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Trump: My Crimes Can’t Be Investigated While I’m President

www.vanityfair.com - As you may or may not have heard, Donald Trump refused to release his tax returns while running for president, claiming, falsely, that an audit prevented him from doing so but that the public would s…

Trump’s Ukraine call reveals a president convinced of his own invincibility

www.washingtonpost.com - As the Ukraine story heated up Friday, President Trump was preparing to host a state dinner. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Philip Rucker , Philip Rucker White House Bureau Chief Email Bio F…

Trump is a Clear and Present Danger to America and the World

robertreich.org - In retrospect, what’s most disturbing about “Sharpiegate” isn’t Donald Trump’s clumsy effort to doctor a National Weather Service map or even his brazen move to get the same agency to lie on his beha…

If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is

www.theatlantic.com - If this in itself is not impeachable, then the concept has no meaning. Trump’s grubby commandeering of the presidency’s fearsome and nearly uncheckable powers in foreign policy for his own ends is a …

Is Anyone Surprised That Trump Is Sending Troops To Saudi Arabia To Protect Oil?

www.wonkette.com - During the 2000 election and even after, one of the absolute stupidest troll arguments in favor of Trump was that he, supposedly, was "anti-war" and an isolationist. While anyone with half a brain co…

Iran’s Foreign Minister: ‘I’m Not Confident That We Can Avoid a War’

www.thedailybeast.com - Iran’s foreign minister has accused the Trump administration of “posturing” by announcing plans to send troops to Saudi Arabia in the wake of attacks on oil facilities there last week. “I think it's …

Warren Accuses Congress of Complicity in Trump's Continued Abuses

truthout.org - Sen. Elizabeth Warren accused the U.S. Congress of complicity in President Donald Trump’s continued abuse of power late Friday, after reports surfaced of his alleged attempts to solicit foreign meddl…

Of Two Minds - Automation and the Crisis of Work

www.oftwominds.com - Technology, like natural selection, has no goal. When it comes to the impact of automation (robots, AI, etc.) on jobs, there are two schools of thought: one holds that technology has always created m…

International Conference in Syria on Sanctions and Its Blowback

www.mintpressnews.com - Welcome to your second country, that was the greeting our Syrian hosts gave us when we arrived for the International Trade Union Forum for “solidarity with the workers and people of Syria against the…

A New Generation of Activists Put Their Bodies on the Line to Defend California’s Forests

theintercept.com - In Humboldt County, California, activists have been fighting for decades to preserve the forests and have embraced direct action tactics aimed at physically preventing logging companies from felling …

Warren passes Biden, takes the lead in prized Iowa poll

www.washingtonpost.com - Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) speaks at the Polk County Steak Fry in Des Moines. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg) By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker National political reporter Email Bio Follow S…

How big was the global climate strike? Here’s the best city-by-city estimate

qz.com - On Sept. 20, the world likely saw its biggest single-day climate protest in history. Organizers of the climate strikes estimate that some 4 million people turned up to 6,000 events held in more than …

IKEA is investing $2.8 billion in renewable energy infrastructure

qz.com - The world’s largest furniture company is determined to go off-grid, and it’s developing an affordable solar energy program to convince you to do the same. Timed for the UN Climate Action Summit in Ne…

Why 10,000 farmers have gotten behind the Green New Deal

grist.org - This story originally appeared in FERN’s Ag Insider. It is republished here as part of Grist’s partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthe…

This Is Exactly What Will Happen After the Last Fish in the Ocean Dies

www.vice.com - Picture a beach along the same vast ocean you know today—the same powerful waves and shifting tides, reflecting the same beautiful sunsets, even the same green-blue water. Now imagine a crowd gathere…

Dave Lowe found measurable proof of climate change 50 years ago - he's watched in horror ever since

www.stuff.co.nz - Dave Lowe established the Baring Head air monitoring station, helped prove human-driven climate change and contributed to the winning of a Nobel Peace Prize. Along the way were countless arguments wi…

Tony Perkins Absolutely Outraged That House Dems Oppose Government Subsidized Hate Groups

www.wonkette.com - This Thursday, the House Ways And Means committee held a hearing to discuss the fact that over 60 hate groups have a non-profit status that allows them to be tax exempt, and to consider the fact that…

The Official U.S. Poverty Rate is Based on a Hopelessly Out-of-Date Metric

www.counterpunch.org - The poverty rate in the United States fell to 11.8 percent in 2018, according to data released last week by the Census Bureau — the lowest it’s been since 2001. But this estimate significantly unders…

Vaclav Smil: ‘Growth must end. Our economist friends don’t seem to realise that’ | Science and nature books

www.theguardian.com - The scientist and author on his latest book – an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth – and why humanity’s endless expansion must stop. Vaclav Smil is a distinguished professor emeritus in the …

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