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from Al Jazeera
Pope Francis warns against populism, citing Hitler
Declining to directly pass judgment on US President Trump, the pope condemned border walls being built. Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviours" like Adolf Hitler. In an hour-long interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais, conducted as Donald Trump was being sworn in as US president, the pontiff also condemned the idea of using walls and barbed wire to keep out foreigners, among them refugees and migrants.
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from Big Think
A new study may explain the cause for the extinction of the Australian megafauna around 45,000 years ago. We are talking about 1,000-pound kangaroos, 500-pound flightless birds, 25-foot-long lizards and tortoises the size of cars.
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from Coeur d'Alene Press
A MARCH FOR WOMEN
Lisa Siri and her two grown daughters brought their signs to the Spokane Convention Center on Saturday and proudly walked among a sea of strangers to support women and other oppressed groups across the country and around the world. “It’s important to stand up for what you believe in,” Siri told the Press as she marched on the streets of Spokane with her sign that read ‘I’m in the love army.’ “I’m here for my daughters. I want them to be able to fight for themselves; it’s their world.”
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from FEE (Foundation for Economic Education)
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Oxfam Uses Absurd Metrics and Gets Absurd Results
Every year, Oxfam releases a report meant to shock the public about the extent of income and wealth inequality. This year’s report claims that the eight richest people on Earth have as much wealth as the bottom half of the world’s population (3.6 out of 7.2 billion people). That’s certainly shocking. It’s also profoundly misleading.
Why Trade Restrictions Always Backfire
When the U.S. imposed a tariff on magazine paper from Canada in 2015, workers at a financially troubled paper mill in Maine cheered. Less than two years later, their jobs are gone and the mill is closed.
Why Trump Supporters Don't Care that He's Not Conservative
Trump’s rise to prominence in the Republican Party indicates that there is a massive disconnect between the ideological stalwarts in DC and the man on the street. Trump is successful because he's a populist, not an ideologue.
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from The Heritage Foundation
Relief Is on the Way: What Trump’s Obamacare Executive Order Will Do
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to ease the burden of Obamacare. While it is true that Congress will need to enact legislation to address Obamacare’s major components, the Trump administration can immediately begin to pare back and rework the law’s numerous and detailed regulations. In large part, that is because the law itself granted the executive branch considerable discretionary authority to fill in the details through regulation. Those details can now be changed by a new administration, and this executive order makes doing exactly that the official policy of the Trump administration.
Trump’s Nominees Face ‘Unprecedented’ Democrat Obstructionism
President Donald Trump starts his first full week in the White House with just two Cabinet secretaries confirmed by the U.S. Senate. That’s the lowest number in decades and a sharp contrast from former President Barack Obama. None of Trump’s nominees face the likelihood of defeat—but that hasn’t stopped Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer from delaying the confirmation process.
from Pamela Geller (Atlas Shrugs)
Stop Operation Soros (SOS): Massive Movement To Overthrow George Soros Explodes In Macedonia
A major new initiative called Stop Operation Soros (SOS), a movement dedicated to stopping the evil machinations of Nazi collaborator billionaire George Soros, has taken off in Macedonia.
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from Psychology Today
11 Signs of Gaslighting in a Relationship
Gaslighting is a manipulation tactic in which a person or entity, in order to gain more power, makes a victim question their reality. It works much better than you may think.
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from The Spokesman-Review
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