What did ‘MOAB’ Accomplish?
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View ArticleJFK Assassination: Low Quality of Disinformation
The quality of disinformation on the Kennedy assassination has never been very high. Much of it is pseudoscience, slick enough to fool the general public, but nothing that ever holds up under...
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The Demonization of Marijuana Is Rooted in Racial Stereotypes
The use of marijuana has been glorified in pop culture and, thanks in part to legalization efforts in many states, is now widely accepted. However, federal prisons are still packed with non-violent...
View ArticleTrump’s Plan if Nuclear War Occurs
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Will Latest French Terror Attack Help France’s Far-Right Candidate?
A terror attack in Paris has hit France like a seismic shock only three days before voting begins in a presidential election where anything seems possible, even the end of the European Union.A gunman...
View ArticleFBI + CIA Search for Wikileaks Whistleblower
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View ArticleDocumentary: The Assassination & Mrs. Paine
A filmmaker is working on a documentary about one of the more intriguing and major figures in 20th century American history. Here is an overview of the film from the creators:The Assassination and Mrs....
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Imagine Congress Filled with Scientists Instead of Lawyers
The March for Science, scheduled to take place this Saturday, could be the beginning of a whole new class of politicians. In the view of many, politics has always been the purview of too many lawyers...
View ArticleWatching Big Brother
Twenty-five years ago, a California jury failed to convict four cops accused of savagely beating a black man. What sounds today like an all-too-common story was anything but back then. The verdict...
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Sex Scandal Confirms Targeted Voter Suppression in Alabama
Putting problematic politicians under a microscope for one thing can turn up entirely different wrongdoing, as disgraced former Alabama Governor Robert Bentley recently learned. An impeachment...
View ArticlePrice of BP Oil Spill
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Will Boycotts Change Anything?
Are consumer boycotts just attention-grabbing political theater? Or can ordinary people voting with their wallets have a lasting impact on society at large?On the evening of January 28, 2017 freelance...
View ArticleTrump Blinks on Border Wall?
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View ArticleCouncil of Europe Downgrades Turkey as Erdogan Bombs Kurds
The Council of Europe watchdog voted to put Turkey on a human rights monitoring list on Tuesday amid widespread claims of fraud in a controversial referendum that gave President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
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Would a Trump Move on TTIP Be Hazardous to Your Health?
It reportedly took German Chancellor Angela Merkel eleven times to disabuse President Donald Trump of the notion that he could do a trade deal with Germany. She repeatedly told him that a bilateral...
View ArticleGOP Goes Right on Obamacare Replacement
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Government Must Tell if Trump Associate Had Russian Mob Ties
Several weeks ago, WhoWhatWhy published an investigative story on Donald Trump, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Russian mob. It addressed challenges the FBI faces in fully...
View ArticleTed Cruz’s Moon Grab
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The Case for Impeachment at 100 Days
Is it just the fancy of a frustrated opposition, or can the impeachment of Donald Trump become a political reality? American University professor Allan Lichtman tells Jeff Schechtman that it’s not a...
View ArticleTech Lobbyists Flood DC
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