Monday, February 1, 2016

RSN: The "Bernie Bros" Narrative: A Cheap Campaign Tactic Masquerading as Journalism and Social Activism, Public Lands Initiative Takes an Oregon-Standoff Approach to Grazing




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Glenn Greenwald | The "Bernie Bros" Narrative: A Cheap Campaign Tactic Masquerading as Journalism and Social Activism 
Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to volunteers on Friday at a campaign field office in Muscatine, Iowa. (photo: Max Whittaker/NYT) 
Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept 
Greenwald writes: "The concoction of the 'Bernie Bro' narrative by pro-Clinton journalists has been a potent political tactic - and a journalistic disgrace." 
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Retired General, Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus to Receive No Further Punishment 
Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters 
Excerpt: "U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has decided not to impose further punishment on David Petraeus, a former U.S. military commander and CIA director who admitted sharing classified information with his mistress, according to a letter seen by Reuters." 
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Welcome to America - Now Spy on Your Friends 
Talal Ansari and Siraj Datoo, BuzzFeed 
Excerpt: "When Muslim immigrants apply to become citizens, they often find the process delayed for years without explanation. Then, when they are at wit's end, they get a visit from the FBI, with an offer they don't dare refuse." 
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Why Does the Pentagon Need an Iron Man Suit? 
Anna Mulrine, The Christian Science Monitor 
Mulrine writes: "When the head of United States Special Operations Command said recently that he hopes his troops will someday soon be wearing super-light, super-strong exoseletons known affectionately as 'Iron Man' suits, it might have sounded like a bit of classic Pentagon excess." 
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Taking a Closer Look at Deadbeat Illinois 
John O'Connor, Associated Press 
O'Connor writes: "As Illinois politicians continue to squabble over a budget that should have taken effect July 1, hundreds of state contractors have been left with little more than I.O.U.s, according to more than 500 pages of documents - just since Nov. 1." 
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Refugee Crisis 2016: Asylum-Seeker Children Disappearing, Europol Warns Amid EU Border Problems 
Jess McHugh, International Business Times 
McHugh writes: "More than 10,000 refugee children have disappeared in the past two years after registering for asylum in Europe." 
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Public Lands Initiative Takes an Oregon-Standoff Approach to Grazing 
Mary O'Brien, Salt Lake Tribune 
O'Brien writes: "Not surprisingly, I guess, this 'grand bargain' proposes to reward the Bundys of the West with the kind of frozen livestock grazing and lack of national authority for which the Bundys thought they had to pick up guns and occupy the Malheur Wildlife Refuge." 
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