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CIA top lawyer made 'criminal referral' on complaint about Trump call

www.nbcnews.com - WASHINGTON — Weeks before the whistleblower's complaint became public, the CIA's top lawyer made what she considered to be a criminal referral to the Justice Department about the whistleblower's alle…

Holding Ukraine hostage: How the president and his allies, chasing 2020 ammunition, fanned a political storm

www.washingtonpost.com - By Greg Miller , Greg Miller national security, intelligence, terrorism Email Bio Follow Paul Sonne , Paul Sonne National security reporter focusing on the U.S. military Email Bio Follow Greg Jaffe a…

Trump-Ukraine Call Was Anything but “Routine,” Texts Show

theintercept.com - Newly released text messages between State Department officials provide the clearest evidence yet that President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was not …

Trump says House has votes to impeach, but believes Republicans in Senate will exonerate him

www.washingtonpost.com - By Toluse Olorunnipa Toluse Olorunnipa White House reporter Email Bio Follow October 4 at 8:23 PM President Trump conceded Friday that Democrats had enough votes to impeach him, but he suggested that…

Donald Trump Jr. is outraged by Hunter Biden's "conflict of interest." Where to begin?

www.motherjones.com - On Wednesday, Donald Trump Jr. joined his father’s ongoing effort to smear Joe Biden and his son Hunter over the younger Biden’s role as a board member of a Ukrainian energy company. In a tweet, Trum…

The Trump administration will deny visas to uninsured, low-income immigrants

www.vox.com - President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Friday night barring immigrants who do not have health insurance and cannot afford to pay medical care costs from getting visas of almost any kind to ente…

Being bilingual rewires the fundamental structure of your brain

qz.com - It’s well known that being bilingual has cognitive benefits: switching between two languages has been compared to mental gymnastics. But now, research suggests that mastering two languages can fundam…

Right-wing plan to embarrass Ocasio-Cortez at town hall backfires spectacularly

shareblue.com - A woman who suggested people 'eat babies' to save the planet was in fact a conservative plant. A pro-Trump group's attempt to infiltrate a town hall held by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was e…

Of Two Minds - Democracy Is Now a Hindrance to the Imperial State

www.oftwominds.com - Democracy is the coat of paint applied for PR purposes to the Imperial State. If we step back from the histrionics of impeachment and indeed, the past four years of political circus, we have to wonde…

Iowa teacher placed on leave after 'sniper rifle' comment about Thunberg visit

thehill.com - An Iowa teacher has been placed on leave after remarking on Facebook that he did not have his "sniper rifle" for a visit by teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. A spokeswoman for Waterloo Communi…

The Supreme Court just set up a 2020 abortion showdown

qz.com - The US Supreme Court today announced that it will hear a Louisiana abortion-rights case. Now, as the 2020 presidential campaign heats up, the court will hear decide its first case on the controversia…

Has Capitalism Become Our Religion?

www.thenation.com - Lord Cochrane and Captain de Beranger, collaborators in a stock exchange fraud. (George Cruikshank, 1814) (Wellcome Collection) You will receive occasional promotional offers for programs that suppor…

Top Climate Hazards in 2050

www.climatecentral.org - In the past six months, Florida has faced record high temperatures, abnormally toxic algal blooms, and the house-flattening winds of Hurricane Michael. California suffered its worst-ever wildfires, p…

Report Shows 'Stunning and Dramatic' Scenes of Thawing Permafrost in Siberia That 'Leaves Millions on Unstable Ground'

www.commondreams.org - The latest installment in a Washington Post series on "hot zones" around the world that are already enduring "extreme climate change" focuses on the federal Russian republic in eastern Siberia called…

Turkish Scientist Sentenced to Prison for Publishing Paper Linking Pollution to Cancer

www.ecowatch.com - The study, which was commissioned by Turkey's Ministry of Health, found dangerous levels of pesticides and heavy metals in various food and water samples from several provinces in western Turkey. Wat…

2,000 Atoms Exist in Two Places at Once in Unprecedented Quantum Experiment

www.livescience.com - Giant molecules can be in two places at once, thanks to quantum physics. That's something that scientists have long known is theoretically true based on a few facts: Every particle or group of partic…

Want to find a place to live that will be safe from climate change? Good luck

www.fastcompany.com - The year is 2050 or 2060, and as climate change progresses, extreme weather is getting worse. If you live in the U.S., you might be tempted to move to another city or state—but where should you go? a…

For Their Efforts to 'Save Our Planet,' Dakota Access Pipeline Opponents Face More Than 100 Years in Prison

www.commondreams.org - It was announced this week that two fossil fuel activists face nine charges each in federal court for their actions to stop the controversial Dakota Access pipeline—actions they said they undertook "…

I study collapsed civilizations. Here’s my advice for a climate change apocalypse.

www.kentucky.com - I am an archaeologist and a wilderness survival instructor. Because I study societies that have collapsed, and since I teach basic outdoor skills, people ask me about what to do in a natural disaster…

Here's Who We Would Bring Back from the Dead to Talk About Trump

splinternews.com - On Thursday, Washington Post columnist and CNN analyst Josh Rogin posed an interesting hypothetical and followed it up with three of the dumbest answers imaginable: John McCain? Christopher Hitchens?…

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