Robert Parry | Thomas Jefferson: America's Founding Sociopath
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "On July Fourth, the people of the United States extravagantly celebrate the high-blown expressions on human rights that Thomas Jefferson penned in the Declaration of Independence especially the noble phrase 'all men are created equal.' But Jefferson really didn't believe that or much else that he said and wrote during his lifetime. He was, in reality, a skilled propagandist and a world-class hypocrite."
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "On July Fourth, the people of the United States extravagantly celebrate the high-blown expressions on human rights that Thomas Jefferson penned in the Declaration of Independence especially the noble phrase 'all men are created equal.' But Jefferson really didn't believe that or much else that he said and wrote during his lifetime. He was, in reality, a skilled propagandist and a world-class hypocrite."
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Trump Borrows an Image From the White Supremacist Movement - Again
David Weigel, The Washington Post
Weigel writes: "For at least the fifth time, Trump's Twitter account had shared a meme from the racist 'alt-right' and offered no explanation why."
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David Weigel, The Washington Post
Weigel writes: "For at least the fifth time, Trump's Twitter account had shared a meme from the racist 'alt-right' and offered no explanation why."
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Jenna McLaughlin | FBI's Secret Surveillance Tech Budget Is 'Hundreds of Millions'
Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "The FBI has 'hundreds of millions of dollars' to spend on developing technology for use in both national security and domestic law enforcement investigations - but it won't reveal the exact amount."
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Jenna McLaughlin, The Intercept
McLaughlin writes: "The FBI has 'hundreds of millions of dollars' to spend on developing technology for use in both national security and domestic law enforcement investigations - but it won't reveal the exact amount."
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In New Jersey Student Loan Program, Even Death May Not Bring a Reprieve
Annie Waldman, New York Times
Waldman writes: "Amid a haze of grief after her son's unsolved murder last year, Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti faced an endless list of tasks - helping the police gain access to Kevin's phone and email; canceling his subscriptions; and arranging his burial in New Jersey. And then there were the college loans."
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Annie Waldman, New York Times
Waldman writes: "Amid a haze of grief after her son's unsolved murder last year, Marcia DeOliveira-Longinetti faced an endless list of tasks - helping the police gain access to Kevin's phone and email; canceling his subscriptions; and arranging his burial in New Jersey. And then there were the college loans."
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A Judge Ordered a New Trial for Adnan Syed but There Will Probably Never Be One. Here's Why
Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "A Baltimore City judge ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murdering 17-year-old Hae Min Lee in 1999. Despite the judge's order, however, it is unlikely there will ever be a new trial."
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Judd Legum, ThinkProgress
Legum writes: "A Baltimore City judge ordered a new trial for Adnan Syed, who was convicted of murdering 17-year-old Hae Min Lee in 1999. Despite the judge's order, however, it is unlikely there will ever be a new trial."
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July 4th: No Time for Celebration for Indigenous Peoples in US
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, teleSUR
Dunbar-Ortiz writes: "July 4 symbolizes the beginning of the 'Indian wars' and 'westward movement' that continued across the continent for another century of unrelenting U.S. wars of conquest. That was the goal of independence for both the seasoned killers of the so-called 'revolutionary army' and the militias using extreme violence against Indigenous noncombatants to subjugate and expel."
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, teleSUR
Dunbar-Ortiz writes: "July 4 symbolizes the beginning of the 'Indian wars' and 'westward movement' that continued across the continent for another century of unrelenting U.S. wars of conquest. That was the goal of independence for both the seasoned killers of the so-called 'revolutionary army' and the militias using extreme violence against Indigenous noncombatants to subjugate and expel."
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Antarctic Ozone Hole Is on the Mend
Alexandra Witze, Nature Magazine
Witze writes: "Global regulation of chlorine compounds is giving the atmosphere time to heal, even as volcanic eruptions interfere."
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Alexandra Witze, Nature Magazine
Witze writes: "Global regulation of chlorine compounds is giving the atmosphere time to heal, even as volcanic eruptions interfere."
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