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Month: September 2017
OSHA Scrubs Worker Deaths from Home Page
“The new fatality list, buried on an internal page, does not include incidents where a worker was killed if the company was not cited for violations.” More …
Ditching Donald Trump: Wave of Republican retirements points to big GOP trouble in 2018
“Republican members of Congress returned from an August recess in which they avoided terrible headlines by doing their darnedest to avoid their constituents only to face an even bleaker political landscape awaiting them in Washington. With few legislative results to tout, several congressional Republicans have opted to head into 2018 by taking the road of least resistance: retirement. ” More …
Hurricane Irma: Florida’s Overdevelopment Has Created a Ticking Time Bomb
“Disaster risk expert says intense population growth and urban coastal development have created a huge danger.” More …
Company Town: ‘Quiet Tragedy’ of an Arkansas Community vs the Koch Brothers
“A new film tells the story of Crossett, Arkansas – a small town dominated by a Koch brothers-owned paper mill, blamed for dumping cancer-causing chemicals.” More …
The Wall Street Journal’s Trump problem
“Dozens have left the paper in the past year and interviews with current and ex-staffers show outrage over pressure from management to normalize Trump.” More …
Sputnik, the Russian news agency, is under investigation by the FBI
“The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it is acting as an undeclared propaganda arm of the Kremlin in violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). As part of the probe, Yahoo News has learned, the bureau has obtained a thumb drive containing thousands of internal Sputnik emails and documents — material that could potentially help prosecutors build a case that the news agency played a role in the Russian government “influence campaign” that was waged during last year’s presidential election and, in the view of U.S. intelligence officials, is still ongoing.” More …
Under fire, Facebook refuses to disclose political ads bought by Russian trolls
“Facebook, which acknowledged this week that it sold $100,000 worth of political ads in the last two years to accounts linked to a Russian troll factory, came under stinging criticism Thursday over its refusal to release copies of the ads to the public — or to congressional investigators.” More …
Kushner Keeps Winning Interpersonal Feuds, But Not Policy Fights
“His latest victory: Trump apparently sided with Kushner when his own lawyers argued that he should resign from his White House job.”
Russia Used Facebook Events to Organize Anti-Immigrant Rallies on U.S. Soil
“Pushing fake news was just one component of the Russian campaign to shape American minds. Part two: organizing anti-immigrant events echoing themes from the pro-Trump press.” More …