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Andy Borowitz | Morning After Tea Party Win, House G.O.P. Proposes End to Social Security, Return to Child Labor, Gun Rights for Pets
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The morning after Tuesday's stunning Tea Party victory in Virginia, House Republicans unveiled a sweeping new legislative agenda, proposing an end to Social Security, a return to child labor, and unprecedented gun rights for pets."
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Robert Parry | Obama Didn't Destabilize Iraq
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "As Islamic militants gain ground in Iraq, Official Washington's neocons and the mainstream media are blaming President Obama for ending the U.S. military occupation, but they ignore their own role in destabilizing Iraq with the 2003 invasion."
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Juan Cole | Looming War of Shiite, Kurdish, Extremist-Sunni Militias
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS] is apparently keeping control of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city of 2 million, and advanced to take Tikrit, the birthplace of Saddam Hussein, where they held a huge Sunni prayer session."
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William J. Astore | The Militarized Realities of Fortress America
William J. Astore, TomDispatch
Astore writes: "I spent four college years in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) and then served 20 years in the U.S. Air Force."
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Trickle Down Surveillance
Nathan Freed Wessler, Al Jazeera America
Wessler writes: "This sort of invasive surveillance raises serious questions about whether our tax dollars are funding violations of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment."
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Deal Aims to Ban Drilling in Gorilla Preserve
Associated Press
Excerpt: "An agreement announced Wednesday between a London-based oil company and a wildlife protection group could prevent oil drilling in a national park in Africa where 200 endangered mountain gorillas live."
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Sea Shepherd to Deploy Drones to Stop Massive Whale Slaughter
David Kirby, Takepart.com
Kirby reports: "In recent years, the annual dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan, have garnered headlines worldwide and sparked outrage among activists, scientists, celebrities, and diplomats. But half a world away, in the North Atlantic nation of the Faeroe Islands, a similar slaughter has received far less scrutiny."
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