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The Secret Correspondence Between Donald Trump Jr. and WikiLeaks

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - Just before the stroke of midnight on September 20, 2016, at the height of last year’s presidential election, the WikiLeaks Twitter account sent a private direct message to Donald Trump Jr., the Repu…

 

 

Sarah van Gelder: Americans Are Stressed About the Future. Here’s Why That’s Promising

 

voxpopulisphere.com - The era of empire, white supremacy, dirty energy and global capitalism is coming to a close. Americans are really stressed out, according to a new poll by the American Psychological Association. That…

 

 

This one's for AZ: Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced

 

[url=http://www.gq.com]www.gq.com[/url] - He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL—all because he took a knee to protest police brutality. But Colin Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Mu…

 

 

A Wide-Open Door for Pesticide Lobbyists at the Agriculture Department — ProPublica

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[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - This story was co-published with The New York Times. At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture, to reveal the ident…

 

 

The Aftermath

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[url=http://www.revealnews.org]www.revealnews.org[/url] - From natural disasters to national tragedies, the media swarms around major stories, hurtling those affected into the spotlight. But what happens after the cameras are gone and the country moves on t…

 

 

Bob Burnett: One Year Later — 10 Lessons Learned From the Trump Presidency

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voxpopulisphere.com - The November 7 results suggest that the midterm election will be about change, throwing Republican white guys out of house. Trump has given the resistance enough ammunition that it doesn’t need one f…

 

 

Debt Company Makes Sheriffs Rich by Jailing the Poor, Lawsuit Claims

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[url=http://www.occupy.com]www.occupy.com[/url] - Ira Wilkins should be a free man. Wilkins has served his time in an Oklahoma prison and is clear for release. But a private court fee collections agency is keeping him behind bars. Wilkins is the lea…

 

 

Hackers Shut Down ProPublica’s Email For a Day. Here’s How to Stop Attacks Like That. — ProPublica

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[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - This post originally appeared in our weekly newsletter. Sign up here. In August, my email was attacked. Hate groups overwhelmed my inbox and the inboxes of two of my colleagues, and shut down ProPubl…

 

 

Report: Post-9/11 War Debt Will Cost US $8 Trillion In Interest Alone

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[url=http://www.mintpressnews.com]www.mintpressnews.com[/url] - The cost of America’s global war on terror has yet to be reckoned with, and there’s a very good reason for that. By and large, the US has not been paying for all of these wars, but rather has been bo…

 

 

Police Oversight Ordinance Promised Transparency But Doesn’t Fully Deliver — ProPublica

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[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - When Chicago’s new police oversight agency opened in September, city officials pledged a different way of doing business: Misconduct investigations would be transparent and the public would learn the…

 

 

Trump’s budget kills funds for clean tap water in struggling small towns

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[url=http://www.revealnews.org]www.revealnews.org[/url] - ST. JOSEPH, Louisiana – On a hot delta day, Roy Bowman fills a gallon jug from an Army green trailer-mounted water tank. All year, Bowman and his neighbors in this crushingly poor, mostly African Ame…

 

 

Prince Charles Baffled no US President will Take on Israel Lobby

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[url=http://www.mintpressnews.com]www.mintpressnews.com[/url] - Prince Charles has come under fire after it came to light that he blamed the “influx of foreign Jews” for causing unrest in the Middle East and called on the US to “take on the Jewish lobby” in a let…

 

 

Media Who Went to Bat for Shut-Out Critics Should Also Stand Up for Targeted Copwatchers

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fair.org - Washington Post (11/7/17) applauds media for standing up to the Mouse. In September, the LA Times ran a two-part series on the tax and other benefits the Disney corporation managed to extract in Anah…

 

 

Saudi Arabia: A Revolution from the Top? | Geopolitical Monitor

[url=http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com]www.geopoliticalmonitor.com[/url] - In 1794, during the last wave of Terror in revolutionary France, Maximilian Robespierre decided to jail his opponents, in sequence, on the radical and moderate sides of his political spectrum. He aim…

 

 

Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - Audio: Listen to this story. To hear more feature stories, download the Audm app for your iPhone. Carbon Engineering, a company owned in part by Bill Gates, has its headquarters on a spit of land tha…

 

 

Nazi Watch: Poland defends massive far-right protest that called for a ‘White Europe’

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Thousands gathered in central Warsaw on Nov. 11 for a march organized by radical far-right groups. The march coincided with Poland's independence day. (Młodzież Wszechpolska) CORRECTION: Earlier vers…

 

 

More Nazi Watch: The Making of an American Nazi

 

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - On December 16, 2016, Tanya Gersh answered her phone and heard gunshots. Startled, she hung up. Gersh, a real-estate agent who lives in Whitefish, Montana, assumed it was a prank call. But the phone …

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People & they're causes.....
Reaching out rather than looking inward 

Hanging on to the old 3D world. How's that workin' out for ya' ?
Is it putting groceries on the table.
Colin & his meltdown. Thanks Surly 

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People & they're causes.....
Reaching out rather than looking inward 

Hanging on to the old 3D world. How's that workin' out for ya' ?
Is it putting groceries on the table.
Colin & his meltdown. Thanks Surly 

Well, it keeps me from posting far-right MAGA delusions.

And nobody is going hungry down here, thanks for asking.

Oh, and BTW, the only person who has never had a meltdown in all of this is Colin Kaepernick, who continues to behave with dignity and grace.
Unlike his critics, who must must must conflate taking a knee with "disrepeck of da flag" because they have no answer for his critique.

https://www.gq.com/story/colin-kaepernick-cover-men-of-the-year

Colin Kaepernick Is GQ's 2017 Citizen of the Year

BY 

THE EDITORS OF GQ

a day ago

Celebrating the man who became a movement.

Click Here to Read "Colin Kaepernick Will Not Be Silenced"

Much has changed in the four years since Colin Kaepernick was last on the cover of GQ. Back then he was a rippling superhero of a quarterback on the rise. But a simple act—kneeling during the national anthem—changed everything. It cost him his job. It also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance.

Though Colin Kaepernick continues his silent protest, he agreed to collaborate with GQ on a special project for our December Men of the Year issue in an effort to, as the piece explains, "reclaim the narrative of his protest." He helped us assemble a ten-person team of his closest confidants—including rapper J.Cole, director Ava DuVernay, activist Harry Belafonte, and Women’s March co-organizer Linda Sarsour—to speak on the subjects of activism, protest, and equality, and to offer some rare insights into Colin Kaepernick himself.

Paired with the piece are inspiring images by Martin Schoeller, who photographed Kaepernick in Harlem, intending to evoke the spirit of Muhammad Ali’s anti-Vietnam War protests in the neighborhood during the late 60s.

 

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Secret Finding: 60 Russian Payments "To Finance Election Campaign Of 2016”

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[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com]www.buzzfeed.com[/url] - Before publication of this article, BuzzFeed News sought comment from both the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Russian embassy in Washington. Neither responded. Hours after the story was …

 

 

Donald Trump’s Trump, Jr., Problem

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - With his Fifth Avenue-redneck persona and his affinity for the alt-right, Donald Trump, Jr., has sometimes been described as a chip off the old block. But his relationship with his father hasn’t alwa…

 

 

Edward S. Herman: Master of Dissent (1925–2017)

 

fair.org - One of the greatest and sweetest media critics ever, Edward S. Herman, has passed away. Ed was the main author of Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media, written with Noam Cho…

 

 

Poland’s Defense Minister Answers the Question: What Does Putin Want?

 

observer.com - Poland’s Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz. EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images Since coming to power in late 2015, Poland’s right-wing government has been a lightning rod for criticism at home and ab…

 

 

Lawmaker Seeks Records of Lobbyist Contacts with Agriculture Official — ProPublica

 

[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - This story was co-published with The New York Times. A House Democrat demanded on Tuesday that a former pesticide lobbyist who was appointed to the Department of Agriculture by the Trump administrati…

 

 

Mike Pence Can't Keep His Lies Straight, and It's Starting to Catch Up with Him

 

[url=http://www.alternet.org]www.alternet.org[/url] - It's time for another round of "Is Mike Pence actually as incompetent as he looks, or is he just a liar?" On Monday, the Atlantic’s Julia Ioffe published the details of a series of Twitter direct mes…

 

 

People for sale: Where lives are auctioned for $400

 

[url=http://www.cnn.com]www.cnn.com[/url] - Carrying concealed cameras into a property outside the capital of Tripoli last month, we witness a dozen people go "under the hammer" in the space of six or seven minutes. "Does anybody need a digger…

 

 

Trump Appointee Gavin Clarkson Resigns After ProPublica Report — ProPublica

 

[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - A senior official in charge of a federal loan guarantee program resigned after ProPublica reported his prior role in obtaining a guarantee under the same program as part of a deal that failed. The of…

 

 

Reinventing Antifa In an Era of Rising Rightwing Power

 

[url=http://www.occupy.com]www.occupy.com[/url] - Resistance to fascism had been an ideal, a goal to strive toward, since the closing days of the Second World War. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, authoritarianism became synonymous with tyran…

 

 

U.S. Hires Company With K.G.B. Link to Guard Moscow Embassy

 

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - Russian company records show that Mr. Budanov, who retired from espionage in 1992 after becoming upset by Russia’s direction under its first post-Soviet leader, Boris N. Yeltsin, is a former minority…

 

 

The last thing Alabama Democrats want is help

 

[url=http://www.nbcnews.com]www.nbcnews.com[/url] - WASHINGTON — Alabama Democrats have a message for out-of-state allies eager to help in the state's Senate race: Thanks, but no thanks. "I tell them to stay home," said Giles Perkins, the former execu…

 

 

Geoengineering’s unintended consequences: Hurricanes and food shortages

 

grist.org - This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Every country on Earth, save for cough one, has banded together to cut emissions and sto…

 

 

Massive Overkill: Brought to You By the Nuclear-Industrial Complex

[url=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info]www.informationclearinghouse.info[/url] - And you may not be surprised to learn that Donald Trump is no piker when it comes to colluding with the weapons industry. His strong preference for populating his administration with former arms ind…

 

 

Sessions Previously Said He Didn't Know Of Any Trump Campaign Aides Who Spoke With Russia. That Just Changed.

[url=http://www.buzzfeed.com]www.buzzfeed.com[/url] - Sessions said he had trouble recalling specific events like the Papadopoulos conversations because of the hectic nature of the campaign, calling it "a form of chaos every day from day one.” “I can on…

 

 

When Unions Lead Education Reform

[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - In the summer of 1995, Adam Urbanski, president of the Rochester Teachers Association, and Helen Bernstein, former president of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA), organized a group of union l…

 

 

1,700 Scientists Issue Dire Warning To Humanity

popularresistance.org - Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. Google is blocking our site. Please use the social …

 

 

A Photographer’s Journey Through Our Ever-Weirder Relationship to Nature

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - A wave of writers has lately come to the conclusion that “nature”—denoting a realm outside of human impact—no longer exists, if it ever did. Our species’ chemical fingerprints can now be found from p…

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NYT’s Campus Free Speech Coverage Focuses 7-to-1 on Plight of Right

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fair.org - College Republicans complained to the New York Times (9/23/16) that the nomination of Donald Trump “prompted widespread mockery from their liberal classmates.” Over the past 18 months, the New York T…

 

 

New York City Launches Committee to Review Maternal Deaths — ProPublica

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[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - Following in the steps of Baltimore and Philadelphia, New York City is establishing a committee to review deaths and severe complications related to pregnancy and childbirth, aiming to reduce their t…

 

 

'Boomtown, Flood Town' Wins AAAS Science Journalism Award — ProPublica

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[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced today that “Boomtown, Flood Town,” a collaboration between ProPublica and The Texas Tribune, won an AAAS Kavli Science Journal…

 

 

He Perfected a Password-Hacking Tool—Then the Russians Came Calling

 

[url=http://www.wired.com]www.wired.com[/url] - Five years ago, Benjamin Delpy walked into his room at the President Hotel in Moscow, and found a man dressed in a dark suit with his hands on Delpy's laptop. Just a few minutes earlier, the then 25-…

 

 

Trump Administration Seeks to Delay Findings on Pesticides

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[url=http://www.occupy.com]www.occupy.com[/url] - President Donald Trump's administration is seeking a two-year delay of an upcoming deadline to determine whether a family of widely used pesticides is harmful to endangered species. The request filed…

 

 

What to expect from Tesla’s big electric truck reveal

techcrunch.com - Tesla is set to take the lid off of its electric truck tomorrow for the first time, after months of teasing the big rig. Tesla CEO Elon Musk is still doing some teasing of his own, posting a short vi…

 

 

Alabama news group responds to Moore: 'These threats will not silence us'

 

thehill.com - An Alabama news organization on Wednesday responded to a threat of legal action sent by a lawyer representing embattled GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore. "We stand behind our past reporting on Roy Moor…

 

 

Bank that lent $300m to Trump linked to Russian money laundering scam

 

[url=http://www.theguardian.com]www.theguardian.com[/url] - The German bank that loaned $300m (£260m) to Donald Trump played a prominent role in a money laundering scandal run by Russian criminals with ties to the Kremlin, the Guardian can reveal. Deutsche Ba…

 

 

Christopher Steele believes his dossier on Trump-Russia is 70-90% accurate

 

[url=http://www.theguardian.com]www.theguardian.com[/url] - Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who compiled an explosive dossier of allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, believes it to be 70% to 90% accu…

 

 

Bombshell BBC Report Confirms US Struck a Secret Deal With ISIS

 

theantimedia.org - (ZHE) — At a moment of widespread acknowledgement that the short-lived Islamic State is no longer a reality, and as ISIS is about to be defeated by the Syrian Army in its last urban holdout of Abu Ka…

 

 

As Trial Begins, Trump Protest Attendees Face 60 Years in Prison

 

[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - Protesters block an access point to the general public entry of the parade route and the National Mall in Washington, DC, ahead of the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th president of the United…

 

 

What China Does Next

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - BEIJING—At the recent APEC CEO Summit in Vietnam, President Donald Trump said the United States would refocus its existing development efforts in Asia toward infrastructure investment that promotes e…

 

 

How Can You Better Prepare Yourself for Natural Disasters

[url=http://www.doomsdaymoose.com]www.doomsdaymoose.com[/url] - Regardless of your position within a company or job in an organization, you may be called upon to lead the team in a natural disaster. A major catastrophe can be from natural causes or other situatio…

 

 

"With Artificial Intelligence We Are Summoning the Demon" - The Organic Prepper

 

[url=http://www.theorganicprepper.ca]www.theorganicprepper.ca[/url] - If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Have you noticed all of the news lately about artificial intelligence and robotics, including some things that sound…

 

 

No significant relief from Delhi air pollution in sight – Landfill fire rages as city chokes – Students march to demand cleaner air

[url=http://www.desdemonadespair.net]www.desdemonadespair.net[/url] - By Nick Perry, with additional writing by Muneeza Naqvi 15 November 2017 NEW DELHI (Associated Press) – Hundreds of students marched Wednesday in India's capital to demand action to improve the city'…

 

 

Karl Rove Has Seen the Enemy and He Is Steve Bannon

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - Politics has always been Karl Rove’s personal obsession. In 1973, during the Nixon era, he famously and divisively got himself elected the national chairman of the College Republicans after a hard-fo…

 

 

Democrats Are Shockingly Unprepared to Fight Climate Change

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - There’s a wrinkle in how the United States talks about climate change in 2017, a tension fundamental to the issue’s politics but widely ignored. On the one hand, Democrats are the party of climate ch…

 

 

Parents of 4-year-old with cancer can’t buy ACA plan to cover her hospital care

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Colette Briggs asks her mother, Michelle, to tighten her pigtails. (Katherine Frey/The Washington Post) Four-year-old Colette Briggs bounded into the dining room where her parents sat in the midst of…

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Activists at UN Climate Summit Decry Companies Pushing Fossil Fuel as Energy Solution

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[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - While representatives from nearly 200 nations have gathered here in Bonn, Germany, they're not the only ones flocking to the city for this year's UN climate summit. A number of fossil fuel companies …

 

 

Al Franken, Disappointment

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - Senator Al Franken built his political career by playing his show-business charisma and his passion for straight talk off of each other. A comedy star turned liberal pundit turned liberal icon, he wa…

 

 

The Pathological Refusal to Report the Simple Truth About Presidential Lying

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fair.org - It is a truism to say that everyone lies to someone. Since public officials entrusted with power in our democracy are no exception to this human trait—as historical research documents—it should be ex…

 

 

The Ex-Spy Behind the Trump-Russia Dossier Left a Clue for Mueller

[url=http://www.vanityfair.com]www.vanityfair.com[/url] - As federal investigators pour over the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia, the work of ex-British spook Christopher Steele continues to loom large. At least part of Robert Mueller’s probe has been infor…

 

 

The American Far Right Never Went Away

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[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - Chanting "white lives matter," "you will not replace us" and "Jews will not replace us," several hundred white nationalists and white supremacists carrying torches marched in a parade through the Uni…

 

 

What happens when neo-Nazis hijack your brand

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - The neo-Nazis were hungry. They had spent the day in a Charlottesville, Va., courthouse testifying at the preliminary hearing for a white nationalist jailed for pepper-spraying counterprotesters duri…

 

 

‘There’s All Kinds of People Who Have Their Snouts in the Trough Here’

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fair.org - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists’ Paradise Papers Janine Jackson: Establishment media cover poverty sometimes, sometimes in a compassionate and compelling way. And they cover wea…

 

 

Zimbabwe in Limbo as Military Seizes Control and Places President Mugabe Under House Arrest

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[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - In Zimbabwe, longtime leader Robert Mugabe remains under house arrest and is reportedly refusing to resign as president after the country's military seized Parliament, courts, government offices and …

 

 

The FCC just repealed a 42-year-old rule blocking broadcast media mergers

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News) Federal regulators rolled back decades-old rules on Thursday, making it far easier for media outlets to be bought a…

 

 

Keystone Pipeline Leaks 210,000 Gallons of Oil in South Dakota

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - A photo of the spill, which was posted to the company’s Twitter account, showed a large, darkened area in a field. The Keystone Pipeline is part of a 2,687-mile system that carries crude oil from Alb…

 

 

What Else Could a Tax Cut for the Richest 1 Percent Buy?

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[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - For the cumulative and average tax cuts to the richest 1 percent in each state, as well as the average income of the richest 1 percent in each state, we relied on estimates from the Institute on Taxa…

 

 

Another False Flag Terror ADMISSION: Snipers In the Ukraine "Protests"

[url=http://www.washingtonsblog.com]www.washingtonsblog.com[/url] - Remember the protests in Ukraine which led to the old leader being replaced? If you’ll recall, the ruthless slaughter of people by snipers was the event which turned world opinion against the Ukrain…

 

New Zealand’s War on Rats Could Change the World

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - The first thing that hit me about Zealandia was the noise. I was a 15-minute drive from the center of Wellington, New Zealand’s capital city, but instead of the honks of horns or the bustle of passer…

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‘Tolerance of Violence in Homes Is the Necessary Precursor to Public Violence’

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fair.org - Janine Jackson interviewed Soraya Chemaly about the link between domestic violence and mass murder for the June 17, 2016, episode of CounterSpin, an interview that was reaired for the November 10, 20…

 

 

The Shocking Math of the Republican Tax Plan

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - If it gives us nothing else positive, the Republican tax plan—and, in its Senate form, the health-care repeal—at least provides clarity. There is no debate. The middle class will, in the long run, pa…

 

 

Guardian, NYT Paint Power-Grabbing Saudi Dictator as Roguish, Visionary ‘Reformer’

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fair.org - The Guardian (11/5/17) reported that de facto Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman “is willing to take on the kingdom’s most powerful figures to implement his reforms and consolidate power.” Two weeks ago…

 

 

The Catastrophe of Saudi Arabia’s Trump-Backed Intervention in Yemen

 

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - In the main hospital in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah this August, the malnutrition ward overflowed with patients. In the corridor, a man sat on the floor, with two children beside him whose ribs …

 

 

 

William Hartung on Nuclear Overkill, Karen Orenstein on Climate Disconnect

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fair.org - This week on CounterSpin: The opinion column in Scientific American headlined “The Caveman and the Bomb” conveys, just a little more colorfully, the sense one got from the Senate hearing on the proce…

 

 

Kushner didn't disclose outreach from Russian 'godfather' to campaign

 

[url=http://www.nbcnews.com]www.nbcnews.com[/url] - WASHINGTON — President Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, failed to disclose what lawmakers called a "Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite" involving a banker who has been a…

 

 

This Is Where Hate Crimes Don’t Get Reported

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projects.propublica.org - By Ken Schwencke and Hannah Fresques, ProPublica, November 17, 2017 Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation Hate Crime Statistics, 2016 On Monday, the FBI released its latest tally of hate crimes in …

 

 

One Officer, Scores of Tickets and a Familiar Racial Disparity — ProPublica

 

[url=http://www.propublica.org]www.propublica.org[/url] - It was just before 9 a.m. one day last July, and Noemi Martinez was on her way from one job interview to the next, running to catch a bus on Atlantic Boulevard in Jacksonville, Fla. Sprinklers from a…

 

 

A Panama tower carries Trump's name and ties to organized crime

 

[url=http://www.nbcnews.com]www.nbcnews.com[/url] - PANAMA CITY — When Ivanka Trump flew here in 2006 to push her family’s latest business project — an oceanfront steel and glass tower called the Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower, shaped …

 

 

Opinion | The Russia investigation’s spectacular accumulation of lies

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - I spent part of my convalescence from a recent illness reading some of the comprehensive timelines of the Russia investigation (which indicates, I suppose, a sickness of another sort). One, compiled …

 

 

The Link Between Roy Moore, George W. Bush and Voter Suppression - WhoWhatWhy

 

whowhatwhy.org - Worried about Russian hackers or other outsiders meddling in US elections? Arguably, the greatest threat to our democratic system comes not from the outside but from forces within our own two-party s…

 

Odds of Harvey-scale rainfall in Texas to increase dramatically – “We’re seeing an event whose annual probability was 1 percent at the end of the last century, and it might be 18 percent by the end of this century”

 

[url=http://www.desdemonadespair.net]www.desdemonadespair.net[/url] - By Jennifer Chu 13 November 2017 (MIT News) – As the city of Houston continues to recover and rebuild following the historic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, the region will also have to prepa…

 

 

Why People Will Happily Line Up to be Microchipped - The Organic Prepper

 

[url=http://www.theorganicprepper.ca]www.theorganicprepper.ca[/url] - If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! So…some people actually want to be microchipped like a dog. They’re lining up for it. They’re having parties to get …

 

 

Heinberg: Saudis and Trump: Gambling Bigly

 

[url=http://www.resilience.org]www.resilience.org[/url] - “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, …

 

 

US Congressional hearing: Former FBI agent says tech companies must “silence” sources of “rebellion”

[url=http://www.greanvillepost.com]www.greanvillepost.com[/url] - Top legal and security officials for Facebook, Twitter and Google appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, in a hearing targeting “Extremist Content and Russian Disinformation Online.”…

 

 

The Paradise Papers Are Proof That Capitalism and Racism Fuel The Global Plutocracy

inthesetimes.com - That billions of dollars in wealth is now sitting stowed away in the Caribbean while every day families in America struggle to feed themselves is an injustice of cosmic proportions. The Paradise Pape…

 

 

The Trump Family Made Millions from Drug Cartels and the Russian Mafia in Panama City: Report

[url=http://www.alternet.org]www.alternet.org[/url] - Robert Mueller has some new material to work with as he continues his investigation of the Trump administration's ties to Russia. A new report shows that for 10 years, a Trump property in Panama City…

 

 

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That list of news pretty much summarizes the modus operandi of our Social Darwinist believing 'might is right' "civilization".

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Thanks for noticing, bud. Sometimes I wonder if anyone even looks at this shit.

 

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The Story of Bill Browder, the Man Putin Wants to Kill

[url=http://www.gq.com]www.gq.com[/url] - The harrowing tale of Bill Browder—how an American-born businessman became an enemy of the Russian state, how he has to live in constant fear, never knowing if the long arm of the Kremlin will snatch…

 

 

Confronting Zero Tolerance in the Workplace

[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - Bosses are in love with zero tolerance policies. One arbitrator calls them "the last refuge of weak managers." Zero tolerance policies authorize employers to discharge workers who commit specified in…

 

 

As US Fuels War Crimes in Yemen, House Says US Involvement is Unauthorized | naked capitalism

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[url=http://www.nakedcapitalism.com]www.nakedcapitalism.com[/url] - Jerri-Lynn here: This Real News Network interview with Mike Weisbrot discusses the non-binding resolution the House of Representatives passed last week concerning the unauthorized role of the United …

 

 

Revenge Is a Rotten Way to Run a Country

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[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin hold a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017. (Photo: SAUL LOEB / AFP / Getty Images) Looking ba…

 

 

A Radioactive Cloud Wafts Over Europe, With Russia as Chief Suspect

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - LONDON — Scientists across Europe have been puzzling about a phenomenon that seemed laden with mystery and menace in somewhat uneven proportions — a concentration of radioactive pollution caused by a…

 

The Secret to Long Life? It May Lurk in the DNA of the Oldest Among Us — The New York Times

apple.news -Supercentenarians, or people who live to be at least 110, often ascribe their longevity to quirky personal habits. But does the "secret sauce" lurk in their DNA?.

 

 

Top general says he would resist "illegal" nuke order from Trump

 

[url=http://www.cbsnews.com]www.cbsnews.com[/url] - The top U.S. nuclear commander said Saturday he would push back against President Trump if he ordered a nuclear launch the general believed to be "illegal," saying he would look to find another solut…

 

 

Bayou Bridge Pipeline Opponents File to Intervene in Hearing for Private Security Firm in Louisiana

 

[url=http://www.truth-out.org]www.truth-out.org[/url] - Press conference on November 9, 2017, at the Louisiana State Capitol. (Photo: Julie Dermansky) A broad base of advocacy groups opposed to Energy Transfer Partners' (ETP) proposed Bayou Bridge pipelin…

 

 

The Zombie Diseases of Climate Change — The Atlantic

 

apple.news - I visited Greenland because, lately, the land here has gone soft, and disquieting things threaten to wake in it..

 

 

AP sources: Trump Tower meeting in 2016 draws more scrutiny

apnews.com - WASHINGTON (AP) — Earlier this year, a Russian-American lobbyist and another businessman discussed over coffee in Moscow an extraordinary meeting they had attended 12 months earlier: a gathering at T…

 

 

Paul Craig Roberts': Who Gets to Push the Nuclear Button?

 

[url=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info]www.informationclearinghouse.info[/url] - November 18, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - William Binney is the former National Security Agency (NSA) official who created NSA’s mass surveillance program for digital information. He says that…

 

 

What’s New, Atlas? "If robots can do backflips then we're all doomed."

 

forbiddenknowledgetv.net - I’ve been watching the evolution of the robots at Boston Dynamics fairly closely for the past 7 years and lately, I’ve noticed that their new designs have advanced by leaps and bounds, no pun intende…

 

 

These Wall Street Companies Are Ready to Cash In on Trump’s Border Wall

 

theintercept.com - Much of the discussion on President Donald Trump’s border wall has focused on its cost and impracticality, as well as the anti-immigrant and racist rhetoric it embodies. Little attention, however, ha…

 

 

Julian Assange’s Hatred of Hillary Clinton Was No Secret. His Advice to Donald Trump Was.

theintercept.com - The revelation that WikiLeaks secretly offered help to Donald Trump’s campaign, in a series of private Twitter messages sent to the candidate’s son Donald Trump Jr., gave ammunition to the group’s ma…

 

 

Dakota Access Pipeline Company Paid Mercenaries to Build Conspiracy Lawsuit Against Environmentalists

theintercept.com - The private security firm TigerSwan, hired by Energy Transfer Partners to protect the controversial Dakota Access pipeline, was paid to gather information for what would become a sprawling conspiracy…

 

 

What if You Knew Alzheimer’s Was Coming for You?

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - Six years ago, at age 49, Julie Gregory paid an online service to sequence her genes, hoping to turn up clues about her poor circulation, blood-sugar swings and general ill health. Instead she learne…

 

 

A Chess Novice Challenged Magnus Carlsen. He Had One Month to Train.

[url=http://www.wsj.com]www.wsj.com[/url] - Small Medium Large Save Article Sign In to Save Subscribe to WSJ Link copied… Text Size Small Medium Large Print Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Copy Link Link copied …

 

 

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Here’s what Russians think: Brexit is your creature – don’t blame it on us | Alexey Kovalev

 

[url=http://www.theguardian.com]www.theguardian.com[/url]- It’s become a staple of “Russiagate” coverage in the US: a “bombshell report” promises to once and for all prove that Donald Trump owes his presidency to Russian dirty money, political meddling or bo…

 

 

Charles Manson, cult leader and serial killer who terrified nation, dies at 83

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Charles Manson, the fiery-eyed cult master whose lemming-like followers staged a bloody two-night murder rampage in Los Angeles in 1969 that gripped the city with fear and shocked the nation, died No…

 

 

The Meaning of Robert Mugabe's Stunning Non-Resignation

 

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - Despite mounting calls for his resignation, Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay on as president of Zimbabwe, further extending his nearly four-decade reign in office. The next 48 hours will be crucial, a…

 

 

Fake News Is Only the Beginning. The FCC Votes to Let Monopolies Decide What Local News You See

[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - What would happen if the politician you love to hate were indicted, but your local news didn’t report it? No newspaper stories, no TV news, no radio news on the hour, nothing. The Republican-controll…

 

 

Alabama media company to Roy Moore: Go ahead, sue us — we’d love to air your dirty laundry in court

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[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - Alabama Media Group (AMG) — which operates three newspapers and the AL.com website — came out swinging against a lawsuit threat from ousted Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore by rejecting a cease and de…

 

 

Special Counsel sends wide-ranging request for documents to Justice Department

 

abcnews.go.com - Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct a federal inquiry into connections between his presidential campaign and Russian operatives has n…

 

 

Trump calls reporter a 'creep' for reporting that he CHEATS at golf

 

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk]www.dailymail.co.uk[/url] - The Donald might be a golf cheat, but either way, the reporter who wrote a story about Donald Trump's golf game is a 'creep,' according to Trump. Washington Post style reporter Ben Terris wrote a sto…

 

 

Clinton: How does Trump get things done 'between tweeting and golfing?'

 

thehill.com - Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonGOP rushes to cut ties to Moore Papadopoulos was in regular contact with Stephen Miller, helped edit Trump speech: report Bannon jokes Clinton got her ‘ass …

 

 

What Inflation Means to You: Inside the Consumer Price Index - Advisor Perspectives

 

[url=http://www.advisorperspectives.com]www.advisorperspectives.com[/url] - Note: The charts in this commentary have been updated to include today's Consumer Price Index news release. Back in 2010, the Fed justified its aggressive monetary policy "to promote a stronger pace …

 

 

Peter Dale Scott on Enlightenment Values in the Age of Trump - WhoWhatWhy

 

whowhatwhy.org - On a panel at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Peter Dale Scott expressed concern about the decay of the US commitment to global peace and collective security, as shown in the recent expansion…

 

 

Two months after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles to regain electricity, as thousands flee the island – “It’s going to take a decade at minimum for the island to recover and regain some sense of normalcy”

 

[url=http://www.desdemonadespair.net]www.desdemonadespair.net[/url] - By Milton Carrero Galarza And Kurtis Lee 19 November 2017 AÑASCO, Puerto Rico (Los Angeles Times) – The lights remain off in bustling cities and in small rural villages. Gas generators, the only alte…

 

 

Reason for hope in growing search for missing Argentinian submarine - France 24

 

[url=http://www.france24.com]www.france24.com[/url] - There has been no contact with the ARA San Juan since early Wednesday, prompting Buenos Aires to launch an air and sea search with help from countries including Brazil, Britain, Chile, Uruguay and th…

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Ignoring Washington’s Role in Yemen Carnage, 60 Minutes Paints US as Savior

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[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - In one of the most glaring, power-serving omissions in some time, CBS News’ 60 Minutes (11/19/17) took a deep dive into the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and did not once mention the direct role the …

 

 

Lin-Manuel Miranda and thousands more marched on Washington to call attention to Puerto Rico.

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grist.org - In a long-awaited decision, the Nebraska Public Service Commission announced its vote Monday to approve a tweaked route for the controversial tar sands oil pipeline. The 3-2 decision is a critical vi…

 

 

ESPN's Mike Wise: Trump is using "black athletes as a proxy for patriotism"

 

[url=http://www.mediamatters.org]www.mediamatters.org[/url] - JIM SCIUTTO (HOST): Donald Trump is venting his anger, and once again, for a familiar reason -- a perceived lack of credit. The president is tweeting criticism at three UCLA basketball players who we…

 

 

WATCH: Katy Tur flattens Moore-backing ex-Trump adviser by asking how he would feel if the victim was his sister

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[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - A former adviser to Donald Trump found himself in an awkward position after saying the president should endorse accused pedophile Senate candidate Roy Moore — only to be asked how he would feel if on…

 

 

‘Russian Backdoor Overture’ to Kushner Involved Close Putin Ally

 

nymag.com - Either Jared Kushner is trying to hide something, or his memory is very poor for a 36-year-old. On Friday, the New York Times and NBC News reported that the “Russian backdoor overture and dinner invi…

 

 

What is Behind the Military Coup in Zimbabwe? | Global Research - Centre for Research on Globalization

 

[url=http://www.globalresearch.ca]www.globalresearch.ca[/url] - Long-roiling factional conflict within Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF political party exploded last week in a military coup that quickly seized control of the government and state media. The coup was led …

 

 

Spam is back

 

theoutline.com - Bill Waggoner, a longtime email marketer who the Las Vegas Review Journal called a “spam king” in 2003, recently found himself in an ironic situation: He became so inundated with robocalls that he wa…

 

 

Trump names North Korea a state sponsor of terrorism

 

[url=http://www.cnn.com]www.cnn.com[/url] - South Korea's Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-gyun said so far Seoul had not observed any unusual activity across the border but was maintaining the heightened alert in case of North Korean "pro…

 

 

The Meaning of Robert Mugabe's Stunning Non-Resignation

 

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - Despite mounting calls for his resignation, Robert Mugabe has vowed to stay on as president of Zimbabwe, further extending his nearly four-decade reign in office. The next 48 hours will be crucial, a…

 

 

The Catastrophe of Saudi Arabia’s Trump-Backed Intervention in Yemen

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - In the main hospital in the Yemeni port city of Hudaydah this August, the malnutrition ward overflowed with patients. In the corridor, a man sat on the floor, with two children beside him whose ribs …

 

 

When will the Earth try to kill us again?

 

arstechnica.com - “The revolutions and changes which have left the earth as we now find it, are not confined to the overthrow of the ancient layers” - Georges Cuvier, 1831. “The revolutions and changes which have left…

 

 

Who’s A 'Foreign Agent'? - Antiwar.com Original

original.antiwar.com - You know life’s become a joke when the US Department of Justice starts requiring foreign media to register as foreign agents. Will the BBC be forced to issue a disclaimer with every broadcast and web…

 

 

The GOP's Tax Cut Bonanza Is a Major Attack on Medicare

[url=http://www.alternet.org]www.alternet.org[/url] - Do you trust Paul Ryan to protect your Medicare benefits? How about White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, a former member of the House Freedom Caucus, and like Ryan, a longstanding foe of Medica…

 

 

Roy Moore accuser Leigh Corfman speaks out on why she waited, rumors she was paid for her story

[url=http://www.al.com]www.al.com[/url] - Leigh Corfman, the Alabama woman who said she had sexual contact with Senate candidate Roy Moore when she was 14, has addressed critics who questioned why she waited so long to tell her story. In an …

 

 

The Nationalist's Delusion

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - When you look at Trump’s strength among white Americans of all income categories, but his weakness among Americans struggling with poverty, the story of Trump looks less like a story of working-class…

 

 

Trump administration to end provisional residency protection for 50,000 Haitians

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - The Trump administration has given nearly 60,000 Haitians with provisional legal residency in this country 18 months to leave, announcing Monday that it will not renew the Temporary Protected Status …

 

 

Trump golf course reimbursed President Trump’s charity amid ongoing investigation into the foundation

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - One of President Trump’s golf courses paid back more than $158,000 to Trump’s charitable foundation this year, reimbursing the charity for money that had been used to settle a lawsuit against the clu…

 

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Haitians in US malign Trump decision to send them back home

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - NEW YORK (Reuters) – Haitian immigrants on Tuesday decried a U.S. decision to end a program that granted 59,000 Haitians temporary visas after the 2010 earthquake, saying they would be sent back to a…

 

 

FCC announces vote to destroy net neutrality next month

 

[url=http://www.theverge.com]www.theverge.com[/url] - The Federal Communications Commission will vote to put an end to its net neutrality rules next month, commission chairman Ajit Pai said today. The proposal will reverse the Title II classification of…

 

 

Late-stage capitalism: Denying the Imperium of Death

[url=http://www.mintpressnews.com]www.mintpressnews.com[/url] - Opinion — According to a nationwide study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a greater number of U.S. Americans died (approximately 65,000) from drug overdoses last ye…

 

Don't Let the Saudis Destabilize Lebanon

[url=http://www.foreignaffairs.com]www.foreignaffairs.com[/url] - Across the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is attempting to push back against Iran. Now, after its defeat in Syria, struggles in Yemen, and mixed record in Iraq, Riyadh is set to make Lebanon the next fron…

 

 

The Trump tax plan is much worse than you thought. A new analysis confirms it.

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - The House speaker fails to account for what happens after 2018 in his estimate for Cindy, an example voter. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post) THE MORNING PLUM: The fate of the Senate GOP tax plan now r…

 

 

In America and Around the World, the Poor Will Pay for the GOP Tax Plan

[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - It is Donald Trump's main promise as a candidate: convincing American firms to come back home, creating millions of jobs, and launching a growth that would reverse two decades of sluggish investment …

 

 

Russia, in Reversal, Confirms Radiation Spike

 

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - A weather station in the town of Argayash recorded ruthenium 106 levels that were 986 times higher than a month earlier, the state weather agency said. A second station at Novogorny detected levels 4…

 

 

Colbert smacks down ‘crème de la creep’ Roy Moore — and says Trump is in ‘total denial’ about accusers

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - Of all the recent sexual abuse allegations coming out of the entertainment and journalism industries as well as the political sector, Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore is the “crème de la…

 

 

Jared Kushner’s Horizons Are Collapsing within the West Wing

[url=http://www.vanityfair.com]www.vanityfair.com[/url] - When Donald Trump appointed John Kelly as chief of staff in July, the four-star Marine general arrived with a mandate to bring order to a freewheeling West Wing. Gone are the days of staffers waltzin…

 

 

'Women Are Very Special,' Says Trump, But Roy Moore 'Totally Denies It' and 'We Don't Need a Liberal Person in There'

 

[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - In a brief question-and-answer session just before departing to his Mar-a-Lago resort for the Thanksgiving holiday, President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered what many took to be an endorsement of th…

 

 

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[url=http://www.brasscheck.com]www.brasscheck.com[/url] - The meeting in Dallas the night before the assassination included: H.L. Hunt J. Edgar Hoover Richard Nixon Lyndon B. Johnson …At the home of Clint Murchison, the Texas oil tycoon. Murchison owned J. …

 

 

Wyatt Massey: Your Uncle Said What? How to Talk About Social Justice With Your Family During the Holidays

 

voxpopulisphere.com - The dread of politically combative conversations during the holidays—or awkward ones at best—is as akin to Thanksgiving and Christmas as turkey and candy canes. For people passionate about social jus…

 

 

Why Are We Helping Saudi Arabia Destroy Yemen?

 

[url=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info]www.informationclearinghouse.info[/url] - November 21, 2017 "Information Clearing House" - It’s remarkable that whenever you read an article about Yemen in the mainstream media, the central role of Saudi Arabia and the United States in the …

 

 

Georgia State Trooper threatened own son with ‘a bullet between his eyes’ in ‘Grandparents Rights’ custody case

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - Georgia State Trooper Dale Roberts sued his own son under the state’s new “Grandparents Right” law in a bid to gain custody of his son’s daughter, WMAZ news reports. “U (sic) and that stupid wife of …

 

 

Don’t Just Give Thanks. Pay It Forward One Act of Kindness at a Time

 

[url=http://www.informationclearinghouse.info]www.informationclearinghouse.info[/url] - Don’t Just Give Thanks. Pay It Forward One Act of Kindness at a Time “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” - Jo…

 

 

The FCC Is Revving Up To Destroy the Internet As We Know It

[url=http://www.popularmechanics.com]www.popularmechanics.com[/url] - The Federal Communications Commission, under Chairman Ajit Pai, is preparing to completely undermine the founding principle that has defined a free and open internet since the foundation of the World…

 

 

Seven reasons to be suspicious of the DOJ lawsuit to stop AT&T from buying CNN

 

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - With Breanne Deppisch and Joanie Greve THE BIG IDEA: President Trump and his political appointees at the Justice Department insist that the federal government’s lawsuit Monday to block AT&T from acqu…

 

 

There’s a little-known fund that goes to victims of sexual harassment on the Hill. You pay for it.

[url=http://www.vox.com]www.vox.com[/url] - On Monday night, BuzzFeed broke the story that Michigan Rep. John Conyers paid a former staffer thousands of dollars in a settlement in 2015 after sexually harassing her and other women in his office…

 

 

Leading Trump Census pick causes alarm

[url=http://www.politico.com]www.politico.com[/url] - The Trump administration is leaning toward naming Thomas Brunell, a Texas professor with no government experience, to the top operational job at the U.S. Census Bureau, according to two people who ha…

 

 

Bezos Cashes In On Lobbying Washington With Amazon’s $53 Billion Deal

popularresistance.org - Above Photo: Defense Secretary James Mattis chats with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos during a visit to west coast tech and defense companies. (Jeff Bezos/Twitter) Google is blocking our site. Please use …

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Jeff Sessions orders review of gun background check system

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Wednesday ordered a review of a government database used for background checks on gun buyers, after a man who killed 26 people in a Texas…

 

 

Corporate Fuckboi FCC Chief Plans to Ditch Net Neutrality Rules

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[url=http://www.occupy.com]www.occupy.com[/url] - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission unveiled plans on Tuesday to repeal landmark 2015 rules that prohibited internet service providers from impeding consumer access to web content …

 

Investigation of fake net neutrality foes has been stymied by the FCC, New York attorney general says

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) The reports started trickling out in May, in the weeks after the Federal Communications Commission had begun soliciti…

 

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The Thanksgiving Myth Hides The Original Sin

popularresistance.org - Above: Popular but mythical image of the first Thanksgiving, a painting by Jean Leon Gerome. Note: Many myths make up the story of Thanksgiving. The US celebrates the myths and hides the truths, incl…

 

 

Answers to Every Possible Thanksgiving Health Question

 

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - In what has become an annual tradition, here are this year’s questions about human health and social well-being as they relate to the U.S. holiday known as Thanksgiving. Can forcing a smile for an ex…

 

 

Divest Black Friday

 

popularresistance.org - We are asking individuals to cover mall ATM’s with these warning signs (this sign is for Minnesota and this sign is for everywhere else) about banks that finance pipeline companies. Our targeted bank…

 

 

Tofurky: A Brief, Semi-Accidental History of Thanksgiving’s Fake Meat

 

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - In the course of the 2017 holiday season, the faux-meat company Tofurky will approach the five millionth sale of its signature holiday roast. In its twenty-two year history, that plump, beige creatio…

 

 

Bodyguard to armed Oregon occupation leader sentenced to probation

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - (Reuters) – A man who tried to get Mormon church leaders to mediate an end to last year’s occupation of a federal wildlife center in Oregon by armed militants was sentenced on Wednesday to two years …

 

 

A Russian Journalist Explains How the Kremlin Instructed Him to Cover the 2016 Election

[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - On a recent Saturday in November, Dimitri Skorobutov, a former editor at Russia’s largest state media company, sat in a bar in Maastricht, a college town in the Netherlands, with journalists from aro…

 

 

A key recession indicator is getting closer to the danger zone — and the Fed can't ignore it

 

[url=http://www.businessinsider.com]www.businessinsider.com[/url] - Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen. Thomson Reuters The Federal Reserve's plan to keep raising interest rates could soon run into a wall of its own making: low long-term borrowing costs that si…

 

 

Congressman on tape tells woman he would report her to Capitol Police because she could expose his secret sex life

 

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.), who apologized Wednesday for a lewd photo of him that circulated on the Internet, told a woman to whom he had sent sexually explicit photos, videos and messages that he woul…

 

 

Uber covered up massive hack that exposed data of 57m drivers and users

 

[url=http://www.theguardian.com]www.theguardian.com[/url] - Uber concealed a massive global breach of the personal information of 57 million customers and drivers in October 2016, failing to notify the individuals and regulators, the company acknowledged on T…

 

 

How Zimbabwe Freed Itself of Robert Mugabe

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[url=http://www.newyorker.com]www.newyorker.com[/url] - Thirty-seven years after he brought independence to the last outpost of the British Empire in Africa, Robert Gabriel Mugabe’s Zimbabwe is no more. Mugabe’s resignation, announced in Harare on Tuesday…

 

 

‘Trump is our president’: Russian politicians ‘arranged a champagne party celebrating’ the 2016 election outcome

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - In 2016, Russian political figures had a slogan saying, ‘[Donald] Trump is our president,’ and “arranged a champagne party celebrating” the outcome of the election, a former editor at Russia’s larges…

 

 

Watch Seth Meyers’ hysterical riff explaining how the Trump team backstabs ‘like eighth grade girls’

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - In an extended monologue on Wednesday, “Late Night” host Seth Meyers nailed why the Trump administration is really just a group of “eighth grade girls,” detailing how the president’s team deflect and…

 

The Big Blue Losers in the GOP Tax Plans

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - It’s difficult to say whether the tax legislation Republicans are driving through Congress qualifies as a revenue bill—or an enemies list. It isn’t unusual for tax legislation to reward a political p…

 

 

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Fox News’ Judge Jeanine is Trump’s new BFF — and may be backseat driving his attacks on Jeff Sessions

[url=http://www.rawstory.com]www.rawstory.com[/url] - President Donald Trump has a new best friend in Fox News’ “Judge Jeanine” Pirro and it seems he trust her legal counsel more than he trusts his own attorney general. A Thursday Daily Beast report rev…

 

 

A Split From Trump Indicates That Flynn Is Moving to Cooperate With Mueller

 

[url=http://www.nytimes.com]www.nytimes.com[/url] - Lawyers for Mr. Flynn and Mr. Trump declined to comment. The four people briefed on the matter spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. A deal with…

 

 

Donald Trump, Michael Flynn, and the pardon that never was

 

[url=http://www.palmerreport.com]www.palmerreport.com[/url] - Michael Flynn’s attorneys have cut formally off communication with Donald Trump’s attorneys, and legal experts are all interpreting it as a sign that Flynn is now negotiating a plea deal with Special…

 

 

How Mike Flynn Became America’s Angriest General

 

[url=http://www.politico.com]www.politico.com[/url] - On August 7, 2014, clusters of well-dressed men and women filed into the gleaming metal and glass superstructure of the Defense Intelligence Agency at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, just across the ri…

 

 

Exclusive: Manafort flight records show deeper Kremlin ties than previously known

 

[url=http://www.mcclatchydc.com]www.mcclatchydc.com[/url] - Political guru Paul Manafort took at least 18 trips to Moscow and was in frequent contact with Vladimir Putin’s allies for nearly a decade as a consultant in Russia and Ukraine for oligarchs and pro-…

 

 

Unless We Stop It, This FCC Order Will End Net Neutrality and Break the Internet

[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai released his draft order to completely eradicate Net Neutrality. You can read the full text here. The short version is that Pai’s ord…

 

 

FCC Under Fire for Ignoring 'Massive Scheme to Corrupt' Net Neutrality Comment Process

 

[url=http://www.commondreams.org]www.commondreams.org[/url] - In an open letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman slammed the agency for ignoring "a massive scheme to corrupt" the man…

 

 

Fathoming The Unfathomable

 

seekingalpha.com - Like a lot of market participants these days, I'm continually struck by the lengths some people are going to in order to avoid admitting that developed market financial assets are an across-the-board…

 

 

An Arrest in France Freaks Out the Kremlin Kleptocracy

 

[url=http://www.thedailybeast.com]www.thedailybeast.com[/url] - MOSCOW—He was one of Russia’s untouchables: the country’s 21st richest man, a senator in the upper chamber of parliament. He is part of the circle of businessmen known for their loyalty to President …

 

 

Could Africa skip Pipelines straight to Solar Panels?

 

[url=http://www.juancole.com]www.juancole.com[/url] - Nearly €340 ($403) billion of investment will be needed to achieve universal access to electricity across Africa by 2030, the World Energy Network forecasts. That is a tall order. The combined grid c…

 

 

Trump vows to repeal and replace ObamaCare 'disaster'

 

thehill.com - President Trump attacked ObamaCare on Thursday night, calling the health-care law a “disaster” and vowing to repeal and replace it after the GOP passes tax reform. “ObamaCare premiums are going up, u…

 

 

Militant attack on a mosque in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula kills at least 54 people, state media reports

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - The attack marked one of the deadliest assaults on civilians during an insurgency against the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Sinai …

 

 

Why Is Gratitude So Difficult, Yet Outrage So Easy?

 

[url=http://www.fastcompany.com]www.fastcompany.com[/url] - Many companies have long valued the development approach that focuses on the things we need to get better at versus focusing on our strengths, says Autumn Manning, cofounder and CEO of the employee e…

 

 

When Buying Nothing Gives You More of Everything

 

[url=http://www.alternet.org]www.alternet.org[/url] - You are likely among the throngs of Americans who go gift-shopping in November and December. Maybe it’s for supplies to make homemade candles, or maybe ingredients to bake several dozen cookies. A ne…

 

 

'You're Fired': Trump Falls Back on TV Catchphrase to Reporters as Thanksgiving Meltdown Continues

[url=http://www.alternet.org]www.alternet.org[/url] - He began the day by prolonging his feud with the father of a black college basketball player. President Donald Trump used his reality TV catchphrase to insult reporters during a Thanksgiving Day even…

 

 

This Is the Scariest Podcast You’ll Ever Hear (Seriously)

[url=http://www.vanityfair.com]www.vanityfair.com[/url] - Do Donald Trump’s provocations of Kim Jong Un have you scared? You might not be scared enough. Right now, U.S. generals are performing war games exploring how to retaliate in the event of a nuclear a…

 

 

On Casablanca and Collaboration

[url=http://www.vanityfair.com]www.vanityfair.com[/url] - You must remember this: at the end of Casablanca, Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart, of course) makes the hard choice, the right choice, in the fight for love and glory. He emerges from his lovelorn cynic…

 

 

The Truth About Dolly the Cloned Sheep

[url=http://www.theatlantic.com]www.theatlantic.com[/url] - Even the fears about Dolly’s too-short telomeres haven’t quite borne out. Telomeres are repetitive DNA sequences at the ends of chromosomes, and they are shortened every time a cell divides. In 1999,…

 

 

States prepare to shut down children’s health programs if Congress doesn’t act

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com]www.washingtonpost.com[/url] - Marbell Castillo holds her granddaughter Maia Powell during the toddler’s recent checkup at Burke Pediatrics in Fairfax County, Va. Maia is covered through the Children's Health Insurance Program. (M…

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