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China’s New Bridges: Rising High, but Buried in Debt
China has built hundreds of dazzling new bridges, including the longest and highest, but many have fostered debt and corruption.
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No One Has Ever Made a Corruption Machine Like This One
There’s graft, and then there’s Odebrecht graft. By Michael Smith, Sabrina Valle, Blake Schmidt.
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Attorney General Jeff Sessions bans funding for environmental cleanups
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has banned all future settlements of pollution violation cases that include money for cleanup efforts managed by third-party organizations.
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233 House Republicans Just Set Course for Next Financial Collapse
#WrongChoiceAct passed by the House. By Jon Queally.
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Was Berniecrats’ choice to lead California Democrats cheated out of the chairmanship?
Kimberly Ellis, who rode a wave of Bernie Sanders-inspired support to come within 62 votes of unseating veteran political operative Eric Bauman in the California Democratic Party’s race for chair, issued a memo late Monday, June 5, 2017, questioning the legitimacy of the election. By Christopher Cadelago.
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Trump Is Selling a Privatization Scam, and Calling It an Infrastructure Plan
Scorning serious proposals, the White House offers a Trump University plan for employment. By Jefferson Morley.
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Flint, Beyond the Crisis
To call what is happening in Flint, Michigan a “water crisis” feels both exact and not. By Hanif Willis-Aburraqib. (May 26, 2017)
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This Turtle Tourist Center Also Raises Endangered Turtles for Meat
Advocates accuse the Cayman Turtle Centre of mistreating its sea turtles and stoking demand for the meat of an endangered species, claims it denies. By Rachael Bale.
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Cable Industry Lobbyists Write Republican Talking Points on Net Neutrality
The metadata of a document distributed to House Republicans shows it was created by a lobbyist for cable companies. By Lee Fang, Nick Surgey. (May 23, 2017)
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Declassified memos show FBI illegally shared spy data on Americans with private parties
The FBI has illegally shared raw intelligence about Americans with unauthorized third parties and violated other constitutional privacy protections, according to newly declassified government documents that undercut the bureau’s public assurances about how carefully it handles warrantless spy data to avoid abuses or leaks. By John Solomon and Sara Carter.
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Dead People Are Posting Anti-Net Neutrality Comments to the FCC Website
“Friends of recently-deceased individuals…confirmed their friends could not have posted the comments posthumously.” By Daniel Oberhaus.
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Scientists just published a study calling out the head of the EPA by name
No, warming is not ‘leveling off.’ By Samantha Page.
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Brazilian President Temer: 'I won't resign. Oust me if you want'
Brazilian President Michel Temer, facing growing calls for his resignation amid a corruption scandal, will not step down even if he is formally indicted by the Supreme Court, he said in an interview in Folha de S. Paulo, Brazil's largest newspaper, on Monday. Brazilians who have become inured to the massive, three-year corruption investigation were shocked last week by the disclosure of a recording that appeared to show Temer condoning the payment of hush money to a jailed lawmaker.
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Weathering the Storm: Democratic Leadership is Playing a Waiting Game with Progressives
Despite the intention of the tour, it remains clear there is little unity between the reformist wing of the party led by Sanders and the existing powers that be. By Larry Stavinoha.
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The F-35 Just Got $1.7 Billion More Expensive
Cost to finish production rises again. By Dan Grazier.
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DNC destroyed Bernie Sanders’ shot at the presidency, lawsuit claims
The mainstream media hasn’t covered a class action lawsuit charging the DNC with election fraud. By Chris Riotta.
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Kushners tap China’s $24B ‘golden visa’ market
When the sister of President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner promoted investment in her family’s new skyscraper from a Beijing hotel ballroom stage earlier this month, she was pitching a controversial American visa program that’s proven irresistible to tens of thousands of Chinese. By Nomaan Merchant.
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Why Would Trump Want to Prolong America’s Longest War?
The U.S. is once again poised to escalate in Afghanistan. Barely anyone in the United States is paying attention. By Peter Beinart.
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As Millions Pour into Georgia's Congressional Runoff, the Voting Machinery Is Among the Worst in America: Hackable, Paperless, Unverifiable
Computer experts have no confidence in Georgia’s election results. By Lulu Friesdat.
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