Thursday, January 21, 2016

RSN: California's Attorney General Is Now Investigating Exxon, Michigan Governor's [Eco-Terrorist Rick Snyder] Email Dump Reveals Political Calculus Behind Flint Water Crisis




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Robert Parry | Democrats in 'Group Think' Land 
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Secretary Clinton at the Democratic debate. (photo: NBC) 
Robert Parry, Consortium News 
Parry writes: "A curious reality about Official Washington is that to have 'credibility' you must accept the dominant 'group thinks' whether they have any truth to them or not." 
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Clinton Campaign Worried About Getting 'Outraised' by Sanders 
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill 
Savransky writes: "Despite Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's lead in national polls, her campaign is worried about getting 'outraised' by rival Bernie Sanders." 
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Protester Calls for Rahm Emanuel's Resignation at Mayors Conference 
Eugene Scott, CNN 
Scott writes: "A Black Lives Matter protester interrupted a United States Conference of Mayors event in Washington Wednesday calling on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel to resign." 
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Michigan Governor's Email Dump Reveals Political Calculus Behind Flint Water Crisis 
Dell Cameron and Kevin Collier, The Daily Dot 
Excerpt: "Snyder's office has released what it calls 'all emails he sent and received regarding Flint from Jan. 2014 through Dec. 2015.' It paints a picture of a governor at times confused and concerned with Flint's water problems, and includes a number of studies conducted by both government and outside agencies to determine what was wrong, why, and how to fix it." 
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More Air Force Drones Are Crashing Than Ever as Mysterious New Problems Emerge 
Craig Whitlock, The Washington Post 
Whitlock writes: "A record number of Air Force drones crashed in major accidents last year, documents show, straining the U.S. military's fleet of robotic aircraft when it is in more demand than ever for counterterrorism missions in an expanding array of war zones." 
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The US War in Iraq Ended, but the Killing Never Stopped 
Adrienne Varkiani, ThinkProgress 
Varkiani writes: "The Iraq War has technically been over for more than four years, but Iraqis are still dying in large numbers. According to a U.N. report released Tuesday, nearly 19,000 Iraqis died between January 2014 and October 2015 due to continued instability in the country." 
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California's Attorney General Is Now Investigating Exxon 
Samantha Page, ThinkProgress 
Page writes: "Getting to the point where climate change was recognized as an urgent, real problem took a lot of scientific research. And some of the earliest scientists who came to this conclusion were based at oil and gas giant Exxon (now ExxonMobil)." 
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