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Tip for Trump: Term limits can only be passed by exempting currently elected officials

11/20/2016 - One of President-elect Donald J. Trump's goals in office is to usher in congressional term limits. As one of his six measures to clean up the corruption and special interest collusion in the nation's capital, proposing a constitutional amendment that would curb the amount of time Americans could serve...

Is the TPP dead? Congress ensures that it will NOT be passed under Trump

11/15/2016 - Republicans and Democrats can agree on one thing: that the election of Donald Trump represents the final nail in the coffin for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The controversial trade agreement was already on "life support" in the months leading up to the November election, with opposition mounting...

When will Congress finally address the autism epidemic in America?

10/13/2016 - The Autism Action Network has called on its supporters to make autism an issue for the current election cycle, by contacting their members of Congress and asking them to answer the following question: "What have you done since the last election in your capacity as a member of Congress to help find the...

Autism Action Network putting pressure on Congress to address the root causes of autism

9/30/2016 - In the upcoming November elections, every one of the 435 members of the House of Representatives – along with 34 members of the Senate – will be up for re-election. The Autism Action Network wishes to remind everyone that this is the perfect opportunity to apply pressure to our so-called...

Congress approves Monsanto Dark Act 2.0, destroying consumers' chances of having on-package labels

7/20/2016 - With bipartisan support in Congress, Monsanto's Dark Act 2.0 is on the verge of becoming federal law, destroying consumers' chances of having real, on-package labels for GMOs. This fraudulent GMO labeling law would allow big food companies to hide information on GMOs by embedding that information in...

The fate of GMO-labeling now lies in President Obama's hands after sham bill sails through Congress in a matter of weeks

7/20/2016 - Don't be fooled by the new "GMO labeling" bill that sailed through Congress in recent weeks with bipartisan support. The bill would allow companies to forgo actual on-package labeling of GMOs. Instead, companies would be required to embed this important information in QR codes, which are completely...

Bernie Sanders takes to Twitter advocating for GMO labeling while urging Congress to represent the PEOPLE, not just wealthy corporations

7/9/2016 - For all the ways he's dead wrong about healthcare, education, and the replacing of our constitutional republic with democratic socialism, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders admittedly has two things going for him: his consistent rejection of globalist trade scams like the Trans-Pacific...

Billions of dollars found in EPA's 'slush fund' bank accounts... same agency that poisoned the children of Flint and is building its own private paramilitary force

5/13/2016 - The shameful federal agency that was responsible, in large part, for poisoning scores of mostly African-American children with lead in Flint, Mich., as well as one of the worst river contaminations in Colorado history, has a secret slush fund it uses to fund shadowy operations that are beyond oversight. As...

Doctors and psychiatrists may soon be allowed to prescribe electroshock therapy for 'off-label' use

3/18/2016 - If the Food and Drug Administration and Congress get their way, it will become much easier for the mainstream psychiatry community to utilize unregulated, dangerous electroshock therapy, even though it has been proven to be ineffective and mentally damaging in the past. An alert sent out by the Citizens...

U.S. politicians demand veterans sacrifice meager pensions to keep government salaries 300% higher than the average American's

1/7/2016 - One thing is for certain: The American political class – the self-anointed elite among us – is not merely well taken care of; they are pampered, much like the ruling class in 18th century England. Their healthcare is paid for, their pensions assured (even if they only serve a single term...

Obama demands Congress pass law denying Second Amendment rights to anyone the government puts on a list. No explanation needed. No due process

12/4/2015 - Like a myna bird or a broken record that repeats the same thing over and over again, President Obama can't stop talking about taking away your Second Amendment rights. But would-be tyrants tend to do that, we suppose. Anyway, as he promised he would, the president is continuing to politicize gun...

U.S. Congress giving IRS authority to rescind passports to prevent citizens from leaving the country

11/29/2015 - Taking money from people is called theft, but to the US government, it's called raising revenue. The 16th Amendment of the US Constitution, passed in 1909 and ratified in 1913, granted Congress sweeping new powers to take the fruits of the people's labor. America now operates on a system of taking,...

Congress begins investigating NOAA's global warming temperature data manipulation; agency refuses to hand over requested data

11/13/2015 - The chairman of a House committee on science has issued subpoenas to the Obama administration seeking more information about a recent scientific study refuting claims that global warming had entered a "pause" or had otherwise slowed down for nearly two decades now. As cited by Climate Depot, a web...

What is Obama hiding from us all? Trans-Pacific trade agreement shrouded in insane secrecy; even Congress can't read it

7/19/2015 - For some reason, President Barack Obama pushed for fast-track trade authority for a new trade deal that he also doesn't want anyone in Congress to see before he gets that authority. Even worse, the Senate's majority Republican leadership just gave Obama exactly what he wants. So much for having an "opposition"...

U.S. Congress considers mandating vaccinations for all school children

7/1/2015 - Your God-given right as a parent to choose the best and safest medical interventions for your children is under attack by a Democratic congresswoman from Florida. Representative Frederica S. Wilson from Florida's 24th District (North Miami) recently introduced the "Vaccinate All Children Act of 2015,"...

ECONOMIC SLAVERY FOR ALL: While we were distracted with the Confederate flag flap, Congress quietly forfeited our entire economic future via fast-track trade authority

6/25/2015 - While America was distracted by a contrived, pre-planned Confederate flag distraction, the U.S. Congress forfeited the entire economic future of the country by quietly passing so-called "fast-track authority" which will allow President Obama to approve the TPP "free trade" agreement. The TPP, as...

Congress sneaks approval vote on fast-track TPA to eliminate national sovereignty on issues of food, GMOs, pesticides and more

6/22/2015 5:42:33 PM - [Editor's note: The U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to pass the TPA, giving Obama fast-track authority for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Now it is more urgent than ever to contact your representatives and tell them to vote against the Trans-Pacific Partnership and related trade deals when they reach the...

Total secrecy is total treason: Why is Obama so desperate to hide the TPP trade deal from Americans?

6/1/2015 - Okay, this is getting really creepy. We've got Republicans – Republicans – stumbling all over themselves to give a president they have nearly universally opposed massive power to do trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, while congressional members of his own Democrat Party have...

Congress kowtows to globalists, moves to repeal labeling on meat products to keep Americans in the dark

5/31/2015 - In America, government by secrecy seems to be the new normal as lawmakers and presidents operate in the shadows to negotiate secret trade deals while passing legislation aimed at reducing transparency. As noted by the Washington Post and the Liberty Blitzkrieg web site, the House Agriculture Committee...

Congress claims it can make insider trades and there's nothing anyone can do about it

5/18/2015 - Little by little, over more than a century, Americans have slowly lost control over their government. Today, average Americans exert little influence, if any at all, over their elected leaders, even though they make up 99 percent of the electorate. Despite the fact that wide majorities oppose Obamacare,...

Bipartisan federal bill recognizing merits of medical cannabis must go further; tell congress to remove marijuana from controlled substances list

4/29/2015 - Things are heating up on Capitol Hill in the realm of sensible cannabis policy, with a new bipartisan bill that seeks to further relegate federal prohibition of marijuana to the dustbin of embarrassing and unjust history. The Compassionate Access, Research Expansion, and Respect States (CARERS) Act,...

Treasury Department refuses to answer Congress on $3 billion unauthorized Obamacare payments

4/5/2015 - The Executive Branch of the US Federal Government is running wild, without any standards to go by, without any limitations. That's because the US Constitution has been turned into toilet paper. Every single right in the Bill of Rights is now routinely folded up, used to wipe politician's buttocks, and...

Congress works to implement Orwellian biometric ID system to constantly monitor citizens' daily lives

3/30/2015 12:02:13 PM - Life in post-Constitutional America has progressively become less free, as evidenced by the actions of the federal government and the Congress. One of the latest grand schemes is the resurrection of a previously disclosed, and opposed, plan to track every single one of us. As reported by The New...

52 Congress members sign letter warning of GMOs killing monarch butterflies

3/18/2015 4:48:37 PM - Dozens of House Democrats have signed onto a letter sent to President Obama claiming that the spread of GM crops is leading to the death of monarch butterflies. The letter,[PDF] authored by Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine, says that the butterflies are "in peril of being lost to the history...

Rand Paul: Scrap the tax code; start over

3/1/2015 - Rand Paul understands that, as a nation, there must be a system of revenue collection so that the federal government can fulfill its constitutional duties. It's just that he thinks the current system of revenue collection -- specifically, the nation's byzantine tax code -- is not something that can...

Lawless, tyrannical FCC refuses to appear before Congress; "We make up our own laws!"

2/26/2015 - Americans are slowly but surely losing all control over their government, as evidenced anew by the refusal of a federal agency head to appear before the people's representatives in Congress. As the Federal Communications Commission gets ready to issue major new rules for the Internet that are misnamed...

Jonathan Emord and Robert Scott Bell: Obamacare court decision

1/20/2015 - Jonathan Emord joins RSB to rekindle the sacred fire of liberty with breaking news on a major court decision that could cripple Obamacare. (Originally aired on October 5, 2014 on the TheRobertScottBellShow) Robert Scott Bell: What? It's so exciting! The FDA Dragon Slayer joins the family of The Robert...

Congress authorizes federal government to collect and use all private communications by U.S. citizens

12/19/2014 - A House Republican is criticizing a piece of legislation just passed by Congress as grossly unconstitutional because it essentially gives the federal government and local law enforcement "unlimited access to the communications of every American." As reported by InfoWars.com, Rep. Justin Amash of...

LIKE CLOCKWORK: Pension plans to be looted nationwide as Congress okays institutional theft of funds

12/12/2014 - On April 2, 2013, in an article entitled Economics 101: Production, coercion and theft, I wrote about the coming looting of pension plans, stating: When societies approach collapse, coercion shifts to outright theft: Stealing money right out of your bank account, for example, like we recently witnessed...

GMO-labeling movement needs YOU to stop Congress from passing the Deny Americans the Right to Know Act

12/10/2014 - An effort is underway in Congress to preempt states who want to require foods to carry labels describing any genetically modified ingredients via legislation, but pro-GMO-labeling groups are attempting to rally the general public to oppose the measure. "The GMO labeling movement won big in Vermont...

Congress scrutinizing corrupt GMO approval process

11/18/2014 - After years of petitioning the government for redress, food freedom activists have finally gained a small victory on the biotechnology front. In response to a letter sent by Senator Jon Tester (D-Mont.), the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to review the procedures by which genetically...

CDC refuses to turn over documents to Congress: Evidence linking MMR vaccines to autism intentionally withheld from investigators

8/21/2014 - News has been rapidly exploding across the "truth media" regarding the CDC whistleblower who is now making shocking revelations: The CDC's own research found that MMR vaccines caused autism in African-American children, and the agency knowingly buried this evidence to hide it from the public. The...

Matrix - Who is Edward Snowden?

2/8/2014 - This article is a compilation of a number of pieces I've written about Ed Snowden and the NSA. It doesn't replace them, but it hits the high points... Let's begin here: If you absolutely must have a hero, watch Superman movies. If your need for a hero is so great, so cloying, so heavy, so juicy...

Fact check: Is it true that Congress has a special sweet deal on health care?

10/10/2013 - When the massive piece of legislation that would later become known as Obamacare first came up for votes, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa was insistent upon one thing: that members of Congress and their staffs be made to live under the exact same rules and mandates the law would force upon...

Monsanto leading super-secret 'above Congress' Obama trade scheme to outlaw GMO labeling worldwide

9/9/2013 - It's called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), and it's a super secret trade pact being negotiated completely outside of law, with no congressional authority but with the aim of forcing nations around the world to ban GMO labeling, embrace Monsanto's GMO crops and keep pharmaceutical prices artificially...

Congress exempts itself from Obamacare

8/10/2013 - I wish I could say I was shocked by President Obama's decision to exempt lawmakers and their staffs from the ravages of his signature "healthcare reform" law, but I'm not. For one, the president has issued so many waivers and exemptions to political allies since the U.S. Supreme Court mistakenly...

Ironically, Obama's delay of Obamacare implementation is itself unconstitutional

7/9/2013 - So much of what President Obama does in wielding the power of his office is unconstitutional, so it should surprise no one that action he took recently regarding the implementation timeline of his signature achievement - Obamacare - is most likely unconstitutional as well. Bypassing Congress as usual,...

Snowden, NSA, blackmail, and the boys in the back room

6/28/2013 - The NSA is spying on everybody. That includes a major, major, prime target: Congress. So imagine this conversation taking place, in a car, on a lonely road outside Washington, late at night. The speakers are Congressman X and a private operative representing a covert unit inside the NSA: "Well,...

Article updated with new message from the Health Ranger

6/23/2013 - The article which originally appeared here has been removed because it is no longer aligned with the science-based investigative mission of Natural News. In late 2013 / early 2014, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger), editor of Natural News, transitioned from outspoken activist to environmental scientist....

Consumer Alert: Secret trade agreements threaten food safety, subvert democracy

6/18/2013 - If you think the U.S. government is doing a sub-par job of keeping your food safe, brace yourself. You could soon be eating imported seafood, beef or chicken products that don't meet even basic U.S. food safety standards. Under two new trade agreements, currently in negotiation, the U.S. Food and Drug...

Genetically modified democracy: Monsanto moves to obliterate states' rights to label GMOs

5/20/2013 - Reliable sources in Washington D.C. have informed the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) that Monsanto has begun secretly lobbying its Congressional allies to attach one or more "Monsanto Riders" or amendments to the 2013 Farm Bill that would preempt or prohibit states from requiring labels on genetically...

Members of Congress secretly negotiate their own exemptions from Obamacare mandates

5/5/2013 - If you ever doubted that the Affordable Care Act, derisively known as "Obamacare," was a grotesquely offensive, unworkable, nightmarish and authoritarian power grab by the federal government to circumvent your healthcare choices and options, they should be completely dispelled, now that congressional...

Why I totally support background checks... for members of Congress and the Obama administration

3/25/2013 - In the midst of the big debate about "background checks," I thought it important to weigh in on the issue and profess my full and total support for background checks... for members of Congress. We need to know who these people are, how they all seem to collect so much financial wealth while "serving...

'Monsanto Protection Act' to be voted on by Congress - take action now to fight back against biotech tyranny

3/18/2013 10:02:35 PM - Note: This article has been updated to reflect the accurate number of the legislation in question, which is H.R. 5973, not H.R. 933. The U.S. Congress is right now moving forward with the passage of the 2013 Agricultural Appropriations Bill (AAB), also known as H.R. 5973, which currently contains...

Left-wing media attack on Woodward is all part of Obama's war against truth in journalism

3/5/2013 - When he was investigating and co-reporting details of the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C., in the early 1970s, a politically motivated crime that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon, Washington Post journalist...

Threat of 'secret' farm bill looms as Big Ag pushes Congress for preferential treatment

1/10/2013 - The American system of agriculture is riddled with problems, many of which are the culmination of decades' worth of bad policy and poor decision-making by Congress and federal regulators concerning farm subsidies. And in more recent years, it has become increasingly obvious that agriculture policy continues...

TSA claims Congress has no jurisdiction over it; refuses to attend hearings

11/30/2012 - When officials who head up a federal agency created and funded by Congress no longer feel obligated to appear before the congressional committee charged with overseeing the function of that agency, a situation of genuine tyranny exists. Enter John Pistole, the Obama Administration's head of the notorious...

Ron Paul's farewell message to America: Embrace liberty or face self-destruction

11/17/2012 - Ron Paul's recent farewell speech is arguably the single most important speech in American history. Dr. Paul lays out the fatal problems facing America while pulling no punches. This speech is a must-read piece by anyone who seeks to understand the real reasons why America remains in a downward spiral...

U.S. Congress introduces bill ordering FEMA to conduct 'mass fatality planning'

10/19/2012 - While millions of Americans were busy watching the elephant puppet battle the ass puppet at the latest political circus, the United States Congress quietly introduced a new piece of legislation ordering the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to begin preparing for mass casualties throughout...

Take action to support 'Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act'

3/29/2012 - Every year for at least the last decade, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh.) has stood up for health freedom by introducing the Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act before the U.S. Congress, only to witness it later die in committee. And once again, Rep. Kucinich has introduced the bill in the current...

STOCK Act introduced to limit insider trading of members of Congress

2/2/2012 - Congress seems to be getting the message that it is the most unpopular of all government institutions, because suddenly everyone on Capitol Hill is all about "transparency." In a bid to shore up their reputation as out-of-touch elites who don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us, lawmakers...

Congress pushes to classify pizza as a 'vegetable'

11/20/2011 - In an absurd attempt to fight back at federal regulations that greatly limit the amount of junk food that can be served as part of government-funded school lunch programs, Congress has proposed a new spending bill that classifies pizza as a "vegetable." Reports indicate that the bill would allow for...

Congress nullified as new, illegal "supercommittee" pushes secret farm bill that will cost billions

11/15/2011 - The concentration of elite legislative power in America is well under way today as the new "supercommittee" is working on an end-run around Congress to put together a "secret farm bill" that would prop up failed agricultural policies with yet more billions in taxpayer dollars. The "supercommittee"...

Disappearing act: Job approval ratings for Congress, Obama sinking

8/14/2011 - In past election years, there was a joke that the choices for president were so bad someone ought to put Mickey Mouse on the ballot because he'd probably win. Based on the most recent public opinion polls, Mickey is looking better and better. A sinking economy, coupled with stagnation in Washington,...

Monsanto Nation: Taking Down Goliath

7/27/2011 - "If you put a label on genetically engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." - Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994 After two decades of biotech bullying and force-feeding unlabeled and hazardous...

In partial victory against GMOs, U.S. Congress bans FDA from approving GM salmon

6/16/2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law today that would effectively bar the FDA from approving GM salmon. This is a direct result of the rising awareness of the dangers of GMOs among American consumers, along with steady coverage of the issue by the alternative media (including NaturalNews)...

Congress to authorize perpetual war with no enemies and no end

5/20/2011 - After the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush and Congress committed the nation to a "global war on terror," which - for perhaps the first time in U.S. history - the nation launched a military campaign that was aimed more against fighting an ideology rather than an army. And today, 10 years later,...

Congress once again trying to push unconstitutional internet sales taxes

4/13/2011 - Republican Sen. Michael Enzi of Wyoming first tried it and failed in 2007, and now he and Democrat Sen. Dick Durbin from Illinois are together trying it again. The bipartisan duo plans to introduce new legislation shortly after Easter that will levy a sales tax on all internet purchases, even if the...

Tell Congress to support the Free Speech about Science Act of 2011

4/13/2011 - Last year, the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), a nonprofit organization that works very hard to promote and protect freedom of health speech, came up with a very important piece of legislation called the Free Speech about Science Act (FSAS) that is designed to lift the restrictions on health speech...

Congress repeals burdensome 1099 requirement in Obamacare; full repeal may be on the way

4/7/2011 - The first signs of a full repeal of the Obama health care overhaul emerged this week when the US Congress finally voted to repeal key portions of the bill that would have imposed significant new tax and paperwork burdens on small businesses. US Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) hailed the repeal as a "down...

Join the CFS Virtual Rally for the Right to Know and demand that Congress label GMOs

3/29/2011 - On Saturday, March 26, 2011, the Center for Food Safety (CFS), a human and environmental health advocacy group, held its "Virtual Rally for the Right to Know" campaign. Tens of thousands of Americans rallied together both online and at events nationwide, and sent letters to Congress demanding that it...

Congress introduces bill to stop upcoming ban of incandescent light bulbs

1/21/2011 - In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act which contains a subsection that bans the sale of incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012. But the new Congress recently unveiled the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, or H.R. 91, which would repeal this subsection and restore...

U.S. House repeals Obama health care reform

1/20/2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a repeal of Obama's health care reform, voting largely along party lines at 245 to 189 (three Democrats supported the vote). The bill now moves to the U.S. Senate where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promises to block it from ever coming to a vote there. Congressional...

Article updated with new message from the Health Ranger

1/11/2011 - The article which originally appeared here has been removed because it is no longer aligned with the science-based investigative mission of Natural News. In late 2013 / early 2014, Mike Adams (the Health Ranger), editor of Natural News, transitioned from outspoken activist to environmental scientist....

With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths

12/28/2010 - The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even...

Congress sticks it to U.S. farmers with passage of food safety bill that will actually cause fresh produce to be more dangerous

12/22/2010 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2751 yesterday with a 216 to 144 vote (yes, many members of the House did not even vote). The so-called Food Safety Modernization Act now heads to the President to be signed into law. When witnessing such a moment in history when the federal government...

In pushing Obama health care, Nancy Pelosi dismisses authority of US Constitution

12/14/2010 - Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Henry Hudson ruled that a key provision in Obama's health care plan violates the US Constitution. The "minimum essential coverage provision," Judge Hudson ruled, would force American consumers to buy a government-mandated insurance product whether they wish to buy it or...

Vote NO for Congress - why Congress has failed the People on health care, debt and freedom

10/18/2010 - Ah, election season is upon us again, and the nation -- ever in dire need of some new disorder to treat with drugs -- is suffering from electile dysfunction. Nobody seems to know which political party or congressional candidates might lead us out of the national mess we're in today, with debt spiraling...

Blagojevich, political corruption and health care reform

8/19/2010 - Thanks to a lone, holdout juror, former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich narrowly escaped being found guilty of trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat. He was found guilty on only one charge: Lying. Stop the presses! A politician lied? Say it ain't so... If that crime were widely prosecuted, there...

EPA pushing Congress to tax heavy polluter industries

7/20/2010 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging the U.S. Congress to reinstate a pollution tax on heavy polluter industries in order to fund the agency's "Superfund program". This program works to clean up the nation's worst uncontrolled and abandoned hazardous waste sites that are damaging...

Medicated in the cockpit: FAA says pilots on psych drugs can fly commercial airliners

4/5/2010 - What would happen if the Columbine high school rampage shooters who were psyched out on mind-altering antidepressant drugs had been piloting a jet airliner instead? On Friday, the FAA issued a new rule that says pilots taking psychiatric medications are now allowed to pilot passenger airliners while...

Congressional speeches written by Big Pharma lobbyists

12/1/2009 - The New York Times recently unveiled a story about industry lobbyists and the power they have over the United States Congress. Examination of a series of statements made by 42 Congressmen revealed that Genentech, the world's largest biotechnology company, has been ghostwriting industry-favorable speech...

Direct Democracy - Why the American People must disband Congress

11/9/2009 - Given that the massive health care reform bill just passed by the House was one of the largest pieces of legislation in U.S. history, you might wonder why you didn't get to vote on it. When it comes to federal legislation, your vote doesn't count in America, didn't you know? You are dictated to by a...

Food Freedom is under Assault, H.R. 759 Worse than H.R. 875

4/24/2009 - Salmonella outbreaks, food contamination, and other regulatory deficiencies over the nation's food supply during the past several years have led to a barrage of proposed legislation aimed at improving food safety. H.R. 875, H.R. 759, and H.R. 1332, are three major bills that have been proposed in recent...

The 2008 Biggest Stupid Act in Pet Food Award

1/7/2009 - Similar to Hollywood's Worst Dressed List or (if you're old enough to remember) Laugh In's Fickle Finger of Fate Award, Truth about Pet Food announces the first annual Biggest Stupid Act in Pet food Award. The Award will be given to the organization or manufacturer that during the year showed the most...

Dead Animals Found in Children's Crayons

12/19/2008 - No paragraph should begin with 'Renderers convert dead animals into…' and end with 'crayons.' Yet this is exactly how the Introduction Paragraph started and ended in a report provided to the 108th Congress in 2004. The report provided to Congress discusses dead animals rendered into various products...

Undeniable Proof the FDA Allows Pet Food to Break the Law

10/30/2008 - The FDA website, on a page regarding pet foods, proudly cites the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). With reading just a few of the FD&C Act laws, and a little reading on the FDA website, there is absolute proof that the FDA ignores Federal Law. It's time for pet owners to take this proof to the...

Actor Dennis Quaid Urges Congress to Allow Lawsuits Against Drug Companies

9/7/2008 - Actor Dennis Quaid, whose newborn twins were nearly killed when a hospital error led to a massive drug overdose, urged Congress to preserve people's ability to sue drug companies for injuries caused by their products. Quaid and his wife are suing Baxter International, maker of the blood-thinning...

When It Comes to Pet Food Safety Reform, the FDA Is Full of Excuses

8/27/2008 - You are well aware of the pet food recall of 2007. You are well aware that due to that recall thousands of pets died, and thousands more became ill. You are probably aware that the FDA held a public meeting on May 13, 2008 to seek input from stakeholder groups –- including consumers –- for the future...

The Vitamin Hoax: Big Pharma Speaks Through Reader's Digest Magazine

2/4/2008 - The cover of the November 2007 issue of Reader's Digest magazine makes a strong statement through a featured article entitled The Vitamin Hoax: 10 Not to Take. Written by Reader's Digest Senior Research Editor, Neena Samuel, the article cautions readers not to be duped into purchasing vitamins and supplements....

FDA tyranny to become law: HR.2900 analysis by Richards and Adams

7/12/2007 - On July 11, 2007, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 2900, blocking debate on the law and preventing the introduction of any amendments that might have provided meaningful drug safety protections for consumers. This action demonstrates that the House of Representatives, much like the Senate,...

Following serious FDA failures, Congress may reward the agency with even more money, regulatory power

11/20/2006 - Various consumer and patient groups joined with a leading cardiologist to urge quick action from Congress to allow the FDA to gain more power than it has now in order for it to require new warnings on medicines and drug post-approval studies. In addition, witnesses from these groups lobbied for a boost...

John Hammell of International Advocates for Health Freedom discusses health freedom under siege; Part 2

10/18/2006 - This is part two of an interview of International Advocates for Health Freedom President John Hammell, conducted by Mike Adams. Click here to read part one. Mike: If this AER [Adverse Events Reporting] legislation goes through -- and it looks like it has a lot of support -- then we could probably...

The Honest Government Agenda: How Congress Can Clean Up Corruption (press release)

8/24/2006 - Commercial Alert released today the Honest Government Agenda, a set of fifteen reforms to clean up corruption in Congress and the executive branch. “The Abramoff scandal shows us how Congress really works, and what we see is venal, mercenary and ugly,” said Gary Ruskin, executive director of Commercial...

Real US federal budget deficit is in the trillions; Congress still playing numbers games

8/4/2006 - The federal government declared a $318 billion budget deficit last year, but in reality it was over $3 trillion, according to government accountants. "We've been hiding the bottom line from the American people," says Rep. Jim Cooper, D-Tenn., "It's not fair to them, and it's delusional on our part." Congress...

39 Health & Seniors Groups Call on Congress to End to DTC Prescription Drug Ads (press release)

7/24/2006 - Thirty-nine medical, health and seniors’ organizations are urging Congress to stop the advertising of prescription drugs to consumers, Commercial Alert and the National Women’s Health Network announced today. “Prescription drug ads are dishonest and dangerous,” said Gary Ruskin, executive director...

Protect your health freedom: Put an end to Codex and support the Health Freedom Protection Act

3/15/2006 - The United States has come to a decision point on nutritional supplements. Choice A is to continue participating in the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex), which could be hazardous to public health by setting limitations on supplements, and Choice B is to pass the Health Freedom Protection Act (HFPA),...

Action alert: Stop Congress from taking away your right to know what's in your food

2/28/2006 - The House of Representatives will vote this week on a controversial "national food uniformity" labeling law that will take away local government and states' power to require food safety labels such as those required in California and other states on foods or beverages that are likely to cause cancer,...

Gore warns Americans over Bush lawlessness, tyranny

1/19/2006 - The following is the full text of a speech given by Al Gore at Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 16, 2006. We feature it here due to its importance in explaining exactly why recent actions by President Bush are a grave threat to freedom. Bush's actions can only be described as a "war...

The FDA Exposed: An Interview With Dr. David Graham, the Vioxx Whistleblower

8/30/2005 - The following interview with Dr. David Graham (senior drug safety researcher at the FDA) was conducted by Manette Loudon, the lead investigator for Dr. Gary Null. This interview contains jaw-dropping insights about the corruption and crimes that take place every day inside the Food and Drug Administration....

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