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Flight Records Illuminate Mystery of Trump's Moscow Nights

President Donald Trump twice gave James Comey an alibi for why a salacious report about the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow couldn’t be true: He never even spent the night in Russia during that trip, Trump told the former FBI director, according to Comey’s memos about the conversations.

Yet the broad timeline of Trump’s stay, stretching from Friday, Nov. 8, 2013, through the following Sunday morning, has been widely reported. And it’s s...

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions-rusal-workers/people-will-revolt-workers-say-russia-must-save-sanctions-hit-rusal-idUSKBN1HU0FA

SAYANOGORSK, Russia (Reuters) - Workers at one of Russia’s biggest aluminum smelters say their Siberian town is doomed unless Moscow mitigates U.S. sanctions against aluminum giant Rusal, a predicament mirrored across the co...

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And recidivist Catholics (same difference).


http://religiondispatches.org/maybe-its-time-to-admit-that-the-grotesque-caricature-of-white-evangelicals-is-the-reality/

week dozens of prominent evangelical leaders gathered at conservative Wheaton College, in Wheaton, IL, to address the “grotesque caricature” of their faith in the Trump era. The organizer of the gathering, Doug Birdsall, to...

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Why is this an issue?

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Coal is the answer, right? America is quickly falling behind Europe in clean energy development, thanks to Drumpf's susceptibility to energy lobbyists and his lack of foresight.  We'll be importing clean energy from Germany and wind turbines from China long after Drumpf is out of office.   

https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/germany-grids-paying-electricity-customers-renew...

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North Korea announces end to missile testing as Trump cites 'big progress'

Elizabeth Zwirz
4/20/2018

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced Friday that his country will be suspending missile testing and closing a nuclear test site, several reports said.

"From April 21, North Korea will stop nuclear tests and launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles," the Korean Central News Agency said, according to Yonhap News. "The North will shut down a nuclear test site in the country'...

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Democratic Party files lawsuit alleging Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks conspired to disrupt the 2016 campaign

The Democratic National Committee filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging a far-reaching conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 campaign and tilt the election to Donald Trump.

The complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian governmen...