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    Trump Attacks on Judiciary Raise Safety Concerns for Judges

    Trump Attacks on Judiciary Raise Safety Concerns for Judges When a judge who helped derail President Donald Trump's travel ban was hit with online threats, the abuse raised safety concerns among jurists across the country, and experts are worried that the president's own attacks on the...
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    Canada's Economy is BOOMING

    Not that it matters until we go full renewable but for the people here who care about stuff like 'the economy'....Enjoy? Canada's economy added 48,000 jobs in January Canada's unemployment rate dipped to 6.8 per cent last month as the economy added 48,000 jobs, Statistics Canada reported...
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    Half of Americans now want to Impeach the Current Administration

    Americans Now Evenly Divided on Impeaching Trump PPP's new national poll finds that Donald Trump's popularity as President has declined precipitously just over the last two weeks. On our first poll of his Presidency voters were evenly divided on Trump, with 44% approving of him and 44% also...
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    Trump caves to China

    America second. Trump finally gives Xi Jinping a phone call, agrees to honor 'one China' policy After sending Xi Jinping a letter yesterday, US President Donald Trump decided to follow up by finally give his Chinese counterpart a call earlier today leading to what would appear to be a...
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    Republican voters are fuming over removal of Obamacare

    Anger erupts at Republican town halls Murfreesboro, Tennessee (CNN)More than seven years after angry anti-Obamacare town halls erupted across the country, raw emotions are boiling over again -- this time, as the Republican Party under President Donald Trump gears up to dismantle Barack Obama's...
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    Top Republicans Propose Carbon Tax Plan To Stop Climate Change

    Top Republicans Propose Carbon Tax Plan To Stop Climate Change There’s a new climate change prevention plan in town, and unbelievably, it’s coming from some rather senior Republicans, the de facto party of science denial. Two former Secretaries of State – James Baker III and George Shultz –...
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    Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666'

    Statistics Canada celebrates 'best census since 1666' Response rate for newly restored long-form census was 97.8%, the best ever recorded, agency reports On the long list of what Canadians love, it seems you can add filling out census forms to pastimes such as watching hockey and listening to...
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    Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct

    Leaks Suggest Trump’s Own Team Is Alarmed By His Conduct WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump was confused about the dollar: Was it a strong one that’s good for the economy? Or a weak one? So he made a call ― except not to any of the business leaders Trump brought into his administration or...
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    Muslim mom rejected at U.S. border after questions on Trump, mosque shooting

    The 'it's not a Muslim ban' Muslim ban. Muslim mom rejected at U.S. border after questions on Trump, mosque shooting A Moroccan-Canadian woman says she was turned back from the Vermont border after four hours of interrogation, including questions about her mosque attendance, thoughts on the...
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    US Companies are now leaving for Mexico in droves

    Just until they figure out what the hell is going on. Companies Plow Ahead With Moves to Mexico, Despite Trump’s Pressure INDIANAPOLIS—President Donald Trump boosted the hopes of employees at Rexnord Corp.’s factory here in December when he castigated the company for “viciously firing”...
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    The Future is Female

    Hillary Clinton in New Video Statement: 'The Future Is Female' Hillary Clinton spoke about the historic Women's March on Washington and women's rights in a new video recorded for the 2017 Makers conference. The video marks the former presidential candidate's first video statement since Donald...
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    Trump's Snowflake needs a hug

    He won't accept your apology to him on behalf of him. Sean Spicer says SNL should stop being 'mean' after Melissa McCarthy skit Sean Spicer responds to SNL skit White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has responded to Melissa McCarthy's eye-wateringly accurate portrayal of him on Saturday...
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    Quebec Imam's Compassion Toward Anti-Muslim Terrorist goes Viral

    Quebec imam 'touched' by response to message of compassion An imam who spoke passionately at a funeral service for victims of the Quebec City mosque attack says he's heartened his message of compassion is being widely shared around the world. ​In his speech, Hassan Guillet denounced the...
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    Conservative Terrorists a bigger threat than ISIS

    Right Wing Extremists are a bigger threat to America than ISIS Inside a storefront Chinese restaurant in upstate New York, neon light from a multicolored window sign glowed on the face of an extremist plotting mass murder. He had been seeking backing for his attack and, at this small...
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    Trump's just been assassinated

    Well there it is.
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    US military shows a 10 year old video to distract from Yemen mission's failure

    Fake military. U.S. military scrambles to explain why it posted a 10-year-old video to show its Yemen raid was a success The U.S. military released a compendium of jihadi video Friday that it said showed “the sort of intelligence information” Navy SEALs seized in a deadly Jan. 29 raid in...
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    Trump’s disastrous first military operation ordered without “sufficient intelligence”

    I'd be surprised if any order from Trump was done with sufficient intelligence. President Trump’s disastrous first military operation was ordered without “sufficient intelligence”: report President Donald Trump’s first military operation seems to have been a disaster. On Wednesday American...
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    Anti-Muslim hatred stirring in Alberta is, sadly, nothing new

    But thankfully they only hate Muslims from the seven countries on Trump's Muslim ban list. Anti-Muslim hatred stirring in Alberta is, sadly, nothing new Living in one of the few remaining self-avowed multicultural countries in the world, Canadians can take pride in our peacefulness and...
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    Jews to form rings of support around mosques in support for Muslims

    I love Jews. But I'm also not a Nazi. Jews to form rings of support around mosques in support for Muslims In February 2015, a group of young Muslims mobilized about 1,000 fellow residents of Oslo, Norway, to form a protective “ring of peace” around the city’s main synagogue. The show of...
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    Germans now find US as trustworthy as Russia

    Germans now find US as trustworthy as Russia Germany’s faith in the US has taken a nosedive since the election of Donald Trump with the country viewing their longtime ally as trustworthy as Russia, a new poll has found. Just 22 per cent of respondents trusted the US under its new leader –...