THE MEDIA MAKETH THE MAN

"You aren't imagining it. Major news outlets amplify false or misleading Trump claims without debunking them an average of 19 times per day."

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Instead of Correcting Lies, Corporate Media Use Twitter to Passively Amplify Misinformation From Trump, Study Shows

"You aren't imagining it."

"The fate of a Bedouin village spotlights the cruelty of the Israeli occupation."

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Reality Check at Ground Zero

The fate of a Bedouin village spotlights the cruelty of the Israeli occupation.. Here at the grassroots, where real life is lived, things look very different. The Bedouin of the village of Khan al Ahmar are anxiously awaiting Israeli military bulldozers, not olive branches of peace. Named “gatekee...

Here's the thing, we've never seen anything like this. Never.

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Donald Trump Is the Most Impeachable President in American History

The sitting president vs. Congress and the U.S. Constitution.. Donald Trump is the most impeachable president in American history. Many Democrats, however, are running away from the word “impeachment” for tactical political reasons. Some Democrats say they have a sworn duty under the Constitutio...

CRIMINAL CAPITALISM

Records: Cracks in Miami bridge grew "daily" before collapse

Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in the concrete structure "increased in length daily." The Florida Department of Transportation released documents Monday related to the collapse of bridge at Florida Internat...

NRA president says pro-gun-control congresswoman won only because she’s a ‘minority female’

Carolyn Meadows, the newly elected NRA president, has apologized to Rep. Lucy McBath for her “insensitive” comments.

Nine dead gray whales have washed ashore in the San Francisco Bay Area this year

A dead gray whale washed ashore on a San Francisco beach Monday morning -- the ninth such death in the Bay Area this year, scientists at the Marine Mammal Center said.

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Like the ‘Loch Ness Monster’: basking sharks return to California waters

Ryan Lawler saw the dorsal fin in the distance, swaying slowly side to side, and assumed it was a great white shark. As his boat got closer, he saw the massive fish’s snout sticking out of the water, its mouth wide open. 

WHITE PRIVILEGE

Judge to weigh freeing Coast Guard officer called terrorist

A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of drafting a hit list of prominent Democrats and journalists is getting a hearing on the conditions of his possible release from federal custody. 

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Happy birthday, Pete.
"He knew there were possibilities that we could—through collective participation and struggle—build a better world."

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'His Legacy Lives On': Pete Seeger Remembered on What Would Have Been 100th Birthday

"He knew there were possibilities that we could—through collective participation and struggle—build a better world."

Pete Seeger: Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

Hubert Gesenhues My former Las Vegas neighbor Peter Gough in the mid 2000s did a telephone interview with Pete Seeger to gather information for his book Sounds Of The New Deal. https://www.press.uillinois.edu/.../75grm3xf9780252039041...

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Sounds of the New Deal: The Federal Music Project in the West

Pete Seeger Lives! On Folk Legend's 100th Birthday, Remembering How Music and Love Conquers Hate

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Pete Seeger Lives! On Folk Legend's 100th Birthday, Remembering How Music and Love Conquers Hate

The folk musician and legendary social justice activist was loved by people across the world because Pete actively loved people across the world... Go tell all the little children… [on our] one earth…give it one more try, to show [our] Rainbow race, it’s too soon to die. —Pete Seeger “Rain...

SMUT AND THE PREACHER

MSNBC's Rachel Maddow just dropped the mic.

Rachel Maddow asks viewers to pause show to take a shower after her report on Jerry Falwell, Jr’s sex picture scandal

MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow warned viewers at the start of her Tuesday show that they may feel dirty enough to require a shower after her lead story on Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Exclusive: Trump fixer Cohen says he helped Falwell handle racy photos