Saturday, June 13, 2015

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Paul Krugman | Seriously Bad Ideas 
Paul Krugman. (photo: Reuters) 
Paul Krugman, The New York Times 
Krugman writes: "One thing we've learned in the years since the financial crisis is that seriously bad ideas - by which I mean bad ideas that appeal to the prejudices of Very Serious People - have remarkable staying power." 
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'Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Understand Wall Street,' Says CEO Whose Bank Got Bailed Out 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "On Wednesday, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon said of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (D), 'I don't know if she fully understands the global banking system.' By Thursday, Warren already had a response." 
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Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan | The Torture of Solitary Confinement 
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan, Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "Twelve days after his 22nd birthday, Kalief Browder wrapped an air-conditioner power cord around his neck and hanged himself. In 2010, at the age of 16, he was arrested after being accused of stealing a backpack." 
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Bernie Sanders Wants to Take Back "Family Values" From the GOP 
Meredith Shiner, Yahoo Politics 
Shiner writes: "As he explained his agenda, based loosely on programs that already exist in European countries, Sanders' voice took on the impassioned populist tone that has helped him draw bigger than expected crowds." 
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We Spend Billions to Keep Half a Million Unconvicted People Behind Bars 
Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post 
Ingraham writes: "At any given time, roughly 480,000 people sit in America's local jails awaiting their day in court, according an estimate by the International Centre for Prison Studies, a research group based in England. These are people who have been charged with a crime, but not convicted. They remain innocent in the eyes of the law." 
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Israel Exonerates Itself Over Gaza Beach Killings of Four Children Last Year 
Peter Beaumont, Guardian UK 
Beaumont writes: "Israeli investigation says missile attack that killed boys aged between nine and 11 was 'tragic accident' in findings contradictory to journalists' reports from scene." 
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Climate Change Is Driving Polar Bears to Eat Dolphins 
Agence France-Presse 
Excerpt: "Global warming is driving more species further north, scientists say, as polar bears are spotted devouring dolphins for the first time." 
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