America

Submitted by Michael Snyder via The End of The American Dream blog,

Via TheAntiMedia.org,

With California finally mattering in an election season, it might be the final state primary before the Democratic race for president is set in stone. Regardless, recent developments have made one thing astoundingly clear: Donald Trump will almost surely defeat Hillary Clinton in a head to head matchup - and that’s why a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote for Donald Trump.

First, put down all sharp objects. Now, meet Edith Calzado - maybe the single most successful and productive beneficiary of government assistance you’ll ever meet.

As NPR's Planet Money's latest podcast "The Art of Living At The Poverty Line" explains how many Americans are taking advantage of the welfare system...

Submitted by Adam Taggart via PeakProsperity.com,

Long an 'exporter of democracy' to the rest of the world, there is ample evidence that the United States lacks even the most rudimentary, basic protections necessary to preserve voting integrity within its own borders.

In a world in which everything has devolved to threats of Mutual Assured Destruction of the "if something does not happen then the world will end" variety observed most notably with the scaremongering campaign over Brexit in which David Cameron recently went as far as suggesting that war could break out should the UK leave the EU (as well as currency collapse, recession, and some of the worst parts of the bible), it only makes sense to take whatever works and run with it.