Reader Supported News | 20 March 16
One Thing Missing This Month, Larger Donations
Last month we had three separate one thousand dollar donations, this month none yet. We have had a few donations in the in two to five hundred dollar range but overall not what we were seeing in February.
Would love to finish this fundraiser.
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Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn | The Cult of the Reagans
Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch
Excerpt: "The press flattered him endlessly and vastly exaggerated his popularity and his achievements, starting with the nonsense that he 'ended the Cold War'. He did nothing of the sort, the Soviet Union's sclerotic economy having doomed it long before Reagan became president."
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Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn, CounterPunch
Excerpt: "The press flattered him endlessly and vastly exaggerated his popularity and his achievements, starting with the nonsense that he 'ended the Cold War'. He did nothing of the sort, the Soviet Union's sclerotic economy having doomed it long before Reagan became president."
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Anti-Trump Groups Block Road to Arizona Rally and Target His New York Properties
Alana Wise and Brendan McDermid, Reuters
Excerpt: "Demonstrators briefly shut down an Arizona highway leading to a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Saturday while protesters rallied outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan to voice their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination."
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Alana Wise and Brendan McDermid, Reuters
Excerpt: "Demonstrators briefly shut down an Arizona highway leading to a campaign rally for Donald Trump on Saturday while protesters rallied outside of Trump Tower in Manhattan to voice their opposition to the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination."
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In Louisiana, the Poor Lack Legal Defense
Campbell Robertson, The New York Times
Robertson writes: "The constitutional obligation to provide criminal defense for the poor has been endangered by funding problems across the country, but nowhere else is a system in statewide free fall like Louisiana's, where public defenders represent more than eight out of 10 criminal defendants."
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Campbell Robertson, The New York Times
Robertson writes: "The constitutional obligation to provide criminal defense for the poor has been endangered by funding problems across the country, but nowhere else is a system in statewide free fall like Louisiana's, where public defenders represent more than eight out of 10 criminal defendants."
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Chelsea Manning Revealed How the US 'Insider Threat' Program Tries to Catch Whistleblowers
Tess Owen, VICE News
Owen writes: "Do you work with an egomaniac? Does your colleague seem disgruntled? Are they worried about money? Are they greedy? Or a pushover? If so, they might be a whistleblower, according to the US government's handbook for its 'Insider Threat' program."
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Tess Owen, VICE News
Owen writes: "Do you work with an egomaniac? Does your colleague seem disgruntled? Are they worried about money? Are they greedy? Or a pushover? If so, they might be a whistleblower, according to the US government's handbook for its 'Insider Threat' program."
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How 'Ghost Corporations' Are Funding the 2016 Election
Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The trust, whose owner remains unknown, is part of a growing cadre of mystery outfits financing big-money super PACs. Many were formed just days or weeks before making six-or-seven-figure contributions - an arrangement that election law experts say violates a long-standing federal ban on straw donors."
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Matea Gold and Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The trust, whose owner remains unknown, is part of a growing cadre of mystery outfits financing big-money super PACs. Many were formed just days or weeks before making six-or-seven-figure contributions - an arrangement that election law experts say violates a long-standing federal ban on straw donors."
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Guatemala: Another Environmental Activist Shot to Death
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Rights organizations in Guatemala condemned the killing of Walter Mendez Barrios, a prominent activist fighting against deforestation and hydroelectric projects in the Central American country."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Rights organizations in Guatemala condemned the killing of Walter Mendez Barrios, a prominent activist fighting against deforestation and hydroelectric projects in the Central American country."
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Warmer Winters Will Mean Catastrophic Effects for the Environment and Human Life
Marlene Cimons, ThinkProgress
Cimons writes: "For many, the winters we remember from childhood are becoming just that: memories. Winter's record warmth in recent years - especially the shockingly high temperatures during the first months of 2016 - has become a frightening harbinger of a world to come."
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Marlene Cimons, ThinkProgress
Cimons writes: "For many, the winters we remember from childhood are becoming just that: memories. Winter's record warmth in recent years - especially the shockingly high temperatures during the first months of 2016 - has become a frightening harbinger of a world to come."
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