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Protests and Outrage as Gorsuch Headlines Event at Trump Hotel Luncheon speech at president-owned luxury hotel decried as "inconsistent with judicial independence and integrity." Read more |
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'What a Rigged Economy Looks Like': Top 10% Now Own 77% of American Wealth As Trump and the GOP push massive tax cuts for the rich, new data shows that the wealthy are doing better than ever Read more |
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"No Upside" for Trump as New Poll Shows US Majority Think President "Unfit to Serve" Fifty-seven percent of independents and ninety-four percent of Democrats think president not equipped to hold nation's highest office Read more |
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A Gift to Rich Families Like His, Trump's Push to Repeal Estate Tax Denounced as 'Shameful' "Does anyone honestly believe that giving $4 billion of taxpayer money to Donald Jr, Eric, Tiffany, Ivanka, and Barron will advance the lives of hard-working Americans?" Read more |
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'A Cruel Joke' and 'Morally Repugnant': Critics Blast Trump's Tax Plan for the Rich From eliminating the estate tax to lowering the corporate and top-tier rates, billionaire president just rolled out "plan only the superrich and giant corporations could love" Read more |
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Shredding 'Failed Dogmas of Neoliberalism,' Corbyn Charts Bold New Vision for UK The British Labour leader also slammed Tories' austerity agenda and Prime Minister Theresa May's "disdain for the powerless and the poor" Read more |
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Occupying McConnell's Office, 'Climate Champions' Demand Action Over Denial "Climate denial is not climate change policy," declares activist Yvette Arellano Read more |
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'Chilling' New Rule Allows DHS to Monitor All Immigrants' Social Media Activity Freedom of speech advocates denounce DHS's new "collect-it-all" approach Read more |
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'Heartless' and 'Unacceptable': Judge Slams Trump Admin. for DACA Deadline Refusal "You can't come into court to espouse a position that is heartless," said U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis. Read more |
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Katrina Comparisons Mount for Trump as Puerto Rico Screams for Bolder Response "We need to get our shit together. I don't know how else to scream, and shout, and say it. This is the time for action." Read more |
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Consumer Survey Shows Two-Thirds Oppose FCC's Plan to Destroy Free and Open Internet As Americans show overwhelming support for net neutrality, day of action in D.C. takes aim at FCC's move to serve telecom giants Read more |
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Trump Deletes Tweets Backing GOP Loser as Epic 'Bigot' Moore Wins in Alabama Republican special election primary winner Moore has been dubbed "Ayatollah of Alabama," and for good reason Read more |
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After 27 Years of Determined Protest, Saudi Women Win the Right to Drive Activists celebrate step towards equality while acknowledging that the kingdom has a long way to go Read more |
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Trump Tax "Hoax" Would Blow $5 Trillion Hole In Budget Over Next Decade: Analysis 'The idea that this plan would help average Americans instead of the wealthy and big corporations has been a hoax all along.' Read more |
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Graham-Cassidy Is Dead. Because the People Rose Up and Killed It. Disability rights group ADAPT continued demonstrations even after news broke that Republicans will not take Graham-Cassidy bill to a vote on Senate floor Read more |
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'Snowflake' Sessions Ripped for Carving Out Anti-Dissent Safe Space at 'Free Speech' Lecture "An opportunity to express our freedom of speech today was taken from us." Read more |
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Mission Accomplished: Study Shows GOP-Backed Voter ID Laws Work to Suppress Turnout "It's certainly possible that there were enough voters deterred that it flipped the election," says lead author study about 2016 voting in Wisconsin Read more |
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Seeing Economy as 'Rigged' for Rich, 65% Say Corporate Taxes Too Low, Not Too High The new survey also found that Americans dislike what they have seen of Trump's tax agenda Read more |
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Focused on Debt Amid Puerto Rico Crisis, Maria Fast Becoming Trump's Katrina "You don't put debt above people, you put people above debt," says San Juan mayor in response to president Read more |
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Chelsea Manning, Whistleblower Who Exposed US War Crimes, Barred from Canada Civil libertarians slammed the Canadian government, arguing that "o bviously Chelsea Manning doesn't present any danger to Canada's security." Read more |
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Amid 'Alarming Setbacks,' Right Livelihood Winners Embody Vision of Better World While democracy suffers at hands of the global elite, this year's winners show humanity "way forward towards a just, peaceful and sustainable world for all." Read more |
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Sanders-Klobuchar Shred GOP Cruelty in Lopsided Debate Against Graham-Cassidy The debate came shortly after Susan Collins announced her opposition to the Graham-Cassidy bill, a blow to the GOP's Obamacare repeal efforts that may ultimately prove to be fatal Read more |
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#AdaptAndResist: More Than 200 Protesters Demand Senators Reject Graham-Cassidy Organizers estimate over 100 demonstrators were arrested, with many being dragged away Read more |
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'Our Momentum Is Unstoppable': Workers Celebrate as Target Announces $15 Minimum Wage "Never underestimate the power of organizing." Read more |
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200+ Organizations Denounce Profound Impact of Latest Trumpcare Bill Groups are concerned the proposal would "decimate the Medicaid program," defund Planned Parenthood, and rescind measures that make care more affordable Read more |
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Trump's Threats Seen As Declaration of War by North Korea As Americans hope for diplomatic talks, Trump's rhetoric leads North Korea to warn it's prepared to defend itself Read more |
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Dozens Arrested After Protesters Block ICE Office in Bid to Halt Couple's Deportation It's "like a living funeral, counting down the days that my parents are torn away from me," says 24-year-old Jason Ramos. Read more |
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Tony Blair Says Bernie Doesn't Have the Answers (Public Opinion Says Otherwise) "Blair, who's earned millions consulting for Gulf royals, says he's worried by things like tuition free college." Read more |
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Calls for More Relief Intensify as Puerto Rico Descends Into Humanitarian Crisis Officials describe "apocalyptic" conditions with limited food and water and no electricity, urging Congress to increase aid to the hurricane-ravaged island Read more |
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Critics Call for Investigation Into Jared Kushner's Use of Private Email Server President's son-in-law and top advisor set up a private email server during the Trump campaign's transition to power Read more |
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With New Travel Ban, Trump Doubles Down on 'Government-Sanctioned Discrimination' "President Trump's original sin of targeting Muslims cannot be cured by throwing other countries onto his enemies list." Read more |
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Desperate GOP Resorts to 'Blatant Bribery' in Bid to Save Floundering Trumpcare Bill Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy added an abundance of sweeteners to their bill in an attempt to win over skeptical colleagues Read more |
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While Trump Stokes Division, Warnings Against Ignoring Ongoing Crisis in Puerto Rico "The fact that within the last 48hrs Trump has made taking a knee for the anthem more important than the lives in Puerto Rico makes me so sad." Read more |
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10 Clarifying #TakeaKnee Tweets to Beat Back Idiotic Arguments by Right-Wingers Backlash, says one commentator, "very much about setting limits in US for how our rights 'should' be exercised, and by whom." Read more |
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#TakeaKnee Sunday as NFL Teams and Players Rebuff President Trump "If peaceful protests did nothing, the powerful wouldn't try so hard to silence them." Read more |
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NBA Star Lebron James: Don't Let Trump Use Sports to Divide Us Using sports as a platform for division, says NBA star, "is not something I can stand for and it’s not something I can be quiet about." Read more |
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Lebron Calls Trump a "Bum" After President Attacks Protest of Yet Another Black Athlete As multiple crises swirl, U.S. president slammed for targeting black athletes who speak out against racism Read more |
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Tens of Thousands Flee for Safety as Guajataca Dam Fails in Puerto Rico Swelled with rains following Hurricane Maria, failed dam sends torrent of water into downstream communities Read more |
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Applauding Progressive Champions, Congressional Scorecard Highlights "People's Platform" Backers With grassroots push, wave of support for bills that do more than 'just resist Trump’s reactionary agenda' Read more |
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Calling Kaepernick 'Son of a Bitch,' Trump Urges NFL to Fire All Protesting Players 'This is the President of the United States referring to an American who has exercised his right to protest racial injustice.' Read more |
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New Research Links Flint Water Crisis to 'Horrifyingly Large' Spike in Fetal Death Rates "In the future we would like to have a government that is more responsive and more active in ensuring that the water that comes out of people's taps is safe." Read more |
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Trade Panel Ruling Gives Trump Authority to Cripple Nation's Solar Industry ITC's decision has appearance of a win for two American solar companies—but could harm larger industry Read more |
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Unlike Most of Senate GOP, McCain Is a 'No' on Bill That Analysis Shows Would Kill Tens of Thousands by 2027 The Arizona senator's opposition deals a significant blow to the GOP's chances of repealing the Affordable Care Act Read more |
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Demanding Diplomacy With North Korea, Women Leaders Condemn Trump Warmongering "U.S. military intervention will not and cannot solve a political problem." Read more |
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Calls to #StopBetsy After Education Secretary Takes 'Horrific Step Back' on Title IX "Today, Betsy DeVos and the Trump administration chose to tip the scales in favor of rapists and perpetrators." Read more |
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MSNBC Panel Trolls Sanders With 'Scurrilous, Illogical' Assault on Medicare for All Pundits are slamming the Vermont senator for helping GOP's Obamacare repeal efforts, when he is actually doing the opposite Read more |
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'Dotard' vs. 'Madman': Kim Jong-un and Trump Trade Insults as Nuclear Anxieties Grow As leaders spar, concerns increase and calls for peaceful negotiations grow louder Read more |
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What Trump Calls "Great," All 50 State Directors of Medicaid Say Is Terrible "This is BANANAS," says Sen. Chris Murphy. "You couldn't get ALL 50 state Medicaid directors to agree any anything else in healthcare policy." Read more |
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'Blank Check to Kill With Impunity': Trump to Quietly Scrap Drone Restrictions Human rights groups argue the move could led to an upsurge in civilian casualties, which are already soaring under Trump Read more |
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Groups: Harvey Recovery Must Serve Vulnerable Victims, Not Corporate Polluters A statement signed by over 130 organizations warns Texas and Louisiana officials against using recovery money to subsidize fossil fuel giants Read more |
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Healers as Fighters: Union Convention Celebrates Power of Organized Nurses In Trump Era Jane Sanders calls nurses union "beacon of leadership" after showing unflagging support for Medicare for All and bold progressive agenda Read more |
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Civil Rights Group Alleges Collusion Between DOJ and Trump's Phony Election Fraud Commission "The goals of the Commission are fully antithetical to the mission of the Division, which is charged with fighting—not prompting—voter suppression." Read more |
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EPA Forces Staff to Attend Anti-Leak Classes as Attack on Environment Continues Federal employees threatened over leaks while Trump administration wages war on planet Read more |
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The Fight From Below Seen From Above: New Map Details Local Fossil Fuel Resistance "With the climate-denying Trump administration putting the the health of Big Oil billionaires' bottom lines before anyone else, the time to join your local fight to protect our air, water, and planet is right now." Read more |
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While President Spreads 'Blatant Lies,' Experts Side with Jimmy Kimmel on Trumpcare More than a dozen medical associations are among those that oppose the Graham-Cassidy bill Read more |
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US and Other Nuclear Powers Refuse to Sign Historic UN Treaty to Ban Atomic Weapons Treaty banning nuclear weapons opened for signatures at United Nations, but key nations won't take part Read more |
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Don't Ask About Sean Spicer's Notebooks or He'll Call "Proper Authorities" On You Axios reporter Mike Allen no longer has permission to ask former White House press secretary questions Read more |
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In First, Two Major Cities Sue Big Oil for Climate Crimes San Francisco and Oakland charge that fossil fuel companies "stole a page from the Big Tobacco playbook" with misleading campaigns and should pay for damage from rising seas Read more |
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Watch: Bernie Sanders Lays Out Progressive Foreign Policy Vision In major address, potential 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders calls out "disastrous" war on terror Read more |
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Aung San Suu Kyi: A Leader in Denial? Speech given by political leader of Myanmar "was disingenuous at best and dishonest at worst," said one human rights advocate Read more |
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Street Protests Erupt as Spain Accused of Stomping on Democracy in Catalonia Seizure of voting materials and detentions of officials were 'perpetrated by violating the rule of law,' says Catalan president Read more |
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Latest GOP Plan 'Is Even Worse for Women's Health Than Previous Repeal Bills' Surprise! Bill written completely by male Republicans would strip basic reproductive care from millions of women Read more |
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Exposing Problematic Role as News Arbiter, Facebook Under Fire Over Myanmar Rohingya activists report being banned by the social media site for reporting on atrocities in Myanmar Read more |
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Centrism.biz: Scathing New Parody Site Rips Mask Off 'Zombie Neoliberalism' To become a certified centrist, you simply need to love inaction, indifference, and the murderous Saudi regime Read more |
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Trashing Trumpcare, Kimmel Says GOP Cruelty Forcing Him to "Politicize" Son's Illness Republicans are "not taking care of you. They're taking care of the people who give them money, like insurance companies." Read more |
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Experts 'Running Out Of Adjectives' as Hurricane Maria Slams Puerto Rico Size and strength of latest storm called "horrifying" as relentless and unprecedented hurricane season continues Read more |
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Instead of Protecting the Earth, EPA Agents Now Forced to Serve as Pruitt Bodyguards Unsurprisingly, the number of environmental crime cases has declined rapidly since Pruitt took charge Read more |
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Gun Stocks Surge as Trump Pushes to Ease Export Regulations for Assault Weapons Human rights expert warns against flooding "world with the American disease" of gun proliferation Read more |
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New Poll Shows Nearly Half of Americans and 2/3 of Democrats Back Single Payer With the Senate deeply divided on two drastically different healthcare plans, voters make clear which path forward has their support Read more |
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Trump Health Secretary Thinks Medicaid Is Wasteful, But Not Lavish Private Flights "HHS won't pay for Obamacare enrollment but they have plenty of cash for Secretary Tom Price's private jet lifestyle." Read more |
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'Devastating': Massive Quake Collapses Buildings and Kills Hundreds in Mexico The quake hit a little over a week after an 8.2 magnitude tremor slammed Mexico, triggering tsunami warnings and killing hundreds Read more |
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Covering All People With Single Payer, Says GOP Senator, Is Not Money 'Properly Spent' Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) apparently supports states' rights, unless that state wants to guarantee healthcare to all its people Read more |
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New Research Reveals There Are More Than 40 Million Slaves Worldwide Reports released during the UN General Assembly meetings suggest global leaders need to increase efforts to end modern slavery and child labor Read more |
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Socialists Have Last Laugh After Trump Zinger Lands With Thud at UN Trump expected applause. He got awkward silence. Read more |
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Trump Administration Doesn't Want to Hear About Benefits of Welcoming Refugees The White House rejected a report showing that refugees create more goverment revenue than resettlement programs cost Read more |
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'Genocidal' Trump Blasted for Threatening to 'Totally Destroy North Korea' "Reminder," says one critic of president's speech to UN General Assembly: "threatening to kill 25 million North Koreans because you don't like their leader is threatening to commit genocide." Read more |
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Trump Apparently Wants a Massive Military Parade. 'What's Next, Portraits of Dear Leader Everywhere?' "We are 18 months away from Generalissimo Trump, aren't we. You know he'd love wearing the outfit. Medals!" Read more |
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Refusing to 'Sit Down and Shut Up,' Trumpcare Opponents Mobilize Against GOP "We have millions of Americans on our side," declares Sen. Elizabeth Warren as groups aim to thwart ACA repeal once more Read more |
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US Says No Money for Social Programs, But '$700 Billion to Kill People? Yeah That We Have' "Note 'where will the money come from?' deficit trolls will be silent on this $700 billion defense spending bill." Read more |
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'Heaven Help Those in Dominica Tonight': Category 5 Maria Makes Landfall With sustained winds of over 160mph, monster storm makes landfall as it carves path toward Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and other islands still recovering from Irma Read more |
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Oxfam Has Made Refugees Welcome... at Trump's Childhood Home "I direct a message to the leaders of the world," says Syrian refugee Ghassan. "Help all the countries facing conflict. Help them establish stability." Read more |
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Refusing to Be Bargaining Chips, Dreamers Shut Down Pelosi's Pro-Dreamer Event "Just stop it now!" House Minority Leader demanded as protesters hijack press conference devoted to promoting deal on DACA Read more |
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Outrage After Zinke Memo Reveals Unprecedented Assault on Public Lands "We will not allow these special lands and waters to be handed over to private interests for drilling, commercial fishing, logging, and other extraction." Read more |
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Bibi Embraces Trump at UN as Iran Warns Against Nuke Deal Sabotage Analysts argue Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is attempting to "put the U.S. back on a path to war with Iran" by pressuring Trump to scrap the landmark agreement Read more |
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New Research Reveals Trump Riding on Wave of Increased Hate Crimes New data obtained by Huffington Post indicates first consecutive annual increases in hate crime since 2004 Read more |
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After Failing to Prosecute Bankers, Obama Cashes In With Wall Street Speeches The former president is reportedly raking in $400,000 per speech to massive financial firms Read more |
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Bolstering Single-Payer Case, Report Shows How For-Profit Insurers Fuel Opioid Crisis "In case you didn't know, the opioid epidemic is fueled in part by systemic failures in healthcare." Read more |
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If George W. Bush Can Be on Ellen, Of Course Sean Spicer Will Be at Emmys "There should be nothing whatsoever surprising about any of this, as it is the logical and necessary outcome of the self-serving template of immunity which DC elites have erected for themselves." Read more |
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'Red Alert' Sounded: Trumpcare Is Back, More Brutal and Deadly Than Ever Sen. Bernie Sanders called the new Obamacare repeal plan "yet another disastrous Republican proposal to throw millions of people off health insurance." Read more |
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White House Pushes Stricter Travel Ban, Pointing to London Attack No information has been released about the nationalities of two suspects arrested in connection with Friday's subway bombing Read more |
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As World Moves Forward with Paris Accord, U.S. Observes From Sidelines Some officials left a climate summit in Montreal this weekend with the impression that Trump could re-enter the Paris agreement—but critics have doubts Read more |
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Rejecting Trump Agenda, Immigrant Protections Bill Passes in California The California Values Act serves as a strong antidote to the Trump administration's anti-immigrant agenda, supporters say Read more |
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China Calls On U.S. to Stop Threats and Resume Dialogue with North Korea "China does not hold the key to resolving the Korean peninsula nuclear issue. Those who tied the knots are responsible for untying [them]." Read more |
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Conflicts and Climate Change Fueling Rise in World Hunger "This has set off alarm bells we cannot afford to ignore," according to U.N. report Read more |
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'Spitting in the Eye of Transparency,' Govt Reveals Just 22 Mar-a-Lago Visitors Watchdog groups promise to keep fighting Trump administration in court after it refuses to release full list of presidential visitors to so-called Winter White House Read more |
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Sen. Warren Introduces Legislation to Save Consumers From 'Equifax Exploitation' "Companies like Equifax make billions selling access to your data without your consent, then charge you if you want to stop them. It's nuts." Read more |
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Standing With ESPN Journalist Against Trump's White Supremacy, #NaziBucketChallenge Goes Viral Calling out Trump's racist views, critics stand in solidarity with ESPN anchor Read more |
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Assuming Muslims Behind London Attack, Trump Again Drops "Know the Facts" Rule U.K. officials denounce "unhelpful" speculation as U.S. president demands "nasty" response to Friday morning Tube blast Read more |
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EU Watchdog Under Fire for Monsanto Analysis Copy/Pasted into Roundup Safety Report Ahead of vote to determine whether farmers can continue using Monsanto's popular pesticide, new Guardian report raises concerns that agency failed to fully analyze Roundup's risks Read more |
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Trump Called Single Payer a 'Curse.' Sanders Delivered the Perfect Response "Providing healthcare to every man, woman, and child as a right is not a curse, it's exactly what we should be doing." Read more |