Harvey Wasserman | Run, Bernie, Please Keep Running
Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "We all win when Bernie Sanders runs. We need him to continue through the Democratic Convention and beyond."
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Harvey Wasserman, Reader Supported News
Wasserman writes: "We all win when Bernie Sanders runs. We need him to continue through the Democratic Convention and beyond."
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Obama, GOP Senate Brace for Extended Battle on Supreme Court
Anita Kumar and Michael Doyle, McClatchy
"President Barack Obama's selection of Judge Merrick B. Garland to serve on the Supreme Court launches a months-long election year tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats to determine the direction of the court. Republicans senators vowed not to even consider the judge, preferring to leave the seat vacant in the hopes that a Republican wins the White House in November and makes a choice more to their liking."
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Anita Kumar and Michael Doyle, McClatchy
"President Barack Obama's selection of Judge Merrick B. Garland to serve on the Supreme Court launches a months-long election year tug-of-war between Republicans and Democrats to determine the direction of the court. Republicans senators vowed not to even consider the judge, preferring to leave the seat vacant in the hopes that a Republican wins the White House in November and makes a choice more to their liking."
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Before Flint, Lead-Contaminated Water Plagued Schools Across US
Jennifer Ludden, NPR
Ludden writes: "Bottled water has actually become a long term solution in Baltimore. The city first found elevated lead levels in scores of schools in 1992. That was a few years after the EPA discovered a problem with lead-lined water fountains and required schools to address it."
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Jennifer Ludden, NPR
Ludden writes: "Bottled water has actually become a long term solution in Baltimore. The city first found elevated lead levels in scores of schools in 1992. That was a few years after the EPA discovered a problem with lead-lined water fountains and required schools to address it."
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5 Cops Disciplined Over Failure to Act After Trump Supporter Sucker-Punched Protester
Brendan O'Connor, Gawker
O'Connor writes: "Five deputy sheriffs in the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones, a protester, at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, earlier this month."
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Brendan O'Connor, Gawker
O'Connor writes: "Five deputy sheriffs in the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones, a protester, at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, earlier this month."
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Donald Trump. (photo: Jonathan Drake/Reuters)
ive deputy sheriffs in the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office have been disciplined in connection with the assault of Rakeem Jones, a protester, at a Donald Trump rally in Fayetteville, North Carolina, earlier this month.
The deputies, who witnessed the assault and did not respond appropriately, faced disciplinary action for “unsatisfactory performance and failing to discharge the duties and policies of the office of the sheriff,”Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler said in a statement.
“The actions of the deputies and their failures to act in situations such as that which occurred during the Trump rally at the Crown Coliseum have never been and will never be tolerated under the policies of this office.” On Monday, the sheriff declined to charge Donald Trump with inciting a riot.
All five of the deputies have been placed on one year of probation, WRAL.com reports, and three were demoted. The statement continued:
The sheriff’s office said that several of the disciplined deputies were involved with the confrontation of Andrew Michaelis, who went on a deadly shooting spree killing family members and assaulting deputies with an assault rifle in July 2014. Their actions in that situation factored into their punishment, Butler said.“I have taken into account the past bravery and exemplary conduct, including the life-saving and other actions of these deputies in assessing the discipline, and in imposing the sanctions,” he said. “We regret that any of the circumstances at the Trump rally occurred, and we regret that we have had to investigate all of these matters.”
After the rally, the assailant, 78-year-old John McGraw, who is white, told Inside Edition that the protester, Jones, who is black, deserved it. “The next time we see him, we might have to kill him,” McGraw said. He has been charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct, as well as with communicating threats.
The FCC Wants to Let Us Choose What the Internet Knows About Us
Samuel Lieberman, New York Magazine
Lieberman writes: "The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is proposing the first ever effort to let internet users choose how much information an internet service provider is allowed to collect, and how that information is used."
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Samuel Lieberman, New York Magazine
Lieberman writes: "The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Tom Wheeler, is proposing the first ever effort to let internet users choose how much information an internet service provider is allowed to collect, and how that information is used."
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More Than 12 Disciplined for US Bombing of Doctors Without Borders Hospital in Afghanistan, but No Criminal Charges Filed
Robert Burns, Associated Press
Burns writes: "More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined - but face no criminal charges - for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year, U.S. defense officials say."
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Robert Burns, Associated Press
Burns writes: "More than a dozen U.S. military personnel have been disciplined - but face no criminal charges - for mistakes that led to the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital that killed 42 people in Afghanistan last year, U.S. defense officials say."
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Bill Blocking GMO Labels Stalls in Senate, but Battle Is Far From Over
Maria Godoy, NPR
Godoy writes: "The Senate rejected a bill that would have prevented any state from requiring GMO labels on food. The bill, sponsored by Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, would have created a voluntary national labeling standard for foods containing GMOs, but it would have blocked Vermont from implementing its first-in-the-nation mandatory GMO labeling law, currently set to take effect on July 1."
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Maria Godoy, NPR
Godoy writes: "The Senate rejected a bill that would have prevented any state from requiring GMO labels on food. The bill, sponsored by Kansas Republican Sen. Pat Roberts, would have created a voluntary national labeling standard for foods containing GMOs, but it would have blocked Vermont from implementing its first-in-the-nation mandatory GMO labeling law, currently set to take effect on July 1."
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