Monday, September 26, 2016

Building the Grand Coulee Dam, Summer 1934


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Big Shot, July 28, 1934:  The first two pictures were taken by Dust Rhoades.







Taken from near Sam Seaton's ferry landing (lower right).






In the news, Friday, September 16, 2016


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from BBC News (UK)

South Sudan refugees reach one million mark
The number of people who have fled South Sudan because of the country's civil war has passed the one million mark, the UN refugee agency says. More than 1.6 million people are also displaced within South Sudan, meaning about 20% of the population have been made homeless since December 2013.


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from BizPac Review
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from Breitbart

‘We Got Played!’ CNN Reacts To Trump ‘Birther’ Troll Press Conference
Top CNN employees are frustrated. They breathlessly went live to Donald Trump’s news conference at his new hotel in Washington D.C., only to wait helplessly as veterans stood up to explain why they support Trump as commander-in-chief.

Despite Obama Promises, Health Care Costs Have Risen the Most in 32 Years
Despite years of Obama’s promises that America’s health care costs would go down if Obamacare was passed into law, new statistics show that care and insurance premiums have risen more this year than in the last 32 years.

Nineteen Refugees Diagnosed With Active Tuberculosis in Michigan
Nineteen refugees were diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB) in Michigan between 2011 and 2016, according to data provided to Breitbart News by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and county government officials in Oakland County, Michigan.

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Liberal Snowflakes Are Triggered When Fallon Ruffles Trump's Hair
Jimmy Fallon ruffled Donald Trump's hair, and liberals were NOT happy about it. Apparently when a comedian does funny things with someone liberals disagree with it is “normalizing," which is just unacceptable.

Political Correctness Doesn't Only Threaten Speech
The atmosphere on many college campuses has become toxic.

Kerry: Climate Change Skeptics Believe 'Extra Water is Just Going to Spill Over the Sides of a Flat Earth'

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from Conciliar Post

DEAR WHITE CHRISTIANS, IT’S TIME FOR US TO LISTEN
It’s unfortunate to see that so many firmly believe that racism is, for the most part, a bygone part of American history. “Sure”, you might say, “there are still racists. But systemic racism? That went away with Jim Crow.” Those who adopt this belief then chastise people who bring race into the conversation, claiming that they are just “race baiting,” “racemongerers,” or “playing the race card.” But behind this belief is a misunderstanding of sin and an unloving posture toward non-white Americans.

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from Conservative Tribune
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Dems, Repubs Both Shocked When They Learn Why Obama Just Gave Mexico $75 Million

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from The Daily Caller
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Former DC Bureau Chief: Clinton Surrogate Pitched Me ‘Birther’ Story In 2008

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from The Federalist

The Electoral College Still Makes Sense Because We’re Not A Democracy
What appears to deprive the populace of its power to decide a president is the very mechanism that preserves its power. The Electoral College works that way because the United States isn’t a pure democracy.



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from The Heritage Foundation

Congress Is Set to Cave in to Higher Spending Again
After years of shirking the budget process and disregarding its self-imposed fiscal controls, Congress has the opportunity to break the cycle.

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from The Hill

Media: ‘We all got Rickrolled’ by Trump

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Judge Dissolves Restraining Order Against Standing Rock Sioux Leaders Over DAPL
A temporary restraining order against Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault II and other tribal leaders was dissolved on Friday September 16 after a federal judge in Bismarck said it was redundant, since existing laws furnish the same restrictions.

Big Government Gone Wild—How the BIA Helps Corporations Plunder Native Land

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from The Living Church

ONE OF THE CHURCH’S MISSIONARY SAINTS: NINIAN
Ninian, a Briton of the 4th or 5th century who studied in Rome, is a prime example of missionary fervor, Catholic identity, and internationalism.

Something will be lost no matter who wins November’s American presidential election — something more central to American identity than the dissipating mirage of political unity: the dubious yet traditional form of American civil religion. This form, which has emphasized the role of the United States as a nation marked out by Providence, given a divine mission akin to biblical Israel, may well have died out.

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from Miami Herald

Leonard Pitts Jr.: Donald Trump’s schoolyard trick
Whenever he’s attacked, he levels the same charge at his opponent — never mind that it makes no sense at all.

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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

IRS Numbers Show Little Income Growth for Americans
Tax data from the IRS shows that American incomes have been flat for almost 15 years.

Grading Trump's Economic Policy
Donald Trump has announced his economic advisory team and unveiled a preliminary broad brush economic program that his prospective administration would implement. He has promised to fill in the details of his America First Economic Plan as the election approaches.

The History of Capitalism
The development of capitalism consists in everyone's having the right to serve the customer better and/or more cheaply.

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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)

Huge Mars Lakes Formed Much More Recently Than Thought
Mars may have been able to support life for much longer than scientists had thought.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Spike in US Intel Ops Against Russia Signals Relations at 'Point of No Return'
On Wednesday, US media reported that America's intelligence agencies have expanded the scope and breadth of their operations against Russia to Cold War levels. Commenting on the news, Russian experts have said this is the clearest indication yet that Washington has shifted Russia's status from a 'geopolitical rival' into an outright 'enemy'.

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from USA Today

In the news, Thursday, September 15, 2016


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from Allen West
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

EXPOSED: Here’s the big LIE in Hillary’s health report

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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Former Speaker Boehner Takes Job on Big Tobacco Board
Heavy smoker John Boehner is taking a job as a director at the tobacco company that makes Camel and Newport, reports CNN Money.

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from Conservative Tribune
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

BOOM: After NCAA Ditches NC Over Bathroom Law, NC Sends Epic Item to NCAA

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from The Federalist Papers

Liberal Hypocrisy on Tolerance And Hate Brilliantly Exposed

Look at What’s Happening in Gun Controlled Australia
Melbourne, Australia “is in the grip of an unprecedented wave of gun violence,” according to Australia’s The Age. Despite extremely strict gun control, which the left claims will tamp down on gun crime, this major Australian metropolis is proving the opposite.

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from Gun Owners of America

Explaining the Objections to Background Registration Checks
Gun owners’ opposition to background checks is probably the most difficult position for non-owners (and even some owners) to fathom. The history of Background Checks shows that while they don't work to disarm bad guys, they do register gun owners and provide "confiscation lists" for corrupt officials. See where this has already happened in the U.S.

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from The Heritage Foundation

Number of Islamist Terror Plots Against the US Rises to 89: Proactive Approach to Terrorism Needed

The Simple Saving Measure Congress Overlooks: Factoring in Interest Costs
By including interest costs in legislative cost estimates, lawmakers could become more wary of large spending bills.

Colleges’ War on Free Speech Continues
The courage shown by University of Chicago administrators who defended free speech is relatively rare. Trustees have the power to fire a president and his key administrators for yielding to campus tyrants. Why don't they?

No, the Constitution Isn’t Outdated
Time tests quality—and the fact that our Founders’ creation has outlasted so many other regimes signifies their skill and prescience.

Obama’s Absurd Double Standard on Defense Spending
Obama can't require every hike in defense spending be accompanied by increase in domestic spending.

The Trick Lawmakers Use to Hide Their Wasteful Spending
The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 requires the legislative and the executive branches to agree upon a dozen different appropriations bills before the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30. And year after year, they have failed to meet this deadline. So, Congress often turns to a short-term patch, known as a continuing resolution, to fund the government until reconvening in January. And just as frequently, these continuing resolution bills not only fail to address wasteful spending, but break through existing spending caps, put our government on an unsustainable course, and help repeat the cycle next year.

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from The Hill

Conservatives make push to block ObamaCare insurer ‘bailout’
A leading conservative group is launching a campaign blitz against what it calls a health insurer “bailout,” as ObamaCare allies seek new ways to protect the law this fall.

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from Independent Journal Review

14 Medal of Honor Recipients Endorse Trump and Their Reason Has Everything to Do With Veterans

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Immediate Review of B.C. Mining Safety Demanded by Alaska Native Leaders
An organization of Alaska Native leaders wants the U.S./Canada International Joint Commission, formed by a 1909 treaty, to ensure British Columbia mines use best practices to prevent contamination of rivers that cross from Canada into Southeast Alaska.

Bill to Help Native Children Passes Unanimously in House

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from The Living Church

FRANCE, LA SAINTE: A PILGRIMAGE WITH VLADIMIR LOSSKY
Seven Days on the Roads of France recounts a formative personal experience and offers a new glimpse of a great Orthodox theologian. Looking back on his ordeal, Lossky explains what he learned from it and why he clings to it. On June 13, 1940, Vladimir Lossky left Paris to enlist in the French army. His destination kept retreating from him as he went. Directed to one town after another, and misdirected along the way, it finally became clear that there was no army waiting to receive him. What began as his march to war would end as a “path homewards”.

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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Gary Galles: What is the most important goal of separation of powers but to make the transaction costs of government actions higher, in order to restrict government acts to where there is a much higher degree of societal agreement?

In a new twist, the presidential nominees from both major political parties have fallen for (or hope that the voters have fallen for) a time-worn fallacy, and have proposed government spending on infrastructure “to grow the economy and create jobs.” As David Stockman has shown, infrastructure in the United States is not “crumbling,” nor is spending on infrastructure disappearing.

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from NBC News (& affiliates)

Greed Report: The diagnosis is bad. Should a second opinion be your first step?
Doctor lies to healthy patients, falsely diagnosing them with cancer in insurance scam
He billed insurance companies for aggressive treatment his patients didn't actually need.

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from New York Times

When a Crackpot Runs for President
Nicholas Kristof: Journalistic efforts at fairness may risk normalizing Donald Trump, without fully acknowledging what an abnormal candidate he is.

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from Observer (New York)

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Campaign Systematically Overcharging Poorest Donors
Wells Fargo fraud department inundated with calls from low-income Clinton supporters reporting repeated unauthorized charges

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from Open Culture

In 1958, a young reporter named Mike Wallace interviewed Aldous Huxley on a 30-minute TV show. Watch animated excerpts from Wallace’s interview with Huxley, courtesy of Blank on Blank. Also, the complete original interview, along with a link to a transcript. 


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from Republican National Committee (GOP)

I Do Solemnly Swear
This Constitution Day We're Reminded Of Clinton's Intentions To Follow In Obama's Footsteps And Abuse The Power Of The Executive Branch To Force Through Their Liberal Agenda

Multi-Million Dollar Foundation Donor Implicated In Chinese Vote Buying Scheme
A Clinton Foundation donor was "snared" in a Chinese vote buying scheme that resulted in the expulsion of 45 members of China's legislature.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Time
Media/News Company and Weekly News Magazine in New York, NY

Why We Have Forgotten the Worst School Attack in U.S. History
On May 18, 1927, a man named Andrew Kehoe blew up the school in Bath Township, Mich. Most of the 44 killed were children. It remains the deadliest attack on a school in U.S. history. It is also regularly left out of accounts of terrorism in America.

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from TruthFeed
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from United States Constitution
News/Media Website

Former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, who was appointed and served under President Bill Clinton, came out this week and announced that he would joining the Trump campaign and advising Mr. Trump on foreign policy.

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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com

House report slams Snowden as 'disgruntled traitor' who harmed citizens, national security
7:32 PM  “Snowden has long portrayed himself as a truth-seeking whistleblower whose actions were designed solely to defend privacy," a panel member wrote. "The Committee’s Review ... shows his claims to be self-serving and false."



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from The Washington Free Beacon

In the news, Wednesday, September 14, 2016


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from CNSNews.com (& MRC & NewsBusters)

Four Studies Find ‘No Observable Sea-Level Effect’ From Man-Made Global Warming

Mulan vs. the Diversity-Mongers
Michelle Malkin: Disney's live-action remake of the 1998 animated hit "Mulan" brings honor to none. It's a politically correct tempest in a Chinese teapot.

Eurozone Headed for Major Economic and Political Crisis

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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)

What Individualism Is Not
It doesn't mean hedonism, isolation, autonomy, or immorality. It means liberty.

What Has Become of the Liberal Arts?
There is no evidence that liberal arts majors spend much time at all contemplating the meaning of life. If they did, the liberal arts might once again be worth studying.

The voice of the American people is so disenfranchised that people are no longer voting for positive action, but for the least negative outcome.

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from The Heritage Foundation

The Shocking State of Americans’ Civic Illiteracy
More than 70 percent of college graduates were unable to identify James Madison as the Father of the Constitution.

How Washington Has Hurt Native Americans
Not only have individual American Indians been regulated into a kind of paralysis, larger economic projects on the reservation have all but stopped as a result of federal oversight.

Planned Parenthood Wants to Use California Bill to Silence Opposition
A bill that has been passed on to California Gov. Jerry Brown’s desk is designed to silence “undercover journalists” who might have reason to suspect foul play within organizations such as Planned Parenthood.

The Numbers That Show Planned Parenthood About Abortion, Not Women’s Health

Theodore Roosevelt and the Pursuit of American Greatness
His legacy is mixed—while the first advocate for “American greatness” laid down the roots for our world-class military, many of his progressive reforms haunt us to this day.

Grand Theft Health Insurance

‘Bridgegate’ Was Stupid, Not Criminal: DOJ Indictment Oversteps
It is a good thing that there will be a presidential election in November—and hopefully a new Attorney General come January 2017. The Justice Department could use some adult supervision.

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from The Hill

Emails: Powell talked Clinton health concerns with Dem mega-donor

Dem whip: Clinton should have disclosed pneumonia sooner

Poll: Trump leading Clinton in key swing state of Ohio
The Bloomberg Politics poll released Wednesday morning shows Trump leading the Democratic presidential nominee, 48 to 43 percent, among likely voters in the Buckeye State.

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from Independent Journal Review

Former GOP Senate Candidate (Who Is a Doctor) Claims Hillary's Health Problem Isn't "Dehydration"

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from Indian Country Today Media Network

Bernie Sanders Joins Anti-DAPL Protest in DC as More Than Two Dozen Arrested Near Mandan, ND

Poisoned Waters: Navajo Communities Still Struggle After Mining Disaster
Why Protecting Water is So Important: Navajo still Reeling from Devastating Mine Spill

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from The Intercept
LIKE A LOT OF other Americans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know why the Department of Justice hasn’t criminally prosecuted any of the major players responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.

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from The Living Church

YOUNG TRADITIONALISTS IN A PROGRESSIVE CHURCH: SEARCHING AND REMAINING FOR SALVATION
As a young seminarian I entered into a strange mix of ideas. On the one hand I was drawn to that ill-defined and misused notion of theological comprehensiveness or inclusiveness. Anglicanism’s tradition of theological modesty, some say agnosticism, has made it possible for peoples of diverse times, places, and convictions to gather together around the gospel proclaimed in the Scriptures and the Creeds. We all know now that theological modesty and comprehensiveness is a razor’s edge: the very thing that has attracted young people like me can easily divide and alienate.

From Auckland to Canterbury - The Living Church
The Very Rev. Jo Kelly-Moore will become Archdeacon of Canterbury early next year.

BEHOLD THE CROSS
Holy Cross Day, anciently known in the West as Exaltatio Sanctae Crucis, the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, marks the anniversary of a two-day festival when the Church of the Holy Sepulcher was consecrated at Jerusalem. On that day, Sept. 14, 335, St. Maximus, Bishop of Jerusalem, brought a relic of the Cross out of the newly dedicated church and held it aloft (thus “exaltation”) for the gathered faithful to venerate.

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from MEDIAite

Democratic Senator Told Donor That Hillary Could ‘Barely Climb the Podium Steps’

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from Mises Institute
[Information from this site may not be reliable.]

Where's the Demand? Oil Prices Drop Again
The average oil price last week came in at 45 dollars per barrel, according to the West Texas Intermediate measure, and oil prices dropped 3 percent yesterday due to declining demand. Earlier this year, it was assumed that, this year global growth would drive a recovery in oil prices from their 2014 crash. We are still waiting.

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from Prntly

The election is over: Guccifer’s SHOCK new Clinton Foundation leaks just made Hillary unelectable
Guccifer has just leaked the Clinton Foundations funding scandal as millions of Americans demand a criminal investigation into Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton’s “Foundation.”

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from Redoubt News
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Sheriff David Ward Testifies at Malheur Protest Trial
Harney County Sheriff David Ward took the stand for the prosecution today in the the Malheur Protest Trial. He was there to help the government case, but didn’t make it to 100%. Between videos and testimony, it was revealed that Ward never felt threatened by Ammon Bundy.

The Real Definition of Militia

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from Republican National Committee (GOP)

Kaine Chooses Fundraiser Over Flint
Tim Kaine skipped a critical vote on water safety and infrastructure in order to fundraise in Illinois.

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from The Spokesman-Review

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from Sputnik
(Russian government-supported propaganda channel)

Hundreds Rally Against Construction of Dakota Access Pipeline Near White House
The goal of the rally was to stand in solidarity with the 5,000 people who are protesting the construction in the US state of North Dakota.

‘Abdication of Responsibility’: Why the US Govt Wants to Kill 45,000 Wild Horses
The Bureau of Land Management is facing massive public backlash after recommending that 45,000 wild horses be euthanized to make room for profit-generating cattle.
BUT SEE: http://www.snopes.com/blm-euthanize-44000-horses/

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from True Activist
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BREAKING: New DNC Leaks Blow Hillary’s Health and Obama’s Corruption Wide Open
The new leaks show that Obama operated a “pay to play” scheme for ambassadorships and other positions and also imply that Hillary has a life-threatening condition called sinus thrombosis, helped create ISIS, and was responsible for the death of Americans in Benghazi.

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from UPI News Agency - United Press International
upi.com

RNC denies they were hacked  11:52 PM

U.S., Russia agree to extend Syria cease-fire 48 hours amid reported violations  8:17 PM
"We would say it’s broadly holding," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said of cease-fire efforts Wednesday.

Doctor: Clinton had 'mild' case of pneumonia, fit to lead as president  7:35 PM

U.S. pledges $38B in military aid to Israel for next decade  4:30 PM
"The U.S. is sending a message," analyst David Makovsky said Wednesday.

A short history of presidents lying about their health
OPINION  3:08 PM

Donald Trump provides summary of physical to Dr. Oz during show taping  2:23 PM

UPI/CVoter poll: Donald Trump maintains 3-point lead over Hillary Clinton  12:53 PM

Libertarian Gary Johnson to appear on all 50 state ballots  12:32 PM

NY attorney general 'looking into' Trump Foundation activity  11:34 AM

Colin Powell calls Donald Trump a 'national disgrace'  3:24 AM


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from The Washington Times

Americans’ trust in news media sinks to all-time low
Gallup poll: “Americans’ trust and confidence in the mass media ‘to report the news fully, accurately and fairly’ has dropped to its lowest level in…

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from Zero Hedge
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