BREAKER: Justice Antonin Scalia Has Died
Robert Barnes, Washington Post
Barnes writes: "Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the intellectual cornerstone of the court’s modern conservative wing, whose elegant and acidic opinions inspired a movement of legal thinkers and ignited liberal critics, died Feb. 13 on a ranch near Marfa, Tex. He was 79."
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Robert Barnes, Washington Post
Barnes writes: "Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the intellectual cornerstone of the court’s modern conservative wing, whose elegant and acidic opinions inspired a movement of legal thinkers and ignited liberal critics, died Feb. 13 on a ranch near Marfa, Tex. He was 79."
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Jeffrey St. Clair | A Comedy of Terrors: When in Doubt, Bomb Syria
Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch
St. Clair writes: "Poor ISIS. Try as they might, the men in black still can't out-terrorize their enemies or, more pointedly, even their patrons. For the past three years, decapitations have served as the money shots for ISIS's theater of cruelty."
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Jeffrey St. Clair, CounterPunch
St. Clair writes: "Poor ISIS. Try as they might, the men in black still can't out-terrorize their enemies or, more pointedly, even their patrons. For the past three years, decapitations have served as the money shots for ISIS's theater of cruelty."
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The US Military Suffers From Affluenza
William J. Astore, TomDispatch
Astore writes: "The word 'affluenza' is much in vogue. Lately, it's been linked to a Texas teenager, Ethan Couch, who in 2013 killed four people in a car accident while driving drunk. During Ethan Couch's destructive lifetime, has there been an American institution similarly showered with money and praise that has been responsible for the deaths of innocents and inadequately called to account? The answer is hidden in plain sight: the U.S. military."
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William J. Astore, TomDispatch
Astore writes: "The word 'affluenza' is much in vogue. Lately, it's been linked to a Texas teenager, Ethan Couch, who in 2013 killed four people in a car accident while driving drunk. During Ethan Couch's destructive lifetime, has there been an American institution similarly showered with money and praise that has been responsible for the deaths of innocents and inadequately called to account? The answer is hidden in plain sight: the U.S. military."
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These Latino Celebrities Are Ripping Republican Candidates' 'Anti-Immigrant Fear-Mongering'
Kevin Gray, Fusion
Gray writes: "A growing group of Latino celebrities is urging Latino voters not to support any of the Republican presidential candidates, accusing of them of 'pandering to the anti-immigrant base of the Republican Party that idolizes Donald Trump.'"
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Kevin Gray, Fusion
Gray writes: "A growing group of Latino celebrities is urging Latino voters not to support any of the Republican presidential candidates, accusing of them of 'pandering to the anti-immigrant base of the Republican Party that idolizes Donald Trump.'"
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Peyton Manning's Squeaky-Clean Image Was Built on Lies
Shaun King, New York Daily News
King writes: "Thirteen years ago, USA Today obtained 74 pages of explosive court documents on Peyton Manning, Archie Manning, the University of Tennessee, and Florida Southern College that revealed allegations of a sexual-assault scandal, cover up, and smear campaign of the victim that was so deep, so widespread and so ugly that it would've rocked the American sports world to its core."
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Shaun King, New York Daily News
King writes: "Thirteen years ago, USA Today obtained 74 pages of explosive court documents on Peyton Manning, Archie Manning, the University of Tennessee, and Florida Southern College that revealed allegations of a sexual-assault scandal, cover up, and smear campaign of the victim that was so deep, so widespread and so ugly that it would've rocked the American sports world to its core."
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CIA Would Refuse Trump Torture Orders, Top Former Officials Say
Jeff Stein, Newsweek
Stein writes: "Donald Trump would face huge resistance at the CIA if he were elected president and ordered the spy agency to resume waterboarding - or 'worse,' as the Republican candidate has repeatedly pledged."
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Jeff Stein, Newsweek
Stein writes: "Donald Trump would face huge resistance at the CIA if he were elected president and ordered the spy agency to resume waterboarding - or 'worse,' as the Republican candidate has repeatedly pledged."
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UN, Red Cross Reject Saudi Call to Move out of Rebel-Held Areas
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Red Cross as well as the United Nations rejected Friday a call from Saudi Arabia for aid workers to stay out of rebel-held zones of Yemen that are being targeted by the Saudi-led airstrikes in the country."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "The Red Cross as well as the United Nations rejected Friday a call from Saudi Arabia for aid workers to stay out of rebel-held zones of Yemen that are being targeted by the Saudi-led airstrikes in the country."
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Mark Ruffalo | There's No Fracking That Can Be Done Safely
Mark Ruffalo, EcoWatch
Ruffalo writes: "This weekend I have the pleasure and honor of coming to London for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for Spotlight, a film honoring the victims of a terrible injustice and celebrating exceptional journalism that brought the story to light."
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Mark Ruffalo, EcoWatch
Ruffalo writes: "This weekend I have the pleasure and honor of coming to London for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards for Spotlight, a film honoring the victims of a terrible injustice and celebrating exceptional journalism that brought the story to light."
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