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Posted Jul 18, 2018
Trump’s Disastrous Summit Performance Could Derail U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Control Talks
Interview with Mel Goodman, former CIA analyst, now a senior fellow at the Center for International Policy, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 18, 2018
Ireland is First Nation in World to Fully Divest from Fossil Fuel Industry
Interview with Richard Brooks, North America iconic divestment campaigns coordinator with 350.org, conducted by Scott Harris
Posted Jul 18, 2018
CT Lawsuit Targeting Family Separation Policy Succeeds in Reuniting Children with Their Parents
Excerpt of speeches by Muneer Ahmed, Vanesa Suarez and Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus
Posted Jul 18, 2018
This Week’s Under-reported News Summary July 18, 2018
Compiled by Bob Nixon
- Brexit white paper sparks political crisis for May
- Prison reform second chance Pell grants for post secondary education
- Union busting enabled by Janus decision
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In secret recording seized by FBI, Trump and Cohen discuss buying rights to model’s account of alleged affair https://t.co/7TxI5G0Frd
In secret recording seized by FBI, Trump and Cohen discuss buying rights to model’s account of alleged affair https://t.co/7TxI5G0Frd
22 hours ago
Hey Trumpsters, get out while you still can.... Yes you'll be forever tainted with the stench of your foolish association with the deranged President. But you may avoid a lengthy prison sentence in a cell adjacent to where #DonaldTrump will spend the rest of his miserable life! https://t.co/Z1GNcn894q
Hey Trumpsters, get out while you still can.... Yes you'll be forever tainted with the stench of your foolish association with the deranged President. But you may avoid a lengthy prison sentence in a cell adjacent to where #DonaldTrump will spend the rest of his miserable life! https://t.co/Z1GNcn894q
R. Saddler 📎🗽🌊
@Politics_PR
After Helsinki, White House Staff Depressed and Ready to Bail https://t.co/62vIyCi2uj https://t.co/QdxmFrzjzo
After Helsinki, White House Staff Depressed and Ready to Bail https://t.co/62vIyCi2uj https://t.co/QdxmFrzjzo
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If the #GOP can make up bogus rules, certainly #Democrats, if they had any backbone, would propose their own completely rational rule. Presidents who are under investigation for treason should not be permitted to appoint a #SCOTUS judge who will likely hear #Trump's own case! https://t.co/BYZYfIznoo
If the #GOP can make up bogus rules, certainly #Democrats, if they had any backbone, would propose their own completely rational rule. Presidents who are under investigation for treason should not be permitted to appoint a #SCOTUS judge who will likely hear #Trump's own case! https://t.co/BYZYfIznoo
23 hours ago
Fire @HomeDepot from your shopping list! https://t.co/ofk7zCs4mA
Fire @HomeDepot from your shopping list! https://t.co/ofk7zCs4mA
Brian Krassenstein
@krassenstein
Meet Maurice Rucker, 60.
@HomeDepot just fired him for not 'disengaging' after a customer told him:
‘F*ck you. You’re a piece of sh*t. If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job. You’re from the ghetto, what do you know?”
RETWEET to help him find a BETTER job! https://t.co/erHSEyoT43
Meet Maurice Rucker, 60.
@HomeDepot just fired him for not 'disengaging' after a customer told him:
‘F*ck you. You’re a piece of sh*t. If Trump wasn’t president, you wouldn’t even have a job. You’re from the ghetto, what do you know?”
RETWEET to help him find a BETTER job! https://t.co/erHSEyoT43
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