Nate Silver | Donald Trump Has a 20 Percent Chance of Becoming President
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "If Trump is 'unpredictable,' a phrase we heard used to describe him so often during the primaries, does that mean his chances of defeating Hillary Clinton are 50/50? If that's what you think, you have the opportunity to make a highly profitable wager. Betting markets put Trump's chances at only 20 percent to 25 percent instead."
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Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "If Trump is 'unpredictable,' a phrase we heard used to describe him so often during the primaries, does that mean his chances of defeating Hillary Clinton are 50/50? If that's what you think, you have the opportunity to make a highly profitable wager. Betting markets put Trump's chances at only 20 percent to 25 percent instead."
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Trump's Campaign Has Already Violated Election Law
Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "It's only been about a week since Donald Trump started emailing supporters to solicit campaign donations, asking them to make 'this the most successful first fundraising email ever.' The new fundraising kick, though, seems to have already failed in one crucial regard: obeying basic election laws."
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Jeremy Stahl, Slate
Stahl writes: "It's only been about a week since Donald Trump started emailing supporters to solicit campaign donations, asking them to make 'this the most successful first fundraising email ever.' The new fundraising kick, though, seems to have already failed in one crucial regard: obeying basic election laws."
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Patrick Cockburn | Neoliberalism, Interventionism, the Resource Curse, and a Fragmenting World
Patrick Cockburn, TomDispatch
Cockburn writes: "We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa."
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Patrick Cockburn, TomDispatch
Cockburn writes: "We live in an age of disintegration. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Greater Middle East and Africa."
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DeRay Mckesson: Black Lives Matter May Protest Democratic Convention
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "A leader of the Black Lives Matter movement said activists may protest the Democratic platform at the party's national convention in Philadelphia next month."
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Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "A leader of the Black Lives Matter movement said activists may protest the Democratic platform at the party's national convention in Philadelphia next month."
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Behind Shrinking Middle-Class Jobs: A Surge in Outsourcing
Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
Lee writes: "From human resource workers and customer service reps to cooks, janitors and security guards, many occupations have been farmed out by employers over the years. No one knows their total numbers, but rough estimates based on the growth of temporary-help and other business and professional service payrolls suggest that one in six jobs today are subcontracted, or almost 20 million positions."
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Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
Lee writes: "From human resource workers and customer service reps to cooks, janitors and security guards, many occupations have been farmed out by employers over the years. No one knows their total numbers, but rough estimates based on the growth of temporary-help and other business and professional service payrolls suggest that one in six jobs today are subcontracted, or almost 20 million positions."
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How Donald Trump Profited From Public Subsidies & Political Favors
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Today we look back at Trump's rise to power and how he profited from his father's deep pocketbook and political connections."
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Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Today we look back at Trump's rise to power and how he profited from his father's deep pocketbook and political connections."
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Why Exxon Mobil Is Now Lobbying for a Carbon Tax
Ben Rosen, The Christian Science Monitor
Rosen writes: "In an attempt to combat climate change, the world's largest publicly traded oil company is asking to be taxed."
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Ben Rosen, The Christian Science Monitor
Rosen writes: "In an attempt to combat climate change, the world's largest publicly traded oil company is asking to be taxed."
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