“The major issue of our time is the rapid movement toward international oligarchy,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) declared in a statement to the Guardian on Monday, which noted that “Sanders’ intervention in the debate sparked by the Paradise Papers marks the most prominent political response to the leak in their opening 24 hours.” Decrying a world “in which a handful of billionaires own and control a significant part of the global economy,” Sanders said the trove of more than 13 million leaked documents detailing offshore dealings “shows how these billionaires and multinational corporations get richer by hiding their wealth and profits and avoid paying their fair share of taxes.” Sanders…

London Fashion Week was a major digital draw, as statistics from Dash Hudson, a visual marketing software company, show. Analysing data from 10 LFW shows and how they translated via Instagram, some designers adapted better than others to embrace the season’s new digital formats. They created online content that resonated with Instagram users when physical shows were not possible. Below are four of the top performing designers: RIXO London-based design duo RIXO has managed to carve out a unique space for themselves on the fashion market. Opting for content that showcased its pop-up installation #jonitherixobus and #humansofrixo, the brand had a total estimated reach of 536,833 and total likes 4,718.…

New York Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten GillibrandWarren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Warren, Pressley introduce bill to make it a crime for police officers to deny medical care to people in custody Senate Dems press DOJ over coronavirus safety precautions in juvenile detention centers MORE (D) on Tuesday said she was throwing her support behind Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his 2018 reelection bid for governor.  “Gov. Cuomo and I are friends. But he also has done some amazing things for New York, such as passing paid leave in our state, passing marriage equality and working to end sexual violence on our college…

Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) now has a 10-point lead over Rep. Marsha BlackburnMarsha BlackburnGOP senators introduce resolution opposing calls to defund the police GOP senators dodge on treatment of White House protesters Five things to know about Trump’s legal power under the Insurrection Act MORE (R) in their race to replace the retiring Sen. Bob CorkerRobert (Bob) Phillips CorkerGOP lawmakers stick to Trump amid new criticism Trump asserts his power over Republicans Romney is only GOP senator not on new White House coronavirus task force MORE (R), according to a poll released Thursday.  The Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) poll found that 45 percent of respondents would vote for Bredesen…

Net neutrality advocates geared up for protests as Federal Communications Commission (FCC) head Ajit Pai headed to Verizon’s headquarters in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to speak at an telecommunications policy event, days before a planned vote on net neutrality protections that’s expected to benefit Verizon—Pai’s former employer—and other internet service providers (ISPs). “This is the kind of corruption that turns your stomach,” said Evan Greer, campaign director for Fight for the Future, of Pai’s plan to speak at Verizon as he ignored his opponents’ arguments. “Ajit Pai is an embarassment to his own party and under his leadership the FCC has made a mockery of our democratic process. With a…

It’s simple. Profit-hungry corporations get a permanent windfall and the rich receive massive cuts. Everyone else—sooner or later, like it or not—gets to help pay for it all. The jewel of the final “morally and economically obscene” GOP tax plan released by Republicans on Friday—now set for a vote this week in both the House and Senate and a signature by President Donald Trump before the Christmas holiday—is a permanent tax giveaway for corporations who will see their marginal rate slashed from 35 percent down to 21 percent. But because of budget obligations and legislative rules, in order to pay for that massive gift to foreign investors, the wealthiest, and…

A former Women’s Champion could soon be returning to WWE. PWInsider reported on Friday that Melina (real name Melina Perez) has come to terms for a return to WWE. The report stated that they’ve been told by multiple sources that Melina will be returning to WWE programming within the next week. “There had been interest in Perez earlier this year as the company attempted to book her for the 2020 Women’s Royal Rumble, but at the time, she was under an agreement with the NWA. That agreement has since expired,” PWInsider wrote. In a Facebook post last night, Melina denied that she’s signed with WWE but said that doesn’t mean it…

Click:POCO Vape In the immediate wake of Monday’s Rose Parade—which takes place annually on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California—hundreds of residents and advocates took over the parade route with a march of their own as they called for ‘Medicare for All’ and demanded passage of a bill currently stalled in the state legislature that would provide every Californian with healthcare coverage. “People should pay attention to California because it is the example, the model, the bellwether, for what is possible and as California has set the trend for the rest of the country on a myriad of other important issues, it is and will set the trend on guaranteed,…

In order to solve the most pressing problems now facing humanity, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday called for the rise of a new and international progressive movement that would tackle “structural inequality both between and within nations” by wrenching power from the world’s corporate and monied elites who now control an unprecedented majorities of global wealth and power. “Taking on the greed of Wall Street, the power of gigantic multinational corporations and the influence of the global billionaire class is not only the moral thing to do,” writes Sanders in a Guardian op-ed, “it is a strategic geopolitical imperative.” “This is what we must do for the sake of…

The Guggenheim declined President Donald Trump’s request to borrow a Vincent Van Gogh painting, instead offering to loan him an 18-karat gold, fully functional toilet called “America,” according to an email obtained by the Washington Post. Trump, through the White House’s Office of the Curator, had requested to borrow Vincent Van Gogh’s “Landscape With Snow” for his and Melania’s living quarters at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Nancy Spector, the Guggenheim’s curator, replied to the request by email in September, stating that although the museum was “unable to participate” in the loan for the Van Gogh, due to the painting’s travel restrictions, she was able to offer an alternative: the golden toilet. …