Sunday, June 5, 2016

RSN: The Post-Election Political Revolution, Tale of Trump and "Notoriously Corrupt" Partner in Azerbaijan Real Estate Project, At Least 33 US Cities Distorted Water Testing Results Over Lead Concerns




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Scott Galindez | The Post-Election Political Revolution 
Bernie Sanders. (photo: Karen Bleier/Getty Images) 
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News 
Galindez writes: "For the record, I don't know what post-campaign effort will emerge as the lead coalition for the political revolution. I do think it would be a huge mistake to ignore The People's Summit, which begins June 17th in Chicago." 
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Tale of Trump and "Notoriously Corrupt" Partner in Azerbaijan Real Estate Project 
Jeff Horwitz, Associated Press 
Horwitz writes: "Six months before he entered the presidential race, Donald Trump announced a new real estate project in Baku, Azerbaijan. His partner was the son of a government minister suspected by U.S. diplomats of laundering money for Iran's military and described as 'notoriously corrupt.'" 
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Ex-Stanford Swimmer's Jail Term Decried as Too Lenient 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "A six-month jail term for a former Stanford University swimmer convicted of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus after both attended a fraternity party is being decried as a slap on the wrist." 
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Pope Approves Procedures to Oust Bishops Who Mishandle Abuse Cases 
Nicole Winfield, Associated Press 
Winfield writes: "Pope Francis on Saturday scrapped his proposed tribunal to prosecute bishops who covered up for pedophile priests and instead laid out legal procedures to remove them if the Vatican finds they were negligent." 
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More Details Emerge in the Only Criminal Case Against Bill Cosby 
Jessica Goldstein, ThinkProgress 
Goldstein writes: "Over 50 women have accused Cosby of various degrees of sexual misconduct, from groping to drugging and raping. But, due to statutes of limitations, Constand is the only accuser who has been able to take Cosby to criminal court." 
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Colombia Paramilitary Victims Fight Banana Giant in US Court 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Families of victims murdered by Colombian paramilitaries are one step closer to achieving justice for their loved ones as a United States judge gave the green light for a federal lawsuit against former executives of the U.S. fruit company Chiquita, the organization Earth Rights International announced on Thursday." 
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At Least 33 US Cities Distorted Water Testing Results Over Lead Concerns 
Brendan O'Connor, Gawker 
O'Connor writes: "At least 33 cities across the eastern United States have used water-testing 'cheats' to conceal dangerous levels of lead. Twenty-one cities used the same techniques that resulted in felony charges against three government employees in Flint, Michigan, accused of misleading regulators." 
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