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Jon Stewart’s journey from satirist to political advocate is no laughing matter
When Jon Stewart quit the Daily Show, the satirical news and comedy show he hosted for 16 years until August 2015, he explained to his replacement, Trevor Noah, that he was tired – and angry at the state of politics and political discourse in the US. As Noah reported: He said ‘I’m leaving because I’m [
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Record plunge in manufacturing for New York region: NY Fed
Manufacturing activity in New York State took a record dive this month and fell into contraction, suddenly reversing recent gains, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York reported Monday. The surprising drop was another worrying sign for the US manufacturing sector, a day ahead of the start of a Federal Reserve meeting that comes as [
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Egypt’s ousted President Mohammed Morsi collapses and dies in court, state TV says
Mohammed Morsi, the former Egyptian president who was ousted by the military in 2013, has died after collapsing in court, state TV said on Monday. Egypt‘s public broadcaster said the 67-year-old former president was attending a session in his trial on espionage charges when he blacked out and then died. His body was taken to [
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NBC SCOTUS reporter Pete Williams: ‘I don’t know what the Court wins’ in anti-gay Sweetcakes case ‘except time’
NBC News’ Pete Williams has won three national news Emmy awards. He has a reputation for offering very factual reports with little to no personal opinion. Williams for decades has primarily covered the U.S. Supreme Court and Justice Department. Monday morning on MSNBC Williams gave his report on the Supreme Court’s order in the “Sweetcakes” case, [
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Cops briefly suspended after video of them beating 16-year-old girl goes viral
Officers in Lansing, Michigan, were placed on leave after video appeared on social media showing them striking a 16-year-old girl, reports WILX. The officers approached a home where they suspected the girl and a 14-year-old boy — wanted on probation violations, escape from custody, and runaway warrants — were staying, police said. The teens tried [
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Trump’s golf courses fired these five undocumented workers — now they have a plan to spoil his 2020 launch
Five undocumented immigrants who worked for President Donald Trump’s golf courses for years are planning to crash his big 2020 campaign kickoff rally in Florida on Tuesday. The New York Daily News reports that the former Trump workers plan on going to his rally to highlight his “cruelty and hypocrisy” for welcoming undocumented immigrants to [
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Meghan McCain mystifies co-hosts by defending Trump with a bizarre Ebola rant: ‘It’s my No. 1 fear in life’
Meghan McCain briefly derailed a conversation on “The View” about President Donald Trump humiliating his chief of staff during a TV interview. The president ordered White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney out of the Oval Office after he coughed as Trump was speaking to ABC News, and McCain said she couldn’t blame him. “My [
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Here are 4 ways unrestrained crony capitalism is making Americans’ lives miserable
Although Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, both running for president in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, have similar economic views, they part company when it comes to the use of the words “socialism” and “capitalism.” Sanders describes himself as a “democratic socialist,” while Warren has declared, “I’m a capitalist to my bones.” But [
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Congressmen ask special counsel to bring the hammer down on Jared Kushner for Hatch Act violations
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) have asked the Office of Special Counsel to open an investigation into Jared Kushner for alleged violations of the Hatch Act. According to the congressmen, Kushner violated the law by “engaging in prohibited campaign fundraising activities.” Reports have suggested that Kushner has used his official role [
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Heiress and designer, Gloria Vanderbilt dies at 95
American heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, a designer and artist who became one of the most chronicled socialites of her era, died Monday, her son announced. She was 95 years old. The great-great granddaughter of railroad tycoon Cornelius Vanderbilt, she was thrust into the spotlight as the “poor little rich girl” at the center of a sensational [
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‘Black students don’t tip’: Texas restaurant says forcing African-American kids to pay gratuity is not racist
A restaurant in Cypress, Texas has come under fire after an employee allegedly said that black students “don’t tip.” Brittany Blakney told KPRC that she and her friends went to Locatelli’s restaurant to celebrate graduating from Prairie View A&M University. Blakney said that she was surprised to find out that the server had already added [
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Kids in cages: Geneva protest urges UN action on Trump migration policy
Teenagers huddled in a cage outside the UN in Geneva Monday, as protestors demanded that the world body address the “unconscionable” US policy of separating migrant families crossing its southern border. Three teens wearing t-shirts with “#ClassroomsNotCages” scrawled across the front stood inside a small cage erected outside the gates of the United Nations’s European [