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Ahead of Tax Day, John Oliver Details 'Long and Infuriatingly Proud History' of Corporate Tax-Dodging Citing last year's massive tax giveaway to the rich and corporations, which will ultimately raise taxes on tens of millions lower-income families, Oliver says, "We just had a huge chance to reform our tax code and we absolutely blew it." Read more |
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As Comey Praised By Media and Democrats, A Small Reminder of His Long History of 'Authoritarian Abuses' "Comey's greatest legacy was helping throw the election to Trump because he wanted to maintain his above-the-fray brand for the speaking circuit and entrapping scores of mentally unwell Muslims because he needed to justify the FBI's bloated budget." Read more |
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With Walkout and Rally Planned for Monday, Teachers' Anger Over Low Pay and Lack of Funding Spreads to Colorado "Educators are fed up...Colorado has, year over year over year, significantly underfunded our public schools. Read more |
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In Hopes That Death 'Might Serve Others,' Lawyer and Human Rights Advocate David Buckel Lights Himself on Fire in Fossil Fuel Protest "My early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves," wrote the prominent LGBTQ rights lawyer in suicide note Read more |
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Cynthia Nixon Wins Endorsement of Progressive Working Families Party in New York Governor Race The endorsement comes after two powerful unions left the Party—reportedly following threats from incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo Read more |
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Global Leaders Condemn Trump's 'Scorn for International Law' As Haley Threatens More Possible Air Strikes "You can't combat the alleged violation of international law by violating international law." Read more |
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Hundreds of Former DOJ Officials Denounce Trump's 'Shameful' Attacks on Mueller Investigation "The law is not a weapon in the President's political arsenal. A President who fails to understand this and who cannot protect the Department of Justice from political interference is unfit to serve." Read more |
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Congress Urged to 'Do Its Job' As Democratic Leaders Shrug at Trump's Illegal Air Strikes "Instead of continually abdicating its responsibility to decide if and when we go to war, Congress must reassert its war powers and stop the President's reckless foreign policy." Read more |
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As Trump and May Claim Concern for Syrian Civilians, Critics Slam Leaders for Anti-Refugee Stance "If the Trump administration truly cares about the fate of Syrian civilians, it can do far better in resettling Syrian refugees." Read more |
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In 'Clear Violation of Domestic and International Law,' Trump Bombs Syria "Strikes against the Syrian regime – without congressional input or authorization – shows a contempt for the U.S Constitution and is without legal justification." Read more |
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Cynthia Nixon Takes Aim at 'Corporate Democrats' at Gathering for Progressive Candidates "It's hard for some Democrats to do right when they're getting millions and millions to do wrong," she says. Read more |
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'Just To Be Clear,' Say Groups, 'If Trump Fires Rosenstein That Absolutely Triggers the Nationwide Protests' "We will be in a constitutional crisis if the president fires Rosenstein, the same as if he fires Bob Mueller." Read more |
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Democratic Senators Demand Trump Provide Legal Justification to Attack Syria Three lawmakers warn that striking Syria risks "the possibility of escalation into a broader conflict." Read more |
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Troubling Signal Seen as Trump Pardons Cheney Sidekick Scooter Libby "The audience here is Paul Manafort, Michael Cohen, and a slew of other people who can incriminate Trump." Read more |
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Republicans Unveil Proposal to Push One Million Off Food Stamps "Rich people who don't need it get lavish billion-dollar handouts from this president...The struggling poor, on the other hand, are going to see new work requirements attached to their $1.40-a-meal food stamp." Read more |
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Michael Cohen Trying To Get Judge to Block Examination of Material Seized by FBI Invoking Trump by name, Cohen's attorney reportedly tells federal court that president "has an acute interest in these proceedings." Read more |
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With 'Unlawful' Use of Force in Gaza, Israeli Forces Injure Hundreds of Palestinians as March of Great Return Continues Reiterating demands for an independent investigation, human rights advocates denounce Israel's "horrifying use of live ammunition against unarmed protesters." Read more |
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'Constitutional Crisis Not Seen Since Watergate,' Warns Senator, If President Trump Fires Rosenstein "Similar actions by President Nixon in the Saturday Night Massacre led to his downfall. The firing of Rosenstein would have the same outcome for Trump." Read more |
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As Ex-FBI Director Speaks Out, Trump Erupts: 'My Great Honor to Fire James Comey!' The former FBI Director compares president to a mob boss and describes him as "untethered to truth" Read more |
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Senate Confirms Coal Lobbyist as #2 at EPA as Trump Moves to Slash Clean Air Rules The president just granted "a polluter's dream" while federal lawmakers approved "Big Oil's backup plan in case Scott Pruitt finally drowns in his own corruption." Read more |
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After France Claims "Proof" Chemical Attack Was Assad, Russia Says "Irrefutable Data" Shows Incident "Staged" by Foreign Intelligence Service While a team from the UN's Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has yet to even arrive in Syria, dueling claims about what happened in the city of Douma are at the center of growing concerns over wider military escalation Read more |
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Denouncing Rush to War, Corbyn Calls for Peace Talks and 'Withdrawal of All Foreign Forces' From Syria "Further U.K. military intervention in Syria's appalling multi-sided war risks escalating an already devastating conflict." Read more |
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Group Beloved by Betsy Devos and Koch Brothers Launches Counter-Attack Against Teacher Rebellion In anti-labor messaging guide, State Policy Network acknowledges teachers are underpaid but urges anti-labor groups to fight their calls for fair wages Read more |
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Confirming He 'Does Not Give a Crap About Working People,' Trump Proposes Rejoining TPP "In a series of broken promises Trump made to the working people of this country, rejoining the job-killing Trans-Pacific Partnership would be the biggest yet," warned Sen. Bernie Sanders Read more |
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Warning Against Attack on Syria, Carter Hopes Trump Realizes Nuclear War 'Catastrophe for All Human Beings' Former president notes that even bombing campaign that doesn't escalate into nuclear exchange poses serious dangers Read more |
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Less Than Zero: Brown Accuses Mulvaney of Taking 'Negative Four' Actions to Defend Consumers From Predatory Banks "Why are you using your powers to do favors for shady lenders and Wall Street bankers?" Read more |
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As Trump's Threats Spark Fear of Nuclear War, Russian Newscast Urges Citizens to Prepare for Conflict With ominous mushroom clouds in the background, Russians told how to fill bunkers with shelf-stable foods like rice and sugar Read more |
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'Should Be a No-Brainer': Progressives Urge Democrats to Muster Guts to Block Pompeo "Democrats—who have spent a full year re-branding themselves as the resistance to Trump—have the power to stop this Trump nominee. Will they?" Read more |
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GOP's Balanced Budget Charade in the House "Utter Horseshit," Group Declares Head of Patriotic Millionaires, representing wealthy Americans who demand a more progressive tax code, says effort by Republicans is latest proof they should be considered "the greedy, pay no taxes, take from the poor, protect the rich party." Read more |
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Spreading 'Like Wildfire': Majority of Americans—Including 74% of Democrats—Now Support Single-Payer "When people see the justice of an idea, it spreads like wildfire," responded Sen. Bernie Sanders. "The American people know that healthcare should be a right." Read more |
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With No Evidence or Legal Precedent, Trump Claims He Has Authority to Fire Mueller "We can't have the highest office of the land exempt from abiding by the law." Read more |
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Huge Leap in Number of Facebook Users 'Very Concerned' About Invasion of Privacy on Social Media Site The Gallup poll was conducted in the lead-up to Facebook CEO's two-day congressional testimony to discuss the company's policies and failures to protect users' data Read more |
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International Law Experts Warn Trump That Attack on Syria Would Be 'Crime of Aggression' "Our point is a simple one: the only way to resolve the Syrian crisis is through commitment to well-settled principles of international legal norms." Read more |
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Teacher Rebellion Heads West as Tens of Thousands in Arizona Stage Walk-ins, Threaten Walk-Outs Over Funding "These strikes are really coming out of a deep desperation, often from people who want to stay in the profession, but they can't. They can't feed their families if they stay in teaching." Read more |
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Concerns of 'Catastrophic Collapse' Grow as Gulf Stream Weaker Than It's Been in 1,600 Years In response, experts are calling for further study, declaring that questions raised by a pair of reports "are among the most pressing questions in climate science." Read more |
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Mobilizing Online and In the Streets, Sane Voices Demand Senate #StopPompeo Ahead of his confirmation hearing, groups are staging a rally in D.C. and are urging constituents to call their senators to tell them to oppose Mike Pompeo as secretary of state. Read more |
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Sanders: Trump Has 'No Legal Authority' to Bomb or Attack Syria "It is Congress, not the president, who determines whether our country goes to war and Congress must not abdicate that responsibility," declares Independent senator from Vermont Read more |
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Showing They 'Learned Nothing' From Iraq, Corporate Media Help Beat War Drums for Trump Attack on Syria "Pundits and the media are making John Bolton’s wildest dreams come true: in his first week on the job, everyone is calling for a new war." Read more |
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Elevating Escalation Fears, Russia Warns It Will Respond to Attack on Syria by Targeting 'Sources' of US Missiles "If there is a strike by the Americans, then we refer to the statements of President Putin and the chief of staff that the missiles will be downed and even the sources from which the missiles were fired," says ambassador Read more |
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As Nuclear Powers Trade Threats, Gorbachev Calls on US and Russia to 'Return to Sanity' "The situation hasn't been this bad in a long time," says the former Soviet leader. Read more |
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As Tensions Soar, Turkey Warns US Bombing of Syria Could Set Entire Middle East 'on Fire' "If an attack occurs against the forces backed by Russia or there is an attack by the U.S.-supported forces, Russia won't be able to stay away. So, serious clashes may start." Read more |
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As Trump Reportedly Considers Firing Rosenstein, Senators Move to Protect Mueller Probe Passage of the bill "could well help to stave off a constitutional crisis in which the president abuses his power and obstructs justice by firing the special counsel." Read more |
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With 800+ Protests Planned, Nation Ready for Mass Revolt as Trump Reportedly Eyes Firing Rosenstein "Our response in the hours following a potential power grab will dictate what happens next—whether Congress will stand up to Trump or allow him to move our democracy toward authoritarianism." Read more |
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With 'Longtime Dream' of Tax Cuts for Billionaires Fulfilled, Paul Ryan Won't Seek Reelection "Friends say that after Ryan passed tax reform, he was ready to step out of a job that has become endlessly frustrating, in part because of President Trump." Read more |
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As Trump Threatens to Bomb Syria, Lawmakers Say Attack Without Congressional Approval "Unconstitutional" Progressive leaders also pointed out that "it has become increasingly clear that U.S. military interventions will likely add to the mass suffering in Syria." Read more |
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In 'Chilling' Escalation, Trump Warns Russia That Missiles 'Will Be Coming' at Syria One critic argued the president's tweet shows "why those who have been demanding Trump be more belligerent are dangerous idiots." Read more |
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Citing His Refusal to Face 'Most Pressing Issue of Our Time,' 200+ Green Groups Urge Senate to Reject Climate-Denying Pompeo "The Koch Brothers have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into highly improper and unethical climate denial efforts over the past twenty years—and paying off elected officials like Mike Pompeo." Read more |
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Amid Concerns Trump Will Retaliate for Cohen Raid, White House Says Trump 'Certainly Believes' He Can Fire Mueller The admission comes as sources claim "advisers have spent the last 24 hours trying to convince the president not to make an impulsive decision" following the raid targeting his longtime attorney Read more |
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As Progressives Nationwide Urgently Mobilize to Block Pompeo, Hillary Clinton Reportedly Gave Him 'Advice' "Why is Clinton even taking a call from such a monstrous person?" Read more |
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Warning Against 'Knee Jerk' Attack on Syria, Labour's Jeremy Corbyn Calls for Facts and Diplomacy Over Bombs "The tragedy and the terror of people's lives in Syria can only end by a political solution." Read more |
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Decrying System That Favors 'War and the Wealthy,' Poor People's Campaign Unveils Agenda to Combat Poverty, Racism, and Militarism "The Democrats talk about the middle class. The Republicans talk about the military. No one's talking about the poor." Read more |
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On Equal Pay Day, New Study Shows Wage Gap Actually Growing for Women Under 40 Advocates are demanding equitable policies such as paid parental leave and affordable childcare while also declaring "we must address harassment and discrimination!" Read more |
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Sanders Applauded for Vow to Vote 'No' on Pompeo as Hundreds of Groups Urge Senate to Reject 'Unfit' Choice "His repeated advocacy for war, Islamophobia, climate change denial, hostility to human rights, including reproductive and LGBT rights, and support for torture make him dangerous and unfit to be a chief architect of U.S. foreign policy." Read more |
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New Analysis of GOP Tax Scam Shows "Corporate Cheapskates" Not Sharing Windfall With Workers "President Trump and Republicans gave huge tax cuts to big drug companies, big oil, and other corporations, but corporations are giving back little—if anything—to working families." Read more |
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As FBI Raid on Lawyer Spurs Trump to Float Idea of Firing Mueller, Calls for Mass Protest If He Does "Reminder as Trump uses the FBI raid of Michael Cohen's offices as a pretext to attack Robert Mueller’s investigation: Trump's obstruction will be met with mass protests nationwide." Read more |
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Critics Warn Any US Attack on Syria Ordered by Trump Would Be 'Reckless,' 'Dangerous,' and 'Illegal' "Escalation begets escalation, and with both Iran and Russia deeply involved in the Syrian conflict, there's no telling where escalation might lead us." Read more |
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Acting on Referral from Mueller, FBI Raids Office and Home of Trump's Personal Lawyer Michael Cohen Federal agents seized emails, tax documents, and other business materials Read more |
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With 'Merger From Hell' Reportedly Approved by DOJ, Warnings of Agrichemical Chokehold on Food System Watchdog groups raise concerns after Wall Street Journal reports that Bayer's bid to acquire Monsanto has been approved. Read more |
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'Horrifying' Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shouting With Joy After Sniping Unarmed Palestinian in Gaza "While this shows one individual soldier's act, it is made possible by criminal orders from the top that authorized use of lethal force against unarmed protesters that has resulted in hundreds being shot." Read more |
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Ditches Facebook Over User-Data Profiteering Facebook's "profits are all based on the user's info, but the users get none of the profits back," he says. Read more |
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As Oklahoma Teachers' Strike Enters Second Week, Education Supporters Pack State Capitol to Capacity "We aren't going to shut up, we aren't done...We are ready to fight for our kids for the long haul." Read more |
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Vowing 'Major Decisions' Within 24 to 48 Hours, Trump Says 'Nothing Off the Table' for Syria "If it's the Russians, if it's Syria, if it's Iran, if it's all of them together, we'll figure it out," the president said Read more |
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'This Is Huge': Opposition Forces Kinder Morgan to Halt Trans Mountain Pipeline "This is a sign that organizing works, and it could well be the beginning of the end for this dangerous pipeline," says 350.org's Clayton Thomas-Muller. Read more |
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Trump Aggressively Fought Sprinkler System Law That Could Have Saved Man in Trump Tower Fire While working as a powerful real estate developer in the 1990s, the president claimed he couldn't afford to install sprinkler systems in his high-rise apartment buildings Read more |
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With Escalation in Syria Looming, War 'Fanatic' John Bolton Arrives at Worst Possible Time "There are few people less suited to navigate our nation through these challenging situations than John Bolton, who never met a war he didn't want to start or a diplomatic initiative he didn't want to scuttle." Read more |
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Warning of 'Serious Consequences' If US Attacks Syria, Russian Says Chemical Attack Possible False Flag Operation "It is necessary to warn again that military intervention under invented and fabricated pretexts in Syria... is absolutely unacceptable and can lead to the most serious consequences," said the Russian Foreign Minister's office Read more |
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Sinclair Broadcasting Airs Allied Progress Ad - Between Attacks on the Group Sinclair: "We hope you won’t buy into the hysteria and hype." Read more |
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'We are the 99%': But Richest 1% Will Soon Own Two-Thirds Of World's Wealth Anger over inequality reaches a ‘tipping point’ Read more |
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Israeli Sniper Targets, Kills Journalist in "PRESS" Vest Corbyn: "The silence from international powers with the responsibility of bringing a just settlement of the Israel-Palestine conflict must end." Read more |
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Outrage Follows Puerto Rico's Announcement It's Closing Nearly a Third of Its Public Schools "The harm that the education secretary is causing children and their parents is immeasurable." Read more |
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'Live Luxuriously for Cheap – Like Scott!': Green Group Trolls EPA Chief Pruitt With Fake Rental Ads "Americans are fed up with Scott Pruitt. He's wasting their tax dollars on his luxurious lifestyle, giving handouts to corporate polluters and poisoning our air and water." Read more |
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Huge Surge in Political Activism, Engagement Has Direct Ties to Trump Presidency, Poll Finds Nearly 20 percent of those who have attended a demonstration since Trump's election had never protested before Read more |
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Ajit Pai's FCC Doesn't Want You to Know About the Secret Deliberations That Led to the Worst Video the Internet Has Ever Seen "It's no surprise that the FCC is continuing to deny FOIA requests like the 'Harlem Shake' request in an effort to keep everything related to the controversial repeal of net neutrality secret." Read more |
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Robert Mercer Backed a Secretive Group That Worked With Facebook, Google to Target Anti-Muslim Ads at Swing Voters If it wasn’t already clear that the ad was meant to stoke viewers’ fears of imminent Muslim conquest, the video is interspersed with violent imagery. Read more |
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Upholding Assault Weapons Ban, Federal Judge Says Constitution Has Nothing To Say About Restricting the AR-15 "Strong gun laws save lives, and we will not be intimidated by the gun lobby in our efforts to end the sale of assault weapons and protect our communities and schools." Read more |
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'Callously Indifferent' BP Argued Oil Spills Would Provide 'Welcome Boost' to Coastal Economy Six years after the deadly Deepwater Horizon spill, oil giant claimed such disasters were "socially acceptable" Read more |
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Mueller Reportedly Has Documents Contradicting Erik Prince's Version of Seychelles Meeting With Russian Official A key witness claims "one of the primary goals" of Prince's 2017 meeting with a Kremlin-connected businessman was to "establish a line of communication between the Russian government and the incoming Trump administration." Read more |
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Pro-Torture Super Hawk Mike Pompeo Becoming Secretary of State: No Way Pompeo "has defended the use of torture, tried to undermine the Iran nuclear deal, and scapegoated Muslim Americans after the Boston Marathon bombing," says Warren. Read more |
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In Display of 'Actual Sociopathy,' Trump Reportedly Asked CIA Why Drone Didn't Also Kill Target's Family The question came as civilian casualties have reached "unprecedented" heights during Trump's presidency Read more |
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Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg: If You Want Privacy, You're Going to Have to Pay for It "Facebook is really good at making money. But I wonder if your problems could be somewhat mitigated if the company didn't try to make so much." Read more |
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As Gaza Protests Resume, Urgent Call for Israeli Soldiers to Disobey 'Patently Illegal' Orders to Shoot Unarmed Demonstrators Despite demand by human rights group and warning from international community, Israeli soldiers reportedly began opening fire on peaceful demonstrators once more during protests Friday along the Israel-Gaza border Read more |
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Amid Massive Teacher Revolt Over Starving Schools, Kentucky GOP Passes 'Huge Tax Cut for the 1%' "State funding for education and other services will be undermined by this effort to move away from taxes on corporations and high-income earners," warned one policy analyst Read more |
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'We're Still Here': Oklahoma Teachers Show No Sign of Ending Strike Without Sufficient Funding "Does it look like we're going anywhere?" Read more |
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'Assault on Democracy': Brazil's Supreme Court Rules Presidential Favorite Lula Must Serve Jail Time "Lula has been subjected to a political prosecution and conviction, ignoring evidence of his innocence, and triggering a crisis of confidence in the rule of law." Read more |
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MSNBC's Chris Hayes Applauded for Doing What Few Prominent US Journalists Do: Report Honestly About Israeli Massacre "What @chrislhayes did here on MSNBC is almost never seen on US corporate TV. He reported accurately on an Israeli massacre of Palestinians." Read more |
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To Challenge Trump's Anti-Women Agenda, Record Number of Female Candidates Running for House in 2018 Many of their platforms focus on healthcare, education, and workplace equality Read more |
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50+ Artificial Intelligence Scholars Launch Boycott of University Over Fears of 'Killer Robot' Weapons Lab "This is a very respected university partnering with a very ethically dubious partner that continues to violate international norms." Read more |
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With Call to Block 'Extremely Dangerous' Merger, Ad Campaign Will Target Sinclair on... Sinclair The week-long ad campaign condemns Sinclair's "must-run" segments and calls on federal regulators to reject its pending merger with Tribune Media Read more |
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Study Details How IEA's Rosy Outlook for Fossil Fuels Is Driving World Towards Climate Disaster "The IEA provides an energy roadmap that is supposed to lead us to safety, but in fact it takes us over the cliff." Read more |
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Discipline Disparities for Black and Disabled Students 'Transcend Poverty' in US Schools, Study Shows New analysis "dispels claims that racially disproportionate rates of discipline are based solely on income." Read more |
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Calls for EPA Chief's Ouster Grow as Inspector General Launches New Probe of 'K Street B&B Patron' Scott Pruitt "Call the White House, and your representative and senators, and demand that EPA administrator and K Street B&B patron Scott Pruitt be fired now." Read more |
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Seven Peace Activists Arrested After Entering Nuclear Submarine Base in Georgia Citing anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, activists say they "went to make real the prophet Isaiah's command: 'beat swords into plowshares.'" Read more |
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Shell Knew, Too: New Docs Show Oil Giant's Scientists Secretly Warned About Climate Threat Decades Ago "These reports reaffirm that fossil fuel companies have been—and always will be—bad actors," said 350.org's executive director Read more |
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'I'll Say No': Oregon Governor Will Reject Any Request from Trump to Deploy National Guard to Border "I have no intention of allowing Oregon's guard troops to be used to distract from his troubles in Washington." Read more |
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Not 50 Million, Not 87 Million... Facebook Admits Data From 'Most' of Its 2 Billion Users Compromised by 'Malicious Actors' Buried in a company announcement was acknowledgement that nearly all of its users have been targeted to some degree Read more |
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To Defend Policy of 'Must-Run' Commentaries, Sinclair Forces Stations to Use 'Must-Run' Commentary by Former Trump Aide Boris Epshteyn, Sinclair's chief political analyst, defends the company's injection of pro-Trump "analysis" into news segments that reach millions of American households Read more |
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Citing 'Don't Be Evil' Motto, 3,000+ Google Employees Demand Company End Work on Pentagon Drone Project "By entering into this contract, Google will join the ranks of companies like Palantir, Raytheon, and General Dynamics." Read more |
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Trump to Sign Proclamation Deploying National Guard to US-Mexico Border 'Immediately' Neither the White House press secretary nor the secretary of homeland security would deny that the move was influenced by Fox News Read more |
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'Least I Could Do': As Sinclair Clamors for Merger, TV Producer Resigns Over Forced Scripts "The Sinclair/Tribune merger isn't dinner—it's the appetizer." Read more |
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Trump Interior Department Issues 'Death Sentence to Nearly 300 Threatened Species' The administration has proposed rescinding a 40-year-old rule, which would eliminate "crucial protections" for threatened species Read more |