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« Reply #360 on: October 14, 2019, 09:01:56 am »


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Macabre Video of Fake Trump Shooting Media and Critics Is Shown at His Resort

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Opinion | Trumpism’s Infinite Vulgarities

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Trump threatens to sue top Democrats Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi amid impeachment inquiry

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Fact-Checking 5 Claims About the Impeachment Inquiry

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Joe Biden Is Right About The New York Times

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The Myth of Judeo-Christian Values

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Trump’s former top Russia adviser to testify in House impeachment probe

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Spanish Supreme Court sentences Catalan separatists to prison, sparking protests

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Firms ignoring climate crisis will go bankrupt, says Mark Carney

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Homemade Bomb Detonated for First Time in Hong Kong Protests

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Crises in Iraq and Haiti expose the failure of militarized neoliberalism

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Technology Sabotaged Public Safety

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The 'Plague' of FascismInfecting Trump's America - WhoWhatWhy

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California wildfires, electricity shutoffs and our troubled energy future - Resilience

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