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2020 Democrats defend Kamala Harris after Donald Trump Jr. tweet about her race

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What the Concentration Camps of Bosnia Can Teach Us About the Abuse of Immigrants on the U.S. Border

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Canadian Cartoonist Fired After His Trump Cartoon Goes Viral

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House Democrats just opened a probe into Trump lapdog Matt Gaetz that could end his career

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Asymmetry between the major parties fries the circuits of the mainstream press - PressThink

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Portland police clash with protesters and make ‘cement milkshake’ claim

www.theguardian.com - Police declared a civil disturbance in Portland, Oregon on Saturday afternoon, after a day of duelling political protests culminated in brawls and standoffs between demonstrators and law enforcement.…


Trump Loses Again in Efforts to Build His Precious Border Wall

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The Racist Nextdoor

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Berlin freezes rent for five years

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'Surveillance Scores' Can Cost You BIG - The Organic Prepper

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It turns out planes are even worse for the climate than we thought

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Ice sheet collapse: The greatest unknown in climate science

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Thousands protest against lifting Madrid car ban

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How chronic stress harms orcas in captivity

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A robotic teddy bear can benefit hospitalized children

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Trump's EPA may be about to screw over America's biggest wild salmon run

www.motherjones.com - The war over America’s most productive wild salmon fishery, in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, has been brewing for nearly 40 years. Now, the Trump administration appears to be intervening on behalf of the min…


Extinct 11-Foot 'Super-Ostrich' Was As Massive As a Polar Bear

www.livescience.com - Near the dawn of the last ice age, an enormous terrestrial bird about three times the size of a modern ostrich jogged across eastern Europe, according to a fossil femur recently found in Crimea. Anal…


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