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Cornel West: "Sister Hillary Clinton Is the Milli Vanilli of American Politics"

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Excerpt: "The U.S. philosopher Cornel West accused Hillary Clinton of only giving 'lip service' to social justice policies, comparing her to German duo Milli Vanilli, whose Grammy award was revoked after it was revealed that the pair had not actually sung their songs, but lipsynched to other singers."
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Resigns From DNC Post, Endorses Bernie Sanders
Alana Wise, Reuters
Wise reports: "Democratic National Committee Vice Chair Tulsi Gabbard resigned from her post on Sunday to endorse Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, following months of rising tensions within the group."
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Jenna McLaughlin | Eight Memorable Passages From Apple's Fiery Response to the FBI
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "It's a legal motion for the ages. The response Apple lawyers filed Thursday to a court order that the company write software to defeat its own security protocols is exhaustive, fiery, accessible, and full of memorable passages."
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Apple's iPhone. (photo: Bryan Thomas/Getty Images)

t’s a legal motion for the ages.

The response Apple lawyers filed Thursday to a court order that the company write software to defeat its own security protocols is exhaustive, fiery, accessible, and full of memorable passages.

The lawyers were asking a federal magistrate judge to vacate what they called her “unprecedented and oppressive” order demanding that Apple design and build software to hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook.

And they were relentless.

Years from now, people will look back and recall:

When Apple called the government out for trying to make Apple compromise on its security when the government itself has terrible cyber hygiene:

When Apple said the government was stoking fear but was too afraid to make its case before Congress:

When Apple said the Department of Justice and the FBI were lying because they knew full well this case isn’t about just one phone:

When Apple pointed out that the government reset the phone’s password without asking Apple for help first:

When Apple told the world about how the government obtained the court order in secret and then told reporters about it before Apple had a chance to respond:

When Apple pointed out that the FBI director was behaving somewhat suspiciously:

When Apple pointed out that it couldn’t just write the software then destroy it and forget it ever existed:

When Apple spelled out the potential consequences for companies in the future if the FBI succeeds:

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Dow Settlement Signals Impact of Scalia Death on Class Actions
Lawrence Hurley, Reuters
Hurley writes: "Dow Chemical Co's agreement to pay $835 million to settle a price-fixing dispute provides evidence that Justice Antonin Scalia's death is a blow to businesses that have had success recently in challenging class action cases at the U.S. Supreme Court."
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MSNBC Host Melissa Harris-Perry Says Her Show Has Been 'Silenced'
Camila Domonoske, NPR
Domonoske writes: "Melissa Harris-Perry, host of an eponymous talk show on MSNBC, has accused executives at MSNBC of effectively silencing her show, and declined to host her show this weekend."
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Juan Cole | Iran Election Results Show That When US Rewards Pragmatists, They Win
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
"Early results in Iran's parliamentary elections suggest that the centrists, pragmatists and independents will have more seats than the Khomeinist far right. For the first time since the 1979 revolution, no one bloc will dominate the national legislature."
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Al Gore | 3 Questions We Have to Answer About Climate Change
Al Gore, EcoWatch
Gore writes: "Will we change? While the answer to this question is up to all of us, the fact is that we already are beginning to change dramatically."
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