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Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan. Its founder calls it a terrorist refuge in plain sight.

www.washingtonpost.com - A woman reacts after the mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) By Drew Harwell Drew Harwell Reporter covering artificial intelligence Email Bio Follow August 4 at 9:51 P…

Republicans Are Blaming Video Games for the White Terrorist Attacks

splinternews.com - Dear Republicans, say it with me: White terr-or-ism. White supremacy. Domestic terrorism. Guns. Hate. Insecurity. Ignorance. Money. Any of these is more appropriate than blaming video games. Top Repu…

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them

theintercept.com - The most progressive candidates on stage at the Democratic presidential primary debate in Detroit on Tuesday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., dominated the event — despite…

Opinion | We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem

www.nytimes.com - Technology companies, too, appear unwilling to treat white nationalist terror online the way they have dealt with the online spread of radical Islamic terror groups, such as the Islamic State. Compan…

Tulsi Gabbard's Reports on Chemical Attacks in Syria - A Self-Contradictory Error Filled Mess - bellingcat

www.bellingcat.com - During the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries one candidate has stood out from the rest due to her stance on the conflict in Syria. Tulsi Gabbard has drawn fire from commentators and her op…

The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror - bellingcat

www.bellingcat.com - On August 3, 2019, at around 11am local time, initial police reports indicated that a gunman had walked into an El Paso Wal-Mart and opened fire. As of the publication of this article, at least eight…

The BRAD BLOG : Sunday Not Funny at All Toons

bradblog.com - 8/4/19: Sunday Not Funny at All Toons 8/2/19: How a Dirty Joke About a Cow and a Woman MAY Bring Hand-Marked Paper Ballots to All NC Voters: 'BradCast' 8/2/2019 8/1/19: Special Coverage: Analysis of …

Cloudflare cuts off far-right message board 8chan after El Paso shooting

www.theguardian.com - Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare has announced it will stop offering far-right message board 8chan protection from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of the El Paso te…

After El Paso, We Can No Longer Ignore Trump’s Role in Inspiring Mass Shootings

theintercept.com - Sound familiar? The president of the United States — who condemned the El Paso attack on Twitter — has repeatedly referred to an “invasion” at the southern border; condemned Mexican immigrants as “ra…

Trump Administration Is Making It Harder to Find Out Whether It’s Fighting White Supremacist Terror

theintercept.com - White nationalists, neo-Nazis, and members of the “alt-right” march during the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12, 2017. Photo: Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images On Tuesda…

In California's Fertile Valley, a Bumper Crop of Air Pollution

undark.org - Like many children in the San Joaquin Valley, six-year-old Kira Hinslea suffers from severe asthma. On many

We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report

www.theguardian.com - Attempts to solve the climate crisis by cutting carbon emissions from only cars, factories and power plants are doomed to failure, scientists will warn this week. A leaked draft of a report on climat…

Greenland's ice wasn't expected to melt like this until 2070

thehill.com - During the past week, temperatures at the highest reaches of the Greenland ice sheet rose above freezing, melting snow at the Summit Station (10,550 feet above sea level) for the first time since Jul…

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot

earthobservatory.nasa.gov - In June and July 2019, more than 100 long-lived and intense wildfires blazed within the Arctic Circle. Most of them burned in Alaska and Siberia, though a few raged even in Greenland. As these fires …

The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers

theintercept.com - Government whistleblowers are increasingly being charged under laws such as the Espionage Act, but they aren’t spies. They’re ordinary Americans and, like most of us, they carry smartphones that auto…

China Hits Back at Trump by Weakening Yuan, Halting Crop Imports

www.bloomberg.com - Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. China

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot

earthobservatory.nasa.gov - In June and July 2019, more than 100 long-lived and intense wildfires blazed within the Arctic Circle. Most of them burned in Alaska and Siberia, though a few raged even in Greenland. As these fires …

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Three mass shootings this year began with a hateful screed on 8chan. Its founder calls it a terrorist refuge in plain sight.

Republicans Are Blaming Video Games for the White Terrorist Attacks

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them

Opinion | We Have a White Nationalist Terrorist Problem

Tulsi Gabbard's Reports on Chemical Attacks in Syria - A Self-Contradictory Error Filled Mess - bellingcat

The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror - bellingcat

The BRAD BLOG : Sunday Not Funny at All Toons

Cloudflare cuts off far-right message board 8chan after El Paso shooting

After El Paso, We Can No Longer Ignore Trump’s Role in Inspiring Mass Shootings

Trump Administration Is Making It Harder to Find Out Whether It’s Fighting White Supremacist Terror

In California's Fertile Valley, a Bumper Crop of Air Pollution

We must change food production to save the world, says leaked report

Greenland's ice wasn't expected to melt like this until 2070

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot

The Trump Administration Is Using the Full Power of the U.S. Surveillance State Against Whistleblowers

China Hits Back at Trump by Weakening Yuan, Halting Crop Imports

Arctic Fires Fill the Skies with Soot

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