Friday, July 1, 2016

RSN: How Bad Can a President Be? Behind George W. Bush's Greatest Failures, After Lead Contamination in House Office Building's Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA Reforms, Public Lands Development Rigged in Favor of Oil and Gas




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How Bad Can a President Be? Behind George W. Bush's Greatest Failures 
George W. Bush speaks from the South Lawn of the White House in 2008. (photo: National Journal) 
Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker 
Mallon writes: "A new biography exposes the mysterious confidence behind George W. Bush's greatest failures." 
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Bernie Sanders on Biden's Claim He'll Endorse Hillary: 'We're Not There Quite Yet' 
Harper Neidig, The Hill 
Neidig writes: "Bernie Sanders has so far refused to concede, opting to take advantage of his campaign's support in order to gain concessions from Clinton, as well as from the party as it drafts its platform." 
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Secret Rules Make It Pretty Easy for the FBI to Spy on Journalists 
Cora Currier, The Intercept 
Currier writes: "Secret FBI rules allow agents to obtain journalists' phone records with approval from two internal officials - far less oversight than under normal judicial procedures." 
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Adnan Syed, Subject of 'Serial' Podcast, Will Get a New Trial 
Bill Chappell, NPR 
Chappell writes: "Months after he was granted a new hearing because of new evidence, Adnan Syed, whose 2000 murder conviction was a key focus of the hit podcast Serial, has been granted a new trial, according to his attorneys." 
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After Lead Contamination in House Office Building's Water, Lawmakers Demand EPA Reforms 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "A day after House members learned that the drinking water in one of the Congressional office buildings had been shut off due to lead contamination, a bipartisan group of 61 representatives sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency demanding that it improve its lead regulations." 
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American Journalist in Rebel-Held Syria Reports Barely Dodging Missile Strike 
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept 
Hussain writes: "An American journalist and documentary filmmaker reporting from Syrian rebel-controlled territory near Aleppo says he was nearly killed in what he suspects was a drone strike last Sunday." 
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Public Lands Development Rigged in Favor of Oil and Gas 
Nada Culver, The Wilderness Society 
Culver writes: "A staggering 90 percent of our public lands and minerals managed by the Bureau of Land Management are open to oil and gas leasing due to fundamental flaws in the BLM's policies, according to a new report." 
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