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Hasbro to Phase Out Plastics in Packaging Starting in 2020

Toy maker Hasbro announced today that, beginning in 2020, it plans to begin phasing out plastic from new product packaging, including plastic elements like polybags, elastic bands, shrink wrap, window sheets and blister packs. The companys ambition is to elim…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Refugees

The Conversation: Trump is using the same immigration policy that once kept out Jews fleeing Nazi Germany

During the Nazi era, roughly 300,000 additional Jewish refugees could have gained entry to the U.S. without exceeding the nations existing quotas. The primary mechanism that kept them out: the immigration laws likely to become a public charge clause. Consula…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Astroturfing

The Koch-Fueled Anti-Transit Crusade Hits Phoenix, Is Seattle Next?

Phoenix, Arizona is about to vote on a ballot measure intended to sabotage light rail expansions. A Valley Metro Rail extension to South Phoenix set to open in 2023 would be the first casualty, but Proposition 105’s ballot language would actually ban new ligh…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Nukes

Pompeo warns of ‘new turmoil’ if U.N. arms embargo on Iran lifted in 2020

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pushed the international community on Tuesday to work out how to stop Iran from being "unshackled to create new turmoil" when a United Nations arms embargo on the country and …

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Nukes

Russia refuses to share data after nuclear explosion, alarming monitors, US officials

A senior Russian official said the country did not have to share with international monitors any data about a recent nuclear blast that spiked radiation levels in a northern region of the country. Interested in Russia? Add Russia as an interest to stay up t…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Bees

Harmful Pesticides Cause Half a Billion Bees to Drop Dead in Brazil

More than half a billion bees have died in Brazil over the last three months. The cause? Harmful pesticides, according to researchers. Most of the bee deaths occurred in four Brazilian states: 400 million in Rio Grande do Sul, 7 million in São Paulo, 50 mill…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Barack Obama

Trump Reiterates That Russia Should Be Allowed to Rejoin the G-7

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump says it would be appropriate for Russia to be readmitted to a group of the world’s major industrial nations. Trump says Russia is often discussed when he and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Jap…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Julian Assange

American Gulag Death Of Jeffrey Epstein: Will Julian Assange Be Next?

The death of millionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein behind bars should trigger “system-wide self-reflection” on how prisoners are treated. The Metropolitan Correctional Center “is sort of like an American gulag for people who have not been convicted of anyt…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Boeing 737max

FAA cautions airlines on maintenance of sensors that were key to 737 MAX crashes

Following two deadly crashes of the Boeing 737 MAX, both of which were initiated by a faulty reading from a single angle of attack sensor, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cautioned airlines, aircraft maintenance companies and manufacturers that …

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

NSA

Don’t Renew Section 215 Indefinitely

The New York Times reported that the Trump administration wants Section 215, the legal authority that allows the National Security Agency to collect Americans telephone records, renewed indefinitely. Thats despite earlier reports the NSA had shuttered its Cal…

bubmagAugust 20, 2019

Hasbro to Phase Out Plastics in Packaging Starting in 2020

The Conversation: Trump is using the same immigration policy that once kept out Jews fleeing Nazi Germany

The Koch-Fueled Anti-Transit Crusade Hits Phoenix, Is Seattle Next?

Pompeo warns of ‘new turmoil’ if U.N. arms embargo on Iran lifted in 2020

Russia refuses to share data after nuclear explosion, alarming monitors, US officials

Harmful Pesticides Cause Half a Billion Bees to Drop Dead in Brazil

Trump Reiterates That Russia Should Be Allowed to Rejoin the G-7

American Gulag Death Of Jeffrey Epstein: Will Julian Assange Be Next?

FAA cautions airlines on maintenance of sensors that were key to 737 MAX crashes

Don’t Renew Section 215 Indefinitely

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