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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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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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The Audacity of Sleaze
Profiles in Corruption. By Paul Street.
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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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Why Won’t the EPA Ban This Extremely Toxic Pesticide?
Scott Pruitt announced the EPA would reverse a proposed ban on this extremely harmful pesticide and allow it to remain on the market. By Nicole Greenfield.
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How Much Does a Politician Cost? A Groundbreaking Study Reveals the Influence of Money in Politics
Many academics claim, against all odds, that money doesn’t matter in politics. Now we can see exactly what it costs to buy a congressional vote. By Jon Schwarz. (May 4, 2017)
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From Richard Nixon to Donald Trump
America’s Great Leap Backwards. By James Petras.
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Boss Trump
Want to understand the appeal of America’s president? It’s time to study up on Tammany Hall. By Gracy Olmstead.
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Here Are The National Monuments At Risk Under Donald Trump
‘This should never have happened.’ —President Donald Trump. By Gabriel H. Sanchez.
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Flint activist who fought poisoned water now faces foreclosure for overdue water bill
The city has warned 8,000 residents that they could face foreclosure over refusing to pay for poisoned water. By Bryce Covert.
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If Progressives Don’t Wake Up To How Awful Obama Was, Their Movement Will Fail
"We don’t get to keep him. We don’t get to keep the first black president. We don’t get to let that be ours; we have to reject it, in the same way we’d have to reject the first female president had Hillary won…" By Caitlin Johnstone.
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Seven Jaw-Dropping Revelations From Hearings on the Motion to Dismiss the DNC Fraud Lawsuit
Last Tuesday, Senior U.S. District Judge William J. Zloch heard oral arguments… By Zach Haller. (Apr. 30, 2017)
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Private Prison Corporation Wrote Texas Bill Extending How Long Immigrant Children Can Be Detained
GOP state Rep. John Raney admitted that the $4 billion company Geo Group wrote the legislation. By David Dayen.
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U.S. watchdog finds major internal flaws hampering Afghanistan war effort
The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction urges a tough review and changes in reconstruction aid priorities, along with a possible rethinking of U.S. troop reductions. By Pamela Constable.
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Barack Obama’s $400,000 speaking fees reveal what few want to admit
His mission was never racial or economic justice. It’s time we stop pretending it was. By Steven W Thrasher.
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Barack Obama Is Using His Presidency to Cash In, But Harry Truman and Jimmy Carter Refused
“I could never lend myself to any transaction, however respectable, that would commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency.” By Zaid Jilani.
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DNC Shatters The Illusion Of American Democracy In Order To Keep People’s 27 Bucks
Well that didn’t take much. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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Man Fined $500 for Crime of Writing ‘I Am An Engineer’ in an Email to the Government
An electronics engineer says he found a flaw in traffic lights. The Oregon engineering board fined him for it. By Jason Koebler.
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The global elite are headed for a fall. And they don’t even know it
You often don’t realize a revolution is brewing until it’s upon you. By Damon Linker.
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David Ignatius’ 15 Years of Running Spin for Saudi Regime
Washington Post foreign affairs columnist David Ignatius wrote what read like a press release for the Saudi regime. By Adam Johnson.
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