Tuesday, November 18, 2014

RSN: Obama Pledges $3 Billion for World Climate Fund, Makes GOP Look Even Dumber, Voter Purges Alter U.S. Political Map




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Greg Palast | Voter Purges Alter U.S. Political Map
A man walks in the parking lot of a voting center in Raleigh, North Carolina. (photo: Zach D. Roberts/Al Jazeera America)
Greg Palast, Al Jazeera America
Palast writes: "Interstate Crosscheck is a computerized system meant to identify fraudulent voters. While Crosscheck's list of nearly 7 million names of 'potential' double voters has yet to unearth, as of this writing, a single illegal vote this year, it did help Republican elections officials scrub voters from registries."
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Phil Donahue | The Life and Death of Tomas Young
Phil Donahue, Moyers & Company
Donahue writes: "Tomas sustained this catastrophic injury while fighting for America in the most sanitized war of my lifetime. The press was admonished not to take pictures of flag-draped coffins, and the press said, 'Okay.'"
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We Need Someone to Judge the Judges
Jordan Smith, The Intercept
Smith writes: "According to multiple affidavits, Jones said, among other things, that minorities are more 'prone' to commit violent crimes (when questioned about this, Jones hedged, saying she was talking about statistics and that, 'sadly,' blacks and Hispanics commit more violent crimes than do others)."
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V. Gene Robinson | Awaiting the Grand Jury, Dread in Ferguson and America
V. Gene Robinson, The Daily Beast
Robinson writes: "Much as they did immediately after the shooting of Mike Brown and the demonstrations that followed, local police appear to be preparing for war, rather than keeping the peace. We saw how such provocative actions only inflamed passions and escalated the unrest."
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Al Franken Schools Ted Cruz on Net Neutrality
Adam Sneed, Politico
Sneed writes: "Sen. Al Franken says Sen. Ted Cruz showed he doesn't understand net neutrality by comparing it to Obamacare. 'He has it completely wrong, and he just doesn't understand what the issue is,' the Minnesota Democrat said Sunday on CNN's 'State of the Union.'"
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DEA Agents Raid NFL Medical Staffs After Games
Jim Litke, Associated Press
Litke writes: "Federal drug enforcement agents showed up unannounced Sunday to check at least three visiting NFL teams' medical staffs as part of an investigation into former players' claims that teams mishandled prescription drugs."
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Obama Pledges $3 Billion for World Climate Fund, Makes GOP Look Even Dumber
Ben Adler, Grist
Adler writes: "The White House announced today that President Obama is going to pledge $3 billion to the U.N.'s Green Climate Fund, throwing down another gauntlet at the GOP just three days after his joint announcement with Chinese President Xi Jinping that the U.S. and China will pursue new emissions reduction goals."
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