New Report Sounds Alarm on Cashless Economy and Credit Exploitation: Freedom, Privacy, and Consumer Power at Stake

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

BRAND TRUMP’S NAME ON HIS BIG SAVAGE WRECKING OF AMERICA BILL

By Ralph Nader July 3, 2025 The narrow passage of Trump/GOP 1100-page bill that spells death, destruction, and deprivation to the American people—including MAGA voters and innocents abroad should destroy the Trumpster Republicans in the 2026 Congressional election. However, by then it will be too late for poor American children facing Trump reducing the food … Read more

Cuts to GAO, Library of Congress underscore the need for Office of Technology Assessment

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

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Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) – Fact Sheet

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

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Office of Technology Assessment – Frequently Asked Questions

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

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Why Are Tyrant Trump’s Institutional Critics Remaining Silent?

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

Americans Roaring Back: “You’re Fired” to Trump/Musk and Their Corporate Greed Machine

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

“YOU’RE FIRED!” –GROWING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE REJECTING TRUMP

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