Justice Department Pulls Study Showing Most U.S. Political Violence Is Right-Wing
“Since 1990, far-right extremists have committed far more ideologically motivated homicides than far-left or radical Islamist extremists,” says report.
US Wars Of Exploitation
By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2019War is the continuation of politics by other means. – Carl von ClausewitzVice President Mike Pence recently told the West Point Class of 2019…
Can Congress Get Trump’s Tax Returns
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 26st, 2019* A note: On Mar. 31st, the Spark promised to deliver this article to our readers on Apr. 5th. Since we are only now…
Can Congress Get Trump’s Tax Returns
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 31st, 2019Will anyone get to see Donald Trump’s tax returns? For a man who loves to brag about his supposed financial acumen, he seems strangely…
VA Hired Disqualified Providers For Patient Care
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 28th, 2019The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) runs the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), which operates a massive health-care system serving almost 9 million veterans…
Why Dont Indians Control Contracts With US Government
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 31st 2019For over 40 years, U.S. policy has officially declared that Native American tribes must be allowed to govern themselves.But if the European has consistently…
War Powers Resolution
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 31st, 2018In 1973, The War Powers Resolution was enacted as a means of providing an essential check on the president’s power to send U.S. troops…
Electing A New House Speaker
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 30th, 2018There’s been a lot of talk about who will be elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives in January, when the Democrats take…
U.S. Saudi Relations
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 30th, 2018Should America continue to trust the government of Saudi Arabia in light of the fact that a top journalist recently ‘disappeared’ at a Saudi…
Pentagon Firefighting Foam Danger To Health
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2018“As of August 2017, DOD [Department Of Defense] had identified 401 active or closed military installations with known or suspected releases” of potentially dangerous…
Orwell On Corporate Censorship
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 4th, 2018In the early 1940s, George Orwell wrote an allegorical tale about animals who take over a farm in the name of equal rights for…
Social Media Censorship
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 31st, 2018Everyone understands why it is important to keep government officials from deciding what you may say, see, hear and read. An official who controls…
US Navy Clandestine Activities
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2018Most people understand the importance of keeping a leash on U.S. intelligence organizations like the C.I.A. Few people would think of keeping a similar…
Congressional Oversight Of Covert Actions
By Cliff Montgomery – June 30th, 2018Covert actions and clandestine activities remain some of the greatest threats to a functional democracy.Just consider that the Department of Defense Dictionary of Military…
Arctic Oil Behind New Cold War
By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2018You hear it almost every day now: A litany of unproven accusations shuttled between the U.S. and Russian governments that paint one nation or…
Great Pacific Garbage Patch Much Bigger Than Expected
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 29th, 2018A few weeks ago, the corporate media spent a small amount of time informing the public that a large conglomeration of plastic trash floating…
Panel Which Oversees Foreign Investment Gains Importance For Many
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 31st, 2018Why conquer a nation by force when you can simply buy its companies? It is the little-discussed, inherent weakness of capitalism: The system works…
Pentagon Failing To Keep Track Of Contracted Services
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 30th, 2018“The Department of Defense (DOD) is the federal government’s largest purchaser of contractor-provided services,” which can be a real problem as “the government can…
Federal Disaster Relief Is Big Business
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 28th, 2018“As climate change worsens, so does hurricane season,” pointed out TIME magazine. But a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) hints…
Classification Authority
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 30th, 2018“The Supreme Court has never directly addressed the extent to which Congress may constrain the executive branch’s power” regarding the classification of national security…
Classification Authority
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 28th, 2018It’s essential for a democracy to have a well-informed public. For a public to be well-informed, it needs journalists and other professional watchdogs who…
Internet Gun Sales
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 31st, 2017“The relative anonymity of the Internet makes it an ideal means for prohibited individuals to obtain illegal firearms,” according to an eye-opening study released…
Internet Leaders For Net Neutrality
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 13th, 2017Tomorrow, Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is planning a vote which may spell the end of net neutrality – a federal law which ensures…
NSA Surveillance
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 29th, 2017Since Edward Snowden revealed that the U.S. government employs a previously little-known section of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to potentially spy on…