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Blue Angels, John Stamos … and tanks? Trump’s July 4th celebration takes shape

www.foxnews.com - President Trump replies to former president Carter's comments about his legitimacy in office. From his now-famous Trump Tower escalator ride to announce his 2016 campaign to last weekend’s historic s…

Inside the effort to build suspense — and crowds — for Trump’s Fourth of July

www.washingtonpost.com - Army personnel finish parking a Bradley Fighting Vehicle in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) By Juliet Eilperin , Juliet Eilperin Reporter covering domestic poli…

This Fourth of July, Trump will star in a movie of his own making

www.theguardian.com - Donald Trump won the presidency but never scored an Emmy for the Apprentice despite 15 seasons and 192 episodes. Come this Independence Day, however, the president will star in a movie of his own mak…

Five myths about the American flag

www.washingtonpost.com - 1. Betsy Ross made the first American flag. The Betsy Ross story is the most tenacious piece of fiction involving the flag. There simply is no credible historical evidence — letters, diaries, newspap…

Trumpmenbashi

thediplomat.com - In 1991, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Islam Karimov was elected Uzbekistan’s first – and heretofore only – president. His transition to the presidency was seamless: Karimov, a long…

Reversing course, Trump administration will look for a way to add citizenship question to 2020 Census

www.washingtonpost.com - President Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross last month. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Tara Bahrampour , Tara Bahrampour Reporter focusing on aging, generations and demography Email B…

From 'Unbelievable' to 'Infuriating': Uproar Over Judge Who Cited 'Good Family' of Accused Rapist as Reason for Leniency

www.commondreams.org - A state appeals court in New Jersey issued a vehement rebuke of a judge's earlier court decision in a **** case, in which the judge had given leniency to the defendant—reasoning that he was from "a g…

A giant heat dome over Alaska is set to threaten all-time temperature records

www.washingtonpost.com - Upper-level high pressure is maxed out and anchored over southern Alaska Friday evening per model simulations. (TropicalTidbits.com) By Ian Livingston Ian Livingston Email Bio Follow July 3 at 3:47 P…

"You hear kids crying": Border Patrol agent describes conditions in migrant detention centers

www.cbsnews.com - Rio Grande Valley — President Trump is pushing back against reports that migrants are being subjected to horrible conditions in detention centers at the U.S.-Mexico border. On Wednesday afternoon, he…

Trump’s war on refugees is tearing down US's life-changing resettlement program

www.theguardian.com - Tecle Gebremicheal loves Idaho, and he wants people to know about how it has now become home after he fled an orphanage in Eritrea at 14. After eight years in an Ethiopian refugee camp, he resettled …

Opinion | It’s the Cruelty, Stupid

www.nytimes.com - Why does the American president have such an affinity, a fetish even, for the world’s dictators while at the same time spurning many of America’s traditional allies? And how does this turn to the dar…

Drawings by migrant children who were in detention show them in cages

www.nbcnews.com - EL PASO, Texas — Migrant children should not be held in detention centers, the incoming president of the American Academy of Pediatrics said Wednesday after touring Customs and Border Protection faci…

Fears of catastrophic climate changes increases support for Extinction Rebellion campaign

www.winsfordguardian.co.uk - Extinction Rebellion Cheshire had a stall at Winsford Town Park's first birthday celebrations on Saturday

Why Is It 'Snowing' Salt in the Dead Sea?

www.livescience.com - A mysterious underwater "snowfall" of salt is falling and accumulating far below the surface of the Dead Sea. For decades the already-salty Dead Sea has been slowly getting saltier as its fresh water…

Plastic 'Nurdle' Pollution: Coming to a Beach Near You?

undark.org - Last September, Jace Tunnell discovered a layer of tiny, round plastic pellets covering a beach on Padre Island off the southern coast of Texas. There were “millions of them,” he recalled, “and it we…

Flesh-eating bacteria have infected 2 children and killed a 77-year-old woman in the past month. Experts say this will become more common in the US as ocean water warms.

www.businessinsider.com - Yet another person on the East Coast of the US has been found to have flesh-eating bacteria. On Saturday, Brittany Carey's young son went swimming in Maryland's Sinepuxent Bay near Ocean City. Two da…

Over One-Tenth of Global Population Could Lack Drinking Water by 2030

truthout.org - Outside on my front porch, alder chip smoke billows out of my small smoker. The racks inside the tin smoker are filled with wild-caught Alaskan Coho salmon, provided to me by my friend Jonathan. He a…

EPA Move to Phase Out Animal Experiments Could Mean the End of Toxics Regulations

theintercept.com - The Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a plan to sharply reduce and ultimately phase out experimental testing on lab animals. In an undated internal memo sent in late June to assi…

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