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Trump Considering an Executive Order to Allow Citizenship Question on Census

www.nytimes.com - Mr. Trump did not say what his options were. But people familiar with the discussions said that among the options being considered was using federal records other than the census questionnaires sent …

7.1 magnitude aftershock rattles southern California

www.theguardian.com - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck southern California, causing **** buildings fires, broken roads and several injuries, authorities and residents said. The latest tremor, which followed a 6.4 …

The Ugly Origins Of The 2020 Census Citizenship Question

philiprotner.com - Last week, the Supreme Court issued a decision rejecting the Trump administration’s attempt to reinstate a citizenship question on the 2020 census form. The Court’s beef wasn’t with the substance of …

The Man With Two Faces - OCCRP

www.occrp.org - Tajikistan is one of the world’s most repressive countries — and not just at home. In recent years, its exiled dissidents have faced extradition, kidnapping, and forcible return from the many countri…

A Day of Sorrow for American Democracy

www.theatlantic.com - But, as Kagan argues in her dissent, this case should be easier than many in which gathering outrage tips over into judicial condemnation. This issue has firmer bones than that. Roberts’s faulty reas…

The money behind President Trump’s Fourth of July extravaganza

www.opensecrets.org - OpenSecrets keeps money in politics transparent and accountable. Please support our work by making a donation today. Help us count cash and make change by making a donation today. Support Accountabil…

Scandal for Bolsonaro’s Justice Minister Sergio Moro Grows as the Intercept Partners With Brazil’s Largest Magazine For New Exposé

theintercept.com - An op-ed in the New York Times this morning by Contributing Writer Vanessa Barbara – headlined: “Where Do You Turn When the Anti-Corruption Crusaders Are Dirty?” – illustrates how rapidly and radical…

Restoring forests may be one of our most powerful weapons in fighting climate change

www.vox.com - Allowing the earth’s forests to recover could cancel out a significant amount of humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research. The worldwide assessment of current and potential fore…

Planting a Trillion Trees is Fastest, Cheapest Way to Reverse Climate Change: Study

themindunleashed.com - (TMU) — Researchers have long warned of the dangers of climate change, which has seen ecological conditions degrade as weather patterns grow more unpredictable. And now, scientists are urging the wor…

Rest Easy, America. Police Have Located the Blue Bell Ice Cream Licker

www.thedailybeast.com - The crime of the century has been solved. Yes, police in Texas say they have identified the dastardly character who—wait for it—licked a Blue Bell ice cream tub in a Walmart and then put it back. Luf…

Model, 26, Busted On Felony Obscenity Charge. She Was Fully Clothed At The Time.

www.thesmokinggun.com - The 26-year-old Floridian and a male acquaintance are each facing a felony obscenity charge for performing “in a sexual manner” in the presence of a minor who videotaped the fully clothed pair in act…

CBP officials knew about derogatory Facebook group years ago and have investigated posts from it before

www.washingtonpost.com - A Customs and Border Protection officer stands at the Paso del Norte border crossing bridge at Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on Monday. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) By Reis Thebault and Reis Thebault Nation…

Russia paid radio broadcaster $1.4 million to air Kremlin propaganda in DC

www.opensecrets.org - OpenSecrets keeps money in politics transparent and accountable. Please support our work by making a donation today. Help us count cash and make change by making a donation today. Support Accountabil…

HBO's Riveting Years and Years Is a Vehicle for Pure Dystopian Dread

www.pastemagazine.com - I have now watched two episodes of HBO’s Years and Years, and while the idea of abandoning the painfully compelling six-part miniseries is unfathomable to me, I am also dreading the prospect of watch…

Wall Street Beware: The Public Banking Movement Is Coming for You

truthout.org - It may not come as a surprise to hear that the majority of Americans don’t trust the banking system in this country. Only 27 percent of those surveyed in a 2016 Gallup poll said they had “a great dea…

Melting Greenland Is Awash in Sand

www.nytimes.com - That might help meet a growing worldwide demand for sand. Henry Fountain, a New York Times climate reporter, and Ben C. Solomon, a Times multimedia reporter, traveled to Greenland to experience the c…

Unprecedented Arctic megafires are releasing a huge amount of CO2

www.newscientist.com - The Arctic is on fire. Dozens of wildfires of an unprecedented intensity have been burning across the Arctic circle for the past few weeks, releasing as much CO2 in just one month as Sweden’s total a…

Opinion - Goodbye Dollar, It Was Nice Knowing You!

www.informationclearinghouse.info - July 05, 2019 "Information Clearing House" -Over the past two years, the White House has initiated trade disputes, insulted allies and enemies alike, and withdrawn from or refused to ratify multinati…

Opinion - American Exceptionalism and American Innocence

www.informationclearinghouse.info - July 05, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - Roberto Sirvent and Danny Haiphong have explored the albatross of myths, legends, lies and damn lies around America’s neck in their book American Exceptio…

Burying the Nakba: How Israel systematically hides evidence of 1948 expulsion of Arabs

www.haaretz.com - Four years ago, historian Tamar Novick was jolted by a document she found in the file of Yosef Vashitz, from the Arab Department of the left-wing Mapam Party, in the Yad Yaari archive at Givat Haviva…

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