EMOLUMENTS

"Unless Congress impeaches him, he'll do anything he wants."

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President Accused of 'Another Blatant Violation' of Constitution Over Reports Foreign Officials Rented Luxury Condos From Trump

"Unless Congress impeaches him, he'll do anything he wants."

EVEN THE SYMBOL OF AMERICA IS UNDER
FATAL ATTACK 

Poisonings That Killed At Least 7 Bald Eagles Are Under Investigation

Wildlife officials are investigating a series of poisonings in Maryland that killed a great horned owl and seven bald eagles and caused "significant injuries" to multiple other eagles.The Maryland Department of Natural Resources released a statement earlier this week asking the public for any inform...

THE SCA VS ODINISTS VS ANTI FA 

Medieval Scholars Joust With White Nationalists. And One Another.

Each May, some 3,000 people descend on Kalamazoo, Mich., for the International Congress on Medieval Studies, which brings together academics and enthusiasts for four days of scholarly panels, performances and after-hours mead drinking.

"The financial industry used $2 billion in political spending during the last election cycle to head off meaningful change and preserve its ability to rip off consumers."

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Wall Street Money Buys Silence on Big Bank Abuses

The financial industry used $2 billion in political spending during the last election cycle to head off meaningful change and preserve its ability to rip off consumers.. In February 2018, Rachelle Faroul became a symbol of racial discrimination in lending when an award-winning investigative report f...

GOP, Not Russia, Is Greater Threat to Free Elections

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GOP, Not Russia, Is Greater Threat to Free Elections

The right to vote—the most basic right of a democracy—is still contested in too many states—and must be fought, state by state, by citizens of conscience.. We all have heard about WikiLeaks and Russian interference in the 2016 election. The report of Special Counsel Robert Mueller has once mor...

US ARMY GOES RETRO TO THE WAR THEY WON (COMING LATE TO THE PARTY AS USUAL JUST LIKE IN WWI)

To Stand Out, the Army Picks a New Uniform With a World War II Look

The United States Army wanted a spiffy new service uniform, one that would stand out in a tough recruiting environment and polish the Army’s image after a generation of grinding and divisive wars. So it turned the clock back. Way back. It chose a new uniform that looks almost exactly like the old ...

"A hand out to oil company CEOs at the cost of endangering the lives of their workers and heightening the risk for another environmental catastrophe."

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'Recipe for Disaster': Trump Guts Offshore Drilling Rules Put in Place After Deepwater Horizon Spill

"Gutting the few offshore drilling safeguards established in wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster is reckless and wrong."

Many cheers for these young people who are hitting the streets to save the planet for all of us.

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'Beautiful Trouble' Grows as Climate Strike Friday Goes Big on Multiple Continents

Over 700 strikes set to take place

SELF REGULATION HOW THAT WORKING OUT

Boeing knew about problems with the 737 Max the year before Lion Air crash and did nothing about them

A new statement from Boeing suggests it knew about a problem with the 737 Max the year before the deadly October 2018 Lion Air crash, but decided not to do anything about it.

ROFLMAO GIG ECONOMY EASY COME EASY GO

Elon Musk’s billionaire moon passenger says he’s broke

Yusaku Maezawa, CEO of struggling online retailer Zozo, paid an undisclosed sum to travel as a private passenger aboard SpaceX's first flight around the moon.