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How Trump makes dictators stronger
Expect the world to look elsewhere for moral leadership. By Anne Applebaum.
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Pigeons in Vancouver [BC] are utilizing hypodermic needles for nests
Police in Vancouver shared an alarming photograph showing what appears to be a pigeon’s egg nest constructed out of hypodermic needles. By Jessa Schroeder.
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From Richard Nixon to Donald Trump
America’s Great Leap Backwards. By James Petras.
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“Corruption, Plain and Simple”: Kushner Visa Scandal Snowballs
While the White House hides behind more alternative facts, the outrage has seemingly multiplied. By Lauren McCauley.
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Trump Gives Press Pass To ‘Alt-Right’ Racist Frog Lunatic (We Mean Again)
We old-timers (online since 1987) don’t know what to make of these kids and their Inter Webs anymore. By Doktor Zoom.
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The Presidential Advisory Commission on Voter Suppression
The president’s new “election integrity” group will find fraud where it doesn’t exist and make it harder for Americans to cast their ballots. By Jamelle Bouie.
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Two Dead Canaries in the Coal Mine
If you’re unconcerned by the termination of FBI Director James Comey, the views of Ben Wittes, who typically thinks civil libertarians are being alarmist, might change your mind. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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The Sting of the Lie
For reporters, deception often is a formative experience. By Ann Marie Lipinski.
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Behind Kushner Companies, a Chinese agency skirts visa-for-investment rules
While Jared Kushner’s family company apologized this week for mentioning the White House adviser’s name when wooing Chinese investors to fund a New Jersey real estate project, one Chinese immigration agency was touting its role in the deal. By Alexandra Harney.
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Trump’s Interests vs. America’s, Caribbean Villa Edition
The president’s company is selling an estate likely worth upward of $20 million, presenting yet another avenue for currying favor with him. By Jeremy Venook.
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Does Donald Trump Have a Fully Developed Theory of Mind?
Most adults can do a decent job of understanding other people’s internal mental states. Not the leader of the [supposedly] free world. By Jesse Singal.
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The Trump news you missed: he asked Comey to jail journalists
Given how much the media has hampered his administration, Trump’s goal seems to be to snuff it out any way possible. By Trevor Timm.
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The Impeachment Trap: Be Careful What You Wish For
Trump is odious, but impeachment is dangerous—both for the Democrats and the progressive movement. By Jeff Alson.
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Sheriff David Clarke Is Determined to Suspend Habeas Corpus and Shred the Bill of Rights
The right-wing extremist’s disregard for the Constitution is well documented, and now he’s reportedly joining Trump’s DHS. By John Nichols.
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Health insurers plan big Obamacare rate hikes — and they blame Trump
Health insurers and state regulators around the country have concluded they cannot rely on the Trump administration to effectively run Obamacare marketplaces. By Noam N. Levey.
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Why the US attack in Syria last night was much more significant than Trump's team would have you believe
The Pentagon’s account of its Thursday-night air strike on pro-Assad militia forces in Syria concealed the real story of a race to the Syrian-Iraqi border by armed groups working for both the Americans and the Syrian regime… By Robert Fisk.
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Do High-Level Leaks Suggest a Conspiracy?
National-security officials may see themselves as patriots, but their methods set a dangerous precedent. By Philip Giraldi.
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Democrats are falling for fake news about Russia
Why liberal conspiracy theories are flourishing in the age of Trump. By Zack Beauchamp.
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Trump’s extravagant trip to Saudi Arabia is a desperately-needed distraction from his crisis at home
President Trump arrives in Saudi Arabia tomorrow, mere hours after US bombers attacked pro-Assad militiamen whom the US military say were threatening a base in southern Syria where US and British Special Forces are training rebel fighters. By Patrick Cockburn. (May 19, 2017)
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Donald Trump’s speech to the Muslim world was filled with hypocrisy and condescension
So after inventing “fake news”, America’s crazed President on Sunday gave the world’s Muslims a fake speech. By Robert Fisk.
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