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News To Make You Furious- Citizens United Turns 10!

Posted on January 23, 2020 by tomdwyer

Our “News To Make You Furious” column began with the 20th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska.  Now, 10 years later, there’s another anniversary to recognize… Citizens United, the Supreme Court ruling declaring corporations are people and money … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- The enemies inside our gates

Posted on October 26, 2018 by tomdwyer

We’re told to fear unarmed migrants, to run in fear from ISIS and the Taliban, to cower from the dark skinned folks who want to steal elections that rightly belong to white folks.  We’re pushed to fear “the other” because … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- A Year Of Rage On Just One Page!

Posted on January 3, 2018 by tomdwyer

In today’s world a column called “News To Make You Furious” may seem superfluous, but we think it’s important.  It started on the 10th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster when Greg Palast went to the crash site to see … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Genocide. But don’t worry, it’s just a small one.

Posted on November 17, 2017 by tomdwyer

According to GenocideWatch.org, there are 5 genocides happening right now (Syria, Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia, and Burma), 6 imminent ones, and 10 more where early warning signs of genocide are apparent.  That’s enough to make anyone Furious, but who needs genocidal … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Jeff Sessions plays “Dukes of Hazzard” for real

Posted on July 27, 2017 by tomdwyer

What made us Furious in 2014? A little-known law enforcement technique called “Civil Asset Forfeiture”, an abusive aberration of justice allowing police to stop people and seize their property without charging them with any crime, then switching the basic presumption … Continue reading →

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Why We Needed A Science March In The First Place

Posted on April 28, 2017 by tomdwyer

Millions worldwide, and tens of thousands in Portland alone, took to the streets recently.  Was it an anit-war protest, a tax resistance protest, a “throw the bums out” protest?  No.  Embarrassingly, these millions were in the streets to support science.  … Continue reading →

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Sit Down. Shut Up.

Posted on March 22, 2017 by tomdwyer

The Legislative push to keep you quiet.  And Compliant. Republicans greeted the election of Barack Obama with the wise counsel and universal respect necessary to give his agenda a fair chance to succeed.  Of course that’s horse puckey; they proudly … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- 2016’s Buffet of Bile

Posted on January 11, 2017 by tomdwyer

Your Car Matters covers the spectrum of funny to quirky to serious, but we always try to bring you things you may not have seen elsewhere.  This preference for the overlooked led us to start our News To Make You … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious presents… PROPAGANDA!

Posted on December 15, 2016 by tomdwyer

The News That Makes Us ALL Furious… PROPAGANDA!   Updated- Aug 27, 2020 We recognize the obvious propaganda in the North Korean News and the Soviet Union’s Pravda, but the closer it gets to home the harder it gets to … Continue reading →

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News To Make You Furious- Wells Fraudo

Posted on September 29, 2016 by tomdwyer

There’s always a LOT of horrible things to choose from for News To Make You Furious, but the things that actually make us most Furious aren’t the ones that are just bad, but where there’s an obvious solution that’s being … Continue reading →

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