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Warnings of More 'War and Unilateral Aggression' as Pompeo and Bolton Launch Attack on Global Cooperation

Showing They Will 'Stop at Nothing to Destroy' Open Internet, Telecom Giants Sue to Block California's New Net Neutrality Law

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"Big telecom companies hate the California net neutrality bill because it prevents them from screwing over their customers more than they already do."

Making 'Fringe' Scientist Who Argues Exposure Good for People a Key Witness, Trump's EPA Moves to Roll Back Radiation Safety Rules

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The agency is ignoring scientific evidence by instead claiming a little...

'Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Exist': Sanders Introduces Bill to Break Up Nation's Largest Wall Street Banks

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"We must end, once and for all, the scheme that is nothing more than a free...

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'Profile in Cowardice': New Low as Sexist President Trump Openly Mocks Dr. Ford

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Inappropriate In A Pubic Place: Pastors Who Tried To Ban Books In A Banned Book Display Didn't Fare Well So There May be Hope

Belatedly but gratifyingly, a small victory in grim times. When the library in a small Maine town set out a display including LGBTQ-themed teens' books to mark Banned Books Week, three local pastors wrote demanding removal of the "immodest" material "promoting homosexuality." After a (relatively) fiery public meeting, trustees voted unanimously to keep the sinful display. The enlightened consensus in town: "Let other people read what they sodding want to read."