Hey, remember that time Donald Trump revealed classified intelligence from an American ally to the Russian foreign minister in the Oval Office? You probably don’t, and who can blame you? It happened nearly nine months ago, on March 23rd, and nine months is an eternity with this administration. But the …
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Donald Trump went after ubiquitous basketball Dad Lavar Ball this past weekend in a tweet, and TV networks everywhere must have gone mad with glee. This racially loaded and already intensely stupid situation has the potential to buttress ratings for years. The backstory: LaVar Ball is the father of a …
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I wrote my first story about the coal industry back in 2001, published a book calledBig Coal in 2006 and have been following the industry ever since. And if there’s one central truth that I’ve learned during that time, it’s this: Virtually no coal industry leader, lobbyist or hack politician …
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You know the lines CNN reporter Jim Acosta quoted to White House adviser and sleepy-eyed hate goblin Stephen Miller; we all do. “Give me your tired, your poor/Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”Acosta quoted the poem “The New Colossus”to Miller, who retorted by questioning its relevance, as it was …
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