Sunday, October 18, 2015

RSN: Oklahomans Are Suddenly Afraid of Fracking Themselves, Rightwing Terrorists Are Killing Far More Americans Than Islamists Are, and Now the DOJ Will Act, Former CIA Interrogator Forced to Resign From College Post




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Andy Borowitz | Biden to Decide on 2016 Bid by Early 2017 
Vice President Joe Biden. (photo: Sun Sentinel) 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Vice-President Joe Biden will make a decision on whether to enter the 2016 Presidential race by early 2017, a close associate told supporters on Friday." 
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Snowden Slams US Government for Keeping Drone Program Secret 
Joshua Eaton and Amy Pedulla, Al Jazeera America 
Excerpt: "The newly published documents exposed previously secret details of the U.S. government's secretive drone war, including new information that raises serious concerns about the accuracy and effectiveness of drone strikes in Afghanistan, Iraq and other countries." 
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Rightwing Terrorists Are Killing Far More Americans Than Islamists Are, and Now the DOJ Will Act 
Justin Salhani, ThinkProgress 
Salhani writes: "The Department of Justice (DOJ) has created a new post to fight domestic terrorism. The new position will coordinate investigations into a phenomena that has killed more Americans than foreign terrorism since 9/11." 
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Former CIA Interrogator Forced to Resign From College Post
R.M. Schneiderman, Newsweek 
Schneiderman writes: "A former CIA interrogator says he was asked to resign from his college teaching post in Erie, Pennsylvania after Newsweek magazine ran a feature article about him earlier this month." 
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Watch Bernie Sanders 'Un-Demonize' the Word 'Socialist' on 'Real Time' 
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone 
Kreps writes: "Just days after the first Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders visited Real Time With Bill Maher Friday, where the host, a Sanders supporter, hoped to 'un-demonize' the word 'socialist,' a term that scares off 53-percent of voters." 
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Fleeing Violence, Finding Detention: One Family's Year in US Lock-Up 
E. Tammy Kim, Al Jazeera America 
Kim writes: "In July 2014, Katherine and her mother, Ana, had left El Salvador to escape a gang they say was extorting their family and threatening Ana with violence. It was their second such journey; the first had ended in deportation from the U.S. This time, it took three weeks to cross into Texas, where they surrendered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and declared themselves refugees." 
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Charles Pierce | Oklahomans Are Suddenly Afraid of Fracking Themselves 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "The oil barons insist on wreaking havoc on the planet, but the people have won a couple of victories." 
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