Month: August 2017

Chances of Trump impeachment at high point – Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2017/08/31/chances-of-trump-impeachment-at-high-point_partner/ Jefferson Morley This article originally appeared on AlterNet While Houston drowns and North Korea provokes, the case for the

Declining Interest In History Hits Museums Like Colonial Williamsburg Hard https://thefederalist.com/2017/08/22/americans-declining-interest-history-hitting-colonial-williamsburg-hard-not-one/ Americans know little about their own country’s past—and they’re not expressing interest learning more

Mattis freezes Trump’s ban on transgender troops, calls for more study – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/08/29/pentagon-chief-mattis-freezes-trumps-ban-on-transgender-troops-calls-for-more-study/?utm_term=.cd23d3eaceb0 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis during a news conference at the

Trump Associate Boasted That Moscow Business Deal ‘Will Get Donald Elected’ – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/28/us/politics/trump-tower-putin-felix-sater.html?referer=https://news.google.com By MATT APUZZO and MAGGIE HABERMAN August 28, 2017 Donald J. Trump with Felix H.

Trump’s long history of seeking a politically inconvenient business deal in Russia – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/08/28/trumps-long-history-of-seeking-a-politically-inconvenient-business-deal-in-russia/ President Trump meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin

What Robert E. Lee Wrote to The Times About Slavery in 1858 – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/18/us/robert-e-lee-slaves.html?referer=https://news.google.com By JACEY FORTIN August 18, 2017 General Robert E. Lee in May

Two Men Arrested in Connection With Charlottesville Violence – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/26/us/charlottesville-arrests.html?referer=https://news.google.com By FRANCES ROBLES August 26, 2017 Footage Shows Charlottesville Shooting Video Video footage shows a man

Sebastian Gorka, a fiery nationalist and Bannon ally, abruptly exits White House – The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/sebastian-gorka-a-fiery-nationalist-and-bannon-ally-abruptly-exits-white-house/2017/08/25/426d3d6a-89f9-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html?utm_term=.d300c2456941 Sebastian Gorka, a controversial White House staffer who

This Man Spent Decades Befriending KKK Members. Hundreds Have Left the Group Because of Him http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/08/948022-man-spent-decades-befriending-kkk-members-hundreds-left-group/ Benny Johnson 9 days ago Screenshot/“Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis,

Interior Secretary Proposes Shrinking Four National Monuments – NYTimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/us/bears-ears-utah-monument.html?referer=https://news.google.com By JULIE TURKEWITZ and LISA FRIEDMAN August 24, 2017 Bears Ears National Monument in southeastern Utah includes the mesas