Monday, October 19, 2015

RSN: Exotic Animal Trade Flourishes in Missouri, Ending Harperism, Arab Areas of Jerusalem Blocked Off in Israeli Crackdown, The Inside Story of Trump Campaign's Connections to a Big-Money Super PAC




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Mumia Abu-Jamal | If This Is a War, Then Black Lives Matter Is Losing 
Mumia Abu Jamal. (photo: unknown)
Mumia Abu-Jamal, CounterPunch 
Abu-Jamal writes: "The corporate media is trying to conspire to denounce Black Lives Matter as some kind of hate group engaged in an alleged 'war on cops!' But Black Lives Matter throws words at cops who've beaten, shot and killed almost countless Blacks, Latinos - and even poor whites. Guess how many people cops have killed in 2015." 
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The Drone Papers: Find, Fix, Finish 
Jeremy Scahill, The Intercept 
Scahill writes: "The tip of the spear in the Obama administration's escalated wars in East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula was a special operations task force known as TF 48-4, according to secret documents provided to The Intercept." 
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The Inside Story of Trump Campaign's Connections to a Big-Money Super PAC 
Matea Gold, Tom Hamburger, and Jenna Johnson, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "Donald Trump and his top campaign aide have connections to a super PAC collecting large checks to support his candidacy - a group viewed by people familiar with his campaign as the sanctioned outlet for wealthy donors." 
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For Some Military Families, President Obama's Decision to Keep Troops in Afghanistan Is 'Another Knife' in the Heart 
Dion Rabouin, The International Business Times 
Rabouin writes: "On Thursday, President Barack Obama pledged to keep American troops in Afghanistan through 2016. His move has resulted in a 'tremendous amount of anger and betrayal' being felt among many military families." 
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Arab Areas of Jerusalem Blocked Off in Israeli Crackdown 
Karin Laub, Associated Press 
Laub writes: "Palestinians in Jerusalem, more than a third of the city's population, have awoken to a new reality: Israeli troops are encircling Arab neighborhoods, blocking roads with concrete cubes the size of washing machines and ordering some of those leaving on foot to lift their shirts to show they are not carrying knives." 
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Ending Harperism 
Gerard Di Trolio, Jacobin 
Di Trolio writes: "Even for leftists generally dispirited by electoral politics, the prospect of an end to Harperism is tantalizing." 
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Exotic Animal Trade Flourishes in Missouri 
Ryan Schuessler, Al Jazeera America 
Schuessler writes: "Missouri remains one of the few states where the exotic animal trade is largely unregulated. Some estimates put half the United States' privately owned primates in Missouri, and an Internet search turns up classified ads selling everything from exotic cats to zebras to baby baboons." 
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