Andy Borowitz | Millionaires Unite to
Defeat Minimum Wage
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A broad-based coalition of millionaires converged on Washington today to defeat a bill that would have increased the minimum wage for American workers to $10.10 an hour."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A broad-based coalition of millionaires converged on Washington today to defeat a bill that would have increased the minimum wage for American workers to $10.10 an hour."
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Ryan Gallagher
| British Spy Chiefs Secretly Begged to Play in NSA's Data Pools
Ryan Gallagher, The Intercept
Gallagher reports: "GCHQ secretly coveted the NSA's vast troves of private communications and sought "unsupervised access" to its data as recently as last year - essentially begging to feast at the NSA's table while insisting that it only nibbles on the occasional crumb."
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Ryan Gallagher, The Intercept
Gallagher reports: "GCHQ secretly coveted the NSA's vast troves of private communications and sought "unsupervised access" to its data as recently as last year - essentially begging to feast at the NSA's table while insisting that it only nibbles on the occasional crumb."
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Peter Van
Buren | This Land Isn't Your Land, This Land Is Their Land
Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch
Van Buren writes: "What's happening is both easy enough for a traveler to see and for an economist to measure."
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Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch
Van Buren writes: "What's happening is both easy enough for a traveler to see and for an economist to measure."
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Germany, Under
US Pressure Blocks Edward Snowden From Testifying
Phillip Oltermann, Guardian UK
Oltermann writes: "The German government has blocked Edward Snowden from giving personal evidence in front of a parliamentary inquiry into NSA surveillance, it has emerged hours before Angela Merkel travels to Washington for a meeting with Barack Obama."
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Phillip Oltermann, Guardian UK
Oltermann writes: "The German government has blocked Edward Snowden from giving personal evidence in front of a parliamentary inquiry into NSA surveillance, it has emerged hours before Angela Merkel travels to Washington for a meeting with Barack Obama."
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Meet Mary
Burke, the Woman Who Could Beat Scott Walker
Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Clift writes: "Republicans call her "Millionaire Mary," but Mary Burke has plenty of assets aside from her wealth to make her a strong contender to derail the reelection of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, along with his dreams of the presidency."
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Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Clift writes: "Republicans call her "Millionaire Mary," but Mary Burke has plenty of assets aside from her wealth to make her a strong contender to derail the reelection of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, along with his dreams of the presidency."
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ExxonMobil's
New Guinea Nightmare
Ian T. Shearn, The Nation
Shearn reports: "It was the sound of homes being buried by the landslide, which after only a few minutes had created a debris field a kilometer long, several hundred meters wide and 100 meters deep."
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Ian T. Shearn, The Nation
Shearn reports: "It was the sound of homes being buried by the landslide, which after only a few minutes had created a debris field a kilometer long, several hundred meters wide and 100 meters deep."
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Less Than 24
Hours After Virginia Oil Train Spill, Same Company Derails Again in
Maryland
Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress
Valentine reports: "The CSX coal train derailement occurred less than a day after an oil train operated by the same company derailed near Lynchburg, Virginia, an accident which resulted in the loss of about 50,000 gallons of crude oil."
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Katie Valentine, ThinkProgress
Valentine reports: "The CSX coal train derailement occurred less than a day after an oil train operated by the same company derailed near Lynchburg, Virginia, an accident which resulted in the loss of about 50,000 gallons of crude oil."
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