October 2018 – ProgressiveGrok

Granitegrok presents itself a is a libertarian, right wing small Government type of blog. They do a pretty good job of doing that, but they…

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Trump tweets new round of China tariffs August 24, 2019

President Donald Trump announced on Friday a new round of tariffs on China set to start October 1 in the latest escalation in the trade war with Beijing.

David Koch, billionaire businessman and influential GOP donor, dies August 23, 2019

David Koch, a billionaire businessman and philanthropist who, along with his brother Charles, gained fame as an influential donor to conservative and Republican causes, has died, Charles Koch announced on Friday.

The Point: How the Koch brothers fundamentally changed modern politics August 23, 2019

The death of David Koch on Friday -- and the broader retreat he and his brother made from politics since the 2016 election -- brings an end (if not the end) to one of the most influential (and controversial) chapters in modern American politics. Like them or hate them -- and almost no one feels […]

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg treated for pancreatic cancer August 23, 2019

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday.

READ: Supreme Court statement on Ruth Bader Ginsburg's cancer treatment

Seth Moulton ends 2020 presidential campaign August 23, 2019

Rep. Seth Moulton will end his presidential bid on Friday during a speech at the Democratic National Convention summer meeting in San Francisco, according to prepared remarks of the speech the Massachusetts Democrat plans to deliver.

Analysis: Will Trump blow up the G7 summit? August 23, 2019

The biggest question clouding this weekend's G7 summit in France is whether the President of the United States will blow it up.

Analysis: How America feels about Taylor Swift says more about us than her August 23, 2019

The sheer gauziness of Taylor Swift's celebrity is such that when people talk about her, they tend to reveal less about her and more about us, as a society.

Recalling deaths of MLK and Robert Kennedy, Biden poses hypothetical question about an Obama assassination August 24, 2019

During a town hall Friday afternoon, former Vice President Joe Biden asked a New Hampshire audience to imagine what it would have been like if Barack Obama had been assassinated when he became the Democratic nominee for president in 2008 and how it would've affected the country.

Israel likely had a role in Iraq airstrike that has roiled US-Iraqi relations August 24, 2019

The US government has assessed that Israel was likely involved in a strike that took place north of Baghdad last month, a strike that has complicated America's relationship with Baghdad, according to two US officials.

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