By Robert Romano The Department of Homeland Security’s assessments that 21 states’ election systems were somehow targeted by Russian hackers has fallen apart at the seams. In Wisconsin and California, for example, the supposed targets were unrelated agencies including a department of workforce development that distributes unemployment […]

By Rick Manning As originally published at http://thehill.com/opinion/technology/353700-inventors-beware-big-corporations-attack-innovation-while-profiting-from Apple just launched its latest iPhone at a retail cost of $799 for the 8 Plus version and $999 for the X upgrade. Yet despite those astronomical costs, Apple has launched a worldwide regulatory assault on the company — Qualcomm — whose […]

By Robert Romano The Trump administration and Republican Congress have released their blueprint for tax reform, which would result in net tax reductions of $2.2 trillion according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget , and already the plan is running into some resistance among Republicans. This time, the hold-up could be over the elimination […]

Cartoon c/o Legal Insurrection . By Natalia Castro Republicans have finally released their tax proposal . While many are pleased, the devil will clearly be in the details for many who are still unsure if they should support the bill. A more modest approach has been taken from what […]

By Robert Romano Boycotts are en vogue again. Any place where politics is injected into pop culture, there is that compelling urge to tune out and send a message of our own in return, voting with our pocketbooks. So the thinking goes, if they can’t keep their […]

By Richard Manning As originally published at http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/the-att-time-warner-merger-and-the-assault-on-free-speech/ The beauty and lifeblood of the First Amendment is that it encourages a diversity of opinions to compete in the marketplace of ideas. Yet, sadly, as we witnessed in the last presidential election and even more so today, […]

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By Natalia Castro For the last eight months, we have watched the Republican Party flounder on healthcare. Now, with the clock running out, most seem to agree on one thing — this is their last, best chance to repeal and replace Obamacare this year. Republicans […]

By ALG Staff Major institutions in the U.S. have a problem. Scandals appear in the media daily. Big corporations going bankrupt, religious institutions hiding scandals, and public schools failing at the basic task of education are just a sample of what appears in the headlines. […]

By Robert Romano With Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said to be definite noes on the Graham-Cassidy legislation, Senate Republicans have zero margin for error in their latest bid to repeal and replace Obamacare before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. This makes […]