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Corporate Media Filled With Nameless Voices Attacking Progressive Democrats

fair.org - The Democratic Party establishment wants you to know that they’re not afraid of primary challenges from the Justice Democrats—a progressive political action committee that runs progressive candidates…

Trump postpones Denmark trip after prime minister declines to sell him Greenland

www.washingtonpost.com - By Felicia Sonmez , Felicia Sonmez National reporter on The Washington Post's breaking political news team Email Bio Follow Anne Gearan and Anne Gearan White House reporter Email Bio Follow Damian Pa…

The U.S. is nearing a deal with the Taliban. But another major threat looms in Afghanistan: The Islamic State.

www.washingtonpost.com - More than 60 people were killed and dozens were hurt in an explosion targeting a wedding in Kabul on Aug. 18, the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital in recent months. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Imag…

Brexit: Boris Johnson prepares to visit Berlin as minister struggles to defend his 'collaboration' jibe - live news

www.theguardian.com - Boris Johnson is making his first visit abroad as prime minister today when he visits Berlin for dinner with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. What could possibly go wrong? Well, Basil Fawlty-sty…

The Justice Department’s Disgraceful Effort to Shield Trump From Congressional Oversight

slate.com - Attorney General William Barr speaks at the International Conference on Cyber Security at Fordham University School of Law on July 23 in New York City. On Tuesday, the Department of Justice filed a d…

White House Looked Into Ways to Block Migrant Children From Going to School

www.bloomberg.com - A child paints a sign during a protest rally outside the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children, in Florida. Photographer: Gaston De Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images Photographer: Gaston…

Despite rhetoric, Turkey complies with U.S. oil sanctions on Iran - Reuters

www.reuters.com - ISTANBUL, May 21 (Reuters) - Turkey has closed its ports to Iranian oil, fully complying with U.S. sanctions against its main supplier, despite Ankara publicly criticising the United States’ move to …

Trump Accuses Most American Jews of “Disloyalty” to Israel, Deploying Anti-Semitic Trope

theintercept.com - That group, the Republican Jewish Coalition, defended Trump on Tuesday, accusing the 79 percent of American Jews who voted for Democratic candidates in the 2018 midterms of defending “a party that pr…

Vatican invokes Cardinal George Pell's 'right to appeal' after child sexual abuse conviction upheld

www.theguardian.com - The most senior Catholic cleric in the world to be convicted of child sexual abuse, Cardinal George Pell, has lost his appeal against his conviction, but maintains he is innocent. In a brief statemen…

Some of the Country’s Worst Prisons Have Escaped Justice Department Action — ProPublica

www.propublica.org - This article was produced in partnership with the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. This story is part of an ongoing investi…

Opinion | Of course Trump backtracks on gun reform. He lacks the courage.

www.washingtonpost.com - By Editorial Board August 20 at 7:35 PM FOR A moment, it seemed as though what was usually assumed in Washington could no longer be taken for granted. President Trump was promising “very meaningful b…

The Pentagon is building a ‘self-aware’ killer robot army fueled by social media

medium.com - This exclusive is published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowd-funded investigative journalism project for the global commons This exclusive is published by INSURGE INTELLIGENCE, a crowd-funded investi…

Climate Data Is Being Privatized. Will the Public Lose Out?

undark.org - People watch a wildfire in the town of Rafina, near Athens, Greece on July 23, 2018. Extreme weather events are expected to become more common as the climate changes. How do we avoid a future in whic…

The Amazon Is on Fire and the Smoke Can Be Seen from Space

www.vice.com - In the middle of the day on Monday, the sky above São Paulo, Brazil went dark. The city, along with parts of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Paraná, was blanketed by smoke from wildfires ragi…

Blood...or Soil? Fascism, Leftism, and the Coming Food Crises

abeautifulresistance.org - But of course no such revolt occurred in the 1980's, and the rural farming populations now lean right-wing. Not just right, but far-right, a situation quite similar to the rural farming populations i…

Scientists Have Been Underestimating the Pace of Climate Change

blogs.scientificamerican.com - Recently, the U.K. Met Office announced a revision to the Hadley Center historical analysis of sea surface temperatures (SST), suggesting that the oceans have warmed about 0.1 degree Celsius more tha…

The Anthropocene Is a Joke

www.theatlantic.com - Humans are now living in a new geological epoch of our own making: the Anthropocene. Or so we’re told. Whereas some epochs in Earth history stretch more than 40 million years, this new chapter starte…

The US won't provide flu vaccines to migrant families at border detention camps

www.cnbc.com - The U.S. won't be vaccinating migrant families in holding centers ahead of this year's flu season, despite calls from doctors to boost efforts to fight the infection that's killed at least three chil…

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Asks Why the Justice Department Went Easy on Big Banks — ProPublica

www.propublica.org - ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. This …

Opinion - Israel Is Not A U.S. Ally

www.informationclearinghouse.info - Andrew Sullivan comments on the U.S.-Israel relationship and the role of “pro-Israel” lobbying groups in our politics in a new essay. There are several things that I think Sullivan gets wrong, but pe…

4 Emergency Supplies All Preppers Should Have in Storage

www.doomsdaymoose.com - Recent weather events, civil unrest and failures in distribution and services have made it clear that prepping for emergencies and disasters is important for the survival of yourself and your family.…

Why I Say that this Civilisation is Finished - Resilience

www.resilience.org - It has been a huge privilege to be involved with Extinction Rebellion, for nearly a year now. For the first time in years I feel a growing glimmer of hope for humanity. Finally, we are seeing a mass …

Study concludes that nature benefits when more women make land management decisions

news.mongabay.com - The cause of conservation is advanced more assuredly when more women are included among the groups making land management decisions, new research finds. The study, led by researchers at the Universit…

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