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Andy Borowitz | Trump Breaks World Record for Unconstitutional Travel Bans
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In an official statement announcing the new world record, the White House called Trump's second unconstitutional ban 'especially impressive' because it came only thirty-eight days after his first."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In an official statement announcing the new world record, the White House called Trump's second unconstitutional ban 'especially impressive' because it came only thirty-eight days after his first."
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Trump Admits His Obama Wiretapping Accusations Were Based on News Reports
Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker writes: "President Trump on Wednesday indicated that he had no solid evidence to support his declaration that former president Barack Obama ordered surveillance on his phones at Trump Tower in New York during last fall's campaign. Trump said he based his accusation, which he leveled March 4 in a series of tweets, on a couple of news reports referencing wiretapping generally."
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Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker writes: "President Trump on Wednesday indicated that he had no solid evidence to support his declaration that former president Barack Obama ordered surveillance on his phones at Trump Tower in New York during last fall's campaign. Trump said he based his accusation, which he leveled March 4 in a series of tweets, on a couple of news reports referencing wiretapping generally."
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The Nazi in the White House: Hungarian Nazi Group Claims Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka Is a Sworn Member
Ned Resnikoff, ThinkProgress
Resnikoff writes: "One of President Donald Trump's leading advisers on national security matters is also a sworn member of an organization linked to the Third Reich, according to a Thursday report by The Forward, a Jewish-American publication."
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Ned Resnikoff, ThinkProgress
Resnikoff writes: "One of President Donald Trump's leading advisers on national security matters is also a sworn member of an organization linked to the Third Reich, according to a Thursday report by The Forward, a Jewish-American publication."
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New Republican Bill Would Give Employers Access to Your Genetic Information
Jody Allard, VICE
Allard writes: "A new bill would give my employer access to my genetic information, and potentially make my kids unemployable."
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Jody Allard, VICE
Allard writes: "A new bill would give my employer access to my genetic information, and potentially make my kids unemployable."
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Donald Trump Plans to Cut 'Meals on Wheels' to Pay for Mexican Border Wall
Harriet Agerholm, The Independent
Angerholm writes: "Community projects like Meals on Wheels and housing assistance are set to lose out on all of their government funding if Donald Trump's budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year is passed by politicians."
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Harriet Agerholm, The Independent
Angerholm writes: "Community projects like Meals on Wheels and housing assistance are set to lose out on all of their government funding if Donald Trump's budget blueprint for the coming fiscal year is passed by politicians."
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UN: Women's Pay Gap Is 'Biggest Robbery in History'
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Excerpt: "On average women around the world are paid at least 23 percent less than men, with the numbers in some countries and for certain women being much worse. In the U.S., African American women earn only 60 cents, Native American women 59 cents and Hispanic women 55 cents for every $1 that white men earn."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "On average women around the world are paid at least 23 percent less than men, with the numbers in some countries and for certain women being much worse. In the U.S., African American women earn only 60 cents, Native American women 59 cents and Hispanic women 55 cents for every $1 that white men earn."
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Chevron Pipeline Spills 4,800 Gallons of Oil on Public Land, Kills Wildlife
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "Cleanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife."
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Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "Cleanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife."
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Oil trapped by a berm and siphon dam in a dry ravine near Rangely, Colorado, after a Chevron
pipeline spill earlier this month. (photo: EPA)
Chevron Pipeline Spills 4,800 Gallons of Oil on Public Land, Kills Wildlife
16 March 17
leanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife.
The breach happened on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and was first detected on March 5 by a Chevron consultant. The pipeline was shut down after discovery of the leak and the oil is now trapped in a berm and siphon dam in a dry ravine, according to the Associated Press.
As it happens, the leak occurred around the same time that the conservation group Center for Western Priorities found that Chevron was behind 31 reported spills in Colorado last year, ranking the energy corporation as the fourth highest oil and gas spiller in the state.
Chevron spokeswoman Erika Conner said that while there are no public health concerns after the March 5 incident, some animals have died. Two mallard ducks covered in oil were found at the spill site and were transferred to Colorado Parks and Wildlife on March 5 but died the day after. Two other small birds and several mice have also been found dead by cleanup crews.
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been notified," Conner told The Daily Sentinel. "We regret the impact the release has had on the affected animals and are working diligently to avoid any additional impacts to wildlife."
Colorado Department of Natural Resources spokesman Todd Hartman told the AP that the failed section of pipeline is being analyzed to determine a cause.
The spill involved a 6-inch-diameter oil gathering pipeline, BLM spokesman David Boyd told The Daily Sentinel.
In its recent report, the Center for Western Priorities calculated available data from the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and determined there were 509 reported spills in 2016—that's more than one a day in Colorado.
There have already been 220 'significant' pipeline spills already this year. on.nrdc.org/2eG6jUP via @EcoWatch
The number of spills in 2016 are less than the 615 reported spills and incidents in 2015, reflecting the decrease in drilling activity. However, the group expects spills to increase as the state ramps up oil and gas production.
"As drilling and production increase in Colorado—which is expected as the price of oil and gas may increase in the coming years—we also expect to see spills increase," the report said. "Monitoring these incidents help to inform Coloradans about the impacts of oil and gas development within the state."
In response to the report, Chevron said in a statement that it "aggressively manages the risk of spills through a rigorous ongoing asset integrity program wherever we operate."
"For example, Chevron has undertaken a comprehensive, multi-year, multi-million-dollar project to streamline and upgrade facilities and systems at our largest Colorado asset in Rangely," the company continued. "The program will continue through 2018. To date, approximately 11 miles of pipes have been removed from service."
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