Europe
The U.K. general election is today
Boris Johnson was the first of the main party leaders to cast his vote, arriving at Methodist Central Hall in Westminster with his dog, Dilyn, at about 8.15am to make his choice in the UK’s MORE
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Politics
Trump’s food stamp cuts will hurt millions of Americans
When James Fauntleroy lost his sales job in the summer he quickly found his social security disability benefits did not provide enough to live on. So he turned to a vital lifeline relied upon by MORE
Hate Crime
Suspect in Jersey City Shooting Linked to Black Hebrew Israelite Group
An assailant involved in the prolonged firefight in Jersey City, N.J., that left six people dead, including one police officer, was linked on Wednesday to the Black Hebrew Israelite movement, and had published anti-Semitic posts MORE
Asia
Skittles kills a rare, endangered sheep in Mongolia
On a hunting trip to Mongolia earlier this summer the president’s son Donald Trump Jr killed a rare species of endangered sheep. A permit for the killing was retroactively issued after Trump met with the MORE
Science
Cave art by modern humans dating back nearly 44,000 years found in Indonesia
Cave art depicting human-animal hybrid figures hunting warty pigs and dwarf buffaloes has been dated to nearly 44,000 years old, making it the earliest known cave art by our species. The artwork in Indonesia is nearly twice MORE
Politics
GA councilman who claimed interracial marriage made his ‘blood boil’ resigns
A Georgia city councilman who decried interracial marriage resigned this week ahead of a recall election next month. Hoschton City Councilman Jim Cleveland said he opted to resign instead of going through a recall election and giving his opponents MORE
News
Weinstein Agreement Made
After two years of legal wrangling, Harvey Weinstein and the board of his bankrupt film studio have reached a tentative $25 million settlement agreement with dozens of his alleged sexual misconduct victims, a deal that MORE
Entertainment
AC/DC’s 1980s hit ‘Back In Black’ Becomes Third Studio Album Certified Platinum 25 Times
AC/DC’s Back in Black is an album born out of tragedy. It very nearly didn’t exist at all, yet it went on to become a classic rock touchstone and one of the bestselling albums of all time, MORE
Technology
YouTube will now ban insults based on race, gender expression, and sexual orientation
Google-owned YouTube will no longer allow anyone on its platform to post content that “maliciously insults” others based on protected traits including race, gender expression and sexual orientation, the company announced Wednesday. .@YouTube, we take it very seriously when MORE
Politics
Trump’s health chief bills the taxpayer 50k for lost luggage.
Seema Verma who, as a senior figure in the Trump administration, has made it more difficult for poor Americans to access health coverage, has filed a claim of $47,000 for the loss of her luggage MORE
Europe
Putin’s Killers in Europe – How Russian Agents Hunt Down Kremlin Opponents
In the summer of 2013, a killer in Moscow rode a bicycle toward his victim. […] The killer shot the man in the head and upper body at close range. […] In the summer of MORE
Entertainment
The Boys Season 2 – Official Teaser | Prime Video
Anyone else hyped about this? Then let’s speculate what will go on in Season 2. Submitted by, µthos.
US
Emails show executives at Veolia knew about lead in Flint’s water; didn’t warn the public
Water supply was switched in April 2014. Executives at Veolia knew that families in Flint might be at risk of being poisoned by lead in their tap water months before the city publicly admitted the MORE
News
NY AG says Trump paid his $2 million in charity case
Trump has paid more than $2 million in damages as part of a court-ordered settlement stemming from allegations that his defunct charity misused funds, according to New York Attorney General Letitia James (D). “Not only has MORE
Politics
The Washington Post obtains documents that show “the American people have constantly been lied to” about Afghanistan
A massive tranche of documents published by the Washington Post on Monday shows that over the 18 years of the war in Afghanistan, officials from three administrations have consistently misled the public about the level MORE
Impeachment
AG Barr Claims FBI Acted In ‘Bad Faith’
Attorney General William Barr said he still believes the FBI may have operated out of “bad faith” when it investigated whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, and he contends the FBI acted improperly by MORE
Editorials
New data reveals income of top 1% grew 100 times faster than bottom 50% since 1970
New data released Monday explains the numbers behind Sen. Bernie Sanders’ often-cited statistic that the three richest Americans hold more wealth than the 160 million people who make up the bottom 50% of the population. MORE
Civil Rights
Facebook to Trump administration: No ‘backdoor messaging’ for law enforcement
Facebook on Tuesday told the Trump administration that it would not create a backdoor for law enforcement in its messaging encryption, saying that doing so would threaten users’ safety. In a letter from the executives MORE
World
Trump’s strategy to paralyze the WTO court
The fate of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) top court was effectively sealed Monday after the United States said it would not back a proposal to allow it to continue, trade officials said. The Trump MORE
World
Russia and Ukraine agree to implement a ceasefire by year-end
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, agreed to implement a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine by year-end, following their first meeting on Monday at a summit in Paris mediated by France and MORE
Impeachment
House Democratic chairs plan to announce articles of impeachment against Trump on Tuesday
Update: According to Politico: The Judiciary Committee plans to vote on the articles on Thursday, setting up a vote on the House floor next week to make Trump the third president in history to be impeached. MORE
Opinion
Vox looks in depth at what Trump has done to the courts
Long after Trump leaves office, these judges will shape American law — pushing it further and further to the right even if the voters soundly reject Trumpism in 2020. On the courts of appeal, the MORE
Books
Kochland: How the Koch Brothers bought America then trashed it
Charles and his late brother David are second-generation extremists. Their father, Fred, was not only one of the founders of the John Birch Society, which famously accused President Dwight Eisenhower of being a “tool of the MORE
World
SIPRI: Sales in weapons surge; show no signs of slowing
The world’s 100 largest weapons producers and military contractors saw another boost in global sales last year, with total sales of $420 billion (€379 billion) — some 4.6% higher than in 2017. 2018 sales were MORE
News
Russia May be Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops; Pentagon Expresses Concern
Russian efforts to weaken the West through a relentless campaign of information warfare may be starting to pay off, cracking a key bastion of the U.S. line of defense: the military. While most Americans still MORE