When New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey started reporting on allegations of sexual harassment and assault against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, they knew the story was a…
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Legal analyst breaks down 3 separate potential violations in Trump’s apparent Ukraine shakedown
by Cody Fenwickby Cody FenwickLegal analyst Ben Wittes on MSNBC Friday detailed three separate problems inherent in President Donald Trump’s apparent attempts to use his position to induce the Ukrainian government to investigate former…
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Ben Carson’s transphobic remarks stunned staff and prompted an employee to walk out in protest: report
by Cody Fenwickby Cody FenwickHousing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson made comments that were widely interpreted as transphobic and stunned staffers at a San Francisco agency office this week, the Washington Post reported…
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Trump threatens to punish California over homelessness — after denying funds to house people
by Igor Deryshby Igor DeryshPresident Trump threatened to use the Environmental Protection Agency to punish San Francisco over its homelessness crisis — on the same day that his administration denied California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s…
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There were some notable differences between the swearing-in ceremonies of the Hindu-supremacist government of Narendra Modi in its first victory on May 26, 2014, and its re-election on May 30,…
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I wish things were a bit decisive at this point, but it sure feels like a great 50th birthday present to wake up and find this in my morning Jerusalem Post: The posters…
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When liberals and progressives cite former Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s best and worst rulings of the Barack Obama era, they typically praise his support for same-sex marriage in Obergefell…
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President Donald Trump has not only appointed two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court — Justice Neil Gorsuch in 2017 and Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 — he has also…
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‘A lot of guys just want to leave’: Report reveals border agent morale crisis as agency’s reputation goes down in flames
by Gabe Ortizby Gabe OrtizThank goodness we’re finally hearing from the victims of Border Patrol’s inhumanity, and it’s not the migrant kids who have been separated from their families and are languishing in U.S.…
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Millions of Americans’ medical images and data are available on the internet. Anyone can take a look
by Jack Gillumby Jack GillumHundreds of computer servers worldwide that store patient X-rays and MRIs are so insecure that anyone with a web browser or a few lines of computer code can view patient records. One expert warned about it for years.