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Lanny Davis's Caribbean Adventure
What is the Clintons’ longtime consigliere doing hawking passports to tiny island nations? Inside the exotic, paranoid world of the rich and powerful. By Molly Ball.
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The Princeton Academic Testifying for Ted Cruz’s Climate Hearing Is For-Hire by Fossil-Fuel Corporations
A new report reveals ties between dirty-energy interests, a prominent climate denier, and a notorious dark-money group. By Zoë Carpenter.
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Joe Biden, His Son and the Case Against a Ukrainian Oligarch
As the vice president aims to curb corruption in Ukraine, Hunter Biden sits on the board of a Ukrainian company accused of having “illicit assets.” By James Risen.
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Democrats might give Big Oil a big win in Congress
The party is in talks with Republicans to lift a longtime ban on U.S. exports in exchange for clean-energy and other tax breaks. By Elana Schor.
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Whether Up Is Down or Down Is Up, There’s Never a Need to Reduce Emissions at The Wall Street Journal Editorial Page
Arguments against green energy reverse completely, but the conclusions stay exactly the same.
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Justice Department will investigate practices of Chicago police
Broad probe could bring sweeping reform to the department. By Sari Horwitz, Ellen Nakashima and Wesley Lowery.
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This scientist uncovered problems with pesticides. Then the government started to make his life miserable
He was a golden boy at the USDA. Not anymore. By Tom Philpott.
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U.S. First Shields Its Torturers and War Criminals From Prosecution, Now Officially Honors Them
With Joe Biden’s praise for Dick Cheney at the unveiling of his Capitol “bust,” the U.S. government signals to the world that it regards itself as exempt from the laws of wars, the Nuremberg prohibition against aggressive invasions, and global prohibitions on torture. By Glenn Greenwald.
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The Japanese Barely Eat Whale. So Why Do They Keep Whaling?
Japan announced this week that it would resume hunting minke whales in defiance of an international moratorium. Why? By Sarah Zhang.
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Dead Air
The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, especially if you’re in talk radio. By Saul Elbein.
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2nd December 2001 - Enron files for bankruptcy
Enron Corporation files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a New York court, sparking one of the largest corporate scandals in U.S. history.
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Koch “Alliance” on Criminal Justice Reform Exposed as Trojan Horse
The ostensible alliance over liberalization of America’s criminal justice laws was based on a misunderstanding of the Koch brothers' fundamental political goal. By Dan Froomkin.
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British American Tobacco 'bribed politicians to sabotage anti-smoking laws'
British American Tobacco, one of Britain’s biggest companies, has been accused of bribing senior politicians and civil servants in a bid to sabotage anti-smoking laws. The allegations by whistleblowers from the company, and supported by court documents, relate to the company’s operations in several African countries. Paul Hopkins, who served in the Irish Special Forces before working for BAT, claims he broke the law for the tobacco firm.
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The Corrupt System That Killed Laquan McDonald
A Chicago cop now faces murder charges—but will anyone hold his colleagues, his superiors, and elected officials accountable for their failures? By Conor Friedersdorf.
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Top scientists accuse House panel of harassing climate researchers
Eight key scientific bodies warn Republican congressman Lamar Smith that his committee’s investigation into Noaa could have a ‘chilling effect’ on science
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Ted Cruz's 'crazy' tax plan would cost US at least $16tn, thinktank says
Analysis by left-leaning Citizens for Tax Justice concludes presidential candidate’s plan to shut down the IRS and set up a flat tax would be devastating
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More logging reported in monarch butterflies’ reserve
Monarch butterflies are arriving at their Michoacán and State of México sanctuaries, but they are under threat once again due to reports of illegal logging.
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How an ugly, brutally effective warplane won the battle for its future
The twin-jet A-10, an ungainly-looking, single-pilot plane with thick, straight wings and a massive, nose-mounted cannon, is out of favor with Air Force leaders. By David Axe .
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Firm that teaches ‘life skills’ to suspected shoplifters extorts them, suit alleges
Debra Black insists she is “not a thief.” She says she rolled her electric wheelchair out of the Goodwill Industries store in Tustin after inadvertently neglecting to pay for a few items. The pack of purple napkins, headband and small purse came to $6.97... By Lee Romney.
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Marksville [Louisiana] residents unsurprised after officers accused in six-year-old’s death
Residents of small Louisiana town describe ‘dangerous’ Norris Greenhouse, one of two officers charged in fatal shooting of Jeremy Mardis: ‘He feels like because he has that badge, he can do anything he wants.’ By Matthew Teague.
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