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Roger Ailes: No One Did More to Debase US Politics

Roger Ailes, the man who pioneered “alternative facts,” is dead. During the first five years of Fox News—which was built almost single-handedly by Ailes’ genius—I was a regular on-air contributor/panelist there. I dealt with his right-wing lieutenants plenty,

May 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Media

At CNN, Imagining an Absurd Iranian/ISIS Alliance

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Pro-torture legal scholar Alan Dershowitz was on CNN the other night (Anderson Cooper 360, 5/17/17) arguing that the person who told the Washington Post that Donald Trump had disclosed classified information about ISIS to Russian visitors in the

May 20, 2017
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Category: Media

Trump Impeachment on Your Mind? 5 Things to Know

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The articles of impeachment against Trump might look remarkably similar to those levied against Nixon and Clinton.

May 19, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Politics

Mini Reactors Could Make Affordable Fusion Power a Reality by 2030

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The small, spherical Tokamak ST40 reactor is on track to reach its next goal of hitting the 15,000,000 °C (27,000,000 °F) mark this autumn. When it does, we will be one step closer to achieving fusion power on a commercial scale.

May 18, 2017
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Submitted by: Love Knowledge
Category: Science

Scientists Found a Low-Cost Way to Produce the World’s Cleanest Energy Source

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Scientists have discovered a low-cost, efficient catalyst for splitting water to create hydrogen. This means that the world's cleanest form of energy, hydrogen, may be more easily and cheaply produced.

May 18, 2017
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Category: Science

Could Narrow Scope of New Special Counsel Miss Wider Corruption in Trump White House?

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It has been another extraordinary 24 hours in the nation’s capital. In the biggest news of the day, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to