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US Set to Blow Other Countries Away With 'Staggering' Scale of New Oil and Gas Production

An oil well in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas on May 3, 2018. (Photo: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images)

"We Don't Have to Live Like This": March for Our Lives Unveils Sweeping Plan to Address Gun Violence and Strengthen Democracy

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"Created by survivors, so you don't have to be one."

'This Will Cause Irreparable Harm': Horror as Trump DHS Announces Rule to Allow Indefinite Detention of Migrant Families

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"It is beyond logic and humanity to attempt to keep children locked up for as...

Sanders Unveils Workplace Democracy Plan to Expand Labor Rights and Double Union Membership

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

The presidential hopeful aims to end "right to work for less" and union-busting...

Just Hours After Anti-Semitic Remarks, Trump Promotes Himself as 'King of Israel... Second Coming of God'

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'A Bullhorn to His White Nationalist Base': Progressive Jews Hit Back After Trump's Anti-Semitic Smear

Amid Recession Warnings, Trump Reportedly Considering More Tax Cuts for Rich and Corporations

'Cruel Beyond Imagination': Trump Reportedly Set to Unveil Plan to Detain Immigrant Families Indefinitely

Groups Sue Trump's EPA in Response to 'Nauseating' Approval of Bee-Killing Pesticide

'Nuclear Weapons Arms Race Is Here': Russians, Anti-Nuke Experts Denounce US Missile Test

'Coming to You Live From the Electoral College,' Ocasio-Cortez Explains Why System That Perpetuates Inequality Is a Scam

That Kamala Harris Even Considered Skipping CNN Forum, Say Youth Campaigners, Is 'Why We Absolutely Need' Mandatory Climate Debate

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Bolsonaro Greenlights New Pesticides Even as Advocates Mourn Half Billion Dead Bees in Brazil

Calling Out Trump's Refusal to Hold Big Banks Accountable, Warren Unveils Plan to Overhaul Two-Tiered Criminal Justice System

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Spoiler Alert: Love Wins

Despite much-hyped threats of murder and mayhem, the weekend's arrival in Portland OR of a few hundred neo-Nazi Proud Boys met with far more antifa and other defiantly mellow protesters - cue dancing unicorns and marching bananas - a huge police presence, and a quick escape in mini-buses. The day's hero: the guy who waded into a toxic sea of MAGA hats to pointedly declaim "Fuck you" to each loser before absolving one of their dogs with a gracious, "You're cool."