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Steingraber | Why I Am in Jail
Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch
Steingraber writes: "Breakfast in the Chemung County Jail is served at 5 a.m. This morning-Friday, November 21, 2014-it was Cheerios and milk plus two slaps of universally-despised 'breakfast cake.'"
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Sandra Steingraber, EcoWatch
Steingraber writes: "Breakfast in the Chemung County Jail is served at 5 a.m. This morning-Friday, November 21, 2014-it was Cheerios and milk plus two slaps of universally-despised 'breakfast cake.'"
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'We Got the
NRA to Run Away Scared'
Adam May, Al Jazeera America
May writes: "Initiative 594 was designed to plug loopholes in gun laws by mandating background checks for private arm sales and gun transfers. On Election Day, voters made their voices heard loud and clear, passing the measure in a landslide - almost 60 percent to 40 percent."
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Adam May, Al Jazeera America
May writes: "Initiative 594 was designed to plug loopholes in gun laws by mandating background checks for private arm sales and gun transfers. On Election Day, voters made their voices heard loud and clear, passing the measure in a landslide - almost 60 percent to 40 percent."
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Jonathan Chait
| Uber Just Stuck a Knife in the Republican Party's Heart
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "This weekend, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick appeared at a dinner in New York and, in a few words, fatally undercut the premise of the Republican Party's economic philosophy. Kalanick told reporters that Obamacare had been a crucial element in his firm's success. 'It's huge,' he said, according to BuzzFeed."
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Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Chait writes: "This weekend, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick appeared at a dinner in New York and, in a few words, fatally undercut the premise of the Republican Party's economic philosophy. Kalanick told reporters that Obamacare had been a crucial element in his firm's success. 'It's huge,' he said, according to BuzzFeed."
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David Sirota |
The Ominous Reason Voter Turnout Was so Low This Election Cycle
David Sirota, Salon
Sirota writes: "What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans have now discovered the answer: You get an election with lots of paid ads, but with little journalism, context or objective facts."
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David Sirota, Salon
Sirota writes: "What if you held an election and nobody showed up to cover it? Americans have now discovered the answer: You get an election with lots of paid ads, but with little journalism, context or objective facts."
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America:
Eavesdroppers to the World
Julia Harte, The Center for Public Integrity
Harte writes: "American companies are supplying technology that the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are using to spy on their citizens' communications and clamp down on dissent, according to a new report from the U.K.-based advocacy group Privacy International."
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Julia Harte, The Center for Public Integrity
Harte writes: "American companies are supplying technology that the governments of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are using to spy on their citizens' communications and clamp down on dissent, according to a new report from the U.K.-based advocacy group Privacy International."
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Mexico Summons
Uruguay Ambassador Over President's Comments on Missing Students
Reuters
Excerpt: "Mexico said on Sunday it was summoning Uruguay's ambassador after Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said that the disappearance of 43 students in southwest Mexico suggests the country is a failed state."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "Mexico said on Sunday it was summoning Uruguay's ambassador after Uruguayan President Jose Mujica said that the disappearance of 43 students in southwest Mexico suggests the country is a failed state."
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Here's Why
Hawaii's Anti-GMO Laws Matter
Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Johnson writes: "On Election Day two weeks ago, Maui County, which includes the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Lanai, and Molokai, approved a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified crops. This decision, by one small county, could throw a monkey wrench into the entire production system for genetically engineered seeds."
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Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Johnson writes: "On Election Day two weeks ago, Maui County, which includes the Hawaiian islands of Maui, Lanai, and Molokai, approved a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically modified crops. This decision, by one small county, could throw a monkey wrench into the entire production system for genetically engineered seeds."
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