MORE ON “GOING
OUT OF BUSINESS” The reference in yesterday’s fundraising message about going
out of business, was plucked from a reader comment about not intending to
contribute unless the organization was going out of business. We are not going
out of business but that mindset certainly has an enormously destabilizing
effect. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported
News
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What We Learned From Michael Slager
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "Feidin Santana's smartphone video of North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott multiple times in the back, while deeply disturbing and productive of outrage, is also an abject illustration of exactly how police get away with murder every day in America."
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Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "Feidin Santana's smartphone video of North Charleston, South Carolina, police officer Michael Slager shooting Walter Scott multiple times in the back, while deeply disturbing and productive of outrage, is also an abject illustration of exactly how police get away with murder every day in America."
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Hillary
Clinton Announces Candidacy: 'Everyday Americans Need a
Champion'
Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera
Regencia writes: "Former US secretary of state announces 2016 White House bid to become the first female president of the country."
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Ted Regencia, Al Jazeera
Regencia writes: "Former US secretary of state announces 2016 White House bid to become the first female president of the country."
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Elizabeth
Warren on Calls to Soften Her Criticism of Wall Street: 'Give Me a
Break'
Mark Hensch, The Hill
Hensch writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday laughed off suggestions that using gentler rhetoric would improve her relationship with big banks."
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Mark Hensch, The Hill
Hensch writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday laughed off suggestions that using gentler rhetoric would improve her relationship with big banks."
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DOJ
Intentionally Undermining Case Against Blackwater Killers
Matt Apuzzo, New York Times
Apuzzo writes: "As prosecutors put the finishing touches on the 2008 indictment of Blackwater security contractors for a deadly shooting in Iraq, the F.B.I. agents leading the investigation became convinced that political appointees in the Justice Department were intentionally undermining the case, internal emails show."
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Matt Apuzzo, New York Times
Apuzzo writes: "As prosecutors put the finishing touches on the 2008 indictment of Blackwater security contractors for a deadly shooting in Iraq, the F.B.I. agents leading the investigation became convinced that political appointees in the Justice Department were intentionally undermining the case, internal emails show."
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Cop Mocks
Unarmed Man as He Dies From Police Bullet
Gillian Mohney, Vice News
Mohney writes: "Video of the incident was released Friday. Officials from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said at a press conference Friday that reserve deputy Robert Charles "Bob" Bates shot Harris after he mistook his gun for his Taser, according to the Tulsa World."
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Gillian Mohney, Vice News
Mohney writes: "Video of the incident was released Friday. Officials from the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office said at a press conference Friday that reserve deputy Robert Charles "Bob" Bates shot Harris after he mistook his gun for his Taser, according to the Tulsa World."
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Successful
Capture of Al-Qaeda Suspect Renews Drone Killing Debate
Marka Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
Excerpt: "A Texas-born man suspected of being an operative for Al Qaeda stood before a federal judge in Brooklyn this month."
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Marka Mazzetti and Eric Schmitt, New York Times
Excerpt: "A Texas-born man suspected of being an operative for Al Qaeda stood before a federal judge in Brooklyn this month."
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SeaWorld
Lawsuit Alleges Orcas Are Drugged and Confined in 'Chemical
Tubs'
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "A new class action lawsuit has been filed against SeaWorld in Florida accusing the marine park of keeping its performing killer whales drugged and suffering from sunburn in tanks that are the equivalent of 'chemical bathtubs', leading to early death for the intelligent mammals."
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Joanna Walters, Guardian UK
Walters writes: "A new class action lawsuit has been filed against SeaWorld in Florida accusing the marine park of keeping its performing killer whales drugged and suffering from sunburn in tanks that are the equivalent of 'chemical bathtubs', leading to early death for the intelligent mammals."
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