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Cleaning up: On August 31, 2018, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announced that the United States Air Force has started up an additional granular activated carbon filtration system to capture historic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination caused by the use of firefighting foam at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base near Oscoda. (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy)

The fight against “forever chemicals”

Michael Green - Truthout
Chris Murphy speaks on the floor of the Senate, June 15, 2016, where he launched a filibuster demanding a vote on gun control measures. (AP/Senate Television)

The Senate filibuster explained

Daniel Wirls - The Conversation
(AP)

Focusing on numbers, not people

Samantha McDonald - The Conversation
Sen. Rand Paul, R-KY (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Paul says Liz Cheney is out of touch

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
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(Getty/Salon)

Trump attorneys push back in tax case

Alex Henderson - Alternet
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Running for over: GOPers exit House

Tom Boggioni - Raw Story
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, in Boone, Iowa. King is defending his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether "there would be any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

King jokes about Muslims eating pork

Shira Tarlo
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

"Do something": Ernst confronted on guns

Matthew Rozsa
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U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a town hall meeting, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019, in Boone, Iowa. King is defending his call for a ban on all abortions by questioning whether "there would be any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

After rape remarks, King demands apology

Shira Tarlo
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, is flanked by national security adviser John Bolton, right during a press conference after a summit of heads of state and government at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, Thursday, July 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber) (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Law is pushing to monitor phone records

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Devin Nunes (Getty/Win McNamee)

Embarrassing truth about Nunes, revealed

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
Donald Trump; Corey Lewandowski (AP/Matt Rourke/Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

House Dems subpoena Corey Lewandowski

Brad Reed - Raw Story
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Steve King; Liz Cheney (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Getty/Alex Wong)

5 conservatives who blasted Steve King

Alex Henderson - Alternet
A brain-scanning MRI machine at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

Trump admin hits brakes on Medicare law

Phil Galewitz - KFF Health News
Mitch McConnell; Nancy Pelosi (Getty/Salon)

Pelosi calls McConnell "Moscow Mitch"

Matthew Rozsa
Steve King; Liz Cheney (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Getty/Alex Wong)

Liz Cheney calls for Steve King to go

Matthew Rozsa
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Members of the military salute as US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump depart on Marine One from Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland on July 7, 2019. - Trump is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his Bedminster golf resort. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)

Congress unites over US military budget

Rebecca U. Thorpe - The Conversation
Steve King (Getty/Alex Wong)

King: Would humanity exist without rape?

Matthew Rozsa
Harry Reid (AP/Scott Sonner)

Reid calls for an end to the filibuster

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/Photo Montage by Salon)

Maddow: Why Trump isn't welcome in Texas

Bob Brigham - Raw Story
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(Getty Images/istockphoto)

Where your tax dollars really go

Robert Reich - RobertReich.org
Jim Moran; Buck McKeon (AP/Hussein Malla/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ex-lawmakers, new corrupt tactics

Igor Derysh
FILE - In this March 23, 2010, file photo President Barack Obama is applauded after signing the Affordable Care Act into law in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obamacare derangement syndrome

Chris Gay - WhoWhatWhy
Marco Rubio (AP/Susan Walsh)

Rubio shares video smearing Ilhan Omar

Cody Fenwick - Alternet
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