Category Archives: Politics

Facebook has another PR crisis on its hands — courtesy of Russia

Facebook acknowledged this week that it had unwittingly sold $100,000 worth of political ads on its site to a Russia company which has done pro-Kremlin work in the past. It’s not clear how extensive this effort was but the development comes amid the ongoing special counsel probe led by Robert Mueller into Russia interference in the 2016 election and the possibility of collusion between the foreign power and the Trump campaign.

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Source:: CNN

Top ISIS weapons experts killed in airstrikes, coalition says

The US-led coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and Syria said it killed two senior leaders who oversaw weapons research and drone operations for the terror group in airstrikes on Monday.

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Rep. Paul Gosar: Roll back DACA

I call upon my colleagues in Congress to restore the rule of law: Opposing view
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Source:: USA Today

Industrial pollution spikes in Harvey’s wake

Texas’ dominant energy industry has spewed millions of pounds of pollution into the air in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, documents show.

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Source:: CNN

Cillizza: Donald Trump just flat-out lied about Trump Tower wiretapping

On a sleepy Saturday morning back in March, Donald Trump dropped this bombshell on the political world: “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!”

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Source:: CNN