Thursday, June 16, 2016

RSN: Ramadan 2016: Israel 'Cuts Off Water Supply to West Bank' During Muslim Holy Month, Newly Released CIA Files Expose Grim Details of Agency Interrogation Program







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Robert Reich | By Staying In Bernie's Not Hurting Hillary or Helping Trump. He's Pushing the Country Forward. 
Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Getty) 
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page 
Reich writes: "Bernie's mission isn't to push the platform 'further left.' The old left-right continuum is beside the point. His mission is to push America forward by loosening the grip of big money on the Democratic Party and on our political system. And his solutions do work. In fact, they're the only way forward." 
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Newly Released CIA Files Expose Grim Details of Agency Interrogation Program 
Greg Miller, Karen DeYoung and Julie Tate, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The CIA released dozens of previously classified documents Tuesday that expose disturbing new details of the agency's treatment of terrorism suspects after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, including one who died in Afghanistan in 2002 after being doused with water and chained to a concrete floor as temperatures plunged below freezing." 
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Jimmy Carter Calls for Return to Publicly Financed Elections 
Marilyn W. Thompson, The Washington Post 
Thompson writes: "Former president Jimmy Carter, who won election in 1976 largely because of public financing, says it is time to move back to a system in which campaigns rely on taxpayer money to pay for general elections." 
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In Orlando, as Usual, Domestic Violence Was Ignored Red Flag 
Soraya Chemaly, Rolling Stone 
Chemaly writes: "Omar Mateen had 'no record of previous hate crimes' - though that depends how you categorize domestic violence." 
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The Orlando Shooting Was No Exception: Violence Against the LGBT Community Is Increasing 
Celisa Calacal, Think Progress 
Calacal writes: "This past weekend, in what has become the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in U.S. history, 50 people were killed at a gay nightclub in Orlando. While the attack has grabbed the attention of the entire country for its scope, violence against the LGBT community is not an anomaly." 
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Ramadan 2016: Israel 'Cuts Off Water Supply to West Bank' During Muslim Holy Month 
Peter Yeung, The Independent 
Yeung writes: "Tens of thousands of Palestinians have reportedly been left without access to safe drinking water during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, a period of fasting, at a time when temperatures can exceed 35C." 
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Crocodiles and Palm Trees in the Arctic? New Report Suggests Yes. 
Marianne Lavelle, National Geographic 
Lavelle writes: "Greenhouse gases could transform Earth into a place where food is scarce, parts of the world are uninhabitable for humans, and many species of animals and plants are wiped out, experts say." 
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