Reddit Moderators Are Locking Up The Site's Most Popular Pages In Protest

 The moderators behind a number of the most popular subreddits on the site — which is known as the front page of internet — have made their communities private, thus shutting them off from the internet, in protest of the departure of a key Reddit staffer and ongoing poor communications. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

After An Email To Hillary, Company Directed By Ambassador Joe Wilson Was Awarded Africa Contract

Less than a year after former ambassador Joe Wilson sent an email directly lobbying Sec. of State Hillary Clinton on behalf of a company he was consulting, a small governmental agency that Clinton chaired gave the firm, Symbion Power, a lucrative contract to help develop Tanzania's power grid. Wilson's pitch, which was sent through Sidney […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Immigration detention center expands in Southern California

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - Immigration authorities are expanding a Southern California detention facility to get more bed space for women with criminal records, immigrants with medical needs, recently-arrived asylum seekers and other detainees.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is getting an additional 640 detention beds at a privately-contracted facility in ...

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If Your Eyes Are This Color, You're More Likely to Abuse Alcohol, Study Says

"This suggests an intriguing possibility …"

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Trash-Focused Rubicon Global Hires Its First CTO

 Rubicon Global, a startup helping customers find money-saving, environmentally-friendly ways to handle their waste and recycling, is announcing the hire of its first chief technology officer — Phil Rodoni, previously vice president of software at Esurance. Atlanta-based Rubicon doesn't haul trash itself, but instead connects businesses with waste hauling and recycling companies… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Greek Official On Europe's Bailout Terms: 'I Prefer To Cut My Arm Off'

'I will not sign another extend and pretend deal'

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Should Bernie Sanders' Record-Setting Crowds Worry Hillary Clinton?

"They may have the money, but we have the people."

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Why Republicans and Millennials Love the Grateful Dead All the Same

A new poll finds that the band remains one of the most beloved groups in the country, from wealthy Republicans to millennials.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

George Takei: Clarence Thomas Is a 'Clown in Blackface,' Doesn't Belong on Supreme Court

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Is Your State Ranked One of the Laziest in the Country? Find Out on This Map

"Couch potato capital"

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Read This Before Meeting VCs For Pre-Pitch "Advice"

 Startups often ask VCs for pre-pitch meetings. These requests usually are positioned along the lines of, "We aren't looking for money yet, just advice." Of course, we all know this is just a nice way of getting your foot in the door for a soft pitch. And that's ok; these meetings enable both sides to get acquainted before the real ask. However, when startups come… Read More

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Women Still Short-Changed in Obama White House

Women working in President Barack Obama's White House make just 84.2 cents for each dollar earned by men, according to an American Enterprise Institute analysis of 2015 salary data released Wednesday.

Source: Washington Free Beacon

Sheriff's Association Head Mocks Obama's Call For 'Soft Look' Cop Uniforms

They have 'interjected a very dangerous addition into our profession --- politics'

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Middle Eastern Journalists Push Muslims to Acknowledge That Terrorism Is Connected to Islam

"The time for excuses and apologies has long gone."

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'Who Is Doing the Raping?': Don Lemon Confronts Donald Trump Over Controversial Mexico Remarks

"How can you say such a thing?"

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How Freelance Diplomacy Bankrolled by Rockefellers Has Paved the Way for an Iran Deal

Advocating for an Iran truce is a loose coalition of peace groups, think tanks, and former high-ranking U.S. diplomats bound together by millions of dollars.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Merkel's office invites US envoy to discuss latest spy claim

BERLIN (AP) - A German official says Chancellor Angela Merkel's chief of staff has asked the U.S. ambassador for a meeting to discuss the latest reports of alleged U.S. spying on Germany.

The official says chief of staff Peter Altmaier invited Ambassador John B. Emerson to the chancellery Thursday.

The ...

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President Obama Wants To End Independence Day As We Know It

Local lawmakers will have to respond to the new EPA rules by enacting municipal grilling bans and cancelling fireworks shows

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Scott Walker Joining Presidential Race This Month

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Apartment Ad Appears to Use Anti-Semitic Slur…Then Someone Dialed the Phone Number

"… in today's society we know what the slurs are."

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