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FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump’s unproven wiretapping claim – The Washington Post

Abby Phillip and Ellen Nakashima8 years ago017 mins

President Trump accused former president Barack Obama of wiretapping his calls in Trump Tower. Here’s a timeline of their relationship since inauguration. (Thomas Johnson,Claritza Jimenez,Monica Akhtar/The Washington Post) FBI Director James B. Comey asked the Justice Department this weekend to issue a statement refuting President Trump’s claim that President Barack Obama ordered a wiretap of…

Kate McKinnon Played Jeff Sessions On “SNL” And Ate Poop Pie. Seriously.

Salvador Hernandez8 years ago03 mins

Your Post Has Been Launched! Fabulous! Don’t forget to share with your friends on Twitter and Facebook. 1. Kate McKinnon had people cracking up with her impressions of Hillary Clinton on Saturday Night Live during the election, but she took on the role of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a Forrest Gump parody on…

The system & the resistance – NY Daily News

Harry Siegel8 years ago08 mins

“The system works!” So says Mayor de Blasio, and it’s working for him at least. Which is a local manifestation of a national problem. Let me explain: The mayor’s allies in the Working Families Party have been talking for years about building a “Tea Party of the Left,” and de Blasio has endlessly tried…

There is no such thing as the “alt-left.” | New Republic

Sarah Jones8 years ago04 mins

There is no such thing as the “alt-left.” But in a piece for Vanity Fair, James Wolcott pretends otherwise: Disillusionment with Obama’s presidency, loathing of Hillary Clinton, disgust with “identity politics,” and a craving for a climactic reckoning that will clear the stage for a bold tomorrow have created a kinship between the “alt-right” and an alt-left….

Morehouse College President: We Got Played

Michael Harriot8 years ago05 mins

Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images There is an old African proverb that has been passed down from the ancestors through generations of black people that goes like this: “Never trust anyone who lets people put their feet on the couch.” After meeting with the Trump administration for two days and reviewing Cheddar Bob’s executive order on HBCUs,…

White House Exempts Keystone XL Pipeline From “Buy American” Mandate – Consumerist

Chris Morran8 years ago07 mins

White House Exempts Keystone XL Pipeline From “Buy American” Mandate Image courtesy of Keystone-XL.com Despite recent declarations by the White House that new oil pipelines would be required to be made with steel and iron sourced from within the U.S., the administration has confirmed that the recently resurrected proposal for a pipeline running from Nebraska to…

I’m Just … Tired

John Cheese8 years ago010 mins

I’m tired. From what I’ve seen on the internet, we’re all tired. And while normally I’d try to give some sort of insight into a problem or offer up some semblance of a solution, or at the very least talk about my balls, I don’t know what to do here. Maybe you can help me…

“We cannot find the bill”: inside the frantic hunt for the GOP Obamacare replacement – Vox

Sarah Kliff8 years ago07 mins

A Republican bill to replace Obamacare is reportedly hidden somewhere on Capitol Hill — and on Thursday morning, legislators and reporters ended up on a bipartisan wild goose chase to find it. Republicans have been hard at work drafting a plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. House Speaker Paul Ryan has repeatedly promised it…

How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World

Sam Biddle8 years ago042 mins

Donald Trump has inherited the most powerful machine for spying ever devised. How this petty, vengeful man might wield and expand the sprawling American spy apparatus, already vulnerable to abuse, is disturbing enough on its own. But the outlook is even worse considering Trump’s vast preference for private sector expertise and new strategic friendship with Silicon…

The U.S. Government’s Privacy Watchdog Is Basically Dead, Emails Reveal

Jenna McLaughlin8 years ago013 mins

There’s a little-known federal agency whose job is to ensure U.S. spy agencies protect privacy and other civil liberties even as they work to defeat terrorists and criminals, and to blow the whistle when that doesn’t happen. But the agency, known as the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, is down to just a single…

Nonprofit leaders furious as Chan Zuckerberg Initiative cuts funding

Efforts to Weed Out Fake Users for Online Advertisers Fall Short

The Anxiety of Influencers

Andrew Tate, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, returns to the U.S.

As measles cases rise in the U.S., some adults may need a vaccine booster : Shots – Health News : NPR

Government Workers Cannot Be Fired for Their Political Views – The Atlantic

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FBI Director Comey asked Justice officials to refute Trump’s unproven wiretapping claim – The Washington Post

Kate McKinnon Played Jeff Sessions On “SNL” And Ate Poop Pie. Seriously.

The system & the resistance – NY Daily News

There is no such thing as the “alt-left.” | New Republic

Morehouse College President: We Got Played

White House Exempts Keystone XL Pipeline From “Buy American” Mandate – Consumerist

I’m Just … Tired

“We cannot find the bill”: inside the frantic hunt for the GOP Obamacare replacement – Vox

How Peter Thiel’s Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World

The U.S. Government’s Privacy Watchdog Is Basically Dead, Emails Reveal