Andy Borowitz | Carson Announces Detailed Plan to Google Syria
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson said that 'Google holds the key' to many questions about Syria. 'Where is it? Who lives there? How many square miles is it? These are all things that have to be pinned down,' he said."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Republican Presidential candidate Ben Carson said that 'Google holds the key' to many questions about Syria. 'Where is it? Who lives there? How many square miles is it? These are all things that have to be pinned down,' he said."
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US Releases Convicted Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard After 30-Year Prison Term
Bill Chappell, NPR
Chappell writes: "After spending 30 years in prison for spying on the U.S. for Israel, Jonathan Pollard was released Friday. His attorney confirmed Friday morning that Pollard has been released, shortly after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement welcoming his release."
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Bill Chappell, NPR
Chappell writes: "After spending 30 years in prison for spying on the U.S. for Israel, Jonathan Pollard was released Friday. His attorney confirmed Friday morning that Pollard has been released, shortly after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement welcoming his release."
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Nick Turse | In Mali and Rest of Africa, the US Military Fights a Hidden War
Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "What are the dozens of groups in Africa that the Pentagon is fighting with more special operations forces, more outposts, and more missions than ever? For the most part, the Pentagon won't say."
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Nick Turse, The Intercept
Turse writes: "What are the dozens of groups in Africa that the Pentagon is fighting with more special operations forces, more outposts, and more missions than ever? For the most part, the Pentagon won't say."
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Anti-Syrian Muslim Refugee Rhetoric Mirrors Calls to Reject Jews During Nazi Era
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "During the 1930s and early 1940s, the United States resisted accepting large numbers of Jewish refugees escaping the Nazi terror sweeping Europe. Many rejected Jews simply because they weren't Christian. In recent days, similar arguments are being resurrected to reject Syrian refugees fleeing sectarian terrorists and civil war."
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Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "During the 1930s and early 1940s, the United States resisted accepting large numbers of Jewish refugees escaping the Nazi terror sweeping Europe. Many rejected Jews simply because they weren't Christian. In recent days, similar arguments are being resurrected to reject Syrian refugees fleeing sectarian terrorists and civil war."
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A Radical Idea: Democratic Control of the Police
Brendan McQuade, Jacobin
McQuade writes: "There's nothing progressive about community policing - it deepens criminalization and expands police power. What's needed instead is community control of policing."
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Brendan McQuade, Jacobin
McQuade writes: "There's nothing progressive about community policing - it deepens criminalization and expands police power. What's needed instead is community control of policing."
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More Mexicans Leave the US Than Arrive, Say It's Not Better
teleSUR
Excerpt: "A large number of Mexicans don't see life in the U.S. as better or worse than in Mexico."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "A large number of Mexicans don't see life in the U.S. as better or worse than in Mexico."
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FDA Approves Genetically Modified Salmon for Human Consumption
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Jalonick writes: "The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States."
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Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Jalonick writes: "The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States."
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