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Trump-Russia Probe Becoming 'Very Serious' as Mueller Assembles Grand Jury This post may be updated . The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Special Counsel Robert Mueller—who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump administration and Russia—has assembled a grand jury in Washington, a move many interpreted as an sign that his probe is progressing... Read more |
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Pope Francis's Associates Condemn American Religious Right An article written by two associates of Pope Francis in the Catholic journal La Civiltà Cattolica illustrates vast disagreements between the Pope and conservative American Catholics—a rift which has been growing since Pope Francis was elected in 2013. The journal is published in Rome and receives... Read more |
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Trump's War on Science Forces Federal Officials to Consider Polluters' Demands Following Elizabeth "Betsy" Southerland's viral resignation letter (pdf), in which the longtime Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official lambasted the Trump administration's troubling deregulatory agenda, she is now sharing details about how the agency's staffers spend their days addressing... Read more |
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John Bolton's 'Military Options' for North Korea Denounced as 'Utter Lunacy' Amid reports that he is being considered by President Donald Trump to replace Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser, John Bolton wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday outlining "military options for North Korea," which were immediately characterized as " dangerous " and... Read more |
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Asylum Seekers, Fleeing Trump's Hostility, Overwhelm Quebec's Refugee Resources So many asylum seekers are pouring over the Canadian border from the United States that authorities opened Montreal's Olympic stadium—a 56,000-seat arena and one of the city's most famous landmarks—as a temporary welcome center on Wednesday. Read more |
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'This Is Nuts': Trump Fumes to Generals That US Should Plunder Afghan Minerals In a recent situation room meeting with generals and top national security advisors, President Donald Trump reportedly compared war policy to renovating a restaurant and complained that the U.S. isn't doing enough to exploit Afghanistan's mineral wealth. This is according to senior administration... Read more |
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Transcripts Reveal Trump's 'Crazy' Approach to Diplomacy Transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show President Donald Trump's aggressive approach to foreign relations early in his presidency, as he spoke with the President of Mexico and Prime Minister of Australia about immigration issues. A week into his term, Trump was apparently concerned about... Read more |
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Sanders Rips 'Greedy' Nissan, Backs Workers' Union Effort "The truth is Nissan is an all-too-familiar story of how greedy corporations divide and conquer working people." Read more |
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Responding to Dems' 2018 Campaign Plan, Groups Release Pro-Choice Platform More than a dozen national groups came together to propose a pro-choice progressive platform for the Democratic Party, in response to the party's willingness to provide campaign funding to congressional candidates who do not support abortion rights. Read more |
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Amid Trump's Chilling War on Media, Press Freedom Groups Expose Threats to US Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Freedom of the Press Foundation are among more than 20 groups partnering to introduce a new website which tracks threats to press freedom in the United States. The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker launched Wednesday to gather data on arrests of journalists,... Read more |
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Far-Reaching Bill Would Legalize Weed, Offer Reparations for War on Drugs Advocates for marijuana legalization and criminal justice are lauding a bill Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced on Tuesday to end federal prohibition of pot and offer financial assistance to communities devastated by the War on Drugs. "The War on Drugs has had disparate harm on low-income... Read more |
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Trump Approval Rating Hits NEW LOW! As President Donald Trump appears to be making up phone calls between himself and "the head of the Boy Scouts" and the president of Mexico, his approval rating has sunk to an all-time low, while his disapproval rating has reached its highest number. The Quinnipiac University national poll released... Read more |
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'The Statue of Liberty Weeps' as Trump Takes Aim at Legal Immigration Adding yet another wrinkle to his already " inhumane " immigration agenda, President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed a piece of legislation that would drastically curtail legal immigration, a move that sparked a torrent of criticism from activists and immigrant rights groups. "The RAISE Act is... Read more |
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Docs Reveal Monsanto's Attempts to Influence Reports About Roundup A trove of Monsanto's internal records released on Tuesday raises serious concerns about company efforts to influence media reports and scientific research related to risks posed by is popular weedkiller, Roundup. Read more |
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Money Pours In for Sanders's New Medicare for All Digital Campaign Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is launching a campaign Wednesday to promote his planned Medicare for All legislation, engaging directly with voters across the nation. The senator is asking supporters to sign on to the proposal as "citizen co-sponsors" via a digital ad campaign. In an article by the... Read more |
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'Earth Is Exhausted': Humans Have Already Consumed the Planet's Annual Resources With several months left until the end of 2017, humans have already used up more natural resources than the planet can regenerate in a year, making today Earth Overshoot Day . For the rest of the year, humanity is " living on credit ." "Humanity's carbon footprint alone more than doubled since the... Read more |
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New DOJ Memo Shows Trump Intensifying Assault on Civil Rights In a development civil rights groups characterized as " deeply disturbing ," the New York Times reported on Tuesday that the Trump Justice Department is looking to begin "investigating and suing universities over affirmative action admissions policies deemed to discriminate against white applicants... Read more |
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Anti-Choice States Are Worse for Women and Children, Says Study A new study challenges the conservative idea that abortion restrictions are put in place by legislators who simply want to protect women's health and safety. The Center for Reproductive Rights and Ibis Reproductive Health find (pdf) that states with the most restrictions to abortion access tend to... Read more |
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Sanders Introduces Bill Aimed at Ending 'Tragic' Youth Unemployment Crisis "Youth unemployment is one of the great crises facing our country, impacting millions of young people and their families, but it is one we rarely discuss in Washington." Read more |
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Trump Bulldozes Environmental Laws to Pave Way for 'Xenophobic' Border Wall The Trump administration has already taken aim at a number of Obama-era environmental rules that protect the public water supply and safeguard children from dangerous pollutants at the behest of Big Oil . Now, he is trampling the environment to make good on one of his central campaign promises: a... Read more |
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"America's Toughest Sheriff" Violated Court Order to Stop Racially Profiling Latinos Joe Arpaio, who calls himself "America's toughest sheriff," was found guilty of criminal contempt for violating a federal court order that aimed to stop the former sheriff and his deputies from racially profiling Latinos. Read more |
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Tillerson's State Department Drops Stated Mission to Promote Democracy In keeping with a recent trend of abandoning key tenets of its stated mission, State Department is rewriting its statement of purpose without any mention of promoting "justice" and "democracy." According to internal State Department emails obtained by the Washington Post , Secretary of State Rex... Read more |
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Poll: 'Scary' Number of Republicans Support Court-Ordered Press Censorship As the Trump administration continues to make headlines for its attacks on the press and its attempts to prevent journalists from adequately covering White House press briefings, a recent YouGov/Economist poll (pdf) found that 45 percent of Republicans support giving courts the power to shut down "... Read more |
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Green Groups Celebrate as Court Orders EPA to Reinstate Obama-Era Methane Rule An 11-judge federal appeals court ruled Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency must enforce methane emission standards from a 2016 rule established under the Obama administration. Read more |
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Critics: Trump's Crafting of Son's Response to Russia Meeting Is 'Obstruction of Justice' White House advisers are reportedly concerned about new revelations in a Washington Post report that says President Donald Trump dictated the statement that was originally released by his son, Donald Trump, Jr., after news broke about Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer during the 2016... Read more |
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Sanders Takes on Pharma Greed With Rule to End 'Price Gouging' In a move characterized as an effort to prevent large pharmaceutical companies from "goug[ing] American consumers after taking billions in taxpayer money," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Monday introduced a new rule that would require drugmakers to agree to set reasonable prices before being... Read more |
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This Is How Bad the Wage Gap Is for Black Women Monday marks Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, which shows how many days into 2017 a black woman needs to work to make as much as a white man did in 2016, assuming they both started Jan. 1, 2016. The day comes nearly four months after Equal Pay Day, which marked how far women had to work into 2017 to... Read more |
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Reproductive Rights Advocates Condemn Dems' Support of Anti-Choice Candidates Reproductive rights advocates are condemning the Democratic Party's decision to offer campaign funds to 2018 House of Representatives candidates who oppose abortion rights. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) confirmed the party's position to The Hill on Monday. He emphasized that the party needs to... Read more |
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Team Trump's Bible Study: Weekly Worship Meeting at the White House The founder of a group dedicated to making "disciples of Jesus Christ in the political arena" has been leading a Bible study with top members of the Trump administration. Ralph Drollinger of Capitol Ministries has been working with cabinet members including Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Attorney... Read more |
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That's It for 'The Mooch'? Trump Boots Scaramucci From Post Just 10 days after announcing that Anthony Scaramucci would serve as the new White House communications director, President Donald Trump has decided to dismiss him from the position, the New York Times first reported Monday. The new reporting cites "three people close to the decision," and says the... Read more |
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In 'Latest Attempt to Distort Democracy,' Koch Brothers Bolster GOP Tax Cut Efforts As Republicans attempt to quickly shift attention from their failed effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act to their goal of overhauling the tax code—an objective that is being cheered on and bankrolled by Charles and David Koch —early signs indicate that their plans will face similarly fierce... Read more |
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Trump Threatens Coverage of Millions as Sanders Confronts Congress With Facts on Single Payer Following the failure of the Republican effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act last week, President Donald Trump is on a mission to allow the law to "implode" by halting all subsidy payments to insurance companies—while progressives led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are seizing the opportunity... Read more |
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Climate Science Out, Coal In: EPA Exhibit Will Reflect Trump's Agenda An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) history exhibit that opened just before President Donald Trump took office is expected lose some of its Obama-era climate displays, which could be replaced with a presentation on coal to reflect the policies of the current administration. As the Trump... Read more |
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Warnings of 'Nuclear Nightmare' as Trump Escalates Tensions With World Powers "We need to step up sustained diplomacy. Firing off a bunch of missiles does nothing to address the crisis. We need negotiation, not posturing." Read more |
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Former Ethics Chief Calls Trump White House a Kleptocratic 'Embarrassment' With the Trump White House reeling from internal turmoil , burgeoning scandals , and investigations that have reportedly reached into the finances of the president's family, Walter Shaub—former head of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE)—said in an interview with the Guardian on Monday that... Read more |
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'Classic Propaganda': Sinclair Broadcasting Pushes Aside Fox News to Become 'Trump TV' During the 2016 Presidential campaign, t he Sinclair Broadcasting group cut a deal with Jared Kushner for “good” coverage of the Trump Administration, which seems to have paid off. Politico reported last December: Sinclair would broadcast their Trump interviews across the country without commentary... Read more |
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Sanders: 'We’re Figuring Out How We Can Mount a National Campaign' for Single Payer Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) told Jake Tapper on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday that he will “absolutely” introduce legislation on single-payer healthcare now that the Senate GOP’s bill to repeal ObamaCare has failed. "If people don't like the private insurance that they're getting, they should... Read more |
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West Wing Chaos: Priebus Quits, General Kelly Takes Over as Chief of Staff The White House announced Friday afternoon that Chief of Staff Reince Priebus had resigned amid mounting tensions. Some reports indicate that Priebus " privately resigned yesterday ," and Reuters was told by an anonymous official that "Trump informed Priebus two weeks ago that he would be replacing... Read more |
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House Progressives Call on Members of Congress to Sign Single-Payer Pledge Less than 24 hours after the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act was defeated in the Senate, two progressive representatives challenged all members of Congress to take a pledge committing to advocate for single-payer healthcare. Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) streamed... Read more |
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It's Electric: LA First Major US City to Pledge Full Bus Fleet Conversion Los Angeles became the first major U.S. city to commit to fully transitioning its public buses to electric on Thursday, when the LA County Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to transition its fleet of more than 2,200 buses by 2030. "This decision also signals to transit agencies around the... Read more |
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State AGs Urge Congress to Protect Transgender Service Members from Trump Ban Attorneys general from 18 states and Washington, D.C. are the latest group to push back against President Donald Trump's proposal to bar transgender Americans from serving in the military. As the Senate prepares to take up its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the attorneys... Read more |
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'Revolting': Trump Openly Calls for Police Brutality in Long Island Speech In a speech before law enforcement officials in Long Island, New York on Friday, President Donald Trump celebrated his administration's crackdown on immigration and encouraged police officers to be "rough" with those they detain—a statement that was widely seen as an explicit call for police... Read more |
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Failing to Deliver "Great" Healthcare, Trump Now Just Wants System to "Implode" "In just four hours, the position changed from 'give America great healthcare' to 'let Obamacare implode.'" Read more |
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Tensions Rise as Russia Retaliates Against New Sanctions Bill Members of the U.S. diplomatic staff in Russia will be expelled in the coming weeks, following an order on Friday by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The move was made in response to a new economic sanctions bill that passed in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Russia said it would also seize two... Read more |
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For Defeat of Trumpcare, Thank Disability Rights Activists, Not John McCain "Folks praising Murkowski, Collins, and McCain: I think you misspelled Hirono, ADAPT, and every activist resisting the Republican agenda." Read more |
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Following Death of Trumpcare, 'Now It's Time for Medicare for All' The last-ditch effort by Senate Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act was defeated in the early hours of Friday morning, dealing a " humiliating " blow to President Donald Trump and the GOP and sparking jubilant celebration among those who have marched, called their representatives, and... Read more |
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Scaramucci: 'Not Trying to Suck My Own Cock...I'm Here To Serve the Country' In a profanity-laced and on-the-record conversation with New Yorker political reporter Ryan Lizza, President Donald Trump's White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci—who took the job less than a week ago—attacked senior White House advisor Steven Bannon, Trump's chief of staff Reince... Read more |
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More Than 7,000 Nuns to GOP: Your Attack on People's Healthcare 'Simply Immoral' As Senate Republicans consider a "skinny repeal" of the Affordable Care Act—and with a vote expected as early as Thursday night—Catholic nuns who vocally opposed Trumpcare have released a new video series calling on five crucial Republican senators to "stop this destruction of healthcare in our... Read more |
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Interior Secretary Accused of 'Political Blackmail' After Senator's Trumpcare Vote The ranking Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee is demanding an investigation into the Interior Department's alleged threats against energy projects in Alaska—apparently made in retribution for Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) vote against the Republican healthcare plan. In a move... Read more |
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GOP's Vague New Tax Plan Can't Hide True Aim: Massive Tax Cuts for Wealthy With the nation's attention fixed on the Senate GOP's attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), several congressional Republicans, and two White House aides—who together make up a group called the "big six"— unveiled on Thursday an outline of their tax objectives... Read more |
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With Kentucky's Last Clinic 'Under Siege,' Anti-Choice Activists Display Abortion on Jumbotron As part of an effort to put Kentucky's only remaining abortion clinic "under siege" and harass both patients and providers, anti-choice activists set up a 12-by-18 jumbotron on Wednesday to display video of an abortion procedure in downtown Louisville. "We have never been under siege like this. We... Read more |
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Scaramucci Goes to War Over "Leak" That Turns Out To Be Public Document White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci waged war with President Trump's chief of staff, Reince Priebus, Thursday morning over leaks from the White House to journalists. But Scaramucci's fight against leaks appears to be at least partially focused on public information, and on the... Read more |
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Sen. Warren: "'Skinny Bill' Is Here and It's Exactly as Wretched as We Thought' Update (11:11 PM EST): This bill could pass... and become law It's approaching midnight and the latest version of Trumpcare—just introduced (pdf)—is now closer than any previous version of becoming an actual bill that has enough Republican votes to pass both the Senate and the House. The... Read more |
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GOP Single-Payer Ploy Shows Just How 'Very Sick' US Healthcare Debate Remains Amid soaring support for Medicare for All at the grassroots and among Democratic lawmakers, Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) is attempting to "troll" Democrats by proposing a single-payer amendment during the debate over his party's plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The effort, according to... Read more |
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'Repugnant': On Top of Trans Ban, Trump DOJ Tells Employers They Can Discriminate Against LGBTQ Workers Just hours after President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that transgender people would no longer be permitted to serve in the armed forces, the Department of Justice on Wednesday launched what is being characterized as a separate attack on the LGBTQ community, this time by arguing in a legal... Read more |
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Researchers: Trump Tweets Reveal 'Neurotic' and 'Unstable' Leader What do the frequent tweets from Donald Trump say about his online personality? According to a team of international researchers, they indicate he's an "emotionally unstable motivator." The study was conducted before Trump took office, analyzing 3,200 tweets he issued by October 2016, and was led... Read more |
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U.S. Backs War as UN Agencies Make Urgent Plea To End 'World's Largest Humanitarian Crisis' "The country is on the brink of famine." So why does the United States continue to fuel the crisis? Read more |
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#OutragedAndUnafraid: Undocumented Youth Confront Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda "Taking brave action has been the only thing that has never failed us." Read more |
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Anti-Trump Rallies Deliver Message to Trump: You're Not Welcome Here Protests in Youngstown, Ohio on Tuesday served as a counter-point to Donald Trump's campaign-style rally in the working class town, telling the president that he was "not welcome," has failed to fulfill his campaign promises, and is pushing a disastrous healthcare bill. Trump's rally at the Covelli... Read more |
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New Ethics Chief Derided by Former Boss for 'Loosey-Goosey' Ethics Views President Donald Trump's new appointee to lead the Office of Government Ethics has displayed a free-wheeling approach and disregard to ethics rules for federal employees, including those in the Trump administration, according to former colleagues. David Apol was named acting director of the OGE... Read more |
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Trump Tramples on LGBTQ Rights With Ban on Trans Service Members Roiling LGBTQ advocates nationwide, President Donald Trump's continued to trample on LGBTQ rights Wednesday, by announcing that transgender individuals will no longer be allowed to serve in the U.S. armed forces. Read more |
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Colonialism and Greed: Trump Considers Afghan War Expansion to Exploit Minerals As the 16th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan approaches, President Donald Trump is reportedly being pressured by a billionaire financier and a chemical executive to extend the scope of the conflict for one simple, greedy reason: to exploit Afghanistan's mineral reserves. "This is... Read more |
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ACLU Objects After Capitol Hill Police Tell Journalists to Delete Protest Photos The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) responded to reports on Tuesday evening from journalists on Capitol Hill, who alleged that Capitol Police were blocking reporters' access as they tried to cover healthcare protests. Police may not delete photographs without a warrant, period. If you think... Read more |
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Utilities Knew, Too: Despite Warning Decades Ago, Industry Lied and Deceived on Climate Nearly 50 years ago, the U.S. electric utility industry was warned about potential risks posed by climate change if it continued to rely on fossil fuels. Rather than heed those warnings, the industry spent the following decades instilling public doubt and making substantial investments in fossil... Read more |
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On Capitol Steps, Warren Rips GOP for Attack on 'Our Basic Humanity' On the heels of the Senate's narrow vote on Tuesday to proceed with debate on legislation that could leave tens of millions more Americans without insurance, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) greeted protestors on the steps of the capitol and denounced Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable... Read more |
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'Blow Up the Phones': Resistance Vows Fight as Senate Debates Trumpcare The Trump Resistance movement vowed to continue the fight against Trumpcare Tuesday afternoon after the Senate voted to proceed with a debate over repealing the Affordable Care Act. 50 Republicans voted to proceed, while Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) joined all 48... Read more |
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Scary Dairy: You Scream, I Scream... Monsanto Roundup Ice Cream Ten out of 11 samples of Ben & Jerry's ice cream tested positive for glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, the nonprofit Organic Consumers Association revealed on Tuesday. Although the amount of glyphosate detected was below the safety limit set by the Environmental... Read more |
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'Kill the Bill, Don't Kill Us!': Protests Erupt as McConnell Begins Trumpcare Vote As the Senate prepared to vote on a motion to proceed to a debate over the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, chants of "Kill the Bill!" and "Shame!" erupted from protesters in the Senate gallery. Read more |
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Jimmy Carter Latest Ex-Democratic Leader to Back Single Payer. When Will Current Ones? Speaking to a large crowd just before a Sunday school class in Plains, Georgia, former President Jimmy Carter said he believes the United States will ultimately transition away from a for-profit system that leaves millions uninsured to a Medicare-for-All style system that guarantees healthcare to... Read more |
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Boy Scouts Jamboree Compared to Hitler Youth Rally After Trump's Speech The annual Boy Scout Jamboree faced comparisons to a Hitler Youth Rally following President Donald Trump's speech at the event on Monday night. The president spoke to 24,000 Scouts ranging in age from 12 to 18, as eight presidents have before him. Unlike previous presidents, however, Trump appeared... Read more |
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Psychiatric Group Tells Members It's OK to Break Silence on Trump's Bizarre Behavior Easing "gag order" on public diagnosis, professional association entrusts mental health experts to use their "knowledge responsibly" Read more |
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'Walking Conflict of Interest': Fossil Fuel Industry Lobbyist Now Second-in-Command at Interior Dept. Despite David Bernhardt's long career of lobbying for the gas and oil industry, on Monday the Senate confirmed him as second-in-command of the U.S. Department of Interior, which manages public lands and water, as well as federal protections for endangered species. Although Bernhardt's confirmation... Read more |
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No Public Figure Has Even Thought About Dragging Trump's 11-year-old Son into Russia-Election Controversy. But His Dad Just Did. President of the United States woke up Tuesday morning and thought this would be appropriate Read more |
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'Hiding It Like Cowards': McCain Returns to Help GOP Pass Secret Trumpcare Bill With Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) expected to return to his post in the Senate just days after being diagnosed with a severe form of brain cancer, the GOP is gearing up to hold a procedural vote on Tuesday to move forward with a " mystery " version of Trumpcare that has not been fully analyzed by the... Read more |
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EPA Decided Preventing a West, Texas-Style Accident Wasn't a Priority. So 11 AGs Are Suing Eleven states filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency and its chief, Scott Pruitt, in federal court on Monday over the agency's decision to postpone implementation of a rule aimed at lessening the risk of a chemical plant disaster such as the deadly one that rocked West, Texas in... Read more |
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#Rexit: Report Indicates Tillerson Contemplating Early Departure Could Secretary of State be next to jump ship? Read more |
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Despite Court Ruling, Privacy Watchdog Vows to Keeping Fighting Against Trump's Election Panel Despite a federal judge's ruling on Monday rejecting a challenge to an election commission established by President Donald Trump, the privacy watchdog behind a lawsuit aimed at blocking the collection of detailed voter data from across the country vows to press ahead with its opposition. The ruling... Read more |
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'Obscene': 70 Top Healthcare CEOs Raked in $9.8 Billion Since 2010 "The median household income in 2015 was $56,515, which the average healthcare CEO made in less than a day." Read more |
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Three Years After Gruesome Execution, Ohio Set to Resume State-Sanctioned Killing Death penalty opponents in Ohio are making last ditch appeals for the state to stop its plan to resume executions after a three-and-a-half-year pause. The execution of Ronald Phillips is set for Wednesday and would be the first of 27 state-sanctioned killings scheduled through 2021. The last... Read more |
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Critics Slam Kushner for Arguing Inexperience Excuses Russian Contacts Critics of Kushner are raising doubts about his explanation of his meetings with Russians during the 2016 campaign. In a prepared statement released ahead of his meeting with lawmakers Monday, President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior advisor denied colluding with Russia during Trump's... Read more |
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In Announcing 'Better Deal' Platform, Dems Admit Status Quo Not Working With a live-streamed presentation and a slate of new messaging on Monday, Democratic leaders attempted to articulate for the first time since their party's 2016 losses an agenda that "works for everyone...not just the elites and special interests." As the local Winchester Star reported , House... Read more |
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Trump: Sessions 'Beleaguered,' Schiff 'Sleazy,' and Maybe Giuliani Should Be AG President Donald Trump continued taking shots at Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday, calling him "beleaguered" and saying Sessions should be investigating his former political rival, Hillary Clinton. Trump wrote on his @realonaldtrump account: "So why aren't the Committees and investigators,... Read more |
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With Trumpcare Vote Looming, Medicare For All Supporters Set to March With grassroots support for Medicare for All experiencing an unprecedented surge in the face of Republican efforts to leave 22 million more Americans without health insurance , Our Revolution and dozens of other progressive organizations are set to march on Monday to demand that lawmakers back... Read more |
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Scaramucci Has Anonymous Source Who Told Him Russians "Maybe Didn't" Hack 2016 Election (Okay, He Admits, It Was President Trump) In addition to other headline-generating statements over the weekend ( here and here ), President Donald Trump's new communications director Anthony Scaramucci also on Sunday claimed he had a source—but said "I won't tell you who"—who communicated to him that maybe it wasn't Russian government... Read more |
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Video from Underwater Robot Shows Melted Nuclear Fuel in Bowels of Fukushima Reactor Since disaster in 2011, this is the first time plant operator has found something likely to be melted fuel Read more |
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Will Trump Let the White House Bring Back Cameras? President Donald Trump's new communications director says he's "personally" in favor of on-camera White House briefings, but ultimately the decision will be up to the president. On CNN 's "State of the Union" Sunday, Wall Street financier-turned-White House communications director Anthony... Read more |
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Connecting McCain's Tragic Diagnosis to Trumpcare 'Is the Goddamn Point' "It isn't in poor taste, and it isn't political opportunism—it's the goddamn point." Read more |
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Donald Trump and the Coming Fall of American Empire Even as President Donald Trump faces ever-intensifying investigations into the alleged connections between his top aides and family members and powerful Russian figures, he serves as commander in chief over a U.S. military that is killing an astonishing and growing number of civilians. Under Trump... Read more |
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"Full Transparency," Says Scaramucci, I'm Deleting My Past Public Statements Anthony Scaramucci, the newly-appointed communications director for President Donald Trump, wants the world to know he's only selectively deleting old tweets so his past public statements won't be "distraction" as he assumes his new role at the White House. And so we wrote this headline about it... Read more |
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With Sessions Under Renewed Fire, Trump Claims 'Complete Power to Pardon' Any attempt by Trump to pardon his way out of stewing controversy, says one critic, would create a "constitutional crisis that would make Watergate look like a minor event." Read more |
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Environmentalists Urge Democrats to Join Sanders in Opposing Dirty Energy Bill As a nation, our job is to move away from fossil fuels toward sustainable energy and energy efficiency,' says Sanders. 'This bill does the opposite.' Read more |
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Your Guide to Anthony "The Mooch" Scaramucci: Trump's New Commander of Communication The Trump administration on Friday officially announced that Anthony Scaramucci—a former Goldman Sachs executive who describes himself simply as an "American entrepeneur"—will be the new White House communications director. At an afternoon briefing, Scaramucci spoke with reporters for the first... Read more |
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Protests in Poland as Right-Wing Ruling Party Dismantles Democracy Tens of thousands poured into the streets in Poland Thursday night, condemning proposed laws that would dramatically weaken the nation's judicial system, just two weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump visited the country and praised its commitment to freedom and democracy, speaking to "an... Read more |
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Trump Furthers War on Science With 'Illegal' Nomination of Climate Denier for Top USDA Scientist As the administration continues to take a "wrecking ball" to science, President Donald Trump on Wednesday officially nominated climate change denier , conservative talk radio host, and former Trump campaign co-chair Sam Clovis to the top science job at the United States Department of Agriculture (... Read more |
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Six Months After Women's March, Invigorated Resistance Sees Impact A new Pew Research poll finds that since President Donald Trump's inauguration, Americans, particularly women, have become more engaged in the political system by contacting elected officials, attending demonstrations, and even paying more attention to political news. Fifty-eight percent of women... Read more |
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Message to Democrats: Get on Board With Medicare For All or Go Home Amid surging support for Medicare for All at the grassroots—which can be seen both in recent polls and at anti-Trumpcare protests, where demonstrators have brandished signs declaring "healthcare is a human right"—activists, physicians, and policy experts are imploring Democratic lawmakers to either... Read more |
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Spicey Is Out: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Resigns White House press secretary Sean Spicer resigned on Friday, the New York Times first reported . His departure was reportedly in response to President Donald Trump's appointment of Anthony Scaramucci to White House communications director. Scaramucci is a Wall Street financier and was a campaign... Read more |
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Red Alert: Team Trump Unveils Anti-Planet, Anti-Worker Corporate Wish List Amid swirling controversy over the burgeoning investigation into President Donald Trump's alleged Russia ties, groups are raising the alarm after the Trump administration on Thursday quietly unveiled its plan to roll back hundreds of Obama-era regulations aimed at shielding workers and the planet... Read more |
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Amid Ongoing Israeli Crackdown, Three Palestinians Killed in Al-Aqsa Mosque Protests At least three Palestinians reportedly have been killed by gunfire, and more than a hundred injured, in clashes with Israeli forces on Friday, during large-scale protests against enhanced security measures at the Al-Aqsa mosque, according to reports from the Ma’an News Agency and Al-Jazeera . "An... Read more |
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As Mueller Probe Widens, Trump Team Exploring Presidential Pardon Powers According to a Washington Post report released Friday, President Donald Trump appears to be preparing for the worst as special counsel Robert Mueller investigates his alleged ties to Russia and those of members of his administration. The president is reportedly angling to build a case against... Read more |