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Ayn Rand's Continued Influence Adds a Bizarre Twist to Conservative Politics

Evan McMurry, AlterNet
McMurry writes: "On Last Week Tonight, perhaps to balance out his less-than-friendly main segment on Obama's drone policies, John Oliver asked a question that has bothered people about Ayn Rand since she first emerged in the middle of the twentieth century: why are people into this dreck?"
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Peter Maass | Killing Americans on the White House Lawn Is Wrong
Peter Maass, The Intercept
Maass writes: "America's forever war has come to this -- the front lawn of the White House may become a kill zone. That's crazier than whatever prompted Iraq war veteran Omar J. Gonzalez to jump the fence on Pennsylvania Avenue two weeks ago, running for the Oval Office."
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Joan Walsh | The End of Scott Walker
Joan Walsh, Salon
Walsh writes: "Given Burke's lack of experience running for political office, you might expect her to stumble on the trail this week, but her message discipline and overall comfort with herself are strangely paying off. It may be that not being a career politician actually helps you endure the partisan scandal machine."
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Americans Should Be Protesting for Democracy, Too
Lawrence Lessig, Reader Supported News
Lessig writes: "This week, tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents turned out to protest China's plan for bringing democracy to that city. Rather than letting voters pick the candidates that get to run for chief executive, Beijing wants the candidates selected by a 1,200 person 'nominating committee.'"
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New Alabama Law Puts Teens Who Need Abortions on Trial. That's Dangerous and Cruel.
Jennifer Dalven, ACLU.org
Dalven writes: "Thanks to a new Alabama law, a teen who can't get a parent's consent has to undergo a gauntlet of questioning to get the abortion she needs."
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Gitmo Hunger Strikes Are a Cry for Help. The US Response Is Torture?
Cori Crider, Guardian UK
Crider writes: "Gitmo is still dangerous, nasty, lawless and secretive -- and the evidence just keeps piling up."
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How Big Coal Makes Us Sick
Mary Anne Hitt, EcoWatch

 

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Hitt writes: "Believe it or not, the state is home to some of the worst air quality on the East Coast. The good news is that the state has proposed new protections for this deadly pollution, but we need help from people across the state to get these safeguards over the finish line."
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