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Nepotism Strikes Again: Ivanka Trump Joined Call With Argentina President

Charges of nepotism didn’t stop Ivanka Trump from joining meeting with a head of state for second time in a week

Nadia Prupis
بواسطة Nadia Prupis
Ivanka Trump, daughter of President-elect Donald Trump, arrives at Trump Tower, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Nepotism continues in the Trump administration, as the President-elect reportedly let his daughter Ivanka sit in on a call with neoliberal Argentinian President Mauricio Macri. Macri, who was elected last year in a runoff against leftist populist candidate Daniel Scioli, told the Japanese outlet Asahi Shimbun on Monday that he considered Trump

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Facebook Develops Censorship Tool In Bid To Enter Chinese Market

From fake news to censored posts: facebook is facing a backlash over it’s China suppression tool.

Sputnik News
بواسطة Sputnik News
Facebook's Secret Censorship Rules Protect White Men From Hate Speech But Not Black Children

Facebook is under fire after it was revealed that the social media giant has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow Facebook to re-enter the country. It comes shortly after multiple allegations that Facebook is not doing enough to suppress fake news in regions of the world where it is already free to

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Jared Kushner Isn’t Alone: Universities Still Give Rich And Connected Applicants A Leg Up

Ten years after his book showed how the wealthy buy college slots for their kids at the expense of more deserving students, Daniel Golden writes that the problem has only gotten worse.

Daniel Golden
بواسطة Daniel Golden
A Jesuit statue is seen in front of Freedom Hall, formerly named Mulledy Hall, on the Georgetown University campus, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

When Georgetown University announced plans in September to make amends for its historical participation in the slave trade, President John J. DeGioia drew a curious parallel. The descendants of 272 slaves sold by the university in 1838 to pay off debts, he said, would receive the same advantage in admissions as the children of its alumni. He

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“Heil Victory!” Alt-Right Groups Emboldened By Trump’s Election & Chief Strategist Steve Bannon

Leaders of the alt-right movement have been emboldened since Trump’s election, particularly since he named Steve Bannon to become his chief strategist after first being his campaign manager.

Democracy Now
بواسطة Democracy Now
Stephen Bannon, campaign CEO for Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump, looks on as Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Denver. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIzQunbnOpk A video leaked Monday from a self-proclaimed "alt-right" conference that took place over the weekend in Washington, D.C., shows hundreds gathering to celebrate Donald Trump’s victory and raising their arms in the traditional Nazi salute and saying "Heil victory!" Leaders of the alt-right movement have

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Trump Backs Off Promise To Bring Back Torture

Citing a conversation with retired Gen. James Mattis, Trump said he was told torture doesn’t work as well as building a rapport with prisoners.

Jason Ditz
بواسطة Jason Ditz
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Crown Arena, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, N.C.

President-elect Donald Trump has backed off of one of the most controversial pledges of his campaign today, his promise to bring back torture of detainees, saying following a talk with retired Gen. James Mattis that he was told torture doesn’t work as well as building a rapport with prisoners. During the primaries, Trump emphasized his belief

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Trump Promised To ‘Drain The Swamp,’ But He’s Filling It With Bush-Era ‘Crazies’ Instead

A clique of Bush-era neoconservative outliers who whipped Americans into a frenzied state of fear and anxiety after 9/11. Now they’re back, lurking in and around Trump’s transition team, ready to open a vastly improved and expanded toolset for war and profit.

Robbie Martin
بواسطة Robbie Martin
President-elect Donald Trump, right, and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani pose for photographs as Giuliani arrives at the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster, N.J.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

OAKLAND, California --- Toward the end of the campaign trail Donald Trump said he would “drain the swamp” in Washington. This became an easily distillable mantra of what Trump had been promising for the duration of his campaign, that his mission was to destroy and rebuild what had become a corrupt Washington establishment. He would be a “golden

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