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Arab World
Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships

Press Freedom in Middle East Cratering in Age of Brutal Dictatorships

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By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com ) | – – Among the 22 countries belonging to the Arab League, 17 are ranked as “bad” or “very bad” in the annual World Press Freedom Index published today by Reporters Without Borders. The eight classified as “bad” are Algeria, Jordan, Iraq, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar and the […]

Donald Trump
Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)

Hassan Minhaj was told not to Roast Trump, But did Anyway (WH Correspondents)

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Hassan Minhaj | (White House Correspondents Dinner) | (Video Clip) | – – “Daily Show correspondent Hasan Minhaj took full advantage of Donald Trump’s absence by taking aim at the president and his administration during his monologue at the White House Correspondents’ dinner.” Daily Show’s Hasan Minhaj White House Correspondents’ Dinner full monologue

Authoritarianism
Turkey's Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000

Turkey’s Erdogan bans Wikipedia, TV Dating Shows, oh, and Fires 4,000

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TeleSur | – – With the April 16 referendum having expanded Erdogan’s powers, the AKP leader continues to lead a mass crackdown against his citizens. While a hotly contested referendum earlier this month expanded Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s authoritarian powers — it appears the Justice and Development (AKP) party leader is wasting no time exercising […]

Desertification
20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months

20 Million People Could ‘Starve to Death’ in Next Six Months

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By Baher Kamal | (Inter Press Service) | – – ROME (IPS) – Urgent action is needed to save the lives of people facing famine in North Eastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen, the UN leading food and agriculture agency’s chief on April 28 warned. “If nothing is done, some 20 million people could […]

History
GOP Politician: ‘ISIS Has Won’ After Confederate Monument Removed

GOP Politician: ‘ISIS Has Won’ After Confederate Monument Removed

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Cenk Uygur | (The Young Turks) | Video News Clip | – – “Hey Confederates: your side lost. Yankees kicked your traitor slaver asses. Deal with it. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. “Corey Stewart, the former chairman of President Donald Trump’s Virginia campaign and a current candidate for Virginia governor, […]

Climate Change
Climate Change Is Melting Antarctica From the Inside Out: Study

Climate Change Is Melting Antarctica From the Inside Out: Study

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TeleSur | – – Two recent studies published in the journal Nature detail Antarctica’s internal melting while explaining its consequences. Scientist have discovered that Antarctica, like Greenland, is melting from the inside out because of climate change. The drainage of huge quantities of water threatens to exacerbate rising sea levels, which could result in the […]

Coal
Trump has it Backwards:  It is Dirty Coal that's Killing Green Jobs

Trump has it Backwards: It is Dirty Coal that’s Killing Green Jobs

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By Basav Sen | (Otherwords.org) | – – Wind and solar could create many, many more jobs than coal — especially if the government stops propping it up. When Donald Trump announced he was rolling back the Obama administration’s signature climate rules this spring, he invited coal miners to share the limelight with him. He […]

Barack Obama
Obama Mic Drop: Obamacare more Popular than Trump

Obama Mic Drop: Obamacare more Popular than Trump

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Wochit News | (Video Clip) | – – “Former President Barack Obama hailed the political resilience of his signature health care law at a private event Thursday, pointing out that Obamacare is now more popular than his successor trying to repeal it: President Donald Trump. As Republicans in Washington sputtered again this week in their […]

Donald Trump
Tasmanian Devil:  Donald Trump's 100 days of u-turns, bombs and cake

Tasmanian Devil: Donald Trump’s 100 days of u-turns, bombs and cake

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By Todd Landman | (The Conversation) | – – The hundredth day of an American president’s term traditionally marks the end of the honeymoon period – a time to take stock of early achievements, launch new legislation, and set a new direction. But the score card for Donald Trump’s first 100 days doesn’t read well, […]

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