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Marc Ash | TPP: Back to the Ramparts
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "We won a small victory on June 12, 2015. House Democrats used a tactical maneuver to derail a bill giving fast-track authority to President Obama to negotiate the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That victory will be short-lived."
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Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "We won a small victory on June 12, 2015. House Democrats used a tactical maneuver to derail a bill giving fast-track authority to President Obama to negotiate the TPP, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That victory will be short-lived."
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Trevor Timm | America's Drone Policy Is All Exceptions and No Rules
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The Obama administration is again allowing the CIA to use drone strikes to secretly kill people that the spy agency does not know the identities of in multiple countries - despite repeated statements to the contrary."
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Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The Obama administration is again allowing the CIA to use drone strikes to secretly kill people that the spy agency does not know the identities of in multiple countries - despite repeated statements to the contrary."
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Obama Blames Gun Lobby 'Grip' on Congress for Lax US Gun Laws
Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Rampton writes: "President Barack Obama blamed public apathy combined with the tight 'grip' on Congress of the National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. gun lobby, for blocking stricter gun laws."
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Roberta Rampton, Reuters
Rampton writes: "President Barack Obama blamed public apathy combined with the tight 'grip' on Congress of the National Rifle Association, the powerful U.S. gun lobby, for blocking stricter gun laws."
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Harvey Wasserman | A Fitting "Life Penalty" for the Charleston Murderer
Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "One would expect in this country that the government will seek to kill this twisted young man for his having shot nine wonderful people in the coldest possible blood. It is beyond comprehension how someone - anyone! - could sit in a Bible discussion for as long as he did and then shoot those who had shown him such kindness."
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Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "One would expect in this country that the government will seek to kill this twisted young man for his having shot nine wonderful people in the coldest possible blood. It is beyond comprehension how someone - anyone! - could sit in a Bible discussion for as long as he did and then shoot those who had shown him such kindness."
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Texas Turns Away From Criminal Truancy Courts for Students
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Under the old law, students as young as 12 could be ordered to court for as few as three unexcused absences in four weeks. Schools were required to file a misdemeanor charge of 'failure to attend school' against students with more than 10 unexcused absences in six months. And unpaid fines landed some students behind bars when they turned 17."
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Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "Under the old law, students as young as 12 could be ordered to court for as few as three unexcused absences in four weeks. Schools were required to file a misdemeanor charge of 'failure to attend school' against students with more than 10 unexcused absences in six months. And unpaid fines landed some students behind bars when they turned 17."
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German Police Arrest Al Jazeera Journalist in Berlin, Attorney Says
Caroline Copley and Andrew Osborn, Reuters
Excerpt: "A leading Al Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport Saturday at the request of Egypt, an attorney for the Qatar-based satellite network said, a move he described as part of a crackdown by Cairo on the channel."
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Caroline Copley and Andrew Osborn, Reuters
Excerpt: "A leading Al Jazeera journalist was arrested at a Berlin airport Saturday at the request of Egypt, an attorney for the Qatar-based satellite network said, a move he described as part of a crackdown by Cairo on the channel."
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It's Not Just Climate - Pope Francis Is Also Warning About the Health of Our Oceans
Elise Shulman, ThinkProgress
Shulman writes: "With the release of his encyclical 'Laudato Si' on Thursday, Pope Francis made headlines for recognizing the threat of human-caused climate change. But the encyclical also called attention to the world's oceans."
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Elise Shulman, ThinkProgress
Shulman writes: "With the release of his encyclical 'Laudato Si' on Thursday, Pope Francis made headlines for recognizing the threat of human-caused climate change. But the encyclical also called attention to the world's oceans."
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