It’s been a busy week, unfortunately. Among the many things we’re watching on the web are: There’s been another school shooting, this time at a Texas high school. At the moment, we’re hearing that there are eight dead, but it could go higher or lower. That noise you hear in the background is the NRA…

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And the week offers us our usual collection of news, for good, bad, and Trump. Among the stories we’re following are: Over on Vox, we read Trump tells 57,000 Hondurans who’ve lived in the US for 20 years to get out by Dara Lind. It seems that our dear and glorious orange-headed duce is kicking…

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By Matt Blanchfield As always, the Web is full of interesting stuff this week. Among the best is: There is a nice opinion piece over on the DailyKos site this week. In Joy Reid Is Being HillaryClintoned. And By The Same People. It Is Sickening, ExpatGirl argues that Joy Reid’s allegedly anti-LGBT remarks on her…

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And from around the web, we have all sorts of interesting stories this week. Presented, now, for your consideration… Wondering why it is that Trump supporters seem to ignore reports of his obvious corruption and incompetence? Well, says the Washington Post, it seems that in a recent poll, half of all Republicans said that the…

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As always, the web is looking wild and woolly in an age of Trump. Check out some of the following: Glance at this piece by Kate Briquelet over on the Daily Beast about Trump’s reported $30K payment to a doorman at Trump Tower to kill a story about his infidelities and possible love child. Makes…

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As always, there are lots of good articles on the web to check out this week—unfortunately, since most of them refer to Der Drumpf. But, anyway, submitted for your approval. From Re.Wire News, we learn that “The 15-year-old girl who was detained alongside her father in an otherwise all-male facility…” Journalist Tina Vasquez notes that…

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It’s been hard to keep up this week. Seems like things are popping everywhere. But, as best as we can keep track of it all, here are some of the more interesting articles that have been on the web this week. John Dowd, Trump’s personal mouthpiece…er, lawyer…has just resigned. The Washington Post notes “Dowd’s departure…

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Lots of stuff to check out on the web this week. Among other things, be sure to give the following a look: Quartz offers Aamna Mohdin’s piece, “The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the richest families in Florence.” It seems that a recent study has shown that the same families have controlled…

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