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Al Gore: NSA's Law-Breaking Worse Than Snowden's

Darren Samuelsohn, Politico
Samuelsohn reports: "Al Gore isn't just the Democratic party's conscience on climate change. He's also become its inner voice in defending Edward Snowden in the debate over government surveillance overreach."
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GOP in Chaos After Cantor Loss
Robert Costa, Laure Vozzella, David A. Fahrenthold, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (Va.), the chamber's second-ranking Republican, was badly beaten in a primary contest Tuesday by an obscure professor with tea party backing - a historic electoral surprise that left the GOP in chaos and the House without its heir apparent."
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BP Is First Company to Get Permission to Fly Drones in US Air Space
Associated Press
Excerpt: "The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has granted the first permission for commercial drone flights over US land to the BP energy corporation, the latest effort by the agency to show it is loosening restrictions on commercial uses of the unmanned aircraft."
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All of the Things Women Are Supposed to Do to Prevent Rape
Tara Culp-Ressler, ThinkProgress
Culp-Ressler reports: "Instead of coming up with ways to encourage a culture of consent and respect, and crack down on the assailants who violate those boundaries, most of the advice for preventing sexual assault involves coming up with things for women to do to mitigate their risk of being attacked."
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Cesar Chavez's Grandson Sues Arizona Candidate for Using Activist's Name on Ballot
David Schwartz, Reuters
Schwartz reports: "A relative of celebrated Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez filed a legal challenge on Tuesday to have a man using his grandfather's name booted off the ballot in Arizona."
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Michael Mann | Interests, Ideology and the Climate Denial Machine
Michael Mann, EcoWatch
Mann writes: "I take issue with Krugman's argument that the massive funding of climate change denial by monied interests like the Koch Brothers doesn't play an equal role."
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