'Filled to the Brim With Quid Pro Quo': Explosive Texts Shine New Light on Trump Effort to Push Ukraine to Open Biden Probe

House Democrats Thursday night released a trove of explosive text exchanges between top U.S. diplomats that provides a closer look into U.S. President Donald Trump’s months-long effort to pressure Ukraine’s leader to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden. The text messages, provided to House committees by then special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, show that […]

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Why Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson Aren’t Spending Christmas Together 

Khloé Kardashian and boyfriend Tristan Thompson won’t be kissing under the mistletoe come Christmas. The couple, who is expecting their first child together, will be spending the holiday apart due to Thompson’s basketball schedule.  While they won’t be together on the actual day, they’re still planning on celebrating. “This Christmas, I’ll be celebrating early with […]

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Resist Locally, Renew Globally

The following piece was originally published by the Great Transition Initiative, part of an online forum by the group focused on the potential for transformative local action. The Promise and Pitfalls of Localism The fact that the language of localism is being increasingly co-opted by authoritarians around the world is itself a sign of localism’s […]

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