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Trump administration pollution rule strikes final blow against environment
The Environmental Protection Agency has completed one of its last major rollbacks under the Trump administration, changing how it considers evidence of harm from pollutants in a way that opponents say could cripple future public-health regulation.
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Trump’s devastation of the Republican Party is nearly complete
It is time for Republicans to face an uncomfortable but increasingly obvious truth. President Trump is just not that into you. He never has been. To Trump, the party of Lincoln was a rental vehicle, one that he took for a joyride and is getting ready to turn back in, with trash jammed under the seats and stains covering the upholstery. Also, the tank is empty, and there’s a crack in the windshield.
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Twitter locks Donald Trump's account as Facebook, Instagram ban him for 24 hours
All it took was an attempted coup.
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Confused Americans Think the Rioter's Name Who Stole Podium from US Capitol is 'Via Getty'
Disturbing images are coming out of US Capitol building which was stormed, ransacked and vandalised by Trump supporters on Wednesday.
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Stopping Trump’s Last Pipeline Will Take All of Us
A report from occupied Palisade, where Water Protectors confront a dying, but still deadly, energy behemoth.
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Trump Reportedly Wailed at Pence: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Your Friend’ Anymore
Remember the part in Toy Story 2 when Woody has a nightmare about Andy telling him he doesn’t want to play with him anymore? Well, that exact fate has reportedly befallen Vice President Mike Pence. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Pence and President Trump met on Wednesday morning, before Trump left to whip up his supporters into a violent rage that ended in them storming the Capitol building.
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Twitter suspends Trump's account
None of his previous tweets can be seen.
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Twitter plays whack-a-mole with Donald Trump's tweets as he blasts 'ban on free speech'
Donald Trump has accused Twitter of trying to silence him. Twitter engaged in a game of whack-a-mole deleting tweets from Donald Trump off various accounts on its site, after banning the US president from his main account over fears his tweets could incite further violence in the Capitol.
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The quickest way to undo Trump's environmental mess isn't as easy as you'd think.
The same day the nation watched pro-Trump supporters stage a coup at the Capitol, the Bureau of Land Management held its most controversial auction yet in the 1.5 million-acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, an environmentally sensitive coastal plane that the native Gwich’in people call the “The Sacred Place Where Life Begins.” The firesale for oil and gas leasing only raised a small fraction of revenue Republicans had estimated it could generate.
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Reddit bans r/donaldtrump forum for inciting violence
Reddit warned moderators of "repeated policy violations."
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Twitter confirms it halted "hang Mike Pence" as trending topic
The topic trended briefly, with many people quoting Trump supporters who invaded the Capitol Wednesday chanting the phrase as a noose awaited outside.
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Amazon, Apple, and Google Cut Off Parler, Citing Failure to Moderate Extremism
Parler, the “free speech” Twitter competitor that has become an anything-goes haven for diehard Trump supporters and right-wing extremists — and where users planned, promoted, and/or glorified Wednesday’s deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob — may not survive the Trump era.
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$280 mln ‘dark money’ spent by American fundamentalist Christian groups globally
American fundamentalist Christian groups have spent at least $280 million in “dark money” fuelling campaigns against the rights of women and LGBTIQ people across five continents, the UK-based media platform openDemocracy has revealed on Tuesday.
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Payment processor Stripe bans Trump campaign
It's an escalation of Big Tech's reaction to last week's D.C. insurrection, and the first to directly target money flows.
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US intelligence agencies have 180 days to share what they know about UFOs, thanks to the Covid-19 relief and spending bill
When President Donald Trump signed the $2.3 trillion coronavirus relief and government funding bill into law in December, so began the 180-day countdown for US intelligence agencies to tell Congress what they know about UFOs.
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The Art of the Lie? The Bigger the Better
Lying as a political tool is hardly new. But a readiness, even enthusiasm, to be deceived has become a driving force in politics around the world, most recently in the United States.
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FBI warns 'armed protests' being planned at all 50 state capitols and in Washington DC
The FBI has received information indicating "armed protests" are being planned at all 50 state capitols and the US Capitol in Washington, DC in the days leading up to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20, according to an internal bulletin obtained by CNN.
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Trump reportedly considering pardons for rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black
Trump is expected to issue a flurry of pardons in his final week in office. Lil Wayne and Kodak Black are facing or serving time on federal charges.
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Twitter loses $5 billion in market value after Trump is permanently barred from the platform
Twitter stock fell as much as 12% on Monday after the social-media company permanently suspended President Donald Trump's account on Friday evening. The share-price decline wiped $5 billion from Twitter's market capitalization. Twitter's bosses suspended Trump's account - which had about 88 million followers - after the world leader's fanning of conspiracy theories about voter fraud and election theft spurred thousands of his supporters to lay siege to the Capitol last week.
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Sheldon Adelson, Conservative Donor And Casino Titan, Dies At 87
Adelson built a casino empire that stretched from Las Vegas to Singapore. His huge donations to conservative causes in the U.S. and Israel helped shape politics in both countries.
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