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Doomstead Diner Daily 12/15
« Reply #510 on: December 15, 2019, 06:02:32 am »

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Trump Is Trying to Pick His Opponent Just Like Nixon Did

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Supreme Court to Rule on Release of Trump’s Financial Records

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What Kind of House Democrat Would Switch Parties? - Lawyers, Guns & Money

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The Wax and Wane of J Street’s Influence Over U.S.-Israel Policy

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Media Silent as Nobel Prize Winning OPCW Found “Fixing” its Own Findings on Syria

mintpressnews.com - Douma, Syria, April 2018. Dozens of people die in a suspected chemical weapons attack in the eastern suburb of the capital Damascus. The United States and many European countries immediately identify…

Jim Bakker Threatens 'An Explosion' If Trump Impeached

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Too Big to Fail: the Epstein Investigation - MintPress News

mintpressnews.com - While the Jeffrey Epstein scandal has largely faded from media coverage in the United States, it has continued to attract attention abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom in connection with Epste…

We Have to Take the Roses Seriously: Talking to Nathan J. Robinson

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Ravenous for Meat, China Faces a Climate Quandary

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A judge ordered up to 234,000 people to be tossed from the registered voter list in a swing state

washingtonpost.com - (iStock) By Marisa Iati close Marisa Iati General Assignment reporter Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow December 14, 2019 at 7:44 PM EST A Wisconsin judge ordered the state to take as many as 234,000 p…

Turkey renews military pledge to Libya as threat of Mediterranean war grows

theguardian.com - The threat of a military clash in the Mediterranean has drawn nearer following talks in which Turkey has underlined its willingness to send troops to Libya to defend the country’s UN-recognised gover…

Corbyn 'sorry' over Labour's heavy election defeat

bbc.com - Jeremy Corbyn has apologised to Labour supporters over his party's heavy defeat in the general election. Writing in the Sunday Mirror and the Observer, he acknowledged the party's failings in the pol…

5-Year-Old Sells Hot Cocoa, Cookies to Pay Off Over 100 Classmates’ Lunch Debt

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Alaska’s Coastal Communities Face a Growing Climate Threat

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Gold and Jewels Found on Minoan Island Devoted to the Color Purple

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Former Israeli Spy Details Motive Behind Epstein’s Sexual Blackmail Operation

themindunleashed.com - (MPN) — In recent weeks, renewed attention has been brought to the allegations that Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking and sexual blackmail operation was run on behalf of Israeli…

South Korea is not Willing to Pay 5 Times More for Stationing American Troops | New Eastern Outlook

journal-neo.org - The present relationship between Seoul and Washington is plagued with problems, and recently the amount of money South Korea spends on U.S. military forces stationed in its territory has become the m…

The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we have | Alan Rusbridger

theguardian.com - In his first 1,000 days in office Donald Trump made 13,435 false or misleading claims, according to the good folk at the Washington Post who painstakingly monitor the president’s habit of bending the…

New Film Dark Waters Shines Light on Chemical Pollution History in Ohio River Valley

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The Earth needs multiple methods for removing CO2 from the air to avert worst of climate change

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Argentina Wants a Fracking Boom. The US Offers a Cautionary Tale | naked capitalism

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What winter solstice rituals tell us about indigenous people

theconversation.com - On the day of winter solstice, many Native American communities will hold religious ceremonies or community events. The winter solstice is the day of the year when the Northern Hemisphere has the few…


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