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VISITORS - 114 DONATIONS: That’s what we are dealing with. Nothing can be
accomplished like that. It doesn’t matter what we do or what we accomplish we
cannot get around the need for some funding. We are doing our part. / Marc Ash,
Founder Reader Supported News
William
Boardman | Children at the Border, Another U.S. Foreign Policy
Debacle
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The pictures of thousands of children huddled in shelters are upsetting, and the tales some tell are horrifying, and that is all a real but sentimental distraction from the entrenched American power that created these conditions. American power uses these children and their families and their countries for its own ends."
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William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The pictures of thousands of children huddled in shelters are upsetting, and the tales some tell are horrifying, and that is all a real but sentimental distraction from the entrenched American power that created these conditions. American power uses these children and their families and their countries for its own ends."
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Taxpayer-Financed Bigotry
The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "President Obama should resist a pressure campaign by some religious groups to weaken a promised executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against gay men, lesbians and transgender people in their hiring practices."
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The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "President Obama should resist a pressure campaign by some religious groups to weaken a promised executive order that would prohibit federal contractors from discriminating against gay men, lesbians and transgender people in their hiring practices."
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Rebecca Gordon
| Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World
Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch
Gordon writes: "Once upon a time, if a character on TV or in a movie tortured someone, it was a sure sign that he was a bad guy. Now, the torturers are the all-American heroes."
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Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch
Gordon writes: "Once upon a time, if a character on TV or in a movie tortured someone, it was a sure sign that he was a bad guy. Now, the torturers are the all-American heroes."
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GOP Will Sue
Obama Because He's Not Implementing Obamacare Fast Enough
Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky writes: "House Republicans intend to sue the Obama administration for unilaterally delaying the employer responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported on Thursday, in effect trying to speed up the implementation of the health care law."
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Igor Volsky, ThinkProgress
Volsky writes: "House Republicans intend to sue the Obama administration for unilaterally delaying the employer responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, Politico reported on Thursday, in effect trying to speed up the implementation of the health care law."
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Michael
Bloomberg Isn't Afraid of the NRA
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone
Vozick-Levinson writes: "Two months after concluding his 12-year mayoral term, Bloomberg is eager to discuss his ongoing commitment to reducing gun violence. Just don't call it gun control."
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Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone
Vozick-Levinson writes: "Two months after concluding his 12-year mayoral term, Bloomberg is eager to discuss his ongoing commitment to reducing gun violence. Just don't call it gun control."
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Phil Donahue
Unloads on Fox, Cheney and What Happened at MSNBC
Elias Isquith, Salon
Isquith writes: "The talk-show legend was, at the time, one of the few voices in the mainstream standing against the march to war. He invited antiwar voices onto his show. He questioned the government's argument for why war was necessary. He cautioned against rushing into an undertaking as grave, monumental and consequential as war."
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Elias Isquith, Salon
Isquith writes: "The talk-show legend was, at the time, one of the few voices in the mainstream standing against the march to war. He invited antiwar voices onto his show. He questioned the government's argument for why war was necessary. He cautioned against rushing into an undertaking as grave, monumental and consequential as war."
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After 3
Millions Views, Greenpeace 'Save the Arctic Lego Movie' Pulled from
YouTube
Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally writes: "The Warner Bros. corporation, the film production company behind the "The Lego Movie" based on the famous toy brand, has forced YouTube to remove an online video created by environmental campaigners at Greenpeace designed to expose the troublesome relationship between the company that makes the popular building blocks and a dangerous push for Arctic drilling by Shell oil."
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Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally writes: "The Warner Bros. corporation, the film production company behind the "The Lego Movie" based on the famous toy brand, has forced YouTube to remove an online video created by environmental campaigners at Greenpeace designed to expose the troublesome relationship between the company that makes the popular building blocks and a dangerous push for Arctic drilling by Shell oil."
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