DEAR RUSSIAN TROLLS:
SINCE YOU'RE CRAWLING ALL OVER MY TINY LITTLE BLOG, ONE MUST WONDER YOUR INTENT.
ARE YOU LEARNING SOMETHING TO USE TO CONTINUE TO ATTACK US?
WHY ARE YOU WORKING SO HARD TO DESTROY DEMOCRACY?
AREN'T YOU SATISFIED THAT YOU PUT A DIMWIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE IMMERSED IN COGNITIVE DECLINE WHO SEEMS TO BE ACCOMPLISHING THAT BY HIMSELF?
04 August 18
David Corn | Did Alleged Russian Spy Maria Butina Cause a Leadership Shake-Up at the NRA?
David Corn, Mother Jones
Corn writes: "On May 7, the National Rifle Association released a curious press release declaring that Oliver North, the key player in the Iran-contra scandal and an NRA board member, was 'poised to become' the group's president."
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David Corn, Mother Jones
Corn writes: "On May 7, the National Rifle Association released a curious press release declaring that Oliver North, the key player in the Iran-contra scandal and an NRA board member, was 'poised to become' the group's president."
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A group of migrant families are intercepted by Border Patrol near McAllen in Texas. (photo: CallerTimes/USA Today/Rex/Shutterstock)
Judge Calls Trump Administration Family Reunification Efforts 'Unacceptable'
Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Excerpt: "The federal judge overseeing the court-ordered reunification of the 2,551 migrant children separated from their parents at the border blasted the Trump administration Friday for lacking a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents and the slow pace of progress."
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Jacob Soboroff and Julia Ainsley, NBC News
Excerpt: "The federal judge overseeing the court-ordered reunification of the 2,551 migrant children separated from their parents at the border blasted the Trump administration Friday for lacking a plan to reunify the remaining 572 children in its custody with their parents and the slow pace of progress."
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The last Patriot Prayer rally, held on 30 June, was declared a riot by Portland police. (photo: John Rudoff/Shutterstock)
Portland Fears Planned Rightwing Rally Could Be 'Another Charlottesville'
Jason Wilson, Guardian UK
Wilson writes: "Fears of violent protest are rising ahead of this weekend's rally in Portland, Oregon, by the conservative group Patriot Prayer."
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Jason Wilson, Guardian UK
Wilson writes: "Fears of violent protest are rising ahead of this weekend's rally in Portland, Oregon, by the conservative group Patriot Prayer."
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Children in East Baltimore. (photo: Patrick Semansk/AP)
Internal Documents Show How Trump Administration Misled Public on Poverty
Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer and Simon Ostrovsky, Foreign Policy
Excerpt: "After a U.N. agency issued a report in May on the state of poverty in the United States, concluding that 40 million Americans are poor and more than 5 million live in 'Third World conditions,' the Trump administration ridiculed the findings."
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Amy Mackinnon, Robbie Gramer and Simon Ostrovsky, Foreign Policy
Excerpt: "After a U.N. agency issued a report in May on the state of poverty in the United States, concluding that 40 million Americans are poor and more than 5 million live in 'Third World conditions,' the Trump administration ridiculed the findings."
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Drug overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans under age 50. (photo: Kevin D. Liles/NYT)
FDA Knew Doctors Were Wrongly Prescribing Powerful Opioids, Researchers Say
Maggie Fox, NBC News
Fox writes: "The Food and Drug Administration knew that some doctors were wrongly prescribing powerful opioid painkillers but did nothing to investigate or even stop them, researchers said Friday."
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Maggie Fox, NBC News
Fox writes: "The Food and Drug Administration knew that some doctors were wrongly prescribing powerful opioid painkillers but did nothing to investigate or even stop them, researchers said Friday."
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A woman holds her child at a makeshift camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) among old abandoned buildings in Kalemie, Tanganyika province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 18, 2017. (photo: AFP)
A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump's "America First" Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in the DRC
Nick Turse and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country."
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Nick Turse and Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country."
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A fire tornado. (photo: David McNew/Getty Images)
Extreme Weather Just Caused a Fire Tornado and the World's Hottest Rainfall
Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress
Mandel writes: "Unrelenting extreme weather is leading to some unprecedented and shocking events, including the hottest rainfall on earth and what many are calling a fire tornado."
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Kyla Mandel, ThinkProgress
Mandel writes: "Unrelenting extreme weather is leading to some unprecedented and shocking events, including the hottest rainfall on earth and what many are calling a fire tornado."
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