Tuesday, September 1, 2015

RSN: Obama Set to Visit Alaska's Arctic Circle Amid Charges of Hypocrisy, How US and Britain Were Warned of Isis Advance in Iraq but 'Turned a Deaf Ear'




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Andy Borowitz | Nation With Crumbling Bridges and Roads Excited to Build Giant Wall 
A crumbing bridge. (photo: Matt York/AP) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "As the United States' bridges, roads, and other infrastructure dangerously deteriorate from decades of neglect, there is a mounting sense of urgency that it is time to build a giant wall." 
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Scott Galindez | Interview With Ben & Jerry on Bernie Sanders Campaign 
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News 
Galindez writes: "Ben and Jerry came to Iowa to stump for Bernie Sanders. The event was the Progress Iowa Corn Feed. Ben and Jerry of course arrived with Ice Cream and personally served free ice cream to the crowd and Bernie's table. I had a chance to sit down with them before the event, and filmed there speech to the crowd, which ended with Jerry shouting: 'Bernie Will Win!'" 
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Black Lives Matter Rejects Show of Support From the DNC 
Jesse Byrnes, The Hill 
Byrnes writes: "Supporters of the Black Lives Matter movement are distancing themselves from a Democratic National Committee resolution voicing support for their cause." 
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Escape Casts Spotlight on Washington Use of Juvenile Inmates to Fight Wildfires 
Caty Enders, Guardian UK 
Enders writes: "Washington has been employing inmates in juvenile detention to fight wildfires for decades. But the teen's escape has shed new light on the program." 
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How US and Britain Were Warned of Isis Advance in Iraq but 'Turned a Deaf Ear' 
Richard Spencer, The Telegraph 
Spencer writes: "'We had this information then, and we passed it on to your (British) government and the US government,' Rooz Bahjat, a senior lieutenant to Lahur Talabani, head of Kurdish intelligence, said. 'We used our official liaisons.'" 
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Violence Erupts in Kiev 
Richard Balmforth and Natalia Zinets, Reuters 
Excerpt: "A national guardsman was killed and nearly 90 others protecting Ukraine's parliament were wounded by grenades hurled by protesters on Monday, the Interior Ministry said, as deputies backed reforms to give more autonomy to rebel-held areas." 
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Obama Set to Visit Alaska's Arctic Circle Amid Charges of Hypocrisy 
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera America 
Lewis writes: "President Barack Obama is set to become the first serving U.S. president to witness firsthand the impact of global warming in Alaska's Arctic Circle when he visits the state this week to press for urgent action against climate change. But many activists have charged him with hypocrisy." 
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