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    The Robert Mueller report has been released in full outside legally required redaction that would compromise sources and methods. It’s over.

    Focus turns to alleged FBI/DOJ coup d’etat

    Harold Pease -
    My wife Cara and I have just finished binge-watching season one of a series on Netflix called “Our Planet.”

    “Our Planet” is worth your viewing time

    Ed Kociela -
    Cigarettes’ health benefits were once attested by doctors. The fact that Utahns voted to legalize cannabis-based medications does not make marijuana safe.

    Marijuana is risky medicine

    Howard Sierer -
    Justice obstructionists can delay an outcome, but Q tells us that coup exposure can no longer be stopped.

    Avalanche of indictments coming, Q says

    Harold Pease -
    The Pinocchio Factor was a clever lift from Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels, who used the principle to great advantage in creating a fervor that whipped the people into a frenzy in pre-war Germany.

    The Pinocchio Factor and our true economy

    Ed Kociela -
    What would Trump and the media do without each other? What would Trump do without Twitter?CNN would have to go back to covering the news.

    Trump and the media: A mutual obsession

    Rich Manieri -
    Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders is selling Medicare for All while refusing to acknowledge the dramatically higher taxes that go with it.

    Vermont isn’t buying what Bernie Sanders is selling

    Howard Sierer -
    March of this year marked two years that I have been volunteering at Switchpoint. I can’t believe the time has passed so quickly.

    Lessons from Switchpoint and our community’s future

    Lisa Rutherford -
    What Candace Owens said at a House Judiciary Committee hearing could derail the Democratic Party were it covered on Democratic media outlets.

    Candace Owens could derail the Democratic Party

    Harold Pease -
    With four white men hogging the top 70 percent of all likely voters, it's looking like Democrats have a white man problem.

    The Democrats have a white man problem

    Will Durst -
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