Trump Again Plans To Attempt Illegal Election Changes
At this point, Trump is basically the senile man in the old folks’ home who is convinced that everyone he doesn’t know well is trying to steal his watch.
Sub Minimum Wage
Most U.S. citizens know that their country has created a federal minimum wage — and that it is woefully inadequate for basic human needs. But few have heard that employers…
Time For The Wealthy To Pay Their Share Of Taxes
Imagine being the owner of a fancy restaurant. One day a small group of people come in to your establishment. They demand much more food than the other customers, and…
Rep. McCarthy January 6th Panel
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has hinted that the incoming Republican majority will investigate the Jan. 6th Committee Investigation.“The American people have a right to know that the allegations you…
Biden Administration Actions And January 6th Committee
“A series of decisions by the Biden Administration” was a “salient factor contributing to the [U.S. House January 6th] Committee’s robust and timely access to relevant evidence” regarding the failed…
Slaughterhouses May Have Employed Children for Graveyard Shift
Packers Sanitation Services, Inc. (PSSI) is a major U.S. food safety sanitation company. And it may be in some very hot water right now.On Nov. 9th, the Labor Department filed…
We’re Back
It’s been a while since the American Spark has produced its usual, up-to-the minute articles. And it’s true — we have been kept from publishing such articles for a while…
Who is to Blame for Current Economic Mess
Why the hell are prices so high?Let’s face it, this is the reason so many U.S. voters are checking out Republican candidates these days. If the conservative party does well…
Possible Charges for Service members Involved in Jan Insurrection
On Jan. 6th, Trump supporters tried and failed to perpetrate a coup for their ‘great leader’, who has proven himself incapable of winning a popular vote in this country by…
How Trump Sells A Lie
Twice-impeached former president Donald Trump and his minions tend to follow the basic four-step rhetorical process already set for them by the neo-conservative (called neo-liberal in the rest of the…
Can We Now Admit That Trump Is A Fascist
By Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 13th, 2021The march had been planned for a while. Those who made up the march to the nation’s capital sometimes were fueled by hatred of…
70 Percent Of People On Welfare Are Full Time Workers
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 28th, 2020“Millions of American adults who earn low wages rely on federal programs to meet basic needs, such as Medicaid for health care and the…
History Shows Need To Carefully Consider Supreme Court Justice Nominee
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 19th, 2020There is now a strong push from U.S. President Donald Trump and his political minions to quickly appoint Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme…
Police Use Of Force At VA Medical Centers
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 30th, 2020There currently is a lot of protest over the unnecessary use of force that police officers use on U.S. citizens, with a special emphasis…
Some New England Homes Made With Faulty Foundations
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2020“In recent years, homes in northeastern Connecticut and central Massachusetts built in 1983–2015 have begun to exhibit . . . damage” thanks to “concrete…
Congress Law Enforcement And Excessive Force
By Cliff Montgomery – July 25th, 2020The excessive – and occasionally deadly – use of force by America’s law enforcement has been a major social issue this summer. The recent…
Trump Disinfectant Remedy For Coronavirus
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 29th, 2020President Trump often feels the need to declare to no one in particular that he is a “very stable genius.” Such unwarranted outbursts typically…
Coronavirus Has Ended Burlesque Of Donald Trump
By Cliff Montgomery – Mar. 31st, 2020 “When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes…
Drive For Direct Vote In US Presidential Elections
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 30th, 2019A fascinating study on the drive to create a direct popular election of the U.S. president was quietly released last month, by the Congressional…
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…
