Friday, August 12, 2016

RSN: Stop Killing Coyotes, Half of Immigrants Held in US 'Priority' Program Have No Criminal Conviction, No, Obama Did Not Found ISIL, Mr. Trump: That Was the GOP




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Juan Cole | No, Obama Did Not Found ISIL, Mr. Trump: That Was the GOP 
Trump said at a campaign event this week that Obama is the founder of ISIS. (photo: Getty) 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Trump in his daily free association exercise accused President Obama of creating Daesh (ISIL, ISIS) in Iraq by withdrawing troops from that country in 2011. It is an accusation he has in past made against Sec. Clinton, but now he is shifting blame to Obama." 
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FCC Loses Court Battle to Let Cities Build Their Own Broadband 
Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge 
Kastrenakes writes: "The Federal Communications Commission's plan to let cities build their own broadband networks hit a major roadblock today, as a federal appellate court ruled that the commission was overstepping its authority." 
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Lawsuit: Trump Campaign Failed to Act After Staffer Pulled Gun 
Nick Ochsner, WBTV 
Ochsner writes: "A lawsuit filed by a former staffer on Donald J. Trump's campaign for president claims the campaign's then-North Carolina State Director pulled a gun on him and senior campaign officials refused to do anything about it." 
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Julian Assange to Be Questioned Inside Embassy as Ecuador Agrees to Set Date 
Press Association 
Excerpt: "Julian Assange will be questioned by Swedish prosecutors inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, in a possible breakthrough to end the impasse over his case." 
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Don't Call Me 'Darling': American Bar Association Bans Sexist Language 
Merrit Kennedy, NPR 
Kennedy writes: "The American Bar Association has passed a resolution prohibiting lawyers from making sexist remarks, following the lead of many U.S. states." 
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Half of Immigrants Held in US 'Priority' Program Have No Criminal Conviction 
Renee Feltz, Guardian UK 
Feltz writes: "A program intended to prioritize the deportation of immigrants who officials call 'the worst of the worst' is missing its target, according to a new report." 
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Stop Killing Coyotes 
Dan Flores, The New York Times 
Flores writes: "Coyotes are not endangered, and they don't need our help to survive as a species (though recovering populations of wolves, which are often mistaken for coyotes during hunts, could use it). But there is something perverse in the government, and society, marking a species for death, setting it outside the bounds of even our wildlife protection laws." 
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