Andy Borowitz | Louisiana Breaks Off Trade Relations With Ireland
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Following Ireland's legalization of gay marriage, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has used his emergency powers to ban all Irish products from the state."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Following Ireland's legalization of gay marriage, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has used his emergency powers to ban all Irish products from the state."
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Juan Cole | US Kneejerk Support for Israeli Nukes Torpedoes UN Disarmament Talks
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "After four weeks of negotiations, a revised UN treaty on nuclear disarmament has been torpedoed by the United States, leaving the issue of global disarmament dead in the water for the next five years."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "After four weeks of negotiations, a revised UN treaty on nuclear disarmament has been torpedoed by the United States, leaving the issue of global disarmament dead in the water for the next five years."
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Border Patrol Agents Tase an Unarmed Woman Inside the US
Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "When the Border Patrol stopped Jessica A. Cooke at a checkpoint, the 21-year-old was about to earn her degree in law-enforcement leadership from New York's public-university system. Due to her course work, she knew her rights as an American. She chose to complain when her rights were violated. And, as a result of that decision, the unarmed woman was pushed, thrown against her car, and tased."
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Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic
Friedersdorf writes: "When the Border Patrol stopped Jessica A. Cooke at a checkpoint, the 21-year-old was about to earn her degree in law-enforcement leadership from New York's public-university system. Due to her course work, she knew her rights as an American. She chose to complain when her rights were violated. And, as a result of that decision, the unarmed woman was pushed, thrown against her car, and tased."
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Saudis Eye Human Rights Chair at UN
Jonathan Marshall, Consortium News
Marshall writes: "Despite an abysmal human rights record, Saudi Arabia reportedly hopes to chair the UN's Human Rights Council, a test of how far money can go in buying the world's silence and acquiescence."
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Jonathan Marshall, Consortium News
Marshall writes: "Despite an abysmal human rights record, Saudi Arabia reportedly hopes to chair the UN's Human Rights Council, a test of how far money can go in buying the world's silence and acquiescence."
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Assuming Every Woman Is a Minor and Other Ways Texas Plans to Restrict Abortion Access
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "Minors in Texas are required to obtain parental consent before getting an abortion. It is possible, however, for a small number of young women - less than 300 per year - to bypass this requirement through the court system."
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Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "Minors in Texas are required to obtain parental consent before getting an abortion. It is possible, however, for a small number of young women - less than 300 per year - to bypass this requirement through the court system."
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US Top Court Backs Contractor KBR in Iraq Whistleblower Case
Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to defense contractor KBR Inc in its legal fight with a former employee who filed a whistleblower suit accusing it of defrauding the U.S. government over water purification work in Iraq."
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Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a victory to defense contractor KBR Inc in its legal fight with a former employee who filed a whistleblower suit accusing it of defrauding the U.S. government over water purification work in Iraq."
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Deadly Flooding in Texas Latest Example of Extreme Weather
Jon Queally, EcoWatch
Queally writes: "With at least a dozen people dead and the raging high waters described as having 'tsunami-type power' in Texas over the Memorial Day weekend, the latest example of extreme weather in the U.S. is being tied to a global pattern of increasingly volatile events that are claiming lives and costing billions of dollars in damage each year."
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Jon Queally, EcoWatch
Queally writes: "With at least a dozen people dead and the raging high waters described as having 'tsunami-type power' in Texas over the Memorial Day weekend, the latest example of extreme weather in the U.S. is being tied to a global pattern of increasingly volatile events that are claiming lives and costing billions of dollars in damage each year."
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