Wednesday, March 2, 2016

rsn: Revenge of the Simple: How George W. Bush Gave Rise to Trump, Not Just Trump: Every GOP Candidate Is an Extremist



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Matt Taibbi | Revenge of the Simple: How George W. Bush Gave Rise to Trump 
GOP insiders are now frantic at the prospect of an uncultured ignoramus winning the presidency. (photo: Aude Guerrucci/Getty Images) 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "Donald Trump isn't the beginning of the end. George W. Bush was. The amazing anti-miracle of the Bush presidency is what makes today's nightmare possible." 
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Not Just Trump: Every GOP Candidate Is an Extremist 
Bryce Covert, Rolling Stone 
Covert writes: "In the race to Stop Trump, virtually every Republican candidate has been held up as a potential beacon of moderation in comparison to the Donald. If Rubio can't play the role, perhaps Kasich can?" 
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With Scalia's Death, Corporate America May Have a Harder Time Watering Down Collective Legal Rights 
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress 
Pyke writes: "The meat industry's business model has radically reshaped Storm Lake, Iowa, in the past few decades. The 10,000-person town is home to numerous meatpacking plants owned by Tyson Foods, the world's second-largest industrial meatpacking firm." 
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Salt Lake City Black Teen Shot: Police Refuse to Release Body Cam Video 
Molly Jackson, The Christian Science Monitor 
Jackson writes: "Salt Lake City police have refused to release officers' body cam videos of the Saturday shooting of a 17-year-old immigrant now in critical condition, despite protesters' calls to reform police accountability." 
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Grand Jury: 2 Bishops Hid Sex Abuse of Hundreds of Children 
Joe Mandak, Associated Press 
Mandak writes: "Two Catholic bishops who led a small Pennsylvania diocese helped cover up the sexual abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests and other religious leaders over a 40-year period, according to a grand jury report that portrays the church as holding such sway over law enforcement that it helped select a police chief." 
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China to Lay Off 5 to 6 Million Workers 
Benjamin Kang Lim, Matthew Miller and David Stanway, Reuters 
Excerpt: "China aims to lay off 5-6 million state workers over the next two to three years as part of efforts to curb industrial overcapacity and pollution, two reliable sources said, Beijing's boldest retrenchment program in almost two decades." 
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Supreme Court Ends Challenge to the Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan 
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post 
Fears Writes: "The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge to the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan, the largest attempt by the federal government and states to rid the pollution from a body of water and to restore its health." 
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