Daniel Ellsberg: US Will Repeat Old Mistakes and It's 'Not Going to Eliminate ISIS'
MintPress News
Excerpt: "Ellsberg believes the Pentagon is pressuring the White House to commit to putting boots on the ground to fight Daesh. Unlike the Vietnam War era, when the pressure was merely internal, Ellsberg noted the military now openly opposes Obama in the media."
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MintPress News
Excerpt: "Ellsberg believes the Pentagon is pressuring the White House to commit to putting boots on the ground to fight Daesh. Unlike the Vietnam War era, when the pressure was merely internal, Ellsberg noted the military now openly opposes Obama in the media."
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Multiple Explosions Rock Brussels Airport and Subway, Killing 26
Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe."
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Lorne Cook and John-Thor Dahlburg, Associated Press
Excerpt: "Explosions, at least one likely caused by a suicide bomber, rocked the Brussels airport and subway system Tuesday, prompting a lockdown of the Belgian capital and heightened security across Europe."
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Apple Gets Short-Term Win, but New Mysterious FBI Unlocking Method Looms
Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica
Farivar writes: "Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers would have squared off here in federal court, government attorneys suddenly got a judge to vacate that hearing... Federal authorities cited a newly discovered 'unlocking method' that it hopes won't require Apple's help."
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Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica
Farivar writes: "Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers would have squared off here in federal court, government attorneys suddenly got a judge to vacate that hearing... Federal authorities cited a newly discovered 'unlocking method' that it hopes won't require Apple's help."
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Warren Steps Into 2016 Fray, Attacks 'Loser' Donald Trump
Peter Schroeder, The Hill
Schroeder writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is stepping into the ring against Donald Trump, labeling the Republican presidential contender a 'loser' who plays on 'cheap racism' for votes. The aggressive broadsides, delivered Monday via Twitter, marked a new level of involvement in the 2016 race for Warren, a liberal hero who rejected efforts to draft her into the contest last year."
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Peter Schroeder, The Hill
Schroeder writes: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is stepping into the ring against Donald Trump, labeling the Republican presidential contender a 'loser' who plays on 'cheap racism' for votes. The aggressive broadsides, delivered Monday via Twitter, marked a new level of involvement in the 2016 race for Warren, a liberal hero who rejected efforts to draft her into the contest last year."
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Greenwald, Fishman and Miranda | Brazil Is Engulfed by Ruling Class Corruption - and a Dangerous Subversion of Democracy
Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Fishman and David Miranda, The Intercept
Excerpt: "In reporting on Brazil, Western media outlets have most prominently focused on the increasingly large street protests demanding the impeachment of Rousseff. They have typically depicted those protests in idealized, cartoon terms of adoration: as an inspiring, mass populist uprising against a corrupt regime. ... That narrative is, at best, a radical oversimplification of what is happening and, more often, crass propaganda designed to undermine a left-wing party long disliked by U.S. foreign policy elites."
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Glenn Greenwald, Andrew Fishman and David Miranda, The Intercept
Excerpt: "In reporting on Brazil, Western media outlets have most prominently focused on the increasingly large street protests demanding the impeachment of Rousseff. They have typically depicted those protests in idealized, cartoon terms of adoration: as an inspiring, mass populist uprising against a corrupt regime. ... That narrative is, at best, a radical oversimplification of what is happening and, more often, crass propaganda designed to undermine a left-wing party long disliked by U.S. foreign policy elites."
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Ten Senate Seats Most Likely to Flip in 2016 Elections
Lisa Hagen, The Hill
Hagen writes: "Democrats' chances to regain control of the Senate are looking brighter as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take shape as the presumptive nominees of their parties."
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Lisa Hagen, The Hill
Hagen writes: "Democrats' chances to regain control of the Senate are looking brighter as Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take shape as the presumptive nominees of their parties."
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The Violent Remaking of Appalachia
Jedediah Purdy, The Atlantic
Purdy writes: "Coal is an inexpensive source of energy, economically speaking, and a costly one in ecological terms. Its carbon emissions are the highest of any energy source. In 2012, coal accounted for 25 percent of American greenhouse gas emissions and 44 percent of global carbon emissions."
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Jedediah Purdy, The Atlantic
Purdy writes: "Coal is an inexpensive source of energy, economically speaking, and a costly one in ecological terms. Its carbon emissions are the highest of any energy source. In 2012, coal accounted for 25 percent of American greenhouse gas emissions and 44 percent of global carbon emissions."
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