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White House responds to LGBTQ Supreme Court civil rights win by quoting Kavanaugh’s ‘very powerful’ dissent

The Trump administration has been all but one-hundred percent silent on Monday's Supreme Court ruling which found anti-LGBTQ workplace discrimination is illegal and protected by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. On Tuesday President Donald Trump only mentioned the landmark decision when asked about it by a reporter, and even then merely lamented that "we live" with it.

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China's Xi told Trump he was building concentration camps for Muslims — and Trump thought it was a great idea: report

On Wednesday, The Wall Street Journal published an excerpt from ex-National Security Adviser John Bolton's new book discussing Trump's approach to China — and one of Bolton's allegations is that Trump approved of China's crackdown on the mostly-Muslim Uighur population.

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'An unstoppable movement': Sanders praises grassroots after Target announces $15 minimum wage

"Now the Senate must pass our Raise the Wage Act," the senator said, "and guarantee a dignified, living wage for every worker in America.

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Here are 7 stunning details from new report about John Bolton’s explosive book

Though the Trump administration is making a show of trying to stop it, former National Security Adviser John Bolton’s book is already making waves.

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Mike Pompeo slipped Bolton a disparaging and profane note about Trump as president was meeting with Kim Jong-un: report

On Wednesday, The New York Times published some of the top-line revelations from former National Security Adviser John Bolton's tell-all book alleging chaos and corruption within President Donald Trump's administration.

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Trump asked China’s Xi to buy agricultural products so he could win farm states in 2020: New Bolton book

On Wednesday, The New York Times revealed some of the key details alleged in former National Security Adviser John Bolton's upcoming book, which paints a picture of misconduct and corruption throughout the administration at the president's direction.

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Ex-judge tries to slug protester during heated argument over Columbus statue

A retired Chicago judge was caught on video taking a swing at a protester this Saturday during a confrontation at a statue of Christopher Columbus in Little Italy that hours earlier had been vandalized, the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

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GOP senators unveil bill to undermine Big Tech legal protections -- critics call it a 'straightforward First Amendment violation'

Four Republican senators introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at limiting legal protections of Big Tech platforms if they "selectively" suppress certain content, stepping up a political battle with social media.

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Republicans scramble to denounce GOP candidate who said black people should be 'proud' of Confederate statues

Republican congressional candidate Marjorie Taylor Greene, who is running for a deep-red House seat in northwestern Georgia, is being condemned by her own party's leadership after Politico unearthed videos of her making bigoted comments about black people and Muslims.

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WATCH: Man threatens to have Black teens arrested in front of their own house because they 'don't belong' in the neighborhood

A racially charged confrontation in Wellington, Florida, between a man and a group of teenagers was caught on video. According to Breonna Nelson-Hicks, 15, the man followed her and her friends home.

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Atlanta cop who shot Rayshard Brooks involved in 2015 shooting coverup: court documents

The former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks was accused of covering up an earlier shooting in which he and other officers had been involved.

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‘Bowling Green Massacre!’: Kellyanne Conway mocked after hypocritically demanding reporters fact-check Bolton’s book

Kellyanne Conway says reporters are responsible for fact-checking books that are published, especially former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton's book, due to be released June 23. Many are mocking the Counselor to the President, whose lies and false claims could themselves likely fill a book.

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'It was a fake meat shortage': Reporting suggests industry sacrificed workers during pandemic to keep exports moving

As workers in meat processing plants around the country earlier this year fell ill with the coronavirus, threatening production, industry leaders appealed to the government to allow the facilities to remain open, citing the threat of a catastrophic domestic food shortage.

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