Andrew Bacevich | The Decay of American Politics, an Ode to Ike and Adlai
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
Bacevich writes: "An emphasis on spectacle has drained national politics of whatever substance it still had back when Ike and Adlai commanded the scene. It hardly need be said that Donald Trump has demonstrated an extraordinary knack - a sort of post-modern genius - for turning this phenomenon to his advantage."
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Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
Bacevich writes: "An emphasis on spectacle has drained national politics of whatever substance it still had back when Ike and Adlai commanded the scene. It hardly need be said that Donald Trump has demonstrated an extraordinary knack - a sort of post-modern genius - for turning this phenomenon to his advantage."
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Clinton Goes Courting Natural Allies, Republicans
Anne Gearan, Abby Phillip and John Wagner, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton's campaign is quietly broadening its outreach to potential Republican converts, including donors, elected officials, and business and foreign policy leaders."
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Anne Gearan, Abby Phillip and John Wagner, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Hillary Clinton's campaign is quietly broadening its outreach to potential Republican converts, including donors, elected officials, and business and foreign policy leaders."
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Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Sues Baton Rouge Over Arrests at Protest
Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun
Broadwater writes: "Baltimore schools administrator and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has filed a class action lawsuit against Baton Rouge over the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators during the protest of a deadly police shooting last month."
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Luke Broadwater, The Baltimore Sun
Broadwater writes: "Baltimore schools administrator and Black Lives Matter activist DeRay Mckesson has filed a class action lawsuit against Baton Rouge over the arrests of hundreds of demonstrators during the protest of a deadly police shooting last month."
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US Food Safety Campaigners Outraged Over GMO Label Law
Ryan Rifai, Al Jazeera
Rifai writes: "Food safety organizations in the US have condemned a new law they say will allow food producers to obscure the labeling of genetically modified ingredients in their products, despite widespread health concerns over the effects of GMOs and the pesticides associated with them."
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Ryan Rifai, Al Jazeera
Rifai writes: "Food safety organizations in the US have condemned a new law they say will allow food producers to obscure the labeling of genetically modified ingredients in their products, despite widespread health concerns over the effects of GMOs and the pesticides associated with them."
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Casino Trump Opened in Atlantic City 26 Years Ago to Close
Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Parry writes: "Donald Trump has been gone from Atlantic City for years, but his name has lived on in glowing neon on the facade of a casino he no longer owned. But later this year, the Republican presidential nominee's name will disappear from the seaside gambling resort - along with 3,000 jobs."
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Wayne Parry, Associated Press
Parry writes: "Donald Trump has been gone from Atlantic City for years, but his name has lived on in glowing neon on the facade of a casino he no longer owned. But later this year, the Republican presidential nominee's name will disappear from the seaside gambling resort - along with 3,000 jobs."
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Ibtihaj Muhammad, Hijab-Wearing Olympic Star: 'I'm Not Safe in the US'
Nico Hines, The Daily Beast
Hines writes: "Ibtihaj Muhammad is America's first hijab-wearing Olympian and said she feels the United States has reached unsafe levels of anti-Muslim sentiment."
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Nico Hines, The Daily Beast
Hines writes: "Ibtihaj Muhammad is America's first hijab-wearing Olympian and said she feels the United States has reached unsafe levels of anti-Muslim sentiment."
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Lawsuit Seeks to Keep Oil and Gas Drilling out of Protected California Aquifer
Samantha Page, ThinkProgress
Page writes: "The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Wednesday against California regulators, alleging they failed to properly consider the risks of injecting wastewater into an aquifer near San Luis Obispo, in Southern California."
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Samantha Page, ThinkProgress
Page writes: "The Center for Biological Diversity filed a lawsuit Wednesday against California regulators, alleging they failed to properly consider the risks of injecting wastewater into an aquifer near San Luis Obispo, in Southern California."
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