In Fact, U.S. Right Historically Performs Most Political Violence
The threat assessment from the Justice Dept. subsidiary better matches Trump supporters than any other group.
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…
Waldron Group Libel
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 31st, 2017A few weeks ago, the Spark ran an article pointing out that – according to leading legal expert Jeremy Waldron – the slurs routinely…
Waldron Dignity And Defamation
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 25th, 2017A few weeks ago, the Spark ran an article pointing out that the statements routinely put forward by modern-day fascists in America may not…
Fascists Forget That Slander Is Not Free Speech
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 30th, 2017“…People should be free to talk about their experiences in a truthful manner without fear of a lawsuit if they say something mean, but…
TSA Fails To Provide Evidence For Passenger Behavior Checklist
By Cliff Montgomery – July 31st, 2017Ever wonder why some Americans demand oversight and accountability for their government officials? An activity of those who serve in the Transportation Security Administration…
Trump Personality Found In History
By Cliff Montgomery – July 19th, 2017One may discover the essence of a politician by noting the general character of his actions and statements. The politician’s true intentions then usually…
Kathy Griffin Effigy Mirror Image Of Clinton Obama Effigies
By Cliff Montgomery – May 31st, 2017Effigy: A roughly made model of a particular person, made in order to be damaged or destroyed as a protest or expression of anger.…
Pentagon Cannot Account For All Contractor Dollars
By Cliff Montgomery – May 20th, 2017The Department Of Defense (DOD) hires a lot of contractors to perform the people’s business. And that adds up to a lot of taxpayer…
Corporations Pay Few Income Taxes In Us
By Cliff Montgomery – Apr. 18th, 2017 There is a real difference between a corporation’s statutory tax rate – in short, the amount of money U.S. law says a corporation…
Possible New Nuclear Arms Race With Russia
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 26th, 2017Some U.S. analysts in and out of government have “called for the deployment of greater numbers and types of nuclear weapons in Europe, in…
Trump And The Immigration And Nationality Act
By Cliff Montgomery – Feb. 15th, 2017It appears that federal judges may have killed much of Trump’s most infamous executive order, which suspended U.S. entry for citizens of various Muslim-majority…
General Mattis Nomination Inconveniently UNconstitutional
Cliff Montgomery – Jan. 18th, 2017President-elect Donald Trump has chosen retired Marine General James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis to be his Secretary of Defense, even though U.S. law forbids him to…
Gao Says Feds Doing Poor Job Policing The Wealthy
By Cliff Montgomery – Dec. 31st, 2016The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is empowered to act as one of America’s top corporate policemen. Among other things, it works to ensure…
Congresspeople Hope To End Legal Accountability For Bankers
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 19th, 2016Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not…
Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Cozy Relationship
By Cliff Montgomery – Nov. 8th, 2016To hear the 2016 presidential candidates tell it, one would think that they are polar opposites. For months both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton…
Pentagon Often Keeps Poor Record Of Contractors
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 31st, 2016The Defense Department (DOD) hires private contractors to perform more of its duties than any other single federal entity. Yet the Pentagon often has…
Choice For President
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 26th, 2016In January of this year, Trump apparently declared he was so popular with his political base that he might attempt to commit murder in…
Trump Videotape Transcript
By Cliff Montgomery – Oct. 14th, 2016In all the talk about Donald Trump and the now-infamous ‘video’ first released by the Washington Post, it seems to us at the Spark…
Us Senator Vito Marcantonio On Freedom
By Cliff Montgomery – Sept. 24th, 2016The current lack of transparency maintained by U.S. police forces – especially regarding its activities in and around American black communities – has come…
Federal Reports On Sexual Violence Data Inconsistent
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 26th, 2016Although a number of federal agencies collect data on sexual violence, “differences across the data collection efforts … lead to varying estimates of sexual…
Who Is Buying Donald Trump
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 19th. 2016On Aug. 16th, the American Spark revealed the top individual contributors to the Clinton presidential campaign today, we look at Donald Trump’s leading donors.Trump…
Who Is Buying Hillary Clinton
By Cliff Montgomery – Aug. 16th, 2016In 2016, the American political system offers a real choice for the country’s next president: Voters may choose between a leading Washington insider who…