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Donald Trump
Trump is digging the GOP in deeper - and there’s no bottom in sight
courant.com - By Greg Sargent
In the run up to the 2012 presidential election, allies of then-President Barack Obama hit on a phrase to sum up his first term: “Osama Bin Laden is …
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9 times TV shows accurately predicted the future
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Illuminati confirmed? The craft of foreshadowing is something we see a lot of in TV shows these days. There's nothing better than watching a plot …
Saudi Arabia
A sane voice in the political ‘fish market’
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The British House of Commons is known for its heated debates, especially during the Prime Minister’s Question Time every Wednesday, when the voices …
San Antonio
Trump makes unannounced visit to Arlington National Cemetery
mysanantonio.com - Josh Dawsey, The Washington Post
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump made an unscheduled visit to Arlington National Cemetery on a rainy Saturday, following weeks of criticism for …
Cleveland Clinic
This day in history
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Today is the 350th day of 2018. There are 15 days left in the year. Today’s birthdays: Civil rights attorney Morris Dees is 82. Actress Joyce Bulifant …
Algebra
Forget Algebra. We Should Teach Our High-Schoolers Complex Decision-Making.
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Listen to Slate’s The Gist:Listen to The Gist via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. On The Gist, the demise of the Weekly …
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AFGHANISTAN
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A comprehensive history of a storied nation held together by an alliance of tribal and political groups that threatens to dissolve at any …
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Dot-com
The US Boogeyman Is Coming For You...No Matter Where In The World You Are
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The anti-terrorism unit suited up. This was an international affair… a deal between the USA and New Zealand, two members of the Five Eyes intelligence …
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Al-Qaeda
The Jailing of Aafiya Siddiqui
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Last month, Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani woman jailed in the US, requested Prime Minister Imran Khan to get her released from prison. She is serving …
Liberal View
Roaming Charges: Fathers and Sons, Bushes and Bin Ladens
counterpunch.org - Jeffrey St. Clair
Photo Source A.Davey | CC BY 2.0Chances are that George W. Bush didn’t need to be tutored on how to pronounce Osama bin Laden’s name, after the …
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Music Videos
Tommy Cash Makes Estonian Rap for the World
GQ - Zsófia Paulikovics
The 27-year-old is crossing over with his new album, ¥€$, but even though he’s working with Rick Owens and Charli XCX now, he’s still leaning in to what made him stand out in the first place. Everyone
Jewish Culture
A Parting of Ways
tabletmag.com - Liam Hoare
The denouement came in an article in Vanity Fair in April 2010. “I have no wish to assassinate Vidal’s character,” Christopher Hitchens, who died …
Criminal Sentencing
Mueller's handling of cooperating witnesses suggests Russia probe may be winding down
baltimoresun.com - Devlin Barrett
Special counsel Robert Mueller is setting a curious pattern as he squeezes cooperation and guilty pleas out of suspects in his investigation, one …
Liberal View
The New York Times' Shameful Obituary of Historian William Blum
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You know you’ve lived well—well enough to rattle the establishment—when the New York Times smears you in the obituary it runs about you (FAIR.org, …
Yellow Vests Movement
BWW Review: TIMON OF ATHENS, RSC Swan Theatre
broadwayworld.com - Gary Naylor
All that glisters is not gold - but try telling that to Timon, who fills her gaudy palace with greedy gluttons, glad to gorge on her food and grasp …
Liberal View
Oliver Stone Remembers Anti-Imperialist Journalist William Blum, Chronicler of CIA Crimes
therealnews.com - Jocelyn Dombroski
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone speaks about the life and legacy of dissident journalist and historian William Blum, who documented US …
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Stephen King
Stephen King Blasts Trump’s Border Wall: ‘F**k Your Vanity Project, Do Something Good For Once’
The Inquisitr - Lorenzo Tanos
Horror icon Stephen King didn’t hold back in his criticism of Donald Trump on Wednesday, as he took to Twitter to comment about what he feels is the …
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François Hollande
Strasbourg shooter Cherif Chekatt killed in street gun battle with cops after two days on the run
thesun.co.uk - By Jon Lockett
The French National Police - who tweeted 'End of the hunt ' - thanked the public for their assistance in tracking down Chekatt, who was wanted "dead …
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Christmas Markets
Jewish tombstones are discovered desecrated with Nazi swastikas in cemetery outside of Strasbourg - as Islamist gunman behind
dailymail.co.uk - Chris Pleasance for MailOnline
Jewish gravestones in a cemetery near Strasbourg were discovered daubed with racist graffiti hours before an Islamic extremist opened fire at a …
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Strasbourg Christmas market attack: French police launch operation in area where gunman was last seen
The Telegraph - By Gareth Davies and Henry Samuel
A police operation was underway Thursday in the Strasbourg neighborhood where the suspected gunman in an attack near a popular Christmas market that killed three people last was seen. One French police
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Foreign Policy
William Blum, policy critic of U.S. praised by Osama bin Laden, dies at 85
The Washington Post
For years, William Blum toiled largely without notice on writings in which he railed against the imperialism of U.S. foreign policy. He won the admiration of Noam Chomsky, the noted linguist and intellectual,
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Imran Khan
Imran Khan govt terminates operation of 18 foreign NGOs in Pakistan; EU, five countries voice 'deep concern'
Firstpost - Press Trust of India
Islamabad: The European Union (EU) and five other foreign missions in Islamabad Thursday expressed "deep concern" over Pakistan's move to terminate …
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Long-form Journalism
Forever prisoners: were a father and son wrongly ensnared by America’s war on terror?
The Guardian - Saba Imtiaz
On a summer day in 2003, a wealthy middle-aged businessman arrived at Karachi airport to board a flight to Bangkok. Saifullah Paracha was heading to the Thai capital to join his American business partner
Bill Clinton
Portraits of a nation in all its complexity
sfchronicle.com - Vanessa Hua
Browsing through Solid State Books, a charming new shop in Washington, D.C., I picked up a board book titled “This Little President: A Presidential …
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Al-Qaeda
17 Years After The Parliament Attack: These Are The Threats India Must Remain Eternally Vigilant To
swarajyamag.com - Syed Ata Hasnain
Snapshot Seventeen years later, with Pakistan continuing to target India through the proxy war, alongside the doublespeak of peace gestures, is there …
Pete Souza
Obama Photographer Uses 'Shade' To Contrast Presidents, Political Landscapes
nhpr.org - Cameron Pollack
The images of official White House photographers have always been shared widely. What made Pete Souza's tenure with the Obama White House different …
Salt Lake City
The Last Leg — Chapter One
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Trigger On any other night, he'd smoke this cigarette hard and fast. Long draws on the filter. Abrupt flicks of the ash. Sixty seconds, tops, and …
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QI fan? Here are 40 of the best facts chosen by the team behind the BBC show
inews.co.uk - i Team
The team of researchers who work on the BBC’s ‘QI’ make it their mission to seek out strange but true facts. Here’s a selection of their favourites – …
Indian Parliament
Modi pays tribute to 2001 Parliament attack martyrs: Their courage inspires every Indian
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament seventeen years …
CNN
Donald Trump
Trump's terrorism argument for border wall is bogus
CNN - By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst
(CNN) — In a memorable televised spat in the Oval Office on Tuesday, President Donald Trump met with Democratic Congressional leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer to discuss funding for the border wall