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An Impeachable Offense? Questions Swirl as Trump Accused of Sharing Top Secret Intel with Russians

Senior White House officials were apparently so alarmed by President Trump’s disclosures of classified intelligence to Russia that they called the CIA and National Security Agency afterward to warn them

May 16, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Why I Am Suing Trump: Washington State AG Fights Admin on Muslim Ban, Drilling, Drug War & More

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On Monday, a federal appeals court in Seattle, Washington, heard arguments over Trump’s second travel ban, which sought to prohibit all refugees and citizens of six majority-Muslim nations from entering the United

May 16, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Neuroscientist Carl Hart: We Need to Stop Jeff Sessions From Escalating the Racist War on Drugs

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In an escalation of the war on drugs, Attorney General Jeff Sessions has rescinded two Obama-era memos that encouraged prosecutors to avoid seeking inordinately harsh sentences for low-level drug offenses. He also instructed

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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How to End Partisan Gerrymandering for Good — Using Simple Math

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Sam Wang has used a combination of computer simulations and simple math tests to help reveal the partisan intent behind the post-2010 redistricting. All this work gave the neuroscientist a new obsession with

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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A Tiny Device Can Transform Air Pollution Into Usable Fuel

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In an effort to both reduce air pollution and create clean, renewable energy, scientists have designed two-roomed photoelectrochemical cell that turns polluted air into hydrogen fuel.

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

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We Can Curb Climate Change. Here’s Where We Start.

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William Moomaw, Professor Emeritus of International Environmental Policy at Tufts University, gives an in-depth explanation as to why our forests are important.

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Trump Reiterates Support for a New Glass-Steagall Act, But It Will it Pass Congress?

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Trump administration support for reinstating Glass-Steagall Act is an effort to appeal to Trump's base, but won't go anywhere. It would be beneficial, though, if it doesn't mean also deregulating the finance sector

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

Trump Expanding War From Syria to Afghanistan As Media Focuses on Comey

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VJ Prashad and Paul Jay: while the media continues its frenzy over Comey's firing and the "Russia connection", Trump is readying his "global war against Islamic Fascism" to be fought "without restraint".

May 15, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Time for Trump to Come Clean on Russian Connections and Money Laundering

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If Trump has nothing to hide, he would have allowed the investigations to continue, to prove that there is nothing improper with his connections to Russia, says investigative journalist James Henry.

May 15, 2017
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Category: Politics

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Trump Continues to Waffle on whether US will Adhere to Paris Climate Agreement

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Trump pledged on the campaign trail to pull out of the Paris Accords, but now that announcement will be delayed until after the G-7 summit. Janet Redmond of Oil Change International says

May 15, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Climate Change

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