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COMBINED WEALTH OF MILLIONAIRES TOPS $70 TRILLION FOR FIRST TIME
David Craig | USA Today

KIM KARDASHIAN'S $98 POOL FLOAT IS SHAPED LIKE HER BUTT - She's laughing all the way to the bank with her latest line of Kimoji products.

PRESENT AT THE CREATION  - The never told before story of the meeting that led to the creation of ISIS, as explained by an Islamic State insider.
Harald Doornbos & Jenan Moussa

RECYCLED PLASTIC BOTTLES MADE AN ECO-FRIENDLY VILLAGE POSSIBLE
Brianna Acuesta | True Activist

MAINSTREAM MEDIA & GOVERNMENT REMAIN SILENT AS ACTIVISTS FROM ALL OVER THE US DELIVER AID TO FLINT
Claire Bernish | Activist Post

FOX NEWS BRAINWASHED MY DAD 
Gary M. Kramer | Salon

EVEN STONED AND 16, I COULDN'T HAVE IMAGINED THIS DYSTOPIAN ELECTION  
P.J. O'Rourke | The Daily Beast

"AMERICAN SNIPER" CHRIS KYLE DISTORTED HIS MILITARY RECORD
Matthew Cole & Sheelagh McNeill | The Intercept

GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA: ACCIDENTAL GUN DEATHS ARE JUST "OCCASIONAL MISHAPS"
LeftOfCenter | Crooks And Liars

 THE US WAR MACHINE’S ANNUAL BUDGET COULD BUY EVERY HOMELESS AMERICAN A $1 MILLION HOME 
Jay Syrmopoulos | The Last American Vagabond

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