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• Thursday, Jul. 25, 2019

Of Two Minds - It's Not Just the News That's Fake--Everything's Fake

www.oftwominds.com- That we fall for the fakes and cons is understandable, given that's all we have left in the public sphere. What do we mean when we say corporate media is fake? We mean it's a carefully crafted con, a…

Mueller answers Trump taunts in testimony unlikely to change the political dynamic

www.washingtonpost.com - By Ashley Parker , Ashley Parker White House reporter Email Bio Follow Rachael Bade , Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey and Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White Hous…

Mueller contradicts Trump in long-awaited testimony to Congress

thinkprogress.org - In long-awaited testimony to Congress, former special counsel Robert Mueller contradicted President Donald Trump, confirming that his investigation did not exonerate the president. “And what about to…

The Mueller hearing and the death of facts

theconversation.com - Listening to former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony on July 24, the nation heard a duel over the facts. Not what the facts imply, not our response to them, but what the facts are. Founding…

Puerto Rican Governor Ricardo Roselló Resigns After Mass Protests

splinternews.com - After more than two weeks of mass protests calling for his ouster, Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced on Wednesday that he will be resigning from his position, effective August 2. In his ann…

'This Is Just the Beginning': Puerto Ricans Celebrate as Historic Protests Force Resignation of Gov. Rosselló

www.commondreams.org - Puerto Ricans erupted with joy and celebration after Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Wednesday night that he will resign amid historic protests over his corruption and slur-filled text messages, but …

Conspiring with Neo-Nazi Parties: Washington and the EU's Role in the Kiev Coup - Global Research

www.globalresearch.ca - In the weeks preceding the February 2014 ousting of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, American politicians were prominent in Kiev inciting the marchers so as to destabilize government institutio…

Asylum Seekers That Followed Trump Rule Now Don’t Qualify Because of New Trump Rule

www.propublica.org - But now, thousands of people are being barred from the U.S. precisely because they followed those rules. Under an administration policy issued last week, most migrants who’ve passed through a third c…

Breaking- Russia Provides Turkey with Needed “Justification” to Back Down from S-400 Deal While Saving Face!

www.newsbud.com - Under tremendous economic and political pressure, Turkey ponders using the latest Russia-Syria offensives in Idlib as an excuse (aka justification) to back down from its S-400 deal with Russia. In th…

Trump flags and hats made in China are reportedly being held up at customs as trade war heats up

www.businessinsider.com - Trump-themed flags and hats made in China are reportedly being held up at US customs amid an intensifying trade war. Textile suppliers who export their goods to the US told China's state-run tabloid …

Millions Gear Up to Take Part in September's Global Climate Strikes

www.commondreams.org - Global - Millions will take part in global climate strikes on the 20th + 27th September, and the "Week for Future” in between. Organisers say that it is on course to be the largest global mobilizatio…

In the Ancient Valleys of Macedonia, a Pall of Air Pollution

undark.org - A worker at an outdoor quicklime kiln in the southeastern village of Kosturino, Macedonia. The operation — just one of dozens of prominent sources of air pollution in the country — burns tires for fu…

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Russia Deployed Its Trolls to Cover Up the Murder of 298 People on MH17

www.thedailybeast.com - The bodies had hardly stopped falling from the sky on July 17, 2014, when the trolls of Russia’s Internet Research Agency went into action. Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had just been shot down over ea…

Fox & Friends co-anchor says friendly fast food employees “make a lot of money”

thetakeout.com - As the debate over a national $15 minimum wage continues, one of the primary rhetorical battlegrounds in recent months has been the restaurant world. Between the general U.S. standard of paying less …

America’s Collapse: #1 in a Series - PaulCraigRoberts.org

www.paulcraigroberts.org - America’s Collapse: #1 in a Series Readers aware that I, and Dmitry Orlov, have been chronicling America’s rapid decline ask me, “where did it all begin?” To answer that question would require a mass…

The Dirtiest Beaches in America - Organic Prepper

www.theorganicprepper.com - If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Are you planning to take your family to the beach this summer? If so, you might want to know the dirty details of a …

Natural Gas Leaks are a Much Bigger Problem than we Thought - Resilience

www.resilience.org - Natural gas has been touted as a green energy source by some because, when burned for fuel, it emits less CO2 than coal. But before that happens, leaks from across the natural gas supply chain — from…

Climate and Collapse: Only through the insurrection of civil societies will we avoid the worst

www.activisme.fr - Basta Mag: How has the climate situation evolved since the signing of the Paris Agreement - in the context of the COP 21 -, at the end of 2015? Christophe Bonneuil [1]: Greenhouse gas emissions conti…

USDA Report Sees Dire Climate-Change Impact on U.S. Crops

www.wsj.com - Federally subsidized crop insurance covers as much as 85% of a farmer’s acres against natural disasters or declines in commodity prices. The government subsidizes 62% of the insurance premium on aver…

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