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Connecticut House passes bill mandating education of human-induced climate change
The Connecticut House on Tuesday passed a bill to make Connecticut the first state to mandate the teaching of human-induced climate change.
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Maine lawmakers pass bill to prevent ISPs from selling browsing data without consent
Good news! Maine lawmakers have passed a bill that will prevent internet providers from selling consumers’ private internet data to advertisers. The state’s senate unanimously passed the bill 35-0 on Thursday following an earlier vote by state representatives 96-45 in favor of the bill.
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A devastating analysis of the tax cut shows it’s done virtually no economic good
The Congressional Research Service says claims that the tax cut would turbocharge the economy were a scam.
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What the Mueller Report Actually Said
The special counsel pointed back to the words of his report. Here are its key findings.
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Study Finds Trump Tax Cuts Failed to Do Anything But Give Rich People Money
The biggest effect of the Trump tax cuts is obvious: People who own businesses and other sources of concentrated wealth will have a lot more money, and the federal budget will have less. But the advocates of the tax cuts insisted it wasn’t about letting the makers keep their hard-earned money rather than handing it over to the takers. It was about incentivizing business to repatriate funds and ramp up its investments, thereby increasing growth and wages.
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‘No loyalty or allegiance to America’: Warren targets multinationals in economic platform
“These ‘American’ companies show only one real loyalty: to the short-term interests of their shareholders," Warren wrote.
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Louisiana lawmakers reject bill to set a minimum marriage age
Louisiana is one of more than a dozen states that have no minimum age to wed.
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Hannity Says It’s ‘Despicable’ to Call for Political Opponents to Be ‘Locked Up’
‘Based on no actual crimes, she wants a political opponent locked up in prison. Umm, that happens in banana republics. Beyond despicable behavior.’
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Ricardo Rosselló Wants 2020 Candidates Talking About Puerto Rico
The island’s 40-year-old governor is all in on statehood, calling it a “civil-rights issue of our time.”
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Redistricting Guru's Hard Drives Could Mean Legal, Political Woes For GOP
Thomas Hofeller once referred to the drawing of legislative districts as "the only legalized form of vote-stealing left in the United States." The late Republican strategist's work may now be undone.
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At Trump’s Agriculture Department, science is being plowed under
Whether the actions at the USDA reflect malice or ignorance, the results are the same.
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Jon Stewart excoriates lawmakers for skipping hearing on 9/11 victim fund
Jon Stewart on Tuesday torched lawmakers in emotional testimony for failing to attend a September 11th Victim Compensation Fund hearing, calling it "shameful" and "a stain on this institution."
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Bill Koch: tax dodges of the American super rich (Part 2) - Michael West
It's all here ... a tax audit, a cover-up and a neighbour in the Oval Office. David Cay Johnston continues his investigation into super rich, tax dodging business owners like William Ingraham Koch.
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Mitch McConnell, Too, Welcomes Russian Interference
Or at least he won’t let Congress do anything to stop it.
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Stephen Colbert on Trump: 'It’s even worse when he tells the truth'
With Donald Trump admitting he would accept foreign intelligence on his political opponents, late-night hosts had a fresh crop of material. On The Late Show, Colbert began: “Every night, I stand up here and make jokes about all of Donald Trump’s lies. But today, I think I might owe him an apology. Because it turns out, it’s even worse when he tells the truth.”
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Why Trump Uses Mock Spanish
The real reason the president says words such as 'loco' and 'hombres'
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Please Stop Thinking This Will Be a Fair Election
President Trump declared his willingness to betray the country, and Republicans are ready to help
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All of the Mueller report’s major findings in less than 30 minutes
You owe it to yourself.
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Military operation against Iran was set before Trump called it off
President Donald Trump said Friday that he called off an attack on Iran just as the US was "cocked & loaded" to strike because he decided there would be too many deaths for a proportionate response to the downing of a US drone earlier this week. "We were cocked & loaded to retaliate last night on 3 different sights (sic) when I asked, how many will die. 150 people, sir, was the answer from a General," Trump tweeted. "10 minutes before the strike I stopped it."
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AOC’s Critics Are Pretending Not to Know How Language Works
A great deal of communication is based on metaphor.
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