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NEW CONTENT MOVED TO MIDDLEBORO REVIEW 2

Toyota

Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Saturday, July 25, 2015

RSN: Fossil Fuel Companies Impose More in Climate Costs Than They Make in Profits, Feds Regularly Monitored Black Lives Matter Protesters Since Ferguson





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Matt Taibbi | Sandra Bland Was Murdered 
Sandra Bland died at the Waller County Jail in Hempstead, Texas, on July 17. (photo: Jay Janner/AP) 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "The Texas Department of Safety ruled that Brian Encina, the officer who arrested Bland, pulled her from her car, and threatened her with a Taser, had merely violated the state's 'courtesy policy.'" 
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Bernie Sanders' Favorability Has Doubled Since March 
Elliot Smilowitz, The Hill 
Smilowitz writes: "In the same time span, Hillary Clinton's favorability has fallen from 48 percent to 43 percent. Her unfavorable rating rose to 46 percent, giving her a negative net favorable score." 
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Feds Regularly Monitored Black Lives Matter Protesters Since Ferguson 
George Joseph, The Intercept 
Joseph writes: "The Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring the Black Lives Matter movement since anti-police protests erupted in Ferguson, Missouri last summer, according to hundreds of documents obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request." 
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For Donald Trump, Being His Own Super PAC Has Its Advantages 
Rebecca Ballhaus, The Wall Street Journal 
Ballhaus writes: "Mr. Trump, as a Republican candidate for president and a billionaire who is nearly single-handedly financing himself, is running a hybrid operation that doesn't have to follow many of the rules imposed on his rivals." 
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UK Police Confirm Ongoing Criminal Investigation of Journalists Who Worked With Snowden 
Ryan Gallagher, The Intercept 
Gallagher writes: "A secretive British police investigation focusing on journalists working with Edward Snowden's leaked documents remains ongoing two years after it was quietly launched, The Intercept can reveal." 
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Turkey Finally Joins War Against ISIS, but What Took So Long? 
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent 
Cockburn writes: "In response to attacks on Turkish soil, President Erdogan's air force launched its first bombing raids on jihadi targets in Syria. What took them so long to enter the conflict?" 
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Fossil Fuel Companies Impose More in Climate Costs Than They Make in Profits 
David Roberts, Vox 
Roberts writes: "It is fairly well understood by now that releasing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere imposes an economic cost, in the form of climate change impacts. In most cases, however, those responsible for carbon emissions are not required to pay that cost." 
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