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Liz Cheney: ‘The world is safer under Trump.’
September 15, 2019
F. Chuck Todd gave Liz Cheney a platform on Meet the Press this morning to spew her ‘inherited from her father,’ rhetoric. According to Cheney, the world is a much safer place under Trump’s ‘leadership.’ MORE
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FBI/Senators ignored allegations of Kavanaugh Sexual Misconduct
September 15, 2019
A former college classmate of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tried to tip off US senators and the FBI last year to another previously unreported sexual misconduct allegation, The New York Times reported Saturday. According to the MORE
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Same sex couple sues State Department for denying daughter citizenship
September 14, 2019
Roee and Adiel Kiviti, a same-sex couple from Maryland, are suing the State Department over its refusal to grant birthright citizenship to their infant daughter, Kessem, who was born via surrogacy in Canada. The fathers MORE
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Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in prison for college bribery scandal
September 14, 2019
The actor Felicity Huffman was sentenced on Friday to 14 days in prison for paying $15,000 to rig her daughter’s SAT scores in the college admissions MORE
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Full moon Friday the 13th
September 13, 2019
Friday the 13th is here, and it’s extra spooky because we also get treated to a full moon; well, some of us do, anyway. According to the Farmers Almanac: If you live in the Eastern MORE
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Mayor of Prospect Park, NJ detained at JFK: ‘Did you meet with terrorists?’
September 13, 2019
Mayor of Prospect Park, New Jersey, Mohamed Khairullah said Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents detained him at JFK International Airport in August MORE
Politics
Politics
Trump says his DOJ should ‘rescue’ Brett Kavanaugh
September 15, 2019
President Donald Trump called on his Justice Department Sunday to “rescue” Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh after The New York Times published an excerpt of a new book detailing sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh that he has previously denied. MORE
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Trump’s ‘African-American’ leaves GOP, slams president’s ‘white privilege’
September 12, 2019
Gregory Cheadle, the black man singled out by President Trump as “my African-American” at a rally, is leaving the Republican Party and pursuing a congressional run as an independent, PBS News reported Thursday. The 62-year-old real estate broker told the outlet MORE
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GOP group hits Graham over election security in new ad
September 11, 2019
Republicans for the Rule of Law released a new video that will air on Fox News in D.C. and South Carolina using a clip of Graham’s own Senate floor speech about election security from July 2018. MORE
Business & Economy
United Auto Workers to strike against General Motors
Economy
September 15, 2019
The United Auto Workers union plans to strike against General Motors following the two sides not reaching a tentative deal before a Saturday night deadline.The strike, depending on its length, could easily cost GM hundreds of MORE
Trump authorizes release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Economy
September 15, 2019
After this weekend’s drone attack on Saudi oil plants, crude prices jump 12 percent. Brent crude traded at $70.98 per barrel on oil futures markets Sunday, an 18 percent surge from Friday’s close of $60.15, MORE
Economy
U.S. Budget Deficit hits $1 Trillion-
September 13, 2019
With a few weeks left in the fiscal year, the U.S. budget deficit widened to $1.067 trillion for the first 11 months of the fiscal year, an increase of 19% over this time last year, MORE
Economy
Trump reverses course, seeks negative interest rates for U.S. debt
September 11, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump called on the Federal Reserve to push down interest rates into negative territory, a move reluctantly used by other world central banks to battle weak economic growth as it punishes savers and banks’ earnings in the process. MORE
Economy
Explainer: How does negative rate policy work?
September 11, 2019
U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that the U.S. Federal Reserve drive interest rates into negative territory. He says his motivation was to refinance the U.S. government’s $22 trillion in outstanding debt and lengthen the amount of time over which it is repaid. MORE
Opinion
Opinion
Opinion: The end of Trump’s Afghan peace fantasy
September 11, 2019
Last year, when I met with Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan’s national hero, Ahmad Shah Massoud, I asked him what he thought about the American-led peace negotiations with the Taliban. His response was telling, and surprisingly MORE
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Trump’s invitation to the Taliban was disgraceful. So was Republican silence about it.
September 10, 2019
You really do have to ask: “What would Republicans have done if President Barack Obama had invited the Taliban to Camp David days before the 18th anniversary of 9/11?” They would have denounced him, called MORE
Opinion
Alabama is the newest front in Trump’s war on truth
September 10, 2019
What story sums up our political and media worlds on 9/9/19? This one: Brave government employees are standing up to Trump’s unbelievable claims about Hurricane Dorian and insisting on truth. Trump repeatedly said that Alabama MORE
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Environment
Environment
Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean Water Protections
September 12, 2019
he Trump administration on Thursday is expected to complete the legal repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation, which had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies. MORE
Environment
In Measure Overhauling Energy Policy, Ohio Pivots Away From Green Energy
September 10, 2019
While most states are embracing green energy plans, Ohio appears to be doing the opposite. A new law props up struggling coal plants and trims support for renewable energy forms. MORE
Environment
Did North Dakota Regulators Hide an Oil and Gas Industry Spill Larger Than Exxon Valdez?
September 4, 2019
Because of how shoddy North Dakota’s spill reporting is, and how lax federal regulations are, vested private energy interests were able to report a mere 10 gallons of spilled raw product. MORE
Science & Technology
Science
Gargantuan, Never-Before-Seen Radio Bubbles Discovered Near Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole
September 12, 2019
Scientists have discovered two gargantuan radio bubbles at the center of the Milky Way, near the galaxy’s supermassive black holes. These never-before-seen structures are believed to have formed during a “staggeringly powerful” eruption about seven MORE
Science
Water found for first time on potentially habitable planet
September 11, 2019
Astronomers have for the first time discovered water in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting within the habitable zone of a distant star. MORE
Opinion
Alabama is the newest front in Trump’s war on truth
September 10, 2019
What story sums up our political and media worlds on 9/9/19? This one: Brave government employees are standing up to Trump’s unbelievable claims about Hurricane Dorian and insisting on truth. Trump repeatedly said that Alabama MORE
Sports
News
Antonio Brown accused of sexual assault and rape in lawsuit
September 11, 2019
A lawsuit filed in the Southern District of Florida on Tuesday by a trainer levies heavy accusations against new Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown MORE
News
Nadal: U.S. Open Favorite (but Don’t Count Out the Underdog)
September 8, 2019
The last 11 majors have been won by Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic, an improbable streak. In men’s tennis, this is the first time in history that no current champion is under the MORE
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The Oakland Raider have released WR Antonio Brown who then signs with the Patriots.
September 7, 2019
A follow-up to a current News Views article: After sending third and fifth round draft choices to the Pittsburg Steelers in March for the rights to WR Antonio Brown, the Raiders have released him. The MORE
World
News
Iran dismisses U.S. claim it was behind Saudi oil strikes, says ready for war
September 15, 2019
Iran rejected accusations by the United States that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants that risk disrupting world energy supplies and warned on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were in range of its missiles. MORE
World
Drone attacks disrupt Saudi oil production
September 14, 2019
Saudi Arabia’s oil production and exports have been disrupted, said three sources familiar with the matter, after drone attacks on two Aramco plants on Saturday, including the world’s biggest oil processing facility. Source:
World
The Taliban goes to Russia
September 13, 2019
A negotiating team from the Taliban arrived Friday in Russia, a representative told The Associated Press, just days after U.S. President Donald Trump declared dead a deal with the insurgent group in Afghanistan. Russian state MORE
Health
Health
Trump administration to clean-up CA’s homeless problem
September 10, 2019
According to four government officials, Trumps’s latest, brilliant idea will focus on cleaning up CA’s homeless problem, primarily Los Angeles’ ‘Skid Row.’ It’s unclear exactly how the administration would implement or accomplish this or even MORE
Health
Appeal to Jenny McCarthy
September 9, 2019
Vaccine opponents in California appealed to another “Jen” today: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, in a desperate attempt to urge Mr. Newsom to veto bills restricting fraudulent vaccine exemptions. The anti-vaxers MORE
Health
The CDC wants you to stop kissing chickens
September 7, 2019
A recent advisory from the Centers for Disease Control is warning Americans of the hazards of contact with chickens, including the risk of catching salmonella. This year alone, the CDC has recorded 1,003 cases of MORE
Local
Local
Man (who is not Lex Luthor) allegedly steals $90,000 in pastries from New York bakery
September 9, 2019
A deliveryman in New York has been accused of stealing $90,000 worth of cake. David Lliviganay, an employee of Lady M Confections, is said to have smuggled 1,020 of their cakes out of their Long MORE
Local
Woman hit by bullet from neighboring outdoor gun range
September 9, 2019
Source: The stray gunshot reportedly came from Gable Farm Lane, which is a few hundred yards from the unidentified victim’s Loudoun County, Va., home. That’s the same county where bullets from an outdoor shooting range MORE
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Sasquatch supposedly not cause of bridge closure in Bradford, VT
September 3, 2019
Is the mythical beast Bigfoot living in Vermont and causing construction trouble? Some residents in Bradford seem to think so. MORE
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