There’s a big conference going on at the moment in Brussels, where the bipartisan Alliance for Securing Democracy – a group of journos, pols, and intelligence vets from around the West – is holding a conference to discuss how to rebuild the world order in a “time of distrust.” Speakers …
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Stephanie Clifford, the adult film star who performed under the name Stormy Daniels, is suing President Donald Trump, claiming he never signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding their alleged affair, NBC News reports. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, argues that only Clifford and Trump’s attorney, Michael Cohen, signed …
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For the last couple of decades, the biggest impediment to passing sane gun laws in America hasn’t been the National Rifle Association. It hasn’t been the Republican Party. It hasn’t been public opinion, or some weird national firearm fetish. It’s been the Democratic Party. On Tuesday, HuffPost reported that last …
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To a certain segment of the American population – those who have spent the past 336 days (but who’s counting?) dreaming of the end of the Donald Trump presidency – the two words that have given them the most hope have been “Mueller” and “emoluments.” Almost everyone knows that the …
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To President Trump, science is fake news. Worse, it can’t be intimidated, bullied, or bought off. You can’t grab physics by the pussy or sic your lawyers on it. On climate and public health issues, Trump and his cronies have proven their hostility to science over and over again: They’ve …
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As someone who served five years in the United States Army, 14 months of that in combat, I’ve struggled over the past few years to understand Donald Trump‘s relationship to the military. Does this man love us, or does he hate us? There’s the side of Trump that was reared …
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On Sunday night in Las Vegas, a gunman opened fire on a concert across from his 32nd-floor hotel room, killing at least 58 people and injuring 515. It was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, at least for now. (The last tragedy held that distinction for a little …
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