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A limousine with its windows smashed in downtown Washington. (Tara Bahrampour/The Washington Post) Around 10:30 a.m., a group of self-described “anti-fascist, anti-capitalist” protestors marched from Logan Circle toward the Mall. Some in the group tossed bricks at cars and businesses, knocked over trash cans and smashed a limousine. At times, they also yelled, “No more…
As to policy, DeVos stood firm in her long held beliefs that parents — not the government — should be able to choose where to send children to school, pledging to push voucher programs should she be confirmed to lead the nation’s education system. But the hearing largely hinged on her qualifications for the job….
BRUSSELS — European leaders grappled with the jolting reality of President-elect Donald Trump’s skepticism of the European Union on Monday, saying they might have to stand without the United States at their side during the Trump presidency. The possibility of an unprecedented breach in transatlantic relations came after Trump — who embraced anti-E.U. insurgents during his…
The developers of Prison Architect found themselves in a pinch of legal trouble recently when they were contacted by the British Red Cross over the game’s use of a red cross on a white background to denote health. While that may seem harmless, turns out it’s not allowed. As PC Gamer report, the famous symbol…
https://youtu.be/URCz2uc4t20 He’s an authoritarian strongman, and he’s never been more popular with GOP voters. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com to get up to speed on everything from Kurdistan to the Kim Kardashian app….
A month ago, when Donald Trump’s transition team was still rejecting U.S. intelligence about Russia helping get the Republican elected, Kellyanne Conway said the only people concerned about the scandal are those “who want this to be the permanent campaign.” Yeah, about that. President-elect Donald Trump hasn’t yet been sworn into office, but he’s already…
People protest Donald Trump’s appointment of Steve Bannon to be chief strategist of the White House on Nov. 16, 2016 in Los Angeles, California.David McNew/AFP/Getty Images The Women’s March on Washington has released its official policy platform, a far-reaching four-page statement that takes clear stances on reproductive rights, immigration reform, and worker’s issues. Christina…
TT he other day on Twitter, a man posted a picture of my coloring book he’d given his daughter for Christmas. He was excited to give her a coloring book full of badass intersectional feminists. He wanted to thank me for creating it. “I don’t know,” chimed in a random stranger (because Twitter), “Sounds like…
Rex Tillerson appears before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for his confirmation hearing as secretary of state. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) There’s a joke among Asian Americans that people think we all look the same. That joke became my own personal Pizzagate late Wednesday: I got caught in a terrible case of mistaken identity…
3 Shares post-social-count Share Tweet Share Share Email social-sharing-top Donald Trump’s efforts at fooling the American people into believing he’s a competent leader are nothing but a pathetic charade, and nothing makes that clearer than discovering that the large pile of folders placed next to him at yesterday’s…