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Why the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Is a Pending
Disaster
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Republicans who now run Congress say they want to cooperate with President Obama, and point to the administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, as the model. The only problem is the TPP would be a disaster."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Republicans who now run Congress say they want to cooperate with President Obama, and point to the administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, as the model. The only problem is the TPP would be a disaster."
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Risen Refuses
to Name Names
Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America
Dizard writes: "The government had wanted to compel Risen to testify, on threat of jailing for contempt if he refused to name his confidential source. Risen remained adamant, however, saying he would go to jail rather than give up the name of someone he'd promised anonymity."
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Wilson Dizard, Al Jazeera America
Dizard writes: "The government had wanted to compel Risen to testify, on threat of jailing for contempt if he refused to name his confidential source. Risen remained adamant, however, saying he would go to jail rather than give up the name of someone he'd promised anonymity."
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CIA Watchdog
to Step Down to "Pursue an Opportunity in the Private Sector"
Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "Buckley has been in the post for over four years, but his most high-profile moment came earlier this year, when the Inspector General's office was involved in a convoluted public dispute between the CIA and Senate staffers who were working on the intelligence committee's report on CIA torture."
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Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier writes: "Buckley has been in the post for over four years, but his most high-profile moment came earlier this year, when the Inspector General's office was involved in a convoluted public dispute between the CIA and Senate staffers who were working on the intelligence committee's report on CIA torture."
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Former
Guatemala Dictator Faces Genocide Retrial
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is set to face a retrial on Monday for genocide after he was found guilty in May 2013 of that charge and of crimes against humanity - only to have a court annul his 80-year prison sentence due to procedural errors during the earlier trial."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is set to face a retrial on Monday for genocide after he was found guilty in May 2013 of that charge and of crimes against humanity - only to have a court annul his 80-year prison sentence due to procedural errors during the earlier trial."
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Florida
Couples Wed in First Same-Sex Unions as Statewide Ban Nears End
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Lesbian and gay couples were married in Miami on Monday by the same judge who said she saw no reason why they couldn't immediately get their licenses ahead of Florida's coming-out party as the nation's 36th state where same-sex marriages are legal statewide."
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Associated Press
Excerpt: "Lesbian and gay couples were married in Miami on Monday by the same judge who said she saw no reason why they couldn't immediately get their licenses ahead of Florida's coming-out party as the nation's 36th state where same-sex marriages are legal statewide."
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California
Governor Jerry Brown Calls for 50 Percent Renewable Power
Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Phillips writes: "California Governor Jerry Brown gave the inaugural address for his unprecedented fourth term as governor of California. Brown used the speech as an opportunity to look back at how far the state has come since he was first elected 40 years ago, and to look ahead at the daunting tasks of the future."
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Ari Phillips, ThinkProgress
Phillips writes: "California Governor Jerry Brown gave the inaugural address for his unprecedented fourth term as governor of California. Brown used the speech as an opportunity to look back at how far the state has come since he was first elected 40 years ago, and to look ahead at the daunting tasks of the future."
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