Wednesday, January 7, 2015

RSN: A Self-Perpetuating Machine for American Insecurity, Senate Republicans to Try to Force Construction of Keystone Pipeline




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Glenn Greenwald | With Power of Social Media Growing, Police Now Increasingly Monitoring and Criminalizing Online Speech
Glenn Greenwald. (photo: AP)
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "Criminal cases for online political speech are now commonplace in the UK, notorious for its hostility to basic free speech and press rights."
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Senate Republicans to Try to Force Construction of Keystone Pipeline
Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
Goldenberg writes: "Republicans will introduce a bill on Tuesday to force construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, setting the new Congress on a collision course with the White House over Barack Obama's environmental agenda."
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NYPD Work Slowdown Will Be Dealt With 'Very Forcefully,' Chief Bratton Says
Liz Goodwin, Yahoo News
Goodwin writes: "Any New York City police officers refusing to make arrests or issue traffic violations to express their dissatisfaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio will face forceful consequences, the department's top cop said Monday."
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145 Gaza Families Lost Three or More Members During Israeli Onslaught
Mondoweiss
Excerpt: "New figures released by the Palestinian Ministry of Health to mark the end of 2014 reveal that the number of casualties from Israel's summer assault on the Gaza Strip is significantly higher than previously reported."
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A Look at the Problem of Rape in US Prisons
Rebecca Boone, Associated Press
Boone writes: "Inmate advocates worry that a proposal to reduce the financial penalties for states that don't comply with a 2003 federal law aimed at eliminating rape behind bars will severely damage it."
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At Least Six Millionaires to Take Senate Oaths Today
John McCormick, Bloomberg
McCormick writes: "There's no shortage of statistics to show that Congress no longer reflects the demographics of the nation it represents. That's especially true when it comes to personal finances."
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Tom Engelhardt | A Self-Perpetuating Machine for American Insecurity
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Engelhardt writes: "Official Washington has, that is, invented a system so dumb, so extreme, so fundamentalist, and so deeply entrenched in our world that changing it will surely prove a stunningly difficult task."
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