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Friday, August 30, 2019

New lows

Trump administration seeks to deport children with life-threatening illnesses. Unspeakably evil.

So much for oversight. DHS BARS CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS FROM MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS AFTER REPORTS OF ROTTEN FOOD, KID TOLD TO EAT OFF FLOOR

Trump moves to allow logging in the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest. Goodbye Tongass.

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ROLLS BACK GREENHOUSE GAS REGULATIONS SO FAR EVEN OIL COMPANIES OBJECT

The Trump Administration’s Court-Packing Scheme Fills Immigration Appeals Board With Hardliners. Surprise.

New immigration policy withholds automatic citizenship for some children of troops overseas, but not all

The water is so hot in Alaska it's killing large numbers of salmon

The US won’t provide flu vaccines to migrant families at border detention camps

Interior official threatens to withhold jobs in lawmakers' districts after opposition to BLM move.

Trump "accidentally" signals affinity with white nationalists in new campaign logo
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