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It Is Time To Officially Label the GOP A Hate Group
The SPLC says hate groups “have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people,..for their immutable characteristics.”
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Republicans Ramp Up The Koch Crusade And Inquisition Against Science
When NOAA published research using empirical data to refute GOP climate-change denial, Lamar Smith (R-TX) subpoenaed to the scientists
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Republicans Have Blood On Their Hands For Inciting Deadly Domestic Terrorism
Americans can make a very accurate inference that Republicans have blood on their hands for inciting rage and more violence towards women’s healthcare providers; just like they are inciting violence against American Muslims.
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Republicans Refuse To Condemn Saudi and American Evangelical Religious Police As “ISIS-Like”
To a substantial number of people if they talk like ISIS and behead people for religious non-compliance like ISIS, the Saudis are ISIS-like.
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Military Industrial Complex and GOP Plans To Rob Taxpayers and Bankrupt America
According to House Speaker Paul Ryan’s “prosperity budget” within ten years the only government left in existence will be the military.
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Republicans Hypocritically Call out Trump’s Fascist ‘Spy on Your Neighbor’ Proposals
It is true, Trump is a fascist, but so are Republicans, the Koch brothers, and millions of angry white racist evangelicals and the Tea Party
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This Is Why White Supremacists Opened Fire On Peaceful Black Lives Matter Protestors
white racists with guns, cops or otherwise, lust to shoot human beings who are African American and peaceably protesting.
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Pope Francis Joins The War On Christmas Calling The Celebration “A Charade”
“There will be…parties, bright trees, even Nativity scenes, all decked out, while the world continues to wage war. It’s all a charade.”
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Limbaugh, Republican Claim Obama Supports ISIS and Hates Freedom Because Refugees
They claim Obama is a collaborator because he adheres to America’s long-standing exceptionalism of giving war-weary refugees a safe haven
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Paul Krugman Gets It Right: Republicans Are Panicked, Stupid And Cruel
Paul Krugman noted that since Barack Obama was sworn in as President, Republicans and conservatives have done nothing but “warn about imminent catastrophe.”
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Koch’s Justice Reform Proposal Restricts Prosecution For Environmental Violations
The Kochs want to pollute with impunity by simply claiming they were unaware that it was a federal violation to poison the air and water
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Not Just Trump: Republicans Embrace Hitler’s Nazi Tactics to Target Muslims
Trump is not alone. Increasingly, Republicans are calling for concentration camps to be built to house Syrian refugees for now
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Republicans Are Following ISIS’ Plans Against America To the Letter
Republicans are reacting exactly as predicted by ISIS to help them achieve their long-term goal to “Unravel the fabric of Western civil society”
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Kochs Secretly Fund the NRA, Chamber of Commerce, Religious Right and Club For Growth
Every Republican at every level of government spouts the same lie, the same twisted logic, to harm American workers
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Where Is The Grief For Republican Terrorism Imposed On Americans?
Only a beheading or a suicide bombing can possibly be as barbaric and cruel as denying medical care to millions of poor Americans
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Republicans Demand America’s 1920s Government Be Put Back In Place
Republicans want a government like that of the 1920s when the rich were given free rein to economically rape the American people
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Make No Mistake About It, George W Bush’s Iraq War Has Spread To France
It is incredibly ironic that the one American ally that vehemently protested and condemned Bush’s invasion and occupation of Iraq has now felt the horrific results of terrorists created by Bush’s folly in attacking and slaughtering hundreds-of-thousands of innocent Muslims, and creating the Islamic State.
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There Is No One I Would Rather Have at the Helm Today Than President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama knows this. That is why he hunted down and killed Osama bin Laden. That’s not something any person with an ounce of humanity wants to do, no matter what- to kill another human being. But it was necessary.
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ALEC and Duke Energy Going After A Small N.C. Non-Profit And Church For Going Solar
The school is not paying Duke Energy for the electricity being generated by that clean source of electrical power, the Sun
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Hillary Clinton Was Assailing Wall Street Before It Was Politically Expedient
Clinton warned us a year before the true nature of Wall Street and the financial sector’s malfeasance manifested in a worldwide recession
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Editorial Cartoon: Grain Brain
Republican presidential hopeful Dr. Ben Carson has a grain bin on the brain problem
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More Studies Prove The Economy Always Does Better When A Democrat Is President
“The two Democratic presidents have produced jobs at 7 times the rate of the two Bushes or 2.1 million versus 300,000 per year.”
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Republicans In Congress Still Dishonor America’s Veterans
Republicans have about as much use for America’s veterans as they do America’s poor, women, people of color and the elderly
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Republican Media Incensed That African Americans Protest Against Institutionalized Racism
According to Breitbart’s Ben Shapiro, “the left just declared at University of Missouri that white people must be fired for being white.”
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Increasingly The World Sees Republicans As The Greatest Threat To America
The Republican base is the Ugly American and the rest of the world has taken note of the threat posed by religious fundamentalism and racism
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Kentucky Gubernatorial Election Should Be A Wake Up Call For Democrats
Now if only Democrats would make a special effort to demonstrate to moderates that a major contributor to this country’s problems is conservative Christians and moderates pandering to evangelical fanatics forcing religion on the country, voters might wake up.
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A Pattern of Embellishments That Matter: Why The Media Should Be Investigating Ben Carson
The major problem with Ben Carson’s tendency to embellish memories in a way that glorifies himself is it’s best if a world leader is in touch with reality.
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Keystone XL Dies but TransCanada and Republicans Continue Lying About Pipeline
TransCanada’s Russ Girling accused Obama of “choosing misplaced symbolism over merit and science, and allowed rhetoric to win out over reason”
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Whining Kochs Admit They Expect Results After Buying Republicans In Government
The Kochs want to convince Americans that they really love America. They just hate that America has a government they do not yet control
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Houston Voters Gave Evangelicals the Legal Right To Discriminate Against 15 Groups
Voters in Houston Texas, the fourth largest city in America, voted to delete a non-discrimination ordinance and legalize discrimination
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Obama Refuses TransCanada Request to Suspend Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
TransCanada claims they need more time to work with American officials but the real reason is to avoid a losing battle with President Obama
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Editorial Cartoon: ‘Jeb Can Fix It’
After returning home to salvage his run for the Presidency, Jeb and his team came up with a new slogan…
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Ryan Doubles Down On Family Time Hypocrisy Rejecting It For American Workers
Ryan implied he recognized that most Americans yearn to get their work-life balance correct; he just cant tolerate it for anyone but himself
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The Kochs Keep America Behind The Developed World In Using Free Energy
The Koch brothers are doing everything in their power to restrict Americans from tapping into the free energy from sunlight.
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President Obama’s Fiscal Discipline Cuts the Federal Deficit Below The 50-Year Average
If Americans need an example of true fiscal responsibility, they can look at the state of the economy under a fiscally responsible Democrat, President Barack Obama.
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Behind The Moderate Myth Paul Ryan Dreams Of Shutting Down Government Permanently
The only difference between the extremists and Ryan is how soon, and for how long, they are able to shut down the government.
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Floridians’ Lawsuit Against Jeb Bush, Rick Scott and the Kochs Goes To SCOTUS
The crux of the case against the Kochs, Bush, and Scott is that they conspired to build what appears to be “an illegally-approved pipeline”
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The Koch Brothers Complain About Buying Low Quality Republicans Who Lack Substance
The Koch brothers have no right to complain about the tone of Republican politics because it is exactly what they paid for and wanted
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Pro-Life Republicans Crusading To Ban Life-Saving Research
The GOP is jumping on the Dark Age bandwagon to stop scientists from finding cures to myriad infirmities and debilitating and deadly diseases
GOP Extremism Is Not Palin’s Fault – Former W.H. Chief of Staff Is Mistaken
William M. Daly mistakenly claims the GOP’s “insanity” began when Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin to be his running mate in 2008
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Republicans Protect and Serve The Industry That Really Harms and Damages the Unborn
A new study finds that expectant mothers living in active fracking areas are 40 percent more likely to give birth prematurely
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House Republicans Are Targeting Scientists For Harassment and Intimidation
Armed with “suspicious subpoena power,” the House Science Committee is using its authority to conduct a witch hunt against NOAA scientists for doing the job they are paid to do; study the oceans and atmosphere and publish the results.
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To Address America’s Poverty Epidemic Doctors To Start Screening For Child Hunger
According to pediatricians, doctors should start screening their child patients for hunger, and the lesser-known problem of food insecurity
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Federal Judge Blasts DEA’s Illegal Practice of Prosecuting Legal Medical Marijuana Use
Judge Charles R. Breyer said that the DEA’s interpretation of the bipartisan medical marijuana bill “defied logic and language”
Republican Legislation Will Use Religion to Defund Planned Parenthood and Obamacare
Tomorrow, House Republicans are slated to pass “filibuster-proof” legislation founded on religion to defund Planned Parenthood and Obamacare
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Three New “Scientific” Polls and Rising Numbers Reveal Hillary Clinton Won The First Debate
Impassioned #FeelTheBern supporters proclaimed Sanders the Democratic debate winner but the numbers tell a different story
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Following Mormon Trend Federal Judge Approves Uranium Mining In Grand Canyon
A federal judge has granted approval for a Canadian corporation to begin mining for uranium in the Grand Canyon National Park
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Trump’s Honest Criticism of George W. Bush Exposes GOP Foreign Policy Incompetence
Trump is shining a light on exactly what Americans have to look forward to if they elect a Republican president; foreign policy incompetence
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Forest Service Is Being Sued To Stop Nestlé From Stealing California Water
The U.S. Forest Service has failed to stop Nestle from stealing millions of gallons of California’s rapidly vanishing groundwater
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California Law Prohibits Phony Pregnancy Centers From Lying And Evangelicals Are Furious
The Reproductive Fact ACT that forces faith-based crisis pregnancy centers (CPCs) to stop lying and stop posing as medical providers.
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California Democrats Show Republicans What Good Government Looks Like
There is one example of a state that leads the nation in economic growth, job creation, and the ability to govern for all the people. This week, in a seriously stunning editorial by a very conservative newspaper they readily admit and praise California with its Democratic super-majority and governor as the model the rest of the nation and Republicans in Congress should follow.
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Editorial Cartoon: Young Target
12 year-old African American Tamir Rice is killed by police for having a toy gun.
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Pro-Lifer Admits Regulating Women’s Sexuality, Not Abortion, Drives Planned Parenthood Attacks
Monica Miller of Citizens for a Pro-Life Society admits what she opposes is “sex for recreation, sex for mere pleasure”
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Callous Kasich Tells Retiree Worried He Intends To Slash Social Security To “Get Over It”
Kasich dismissed criticism of his attitude as “silly” and said “difficult” changes are necessary in order to stabilize Social Security
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Koch Republicans Advance Plan To Eliminate America’s National Parks
Now that the Kochs own Congress and were able to install a willing anti-government Republican as Chairman of the House Natural Resources committee, they were thrilled to learn they succeeded in killing the LWCF in yet another step toward turning over government to corporate control.
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Barbaric Oregon Gun Zealots “Politicize” Presidential Meeting To Comfort Grieving Families
Apparently what the gun maniacs in Oregon are up in arms over is the concept of gun safety as a political issue; they are livid that President Obama said as much.
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House Freedom Caucus Document Explains Why the House Is Ungovernable
The recent revelation of a House Freedom Caucus ‘questionnaire for prospective candidates for the Speakers’ position clears up why Republicans are terrified of being Speaker, and why there is no good outcome as long as Cruz’s House Freedom Caucus is allowed to exist.
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Boehner Lies and Blames Obama and Democrats For GOP Blocking Of Gun Safety Bills
Now that President Obama and a couple of Americans are asking why Congress cannot take action to reduce the frequency of mass shootings, John Boehner has come up with a typical Republican answer; it is not their fault or their responsibility to act.
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Republicans Proven Wrong: Anti-Abortion Laws Hurt Women
A brand-spanking new report conducted and released by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project, a noted research group out of the University of Texas, Austin, the state’s anti-abortion laws are hurting women and prohibiting from making their own reproductive health choices which is, after all, the goal of evangelical Republicans.
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A Tea Party Fascist Will Be Second In Line To the Presidency By Halloween
The two leading candidates for House speaker are mirror images and both will dutifully follow the Ted Cruz shut-down-the-government agenda
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Australians Disgusted With America Call To Boycott This Violent and Immature Nation
Some 2.1 million Australians visit the U.S. annually and the call for boycott is likely motivated as much by self-preservation as disgust
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Republicans Appear Fractured, But They Are Far From Broken
Where they have “failed to achieve Republican goals” is in establishing a theocracy, eliminating taxation and 98 percent of the Constitution
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New Studies Prove Medicinal Marijuana Is Safe And Reduces Prescription Opioid Use
If the DEA had been paying any heed to the mountain of medical research by experts in managing pain, it would have learned that what Americans in pain need most is not more prescription pain killers, but better access to medicinal marijuana; that common weed that is empirically proven to reduce opioid use and save countless thousands of Americans’ lives every year.
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Oregon College Massacre Is a Product of the NRA-Republican’s Structurally Violent America
Gun violence comes courtesy of the tireless effort and machinations of Republicans and the NRA to create a structurally violent country
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Editorial Cartoon: Gun God
The daily sacrifice to appease the NRA Gun God…
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Utah Republican Introduces Koch Legislation To Begin Eliminating National Parks
Killing off the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) will mean that America’s most iconic landscapes will be exploited by industry
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Evangelical Martyr Kim Davis Secretly Met The Pope – Now Send Her Back To Jail
Apparently, 5 days in jail did little more than embolden the newly crowned martyr to thumb her nose at Judge Bunning’s condition of release
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Editorial Cartoon: Wingnuts Rule
Just when you think it can’t get any worse…
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Republican Legislator Confesses That “The Crazies Have Taken Over the Party”
Peter King said Boehner’s resignation is “like throwing raw meat to some of these people…they’re just going to look for more.”
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Progressive Pope Endorses Christian Criminals Who Violate Law And Constitution
The Pope’s bible, the rule book containing every single one of god’s utterances, plainly says to obey the government authorities, period
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Iranian President Laughs At Republicans And Compares Them To Saddam Hussein
Iranian President Rouhani said tearing up an international agreement “is something that only the likes of Saddam Hussein would do.”
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Five More Marijuana Studies Debunk Carly Fiorina’s Ignorant Reefer Madness Mindset
One thing is certain, if Fiorina’s knowledge, or lack thereof, of the tremendous medical advances and research verifying the many, many medical benefits of cannabis is anything like her knowledge of running a giant tech business, it is no wonder she is an epic failure.
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President Obama Acts To Stop the Unconstitutional Criminalizing of Homelessness
The Obama White House this week took steps to force communities to halt the “cruel, inhumane, and degrading” treatment of the homeless
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Editorial Cartoon: Sprinkler of the House
John Boehner quits. Always saying no to Obama, he finally says no more to Congress.
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Republicans Willing to Take Food From 45 Million People Over Planned Parenthood
All we have to do so 45 million low income Americans can eat, is be willing to deprive millions of poor women of reproductive healthcare
Boehner Ally Calls Ted Cruz Republicans “Right Wing Marxists”
“The right-wing Marxists have teamed up with Pelosi. They’re the ones who always team up with Pelosi. They are the Pelosi Republicans.”
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Hillary Clinton Unifies Democrats – Opposes Keystone XL On Climate Change Grounds
There must be ten or twenty immediate reasons a person can give for opposing a foreign corporation, TransCanada’s crusade to build a dangerous tar sand pipeline across America’s heartland, and they are all valid. However, the overriding, and immediate, cause for alarm should be the devastation tar sand development, production, and transport will have on…
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Editorial Cartoon: Mr. Papal Head
Woody Guthrie always thought Jesus was a Marxist.
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Washington Post Conservative Claims That Honoring the Pope is Hating America
The Koch brothers are executing a well-planned assault on the Pope by portraying him as a Pagan and his followers as un-American
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Republicans Love Donald Trump Because He Campaigns Like A WWE Wrestler
Trump’s entire campaign has been entirely like, and just as fake as, the WWE and it is why he is leading in the polls.
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CBO Confirms Obama’s Claim That Maintaining Sequester Destroys Jobs and Growth
The CBO determined that maintaining sequester-level cuts would lead to 500,000 fewer jobs and 0.4% less growth in 2016, and 300,000 fewer jobs and 0.2% less growth in 2017. For Koch Republicans, the idea of killing 800,000 Americans’ jobs and retarding America’s world-leading economic growth while an African American man is in the White House is just business as usual and a way to slow down the President’s economic success.
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Pope Francis Will Enter Hostile Republican Territory When He Visits Congress
The GOP is unhappy the Pope is adhering to Jesus’ teachings – not those of Ayn Rand, Charles and David Koch, and every teabagger in America
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Vindictive Koch Republicans Plot To Impeach EPA Administrator
Paul Goser (R-AZ) claims that McCarthy committed “high crimes and misdemeanors” by trying to define and protect Americans’ clean water supply
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Pope Francis Warns Churches To Practice Religion Or Start Paying Taxes
The Pope is put off that there are churches that would rather use buildings they own to make money than to house refugees
