Jan 16, 2019Shutdown's economic damage is 'a little bit worse' than predicted, Trump economic adviser admits
Whoopsies! It turns out that when Donald Trump’s top economic adviser claimed that the shutdown would cost the economy a mere $1.2 billion a week, “assuming that it ends relatively quickly,” he underplayed things a little bit. Kevin Hassett, the chair of the White House Council of...
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Jan 16, 2019Karen Pence begins teaching at a Virginia school that bans LGBTQ students and employees
Karen Pence, mother wife of Vice President Mike Pence, started a new job this week: a part-time gig as an art teacher at Immanuel Christian School in Virginia, where she previously taught for 12 years. The private Christian school explicitly bans LGBTQ students and employees in the...
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Jan 16, 2019House Democrats call for restoration of provision that allowed Dreamers to travel outside U.S.
Leading House Democrats are supporting an effort to have a provision that previously allowed tens of thousands of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to travel outside of the U.S. under special circumstances restored by the Trump administration.
Under “advance...
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Jan 16, 2019Worried Republicans are questioning McConnell's political strategy in shutdown
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Republican pals of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are dishing to conservative outlet The Washington Examiner's David Drucker about his total absence of leadership in this partial government shutdown, now in its 26th day.
McConnell, they say, is "hoping to keep his seat...
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Jan 16, 2019U.S. service members killed by explosion in Syria; ISIS claims credit
An unknown number of U.S. service members have been killed by an explosion in Syria, NBC News reports. The troops were “conducting a routine patrol,” according to an unnamed official:
Forces were on foot in the city when they were approached at around 1 p.m. local time (6 a.m. ET) by a man...
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Jan 16, 2019Turkey Accuses Knicks Star Enes Kanter of Being a Terrorist
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/GettyTurkish prosecutors on Wednesday accused New York Knicks center Enes Kanter of being a member of a U.S. terror organization and requested Interpol assistance in securing an international arrest warrant. The pro-government Daily Sabah newspaper reported that the Istanbul...
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Jan 16, 2019‘Fox & Friends’ Guest: Gillette Ad Same as Showing Women ‘Gossiping,’ ‘Nagging’
Not today, feminism.Fox & Friends held a round-table discussion on the viral “toxic masculinity” Gillette razor ad that has stoked a range of reactions with its attempt to address the #MeToo movement by twisting its famous catchphrase to ask: “Is this the best a man can get?”Matt Walsh,...
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Jan 16, 2019Nancy Pelosi Tells Trump to Postpone State of the Union Address Until Shutdown Ends
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/The Daily BeastHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday called for President Trump to postpone his upcoming State of the Union address, citing the likelihood that the government would be shut down during the day he’s slated to give it. “Sadly,”...
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Jan 16, 2019American Jason Spindler, 9/11 World Trade Center Survivor, Among 14 Killed in Nairobi Terror Attack
The American man who died in Tuesday’s terror attack in Kenya along with 13 other people was a survivor of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks in New York City, his brother has said.Businessman Jason Spindler was one of the 14 people killed when four gunmen stormed a luxury hotel complex in...
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Jan 16, 2019Pelosi Calls on Trump to Postpone State of the Union Address Till After Shutdown
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday called on President Donald Trump to reschedule his State of the Union address, originally scheduled for January 29, until after the government has reopened or submit his remarks in writing. “Sadly, given the security concerns and unless...
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Jan 16, 2019The Next Likely EPA Chief Has Almost Completed His Former Coal Client’s Wish List
Bob Murray is a 79-year-old coal baron who brags to news outlets that he calls many of the shots after “eight years of pure hell” under the Obama administration. Murray thinks most environmental, health, and worker safety protections are unlawful, often putting him at odds with...
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Jan 16, 2019Here’s Why Beto O’Rourke Voted for an Anti-Black Lives Matter Bill
Last September, when he was a surprisingly strong challenger to Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke brought black churchgoers to their feet when he discussed Botham Jean, a black man who was killed by a white police officer in his own home. “How can we continue to lose the...
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Jan 16, 2019Led by Bernie Sanders, Democrats Introduce Legislation to Raise the Minimum Wage
On Wednesday, a coalition of congressional Democrats introduced legislation that would raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour by 2024. “Just a few short years ago, we were told that raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour was ‘radical,’” Sen. Bernie Sanders...
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Jan 15, 2019Mastermind of Presidential Pardons to Become the New Attorney General
You have to hand it to Republicans. They know how to play hardball and show their deftness in navigating that Potomac swamp they’ve not yet bothered to drain. How appropriate that a former attorney general, the very guy who previously showed his expertise in crafting presidential pardons has,...
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Jan 12, 2019Mythmakers and One Myth Destroyer: Educators, Say Thank You to Donald Trump
Let’s admit it. We’ve all had severe cases of writers’s block in our lives. Yes, not only in school, when that big paper was due but later, as adults, when we struggled in penning a letter to someone when we were uncomfortable with the task. It’s been a while, but writer’s block...
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Jan 4, 2019How Ohio’s Top Watchdog Covered Up Another Bill Lager Scandal
Although tasked with policing Ohio’s executive branch, Inspector General Randall Meyer failed to investigate Ohio chief executive John Kasich for wasting millions of dollars on IQ Innovations, a company owned by embattled ECOT founder and mega-GOP donor William Lager. Kasich’s first state...
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Jan 16, 2019Drones Are the New Flying Saucers
There’s something weird in the sky. It’s blinking, it’s hovering, it’s making loud noises. But how do you describe what you saw? Your answer is probably dependent on the time you live in. In 1561, you might have called the weird flying thing a heavenly portent. In the U.K., just before...
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Jan 16, 2019California Could Use PG&E’s Failure to Get Wildfire-Prone Areas Off the Grid
Pacific Gas and Electric—the investor-owned utility that provides electricity and gas for approximately 16 million people across Northern California—announced Monday that it plans to file for bankruptcy. The move is perhaps not surprising for a company that was already an estimated $30...
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Jan 16, 2019South Dakota’s Cruel Attack On Trans High School Athletes
Dave Zirin
South Dakota’s Senate Bill 49 is a transparent attack on the most vulnerable of high school students.
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Jan 16, 2019Here’s How Democratic Presidential Contenders Should (Not) Talk About Russia
David S. Foglesong
Candidates gearing up for 2020 may be blazing new trails on domestic issues, but when it comes to engagement with Russia, they haven’t moved beyond the counterproductive status quo.
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Jan 16, 2019A Crisis
Rob Rogers
The president holds the country hostage for his wall
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Jan 15, 2019The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute’s Insult to Angela Davis Has Boomeranged
Mairav Zonszein
Scholars, activists, and grassroots organizers have flocked to her defense, a testament to the growing strength of intersectional solidarity for Palestinian rights.
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