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Top 5 Planks of GOP 2016 Platform? Torture, War, Bank Corruption, Paid-For
Elections
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "This week, the release by the Senate of a report on torture as practiced in the zeroes by the CIA, along with Thursday night's dramatic vote on an omnibus spending bill, laid bare the shape of the GOP platform in 2016."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "This week, the release by the Senate of a report on torture as practiced in the zeroes by the CIA, along with Thursday night's dramatic vote on an omnibus spending bill, laid bare the shape of the GOP platform in 2016."
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Major Protests
Over Police Violence Planned in Washington and Manhattan Today
Tom Brune and Nicole Fuller, Newsday
Excerpt: "Thousands of people are expected to join marches in Washington and New York City Saturday to demand that police be held accountable for their use of force in cases that led to the deaths of unarmed black men and a 12-year-old boy."
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Tom Brune and Nicole Fuller, Newsday
Excerpt: "Thousands of people are expected to join marches in Washington and New York City Saturday to demand that police be held accountable for their use of force in cases that led to the deaths of unarmed black men and a 12-year-old boy."
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Bernie Sanders
Will Be Ranking Member on Senate Budget Committee Next Year
Rebecca Shabad, The Hill
Shabad writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee next year, Democrats announced Friday. The self-proclaimed socialist replaces Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who is moving over to become ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee."
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Rebecca Shabad, The Hill
Shabad writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be the ranking member on the Senate Budget Committee next year, Democrats announced Friday. The self-proclaimed socialist replaces Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), who is moving over to become ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee."
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Democrats Who
Voted for Spending Bill Received Twice as Much From Financial Industry Than NO
Voters
Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Bump writes: "We'll start with the thing that will catch your attention, as is the way: Democrats who voted for the giant spending bill on Thursday night received, on average, twice the campaign contributions from the finance/insurance/real estate industry as their colleagues who voted against it."
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Philip Bump, The Washington Post
Bump writes: "We'll start with the thing that will catch your attention, as is the way: Democrats who voted for the giant spending bill on Thursday night received, on average, twice the campaign contributions from the finance/insurance/real estate industry as their colleagues who voted against it."
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New Orleans
Aims to End Homelessness for Veterans in Three Weeks
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "While the group has made steady progress on finding homes for the 193 homeless veterans identified in the count in the beginning of the year, the effort has ignored many chronically homeless and others sleeping on the street, a UNITY outreach worker said."
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Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress
Lerner writes: "While the group has made steady progress on finding homes for the 193 homeless veterans identified in the count in the beginning of the year, the effort has ignored many chronically homeless and others sleeping on the street, a UNITY outreach worker said."
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Report:
Americans Are Poorer Since the Recession Ended, Wealth Inequality Continues to
Rise
Ashlee Kieler, Consumerist
Kieler writes: "While it could be debated to no end whether or not the Great Recession is over, a new report points out that consumers are still worth less money than they were before the bottom fell out of the economy."
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Ashlee Kieler, Consumerist
Kieler writes: "While it could be debated to no end whether or not the Great Recession is over, a new report points out that consumers are still worth less money than they were before the bottom fell out of the economy."
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Move Over,
California: Oklahoma Now Leads the Nation for Most Earthquakes
The Inquisitr
Excerpt: "Oklahoma is best known, in the realm of natural disasters, for an abundance of tornadoes. However, it appears the state has a new natural disaster on its hands and it comes in the form of earthquakes. As of December, Oklahoma official outranks California for the most earthquakes in the nation."
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The Inquisitr
Excerpt: "Oklahoma is best known, in the realm of natural disasters, for an abundance of tornadoes. However, it appears the state has a new natural disaster on its hands and it comes in the form of earthquakes. As of December, Oklahoma official outranks California for the most earthquakes in the nation."
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