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Top Republicans want Trump done — forevermore
Top Republicans want to bury President Trump, for good. But they are divided whether to do it with one quick kill via impeachment, or let him slowly fade away. A House impeachment vote, which would make Trump the first president…
After A Smooth Start, Joe Biden Faces Frustration Over Cabinet Picks
President-elect Joe Biden started his Cabinet rollout strong. He received high marks from all corners of the party for his economic team and seemed to be pursuing a “Goldilocks” strategy of choosing nominees that were acceptable to a wide swath…
24 Astounding Art Facts From the Guinness Book of World Records, From the Tallest Statue to the Most Prolific Painter
To set a Guinness World Record is no easy accomplishment—there are currently some 47,000 record titles, with more than 1,000 incoming applications to set new records each week. (Wait times can be up to four months.) Tucked inside these tomes…
A 50-50 Senate: Democrats in power but not control
If Joe Biden wins the presidency, he could end up with a 50-50 Senate split — an outcome giving Democrats formal control of the upper chamber but also empowering individual senators greatly and requiring a procedural feat to abolish the…
The emerging plan to save the American labor movement
The Center for American Progress (CAP), one of Washington, DC’s most influential liberal think tanks with deep ties to the Obama administration and Hillary Clinton campaign, has proposed a big idea for raising Americans’ wages. A paper by CAP’s David…
Vigilantes with a Badge: Warrior Cops Endanger Our Lives and Freedoms
By John W. Whitehead “There are always risks in challenging excessive police power, but the risks of not challenging it are more dangerous, even fatal.”—Hunter S. Thompson, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days…
Mom Investigated by Police and CPS for Letting Daughter Walk the Dog Around the Block
By Matt Agorist nan·ny statenounthe government regarded as overprotective or as interfering unduly with personal choice. po·lice statenouna totalitarian state controlled by a political police force that secretly supervises the citizens’ activities. Wilmette, IL — Walking a dog as a…
Protesting fascists wherever they go
ONE WEEK after the far right was humiliatingly outnumbered at its “White Civil Rights Rally” in Washington, D.C., by thousands of anti-racist protesters, fascists tried to regroup with a national day of action against “far left violence.” And once again,…
65 Years Ago Today, the CIA Conspired with the UK to Overthrow Iran on Behalf of Big Oil
By Matt Agorist Today marks the 65th anniversary that the west carried out a coup in Iran that destabilized the county by overthrowing the country’s democratically elected leader, Mohammad Mossadeq, and installed a CIA-groomed dictator. What was once considered a…
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has died
Aretha Franklin, the undisputed “Queen of Soul” who sang with matchless style on such classics as “Think,” ”I Say a Little Prayer” and her signature song, “Respect,” and stood as a cultural icon around the globe, has died at age…
Meet Santiago Siri, the Man With a Radical Plan for Blockchain Voting
In a café on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a one-time videogame developer turned political theorist named Santiago Siri is trying to explain to me how his nonprofit startup, Democracy.Earth, aims to fix the world’s broken politics with the…
Military Wife Says Goodbye As She Gets Deported From The U.S. | NowThis
Alejandra Juarez’s husband served in the U.S. military 3 times and voted for President Trump. Now she’s being deported and leaving behind her daughters. » Subscribe to NowThis: http://go.nowth.is/News_Subscribe Connect with NowThis » Like us on Facebook: http://go.nowth.is/News_Facebook » Tweet…
Not All Burning Man Art Gets Incinerated. A New Sculpture Park in Las Vegas Is Offering It a Permanent Home–Unless You Want to Buy It
By Contributor on September 22, 2020