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Is it responsible government spending? GOP tax plan gives billions back to billionaires, adds trillions to the deficit

December 4, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times: A Republican requirement that Congress consider the full cost of major legislation threatened to derail the party’s $1.5 trillion tax rewrite last week. So lawmakers…

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Trump says Flynn’s actions during presidential transition were lawful

December 2, 2017 Editor

From today’s Reuter’s News Service: U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that actions by his disgraced former national security adviser Michael Flynn during the presidential transition were lawful and…

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Risky GOP tax cuts won’t trickle down, may lead to economic disaster in future

November 30, 2017 Editor

From today’s Politico News: Republicans are on the cusp of passing the biggest corporate tax cut in American history, betting it will ignite an economic boom that creates better jobs…

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Breaking News: State Assemblyman resigns in wake of harassment scandal

November 27, 2017 Editor

California Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra, who represents a large part of the East San Fernando Valley, announced Monday he will resign “immediately,” one week after multiple women alleged he sexually harassed…

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Sexual harassment claims in Congress have been buried from public oversight

November 21, 2017 Editor

From today’s Buzzfeed by P. McLeod and L. Villa: Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in…

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We’re With Stupid: On Fake News and the Literacy of America’s Electorate

November 20, 2017 Editor

From New York Times by Timothy Egan (Nov. 17, 2017): It would be much easier to sleep at night if you could believe that we’re in such a mess of…

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Trump appointees, this time in USDA, continue to violate federal ethics laws

November 14, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times by Danielle Ivory and Robert Faturechi: At a private meeting in September, congressional aides asked Rebeckah Adcock, a top official at the Department of Agriculture,…

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Takeaways From Tuesday’s Elections

November 8, 2017 Editor

From today’s New York Times Election Review: By any measure, Tuesday was a big night for Democrats, especially in Virginia, where they swept the top offices, including governor, and made…

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ParadisePapers show Trump Commerce Secretary Has Ties to Putin Cronies

November 6, 2017 Editor

From today’s Slate Magazine by Daniel Politi: Looks like it’s Panama Papers Part Two. The non-profit International Consortium of Investigative Journalists began publishing on Sunday what it is calling the…

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Former Trump campaign aide George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI agents in Mueller probe

October 31, 2017 Editor

From today’s LA Times Update on #RussiaGate : A former foreign policy advisor to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with…