Tuesday, December 15, 2015

RSN: Clinton Tops List of Arms Company Donations, Marco Rubio Pushes to Block Low-Cost, High-Speed Broadband, At This Point, If You Deny Climate Change, You Are a Traitor to Your Species




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Charles Pierce | At This Point, If You Deny Climate Change, You Are a Traitor to Your Species 
A villager watches the 'king tides' crash through his family's sea wall and on to the property, on the South Pacific island of Kiribati.  (photo: Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert/Alamy)
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "The representatives of the world's governments got together and agreed that the climate crisis is real and that is largely caused by human beings who burn fossil fuels. What that means is that ignorance is no longer an excuse." 
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Do Republicans Really Want the Black and Latino Vote? 
Leah Wright Rigueur, The Root 
Rigueur writes: "From the campaign of Barry Goldwater in 1964 to the antics of Donald Trump today, all signs point to 'not really.'" 
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Clinton Tops List of Arms Company Donations
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton has received more money from arms and military service companies than any other candidate during the 2016 presidential campaign, data from Open Secrets shows." 
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Marco Rubio Pushes to Block Low-Cost, High-Speed Broadband 
Lee Fang, The Intercept 
Fang writes: "In a rare senatorial act, full-time Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio joined with a handful of fellow legislators on Friday in an attempt to block local municipalities from undercutting big telecom companies by providing cheap, fast internet service." 
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NBA Referee Bill Kennedy: "I'm Proud to Be a Gay Man" 
Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports 
Wojnarowski writes: "'I am proud to be an NBA referee and I am proud to be a gay man,' Kennedy told Yahoo Sports on Sunday night. 'I am following in the footsteps of others who have self-identified in the hopes that will send a message to young men and women in sports that you must allow no one to make you feel ashamed of who you are.'" 
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Saudis Push Back Yemen Cease-Fire 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "'A cease-fire to end the nine-month conflict in Yemen was pushed back by 12 hours after two senior Saudi-allied military officers were killed near Taiz, Monday. The news comes as Riyadh unites 34 countries in a Sunni-led coalition to fight international 'terrorism.'" 
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Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp: Help Us Stop the DARK Act
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "The famous musicians, who serve as board members of Farm Aid, signed a joint letter calling on President Obama to stop the DARK Act rider, which some lawmakers in Congress are trying to sneak onto to the year-end omnibus spending bill." 
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