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7 years ago+30 30 0 x 1WATCH: John Oliver scares the hell out of Americans warning against nuclear waste Rick Perry is handling
Now, the project is lead by Department of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who couldn’t even remember that he wanted to eliminate the department to begin with. So, while the country spends its days watching The Apprentice-style government that Donald Tru ...
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7 years ago+1 1 0Senators mock Trump on hot mic
Reed responded to Collins by saying, of Trump: “He’s crazy.” Collins can be heard quietly saying, “I'm worried.”
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7 years ago+1 1 0Trump's strategy -- troll Sessions to get to Mueller
Paul Callan says that Donald Trump's trolling of Jeff Sessions is likely part of an organized strategy to oust both Sessions and Rod Rosenstein -- to get at special counsel Robert Mueller.
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7 years ago+6 7 1The Trump White House is a confederacy of dingbats
When a scandal breaks in Washington, what we often discover is not a finely constructed conspiracy with multiple moving parts and a sinister genius pulling the strings, but stunning overconfidence and outright buffoonery. The question that often come ...
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7 years ago+18 18 0The Jim Crow Law Stopping African Americans From Voting in 2017
President Trump’s sham “Presidential Commission on Election Integrity”—which has received nearly universal opposition from voting rights advocates and state officials—follows the same template that conservative, regressive politicians have followed s ...
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7 years ago+14 14 0Amazon is quietly rolling out its own Geek Squad to set up gadgets in your home
For 15 years, Best Buy’s Geek Squad installation and repair service has served as one key advantage over Amazon that the e-commerce giant seemed unlikely to match. But over the last few months, Amazon has quietly been hiring an army of in-house gadge ...
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7 years ago+2 2 0‘Killed’ in Vietnam and buried with comrades, one Marine returned from the dead
On Sept. 10, he was buried in a national cemetery in St. Louis. A tombstone bearing his name and the names of eight others missing from the battle was erected over the grave. His mother went home with a folded American flag. But as his comrades and ...
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7 years ago+17 17 0Science Fiction’s Under-Appreciated Feminist Icon
The French comic series "Valérian and Laureline," newly adapted into a summer blockbuster, gave the genre one of its first protagonists to powerfully own her womanhood.
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7 years ago+14 14 0Growing acceptance of interracial marriage in US
In 2017, 39 percent of Americans said interracial marriage was a good thing for society, up from 24 percent in 2010.
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7 years ago+12 12 0How the new Spider-Man fits into the Marvel universe
Here's how to watch every Marvel Cinematic Universe property in the perfect order.
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7 years ago+21 21 0Trump Administration Backs Texas Voter ID Law in Court
The Trump administration says Texas has scrubbed its voter ID law of any potential discrimination and wants a judge who once compared the measure to a “poll tax” on minorities and the poor to resist further action. That stance from the U.S. Justice D ...
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7 years ago+17 17 0Congress Must Reclaim War-Making Authority
The House Appropriations Committee unexpectedly passed an amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations bill last week that would repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) passed by Congress in 2001 after the 9/11 terrorist at ...
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7 years ago+2 2 0Republican Lawmakers Buy Health Insurance Stocks as Repeal Effort Moves Forward
Just as the House Republican bill to slash much of the Affordable Care Act moved forward, some lawmakers started trading health care stocks.
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7 years ago+15 15 0Senate Republicans avoid July 4 parades — and their constituents —amid health care debate
Many Senate Republicans avoided the tradition of marching in July 4 parades. Those who did got an earful on health care.
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7 years ago+23 23 0Hobby Lobby Will Give Up Thousands Of Ancient Artifacts That Prosecutors Say Were Smuggled
Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts that federal prosecutors say were smuggled into the United States. The arts and crafts retailer will also pay $3 million as part
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7 years ago+11 11 0Trump administration plans to challenge climate science in series of debates
The Trump administration will soon begin a review that will question the veracity of the climate change science used by President Barack Obama's administration as the basis for environmental regulations.
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7 years ago+2 2 0Rauner vetoes budget in Illinois showdown
The Illinois Senate already voted to override the veto and the House is expected to follow suit this week. Lawmakers say it’s beyond late for more bickering with Illinois having already entered its third fiscal year without a budget. Legislators – ...
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7 years ago+32 32 0 x 1John Oliver Exposes The Right-Wing Media Empire Taking Over Your Local News
As John Oliver pointed out on HBO’s “Last Week Tonight,” the conservative Sinclair Broadcast Group is in the process of buying Tribune Media, a move that would give it more than 200 stations. He said the combined evening news viewership once the deal ...
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7 years ago+17 17 0Need jobs? Get robots, and education right.
Our leaders should be solving for 1) creating higher-quality jobs and 2) increasing the purchasing power of all Americans. Robotics and AI will generate far more high-quality jobs than the onerous tasks it will render obsolete. To do so, regulation m ...
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7 years ago+3 4 1Trump called 'threat to every coastline' as he pushes ocean drilling plan
Green groups have promised in response to mobilize the coastal communities that successfully implored the Obama administration not to open up new areas to drilling, due to fears over the effect of potential oil spills and noise pollution upon liveli ...