Daily Clips: January 25, 2017
Quite the quote from Samuel Adams:
US journalists arrested, charged following anti-Trump protests:
Six US journalists are facing up to 10 years’ jail and a $25,000 fine after being arrested while covering protests during Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Economist Intelligence Unit claims “US is no longer a full democracy”:
A flawed democracy is a country with free elections but weighed down by weak governance, an underdeveloped political culture and low levels of political participation, according to the EIU. Other flawed democracies in 2016 included Japan, France, Singapore, South Korea and India, the report said.
Trump’s Labor nominee gets rich on taxpayer’s dime:
…by not paying his workers a living wage or providing affordable health care, Puzder is costing taxpayers about $247 million a year in public assistance funding according to an estimate from the National Employment Law Project.
