich pillagers are out there. . . . — The Panama Papers: Oozing Slime
. . . Some American intellectuals like Chris Hedges believe the public should/will revolt. “Hedges’ message is clear: Popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization.” (Source: Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt, Truthdig.com). Some American intellectuals like Chris Hedges believe the public should/will revolt. “Hedges’ message is clear: Popular uprisings in the United States and around the world are inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization.” (Source: Wages of Rebellion: The Moral Imperative of Revolt, Truthdig.com). “Inevitable in the face of environmental destruction and wealth polarization” somehow fit together like peas in a pod; maybe because both originate from the same greedy, rapacious, devouringly insatiable thirst for opulent riches, at any cost. And, it’s proving to be a badge of cowardliness. — The Panama Papers: Oozing Slime
One of the deadliest strikes against civilians in Yemen’s year-long war involved U.S.-supplied weapons — The year-long campaign of Saudi-led airstrikes in Yemen reached a new low last month with a deliberate attack on a marketplace full of civilians that killed over 100, including 25 children, and a new report has found that the bombs that did the killing came from the United States. — American Bombs Killing Civilians in Yemen, Report Finds
The War on Women 
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U.S. Terrorism in Yemen: American Bombs Killing Civilians in Yemen, Report Finds: by Nika Knight
Stand Your Ground, Unless You’re a Battered Woman: When victims defend themselves, they put themselves at risk of becoming doubly victimized — first by their abusers, then by the criminal justice system. By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
Environment:
Ongoing/Big Energy Disasters!:
Labor:
Economy:
Senator Elizabeth Warren Asks Jack Lew, Who Owned an Offshore Account at Citigroup, to Investigate Panama Papers By Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Health, Education and Welfare:
Imperialism, Political Corruption and the Real Face of Capitalism By Andre Damon 