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SpaceX has announced that they will fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year. The unnamed astronauts have already paid a significant deposit to do a moon mission. SpaceX to fly two

More than 100 gravestones at the Mount Carmel Jewish ceremony in northeastern Philadelphia were broken and overturned. ‘Hundreds’ of US Jewish graves attacked in Philadelphia Via www.bbc.co.uk 02/27/2017 11:57 AM  

In a mix-up sure to be referenced for years, ‘La La Land’ was mistakenly announced as Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards last night.  Approximately one minute into their acceptance speech, they were interrupted and ‘Moonlight’

Sean Spicer, White House Press Secretary, has been performing random phones checks on his staff’s phones in order to weed out who is leaking information to the media. Spicer checks aides’ phones for leaks Via rss.cnn.com 02/26/2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has stated his support for the federal government’s use of private prisons, overriding a previous Obama-era memo meant to phase out their use.  U.S. reverses Obama-era move to phase out private prisons Via

President Trump said it would be “wonderful” if no nation had nuclear arms, but otherwise the US must be “top of the pack”. He has stated that the US has “fallen behind on nuclear weapon capacity”. Trump

The Trump administration’s new action on immigration was met with a fierce rebuttal by Mexico’s Foreign Minister Luis Videgaray.  Videgaray stated that Mexico would not accept some of the new plans and added that they may appeal

The Trump administration rescinded an Obama-era directive yesterday that was created to protect transgender students’ rights. Trump revokes Obama guidelines on transgender bathrooms Via feeds.reuters.com 02/22/2017 11:29 AM  

Vandals toppled more than 170 gravestones at Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in St. Louis sometime over the weekend. Vandals damage 100 headstones at Jewish cemetery, police say Via rss.cnn.com 02/21/2017 10:05 AM  

Activists scaled the Statue of Liberty and unfurled a “Refugees Welcome” banner across the national monument in New York. The protest took place after Donald Trump announced he was working on a new travel ban. ‘Refugees Welcome’