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RSN: The 1% Are Recovering From 2008 Recession While 99% Are Still Waiting, Hundreds Protest Police Killing of Philando Castile in Minnesota, Century-Old Redwood Trees OK'd for Lumber Harvest, Despite Objections,





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John Pilger | A Blow for Peace and Democracy: Why the British Said No to Europe
British politician and former leader of the UKIP party, Nigel Farage, holds up a placard in support of Brexit. (photo: Alastair Grant/AP)
John Pilger, CounterPunch
Pilger writes: "The majority vote by Britons to leave the European Union was an act of raw democracy. Millions of ordinary people refused to be bullied, intimidated and dismissed with open contempt by their presumed betters in the major parties, the leaders of the business and banking oligarchy and the media."
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Hundreds Protest Police Killing of Philando Castile in Minnesota
Phil Helsel, Shamar Walters and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News
Excerpt: "Protests erupted in Minnesota overnight after a man was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in front of his girlfriend and a child. The aftermath of Philando Castile's shooting in Falcon Heights was apparently captured in graphic detail on Facebook video."
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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in Talks for Endorsement
Ken Thomas, Associated Press
Thomas reports: "According to a Democrat familiar with the plans, the Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are discussing a potential event next week in New Hampshire, during which the Vermont senator would endorse Clinton's White House bid."
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The 1% Are Recovering From 2008 Recession While 99% Are Still Waiting
Jana Kasperkevic, Guardian UK
Kasperkevic writes: "The top 1% of Americans are finally recovering from the great recession. A new analysis of IRS data revealed that the average income of the top 1% of income earners grew by 7.7% in 2015, reaching $1.36m."
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The US Has Been Unfairly Deporting Veterans for Years, ACLU Alleges
Adolfo Flores, BuzzFeed
Flores writes: "The U.S. government has for years been unfairly deporting veterans after botching their naturalization process, leaving them alone abroad and without access to adequate medical care, the ACLU alleges in a new report."
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Afghanistan: A Tragic Return to a War With No End
Tom Bowman, NPR
Bowman writes: "Back then, American leaders said Afghanistan could become a stable, peaceful place where violence was curtailed, opium was no longer the leading crop, and girls, not just boys, would go to school. Instead, the combat remains intense, the poppy business still finances the Taliban, and in some parts of the country going to school is risky business."
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Century-Old Redwood Trees OK'd for Lumber Harvest, Despite Objections
KCBS and Associated Press
Excerpt: "Cal Fire has approved a timber harvest plan that involves logging century-old redwood trees along the Sonoma County coast despite the objections of environmental advocates."
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