Houston Under Water HOUSTON ? Heavy rain pummeled the nation's fourth-largest city Monday morning as one of the worst flooding disasters in recent U.S. history was ongoing -- and poised to get worse. At least 25 inches of rain have fallen in parts of Southeast Texas since Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Rockport on Friday evening, shattering several previous rainfall records. Many highways and streets throughout the region are flooded, making normal travel impossible and forcing first responders to perform over 1,000 rescues over the weekend, with even more expected on Monday. FEMA administrator Brock Long said he anticipates that at least 30,000 residents will be displaced to temporary shelters. ... Read more Trump confronts unprecedented public rebuke by Gary Cohn after Charlottesville An unprecedented rebuke of President Trump by National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn reverberated through Washington on Friday, forcing the White House to respond to harsh, public criticism from one of the president's top advisers. Cohn lashed Trump's comments earlier this month blaming the violence in Charlottesville on "both sides," saying in an interview with the Financial Times that "citizens standing up for equality and freedom can never be equated with white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and the KKK." The adviser, who is Jewish and has long given to Jewish causes, said that the administration "must do better in consistently and unequivocally condemning these groups." ...
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After President Trump's most recent rhetoric about Charlottesville inflamed even more criticism, many Republicans stayed silent. But a handful of GOP lawmakers and now Trump's own economic adviser are directly criticizing him. | WP | 08/25/17 | 2:46
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said ... | WP | 08/25/17 | 2:47 Sebastian Gorka, a fiery nationalist and Bannon ally, abruptly exits White House Sebastian Gorka, a controversial White House staffer who served as a fiery spokesman for President Trump on national security matters, abruptly left the administration on Friday as his nationalist faction was being silenced, four people briefed on Gorka's exit confirmed. Officials said it was widely known that White House chief of staff, John F. Kelly, who has been restructuring the West Wing to stem infighting and chaos within the staff, was eager for Gorka to depart the administration. ...
Read more James Clapper's Fear of Trump's Recklessness Should Set off Alarm Bells When did you first feel the fear? Was it way back after his golden escalator ride, when Mexicans, at the group level, were deemed rapists and criminals? Was it when already-vetted refugees were getting off their planes on American soil and being detained at the border? Was it after he casually said he wanted an arms race? Was it after the Charlottesville press conference? Or was it last night, after yet another off-the-rails rally for the purpose of, what, exactly? Tens of millions of Americans have come to fear the stability of their Commander-in-Chief in a way that seems legitimately unprecedented. You may have disagreed with Obama's progressive agenda regarding social programs, or Bush's decision to invade Iraq, but did you actually fear that those men would potentially lead you and your fellow Americans down the path of destruction? If you want to call that rhetoric alarmist and unwarranted, fine. ...
Read more The NRA's New Television Network Is Part Breitbart, Part InfoWars and Completely Deranged Launched in late 2016, NRATV serves as the news outlet for the National Rifle Association, regularly defending President Donald Trump, slamming mainstream media outlets as "dishonest rags," and viciously criticizing any politician or activist who speaks out against the president and his policies. While some of the outlet's coverage focuses on gun policy, the newest developments in firearms technology, and tactical shooting, the programming has largely become a platform for far-right conservative talking points that are often unrelated to gun policy. As NRATV has strayed away from gun coverage, it has sparked a number of controversies and drawn widespread criticism in its inaugural year. Launched in October 2016, NRATV is a rebrand of the National Rifle Association's long-running news outlet NRA News -- which began airing in 2004 -- with the aim of offering more live programming. NRATV broadcasts via online streaming at NRATV.com and satellite radio. ... Read more Why People Still Support Trump There are two main theories of Trump's support. One is that a large minority of Americans -- 40 percent, give or take -- are racist idiots. This theory is at least tacitly endorsed by the Democratic Party and the mainstream liberal media. The other is that a large majority of this large minority are good citizens with intelligible and legitimate opinions, who so resent being regarded as racist idiots that they'll back Trump almost regardless. They may not admire the man, but he's on their side, he vents their frustration, he afflicts the people who think so little of them -- and that's good enough. The first theory, if it were true, would be an argument against democracy. If tens of millions of Americans are racist idiots, how do you defend the popular franchise? That isn't a sliver of reprehensible people who'll be safely overwhelmed when elections come around. And there's plainly nothing, according to the first theory, you can say to change their minds. Why even go through the motions of talking and listening to those people? The second theory -- the correct theory -- is a terrible indictment of the Democratic Party and much of the media. Why aren't the intelligible and legitimate opinions of that large minority given a hearing? Why must their views be bundled reflexively into packages labelled "bigotry" and "stupidity"? Why can't this large minority of the American people be accorded something other than pity or scorn? ... Read more Why are we giving so much of our budget to the military??
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 "Resurrected From Irrelevance": Arizona Republic Columnist Slams Trump Pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio | DN | 08/28/17 | 8:01
 *Leading climatologist Benjamin Horton says -> Sandy-Level Hurricanes May Occur Every Five Years Due to Climate Change | TRNN | 08/27/17 | 15:42 *Exxon Mobil Knew and Hid Oil's Link to Catastrophic Climate Change | TRNN | 08/27/17 | 11:30 *Can Big Money Silence a Free Press? Netflix "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press." | TRNN | 08/25/17 | 19:38Netflix "Nobody Speak: Trials of the Free Press." Paul Jay On The Trump Administration: One of the Most Dangerous Times in Human History | TRNN | 08/25/17 | 1:09:25 
 LEAK: Trump Treats Secret Service "Like Servants" | TYT | 08/27/17 | 5:24 *Pesky Scientists Telling The Truth, You're Fired! | TYT | 08/27/17 | 4:21 John Kasich Wants 2020 "Unity Ticket" With Democratic VP | TYT | 08/27/17 | 6:15
 How Many More Lives Sacrificed For Profits for the Military Industrial Complex? | ThomHartmann | 08/26/17 | 27:51
The1a.org Harvey Hits Hard | 1a.org | 08/28/17 | 1hr
A monster storm like Hurricane Harvey hasn't hit the Gulf Coast in almost a decade. Residents have been told to evacuate or ready themselves for torrential rain, high winds and flash flooding.
How Silicon Valley Is Shaping The News | 1a.org | 08/28/17 | 1hrThe last hurricane that brought major damage to that region was Hurricane Ike, which slammed the coast of Texas -- right near Harvey's predicted point of contact. We get an update on the storm, and talk with experts about recovery efforts, disaster relief and flood insurance reform proposals.
News publishing used to be a big priority for the press. Now, many newsrooms let tech companies worry about that.
The increasing involvement of social media platforms in how news is distributed has led to more content filtering and control over which stories get traction in your newsfeed. It's also changed the economic model and organizational structure in traditional newsrooms.. Are we ready for social media to become the "mainstream media"? 
 PBS NewsHour full episode August 25, 2017 | PBS NewsHour | 08/25/17 | 54:08PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 26, 2017 | PBS NewsHour | 08/26/17 | 24:53 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode August 27, 2017 | PBS NewsHour | 08/27/17 | 24:52  Mystery Beneath the Ice (2016) Full PBS Nova | PBS NOVA | 03/08/17 | 52:51
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Sebastian Gorka, a controversial White House staffer who served as a fiery spokesman for President Trump on national security matters | WP | 08/25/17 | 2:14
James Clapper Shook After Trump's "Downright Scary" Speech | TYT | 08/27/17 | 6:50
 Joe: Arpaio A 'Thug'; Pardon Could Haunt President Donald Trump Later | MSNBC Morning Joe | 08/28/17 | 6:32 FEMA Head: Harvey Damage "Is Just the Beginning" | MSNBC | 08/27/17 | 6:11 |
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I'm including some of Alex Jones @Infoewars videos to expose you to what the alt-right is saying.
 Its Big News: Alex Jones Show 8/27/17 (pt-1) | Infowars | 08/27/17 | 40:11Roger Stone (b-day): Alex Jones Show 8/27/17 (pt-2) Infowars | Infowars | 08/27/17 | 41:15 |
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Lindsey GrahamSen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said the quiet part aloud on why he’s still so close to former President Donald Trump: because we can use him for our goals. "President Trump has gotten people who wouldn't give me or Romney or anybody else the time of day. They believe he is on their side," the senator told the America First Agenda Summit crowd on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.
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EnvironmentThe term "climate change" is often used to refer specifically to anthropogenic climate change (also known as global warming). Anthropogenic climate change is caused by human activity, as opposed to changes in climate that may have resulted as part of Earth's natural processes.
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AI - Artificial IntelligenceAIArtificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, as opposed to the natural intelligence displayed by animals including humans. AI research has been defined as the field of study of intelligent agents, which refers to any system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of achieving its goals.
The term "artificial intelligence" had previously been used to describe machines that mimic and display "human" cognitive skills that are associated with the human mind, such as "learning" and "problem-solving". This definition has since been rejected by major AI researchers who now describe AI in terms of rationality and acting rationally, which does not limit how intelligence can be articulated.
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Quantum mechanicsQuantum mechanics is a fundamental theory in physics that provides a description of the physical properties of nature at the scale of atoms and subatomic particles. It is the foundation of all quantum physics including quantum chemistry, quantum field theory, quantum technology, and quantum information science.
Classical physics, the collection of theories that existed before the advent of quantum mechanics, describes many aspects of nature at an ordinary (macroscopic) scale, but is not sufficient for describing them at small (atomic and subatomic) scales. Most theories in classical physics can be derived from quantum mechanics as an approximation valid at large (macroscopic) scale.
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Wall Street and BankstersWall Street is an eight-block-long street running roughly northwest to southeast from Broadway to South Street, at the East River, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, the American financial services industry (even if financial firms are not physically located there), or New York-based financial interests.
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Intelligence Agencies/Deep State?An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis,.
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Daniel EllsbergDaniel Ellsberg and Paul Jay explore Ellsberg's latest book, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. In the introduction to the book, Ellsberg writes: "No policies in human history have more deserved to be recognized as immoral or insane. The story of how this calamitous predicament came about and how and why it has persisted over a half a century is a chronicle of human madness".
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NukesNuclear weapons have come a long way and come in all types of different sizes. Some are relatively small while others are enormous, so big they boggle the mind at what they can be capable of, i.e. the Soviet 'Tsar Bomba' is/was 3,000 times greater than the Hiroshima bomb.
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Rana ForooharMs. Foroohar says financialization delivers stagnant wages, inequality and economic crisis; the Financial Times columnist and author of "Makers and Takers" says the financial sector represents only 7 percent of the U.S. economy, but takes around 25 percent of all corporate profit while creating only 4 percent of all jobs.
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The Untold History of the United States by Oliver Stone & Petere Kuznick | 2014 | 10 EpisodesOliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham cowrote the script. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes.
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Kuznick InterviewsHistorian Peter Kuznick says Eisenhower called for decreased militarization, then Dulles reversed the policy; the Soviets tried to end the cold war after the death of Stalin; crazy schemes involving nuclear weapons and the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba put the world of the eve of destruction - with host Paul Jay
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China Valley of TunnelsA report written by a Georgetown University team led by Phillip Karber conducted a three-year study to map out China’s complex tunnel system, which stretches 5,000 km (3,000 miles). The report determined that the stated Chinese nuclear arsenal is understated and as many as 3,000 nuclear warheads may be stored in the underground tunnel network.
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911On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists attacked the Unites States. They hijacked four airplanes in mid-flight. The terrorists flew two of the planes into two skyscrapers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact caused the buildings to catch fire and collapse. Another plane destroyed part of the Pentagon (the U.S. military headquarters) in Arlington, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Officials believe that the terrorists on that plane intended to destroy either the White House or the U.S. Capitol. Passengers on the plane fought the terrorists and prevented them from reaching their goal. In all, nearly 3,000 people were killed in the 9/11 attacks.
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The Vietnam WarKen Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, THE VIETNAM WAR, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides--Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as combatants and civilians from North and South Vietnam. Ten years in the making, the series includes rarely seen and digitally re-mastered archival footage from sources around the globe, photographs taken by some of the most celebrated photojournalists of the 20th Century, historic television broadcasts, evocative home movies, and secret audio recordings from inside the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations.
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Trump's MashupsDonald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? VICE News' "Trump Talk" mashup series tries to answer that. And, we're happy to say, it was just nominated for two Webby Awards. Now you can watch all the nominated videos.
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Trump's Sexcapades.Jessica Leeds (1980s)
Kristin Anderson (1990s)
E. Jean Carroll (1995 or 1996)
Lisa Boyne (1996)
Cathy Heller (1997)
Temple Taggart McDowell (1997)
Karena Virginia (1998)
Mindy McGillivray (2003)
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Rachel Crooks (2005)
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Juliet Huddy (2005 or 2006)
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Allegations of pageant dressing room visits(1997)
Mariah Billado,
Victoria Hughes,
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Bridget Sullivan (2000)
Tasha Dixon (2001)
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Samantha Holvey (2006)
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Trump's Speeches | RallysDonald Trump talks a lot, but what is he actually saying? Watch Trump at some of his rallys and see what you think.
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