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The Obamas' First Netflix Show Might Be About Trump's Incompetent Government
They just acquired the rights to Michael Lewis's new book, 'The Fifth Risk.'
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The President Is Pushing the Exact Conspiracies Cited by the Pittsburgh Shooter 5 Days After the Attack
Trump is pushing propaganda about immigrants, fueling anti-Semitic conspiracy theories, and failing to address political violence.
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Butterfly Preserve On The Border Threatened By Trump's Wall
The National Butterfly Center is a habitat for more than 100 species of butterflies. The proposed barrier would cut off 70 percent of its property, putting it in a no man's land along the Rio Grande.
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What billionaires want: the secret influence of America’s 100 richest
A new study reveals how the wealthy engage in ‘stealth politics’: quietly advancing unpopular, inequality-exacerbating, highly conservative policies
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The GOP has become the party of fake news and paranoid fantasies
The GOP has become a vast repository of conspiracy theories, fake news, false accusations and paranoid fantasies.
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Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook
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What Russians have been up to ahead of 2018 US midterm vote
As Americans prepare for another election, Russian troublemakers have again tried to divide U.S. voters and discredit democracy. The activity appears focused on abuse of social media, through American-looking posts and sites, instead of big cyberattacks or disrupting voting systems. So far, it's more modest than the influence campaign Russia is accused of carrying out in 2016, and Russia is not alone — it's just one source of online manipulation ahead of Tuesday's election.
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US government to go ahead with fatal experiments on dogs
Controversial tests to proceed despite opposition from congress and others
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Russians Meddling in the Midterms? Here’s the Data
They haven’t stopped trying to influence our elections. Indeed, they may be busier than ever.
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It's Trump's turn to be afraid
The subpoenas are coming.
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Fox Rebukes Sean Hannity’s and Jeanine Pirro’s Participation in a Trump Rally
The line between the Trump White House and Fox has always been a little blurry, but in one moment at least, the fusion of president and network seemed complete.
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The Scott Walker era of GOP dominance in Wisconsin ends with the election of Tony Evers amid massive midterm turnout
Among the factors behind Walker's defeat: a massive Dane County vote and decline in support from independents. By Craig Gilbert.
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Louisiana ends Jim Crow-era law, will now require unanimous juries for all felony convictions
Louisiana voters on Tuesday decided that unanimous jury verdicts should be required in order to convict someone of a felony for crimes that take place after 2018. By Aris Folley.
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Jeff Sessions Is Forced Out as Attorney General as Trump Installs Loyalist
Mr. Sessions was the first senator to endorse Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign. But his recusal as attorney general from the Russia inquiry proved to be his undoing.
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Divided US political scene sees dead brothel owner win race for GOP over alive Democrat
Brothel-owner Dennis Hof, who presented himself as an 'American pimp', beat Democrat Lesia Romanov to a seat in Nevada's state assembly with 68 per cent of the vote. The trouble is, he died on October 16.
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Trump's acting attorney general was part of firm US accused of vast scam
Donald Trump’s new acting attorney general was part of a company accused by the US government of running a multimillion-dollar scam. Matthew Whitaker was paid to sit on the advisory board of World Patent Marketing, which was ordered in May this year to pay a $26m settlement following legal action by federal authorities, which said it tricked aspiring inventors.
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Sarah Sanders Accused Of Sharing Doctored Infowars Video To Justify Acosta Ban
The White House is accused of engaging in "Orwellian" tactics after banning CNN reporter.
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Morning Joe wants to know why Fox News suddenly stopped talking about the caravan
Remember the caravan? The journey of thousands of Central American migrants to the United States had dominated Fox News in the weeks prior to the midterms, but now it's fallen off the network's radar. And MSNBC's Morning Joe wants to know why.
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#ProtectMueller Protesters Shut Down Streets in Midtown Manhattan: “We Have to Resist”
In addition to NY, protests from Fargo to Baltimore are happening just one day after Jeff Sessions was ousted.
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'It hasn't benefited us a dime': Georgia steelworkers' verdict on Trump tariffs
Union member and mill operator Joey Casey, 40, wasn’t getting paid for the day, so he enjoyed lunch at Thatcher’s BBQ on the main square in Trenton, Georgia. The day before, managers at the Caparo Bull Moose Tube Co plant told Casey, also the local union president, and those on his production line not to come in to work because of a malfunctioning part. Because the plant notified them with enough time, Casey and his colleagues won’t get paid until the part is fixed.
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