Facebook's Newest 'Fact Checkers' Are Koch-Funded Climate Deniers



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Facebook's Newest 'Fact Checkers' Are Koch-Funded Climate Deniers 
Cardboard cutouts of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg stand outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress
Romm writes: "Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg keeps dashing any hope that the world's largest social media platform might be a positive force in the fight against catastrophic climate change."
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Embattled Attorney General William P. Barr. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
Embattled Attorney General William P. Barr. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)

Barr Threatens to Skip House Hearing on Mueller Report Over Format Dispute
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Department of Justice (DoJ) has informed the powerful House of Representatives judiciary committee that attorney general William Barr may not attend a Thursday hearing to review special counsel Robert Mueller's report of the Trump-Russia investigation."
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Will we? (An impromptu memorial made by community members across the street from the synagogue on Saturday.) (photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images)
Will we? (An impromptu memorial made by community members across the street from the synagogue on Saturday.) (photo: Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images)

What We Know About the Southern California Synagogue Shooting
Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "A woman has been killed and a rabbi and two other people injured after a domestic terrorist attacked a synagogue north of San Diego, California, on Saturday morning."
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Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)
Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

'There's Still a Lot of Sexism': Dem Leaders Frustrated by Double Standards Facing Female Candidates
Alex Roarty and Katie Glueck, McClatchy D.C.
Excerpt: "Stephanie Schriock shudders when she remembers how critics reacted to Elizabeth Warren's 2020 campaign announcement, sharply questioning whether she was likable enough to become president."
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NRA executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre. (photo: Getty Images)
NRA executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre. (photo: Getty Images)

The NRA's Leadership Is in Crisis and All We Can Say Is 'Thoughts and Prayers'
David Boddiger, Splinter
Boddiger writes: "An internecine war has broken out among the leadership at the National Rifle Association, with two repulsive human beings - Wayne LaPierre and Oliver North - attempting to pick each other off via threats, counterthreats, and accusations of extortion."
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Voting was underway Sunday in Spain's most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country's return to democracy. (photo: Reuters)
Voting was underway Sunday in Spain's most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country's return to democracy. (photo: Reuters)

Spain Election: Socialist Party Leads Amid Uncertain Outcome
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Voting was underway Sunday in Spain's most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country's return to democracy."
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A possible Banksy mural. (photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Images)
A possible Banksy mural. (photo: Isabel Infantes/AFP/Getty Images)

It Looks Like Banksy Just Created an Extinction Rebellion Mural
Kate Yoder, Grist
Yoder writes: "Banksy, the famously anonymous street artist, appears to have lent his (or maybe her) talents to sounding the alarm about the climate crisis."
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