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(338) Hypocrite Trump Signs “Hire American” Order, Forgets His Companies Exploit Foreign Labor - YouTube

Betsy DeVos is wasting no time screwing over student borrowers.

Study Shows Dramatic Correlation Between GMOs And 22 Diseases | Food Democracy Now

Racism motivated Trump voters more than authoritarianism - The Washington Post

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Mitch McConnell Says Trump Can Bomb Whoever He Wants Without Congressional Approval - The Ring of Fire Network

CIA Funding Companies that Specialize in Social Media Spying CIA Funding Companies that Specialize in Social Media Spying theantimedia.org

Paul Ryan Raised $657,000 While Avoiding His Constituents During Recess

Paul Ryan Raised $657,000 While Avoiding His Constituents During Recess

Beyond Ferguson: Millennials really like St Louis | The Economist Beyond Ferguson: Millennials really like St Louis | The Economist economist.com

British intelligence passed Trump associates' talks with Russian on to US counterparts - CNNPolitics.com

Congress Just Took Action That May Land Kushner In Prison

Trump breaks key rule for presidents: Don't talk down the dollar - Apr. 13, 2017

Being President is hard: The education of Donald Trump - CNNPolitics.com

James Baldwin’s Archive, Long Hidden, Comes (Mostly) Into View - The New York Times

After Campaign Exit, Manafort Borrowed From Businesses With Trump Ties - The New York Times

Google updates Chrome to get rid of those pesky website page jumps | AndroidAuthority

China Emerges as Powerhouse for Biotech Drugs - WSJ

Does the U.S. Attack Against Syria Violate International Law? (Video) - Truthdig

Donald Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment in Syria (from @Truthdig)

Stores Are Closing at a Record Pace as Amazon Chews Up Retailers - Bloomberg

Mitch McConnell’s Freighted Ties to a Shadowy Shipping Company | The Nation

ISIS message calls Trump 'foolish idiot' - CNNPolitics.com

Republicans Are Going to Wish Hillary Clinton Won

Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council role - CNNPolitics.com

Young Women Aren't Closing the Great American Gender-Pay Gap - Bloomberg

70,000 Beijing taxis are being converted to electric power | World Economic Forum

US cuts women's health funding to UN - CNNPolitics.com

Trump's authoritarian instincts ruin US credibility on human rights, activists say | Law | The Guardian

Tim Berners-Lee: selling private citizens' browsing data is 'disgusting' | Technology | The Guardian

Salman Rushdie accuses the White House of weaponising 'fake news' – video | Global | The Guardian

Salman Rushdie accuses the White House of weaponising 'fake news' – video | Global | The Guardian

Potential conflicts of interest for Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner