“The Russian leader may have thought NATO was in disarray and the U.S. in retreat, but we’ve already seen it’s quite the opposite,” David Rothkopf writes in a piece for The Daily Beast.
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A year after the January 6 insurrection, how does America’s crisis end?
A year after the January 6 insurrection, how does America’s crisis end? Vox’s Zack Beauchamp says he has spent the past few months digging into
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Enormous Bootleg Fire sends smoke entire length of Oregon
Via CBS: “There were about eighty active large fires and complexes of multiple blazes in the U.S., the National Interagency Fire Center tweeted late Sunday. The U.S. Forest Service said at least sixteen major fires were burning in the Pacific Northwest alone.”
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Jordan Klepper sees it all at the Capitol insurrection
In this almost seven minute segment, The Daily Show’s Jordan Klepper gets up close and personal with the American fascist cult that worships Donald Trump.
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Robert Kuttner: We need a WWII-size mobilization to stop COVID-19 from destroying the economy
“The need for a Green New Deal can rendezvous with the imperative of anti-depression public investment. Much of this sweeping proposal is on the drawing boards and has not been done for lack of funding. Some of it will take some advance planning. The time to start is now.”
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Tokyo Olympics seem sure to happen — but in 2021, not 2020
“What better platform is there going to be than the Olympic Games when the world has pulled through the virus… You’ve got a dynamic that will be even more powerful for Japan and the rest of the world. But you are going to have a tough road getting there.”
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Trump’s incompetence results in federal agencies waiting for orders as pandemic rapidly worsens
Unlike several years ago, when President Barack Obama ordered the Department of Defense to mobilize to respond to the ebola outbreak, Donald Trump has failed to involve the military in the United States’ response to the rapidly worsening coronavirus pandemic.
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“It will go away”: A timeline of Trump playing down the coronavirus threat
“Trump gambled very early and very often on the idea that the coronavirus wouldn’t turn out to be nearly as severe as some health officials have warned it could get,” Aaron Blake writes.
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John Bolton leaves the Trump regime
Another rat flees the sinking ship.
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New videos from DNR show tsunami impacts in Washington
Watch a tsunami wave simulation for Washington State from a hypothetical magnitude 9.0 earthquake (L1) scenario on the Cascadia subduction zone.
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Trump smashed months of FBI work to thwart election interference
Via Politico: “Trump’s willingness to accept foreign assistance has essentially invited overseas spies to meddle with 2020 presidential campaigns, undoing months of work, said law enforcement veterans.”
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Schematic shows where Amtrak Cascades 501’s rolling stock ended up after derailment
Schematic shows where Amtrak Cascades 501’s rolling stock ended up after derailment
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MSU scholars find $21 trillion in unauthorized military spending; DoD to conduct first-ever audit
Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore, discussing his team’s startling finding about the Pentagon’s expenditures (MSU scholars find $21 trillion in unauthorized military spending; Defense Department to conduct first-ever audit).
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Puerto Rico’s farms wiped out by Hurricane Maria
There will be no food in Puerto Rico… There is no more agriculture in Puerto Rico. And there won’t be any for a year or
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Witness the incredible fury of Hurricane Irma: Storm knocks out Maho Beach Cam
Via PTZtv: Live footage of Hurricane Irma destroying the MahoBeachCam.com camera located at AAA Rent-A-Car in St Maarten. We will rebuild!
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Irritated by his own party, Trump makes deal with Democrats to keep government open
This is arguably the first real “deal” Donald Trump has made as President. It comes more than seven months after his regime came into power.
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Astonishing overnight time lapse video shows the devastating Eagle Creek fire wreaking havoc on the scenic Columbia River Gorge
Astonishing overnight time lapse video shows the devastating Eagle Creek fire wreaking havoc on the scenic Columbia River Gorge
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Six things that could topple Donald Trump’s border wall
In this BBC special, the British broadcasting giant explains why it’s extremely unlikely that Donald Trump’s stupid wall will ever be built.
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Texas Republicans lobbied against imposition of safety rules on chemical plant that exploded
“The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing ‘noxious’ smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new regulations designed to improve safety procedures at chemical plants, according to federal records reviewed by International Business Times.”
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Harvey brings catastrophic floods to Houston; at least five reported dead
Everything that we had hoped wouldn’t happen but was forecasted is happening. We have a catastrophic, life-threatening flood event taking place over southeastern Texas, including
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In the Navy, a premier surface fleet faces new scrutiny after deadly disasters at sea
“The Navy’s recent disasters in the Pacific region have prompted scrutiny of what has long been considered one of the service’s premier fleets,” reports The Washington Post.
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