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AP’s Today in History for January 14th
George Wallace is sworn in;United States ratifies a peace treaty with Britain;, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill meet; Joe DiMaggio and actress Marilyn Monroe get married;Today Show debuts.
Breakfast Tune Coffee and Donuts
Something to think about, Breakfast News & Blogs below
- 4 Reasons Corporate Media Refuse to Talk About What Matters
Thom Hartmann / Independent Media Institute
- BEHIND THE PAY-GO BATTLE IS A CENTRAL CONTRADICTION THAT ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ AND HER ALLIES WILL NEED TO RESOLVE
Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez, The Intercept
- How Cities Make Money by Fining the Poor
Matthew Shaer, The New York Times
- Former Sen. Jon Kyl Hides Identities of Some Lobbying Clients
David Dayen, The Intercept
- The ‘Liberal’ Foreign Policy Establishment’s Hypocrisy Knows No Bounds
Danny Sjursen, Common Dreams
- It is time to bring back the corporate death penalty — here’s why
Thom Hartmann, Alternet
- Progressives Fought for Key Committee Spots, but Centrist New Dems Came Out on Top
David Dayen, Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez, The Intercept
- Why the Differences Between Sanders and Warren Matter
Zaid Jilani, Jacobin
- 2020: Meet Richard Ojeda, West Virginia populist and among the first out of the gate
MATTHEW ROZSA, SALON
- Highly paid substitutes, lessons in large spaces — how L.A. Unified is preparing for a teachers strike
Sonali Kohli and Howard Blume, LA Times
- The Silver Bullet to Stop the Corporate State Pillage
Lee Camp, Truthdig
- Welcome Their Hatred
MICAH UETRICHT, JACOBIN
Something to think about over coffee prozac
Krispy Kreme delivers doughnuts to officers over pastry loss
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Krispy Kreme has stepped in to comfort Kentucky police officers mourning the loss of a doughnut truck that caught fire.
The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the company and a police escort delivered dozens of doughnuts to the city police department Wednesday afternoon.
Officer Kyle Mounce says no one was injured when a Krispy Kreme truck caught fire in the city on Monday, but the truck’s doughnuts were ruined. The fire’s cause was unclear as of Monday.
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