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Kushner Likely Paid No Federal Income Taxes for Years, Documents Show
The New York Times - By JESSE DRUCKER and EMILY FLITTER
Over the past decade, Jared Kushner’s family company has spent billions of dollars buying real estate. His personal stock investments have soared. His net worth has quintupled to almost $324 million. yet,
South Dakota
Solar, wind account for 20 percent of power load in 10 states
houstonchronicle.com - James Osborne
Electricity from solar panels and wind farms accounted for at least 20 percent of the total power load in 10 states last year, according to a new …
Interest Rates
Is Sunrun Inc. a Buy?
The Motley Fool - Travis Hoium
Being the leader in residential solar may not be all it's cracked up to be. Sunrun Inc. (NASDAQ:RUN) has become the biggest residential solar …
Fake News
How Skim Reading From Screens Is Rewiring Your Brain (It's Not Good)
Inc Magazine - By Jessica Stillman
Getting lost in a book does incredible things to your brain. Not only does reading make you smarter, less lonely, and just plain happier, but following along with the characters in a great story actually
Market Trends
You Can't Stop What's Coming
Seeking Alpha
Full disclosure: I am a cautiously optimistic bear. But that means I'm a bear. I'm also self-aware and situationally-aware, which means that I'm a …
U.S. Politics
Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film
Vox - Tara Isabella Burton
The Trump Prophecy, a new evangelical film, wants to convince you God chose Trump. I sat in an unmarked cinema hall in New York’s Union Square, listening to a group of people praying. We’d just finished
Women's News
Civility Has Its Limits
The Atlantic - Peter Beinart
The conflict over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination centered not on tribalism, but on a lack of justice. When it comes to Brett Kavanaugh, there are three camps. The first believes it’s a travesty that he confirmed.
Opinion
Get Angry, and Get Involved
The New York Times - By DAVID LEONHARDT
If you’re not angry yet, you should be. Let’s review: Decades ago, a businessman built a fortune thanks in large measure to financial fraud. His corrupt gains helped him become famous. He then launched
Republicans
Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party
The Atlantic - Tom Nichols
The Kavanaugh confirmation fight revealed the GOP to be the party of situational ethics and moral relativism in the name of winning at all costs. This article was updated on Sunday, October 7 at 2:56 Unlike
U.S. Politics
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that’s good
Vox - Matthew Yglesias
It’s time America woke up to the radical right that’s run the Court for years. Brett Kavanaugh’s likely confirmation as an associate justice of the Supreme Court has prompted not only exuberance and anger
Dashcam
Something Went Wrong in Chicago
The Atlantic - Adam Serwer
A white policeman was convicted of murder in the killing of a black teen—an outcome that goes against the many forces aligned to prevent the officer from facing consequences. On Friday afternoon, the police
Donald Trump
How State Officials and Unpaid Taxes Could Force Trump to Liquidate Part of His Family Fortune
The New Yorker - Adam Davidson
Sean Shaw, the Democratic candidate for state attorney general in Florida, has a message for Donald Trump. If elected, Shaw will investigate the President’s financial activities across the Sunshine State.
Mitch McConnell
Historian of Nazism explains why GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the ‘gravedigger of American Democracy’
rawstory.com - Cody Fenwick, AlterNet
The majority leader is playing the same role as pre-war Germany's Paul von Hindenburg....The post Historian of Nazism explains why GOP Senate leader …
Donald Trump
Following Trump's money exposes the awful truth: Our president is a 'financial vampire'
Los Angeles Times - By David Cay Johnston
Americans were confronted Tuesday with a profound problem, one that challenges our commitment to accountable democratic government and justice. It is an awful truth that we must face now that the New Times
Donald Trump
The news this week confirms it: Donald Trump is the worst person ever to be president
The Washington Post - By Max Boot
It is too early to conclude that Donald Trump is the worst president ever. But it’s not too early to conclude that he is the worst person ever to be president. Two stories that broke within hours of each
Arianna Huffington
I Know Brett Kavanaugh, but I Wouldn’t Confirm Him
The Atlantic - Benjamin Wittes
This is an article I never imagined myself writing, that I never wanted to write, that I wish I could not write. If I were a senator, I would not vote to confirm Brett Kavanaugh. These are words I write
Lifestyle
Six things parents can do to raise kids to be confident decision-makers
The Washington Post - By Kate Rope
On every vacation we allow our daughters to pick out a souvenir. We browse local shops until we find the “perfect” reminder of our time together. On a recent trip, my 6-year-old immediately homed in on
Donald Trump
Trump leaves Rose Garden listeners punch-drunk … even without alcohol
Guardian US - David Smith in Washington
It may have been the world’s worst advertisement for teetotalism. On Monday Donald Trump careered all over the place, displaying no discernible inhibitions, his speech a little slurry at times, blurting
Long-form Journalism
Devin Nunes’s Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret
Esquire - By Ryan Lizza
Rep. Devin Nunes is head of the House Intelligence Committee and one of President Trump’s biggest defenders. For years, he’s spun himself as a straight talker whose no-BS values are rooted in his family’s
Radio Industry
Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing
NPR
At the end of each month, NPR Music asks public radio DJs all over the country which tracks they've been playing on repeat. The resulting list, which covers everything from local favorites to international
U.S. Politics
Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart
Vox - Alvin Chang
There was a striking difference in style — and substance. There were several noticeable differences between the Senate testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of assault,
Brett Kavanaugh
HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH?
The Washington Post - By Alexandra Petri
HOW DARE YOU?! HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH? HOW DARE YOU DENY HIM THIS SEAT?! Listen, NO, YOU listen! Do you know who Brett Kavanaugh is? Brett Kavanaugh went to Georgetown Prep! BRETT KAVANAUGH
Christine Blasey Ford
Well, I Think We Found Our Supreme Court Justice Today...
Forbes - Victor Lipman
Well, I think we found our Supreme Court Justice today. This should be very good news for Republicans, who seem to be in an awful hurry to get this done quickly. It doesn’t look like we have to wait any
U.S. Politics
How many Americans actually support Trump?
CNN - By Grace Sparks, CNN
(CNN) — Midterms are a base election, but how big is Trump's base? We all know he brags about being the most popular president in the Republican Party (more popular than Abraham Lincoln, he says!). In
Donald Trump
Fox News would prefer you didn’t laugh at Trump
Fast Company - By Joe Berkowitz
And also that you not know others were doing so. Donald Trump likes to say in his very good and normal speeches that the whole world is laughing at us. Today, it certainly seemed as though the world was
U.S. Politics
Donald Trump's worldview was laid bare at the UN -- and it should worry anyone who understands history
CNN - Analysis by Nic Robertson, CNN
New York (CNN) — US President Donald Trump came late to the podium at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning. And within moments, he had the gathered world leaders laughing. By the time
U.S. Politics
UN audience literally bursts out laughing at Trump’s speech
Vox - Zack Beauchamp
They didn’t take the president’s bragging very seriously. One of President Trump’s favorite attacks on his political opponents is to say that the world is “laughing” at the United States. But on Tuesday,
Solar Panels
Why Residential Solar Installers Got a New Threat This Week
The Motley Fool - Travis Hoium
SunPower got out of solar tariffs, and it could be a big advantage for the solar manufacturer. The news of tariff exemptions didn't receive much …
U.S. Department of Justice
The Confusion Over Rod Rosenstein’s Non-Firing Shows How Brilliantly Trump Has Undermined Our Democratic Institutions
slate.com - Yascha Mounk
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in New York City on May 9. Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesHumans are tribal animals. As Jonathan Haidt argues in The …
U.S. Politics
Kavanaugh Just Played 'Checkers' on Fox
POLITICO - By JEFF GREENFIELD
By going on TV, he turned to a tactic that politicians have used since Nixon—and made the Supreme Court appear more political than ever. Three weeks ago, Judge Brett Kavanaugh offered the Senate Judiciary

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Kushner Likely Paid No Federal Income Taxes for Years, Documents Show

Solar, wind account for 20 percent of power load in 10 states

Is Sunrun Inc. a Buy?

How Skim Reading From Screens Is Rewiring Your Brain (It's Not Good)

You Can't Stop What's Coming

Christian nationalism, explained through one pro-Trump propaganda film

Civility Has Its Limits

Get Angry, and Get Involved

Why I’m Leaving the Republican Party

Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation will delegitimize the Supreme Court — and that’s good

Something Went Wrong in Chicago

How State Officials and Unpaid Taxes Could Force Trump to Liquidate Part of His Family Fortune

Historian of Nazism explains why GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell is the ‘gravedigger of American Democracy’

Following Trump's money exposes the awful truth: Our president is a 'financial vampire'

The news this week confirms it: Donald Trump is the worst person ever to be president

I Know Brett Kavanaugh, but I Wouldn’t Confirm Him

Six things parents can do to raise kids to be confident decision-makers

Trump leaves Rose Garden listeners punch-drunk … even without alcohol

Devin Nunes’s Family Farm Is Hiding a Politically Explosive Secret

Heavy Rotation: 10 Songs Public Radio Can't Stop Playing

Every time Ford and Kavanaugh dodged a question, in one chart

HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH?

Well, I Think We Found Our Supreme Court Justice Today...

How many Americans actually support Trump?

Fox News would prefer you didn’t laugh at Trump

Donald Trump's worldview was laid bare at the UN -- and it should worry anyone who understands history

UN audience literally bursts out laughing at Trump’s speech

Why Residential Solar Installers Got a New Threat This Week

The Confusion Over Rod Rosenstein’s Non-Firing Shows How Brilliantly Trump Has Undermined Our Democratic Institutions

Kavanaugh Just Played 'Checkers' on Fox