Saturday, August 20, 2016

RSN: The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm, Chicago Police Accused of Throwing Bodycam Microphones on Roof to Prevent Capture of Audio in Shooting Videos,



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Elizabeth Warren | Never in a Million Years 
Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Bloomberg) 
Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News 
Warren writes: "I'm excited that we have a terrific group of smart, strong, experienced Democratic women running in some of the toughest Senate races in 2016. These women are the key to taking back the Democratic majority and building a Trump-proof firewall in the Senate - but they need strong grassroots support." 
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Manafort Resigns as Trump Campaign Chairman 
Ben Kamisar, The Hill 
Kamisar writes: "Paul Manafort has resigned as Donald Trump's campaign chairman, the campaign announced in a statement Friday morning." 
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The NSA Leak Is Real, Snowden Documents Confirm 
Sam Biddle, The Intercept 
Biddle writes: "On Monday, a hacking group calling itself the 'ShadowBrokers' announced an auction for what it claimed were 'cyber weapons' made by the NSA." 
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Chicago Police Accused of Throwing Bodycam Microphones on Roof to Prevent Capture of Audio in Shooting Videos 
Frank Main, Chicago Sun-Times 
Main writes: "Cops, apparently unhappy with orders from top Chicago Police Department brass to wear microphones, recently took matters into their own hands on the Northwest Side: They threw them onto the roof of the Jefferson Park police station." 
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Federal Decision to Phase Out Private Prisons Has Limited Impact, Activists Say 
Jamiles Lartey, Guardian UK 
Lartey writes: "The Justice Department's plan only affects about a quarter of those held in private US facilities and does not apply to DHS immigration detention centers." 
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Mexican Police Accused of Executing 22, Then Covering It Up 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Mexico's human rights body said on Thursday that the country's police force carried out 22 extrajudicial executions on a ranch in Tanhuato in the western state of Michoacan in May 2015." 
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Understanding Louisiana's Big Flood Risks 
Chelsea Leu, Wired 
Leu writes: "This is the eighth time in about a year that 500-year rainfall has hammered the United States, and climate change will make extreme weather events like this more common." 
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