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Juan Cole | Turkish People Power Foils Attempted Coup 
 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Among the reasons for the failure was the determined stance of the Turkish people who stood up for their democracy, even if about half of them deeply dislike President Erdogan." 
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Michael Klare | Fossil Fuels Forever 
Michael Klare, TomDispatch 
Klare writes: "We all know that smoking tobacco, snorting cocaine, or consuming too much alcohol is bad for us, but many of us persist in doing so anyway, finding the resulting thrill, the relief, or the dulling of the pain of everyday life simply too great to resist. In the same way, much of the world now seems to find it easier to fill up the car with the usual tankful of gasoline ... than to begin to shake our addiction to fossil fuels." 
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Three Police Officers Shot Dead in Baton Rouge, Mayor Says 
Joseph Penney, Reuters 
Penney reports: "Three police officers were shot to death and several others wounded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on Sunday, the city's mayor said, as the country remained on edge in the wake of police shootings of black men and the killings of five Dallas officers." 
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'Donald Trump Was Part of the Problem': Cleveland's Subprime Lesson for Republicans 
Oliver Laughland and Mae Ryan, Guardian UK 
Excerpt: "At the height of Mount Pleasant's suffering, Trump sought to capitalize." 
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The United Methodist Church Just Elected Its First Openly Gay Bishop 
Jack Jenkins, ThinkProgress 
Jenkins writes: "The United Methodist Church (UMC) elected its first openly gay bishop Friday evening, a major step towards LGBT equality for America's largest mainline Protestant denomination. But equality advocates point out that the vote is only a partial victory, as it directly violates the church's ongoing ban on pastors who are 'practicing homosexuals.'" 
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'At Least 35,000' Venezuelans Cross Border to Colombia to Buy Food and Medicine 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "Tens of thousands of Venezuelans poured into neighbouring Colombia to buy food and medicine on Saturday after authorities briefly opened the border that has been closed for almost a year." 
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California Breaks Solar Record, Generates Enough Electricity for 6 Million Homes 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "California has hit a new solar generation record, thanks to this week's triple-digit heat wave. SF Gate calculated that on Tuesday, the Golden State's solar power plants briefly generated enough electricity for more than 6 million homes." 
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