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Trump’s new national security advisor is dangerous, but he’s the current norm

www.intrepidreport.com - Robert O’Brien is a respected authority on international relations and now replaces John Bolton as U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security advisor. He is a neoconservative who feels that Bara…

Trump Acknowledges Discussing Biden in Call With Ukrainian Leader

www.nytimes.com - Mr. Schiff, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said impeachment “may be the only remedy” if Mr. Trump did in fact withhold aid to Ukraine in the hopes that the country would pursue an investigat…

As Trump Confirms He Discussed Biden With Ukraine, Pressure to Impeach Builds

www.nytimes.com - Speaking to reporters, the president defended his July phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as entirely appropriate, and stopped short of directly confirming news reports about wha…

‘We’ve been very weak’: House Democrats decry their oversight of Trump, push Pelosi on impeachment

www.washingtonpost.com - By Rachael Bade and Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow Josh Dawsey Josh Dawsey Reporter covering the White House Email Bio Follow September 22 at 3:14 PM Democrats’ frustration with…

Trump’s takeover of GOP forces many House Republicans to head for the exits

www.washingtonpost.com - By Rachael Bade Rachael Bade Congressional reporter Email Bio Follow September 22 at 1:36 PM Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell’s surprise retirement began with a President Trump tweet. Moments after Trum…

Opinion | Trump and Election Interference, Whistle-Blower Edition

www.nytimes.com - Trump has been credibly accused of using the presidency to enrich himself (summits at Trump properties!), to protect himself from law enforcement (appeals to James Comey, offers of pardons!) and to p…

Spy vs spy vs spy: The mysterious Mr. Smolenkov

www.intrepidreport.com - A new spy story has been making the rounds in Washington, but this time it involved a brave Russian official who was allegedly recruited while in the Russian Embassy in Washington in 2007 and then wo…

GOP Huddles With Fossil Fuel Industry During Climate Week

theintercept.com - Youth demonstrators stormed streets across the world demanding drastic action on the climate crisis on Friday, following a visit by Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Capitol Hill last week to press …

The Press Is Embracing False Equivalence—Again

www.theatlantic.com - These two specific failings of Clinton’s—with no connection in substance, but subsumed as “the email question”—will, in any historical reckoning, seem of the mundane, “every campaign has its problems…

Anti-Vaxxers Lack Trust. Here's Why.

undark.org - Recently, an acquaintance — the mother of a young child — popped up in a Facebook thread discussing a Newsweek story about Russian internet trolls spreading anti-vaccine propaganda. She described the…

Margaret Atwood on What ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Means in the Age of Trump

www.nytimes.com - Which brings me to three questions I am often asked. First, is “The Handmaid’s Tale” a “feminist” novel? If you mean an ideological tract in which all women are angels and/or so victimized they are i…

25 ways the Canadian health care system is better than Obamacare for the 2020 elections

www.intrepidreport.com - Dear America: Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare, and although it has improved access to healthcare for some, tens of millions of Americans still cannot afford basic medical care for their fam…

Money Is the Oxygen on Which the Fire of Global Warming Burns

www.newyorker.com - I’m skilled at eluding the fetal crouch of despair—because I’ve been working on climate change for thirty years, I’ve learned to parcel out my angst, to keep my distress under control. But, in the pa…

'We the People March': Protest in DC to 'hold Trump accountable' | News

www.aljazeera.com - Washington, DC - Demonstrators have marched through Washington, DC, to protest against the policies of US President Donald Trump's administration and demand accountability from politicians. Saturday'…

Why did Thomas Cook collapse after 178 years in business?

www.theguardian.com - Why did Thomas Cook fail after 178 years in business? The immediate answer is that it was unable to secure a £200m lifeline from its bankers, including government-owned RBS. But in truth the tour ope…

Thomas Cook collapse: your questions answered

www.theguardian.com - The collapse of Thomas Cook is the biggest failure to date of a UK package holiday company, and leaves approximately 150,000 British holidaymakers stranded abroad – and many more with useless holiday…

‘Shut Down D.C.’: What you need to know about the protests that may create gridlock in Washington

www.washingtonpost.com - By Hannah Natanson Hannah Natanson Reporter covering social issues in the D.C. metro area Email Bio Follow September 23 at 6:20 AM A broad coalition of climate activists called “Shut Down D.C.” plans…

The Dark Side of Techno-Utopianism

www.newyorker.com - In 1476, about two decades after the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, a merchant named William Caxton built Britain’s first printing press, in a building near Westminster Abbey. The following year…

Tornado’s and Tornadon’ts: Tips for Surviving a Tornado

www.doomsdaymoose.com - The United States has the highest occurrence of tornadoes in the world. Crazy, huh? Ok maybe not. But if you live in the U.S. and don’t know anything about surviving a tornado — don’t worry, I got yo…

Indigenous Corn Keepers are Helping Communities Recover and Reunite with their Traditional Foods - Resilience

www.resilience.org - Onondaga Nation, New York – Angela Ferguson opens a door unveiling thousands of jars filled with corn seeds from across Turtle Island. The color and the sheer number of seed varieties washing over th…

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