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BREAKING: Vladamir Putin Was Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack

BREAKING: Vladamir Putin Was Personally Involved in U.S. Election Hack

Posted by | Dec 15, 2016 | |

NBC News is reporting that Russian president Vladamir Putin was personally involved in the 2016 election hacking. [AdSense-A] According to NBC News, two senior intelligence officials say new intelligence shows that Vladamir Putin not only was involved in the hacking effort but that he personally orchestrated how hacked material from Democratic National Committee was leaked. The officials said that the intelligence came from diplomatic sources and spies working for U.S. allies. The NBC News report says, “U.S. intelligence officials now believe with “a high level of confidence” that Russian President Vladimir Putin became personally involved in the covert Russian...

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Trump Picks Rick Perry for Department of Energy, Agency he forgot

Trump Picks Rick Perry for Department of Energy, Agency he forgot

Posted by | Dec 14, 2016 | |

Donald Trump has selected former Texas Governor Rick Perry to head the Department of Energy. Rick Perry of course famously once forgot that he wanted to abolish the Energy Department in a 2012 Republican debate. [AdSense-A] Rick Perry started out as a 2016 Republican primary rival and later an opponent of Donald Trump. In fact, Rick Perry called Donald Trump a “cancer on conservatism” However, when it became clear that Donald Trump would win the nomination, Rick Perry changed his tune and began supporting Trump. Perry’s famous “oops” moment came in 2012 when he forgot that he’d named the...

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Obama Administration Protects Planned Parenthood, Blocks States From Withholding Federal Money

Obama Administration Protects Planned Parenthood, Blocks States From Withholding Federal Money

Posted by | Dec 14, 2016 | |

The Obama administration issued a rule on Wednesday to block states from withholding federal funds for family-planning intended for Planned Parenthood and other clinics that provide abortions. [AdSense-A] The measure is one of many the Obama administration is taking that will go into effect just before Donald Trump gets inaugurated on January 20.  The rule requires states and local governments to distribute federal funds for services related to contraception, sexually transmitted infections, fertility, pregnancy care, and breast and cervical cancer screening to qualified health providers, regardless of whether those health clinics also perform abortions. The new 30-page rule, posted...

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Government Ethics Office Calls on Trump to Divest Himself Of His Businesses

Government Ethics Office Calls on Trump to Divest Himself Of His Businesses

Posted by | Dec 14, 2016 | |

[AdSense-A] The U.S. Office of Government Ethics has called on Donald Trump to divest himself of his business interests in order to avoid conflicts of interest while in the White House, according to a letter from the U.S. Office of Government Ethics. Going further the letter says that transferring ownership of his businesses to his grown children wouldn’t address the multitudes of conflicts. “Transferring operational control of a company to one’s children would not constitute the establishment of a qualified blind trust, nor would it eliminate conflicts of interest” under federal statutes governing conflicts of interest, said the letter,...

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In Defiance of Trump, Department Of Energy Won’t Name Climate Change Workers

In Defiance of Trump, Department Of Energy Won’t Name Climate Change Workers

Posted by | Dec 14, 2016 | |

[AdSense-A] The Department of Energy is refusing to hand over a list of names of employees and contractors that work on climate change policy to the Trump transition team. The refusal to hand over names comes as concerns mount about what Donald Trump and his income administration will do with the names. Donald Trump has famously called climate change a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. The full list of questions can be found here. On Tuesday, the Department of Energy released a statement saying that the questionnaire had “unsettled” many of its employees and that it would “be forthcoming...

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