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On this day in 1968, Marvin Gaye scored his first U. S. No. 1 single when "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" started a five-week run at the top. Progress Pond: We’re All in a Big Yellow Taxi. Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Nancy Mace becomes social media laughingstock after questionable claim of assault by 'pro-trans man', The Mahablog: Republicans in Congress Being Bullied Into Submission to MAGA. Attention spice nerds!

Remember Alexander Smirnov, carrier of claims that Joe Biden accepted bribes from Ukraine while his son Hunter was a lobbyist for them? That video up above is Jim Jordan having to admit that yeah, maybe he did lie but so what? Yeah, so what indeed. Smirnov's smears allowed Fox News and every other right wing "news" source to claim that the "Biden crime family" was a threat to U.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the landscape of international finance for fossil fuels, some of the most important players are obscure government bodies known as “export credit agencies.” These agencies provide funding to companies seeking to build large and risky infrastructure projects, often in developing countries.

Among the many new elected officials coming to Washington, D. C. is a cadre of exciting new pro-Israel representatives.

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