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Scam Websites Tried to Trick Military Recruits Into Entering For-Profit Colleges
We reported in September on a Federal Trade Commission action to shut down a chain of scam websites aimed at attracting people who wanted to join the U.S. military. Sites operating at domains including Army.com, Air-Force.com, and Navyenlist.com seemed like official military portals, but their real aim was to steer visitors to high-priced, low-quality for-profit
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Trump Terrible 10: Saudi Edition
We’re Doing An Incredible Job™. Even though we’re being Treated Very Unfairly™. Since 2017, Republic Report‘s “Trump Terrible 10” has ranked the week’s 10 most disgraceful people in Trump world. Republic Report, which focuses on how money corrupts democracy, has met its abusive dream mate with the kleptocratic administration of President Donald J. Trump. Trump and his lieutenants
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Trump Terrible 10: Kavanaugh Kloture Kanye Edition
Wow. I didn’t realize that sons and fathers could be accused, in addition to regular men. Now that I get it, I’m all in to confirm for the Supreme Court someone who’s lying. Anyway… The President said the FBI should investigate fully, while his henchmen made sure that instead, the investigation was heavily constricted, with
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Trump Terrible 10: Florence vs. Kavanaugh vs. Anonymous Edition
While Trump has dropped all his other hard work to hunt for the TREASON?ous, hard-to-pronounce Anonymous, Republic Report has traveled to Charleston, South Carolina, so we can help put up hurricane shutters and thank the Trump administration for everything it’s doing to accelerate climate change and violent weather. Should be great; right now it’s easy
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Trump Terrible 10: Walls Closing In Edition
Yeesh. Since 2017, Republic Report‘s “Trump Terrible 10” has ranked the week’s 10 most disgraceful people in Trump world. Republic Report, which focuses on how money corrupts democracy, has met its abusive dream mate with the kleptocratic administration of President Donald J. Trump. Trump and his lieutenants personify how money and greed, mixed with disrespect for constitutional values,
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Retired Generals Say Trump EPA Weakening of Chemical Rule Endangers America
Today, retired generals Russel Honoré and Randy Manner, and I, submitted a comment to the Environmental Protection Agency urging it not to repeal and replace rules issued in January 2017, at the end of the Obama administration, to make U.S. chemical plants less vulnerable to potentially catastrophic explosions and toxic releases. Here’s what we wrote: Dear
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Trump Terrible 10: Breathless Supreme Court Watch Edition
Actually, don’t hold your breath. Leonard Leo is satisfied with all the finalists, so there’s no real drama around the announcement, despite the obvious efforts by you-know-who to create some. But there should be drama around the confirmation process. Susan Collins and Heidi Heitkamp, I’d love for you all to try to stay off this
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Oil Companies and Lobbyists Say They’re Ready To Solve Climate Change. Check The Fine Print.
On Wednesday, former senators Trent Lott (R-MS) and John Breaux (D-LA) announced, with a big public relations blitz, a new campaign, Americans for Carbon Dividends, to address the threat of climate change. The effort is being heralded as a breakthrough by some because it is endorsed by big oil and gas companies Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell,
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