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Steve Weissman
| Bombing Iraq: Fool Us Twice, Shame On Us!
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "'Why is Iraq's civil war in the national security interests of the United States?' CNN's Jim Acosta asked President Barack Obama last Thursday. Obama had to know the question was coming, and his fulsome response provides all the warning the world needs."
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Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News
Weissman writes: "'Why is Iraq's civil war in the national security interests of the United States?' CNN's Jim Acosta asked President Barack Obama last Thursday. Obama had to know the question was coming, and his fulsome response provides all the warning the world needs."
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Juan Cole |
The Border Between Iraq and Syria Has Now Been Effectively
Erased
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "With the alleged fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria of Qa'im on Saturday, and of Talafar a few days ago, the border between Iraq and Syria has now been effectively erased. A new country exists, stretching from the outskirts of Baghdad all the way to Aleppo."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "With the alleged fall to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria of Qa'im on Saturday, and of Talafar a few days ago, the border between Iraq and Syria has now been effectively erased. A new country exists, stretching from the outskirts of Baghdad all the way to Aleppo."
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California
Prisons Illegally Sterilized Dozens of Women, Audit Finds
Carimah Townes, ThinkProgress
Townes writes: "A California State Auditors report criticized California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for illegal sterilizations in women's prison, which were done without consent and grossly violated prison policy."
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Carimah Townes, ThinkProgress
Townes writes: "A California State Auditors report criticized California's Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for illegal sterilizations in women's prison, which were done without consent and grossly violated prison policy."
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God Save Us
From This Court
Jedediah Purdy, The Daily Beast
Purdy writes: "Should a self-respecting democracy have a Supreme Court like ours, with the power to overturn democratic legislation? More and more progressive observers are not so sure."
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Jedediah Purdy, The Daily Beast
Purdy writes: "Should a self-respecting democracy have a Supreme Court like ours, with the power to overturn democratic legislation? More and more progressive observers are not so sure."
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Coming Soon:
An Unholy Alliance Between the GOP and Silicon Valley
Peter Lawrence Kane, Salon
Kane writes: "As conventional wisdom and a bevy of polling indicate, Republicans are poised to do well in the midterms in November. But the 2016 electoral math does not favor the GOP – and it only gets worse from there."
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Peter Lawrence Kane, Salon
Kane writes: "As conventional wisdom and a bevy of polling indicate, Republicans are poised to do well in the midterms in November. But the 2016 electoral math does not favor the GOP – and it only gets worse from there."
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Mass Graves
With Remains of Migrants Uncovered in Texas
Tom Dart, Guardian UK
Dart writes: "The most perilous part of the journey for many migrants seeking to enter the United States from central America comes not when they are on their way to the Texas border, but once they have passed it."
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Tom Dart, Guardian UK
Dart writes: "The most perilous part of the journey for many migrants seeking to enter the United States from central America comes not when they are on their way to the Texas border, but once they have passed it."
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Slavery and
the Shrimp on Your Plate
The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "Shrimp and other seafood fishing is a big business in Thailand. The industry employs more than 650,000 people and annually produces more than $7 billion in exports that show up on dinner tables all over the world, including in the United States. It also has a horrific dark side."
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The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "Shrimp and other seafood fishing is a big business in Thailand. The industry employs more than 650,000 people and annually produces more than $7 billion in exports that show up on dinner tables all over the world, including in the United States. It also has a horrific dark side."
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