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Steve Weissman | Hillary's No Neocon. She's Far More Dangerous 
 
Steve Weissman, Reader Supported News 
Weissman writes: "Hillary Clinton can do what neo-conservatives and paleo-conservatives and theological conservatives never could. She can sell imperialism as a liberal, humanitarian imperative." 
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Sanders Dominates Democratic Debate 
Alex Seitz-Wald, MSNBC 
Seitz-Wald writes: "Bernie Sanders dominated Sunday night's Democratic debate, overpowering Hillary Clinton in a format she typically controls. With polls showing Clinton on the ropes in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders' strong performance may have further imperiled Clinton's once-inevitable path to her party's presidential nomination." 
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MLK Day 2016: Black Economic Justice Agenda Inspired by Martin Luther King, Jr's Poor People's Campaign Lives On 
Aaron Morrison, International Business Times 
Morrison writes: "Nearly 50 years after King launched the Poor People's Campaign, which posited that economic justice was needed in order to cure racial inequality in the U.S., the economic gap between black Americans and their white counterparts remains sizable." 
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Oregon Standoff Update: Local Brothers Launch Anti-Bundy Campaign Against Armed Ranchers 
Jess McHugh, International Business Times 
McHugh writes: "A pair of local Oregon brothers launched a fundraising campaign Sunday against Ammon Bundy and the group of armed ranchers that have been occupying federal lands at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge Center for more than two weeks." 
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Duane Ehmer rode his horse at the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge on the sixth 

day of the occupation of the federal building in Burns, Oregon, Jan. 7, 2016. (photo: AFP/Getty Image

 pair of local Oregon brothers launched a fundraising campaign Sunday against Ammon Bundy and the group of armed ranchers that have been occupying federal lands at the Malheur Wildlife Refuge Center for more than two weeks. The ranchers have said they want the federal government to relinquish land for private use, and the brothers' fundraising campaign aims to force the Bundys to leave by raising money for organizations, such as a gun-control lobbyist and wildlife conservation, that are against the Bundys' values.

Zach and Jake Klonoski of Eugene, Oregon, launched their fundraising campaign called G.O.H.O.M.E, an acronym that stands for Getting the Occupiers of Historic Oregon Malheur Evicted. "The more pledges we get, the more pressure there is for them to leave,"Zach Klonoski said Sunday, the Oregonian reported. "Otherwise we're going to continue funding groups that they despise," he added. 

The rancher occupation began the night of Jan. 1 as a protest against two ranchers who were sentenced to return to prison after serving a sentence for burning federal lands. Led by Nevada rancher Ammon Bundy and his brother Ryan Bundy, the group wants the federal government to relinquish lands so that ranchers can graze their cattle and log more freely.

While some locals have supported the occupation, many residents and activists in Harney County have met the group with fierce opposition. With the cost of paying law enforcement overtime, closing schools and providing supplies to emergency workers, one judge estimated that the occupation had cost the local government between $60,000-$75,000 per day.

At the time of publication, the website for G.O.H.O.M.E. had been live for a few hours and had received nearly $4,000 in donations. In addition to gun control and wildlife organizations, the money raised will also go to the Paiute people, a Native American tribe that has claimed the land the ranchers are occupying is sacred ground to their ancestors. 

Is There Such a Thing as a Safe Gun? 
Adrienne LaFrance, The Atlantic 
LaFrance writes: "Plenty of people are skilled at keeping guns around, and using them, without killing anyone. But that doesn't mean the guns themselves are safe. Gun-safety technology has barely improved over the decades, even as many firearms have become more powerful." 
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Islamic State's Double Standards Sow Growing Disillusion 
Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press 
Hendawi writes: "Syrians who have recently escaped the Islamic State group's rule say public disillusionment is growing as IS has failed to live up to its promises to install a utopian 'Islamic' rule of justice, equality and good governance." 
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UK Whales and Dolphins at Risk of Extinction Due to High Levels of PCBs 
Emily J. Gertz, TakePart 
Gertz writes: "European killer whales and bottlenose and striped dolphins suffer from the highest levels of now-banned industrial chemicals ever recorded, according to a study released Thursday. The contamination has harmed their ability to successfully bear young, scientists report." 
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