Monday, July 20, 2015

RSN: James Hansen Warns of 'Apocalyptic' Climate Scenario, Jeb Bush Slams Lobbyists Despite His Close Relationship With Them




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Andy Borowitz | Trump Says He Heroically Avoided Capture in Vietnam by Staying in US 
Donald Trump. (photo: Getty Images) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Presidential candidate Donald Trump revealed a little-known episode of personal heroism from his youth on Saturday, telling an Iowa audience that he narrowly avoided capture in Vietnam by remaining in the United States for the duration of the war." 
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Barrett Brown | Review of Arts and Letters and Prison: A Visit to the Sweat Lodge 
Barrett Brown, The Intercept 
Brown writes: "Back in the go-go days of 2011 I got into some sort of post-modern running conflict with a certain declining superpower that shall remain nameless, and shortly afterwards found myself in jail awaiting trial on 17 federal criminal counts carrying a combined maximum sentence of 105 years in prison. Luckily I got off with just 63 months, which here in the Republic of Crazyland is actually not too bad of an outcome." 
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Bernie-Mania Spreads to Texas as Sanders' Speech Draws 5,000 
Tom Dart, Guardian UK 
Dart writes: "Over the weekend, the Vermont senator also attracted more than 8,000 people to a rally in Dallas and 11,000 in Phoenix, the highest turnout of his campaign." 
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David Sirota and Andrew Perez | Jeb Bush Slams Lobbyists Despite His Close Relationship With Them 
David Sirota and Andrew Perez, International Business Times 
Excerpt: "Jeb Bush on Monday returned to the Florida capital to deliver a speech slamming lobbyists as a corrosive influence on public policy, and railing on the practice of public officials becoming professional influence peddlers." 
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Wesley Clark Calls for Internment Camps for "Radicalized" Americans 
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept 
Hussain writes: "Retired general and former Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark on Friday called for World War II-style internment camps to be revived for 'disloyal Americans.'" 
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Obama Aide: 'Virtually Impossible' for Iran to Hide Nuclear Activity 
Tim Devaney, The Hill 
Devaney writes: "One of the Obama administration's top negotiators is defending the controversial Iranian nuclear agreement from critics who say it does not go far enough to protect the West." 
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James Hansen Warns of 'Apocalyptic' Climate Scenario 
Mark Hertsgaard, The Daily Beast 
Hertsgaard writes: "James Hansen's new study explodes conventional goals of climate diplomacy and warns of 10 feet of sea level rise before 2100. The good news is, we can fix it." 
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