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Venezuela is about to force people to work in the fields 

Let Them Eat Cake: Venezuela Celebrates Chavez’ Birthday With $100,000 Cake, While Citizens Starve

Here's why banks are embracing cloud technology

One of 'El Chapo' Guzmán's chief money launderers is involved in a strange Hollywood kidnapping plot

NASA's getting ready to plunge a spacecraft deeper into the sun than ever before 

No ID, No Problem - Feds Overrule North Carolina Voting Rules As "Discriminatory" 

The Real Motive Behind Al-Nusra "Split" From Al Qaeda 

Wisconsin Voter ID, Early Voting Law Partially Struck Down By Judge

The Guardian: More Ties Between Trump Campaign And Russia Revealed 

Erdogan Drops Lawsuits, Releases 758 Detained Soldiers

NY Hospitals Last in Nation

 

And... 

Twitter Hilariously Imagines Trump’s Fake Intelligence Briefings 

From Jenna Orkin

 

IMF Studies Sovereign Debt Restructurings, Admits Its Policy Was Responsible For Greek Depression

US Admits It "Found A Problem" In Calculation Of GDP

Turkey Creates "Traitors' Cemetery" For Dead Coup-Plotters

Bernie Sanders Leaves The Democratic Party

Countries are spending millions to control the weather — and it’s working

'Unique, strange, and terrible' — ISIS may have created a new type of bomb 

The Democrats' House campaign committee confirms it was hacked

INSTANT POLL: Americans viewed Clinton's convention speech more favorably than Trump's

16 incredible spy gadgets from CIA history

Police Officer Says Prosecutors Silenced Him In Sandra Bland Case 

Our Chemicals Are Killing Honey Bees’ Sex Lives 

France to Create New National Guard 

Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jeff Bezos, Cass Sunstein Join Pentagon’s ‘Defense Innovation Board’ 

Ad o Fill Seats at DNC

 

And... 

Do not connect to WiFi, and other tips for hanging out with 20,000 hackers in Las Vegas

From Jenna Orkin  

 

There's a new threat in US's overdose epidemic — elephant sedative

Erdogan Closes 130 Media Organizations, Arrests CEO Of Oil Company 

IRS Launches Investigation Of Clinton Foundation 

Germany Admits "Islamist Terror Has Arrived" As It Prepares To Deploy Army In "Crisis" Situations 

"Real, Imminent Threat" That Next World War Will Be Initiated By First Strike EMP Weapon

In Latest Political "Coup", Catalan Parliament Votes To Secede From Spain 

Erdogan Files Criminal Charges Against Head Of Research At Turkish Bank For Writing Displeasing Report 

Harry Reid To Intel Community: Give Donald Trump Fake Briefings

WikiLeaks Releases Hacked DNC Audio Files

 

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WATCH: Tim Kaine Does Brutal Impersonation Of Trump 

Americans are getting shorter compared to the rest of the world

Something incredible happens when you fill a bubble with dry-ice vapor

Tim Kaine Sparks Amazing Series Of Dad Jokes On Twitter

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Deutsche Bank's 2nd-quarter profit fell 97% — and that might be the good news

FelonsVotesMatter (To Hillary) - Clinton's Election Fate In Virginia Lies With 200,000 Unregistered Offenders 

Judge Rules Bitcoin Isn't Money Because It "Can't be Hidden Under A Mattress" 

"An Extraordinary Development": Record Swiss Gold Flow Into The United States 

Nigeria Says "Don't Panic, Banks Are Fine" Amid Currency Collapse, Inflation Spike Concerns 

Alleged ISIS Supporter Who Murdered Priest Was On France’s Watch List 

This is the most surprising thing Monsanto is working on, and it's already changing the way you eat

China claims it has discovered the world's largest hole, and it's in one of the most dangerous places on the planet

Zoo animals are starving to death in Venezuela 

 

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Sacha Baron Cohen recounts his 2003 Trump interview: 'I was the first ...

From Jenna Orkin  

 

A solar-powered plane just made history by completing a flight around the world

Snowden Explains How To Get To The Bottom Of "Who Hacked The Democrats"

FishLivesMatter: California To Decide If Saving 'Delta Smelt' Is Worth $65 Billion Of Taxpayer Money

Brazil’s Top Newspaper Caught Manipulating Poll Data In Favor Of New President

Kaine Implies Hillary Should Be Prosecuted For Mishandling Classified Information

How An Urban Farm In Philadelphia Is Transforming Lives 

Genius Solid Shampoos Use No Plastic Packaging By Leaving Out Water 

Here’s How You Can Convert Your Closet Into An Indoor Garden 

Trump’s Connections Spook Intelligence Community... 

Climate change: Greenland loses a trillion tonnes of ice in four years as melting rate triples

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Ukraine has become a trove for the black market arms trade

Europe's first-ever regulated bitcoin product is launching in Gibraltar this week

China Bans Websites From Original Reporting 

UN: Civilians Are Being Killed, Wounded In Record Numbers In Afghanistan 

Swathes Of The Great Barrier Reef Suffers ‘Complete Ecosystem Collapse’ 

Drought Leaves The Northeast Parched 

Secret Offshore Deals Deprive Africa Of Billions In Natural Resource Dollars 

Super-Hard Metal ‘Four Times Tougher Than Titanium’  

Medical Marijuana Sharply Reduces Prescriptions for Deadly Narcotics

What's of note here is the source:  WaPo. 

Peak Irony: Mexico Wants To Build The Wall To Stop Illegal Immigration

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A volcano near Rome is showing signs that a massive eruption is brewing

Researchers are arguing that rust belt cities should embrace 'smart decline'

Geophysicists discovered that the Moon is triggering earthquakes in California

Pollsters now know why they were wrong about Brexit

Deep Underground Military Bases? California Hit By Mysterious Clockwork "Booms" Daily For Years

California Drought Worsens – El Nino 'Gains' Flushed Into The Pacific As Water Storage Runs Dry

Genetic Analysis Predicts Academic Achievement For The First Time

This is how presidents-elect learn about covert operations before they’re sworn in

First Italy, Now Portuguese Banks "Unexpectedly" Need A Taxpayer Bailout 

China Bans Websites From Original Reporting

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One chart that explains Alphabet, Google's parent company

Munich gunman had researched mass killings, lured people to scene of shooting via Facebook

Da Vinci's 'irrelevant' doodles actually contain his most revolutionary physics

North Korea is acting up, and it has its eye on all of South Korea

50 leading CEOs and politicians were asked if Donald Trump had at least a 50% chance of winning the election — just 5 people raised their hand

Self-driving cars are creating massive new security challenges

Secret documents show how patient privacy is being violated

What One Million Recently Fired Chinese Coal And Steel Workers Are Doing Now 

The Single Day Heat Record for the Eastern Hemisphere Has Just Been Shattered 

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Richard Clarke on 28 Pages 

Turkey's Sponsorship of ISIS Revealed (Dr. Nafeez Ahmed)

State Department spokesman calls out a reporter for playing Pokemon Go during a press briefing

US Has Spent $11.5 Million A Day For Past 542 Days Straight In Fight Against ISIS 

THE BLOCKCHAIN REPORT: Why the technology behind Bitcoin is seeing widespread investment and early application across the finance industry

DSK'd? IMF's Lagarde Loses Fight To Avoid French Trial Over Corruption Case

Hillary Clinton's Top VP Pick Lets Big Banks Know He's In Their Corner 

Are Leftists Planning A Coup On 'President' Trump? "Voters Must Stop Him Before Military Has To" 

Plants have a microbiome just like humans — and it could transform how our food is produced

WSJ Reporter's "Shocking" Discovery: DHS Can Confiscate Any Device Along The Border Without Suspicion 

9/11: Bush's Guilt, And The 28 Pages 

State Department Warns Americans Of "Potential, Imminent Threat" In Saudi Arabia 

As Hillary Polls Slump, Even Michael Moore Says "Trump Is Going To Win 

Brazil Arrests Members Of ISIS-Linked Group Plotting Terrorist Acts Ahead Of Olympics

Arrested HSBC FX Trader Had Been Cleared In Bank's Own Internal Probe

Former KKK Leader David Duke Running For Senate

June Was Earth's 14th Straight Record Warm Month, Greenland Loses Shocking 1 Trillion Tons of Ice 

From Jenna Orkin  

Elon Musk's Plan for Post-Fossil Fuel Era

Turkey will temporarily suspend the European Convention on Human Rights

Sharia In Denmark 

George Soros Doubles Down: Accept 300k Refugees Costing $30Bn, Or Risk EU Collapse

Wikileaks Is About To Expose The Turkish 'Coup', But Someone Is Trying To Silence Them 

Erdogan Declares Three Month "State Of Emergency", Warns S&P "Don't Mess With Turkey" 

Energy Is The Reason Europe Is Still Backing Erdogan 

100 Jihadis Enter Syria From Turkey Each Week, French Intelligence Finds 

The Oddly "Inconsistent" Event That Has Turkey Wondering If The Entire Coup Was Staged 

Prominent Journalist Killed In Ukraine When Car Bomb Explodes In Broad Daylight 

HSBC Global Head Of FX Cash Trading Arrested At JFK Airport

Search For Rare Minorities At The RNC With Trumpemon Go

Sections of Great Barrier Reef suffering from 'complete ecosystem collapse'

 

And... 

Saudi Clerics Unleash New Fatwa On Pokemon Game 

Papa John's Upgraded On Expectation Civil Unrest, Rioting Will Lead To More Pizza Deliveries 

From Jenna Orkin  

 

The Peak Oil Paradox - Revisited 

Turkey Latest: Tens Of Thousands Purged; "Gulenist Media" Shut Down; Pilots Behind Russian Jet Downing Arrested

WHITE HOUSE: Student debt is good for the economy

BREXIT BETTING: Bookmakers are more sure than ever that Article 50 will never be triggered

Doubt cast on nationality of German train attacker who purportedly appeared in an ISIS video

Turkey blocks access to WIkiLeaks after 300,000 government emails were leaked to the world

A Black Lives Matter protest turned into a BBQ with police after meeting with the police chief

A prominent investigative journalist was killed in car bomb in Kiev

WHITE HOUSE: Student debt is good for the economy

Tesla's new 'master plan' defines the end of the fossil-fuel era

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Massive Explosion Reported In Turkey's Capital Ankara 

Erdogan Unleashes Unprecedented Crackdown: Fires All University Deans; Suspends 21,000 Private School Teachers

Melania Trump Accused Of Plagiarising Convention Speech From Michelle Obama

Speechwriter saboteur?

There's a secret ingredient in the plant-based meat Google wanted to buy for $200 million

It looks like nearly everyone was wrong about a key aspect of Turkey's military coup

Top Turkish Official In Charge Of Campaign Against ISIS Found Dead, Shot In The Neck 

Turkish Prosecutors Raid Incirlik Airbase Housing US Warplanes And 50 Nuclear Bombs 

Turkey Caught Fabricating Story Of Who Is Responsible For "Military Coup" 

Last month was hottest June on record: US scientists
Ducklings are capable of abstract thought

MIT has built an anonymity network 10 times faster than Tor

From Jenna Orkin  

 

CDC Official Exits Agency After Coca-Cola Connections Come to Light 

Hague Rules Against Beijing on South China Sea Claims

It's a 'mystery' why two rebel jets that could have attacked the president of Turkey's plane didn't

"A Gift From God" - Erdogan Arrests 6,000 In Historic "Systemic Purge", Incirlik Airbase Commander Detained 

Pokémon Go New Hampshire police use app to lure fugitives to headquarters

88 Cops Dox and Stalk Fellow Officer Because She Arrested a Cop for Reckless Driving

LEAVING LONDON: Confidential Deutsche Bank Brexit briefing shows where it thinks other banks will go

Google's AI research lab is going to start meeting NHS patients as it pushes deeper into healthcare

The most powerful physics machine on Earth may have found something that breaks the laws of physics as we know them

 

And... 

A former Apple employee has created this beautiful line of marijuana edibles

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Republican Platform Proposes Eliminating National Parks and National Forests '

Venezuela's oil production just sank to a 13-year low, and things are going to get worse

A scientific phenomenon is making the Jersey Shore look like the Caribbean

The Counter-Coup Begins: Erdogan Purges 2,745 Judges, Prosecutors; Arrests Hundreds 

Turkey Suspends All US Operations Against ISIS At Incirlik Airbase, Which Vaults B61 Nuclear Bombs 

India's 'Gold Shirt Man' Stoned-And-Sickled To Death By Mob

Clinton Pledges Constitutional Amendment To Overturn Citizens United In Her First 30 Days

French Government Forced To Admit It "Suppressed News Of Gruesome Torture" At Bataclan Massacre

‘Pokémon Go’: Government Surveillance App?  

DNC Staffer Murdered  

From Jenna Orkin  

 

IT'S OFFICIAL: Donald Trump picks Mike Pence as his running mate

Mike Pence: Sarah Palin Without The Charisma

Jill Stein Just Promised To Pardon Snowden, Appoint Him To Cabinet If Elected

"The Resentment Will Explode" - In Dramatic Twist, McKinsey Slams Globalization

Bernie's Betrayal Sparks 1000% Jump In Donations To Jill Stein's Campaign

Eric Garner’s Daughter Says ABC News Silenced Her During Race Symposium With Obama

India Has Planted Nearly 50 Million Trees In 24 Hours

Bill That Lets Bosses Fire Single Women For Getting Pregnant Gains Steam 

Commodities trader gets 36-month sentence for ‘spoofing’ scheme 

Venezuelans rush into Colombia seeking food and medicine

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Trump's Shocking Surge Continues: Ties Hillary In Latest NYT Poll 

Police Release Dramatic Footage Of Deadly Shooting Of Unarmed White Man

Half Of Municipal Employees In Small Italy Town Arrested For Fraud

Maduro Puts Military In Charge Of Venezuela's Food, Calls It "Great Sovereign Supply Mission"

Former DOJ Prosecutor Sues Obama, Black Lives Matter And Eric Holder For Inciting Race War 

Boris Johnson Appointed British Foreign Secretary  

In Unprecedented Step, Japan's Emperor Akihito Intends To Abdicate 

The U.S. Wastes Half Of All Produce Because It’s Not Instagram-Worthy 

Biodiversity is below safe levels across more than half of world's land – study

Everything we know so far about the man suspected of killing 84 people in Nice, France

 

And...

60 Different Genders? Leftist LGBTTQQ-Proposal Ridiculed By AfD Politician In German Parliament

From Jenna Orkin  

 

Saudi Arabia's new generation of jihadists poses a whole new kind of threat

"Traces of nitroglycerine were found at the locations of each of last week's explosions and preliminary investigations suggest the explosives were of a type used by the military."  

Email-Gate Blowback - Trump Takes Lead Over Clinton In 3 Key Swing States

South China Sea Tensions Surge After Taiwan Deploys Frigate, China Warns Of "Air Defense Zone"

UK Parliamentary Report Finds US Allies Are Covertly Funding ISIS

Chris Christie Accused of Hiding Emails

Did Citi Just Confiscate $1 Billion In Venezuela Gold 

REPORT: The FBI Has Quietly Gathered 400,000 Iris Scans 

Sacramento Group Rescues 40,000 Tons Of Food Waste, Turns It Into Fuel 

Curbside Compost Pickup Comes To New York City 

Video of Cops Beating up White Woman

Maybe this'll provide fuel for greater solidarity between middle-class whites and Black Lives Matter. 

Philando Castile had a gun permit — but the case will hinge on how he informed the officer about the gun

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Webinar "Food After Fossil Fuels"

The Strange Gaps In Hillary Clinton's Email Traffic 

Dallas Police Chief's Advice To Young Black Men Everywhere

124 Police Officers Were Killed In The U.S. Last Year

REPORT: Radio Recording Suggests Disturbing Reason Castile Was Pulled Over 

Gypsy Moths Are Destroying Forests As The Climate Dries  

One patient was responsible for half of MERS cases

Judge at Goldman Sachs trial hears expert testify on how insiders fight for bonuses
Ex-Google engineers have spent 2 years secretly trying to solve 'the hardest problem in banking'
The world's clouds are shifting — and not in a good way

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Warmongers Delight: Abe Hits Super-Majority With Sweeping Victory In Japan Election 

China To Use Pension Funds As $300 Billion "Plunge Protection Team"

The Unlikely Story That A Panty Theft Sparked The Dallas Shooter's Downfall

Osama bin Laden’s Son Threatens Revenge Against U.S. For Father’s Assassination

Hold onto your seats, boys, it's going to be a rocky ride.

Total Chaos Erupts as Baton Rouge Police Assault Protesters and Deploy Sound Cannon 

'The most surprising result of my career': Study finds no evidence of racial bias in police shootings 

Europe’s Economic Crisis Has Spread from the Periphery to the Core 

China Lashes Out At "Washington-led Conspiracy" After Hague Decision "Farce"

 

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Crab Finds A Lost GoPro, Takes An Awesome Underwater Selfie

Absurd Creatures | The Bizarre Sea Spider Won’t Bite. We Promise.