By Peter Castagno on Jan 09, 2020 09:00 am
 “I find it insulting and I find it demeaning to the Constitution of the United States. It’s un-American. It’s unconstitutional. And it’s wrong… They had to leave after 75 minutes while they were in the process of telling us that we need to be good little boys and girls and not debate this in public. [...]
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By Paul Abela on Jan 09, 2020 08:30 am
 The first Monday of the New Year has been dubbed divorce day by lawyers due to the spike in married couples filing for divorce. So why do many so many couples divorce after the festive period?
The pressure to conform to social expectations influences our behavior.
This pressure manifests in an idealised version of Christmas families desperately try and live up to.
The expectation around Christmas is unrealistic. But married couples strive to create this archetypal version of Christmas. With this expectation comes stress, placing a burden on couples whose relationships are already rocky.
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By Peter Castagno on Jan 09, 2020 07:00 am
 “We may be in the midst of a national security crisis, but that is not stopping the administration from rolling back climate change regulations.” While the majority of media attention focused on the U.S.’ escalating tension with Iran over the past week, the Trump administration submitted a proposal to end the consideration of climate change [...]
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By Prabir Purkayastha on Jan 09, 2020 05:00 am
 The U.S. is building a new generation of nuclear weapons and dismantling nuclear arms control treaties, increasing the threat of nuclear war. The decade ends with two major threats to humanity: global warming leading to a climate catastrophe and the threat of a nuclear war extinguishing our civilization. The U.S. has pulled out of the Paris Agreement and [...]
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By Catherine Shakdam on Jan 08, 2020 01:52 pm
 “All is well! Missiles launched from Iran at two military bases located in Iraq. Assessment of casualties & damages taking place now. So far, so good! We have the most powerful and well equipped military anywhere in the world, by far! I will be making a statement tomorrow morning.” Taking to Twitter at the height [...]
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By Jack Xiong on Jan 08, 2020 10:53 am
 “Clearly everybody knows that everybody in the four acting groups of nominees are white, it’s infuriating, we can’t make the industry do something…” On the heels of Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, the BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) nominations were announced Tuesday and have already been denounced for its lack of diversity. Is [...]
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By Carmine Sabia on Jan 08, 2020 08:45 am
 “Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal and fast. Under construction are many hypersonic missiles. The fact that we have this great military and equipment, however, does not mean we have to use it.” Trump Addresses The Nation President Donald Trump addressed the nation following retaliatory attacks from Iran on two U.S bases in Iraq. [...]
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By Paul Abela on Jan 08, 2020 07:00 am
 Exxon undertook research on the link between CO2 levels in the atmosphere and global average temperatures in 1982.
One of the largest, most influential companies in the world could have taken proactive steps to transform our economy 38 years ago.
They choose not too as they thought about profits before people. Once the impacts of the climate crisis reveal themselves this will do down in infamy.
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By Alexis Chapman on Jan 08, 2020 05:00 am
 The only real limit on how the next president employs drone strikes appears to be whatever rules they choose to set for themselves. President Trump’s decision to kill Iranian General Qasem Soleimani on January 2 was far from the first time that an American President has used a drone strike to kill a foreign target [...]
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By Catherine Shakdam on Jan 07, 2020 05:41 pm
 Only hours after Iran laid the slain body of General Qassem Soleimani, Commander in Chief of Iran’s elite Quds Units, Tehran military command ordered the launch of a barrage of ballistic missiles against all U.S. military bases and interests in Iraq. So far a reported 500 missiles have been fired, leading to reported but not [...]
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By Peter Castagno on Jan 07, 2020 04:09 pm
 Iran launched over a dozen missiles at two American bases, Asad and Erbil, in Iraq early Wednesday, according to Iranian official news media and United States officials. The military strike marks the beginning of what Iran claims will be a “fierce revenge” for the Trump administration’s assassination of Iranian General Qassim Suleimani last Thursday. “The [...]
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By Guest Post on Jan 07, 2020 02:00 pm
 In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners. (By Frank Clemente, Inequality.org) Republicans repeatedly promised in 2017 that their proposed tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations would increase jobs, pay for themselves, give every family a big raise and would really hurt [...]
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By John Bos on Jan 07, 2020 01:05 pm
 Baby, let me follow you down
Baby, let me follow you down
Well, I'll do anything in this God-almighty world
If you just let me follow you down
Bob Dylan’s lyrics from his iconic “Baby, Let me Follow you Down” are a metaphor for the creepy metastases of the Republican Party into the Trumpublican Party, the result of following Donald Trump down into the swamp he once vowed to clean up.
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