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RSN: Bernie Sanders: Purchase of Election by Chevron Shows We Have 'Oligarchy.'




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Bernie Sanders: Purchase of Election by Chevron Shows We Have 'Oligarchy.'
Senator Bernie Sanders (VT-I) spoke to a crowd of 500 at the Richmond Memorial Auditorium on Thursday. (photo: Bonnie Chan/Richmond Confidential)
Jon Queally, Common Dreams
Queally writes: "The Independent U.S. Senator from Vermont Bernie Sanders was in the city of Richmond, California on Thursday and said local elections in the city have become prime examples of how U.S. politics, at all levels, have become corrupted by the unlimited amount of money wealthy corporations and individuals can spend on campaigns."
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Supreme Court Green Lights Texas Voter Suppression Law
Sam Hananel, Associated Press
Hananel writes: "The Supreme Court said Saturday that Texas can use its controversial new voter identification law for the November election."
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Inside the Sleazy Business of Cashing In on Americans' Ebola Fears
Sam P.K. Collins, ThinkProgress
Collins writes: "In his book The Science of Fear, author Daniel Gardner writes that widespread fear can generate profit for those in the business of protecting the distressed from whatever causes panic. That's the hope of manufacturers marketing products as effective forms of protection against the Ebola virus."
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Pope Ousts Top Vatican Judge Known for Incendiary Anti-Gay Comments
Timmian Massie, TheNewCivilRightsMovement.com
Massie writes: "American Cardinal Raymond Burke, a darling of conservative Catholics who is virulently anti-gay, has confirmed to BuzzFeed what rumors from Rome have said for weeks. He will be demoted by Pope Francis."
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Secret Space Plane Lands at US Air Force Base After Unknown Two-Year Mission
Guardian UK
Excerpt: "A top-secret space plane landed Friday at an air force base on the southern California coast. The plane spent nearly two years circling Earth on a classified mission. Known as the X-37B, it resembles a mini space shuttle."
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Hong Kong: Violence Flares Again as Protesters Reoccupy Streets
Donny Kwok and Yimou Lee, Reuters
Excerpt: "Hong Kong pro-democracy activists recaptured parts of a core protest zone from police early on Saturday after hours of turmoil that the city's police chief warned undermined order and jeopardized public safety."
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Conor Kennedy | 500 Years After Columbus, Cuba's Gardens of the Queen Still Pristine
Conor Kennedy, EcoWatch
Kennedy writes: "We spent three days exploring rich, varied undersea bottom topography with its melange of deep canyons, steep cliffs, coral ledges and lofty pillars rising from sandy bottoms 60 feet deep."
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