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.Politics : NPR

• Houston Mayor Cancels Texas GOP's In-Person Convention, Citing Public

  Mayor Sylvester Turner announced the move on Wednesday, as the city reported hundreds of new cases of COVID

• Census Bureau Expands Early Door Knocking For Count To 6 More States

  Despite the pandemic, Census Bureau officials say they've determined it's safe enough for visits to

• Georgia Congressman Asks DOJ To Investigate DA Handling Rayshard Brooks

  Rep. Doug Collins, R-Ga., wants the Fulton County District Attorney investigated for "egregious abuse

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Zelo Street

• Tough Sentences Confuse Dan Hodges

  Saturday’s supposed protests in London have returned to the news front today after it was revealed that the

• Where’s The Russia Report?

  As broadcast media obediently shows its viewers the reopening of shopping centres, and marvels over the

• Polecat Lockdown Breach - Lawyers Called In

  While those in and around 10 Downing Street would rather everyone look at the prospect of new shopping

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Discover: BreakingNews.ie

• ‘Quite a spectacle’ as rainbows and lightning coincide

  As the UK saw thunder and lightning storms on Saturday night, some managed to spot rainbows too.

• As shops reopen in Ireland and UK, why are people so desperate to queue?

  Penneys have seen long lines of people in Ireland queueing up as shops reopen.

• Black Lives Matter: Public protest art from all over the world

  From murals of George Floyd to streets being painted with giant letters, art is being used to promote the

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Ireland: BreakingNews.ie

• Stormont to consider report that UK travellers pose greatest Covid-19 risk

  Stormont ministers are to consider a report warning that travellers from the rest of the UK present the

• The Lotto results are in...

  After the jackpot was won last Wednesday, the jackpot will roll over ahead of the weekend's draw.

• Firearm discovered in Co Laois wasteland

  A jar of cocaine and a pistol have been dug up in waste ground on the outskirts of Portarlington, Co Laois.

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memeorandum

• Coronavirus Surge in Tulsa 'More Than Likely' Linked to Trump Rally

  Maggie Astor / New York Times : Coronavirus Surge in Tulsa ‘More Than Likely’ Linked to

• TikTok, Once an Oasis of Inoffensive Fun, Ventures Warily Into Politics

  Wall Street Journal : TikTok, Once an Oasis of Inoffensive Fun, Ventures Warily Into Politics  

• "You Seem To Have No Conscience": Activists Stop Crown Heights

  Jake Offenhartz / Gothamist : “You Seem To Have No Conscience”: Activists Stop Crown

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The Hayride

• US Pastors Council “appalled” by Supreme Court ruling on sexuality

  The U.S. Pastor Council, an inter-racial, inter-denominational organization of pastors, says it is “

• Texas awarded $78.81 billion in federal COVID-19 relief

  Texas has received $78.81 billion in federal coronavirus relief aid as of May 19, the 12th highest amount

• Reports: Borrowing from Fed has long-term economic consequences for failing

  Many states have faced budget strains for years, which became exacerbated by stay-at-home orders causing

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Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives - research • analysis • solutions

• Statement from the CCPA on systemic state violence and anti-Black racism

  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives is angered and outraged by ongoing police violence and

• A message to our supporters from Erika Shaker, CCPA National Office

  The past few weeks have been overwhelming and, like many of you, I’m struggling to process our new and

• Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia: Anti-Racism, Anti-Poverty

  We write this statement as members of the Campaign 2000 steering committee, authors, and publisher of the

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Times of India

• Sushant Singh Rajput passes away at 34, police find no suicide note at his

• Plan needed to curb Covid-19 spread in Delhi: PM Modi at review

• Two Indian high commission officials missing in Pakistan

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India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India

• Microphones derail virtual court proceedings in SC

• SC seeks response from TN Speaker on disqualification plea against OPS

• Complete NLU students death probe in 2 months, SC orders Rajasthan

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News24 Top Stories

• News24.com | Covid-19: Re-testing previously diagnosed people before

  Anyone who does not fit the criteria for targeted testing should not be tested, one of the country’s top

• News24.com | Panyaza Lesufi | What the youth of today can learn from the

  Like the youth of 1976, today’s young people are full of energy, ambition and willingness to develop their

• News24.com | WRAP | WHO on alert after new outbreaks in China, ‘Nauseating’

  Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysis as the number of coronavirus cases in SA increases

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News24 Voices

• News24.com | OPINION | Harbingers of electoral reform: Judicial activism at

  There is still no guarantee that a future electoral system will ensure that elected representatives will be

• News24.com | OPINION | George Floyd protests can propel world towards the

  The responsibility of changing the world rests on the shoulders of all of us, but more so on the shoulders

• News24.com | OPINION: Covid-19 is a chance to talk about death

  In the midst of the current health crisis, and a time of medical resource rationing, we mustn’t lose sight

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News24 Africa

• News24.com | Six killed as militia torches homes in east DRC - local

  Six civilians were killed and dozens of homes were torched in an attack in the east of the Democratic

• News24.com | Egyptian LGBT activist commits suicide in Canada

  Outspoken LGBT rights advocate Sara Hegazi was imprisoned and tortured in Egypt before seeking asylum in

• News24.com | Mass grave found of Sudanese conscripts killed in 1998, says

  Sudan's public prosecutor announced Monday the discovery of a mass grave containing conscripts

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World: BreakingNews.ie

• New Zealand records two new cases of coronavirus

  Two overseas travellers were confirmed to be infected with the virus.

• North Korea’s military threatens to re-enter demilitarised areas

  The move comes amid declining relations between North and South Korea.

• Barack Obama to hold joint fundraiser for Joe Biden

  The event is scheduled to take place Tuesday, June 23.

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WebMD Health

• Air Conditioning May Be Spreading COVID

  As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly throughout the South, some scientists believe there could be an important

• Court: Employers Can Refuse Birth Control Coverage

  More than 70,000 U.S. women could be left without cost-free birth control after the Supreme Court upheld a

• New Guidelines Could Double Number Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening

  CT scans have been proven to help spot lung cancer early and save lives. Now, updated expert

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WhoWhatWhy

• Our Counterfeit President

  Reading Time: 7 minutes The Big House or the White House: Thefts of different magnitudes and their inverse

• How Hackers Can Use an Ordinary Light Bulb to Spy on Conversations

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Government Spy Planes Monitored George Floyd Protests ; The Vultures Aren't

• Record Turnout for Georgia Primary Despite Tech Problems

  Reading Time: 3 minutes Democratic turnout on June 9 was three times higher than in the 2016 primary, but

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Science Blog

• Why opacity cannot be the singular clean-air determinant

  If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a view is worth a thousand pictures, handily! And, what does

• Politics Influences the Science of COVID-19

  Many of us are still shell-shocked by the changes in our lives that have been imposed this spring. We’

• Hearing persists at end of life

  Hearing is widely thought to be the last sense to go in the dying process. Now UBC researchers have

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Raw Story

• Devastating new ad uses Ronald Reagan’s words against Trump to stunning

  The Lincoln Project is not the only right-wing group that has been creating attack ads slamming President

• The sheep-like loyalty of Trump supporters is starting to backfire

  Donald Trump thinks his voters are morons. This universal truth was once again demonstrated this week by a

• Trump is living in a ‘COVIDless la-la land’ — and can’t understand why he

  On Wednesday’s edition of CNN’s “Cuomo Prime Time,” Chris Cuomo slammed President

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Scoop NZ - Sci-tech

• Hawke’s Bay Community Engaged In Codling Moth Research To Protect New

  Growing the world’s best apples is a team effort. Plant & Food Research has engaged households in

• New Zealand’s Most Devastating Predators’ Genomes Sequenced. DNA Codes

  The DNA secrets of the Predator Free 2050 programme’s most wanted species have been revealed. The complete

• NZ Vets Behind Major New Discovery In The Treatment Of Arthritis

  In a twist on new uses of old things, Arthramid® Vet is a unique and patented 2.5% cross-linked

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The Science of Doom

• Opinions and Perspectives – 9 – Pattern Effects

  The IPCC 5th Assessment Report (AR5) from 2013 shows the range of results that climate models produce for

• Opinions and Perspectives – 8 – Pattern Effects Primer

  For people with maths, physics and chemistry (and biology) backgrounds non-linear processes are familiar

• Opinions and Perspectives – 7 – Global Temperature Change from Doubling CO2

  How much will global temperature rise if we double CO2 from pre-industrial levels? Based on current

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Seeing the Forest

• Really Good Bloomberg Mocking Video

• Fascists Eat Donuts

  From 2003, Make these donuts with extra grease. This batch is for the chief of police. Does anyone remember

• It’s Intimidation, Not “Moderation”

  The Nation has a great piece by By Guy T. Saperstein and Joe Cirincione, titled, Americans Want Jobs, Not

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The Slog

• Fascist bureaucracy versus elected incompetence: does the Covid19 cloud

  Bear with the pessimistic reality of this post: there is light at the end of the tunnel we’re […

• At the End of the Day

  President Trump and me…*crosses fingers* – we’re like that. I’ve been promoted

• OFFICIAL: New money-tree virus to bankrupt planet until next Millennium

  DEFRA Secretary George Eustace announced this morning that money does indeed grow on trees. The environment

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Top Documentary Films

• The Lost City of the Monkey God

• Printing Out the World

• 8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: The Killing of George Floyd

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Universe Today

• Languages Will Change Significantly on Interstellar Flights

  A pair of linguists recently did a study, which appeared in an ESA-associated journal, that discusses how

• Although InSight’s Mole is Completely Buried, it Might be Stuck Again

  You’ve gotta hand it to NASA, and to the German Aerospace Center (DLR.) They’ve been struggling

• What Telescope Will Be Needed to See the First Stars in the Universe? The

  The oldest stars in the Universe are cloaked in darkness. Their redshift is so high, we can only wonder

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Front Line Whistleblower News

• Whistleblower in Tamiflu Case Alleges Pharmaceutical Company Fooled CDC

  The pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-La Roche allegedly defrauded the federal government out of $1.4 billion

• Former Railway Employee Ordered Reinstated after Facing Whistleblower

  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of the U.S. Department of Labor ordered Norfolk

• Michael Rothenberg, Venture Capitalist Whose Fraud was Originally Exposed

  On June 26, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced multiple

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Andy Worthington

• “I Can’t Breathe”: Afghan Prisoner Asadullah Haroon Gul on Black Lives

  A cross-post, with my own introduction, of an article about Black Lives Matter and Guantánamo, published in

• The Four Fathers Release New Existential Song ‘The Wheel of Life’, As

  Today, Bandcamp, the US online music service, is waiving its fees to help musicians, so please feel free to

• COVID-19 and the Economic Meltdown: Was Global Tourism the Only Thing

  An update on the coronavirus crisis, looking in particular at the difficulties accompanying the lifting of

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