As New York experienced freezing cold temperatures as low as two degrees, inmates at theMetropolitan Detention Center (MDC) in Brooklyn have gone nearly a week without consistent heat, electricity, hot water, sanitation, proper medical attention, or the ability to contact their families. More than 1,000 prisoners held at MDC have …
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As the new CEO of Goldman Sachs, David Solomon makes north of $15 million a year. Not bad. Not bad at all. Must be nice to have that kind of dough. But let me ask you something… Do earnings calls slap? Can you surrender yourself to the rhythm of a …
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WASHINGTON — One year ago, seated between an American flag and a flickering fire, Ryan Zinke, the secretary of the Interior Department, announced the largest overhaul in the agency’s 168-year history. Zinke, who arrived for his first day of work riding a horse, said his plan would “transform” the Interior …
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The legal saga of Paul Manafort took yet another twist on Tuesday. Lawyers for Trump’s disgraced former campaign chairman, who was convicted of tax and bank fraud last year, submitted a filing in Washington, D.C., federal court responding to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s assertion that Manafort had lied to Mueller’s …
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Snoop Dogg has a message to furloughed government workers: Don’t vote for Donald Trump in 2020. “Ain’t no fucking way in the world y’all can vote for Donald Trump when he come back up again. If y’all do vote for him, y’all some stupid motherfuckers,” the rapper said into the …
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George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, father of the 43rd president, died at age 94 in his Houston home, the family announced in a statement late Friday night. During his presidency, Bush oversaw the end of the Cold War and organized the first Gulf War against Saddam …
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Billionaire Tom Steyer appears to have joined the 2020 Democratic candidate carousel, which seems destined to break off its axel and ravage a small town in Iowa. The investor, climate change activist and impeachment cheerleader laid the groundwork for a run with a Tuesday-morning revamp of his website, centered around …
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Federal judges have been a thorn in the side of Brian Kemp. The Friday before the midterm elections,U.S. District Judge Eleanor L. Ross ruled that the Georgia secretary of state’s controversial “exact match” voting law was discriminatory, ordering him to change it after expressing “grave concerns” aboutthe “differential treatment inflicted …
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In what seems like a cruel flashback to the 2000 presidential election, a recount in the Florida senate and governors races is happening. Florida’s secretary of state officially ordered the recount on Saturday afternoon. As of the most recent tallies, Republican Governor Rick Scott‘s lead over Democratic Senator Bill Nelson …
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Barack Obama has had it with President Donald Trump and the Republican party. The former president let loose during campaign stops Friday in Milwaukee and Detroit, where he encouraged Democrats to get out and vote in the midterms andwarned that the“character of our country is on the ballot” in the …
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