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Have You Heard: Michigan’s School Choice Mess

Have You Heard: Michigan’s School Choice Mess Have You Heard heads to Michigan to learn about
Shanker Blog: Charter Schools and Teacher Diversity

Shanker Blog: Charter Schools and Teacher Diversity A new study of North Carolina public
Answer Sheet: A Report that Detailed up to $1 Billion in Wasted Federal

Answer Sheet: A Report that Detailed up to $1 Billion in Wasted Federal Funds on Bad Charter Schools May

Oil 'at edge of a coin toss' ahead of crucial trade, OPEC+ meets

The U.S.-Iran standoff and shrinking American crude stockpiles propelled oil to its biggest monthly gain
Oil up, gas down — rig count stays flat

The Permian Basin, Gulf of Mexico and Oklahoma all saw increased drilling activity this week, but they were
Venture Global raises $675M more for LNG projects

Virginia-based Venture Global has raised another $675 million of additional capital for its trio of

Kamala's attack on Biden was months in the making

She and her advisers assiduously plotted the attack — and how to capitalize on it afterward.
Watch Kamala Harris and Joe Biden's heated exchange on race
Biden tries to stanch the bleeding with full Obama embrace

The Rev. Jesse Jackson offered advice to the former vice president on how to repair the damage from the his

'A colossal mistake': GOP-controlled Senate votes down measure blocking Iran military strike

The GOP-controlled Senate defeated a bill that would have required Donald Trump to get explicit congressional approval for a military strike on Iran.

USA TODAY
Joe Biden May Have Delivered The Greatest Self-Own In Debate History

The former vice president's critics say this one line could come to define him and his campaign.

HuffPost
Bernie Sanders Says He Would ‘Rotate’ Conservative Judges Off the Supreme Court

During the second Democratic primary debate Thursday night, Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) raised the possibility of rotating justices off of the Supreme Court so that they could be replaced with jurists whose philosophy aligns more closely with his own.Sanders dismissed the idea that Democrats should erode the Conservative majority on the High Court by adding additional justices, arguing instead that the number of justices should remain the same but the composition of the court should change.“I do not believe in packing the court,” Sanders said. “We’ve got a terrible 5-4 majority conservative court right now. But I do believe constitutionally we have the power to rotate judges to other courts and that brings in new blood into the Supreme Court and a majority I hope that will understand that a woman has a right to control her own body and that corporations cannot run the United States of America.”Sanders was referring to the possibility that the High Court's conservative majority might overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which codified abortion as a right. He also noted Democrats' opposition to the 2010 Citizen's United v. FEC decision, which held that corporations are entitled to engage in unabridged political speech.The Constitution holds that Supreme Court justices may retain their seat on the court “during good behavior,” which has been widely understood as an effective life term.The former Burlington, Vt. mayor emphasized his support for abortion rights by declaring that he would “never nominate any Supreme Court justice to the Supreme Court unless that justice is 100 percent clear he or she will defend Roe v. Wade.”Sanders' comments come after President Trump vowed to appoint a third justice to the court if another vacancy opens before the 2020 election.“We have the Senate. We have a great Senate,” Trump told the Hill. “We have great people. If we could get him approved, I would definitely do it. … If there were three days left [before the 2020 election], I’d put somebody up hoping that I could get ’em done in three days, OK?”

National Review

Missing toddler found deceased

It’s a somber day for the Navajo Nation after the body of missing 21-month-old Kryon Kelewood was found
Wrongfully accused man to sue police

Attorneys with the Southwest Center for Equal Justice say they are planning to file a lawsuit against the
Search for toddler continues

Police and volunteers are searching Horseshoe Canyon north of Shiprock for a 21-month-old boy who went

Archaeologists find first intact, undisturbed Roman shipwreck off the coast

An underwater archaeological project funded by the Cyprus government for the first time paid off big this
Cosmic radio signal precisely pinpointed to galaxy billions of light years

A burst of cosmic radio waves that took 3.6 billion years to reach Earth came from a Milky Way-sized galaxy
Mesoamericans had their own Batman long before Bruce Wayne appeared on the

Recently, there was lots of buzz on social media about who might be chosen to play Batman in the next

Hania, 12, found at Rotterdam hotel with American man, 49

The 12-year-old Rotterdam girl who went missing after telling her school she had an orthodontist
Not so festive? Amsterdam takes critical look at policy on festivals

Amsterdam city council is taking a critical look at the effect of festivals on the city and plans to set...
Climate plans will work and are affordable, ministers say

Ministers published their plans to reduce climate change and cut greenhouse gas emissions on Friday, saying

Android Horror Game Steals Google, Facebook Credentials and Data

An Android horror game with over 50,000 installs was found to exhibit malicious behavior, stealing the
Microsoft Teams Can Be Used to Download and Run Malicious Packages

The update mechanism as it is currently implemented in Microsoft Teams desktop app allows downloading and
Phishing Security Controls Fully Bypassed Using QR Codes

Researchers discovered a new phishing campaign that abuses QR codes to redirect targets to phishing landing

1 dead 3 injured as meteorite hits southern India (27 flags)

And it has created a record. First recorded human fatality due to a meteorite. Can someone bring up the
Donald Trump: Id bring back a hell of a lot worse than waterboarding (25

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/feb/06/donald-trump-waterboarding-republican-debate-torture
Iowans claim instances when Sanders was shorted delegates (20 flags)

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2016/02/06/iowans-claim-instances

University of California-Santa Cruz Removed Mission Bell from Campus after

One of the "mission bells" that dot the old El Camino Real in California was removed at the
University of Louisville Professor Claimed Republicans are Trying to “Pimp”

University of Louisville professor Ricky Jones, who teaches in the Department of Pan-African Studies
Anti-Trump Organization PEN America Attacks Free Speech Protection Laws in

An anti-Trump organization, PEN America, wrote a recent opinion editorial which criticized bans on "

G20 summit 2019: All the latest updates

Follow Al Jazeera's coverage of the G20 summit as leaders from the member nations gather in the
Why Pakistan's economy is sinking

Pakistan's new budget will not fix the country's economic woes. Here is why.
US Supreme Court to rule on Trump bid to end 'dreamers' programme

Justices also say they'll hear 'bridgegate' and religious school subsidies cases, but won't

Top Products in Two Decades of Tech Reviews

Walt Mossberg on the dozen personal-technology products that were the most influential over two decades of
Diabetes Data Beamed to Your Phone

New meters from iHealth and LifeScan are small steps toward better diabetes care.
Two Houses, One Cable TV Bill

Walt answers questions from readers about streaming TV from one house to another and the search for

Friedman renews claims Israel has ‘right’ to annex West Bank

(L to R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and US ambassador to
Israel demolishes farming and commercial facilities in occupied West Bank

Israeli troops demolished a barn in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on 13 June 2019 Israeli occupation
Soldiers Take Measurements Of 16 Apartment Buildings In Preparation For

27 JUN 11:53 AM Dozens of Israeli soldiers and police officers invaded, Thursday, Wadi al-Hummus

Trump says he wants to 'shake hands' with North Korea's Kim at

"I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello," President Trump tweets
EU and Mercosur agree huge trade deal after 20-year talks

EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker says it is the biggest deal the EU has ever concluded.
European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C

The new record, equivalent to 114.6F, was measured in southern France amid a Europe-wide heatwave.

Charisma Still Flogging “Trump Prophecies”

From Stephen Strang at Charisma News: If you keep up with current events at all, you know the left loves to
Penguin Defends Publishing Spanish “Rothschild” Conspiracy Monger

(various links in this post via Jeremy Duns on Twitter) From the Guardian: Penguin has undertaken a
A Note on the Hobson-Corbyn Imperialism Controversy

This one was the subject of wide discussion yesterday – from The Times: Jeremy Corbyn endorsed book

A few of my favorite books about herbs…

My collection of Stephen Buhner’s books. An incredibly rich and important resource for any herbalist
Nature within us and without speaks to us always

That has been my experience. I've had to toss out everything I've been told and learn from the
Skepticism is a healthy process that aids discernment…

Let’s not demonize the skeptic! While anything can be taken too far, skepticism is a must for healthy

Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT

With the world waiting for the first headlines from the Trump-Xi meeting, the most important and unexpected
California Ammo Sales Spike As Background Checks Start Monday

California gun owners have been rushing to buy bullets before a new background check law goes into effect
Special envoy: United States will sanction any countries that import

The United States will sanction any country that imports Iranian oil and there are no exemptions in place,

Slav Mom Cooking

This is NOT medical advice. Please consult your doctor before you eat food. Low fat, high carb, high sugar
Advice For Women Who Want Kids

This series contains candid advice for young women who know they want a family.
Hovercraft Parenting: Damaging a Generation

We have reached a time in history where helicopter parenting is no longer an adequate description for an

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

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Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

In Case You Missed It…

This week at CBPP, we focused on federal tax, housing, health, state budgets and taxes
New Tax Proposals Would Help Low-Income Same-Sex Couples

Pride month is a good time to highlight proposals that would help low- and modest-income
Trump Proposal Would Force 25,000 Families to Split Up or Lose Rental

A proposed Trump Administration rule would ban certain families with immigrants from most

HBO's Chernobyl is Excellent

I am not breaking any ground here but I just finished the fifth and final episode of Chernobyl last night
Update -- Osteoarthritis and Changing My Running Gait to Toe-First Landing

Almost a year ago, I wrote that I had had to give up running due to my osteoarthritis but that I was
A Good Insight Into The Basic Assumptions On The Left -- Every Issue Is An

When I saw the headline of this post by Kevin Drum -- Our Personal Data Is Worth a Lot. Facebook Should Pay

Boycott America! by Bruce Gagnon

by Bruce Gagnon Writer, Dandelion Salad Organizing Notes, June 20, 2019 June 28, 2019 Don’t buy our
Libra: Facebook’s Audacious Bid for Global Monetary Control by Ellen Brown

by Ellen Brown Writer, Dandelion Salad The Web of Debt Blog June 27, 2019 Payments can happen cheaply and
Blowing Up The Armory

The Essays of The Man From the North by Rivera Sun Writer, Dandelion Salad Originally published Jan. 26

Highly Facetious Comics #6

Joinmycult.org The post Highly Facetious Comics #6 appeared first on disinformation. [This is a
The Alzheimer’s Drug that Might Unlock Your Dreams

As excited as I get about the potentiality of psychedelic drugs, I get far more amped about pushing the
Did Marijuana Come from Outer Space?

Another way of putting that would be, is all weed space weed? According to some shamanic cultures, the

Armed Drone Proliferation Update, June 2019

It’s been a year since we published Drone Wars: The Next Generation, which gave our assessment of who is
Global Hawk Down

At 11.35pm (GMT) on 19 June, an Iranian surface to air missile struck and downed a US RQ-4A Global Hawk
Military drone crash data undermines MoD case to fly Protector drones in UK

Drone Wars is today publishing a new report reviewing large military drone crashes over the past decade

Can we happily borrow our way to a Green New Deal?

Is it the government a cornucopia of money, so that we need not worry about its debt?
The Left plans an experiment to pay for the Green New Deal

The Left plans to pay for the Green New Deal by experimenting with an untried economic theory. We're
About the first cyberwar, an electronic Pearl Harbor

America started the first cyberwar, an infamous electronic Pearl Harbor – attacking Iran.

India’s Criminal Justice System is Failing Victims of Sexual Violence

Divya Srinivasan is South Asia Consultant at Equality Now The post India’s Criminal Justice System
“Unimaginable Horrors” in Libya’s Migrant Detention Centers

For over 10,000 migrants fleeing to Libya from war and violence, their fate often comes down to the mercy
10 digital solutions for women entrepreneurs win support from United

(ESCAP) – A crowdfunding platform for women farmers, online marketplaces for women-produced goods and

New Socialist Communities: A Conversation with Hernan Vargas (Part II)

Cira Pascual Marquina Hernan Vargas is a spokesperson for the Movimiento de Trabajadoras Residenciales and
Honduras: Ten Years Later, the People Continue to Fight the Dictatorship

Carlos Aznarez Since that disastrous day in June 2009 when the Honduran army and police, following
Honduras: 10 Years of Resistance Against the Right-wing Coup

June 28, 2019, marks 10 years since the coup d’état in Honduras that took democratically elected president

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Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

Falklands: UK, Argentina and Red Cross discussing further remains

Argentina, United Kingdom and the International Committee of the Red Cross are
US Representatives approve bill to return to paper ballots and avoid cyber

US states would get US$600 million in federal grants to secure voting machines from
Environmentalists urge G20 to press Japan to end its whaling program

Environmentalists from around the world urged global leaders at the G20 summit on

‘A landmark case’: After Kansas residents stop wind farm, is more

When Jim Warta looks out on his Ellsworth County pasture, he sees 11 towering wind turbines – and
Not so clean wind energy and House Bill 6 #OH

Ohio’s best wind resources are Iowa’s worst. So why build thousands of massive 600- to 650-foot wind
Edgartown hearing puts Vineyard Wind on trial #MA

An Edgartown conservation commission hearing on export cables for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project

When the EU makes young people travel

Summer is coming and the European Parliament is taking its annual leave, but that does not necessarily mean
How we are united in diversity: A cultural perspective

With 453 inscribed sites, Europe accounts for almost half of the UNESCO World Heritage list, as well as for
This Week in Europe: European Council, Autobahn tax and more

Members of the TNF team recount big events from Europe from the past week, and point attention to news that

Failed Replication of Famous Research Rejected

When scientific journals decline to address their own fake news.
The Problem With Hate Speech

Preventing dialogue and discrediting disagreement.
Censorship Canada Style

Justice Committee cleanses the record - not of hate, but of awkward ideas.

The Survival Rate of Each Lung Cancer Stage

We all know that there are many stages of lung cancer and you might be wondering how each stage is like and
Chocolates Help Fight Cancer- Myth or Truth?

How amazing (and difficult) is it to love something that is also supposed to do you a world of good
Top 6 Symptoms That Indicate Breast Cancer

Cancer is one of the fastest growing cause of deaths in the world. The most common type of cancer include &

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists

Worth reading: Segregation, sexual harassment, and silencing scientists A few of the recent
It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare?

It's October. What's Congress doing about healthcare? We made it to October without
More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare

More reasons to oppose the latest awful iteration of GOPcare Many of us were cheered by

Exit From The Matrix: unlimited power of imagination

by Jon Rappoport May 11, 2019 One way or another, 99.99999999% of the world’s “spiritual systems” get
The lure of a stimulus-response world

Shrinking-freedom is a Spiritual covert op by Jon Rappoport May 10, 2019 (To join our email list, click
The stone cold conservative socialist

by Jon Rappoport May 9, 2019 (To join our email list, click here.) “Is he a meth goony bird? He seems to be

Depressing Job and Pathetic conditions at the Facebook Content Moderation

At Facebook's worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and
A daunting agenda... sprinkled with wisecracks: Highlights from the Trump

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin had a full agenda when they met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka
Spain: Catalonia battles worst wildfire in 20 years amid heatwave

The still-raging blaze has devoured more than 5,500 hectares of land, forcing people to evacuate and

The past, present and future of NZ's oldest hospice as it celebrates

From humble beginnings at a Wellington hospital, Mary Potter Hospice has grown into something much larger.
Police check firearm licence applicants for signs of 'extreme right'

Firearm licence applicants are being checked for shaven heads, tattoos, and Nazi symbolism after March 15
Economics vs environment: the battle for the electric bus

Just a handful of electric buses are running in NZ. Why aren't they the norm yet?

The poor media reaction to latest Trump assault accusation

I mentioned earlier how jaded we seem to have become about Donald Trump’s behavior that the latest
Jack’s Walk

Our weather has finally warmed up and the past few days have been pleasantly warm and summer-like
Changing unauthorized immigration from a criminal to a civil offense

In the first debate, in the discussion on immigration reform Julian Castro made an issue of the importance