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Trump's Big Lie: Blaming Undocumented Immigrants for Unemployment and Low Wages

Economist Robert Pollin tells Paul Jay undocumented immigrants help create more jobs than they take and Trump's infrastructure plan and military spending is unsustainable when combined with tax cuts.

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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Immigration

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Ralph Nader on Trump's Speech to Congress

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Ralph Nader tells Paul Jay that Trump's attack on the EPA and regulatory agencies will be a disaster.

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

New Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross Tied to Russian Oligarchs, Money-Laundering Bank

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Economist James Henry says the Senate failed to seriously investigate the networks of Trump's new billionaire cabinet member.

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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Lobbies & Special Interests

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Global Warming is a Public Health Nightmare

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Environmental health pioneer Gary Cohen says increased rates of asthma, infectious disease, and water contamination are about the hazard faced by the global community.

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Environment

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Global Warming

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WhoWhatWhy at CPAC: Fissures Mask Unity of Trump’s Base

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The alt-right took a public beating at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), but the undercurrents of the conference show that the far right is welcome among conservatives, at least for

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

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NYT Reporting on Trump’s Budget Outline Is Seriously Confused

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News for the New York Times: Donald Trump and Paul Ryan are not political philosophers.

February 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

Shotgun Pointed at Black Children Trivialized as ‘Confederate Flag Incident’

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As Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting has noted before, how a story is framed is as important—if not more so—than the content of an article. Sixty percent of Americans don’t read past the headline and 60 percent

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Propaganda & Truth

Trump’s Address to Congress

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In his first address to a joint session of Congress, President Donald Trump stuck closely to his prepared remarks, but ran afoul of the facts in some cases.

March 1, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

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Propaganda & Truth

As Trump Pushes for Historic $54B Military Spending Hike, Which Programs Will He Cut to Pay for War?

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President Trump is heading to Capitol Hill tonight and is expected to outline part of his budget plan before a joint session of Congress. On Monday, Trump proposed increasing the military budget

February 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Type: Video

"Decade of Betrayal": How the U.S. Expelled Over a Half Million U.S. Citizens to Mexico in 1930s

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President Donald Trump is slated to give his first presidential address to Congress today. Democratic lawmakers have begun giving their tickets away to immigrants as a protest against Trump’s push to increase

February 28, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Justice

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