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« Reply #405 on: November 05, 2019, 07:21:11 am »

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Former ambassador testifies she felt threatened by Trump’s comments about her

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Court deals a huge blow to Trump’s attempts to hide the mysterious sources of his income

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Opinion | So this is why Trump doesn’t want officials to testify

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If Americans are better off than a decade ago, why doesn’t it feel that way?

theguardian.com - Jimmy Wilson, a 49-year-old cook who works at a Detroit bar, was sitting outside on his break and fuming. “This doesn’t affect me at all,” he said, speaking about the televised August Democratic 2020…

Of Two Minds - The Middle Class Is Now The Muddle Class

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PG&E Spent Millions on Lobbying Even After Declaring Bankruptcy

theintercept.com - The decision by Pacific Gas & Electric to declare bankruptcy in January did not prevent the utility giant from continuing to spend big on political influence in California’s Statehouse. The investor-…

Democrats Are Going to War to Stop Two Progressive Candidates in Philadelphia

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Appeals court rules Trump can't block Manhattan DA subpoena for records

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Try not to get dizzy: Trump makes four different arguments about his Ukraine call in 74 words

cnn.com - "And all of those many people that listened to the phone call, why didn't they have a problem with it? Because they didn't have -- many people listen to calls between -- I know that. For instance, th…

The State of California Could Have Stopped 8Chan: It Didn’t - bellingcat

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California is living America's dystopian future

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When America Tried to Deport Its Radicals

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The Methane Detectives: On the Trail of a Global Warming Mystery

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Recycling is hard. That's why we have to eliminate single use packaging and not get distracted.

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Richard Spencer Broke His Contract With America

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House Democrats Could Soon Learn Inner Workings of Giuliani’s Ukraine Operation

nymag.com - When Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, legitimate businessmen and clients of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, were arrested in October on federal charges related to their work with Giuliani in Ukra…

Nasa's Voyager 2 sends back its first message from interstellar space

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First They Came For Max

popularresistance.org - Above Photo: From Raymcgovern.com Well, not really first. They had already come for Chelsea Manning; for Julian Assange; for John Kiriakou; for Jeffrey Sterling — the list is longer still. Last Frida…

Trump’s Phone Call Was So ‘Perfect’ That He Doesn’t Want Anyone But Him to Talk About It

rollingstone.com - Monday is shaping up to be a lighter day for the impeachment inquiry than Democrats had hoped. Two top officials in the Office of Budget and Management and two National Security Council lawyers who h…


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