By Gabriel Duffany, 7/1/25 On June 22, 2025, Republican proposals to slash Government Accountability Office (GAO) funding by 49% were approved by the House Appropriations Committee, sparking widespread concern for the future of U.S. science and technology (S&T) legislation. Among it’s duties as a government watchdog agency, GAO is tasked with producing detailed reports to … Read more
Background – Office of Technology Assessment In the 1960s, members of Congress became increasingly aware of the rising importance new technologies played in our society and recognized their responsibility to be better informed about the impact of emerging technologies. Spurred on by skyrocketing federal budget requests for new military technology1 and a NASA budget that … Read more
1. What is the OTA? Created in 1972, the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) was an office available to members of Congress that published reports on new technologies and their potential ramifications on U.S. public or government interests.1 The OTA’s express purpose was to serve the Legislative branch as an independent, bipartisan commission disseminating pertinent … Read more
By Ralph Nader June 20, 2025 White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told the truth about Tyrant Trump the other day regarding Trump’s war with Israel against Iran. She said, “The President hears all voices across the country, and he makes decisions based on his instincts.” His instincts are wrapped around his ego, his fantasies, … Read more
By Ralph Nader June 13, 2025 By now Tyrant Trump and his fascist wrecking crew have made abundantly clear their objectives of police state control, corporatist rule, and corrupt self-enrichment resulting in the destruction of our constitutional freedoms and its rule of law. (See the New York Times article by Ben Rhodes from June 8, … Read more
By Ralph Nader May 30, 2025 Opposition by former high officials in Israeli’s military and national security establishment and Israeli allies – France, England, and Germany – to the aimless killing of civilian families in Gaza is increasing. The mainstream, U.S. media has no excuse to cease its incomplete and biased reporting on the horrific … Read more
By Ralph Nader May 9, 2025 Except for a few professional Democrats, most prominently Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, the Party of the Donkey still can’t decide to use the best words and phrases to describe the cruel, vicious, law-violating fascist dictatorship that is increasingly “Wrecking America.” Trump and his Trumpsters have no inhibitions, crazily labeling … Read more
By Ralph Nader May 2, 2025 Of all the epithets seething from the foul mouth of King Donald I (his preferred title) – “deranged,” “wacko,” “lunatic,” “crazy,” “crooked,” “loser,” “criminal,” “corrupt,” the most timely, functional one is his favorite: “YOU’RE FIRED.” Launched from his TV program, “The Apprentice,” while a failed businessman, Trump, using the … Read more
By Ralph Nader April 18, 2025 Dear President Trump: We are Harvard Law students who have read the lengthy and comprehensive list of demands on our Harvard University by your staff. They are assuredly designed to turn this institution of higher education, older than the U.S.A., into a fiefdom under your iron rule. As modest … Read more
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ralph Nader or Zachary Wathen at: (202) 387-8030 or by email at [email protected] New Report Sounds Alarm on Cashless Economy and Credit Exploitation: Freedom, Privacy, and Consumer Power at Stake Washington, D.C. — As the U.S. economy barrels toward a digital future, a new report from the Center for Study of … Read more