Reader Supported News | 20 May 16
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Robert Parry | The Danger of Demonization
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "When was the last time you heard anyone in the U.S. mainstream say anything positive or even nuanced about Russian President Putin. He can only be portrayed as some shirtless buffoon or the devil incarnate. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got widespread praise in 2014 when she likened him to Hitler."
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "When was the last time you heard anyone in the U.S. mainstream say anything positive or even nuanced about Russian President Putin. He can only be portrayed as some shirtless buffoon or the devil incarnate. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got widespread praise in 2014 when she likened him to Hitler."
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Clark Mindock and David Sirota | Critics of Bernie Sanders' Healthcare Plans Receive Funding From Industries That Would Be Affected
Clark Mindock and David Sirota, International Business Times
Excerpt: "Left unsaid in the headlines and stories that condemned Sanders' healthcare proposal is that the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute, the two major organizations behind the Tax Policy Center, have received big contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries - industries whose profits could be reduced by Sanders' single-payer Medicare-for-all plan."
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Clark Mindock and David Sirota, International Business Times
Excerpt: "Left unsaid in the headlines and stories that condemned Sanders' healthcare proposal is that the Brookings Institution and Urban Institute, the two major organizations behind the Tax Policy Center, have received big contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries - industries whose profits could be reduced by Sanders' single-payer Medicare-for-all plan."
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CBS News Legend Morley Safer Dies One Week After '60 Minutes' Retirement
Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
Grove writes: "Morley Safer - who, at 84, announced his retirement last week after more than five decades at CBS News, all but six years of that peerless stretch as a star correspondent for 60 Minutes - has died."
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Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
Grove writes: "Morley Safer - who, at 84, announced his retirement last week after more than five decades at CBS News, all but six years of that peerless stretch as a star correspondent for 60 Minutes - has died."
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WikiLeaks: Assange Will Stay 'Political Prisoner' Under Clinton
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, will remain a 'political prisoner' under a U.S. Hillary Clinton presidency, The Guardian reported hacker and WikiLeaks representative Jacob Appelbaum saying Thursday."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, will remain a 'political prisoner' under a U.S. Hillary Clinton presidency, The Guardian reported hacker and WikiLeaks representative Jacob Appelbaum saying Thursday."
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The Supreme Court Is Not Doing Its Job
Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Lithwick writes: "By asking the parties and lower courts to work this thing out by themselves, the Supreme Court shamefully punted or exhibited admirable judicial modesty, it is indisputable that the eight justices sent the case back to the appellate courts for repairs because the Court can't resolve it shorthanded."
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Dahlia Lithwick, Slate
Lithwick writes: "By asking the parties and lower courts to work this thing out by themselves, the Supreme Court shamefully punted or exhibited admirable judicial modesty, it is indisputable that the eight justices sent the case back to the appellate courts for repairs because the Court can't resolve it shorthanded."
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Head of National Intelligence: Foreign Hackers Are Spying on US Presidential Candidates
Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
Riechmann writes: "The United States sees evidence of hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Government officials are assisting the campaigns to tighten security as the race for the White House intensifies."
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Deb Riechmann, Associated Press
Riechmann writes: "The United States sees evidence of hackers, possibly working for foreign governments, snooping on the presidential candidates, the nation's intelligence chief said Wednesday. Government officials are assisting the campaigns to tighten security as the race for the White House intensifies."
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National Research Council GMO Study Compromised by Industry Ties
Wenonah Hauter, EcoWatch
Hauter writes: "More than half of the invited authors of the new NRC study are involved in GMO development or promotion or have ties to the biotechnology industry - some have consulted for or have received research funding from, biotech companies. NRC has not publicly disclosed these conflicts."
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Wenonah Hauter, EcoWatch
Hauter writes: "More than half of the invited authors of the new NRC study are involved in GMO development or promotion or have ties to the biotechnology industry - some have consulted for or have received research funding from, biotech companies. NRC has not publicly disclosed these conflicts."
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