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Ivanka is starting her own foundation — and is accepting checks from foreign governments: report
During the 2016 presidential campaign, the Clinton Foundation pledged that it would stop accepting foreign donations if Hillary Clinton became president... By Brad Reed.
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Four reasons Obama’s $400,000 Wall Street speech is a bad idea
Yes, other politicians have done it, and there's no rule against it. But Obama has plenty of unique reasons to avoid it. By Aaron Blake.
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Koch Industries and Other Corporations Lobbied for Donald Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Filings Show
While public-interest groups were complaining, corporate lobbyists stalked the halls of Congress to make sure Trump’s team was confirmed by the Senate. By Lee Fang, Nick Surgey.
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[U.S.] Lead Hazards Afflict Thousands as Trump eyes funding cuts
Reuters uncovers hundreds more U.S. areas with child lead-poisoning rates double that found in Flint. Yet cities worry as President Trump plans funding cuts. By M.B. Pell, Joshua Schneyer and Andy Sullivan.
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Scott Pruitt claims he wants to help towns his policies will destroy. Like this one
He’s visiting East Chicago, a Superfund site. By Nathalie Baptiste.
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The F-35 Is a $1.4-Trillion National Disaster
The JSF is a terrible fighter, bomber and attacker — and unfit for aircraft carriers. By Dan Grazier. (Mar. 31, 2017)
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DCCC Sees No Need To Elect Red State Dems To Congress
We See No Need To Give Money To DCCC. By Rebecca Schoenkopf.
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Battling Climate Change in the Time of Trump
The Trump administration has caused nothing but despair for most people anxious about climate change, but there is an alternative path for making progress that could also help to keep this nightmare short lived. By John “Skippy” Podesta.
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Russian police arrest anti-corruption leader Navalny, hundreds more in nationwide rallies
The opposition figure had called for the demonstrations after alleging that the prime minister has amassed goods worth more than $1 billion.
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The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency
How Robert Mercer exploited America’s populist insurgency. By Jane Mayer.
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Trump the Outsider Outsources His Budget to Insider Think Tank
Many of its proposals are lifted straight from the recommendations of an elite ultra-conservative D.C. think tank: the Heritage Foundation. By Zaid Jilani.
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The Never-Ending War in Afghanistan
Remember Afghanistan? The longest war in American history? Ever? By Andrew J. Bacevich.
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Admiral, seven others charged with corruption in new ‘Fat Leonard’ indictment
Prosecutors described a litany of lavish bribes and sex parties for Navy officers in Asia. By Craig Whitlock.
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Right-Wing Billionaires Have a Project to Rewrite Our [U.S.] Constitution, and They Are Shockingly Close to Pulling It Off
A few years ago, it would have been a thought experiment; now it’s nearly reality. By Thom Hartmann.
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Republicans loot the palace: GOP’s plan to govern looks a lot like the way it “rebuilt” Iraq
We’ve seen this combination of shameless greed and incompetence before — when Republicans tried to govern Iraq. By Heather Digby Parton.
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Betsy DeVos' Holy War on Education
Betsy DeVos’ appointment as Education Secretary marks crowning achievement of Christian right’s campaign to infiltrate America’s secular institutions. By Janet Reitman.
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Police say they were ‘authorized by McDonald’s’ to arrest protesters, suit claims
Fight for $15 chapter in Memphis alleges that officers engaged in surveillance and intimidation of fast-food worker organization. By Dominic Rushe.
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The Democrats Have Chosen Defeat
It’s official. After a contentious election, the Democratic National Committee has chosen its next chairman, former Obama Labor Secretary Tom Perez. With Perez, the Democrats indicated they will be abandoning their extreme left-wing base and, in so doing, relegating themselves to being the party of entrenched, wealthy special interests and preferred minority groups… By Brandon J. Weichert.
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Senator: Army Corps Told to Approve Dakota Pipeline Easement
The Army Corps of Engineers was ordered to allow construction of the Dakota Access pipeline to proceed under a disputed Missouri River crossing, North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven said on Tuesday, the latest twist in a months-long legal battle over the $3.8 billion project.
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The Goldman Sachs Effect: How a Bank Conquered Washington
Irony isn’t a concept with which President Donald J. Trump is familiar… By Nomi Prins.
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