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    Shadow campaign for Pence in 2020 as doubts about Trump grow

    Republican Shadow Campaign for 2020 Takes Shape as Trump Doubts Grow WASHINGTON — Senators Tom Cotton and Ben Sasse have already been to Iowa this year, Gov. John Kasich is eyeing a return visit to New Hampshire, and Mike Pence’s schedule is so full of political events that Republicans joke...
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    Keystone XL could be the next pipeline to go

    But Solyndra. Keystone XL survived politics but economics could kill it The proposed Keystone XL pipeline survived nine years of protests, lawsuits and political wrangling that saw the Obama administration reject it and President Donald Trump revive it, but now the project faces the...
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    Entire US Will Fall Into Shadow

    Entire US will fall into shadow as eclipse passes, with darkest path, or ‘totality’, contained in 70-mile (113km) ribbon from Oregon to South Carolina The sun, moon and Earth will line up perfectly in the cosmos on 21 August, turning day into night for a few wondrous minutes, its path crossing...
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    Trudeau meets regional and Indigenous leaders by KAYAK

    Trudeau kayaks on Vancouver Island, meets regional and Indigenous leaders. The prime minister took the kayak voyage at the national park, north of Victoria, before heading for Tofino and the remote west coast of Vancouver Island, where he will participate in local business meetings. Trudeau...
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    New research confirms ISIS fighters don't actually understand Islam

    They're mainly Trumptards. :lol: Isis: UN study finds foreign fighters in Syria 'lack basic understanding of Islam' Young men who leave their homes to fight for terrorist groups in Syria mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds, have low levels of education and “lack any basic...
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    Curmudgeon Tire worker caught picking fight with Indigenous customer

    You know we should really start running government like a business. United Airlines Crappy Tire It just makes sense! Canadian Tire worker who threw out Indigenous man accused of theft no longer an employee A Canadian Tire employee seen getting physical with an Indigenous customer refusing...
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    Al Gore is BACK in an Inconvenient Sequel

    tx2l2du7Tdg ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power’ Review: Al Gore Back & More Vital Than Ever Climate change deniers be damned. Former Vice President Al Gore is back taking his message of the increasing dangers of global warming — and possible solutions to the problems — directly to...
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    The Trump Administration is Falling Apart

    Reince Priebus Pushed Out After Rocky Tenure as Trump Chief of Staff By PETER BAKER and MAGGIE HABERMAN July 28, 2017 Reince Priebus, ousted as the White House chief of staff, in June. Al Drago / The New York Times WASHINGTON — Reince Priebus, the establishment Republican-turned-loyalist to...
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    Canada’s economy is INSANE right now!!!

    And it's all Justine's fault! Canada’s economy posts ‘blow out’ growth; dollar jumps Canada's economy continued its hot streak in May, riding broad-based growth led by a surge in oil output, beating already high market expectations and setting off another wave of buying in the high-flying...
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    Republicans fail to dismantle Obamacare in major blow to Trump

    Haven't they already failed at this like 5x already? :lol: #toomuchwinning Republicans fail to dismantle Obamacare in major blow to Trump In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Republicans failed on Friday to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on a major campaign promise...
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    Cocaine is one HELLUVA DRUG

    Scaramucci targets Priebus, Bannon in expletive-ridden call with reporter WATCH 2 of Trump's top advisers at odds with each other White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci responded this evening to an article detailing an expletive-ridden phone conversation New Yorker reporter...
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    Human embryos reportedly edited for first time in the US using CRISPR

    Human embryos reportedly edited for first time in the US using CRISPR For the first time, scientists in the US have successfully edited the DNA of viable human embryos using the powerful gene-editing tool CRISPR, according to a report by MIT Technology Review. Gaining the ability to edit human...
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    'A city of love': Local artists build sculpture celebrating Toronto

    The city that defined Canada. 'A city of love': Local artists build sculpture celebrating Toronto An earthy, wooden Toronto sign now stands on a rocky quay along the water in Humber Bay Park, a vibrant juxtaposition to the concrete and steel backdrop of the Toronto skyline. The sculpture...
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    Trump breaks promise on Transgender Rights

    Promises made, promises kept :lol: No transgender people to serve in military, Trump says President Donald Trump says he will bar transgender individuals from serving "in any capacity" in the U.S. armed forces. Trump said on Twitter Wednesday that after consulting with "Generals and...
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    Canadians Open Up to Save Omar Khadr

    Pour Omar Khadr At 15 years of age Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen was abandoned to a decade of abuse and torture in Guantanamo and denied fundamental justice in violation of Canadian law and the international conventions to which Canada is a signatory. Such an appalling miscarriage of justice...
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    Jeff Sessions Is ‘Pissed’ at Trump, Doesn’t Plan to Quit

    Don't you just love how great America is now? And it happened so quickly too! :lol: Jeff Sessions Is Growing ‘Pissed’ at Trump, His Allies Say. And He Doesn’t Plan to Quit. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has no plans to leave office as friends say he's grown angry with President Donald...
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    Federal, Provincial, and First Nations Leaders Sign Charter of Relationship Principle

    Federal, Provincial, and First Nations Leaders Sign Charter of Relationship Principles OTTAWA, July 24, 2017 /CNW/ - Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), the Government of Ontario, and the Government of Canada recognize the challenges to delivering health services in First Nations communities and are...
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    Indoctrination

    /boyscout heil ZnVtzJwdOKc Trump to Boy Scouts: 'We could use some more loyalty' (CNN)President Donald Trump turned a Boy Scouts event into a campaign-style rally Monday, starting off by saying he'd put aside the "fake news" and other issues in Washington while addressing the Boy Scouts of...
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    Ivanka Trump mocked after misquoting Albert Einstein on Twitter

    Ivanka Trump mocked after misquoting Albert Einstein on Twitter First daughter Ivanka Trump has been mocked on social media after a tweet she wrote four years ago misquoting Albert Einstein resurfaced over the weekend. The tweet, written in June 2013, attributed the quote “If the facts don’t...
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    Canada leading G7 this year; U.S. fading as growth engine

    Canada leading G7 this year; U.S. fading as growth engine The world is leaning less on its biggest economy to sustain the global recovery, according to the International Monetary Fund. The fund left its forecast for global growth unchanged in the latest quarterly update to its World Economic...