Wilbur Ross Wilbur Ross Is Sleeping Through the BurglaryEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe Secretary of Commerce can scarcely be found awake, but his department is still up to (incompetent) mischief. In case you were wondering how Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross managed to forget about
Jon Stewart Photo of the day: Stewart smiles at McConnellRoll Call - Bill Clark Jon Stewart was in the Capitol for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Act vote Editor’s note: Roll Call photo editor Bill Clark gives his first-person …
Jon Stewart Congress passes 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund extension championed by Jon StewartCNN - By Alex Rogers, CNNWashington (CNN) — The Senate passed a bill 97-2 Tuesday to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for decades, permanently compensating individuals who were injured during the 2001 terrorist attacks their
Sports China’s Sun Yang, swimmer mired in doping controversy, confronts opponent after another podium snubThe Washington Post - By Rick MaeseGWANGJU, South Korea — China’s best swimmer had just won another gold medal but was visibly upset. Sun Yang barked at the race’s third place finisher, apparently bothered that Britain’s Duncan Scott refused
New York State Legislature Trump sues to block New York law allowing Congress to get his state taxesNBC News - Allan SmithThe president contends that Democrats are trying to embarrass him politically by revealing person financial info. President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the House Ways and
Ilhan Omar Rep. Ilhan Omar Was Asked To Condemn Female Genital Mutilation — Again. She Was Not Happy.buzzfeednews.com - Kadia Goba Omar said she was "disgusted” that she keeps getting asked questions that wouldn't be asked of non-Muslim politicians. WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar …
Politics Trump administration proposed rule would cut 3 million people from food stampsReuters - By Tom Polansek and Humeyra PamukCHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule to tighten food stamp eligibility that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture
European Travel 20 beautiful European cities with hardly any touristsCNN - By Joe Minihane, CNN(CNN) — With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations , there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors. Keen to travel somewhere
African-American News Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being rememberedAssociated Press - By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated PressAmerica in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size
Mike Pence Pence Canceled New Hampshire Trip to Avoid Meeting a Drug TraffickerThe New York Times - By MAGGIE HABERMANWhen Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a trip this month to New Hampshire to discuss the opioid epidemic, White House officials steadfastly refused to say why. The answer emerged on Monday, it
U.S. Politics Louisiana police officers fired over Facebook post saying AOC "needs a round"Axios - Rebecca Falconer A Louisiana police officer who suggested on Facebook that Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez should be shot was fired, along with a second officer who …
Robert Mueller DOJ tells Mueller in letter his testimony "must remain within the boundaries" of his reportAxios - Rebecca Falconer A senior Justice Department official wrote to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Monday, telling him that his upcoming congressional testimony …
Ricardo Rosselló Hundreds of thousands fill streets of Puerto Rico as governor refuses to resignAxios - Ursula Perano Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans filled the streets of San Juan Monday demanding the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who said on Sunday …
Arizona FBI agent describes finding "Frankensteins" and a "cooler full of penises" at a grifty body-donation centerboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow Phoenix's Biological Resource Center advertised that it would collect your relatives' remains and dispose of their body parts for medical purposes, …
Pink Floyd The Moon Landing Inspired Pink Floyd’s Most Overlooked SongThe Atlantic - Jason HellerA bluesy, atmospheric piece that the band improvised live on the air during the Apollo 11 mission deserves to be more than a footnote of musical history. Editor's Note: This article is part of a series
Liberal View Trump’s disordered personality fits into a disturbing historical patternrawstory.com - Paul Rosenberg, Salon I wasn’t surprised by Donald Trump’s rage-tweet attack on Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, any more …
Al Franken Al Franken: senators say they regret calling for his resignationGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkSeven current and former US senators who called for the resignation of Al Franken in 2017 have said their actions were wrong. The disgraced former Minnesota senator and ex-Saturday Night Live star resigned
Donald Trump Stephen Miller's laugh-out-loud excuse for Trump's 'send her back' reactionCNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large(CNN) — Of all the outlandish explanations of President Donald Trump's 13-second silence as a rowdy North Carolina crowd chanted "send her back" in reference to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Stephen Miller's
Liberal View Federal Officials Are Illegally Campaigning for Trump at...truthout.org - Yeganeh Torbati Federal workplaces are supposed to be free of politics, but a Trump administration appointee used a government forum Wednesday to express support for …
Donald Trump Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Washington Post For Report on His Racist Tweets: ‘The Enemy of the People!’mediaite.com - Ken Meyer President Donald Trump was furious on Sunday with how Washington Post covered his racially-charged feud with progressive House Democrats, and it …
ACLU No More Identification Checks on Domestic ArrivalsThe Atlantic - Garrett EppsACLU lawyers have stopped border agents from demanding ID after domestic flights. Commercial airliners are not usually restful environments, but February 2017 was a particularly fraught time for domestic
Literature Los Angeles police spied on anti-Trump protestersGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles police department has revealed in court that it infiltrated an activist group planning anti-Trump protests, in the latest case of US law enforcement spying on leftwing organizers. A confidential
Fungi How trees secretly talk to each other in the forestNational GeographicWhat do trees talk about? In the Douglas fir forests of Canada, see how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships—called mycorrhizae—with fungi to relay stress signals share
U.S. Politics 1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87Associated Press - By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JOHN ROGERS, Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them Yippies,
Atlanta, GA Inside Atlanta’s First Food Forestmedium.com - Tianna Faulkner Atlanta, Georgia, known for being one of the major cities at the center of the civil rights movement during the 1960s, has in recent years taken on …
Trump Administration WATCH: Omarosa outs Mike Pence’s nephew as a ‘section leader’ who orchestrates Trump rally chantsrawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed in an interview with Rev. Al Sharpton that President Donald Trump has section leaders of each rally that helps urge …
Play buttonChris Wallace Stephen Miller’s Attempt to Gaslight Fox News Audience on Trump’s Racism Goes NowhereRolling Stone - Peter Wade Stephen Miller, a senior White House policy adviser and chief speechwriter, who was likely gleefully tasked with defending President Donald Trump’s …
Media Industry Reporters Confront Trump: ‘Why Is It OK for You to Criticize America’ But Not the Dem Congresswomen?mediaite.com - Josh Feldman President Donald Trump was confronted about his attacks on “the Squad” and his response to “send her back” during a pool spray with reporters this …
Homelessness The Creative and Cruel Ways People Make Life Hell for the Homeless - VICEVICE - Molly TaftIt seemed like a move out of a CIA torture handbook: The city of Palm Beach, Florida, resorted to blasting annoying kids' tunes, including "Baby Shark," to discourage homeless people from sleeping in fancy
Politics A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive?USA TODAY - Kristine Phillips, USA TODAYStates, cities and counties collect billions of dollars in fines. The Supreme Court raised the possibility that some are going too far. Charles Thompson, executive director of the International Municipal
Wilbur Ross Wilbur Ross Is Sleeping Through the BurglaryEsquire - By Charles P. PierceThe Secretary of Commerce can scarcely be found awake, but his department is still up to (incompetent) mischief. In case you were wondering how Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross managed to forget about
Jon Stewart Photo of the day: Stewart smiles at McConnellRoll Call - Bill Clark Jon Stewart was in the Capitol for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Act vote Editor’s note: Roll Call photo editor Bill Clark gives his first-person …
Jon Stewart Congress passes 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund extension championed by Jon StewartCNN - By Alex Rogers, CNNWashington (CNN) — The Senate passed a bill 97-2 Tuesday to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund for decades, permanently compensating individuals who were injured during the 2001 terrorist attacks their
Sports China’s Sun Yang, swimmer mired in doping controversy, confronts opponent after another podium snubThe Washington Post - By Rick MaeseGWANGJU, South Korea — China’s best swimmer had just won another gold medal but was visibly upset. Sun Yang barked at the race’s third place finisher, apparently bothered that Britain’s Duncan Scott refused
New York State Legislature Trump sues to block New York law allowing Congress to get his state taxesNBC News - Allan SmithThe president contends that Democrats are trying to embarrass him politically by revealing person financial info. President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a lawsuit seeking to prevent the House Ways and
Ilhan Omar Rep. Ilhan Omar Was Asked To Condemn Female Genital Mutilation — Again. She Was Not Happy.buzzfeednews.com - Kadia Goba Omar said she was "disgusted” that she keeps getting asked questions that wouldn't be asked of non-Muslim politicians. WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar …
Politics Trump administration proposed rule would cut 3 million people from food stampsReuters - By Tom Polansek and Humeyra PamukCHICAGO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a rule to tighten food stamp eligibility that would cut about 3.1 million people from the program, U.S. Department of Agriculture
European Travel 20 beautiful European cities with hardly any touristsCNN - By Joe Minihane, CNN(CNN) — With overtourism showing no signs of abating in Europe's most famous destinations , there's never been a better time to seek out wonderful options that attract fewer visitors. Keen to travel somewhere
African-American News Hundreds of black deaths in 1919 are being rememberedAssociated Press - By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated PressAmerica in the summer of 1919 ran red with blood from racial violence, and yet today, 100 years later, not many people know it even happened. It flowed in small towns like Elaine, Arkansas, in medium-size
Mike Pence Pence Canceled New Hampshire Trip to Avoid Meeting a Drug TraffickerThe New York Times - By MAGGIE HABERMANWhen Vice President Mike Pence abruptly canceled a trip this month to New Hampshire to discuss the opioid epidemic, White House officials steadfastly refused to say why. The answer emerged on Monday, it
U.S. Politics Louisiana police officers fired over Facebook post saying AOC "needs a round"Axios - Rebecca Falconer A Louisiana police officer who suggested on Facebook that Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez should be shot was fired, along with a second officer who …
Robert Mueller DOJ tells Mueller in letter his testimony "must remain within the boundaries" of his reportAxios - Rebecca Falconer A senior Justice Department official wrote to former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Monday, telling him that his upcoming congressional testimony …
Ricardo Rosselló Hundreds of thousands fill streets of Puerto Rico as governor refuses to resignAxios - Ursula Perano Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans filled the streets of San Juan Monday demanding the resignation of Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who said on Sunday …
Arizona FBI agent describes finding "Frankensteins" and a "cooler full of penises" at a grifty body-donation centerboingboing.net - Cory Doctorow Phoenix's Biological Resource Center advertised that it would collect your relatives' remains and dispose of their body parts for medical purposes, …
Pink Floyd The Moon Landing Inspired Pink Floyd’s Most Overlooked SongThe Atlantic - Jason HellerA bluesy, atmospheric piece that the band improvised live on the air during the Apollo 11 mission deserves to be more than a footnote of musical history. Editor's Note: This article is part of a series
Liberal View Trump’s disordered personality fits into a disturbing historical patternrawstory.com - Paul Rosenberg, Salon I wasn’t surprised by Donald Trump’s rage-tweet attack on Reps. Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, any more …
Al Franken Al Franken: senators say they regret calling for his resignationGuardian US - Miranda Bryant in New YorkSeven current and former US senators who called for the resignation of Al Franken in 2017 have said their actions were wrong. The disgraced former Minnesota senator and ex-Saturday Night Live star resigned
Donald Trump Stephen Miller's laugh-out-loud excuse for Trump's 'send her back' reactionCNN - Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large(CNN) — Of all the outlandish explanations of President Donald Trump's 13-second silence as a rowdy North Carolina crowd chanted "send her back" in reference to Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, Stephen Miller's
Liberal View Federal Officials Are Illegally Campaigning for Trump at...truthout.org - Yeganeh Torbati Federal workplaces are supposed to be free of politics, but a Trump administration appointee used a government forum Wednesday to express support for …
Donald Trump Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Washington Post For Report on His Racist Tweets: ‘The Enemy of the People!’mediaite.com - Ken Meyer President Donald Trump was furious on Sunday with how Washington Post covered his racially-charged feud with progressive House Democrats, and it …
ACLU No More Identification Checks on Domestic ArrivalsThe Atlantic - Garrett EppsACLU lawyers have stopped border agents from demanding ID after domestic flights. Commercial airliners are not usually restful environments, but February 2017 was a particularly fraught time for domestic
Literature Los Angeles police spied on anti-Trump protestersGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles police department has revealed in court that it infiltrated an activist group planning anti-Trump protests, in the latest case of US law enforcement spying on leftwing organizers. A confidential
Fungi How trees secretly talk to each other in the forestNational GeographicWhat do trees talk about? In the Douglas fir forests of Canada, see how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships—called mycorrhizae—with fungi to relay stress signals share
U.S. Politics 1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87Associated Press - By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JOHN ROGERS, Associated PressLOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming them Yippies,
Atlanta, GA Inside Atlanta’s First Food Forestmedium.com - Tianna Faulkner Atlanta, Georgia, known for being one of the major cities at the center of the civil rights movement during the 1960s, has in recent years taken on …
Trump Administration WATCH: Omarosa outs Mike Pence’s nephew as a ‘section leader’ who orchestrates Trump rally chantsrawstory.com - Sarah K. Burris Omarosa Manigault Newman revealed in an interview with Rev. Al Sharpton that President Donald Trump has section leaders of each rally that helps urge …
Play buttonChris Wallace Stephen Miller’s Attempt to Gaslight Fox News Audience on Trump’s Racism Goes NowhereRolling Stone - Peter Wade Stephen Miller, a senior White House policy adviser and chief speechwriter, who was likely gleefully tasked with defending President Donald Trump’s …
Media Industry Reporters Confront Trump: ‘Why Is It OK for You to Criticize America’ But Not the Dem Congresswomen?mediaite.com - Josh Feldman President Donald Trump was confronted about his attacks on “the Squad” and his response to “send her back” during a pool spray with reporters this …
Homelessness The Creative and Cruel Ways People Make Life Hell for the Homeless - VICEVICE - Molly TaftIt seemed like a move out of a CIA torture handbook: The city of Palm Beach, Florida, resorted to blasting annoying kids' tunes, including "Baby Shark," to discourage homeless people from sleeping in fancy
Politics A Florida woman was fined $100,000 for a dirty pool and overgrown grass. When do fines become excessive?USA TODAY - Kristine Phillips, USA TODAYStates, cities and counties collect billions of dollars in fines. The Supreme Court raised the possibility that some are going too far. Charles Thompson, executive director of the International Municipal
