Trump Pardons, Commutes Sentences For G.O.P. Members
Trump has no problem with “the swamp.” Her even rewards those who play there. That’s not draining the swamp – that’s encouraging it.
Soldiers Mortgage Fraud
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 25th, 2012Federal entities often are failing to enforce laws which protect U.S. servicemembers from improper foreclosures and burdensome mortgage interest rates, according to a little-discussed…
Romney Dependence Transcript02
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 22nd, 2012Yesterday The American Spark provided its readers with the first part of Mitt Romney’s now-infamous speech on nearly 50% of the American public, which…
Romney Dependence Transcript01
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 21st, 2012It’s time to admit what many in the corporate media already know, but are afraid to declare openly: Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign now is…
DNC Police Presence
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 12th, 2012It’s been a few days since the end of the Democratic National Convention (DNC), held between Sept. 4th- Sept. 6th in Charlotte, NC. The…
DNC Protesters
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 6th, 2012The past few days of the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC) being held in Charlotte, NC has unwittingly provided an odd study for security…
DNC Protesters
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 5th, 2012No one study can hope to capture all that occurs over the many days of a political convention. But since TheAmerican Spark currently is…
DNC Charlotte Protests
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 30th, 2012Soon September will be upon us, and with it will come the Democratic National Convention (DNC) being held inCharlotte, NC from Sept. 4th-6th.Now let’s…
Congressional Secrecy
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 20th, 2012If you’ve been concerned with the unwarranted secrecy which surrounds Congressional lawmaking, it perhaps should be mentioned that some Senators and House members have…
Republican Tax Inequality
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 9th, 2012Key Republican lawmakers have introduced tax deform bills which could only explode the deficit and shift the tax burden from the wealthy to the…
Federal Privacy Laws Outdated
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2012“Technological Changes Have Made Key Elements of [U.S.] Privacy Laws Outdated,” recently testified a leading member of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) before a…
Super Rich Tax Havens
By Cliff Montgomery – July 30th, 2012 The world’s wealthiest individuals may well have up to $32 trillion stashed away in secret tax havens, according to an explosive new report…
Whos Buying Barack Obama
By Cliff Montgomery – July 23rd, 2012Some days ago, The American Spark revealed who is buying the Romney presidential campaign. Now it’s time to unveil who are the top ‘contributors’…
Whos Buying Mitt Romney
By Cliff Montgomery – July 13th, 2012We at The American Spark feel that it is a reporter’s job to tell you what’s really going on in politics and society, and…
Us Income Inequality
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2012“U.S. income distribution appears to be among the most uneven of all major industrialized countries and the United States appears to be among the…
Occupy Berkeley
By Cliff Montgomery – June 25th, 2012In Nov. 2011, the Police Department at University of California, Berkeley, worked to end a campus protest begun by the Occupy movement. As readers…
Drones In Us Airspace
By Cliff Montgomery – June 20th, 2012The War Department (often euphemistically called the “Defense” Department) has singled out 110 sites in America which may be used as bases for drone…
Human Trafficking
By Cliff Montgomery – June 12th, 2012Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney loves to humor business people by consistently calling them “job creators.” But some of those “job creators” are chiefly…
Wal Mart Buying Republicans
By Cliff Montgomery – June 5th, 2012Perhaps many of you spend money at Wal-Mart, the massive chain store that’s wormed its way into nearly every American town. You may not…
Occupy Movement
By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2012The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who…
Bank Of America Foreclosures Privacy
By Cliff Montgomery – May 30th, 2012For the right price, corporate lobbyists provide their clients with a political power only dreamed about by theaverage American. Bank of America (BoA) knows…
States Diverting Foreclosure Funds
By Cliff Montgomery – May 24th, 2012Lawmakers in many U.S. states are quietly siphoning funds from a multi-billion dollar foreclosure settlement struck earlier this year between the Big Banks and…
CIA Pentagon Operations
By Cliff Montgomery – May 20th, 2012“I will tell you the relationship between CIA and Special Operations Forces is as good as I have ever seen it,”Adm. William McRaven, Commander…