Wednesday, June 3, 2015

RSN: Why Are Federal Dollars Financing This Thirsty Crop in Arizona?, New Data Offer First Infuriating Glimpse at how the Richest 0.0001% Pay Taxes, For Terrorist Fearmongers, It's Always the Scariest Time Ever



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Glenn Greenwald | For Terrorist Fearmongers, It's Always the Scariest Time Ever 
Senators Jon Kyl, Lindsey Graham and Dianne Feinstein (photo: Susan Walsh/AP) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "For the fearmongers in the West and their allies, it's always the scariest time ever; that 'the threat has never been greater' is basically a slogan they reflexively spew." 
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USA Freedom Act Passes: What We Celebrate, What We Mourn, and Where We Go From Here 
Cindy Cohn and Mark Jaycox, EFF 
Excerpt: "The Senate passed the USA Freedom Act today by 67-32, marking the first time in over thirty years that both houses of Congress have approved a bill placing real restrictions and oversight on the National Security Agency's surveillance powers." 
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The Student Loan Crisis and the Debtfare State 
Susanne Soederberg, Dollars & Sense 
Soederberg writes: "Educational debt has become a ticking time bomb. With over $1 trillion in outstanding loan balances, the student loan industry has a lot in common with the sub-prime mortgage industry, which went into a devastating crisis in 2007-8." 
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Apple Boss Delivers Strongest Attack Yet on Facebook and Google Over Privacy 
Stuart Dredge, Guardian UK 
Dredge writes: "Web rivals' business models undermine users' privacy, says Tim Cook, who also warns governments on pursuing 'dangerous' encryption policies." 
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New Data Offer First Infuriating Glimpse at how the Richest 0.0001% Pay Taxes 
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress 
Pyke writes: "Tax day doesn't sting much if you live at the gilded edge, according to new data on how the top one-hundredth of one percent and the top one-thousandth of a percent of all filers pay their income taxes." 
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The Twisted Legacy of Colombia's Aerial Cocaine Crop Spraying Program 
Steven Cohen, VICE 
Cohen writes: " After 30 years of dubious results and loud protests, the flagship of the supply-side drug war in North America has finally been brought to ground." 
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Why Are Federal Dollars Financing This Thirsty Crop in Arizona? 
Abrahm Lustgarten and Naveena Sadasivam, Grist 
Excerpt: "Getting plants to grow in the Sonoran Desert is made possible by importing billions of gallons of water each year. Cotton is one of the thirstiest crops in existence, and each acre cultivated here demands six times as much water as lettuce, 60 percent more than wheat." 
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