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'I'm really upset at myself for staying': Tales of rescue and heartbreak in Hurricane Florence's wake
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Staying put seemed like a good idea to Jeanette Rivera until Hurricane Florence rumbled ashore on Friday. With wind whipping and water rapidly rising around her house in Sneads Ferry, North...
As Rahm Calls It Quits, Dems Want To Take Chicago's Failures Nationwide
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"It's the Lord of the Flies on LaSalle Street," wrote columnist John Kass in the Chicago Tribune. In case the references are unclear, whether because high schools haven't been assigning the...
The tyranny of the majority isn’t a problem in America today. Tyranny of the minority is.
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Minority rule brought us Trump, and worse. Jeffrey Rosen, the CEO of the National Constitution Center and a former legal columnist at the New Republic, thinks America has given in to mob...
Is speech critical of Israel anti-Semitic? In a case that could redefine campus politics, Trump administration weighs in
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As protests against Israel and the U.S. government's alliance with it have roiled college campuses across the country -- with demonstrations in recent years shutting down speeches by pro-Israel...
Was The Dropping Of The Atomic Bomb On Japan Justified?
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https://legionmagazine.com/en/2014/09/face-to-face-was-the-dropping-of-the-atomic-bomb-on-japan-justified/ NO We know that the saying, “all is fair in love and war,” is not true. There...
"Brett Kavanaugh misled the Senate under oath. I cannot support his nomination."
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I read the WaPo headline out loud. Meade said, "Who's that, Captain Queeg?" Yeah, it's Patrick Leahy. Meade was right. To understand the Leahy = Queeg reference, see my "Observations from...
Trump Volunteer Tries To Block Journalist From Photographing Protester At Rally
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Trump Volunteer Tries To Block Journalist From Photographing Protester At Rally Ed Mazza, HuffPost 8 hours ago A volunteer for President Donald Trump attempted to physically...
McConnell screws Dems ahead of election with October session
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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Traditionally, the Senate hits the road in October of an election year. But the Senate is throwing tradition out the window this year. Majority Leader Mitch...
Trump's accomplishments amazing amidst adversity
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On Friday, Trump called on United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions to launch an investigation into the identity of the anonymous "senior official" behind the op-ed published in the New...
Fox News referred to Stormy Daniels's attorney Michael Avenatti as a "creepy porn lawyer" in a series of on-screen graphics Thursday night
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Fox News referred to Stormy Daniels's attorney Michael Avenatti as a "creepy porn lawyer" in a series of on-screen graphics Thursday night during his appearance on Tucker...
As Trump embraces more tariffs, U.S. business readies public fight
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After months of waging a behind-the-scenes war against President Donald Trump's trade tariffs that have escalated far beyond what business groups once imagined, more than 85 U.S. industry...
North Carolina's Wild Horses Will Ride Out Hurricane Florence In The Wild
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A wild Spanish mustang on an Outer Banks dune in 2011. (John Greim via Getty Images) A spokesperson for the Foundation for Shackleford Horses ― a group dedicated to wild horses on North...
Men like Les Moonves and Harvey Weinstein were cultural gatekeepers for decades. How do we undo their damage?
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When Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of the creative minds behind the acclaimed sitcom "Designing Women" and the equally darling "Evening Shade," promised that her essay about the reign of Les...
F.D.A. Cracks Down on Juul and E-Cigarette Retailers
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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday declared that teenage use of electronic cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” and it put makers of the most popular devices...
BREAKING NEWS: Trump campaign head Manafort agrees to cooperate with Russia probe
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Manafort, 69, also pleaded guilty to two criminal counts, becoming the most prominent former Trump campaign official to plead guilty in Mueller's investigation.
Top Democrat refers confidential info about Kavanaugh of a sexual nature to FBI
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., confirmed Thursday that she had referred information about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to "federal investigative authorities." “I have...
Billionaires v teachers: the Koch brothers' plan to starve public education
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A rizona has become the hotbed for an experiment rightwing activists hope will redefine America’s schools – an experiment that has pitched the conservative billionaires the Koch brothers...
Instead of Going Back To Kill Hitler, I’d Go Back in Time and Tell Fred Trump To Be Nice to His Kid
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GOP Consultant Mike Murphy - "It’s insecurity. He’s such a case there. People joke about a time machine. I’m no longer worried about going back to Germany in the ‘30s. I’d go back and tell...
Puerto Ricans Accused of Misusing $8M in Funds
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A mayor and two former government officials in Puerto Rico face public corruption charges in separate cases that involve a total of $8 million in federal and local...
Feds discover 3 more girls in genital mutilation case
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Feds discover 3 more girls in genital mutilation case By Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, Sept. 13, 2018 A courtroom sketch shows U.S. Magistrate Judge Mona Majzoub, center, and...
FBI ‘Coordinated’ Leaks for FISA Application, Meadows Reveals
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FBI officials “coordinated” leaks to the media that were then used in their Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant application to spy on Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, Rep....
CNN Poll: Democrats' midterm advantage holds among likely voters By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director
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Democrats maintain a wide lead over Republicans in the race for control of the House of Representatives, a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS finds, including a 10-point lead among those most likely...
Las Vegas professor shot himself in arm to protest Trump
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A longtime College of Southern Nevada sociology professor is facing felony gun charges in connection with an on-campus shooting on the second day of classes . Mark J. Bird was charged last...
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