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Great Lakes water temperatures warming off the charts; Some spots over 80 degrees
Hot weather and light winds have rapidly warmed the surface waters on the Great Lakes. The graphs of surface water temperatures are almost off the charts. Here’s a series of graphs comparing the lake-wide average surface water temperature to the long-term average water temperature.
American Passports Are Worthless Now (Map)
America is not united anymore and it’s barely a state. They have crashed right through failed state into a plague state, unwelcome across the world. This has been predicted, including here. Now it has come to pass. Just look at the map.
Long-Secret Stingray Manuals Detail How Police Can Spy on Phones
Harris Corp.’s Stingray surveillance device has been one of the most closely guarded secrets in law enforcement for more than 15 years.
California Bill to Establish Nation's Second Public Bank Applauded as 'Historic Challenge to Wall Street Domination'
In a move advocacy groups celebrated as a "historic challenge to Wall Street domination of municipal finances," a pair of California state lawmakers on Thursday unveiled legislation that would establish the nation's second publicly-owned bank and empower the institution to lend to businesses and loc
AP: Catholic Church lobbied for taxpayer funds, got $1.4B
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Roman Catholic Church used a special and unprecedented exemption from federal rules to amass at least $1.
Trump Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany's parents received $1-$2m in PPP loans for company, despite having more than 100 employees
The parents of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany received between $1 to $2m in Paycheck Protection Programme money for their roofing company, according to Small Business Association data.
Mary Trump’s book calls president a likely ‘sociopath’ who cheated his way into college, betrayed his brother
President Trump likely suffers from a range of mental disorders and spent his formative years cheating in school and emotionally abusing his brother, developing a destructive personality that could now bring about an “end to American democracy,” according to Mary Trump, the president’s estrang
Resurfaced Transcript Appeared To Show That Melania Lied Under Oath During Depostion Regarding Her College Education
We’ve known for some time now that Melania Trump is not the most honest human being to ever walk the earth.
Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban
Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response that Moscow received when the Trump administration learned of a precursor to the bounty operation.
'An Absolute Outrage': Sanders Rips 'Wealthy Tax Cheats' as CBO Estimates $381 Billion in Annual Unpaid Taxes
A Congressional Budget Office report commissioned by Sen.
Column: ‘Cancel culture’ is not the problem. The Harper’s letter is
Here’s how you know that satire is an elemental force of the universe: Even as many were celebrating the firing of the “I feel threatened” guy — a Florida man made infamous by a widely circulated video of him screaming threats at a woman who had asked him to wear a mask in Costco (which requ
Ousted Manhattan federal prosecutor tells House panel that Barr's plans to replace him were 'unprecedented, unnecessary and unexplained'
Geoffrey Berman, the former US attorney in Manhattan fired last month following a tense standoff with Attorney General William Barr, told a congressional panel Thursday that Barr had pressured him to resign and had warned he could be harming his future job prospects if he did not do so.
Boogaloo Movement Tied To Murder, Violence And Disinformation During Protests
Members of a shadowy movement known as the Boogaloo Boys have been implicated in a series of violent protests and the distribution of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 coronavirus and in violent racial protests in a number of cities in the U.S.
Global temperatures could exceed crucial 1.5 C target in the next five years
There is an increasing chance that annual global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels over the next five years, new climate predictions from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) say. CNN's Vasco Cotovio contributed reporting.
Peaceful Protesters Targeted By Wave Of Vehicle-Ramming Attacks
ISIS has used vehicles to to intimidate, harm and kill for years. The tactic is being adopted by the far-right as well.
Why I do't have a child: my climate crisis anxiety
My partner and I live in a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto. We both work in creative industries in an increasingly unaffordable city, but we get by. So far, we’ve been insulated from the harsher effects of our warming planet. We’re victims of neither floods nor fires.
Trump's Labor Board Eyes Striking Down FDR-Era Union Protection
Pres. Trump’s labor board is considering killing a legal precedent that has protected unions since before he was born, according to a recent filing by the board.
One Harrowing Month Inside a New York Hospital as the Coronavirus Took Hold
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Irrational Man
Something is happening out there in the dark fields of “the discourse.” Incoherence is now a virtue. Rather than irony, modesty, discernment, ambivalence, or the mental sprightliness needed to parse conflicting views, a proud refusal to make solid arguments may be the cure for our divided times.
Lucas County Ohio
All Law Enforcement agencies in Lucas County use the Northwest Ohio Regional Public Safety System. All Fire and EMS use the Northwest Ohio Regional Public Safety System.
'Far beyond garden-variety narcissism.' Book by Trump's niece paints him as habitual liar, inept businessman
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump's niece says he was scarred by his father and developed habits of lying and self-deception that shadowed him into the White House, according to a copy of her much-anticipated memoir obtained by USA TODAY.
The law that could make climate change illegal
Imagine this: it’s 2030 and a country has just missed its target for cutting carbon emissions, that was set back in 2020. People are frustrated, but several governments have come and gone since the goal was set. “Don’t blame us,” the current government says.
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Climate crisis: Thawing Arctic permafrost could release deadly waves of ancient diseases, scientists suggest
Disturbing things are happening in the Arctic. In the last fortnight a devastating heatwave has seen temperatures in Siberia reach a record 38C (100.
Key GOP senator: United States 'overreacted' to the pandemic
In mid-March, as the scope of the pandemic was coming into view, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) went further than most in arguing that the coronavirus crisis should not shut down the economy, even temporarily.
Televangelists, Dallas megachurch that hosted Pence approved for millions in pandemic aid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Dallas megachurch whose pastor has been a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump was approved for a forgivable loan worth $2 million to $5 million, according to long-awaited government data released on Monday.
Vocal Opponents Of Federal Spending Took PPP Loans, Including Ayn Rand Institute, Grover Norquist Group
Organizations that vigorously oppose government spending took Paycheck Protection Program loans, including some that have criticized the CARES Act, which created the PPP program, according to data released by the Small Business Administration.
Judge Who Read Unredacted Mueller Report Has a Spreadsheet Full of Questions for the DOJ to Answer
A federal judge who has been highly critical of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) under President Donald Trump has a spreadsheet full of questions for the agency to answer about the undredacted Mueller Report. U.S.
Grover Norquist’s Anti-Spending Group Took Small Business Relief
The Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, a conservative-allied group headed by anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, took Covid-19 small business relief funds from the federal government, according to data released Monday.
Treasury, SBA data show small-business loans went to private-equity backed chains, members of Congress
Data released Monday by the Small Business Administration shows that businesses owned by members of Congress and the law practice that represented President Trump were among the hundreds of thousands of firms that received aid from the agency.
ICE says foreign students can't take online-only classes in the fall
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled new fall semester rules for foreign students, including a requirement that they take in-person classes to remain in the U.S.
ICE says foreign students can't take online-only classes in the fall
The Trump administration on Monday unveiled new fall semester rules for foreign students, including a requirement that they take in-person classes to remain in the U.S.
How The Alt-Right Manipulates The Internet’s Biggest Commenting Platform
The commenting giant Disqus has said repeatedly that it doesn’t allow hate speech. But its platform is overrun with trolls, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis. Last updated on July 3, 2018, at 2:36 p.m. ET
Frederick Douglass statue torn down on anniversary of great speech
The statue stood in Maplewood Park, a site on the Underground Railroad, the network through which Douglass and Harriet Tubman, both escaped slaves themselves, and others helped ferry people enslaved in southern states to freedom in the north.
'We Never Agreed to Full Transparency.' Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin Defends Limits on Paycheck Protection Program Disclosures
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin defended his department’s decision to only release a partial list of the Paycheck Protection Program’s loan recipients, but said Congress could obtain additional information as part of its oversight probes.
ACLU News & Commentary
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#DefundThePolice: Georgia rebuilt its entire force, can the US do the same?
Chris Boot and Thomas Dworzak look back to the mid-2000s, when Georgia's president abolished and rebuilt its police force At this dynamic moment in American history, thinking about Minneapolis potentially replacing its police force and the broader movement to #defundthepolice, I found myself thinkin
Trump administration releases list of companies that received most money from small business bailout loans
The Trump administration on Monday disclosed the names of many small businesses which received loans under a program intended to blunt the economic damage from the coronavirus pandemic.
Journalists are reexamining their reliance on a longtime source: The police
For several weeks early this year, reporter Larry Hobbs struggled to nail down the story he was chasing. Police in his hometown of Brunswick, Ga.
Damning Documentary Exposes How Psychologically Unfit For Office Trump Really Is
An upcoming documentary that makes a case against Donald Trump from a psychological standpoint released a damning first look this week. That trailer alone should be enough for Americans to make sure he never gets a second term.
Pulling down statues? It’s a tradition that dates back to U.S. independence
Fireworks, bands, and cookouts are essential ingredients of any Fourth of July celebration. What’s usually not on the menu is toppling statues, ripping down signs, or burning portraits.
Column: John Wayne’s heroism was fake. Take his name off Orange County’s airport
This is not as momentous an issue as tearing down monuments to Confederates who took up arms against the United States, removing the Confederate stars and bars from state flags, or striking the names of racists from universities, but, yes: It’s time to get John Wayne’s name off the Orange County
Protesters Attacked by Police Are Suing to Vindicate Their Constitutional Rights
Protesters demonstrating against white supremacy and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s public lynching have been met with illegal repression by law enforcement.
Opinion : After coronavirus, Lisbon is turning away from Airbnb and using holiday rentals as key worker homes
Like many cities, we’re reassessing our post-pandemic priorities and putting the key workers that drove Lisbon through the Covid-19 crisis at the top of the list. Now is the moment to do things differently.
Hong Kong security law: Pro-democracy books pulled from libraries
Books by pro-democracy figures have been removed from public libraries in Hong Kong in the wake of a controversial new security law. The works will be reviewed to see if they violate the new law, the authority which runs the libraries said.
James Baldwin Was Right All Along
The writer and activist has the painful, powerful words for this political moment. America just needs to heed them. “There are days—this is one of them—when you wonder what your role is in this country and what your future is in it.
The Case Against the Fourth of July — Hampton Institute
In 1992, indigenous leaders succeeded in pressuring Berkeley, California to drop the Columbus Day holiday and replace it with Indigenous Peoples Day. Since then, hundreds of U.S. cities and a handful of U.S. states have followed suit.
Trump's Mt. Rushmore Speech Shows He is A Strong Man Narcissist Who Is A Threat To Our Republic
(The Washington Post) “'The radical ideology attacking our country advances under the banner of social justice. But in truth, it would demolish both justice and society,' Trump said.
Your Guide to Shaming Idiot People Who Don’t Take Covid-19 Seriously
I don’t know about you, but there’s nothing I enjoy more than feeling superior to other people.
Conservatives are flocking to a new 'free speech' social media app that has started banning liberal users
Last week, Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, both announced on Twitter that they were moving to a new social media platform. Many others followed suit. Parler, founded in August 2018, touts itself as an "unbiased" social media platform focused on "real user experiences and engagement.
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