From Jenna Orkin

'Biodegradable' plastic bags survive three years in soil and sea

Pope admits clerical abuse of nuns including sexual slavery

How angry pilots got the Navy to stop dismissing UFO sightings

Researchers Find Link Between Air Pollution and Crime

Facebook Fact-checker Linked to Koch Funded Climate Change Denial Sites

PewDiePie wants to end the 'subscribe to PewDiePie' meme after the New Zealand mosque massacre

Father, Brothers Of Sri Lankan Suicide Bombings Mastermind Killed By Police

Synagogue Shooter Also Under Investigation For Attempted Mosque Arson

Boeing Didn't Tell Southwest Or FAA That It Had Disabled Critical Safety Alerts On 737 MAX

There Are Two Little Problems With "Taxing The Rich" To Pay For "Free Everything"

Well yeah. The idea is that you also reform their ability to fix elections.

Turkey Indicts Third US Consulate Worker In Istanbul On Terrorism Charges

Beto O'Rourke: 'Farm-To-Table Restaurants In Every Community' Would Solve 'Food Desert' Crisis

Tada!

Spanish Election Ends With Hung Parliament, Forming New Government "Could Prove Challenging"

New Zealander Faces 14 Years After Pleading Guilty To Sharing Mosque Shooting Video

From Jenna Orkin

US government spent over $500m on fake Al-Qaeda propaganda videos that tracked location of viewers

On South America's largest solar farm, Chinese power radiates

US sanctions on Venezuela responsible for 'tens of thousands' of deaths, claims new report

Evicted by Matthew Desmond review – what if the problem of poverty is that it’s profitable to other people?

The intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing

Border Patrol Releasing Thousands of Illegal Immigrants in Tucson

NRA president Oliver North just resigned in a dramatic fashion as rumors of infighting, extortion, and financial impropriety swirl around the embattled gun lobby group

The Boeing 737 Max crashes show that 'deteriorating pilot skills' may push airlines to favor Airbus

"We Need To Take Action Now:" LA Homeless Deaths Jump 76%

Chinese Families Paid Massive Sums In College Admissions Scandal

California Demands Restaurants Charge Customers 1% 'Climate Change' Fee

Rising global temperatures are creating bubbling, methane lakes you can light on fire

Before-and-after photos show how China is destroying historical sites to monitor and intimidate its Muslim minority

From Jenna Orkin

Who buys a trafficked child for sex? Otherwise ordinary men.

The Evolution of Bacteria on a “Mega-Plate” Petri Dish

Baltimore Cops Carried Toy Guns to Plant on People They Shot, Trial Reveals

The most effective ways to curb climate change might surprise you

More than 900 people were quarantined by 2 Los Angeles-area universities over fears of a measles outbreak

Mastermind Of Easter Sunday Suicide Bombing Died During Hotel Attack

Biden Campaign Brings In $6.3 Million During First 24 Hours

Watch: Chinese University Successfully Launches Hypersonic Rocket 

In "Stunning Decision" Bayer Shareholders Dump CEO Over Disastrous Monsanto Purchase

Nearly 102 Million Americans Do Not Have A Job Right Now – Worse Than At Any Point During The Last Recession

NASA has discovered that meteoroids are causing water to leak off the moon

New York Archdiocese releases list of 120 priests accused of sex abuse

From Jenna Orkin

The Style Section Meets State Craft: Amal Clooney and the Foreign Policy Influencers

Fired for a Felony, Then For Perjury.  Meet the New Police Chief

Untreatable Form of Lyme disease Could Hit 2 Million Americans by 2020

The $177 billion owner of Lay's chips is suing small-time Indian farmers for growing a type of potato it claims exclusive rights over

The CIA's first post on Instagram is a cryptic mashup of hidden messages

Hundreds of students and staff at UCLA and a Cal State campus were placed under quarantine amid measles outbreak

Ebola Doctors In Congo Are Threatening A Strike At The Worst Possible Time

New York's "Green New Deal" To Phase Out Red Meat By 50%

Notre-Dame Scaffolding Firm Admits Workers Were Smoking, Denies Starting Fire

Smartphone Bust: LG Electronics Closes South Korean Phone Plant, Shifts Production To Vietnam

FBI Texts Show Agents Discussed Recruiting White House Sources To Spy For Bureau

$220,000 For Every Man, Woman And Child - America Is Now 72 Trillion Dollars In Debt

Baltimore Mayor Bolts -- Pugh Missing After FBI-IRS Raid

From Jenna Orkin


Owning the Weather in 2025 - Geo-Engineering
How China is replacing America as Asia’s military titan

Facebook taps lawyer who helped write Patriot Act as new general counsel

Climate movement grandpa James Hansen says the Green New Deal is ‘nonsense’

‘It is not alarmist to say that the people of Florida are being slowly poisoned by the water’ | Opinion

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article229490279.html?fbclid=IwAR0vP3lgKiITuO-ma6TTOKTixSFbTeT3D2lw4oyjaIqXm07zNJGT0enJfWk#storylink=cpy

Washington poised to become first state to allow eco-friendly 'human composting'

Military spending: 20 companies profiting the most from war

Cory Booker's tax returns show an eye-popping financial stat that sets him apart from every other 2020 Democrat

Sri Lanka Suicide Bombers Identified As Sons Of Wealthy Spice Merchant

Cohen Betrayed: Tom Arnold Leaks Phone Call Where Former Trump Attorney Admits To More Lies

"Slide Into Chaos": 30,000 Displaced, 300 Dead And 1,200 Wounded In Libya Fighting

Billions In African Gold Being Smuggled Through UAE By Crime Syndicates: Report

A Sign Of The Times? Court Documents Indicate 7,819 Boy Scout Troop Leaders Abused 12,254 Victims

A new study says Trump's tariffs aren't hurting Europe much and could have a bigger impact on the US

Hillary Clinton op-ed says Mueller report shows a 'crime was committed against all Americans,' urges Democrats not to rush to impeach Trump

From Jenna Orkin

At What Point Should You Start Really Freaking Out About Climate Change? Right Now

Reporter Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America's defeat in Syria

NYC To Ban Hot Dogs and Processed Meats To Improve Climate

Florida Court Orders Oil Drilling In Everglades To Move Ahead

1,600 Migrants Dumped In New Mexico; City Forced To Spend $75K For "Humanitarian Assistance"

Russian Spy Plane Set To Fly Over America This Week 

Duck and cover.

Saudis Conduct Mass Beheadings Of 37, Mostly Shiites, With Two Crucified

DHS To Face-Scan 97% Of International Travelers Within Four Years

Giuliani Lashes Out At Clintons: You Are "America's Number One Crime Family"

Hillary Outlines "Roadmap" To Trump Impeachment, Says "Anyone Else Would Have Been Indicted"

Outbreak: Statewide Hepatitis A Infections In Georgia

If we give women the same rights as men when it comes to leadership, we’ll wind up with even more incompetent people in power, says a personality science expert

From Jenna Orkin

Have a Credit Card? You’re Among China’s Fortunate

Ominous Tendings in the Nervous Here and Now

Oil prices soar after Trump tightens his squeeze on Iran, while Tehran threatens to close one of the world's most important shipping lanes in retaliation

Starbucks is installing needle-disposal boxes in locations across America following OSHA penalties and worker concerns about drug use in bathrooms

Federal Judge Rules Flint Residents Can Sue EPA Over Water Crisis

Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's Family Targeted In Sri Lanka Blasts

How CIA & Allies Helped Jihadists In Syria: French Covert Ops Expert Exposes New Details

Suicide Rate Doubles In France Among Police

Assault-Rifle-Wielding Mexican Soldiers Disarm US Troops On Border 

Kamala Harris Vows To Impose Sweeping Gun-Control Plan Via Executive Action

ISIS Says Behind Sri Lanka Bombings; Was 'Retaliation' For New Zealand Mosque Massacre

Chicago: The 51st State?

From Jenna Orkin

Mueller Report Likely to Renew Scrutiny of Steele Dossier

Wikileaks Claims MI5 and CIA Developed Spyware to Turn Televisions and Smart Phones Into Bugs

U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Weren’t Built for Climate Change

Electric Vehicles are not a Panacea for Climate Change

FDA medical adviser: 'Congress is owned by pharma'

A Ukranian comedian just won the presidential election, according to exit polls. Some are concerned about his lack of experience or firm policy positions

New Study Finds Over 70,000 Killed In Yemen War

6 Million Euros Found Stuffed In Suitcases At Home Of Ousted Sudanese President

Telepathic Russian Troops Trained For Psychic Warfare - Something The US Has Studied For Decades

23.2 Million Hack Victims Used '123456" As Their Password

Sri Lanka has temporarily blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp after a series of bombings left over 200 dead, fearing the spread of misinformation

13 teenagers were hospitalized after getting sick on an American Airlines flight to Boston

From Jenna Orkin

Sharia Law:  As American As Apple Pie
As far as equities go, anyway, which is what the article's about.

After a $14-Billion Upgrade, New Orleans’ Levees Are Sinking

Inside a Secretive Cult Where Women Are Branded - NYTimes (archive)

This is significant because of its tenuous - but useful to her enemies - connection to Kirsten Gillibrand.  See:  

The Only (Alleged) Sex-Slave Cult Story You Need to Understand Kirsten Gillibrand’s Weakness as a 2020 Candidate (March)

297 people killed after churches and luxury hotels targeted

Yellow Vest Violence Erupts Again, Spreads To Libya; 137 Arrested

We’re altering the climate so severely that we’ll soon face apocalyptic consequences. Here are 11 last-ditch ways we could hack the planet to reverse that trend.

Anything rather than compromise our life-style

TSA body scanners may be more likely to trigger false alarms if you're black or overweight

We'll be eating the first Crispr'd foods within 5 years, according to a geneticist who helped invent the blockbuster gene-editing tool

Meet Colossus: The Robot That Saved Firefighter Lives At The Notre Dame Inferno