Saturday, April 16, 2016

RSN: Elizabeth Warren | 5 of Country's Biggest Banks Are Still Too Big to Fail , We Just Crushed the Global Record for Hottest Start of Any Year, US Report on Saudi Arabia Downplays Civilian Casualties in Yemen




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Elizabeth Warren | 5 of Country's Biggest Banks Are Still Too Big to Fail 
Senator Elizabeth Warren. (photo: AP) 
Elizabeth Warren, Elizabeth Warren's Facebook Page 
Warren writes: "Federal regulators concluded yesterday that five of the country's biggest banks are still - literally - Too Big to Fail." 
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Rosario Dawson Arrested During Democracy Spring Protest on Capitol Hill 
Denis Slattery, New York Daily News 
Excerpt: "Actress and big-time Bernie Sanders backer Rosario Dawson was busted in Washington, D.C., Friday during a rally calling for money to be taken out of politics." 
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Sanders' Tax Returns Show Charitable Giving, Comparatively Modest Income 
Toby Eckert and Hanna Trudo, Politico 
Excerpt: "Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders released his 2014 tax returns Friday night, showing that he paid $27,653 in federal taxes on adjusted gross income of $205,271." 
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How Technology Helps Creditors Control Debtors 
Sarah Jeong, The Atlantic 
Jeong writes: "Not everyone can afford to plunk down hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars on a laptop. And not everyone has to: There are rent-to-own computers, offered by rent-to-own outlets alongside refrigerators, televisions, and furniture." 
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US Report on Saudi Arabia Downplays Civilian Casualties in Yemen 
Alex Emmons, The Intercept 
Emmons writes: "In its annual human rights report on Saudi Arabia, the State Department ignored thousands of civilian casualties from the Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen and overlooked the widespread use of illegal cluster munitions by the bombing coalition." 
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4 Different Police Forces Helped Disappear the 43 Ayotzinapa Students 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "A total of four different police forces, including federal agents, were involved in the enforced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students, according to new findings from Mexico's National Human Rights Commission." 
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We Just Crushed the Global Record for Hottest Start of Any Year 
Joe Romm, ThinkProgress 
Romm writes: "NASA reports that this was the hottest three-month start (January to March) of any year on record. It beat the previous record - just set in 2015 - by a stunning 0.7°F (0.39°C). Normally, such multi-month records are measured in the hundredths of a degree." 
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