Tuesday, March 15, 2016

RSN: Robert Reich | Bernie Sanders Is the Best Choice for Attaining the System We Need, Fukushima Should Have Served as Wake-Up Call for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission




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Robert Reich | Bernie Sanders Is the Best Choice for Attaining the System We Need
Robert Reich. (photo: Perian Flaherty)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "I believe Hillary Clinton is the best choice of president for the system we now have. But the system we now have is dysfunctional and unsustainable because the moneyed interests control too much of it. Bernie Sanders is the best choice for attaining the system we need, because he's leading a movement to reform it."
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RNC Launching Task Force to Stop Obama Supreme Court Nominee
Jordan Fabian, The Hill
Fabian writes: "The RNC has formed a task force to launch radio and digital attack ads, petitions and media appearances to back up Senate Republicans, who have pledged not to hold hearings or votes on Obama's replacement for the late Justice Antonin Scalia."
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Minnesota Lawmaker Tries to Make Black Lives Matter Protesters Pay for Police Overtime
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "Black Lives Matter helped stimulate a discussion about racial inequities in Minnesota, but some oppose the tactic of shutting down public roads and police precincts. In an attempt to deter those sorts of protests in the future, Republican Rep. Nick Zerwas has introduced a bill that makes protesters civilly liable for law enforcement costs if they refuse to disperse when ordered to do so and end up being arrested and convicted of a crime."
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Reporter Who Says She Was Manhandled by Trump Campaign Manager Resigns From Breitbart
Sarah Kaplan, The Washington Post
Kaplan writes: "Breitbart News reporter Michelle Fields and editor-at-large Ben Shapiro have resigned from the conservative site over its handling of an alleged assault on Fields by Donald Trump's campaign manager Corey Lewandowski."
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Edward Snowden: 'We Must Seize the Means of Communication' to Protect Basic Freedoms
Nafeez Ahmed, Mint Press News
Ahmed writes: "Renowned NSA whistleblower calls for 'radical' popular action to take control of information technologies."
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Is the Media an Accomplice in Drone Murders?
Emran Feroz, teleSUR
Feroz writes: "What is significant regarding most drone attacks is the media coverage. In fact, it practically does not exist. The many victims of drone strikes are nameless and invisible. And if they appear in any media reports, all of them are completely dehumanized and described as 'terrorists,' 'suspected militants' or any other similar euphemism."
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Fukushima Should Have Served as Wake-Up Call for US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Elliott Negin, EcoWatch
Negin writes: "Fukushima raised an obvious question: How vulnerable are those reactors - and the rest of the U.S. fleet for that matter - to comparable natural disasters?"
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