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Dogs Don’t Wear Pants

08/27/2019 forkless 9

Federal judge blocks Missouri’s 8-week abortion ban

08/27/2019 Ms. G 51

A federal judge blocked Missouri’s law banning abortions after eight weeks, one day before the law was to go into effect. In May, Missouri passed the “Missouri Stands for the Unborn,” act, another attempt states MORE

Trump lies about aid to Puerto Rico again as T.S. Dorian approaches land

08/27/2019 Ms. G 56

The National Hurricane Center predicts Tropical Storm Dorian will hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday. According to CNN, the storm will bring high winds and heavy rains to the Island, which has not fully recovered from MORE

Biden Edges Higher

08/27/2019 Community 52

Former Veep Joe Biden increased his lead by 2 points over his nearest competition according to a Morning Consult survey. He now has support of 33% of voters according to a poll of over 5,000 voters with a margin of error of 1%. MORE

FEC loses power to police elections after vice chairman resigns

08/27/2019 Community 17

The federal agency charged with policing violations of campaign finance laws just lost its power to enforce those laws as the country heads into the 2020 elections. The Federal Election Commission will have just three MORE

Monster Hybrid Tumbleweed Attacking California

08/27/2019 Rachel Kennedy 94

A new invasive species of tumbleweed that can grow up to six feet in height is taking over parts of California—and scientists are warning it could spread even further as climate change makes its growing MORE

Angela Merkel Snorts as Donald Trump Says He Has ‘German in My Blood’

08/27/2019 CrazyEyes 172

President Donald Trump has been mocked after remarking that he has German in his blood while expressing excitement over a proposed future trip to Germany. Trump made the comments during a meeting with German Chancellor MORE

CA Supreme Court rules defendants have the right to know of arresting officers’ bad behavior

08/27/2019 Ms. G 24

On Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that a defendant’s right to a fair trial outweighs the privacy of arresting officers who might have a “history of bad behavior.” The Court held that suspects have MORE

Planets Bursting With Alien Life Might Exist Beyond the Solar System

08/27/2019 CrazyEyes 127

Scientists have identified more than 4,000 confirmed planets outside of our solar system. Now research suggests that some of these exoplanets may actually be more hospitable to life than Earth itself. Because these planets are MORE

Brazil to reject G-7’s $20 million for Amazon fires

08/27/2019 Ms. G 39

Leaders at the G-7 pledged $20 million dollars in aid to help fight the fires destroying the Amazon. Tuesday, Brazilian President’s Special Communications Office told CNN the country will turn down the money. President Jair MORE

G7 Offers Only $20m for Amazon Aid

08/27/2019 Rachel Kennedy 21

The G7’s pledge of $20m (£16m) to douse the fires in the Amazon has been dismissed as “chump change” by environmental campaigners, as concerns grow about political cooperation on deforestation and other climate issues. The MORE

Trump tanks in all battleground states

08/27/2019 Community 42

President Trump’s net approval rating has plunged in every key battleground state since taking office in January 2017, according to Morning Consult’s tracking poll. Disapproval numbers are larger than approval numbers in 15 states including MORE

Trump’s ‘Parade of Lies,’ G-7

08/27/2019 Ms. G 13

CNN has put together a series of fact checking segments on Trump’s performance at the G-7 Summit. Please watch below: The biggest take away from Trump’s performance at the G-7, “The Truth Doesn’t Matter.”

Opinion: Is China ready to negotiate? Donald Trump has no clue on how to deliver a trade deal.

08/27/2019 Community 86

China poses numerous threats to the world economic order. It has little regard for intellectual property and practices a kind of state-sponsored capitalism in which companies owned in whole or in part by the government have unfair advantages. It uses the MORE

Barbie launches Rosa Parks doll-Inspiring Women series

08/26/2019 Ms. G 42

As part of Barbie’s Inspiring Women series, Matel has released its Rosa Parks doll. Matel launched the series in 2018 and today announced Parks would join other historic women such as, Frida Kahlo, Amelia Earhart and Katherine MORE

American Horror Story: 1984

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Where the Democratic candidates stand in the polls

08/26/2019 Ms. G 52

Monmouth University Polling Institute released a new poll showing Bernie Sanders (20%), Joe Biden (19%), and Elizabeth Warren (20%) in a virtual three-way tie. In June Monmouth showed Biden up 32% compared to Warren at MORE

PSA: Community Submissions

08/26/2019 Ms. G 27

Happy Monday! I want to thank those in our Community who have submitted articles; we really appreciate your efforts. However, I would like to address a few guidelines: Like old News Views, please be mindful MORE

PBS reporter calls Trump a liar to his face

08/26/2019 Community 135

Okay, she was kinda-sorta diplomatic about it, but still. After Donald Trump blathered some nonsense about never, ever doing things for political reasons (really?), and claimed that he ran in one election (false) and won, MORE

Johnson & Johnson to pay $572 million Oklahoma opioid case

08/26/2019 Rachel Kennedy 51

An Oklahoma judge on Monday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay over $572 million for pushing doctors to prescribe opioids while downplaying the risks of addiction, actions that state prosecutors said helped fuel the state’s opioid epidemic MORE

AI’s Teaching Empathy to Humans

08/26/2019 Rachel Kennedy 31

Humana Pharmacy has deployed an artificial intelligence system in its call centers that gives the human employees gentle nudges to be more empathetic with customers. . . . The algorithm, built by the AI development MORE

Tom Cotton: The U.S. should buy Greenland

08/26/2019 Community 150

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) called Monday for the United States to buy Greenland from Denmark, citing the potential economic benefits in purchasing the mineral-rich Arctic island territory. MORE

Trump again blames Obama for Russia’s ouster from the G-7

08/26/2019 Ms. G 45

A reporter asked Trump about Russia’s ouster from the G-7, previously known as G-8. Trump, once again, falsely claimed that Russia outsmarted Obama. “It was annexed during President Obama — I know you like President MORE

CA to sue Trump administration over new immigration policies

08/26/2019 Ms. G 10

California Governor Gavin Newsom and AG Xavier Bacerra announced another laws against the Trump administration “challenging a new rule that allows indefinite detention of migrant children and their families.” “No child deserves to be left MORE

China claims no phone call with the Trump administration happened

08/26/2019 Ms. G 126

On Monday, Trump claimed China called his top trade people last night and said the country wanted to make a deal. “China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to MORE