Reader Supported News | 07 May 16
The Urgency to Avoid Desperation
As a community-supported organization we accept life without deep-pockets. The consequence is that when fundraising drives fail, bad things happen.
May is a month in which we must find a way to reach our fundraising goal. Doing so will be sufficient, not doing so will lead to serious problems.
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The article below by Seymour Hersh is a Must Read!
Seymour Hersh | Point of No Return: Obama's Legacy in the Middle East
Seymour Hersh, Harper's Magazine
Hersh writes: "It's now evident, fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, that Obama's foreign policy has maintained many of the core elements of the global war on terror initiated by his predecessor - assassinations, drone attacks, heavy reliance on special forces, covert operations, and, in the case of Afghanistan, the continued use of American ground forces in combat. And, as in the years of Bush and Cheney, there has been no progress, let alone victory, in the fight against terrorism."
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Seymour Hersh, Harper's Magazine
Hersh writes: "It's now evident, fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks, that Obama's foreign policy has maintained many of the core elements of the global war on terror initiated by his predecessor - assassinations, drone attacks, heavy reliance on special forces, covert operations, and, in the case of Afghanistan, the continued use of American ground forces in combat. And, as in the years of Bush and Cheney, there has been no progress, let alone victory, in the fight against terrorism."
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25 Arrested in Clashes With San Francisco Police, 'Frisco Five' Hunger Strikers Hospitalized
teleSUR
Excerpt: "San Francisco's longest hunger strikers were hospitalized as their supporters clashed with police at City Hall Friday night demanding the police chief resign. Police arrived in riot gear, pushing out the protesters, and arrested 25, according to ABC7."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "San Francisco's longest hunger strikers were hospitalized as their supporters clashed with police at City Hall Friday night demanding the police chief resign. Police arrived in riot gear, pushing out the protesters, and arrested 25, according to ABC7."
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President-Elect or Not, Trump Is Going to Trial This Year in Trump University Fraud Case
Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News
Isikoff Writes: "A federal judge in San Diego set the stage on Friday for what could be one of the strangest presidential transitions in history: He ordered that Donald Trump must go to trial starting Nov. 28 in a civil case in which he is accused of defrauding students who attended Trump University."
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Michael Isikoff, Yahoo News
Isikoff Writes: "A federal judge in San Diego set the stage on Friday for what could be one of the strangest presidential transitions in history: He ordered that Donald Trump must go to trial starting Nov. 28 in a civil case in which he is accused of defrauding students who attended Trump University."
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Former US Diplomats Decry the US-Backed Saudi War in Yemen
Alex Emmons and Ziad Jilani, The Intercept
Excerpt: "Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been brutally bombing Yemen for more than a year, hoping to drive Houthi rebels out of the capital they overran in 2014 and restore Saudi-backed President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi."
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Alex Emmons and Ziad Jilani, The Intercept
Excerpt: "Saudi Arabia and the other Arab states that form the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have been brutally bombing Yemen for more than a year, hoping to drive Houthi rebels out of the capital they overran in 2014 and restore Saudi-backed President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi."
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This Town Ran an Illegal Debtor's Prison for Years. Now It Has to Pay Back the People It Jailed.
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Colorado Springs will pay back destitute people it illegally jailed because they couldn't pay court fines, the city announced Thursday. The city will also discontinue its debtor's prison policy, which violated both the U.S. Constitution and a 2014 state law in Colorado. The system usually targeted non-jailable offenses like jaywalking, violating park curfews, or drinking in public."
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Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Colorado Springs will pay back destitute people it illegally jailed because they couldn't pay court fines, the city announced Thursday. The city will also discontinue its debtor's prison policy, which violated both the U.S. Constitution and a 2014 state law in Colorado. The system usually targeted non-jailable offenses like jaywalking, violating park curfews, or drinking in public."
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Syrian Refugees Are Helping Fort McMurray Fire Evacuees
teleSUR
Excerpt: "If anyone can understand the plight of having all your belongings destroyed and being forced to start from scratch, it is Syrian refugees. That's why when Rita Khanchet heard the news of wildfires destroying homes and displacing thousands of people in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, she was reminded of the homeland she had fled just several months ago with her husband and son."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "If anyone can understand the plight of having all your belongings destroyed and being forced to start from scratch, it is Syrian refugees. That's why when Rita Khanchet heard the news of wildfires destroying homes and displacing thousands of people in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, she was reminded of the homeland she had fled just several months ago with her husband and son."
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People Power Over Corporate Power = Canceled Pipeline Projects
Marc Yaggi, EcoWatch
Yaggi writes: "A long-standing fight for the public's right to their land and waterways came to an end April 22 when Gov. Cuomo's New York State Department of Environmental Conservation denied the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The pipeline was proposed to run for 124 miles and require the destruction of nearly 700,000 trees."
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Marc Yaggi, EcoWatch
Yaggi writes: "A long-standing fight for the public's right to their land and waterways came to an end April 22 when Gov. Cuomo's New York State Department of Environmental Conservation denied the Clean Water Act Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The pipeline was proposed to run for 124 miles and require the destruction of nearly 700,000 trees."
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