Wednesday, September 21, 2016

RSN: Obama Approved Two Pipelines to Mexico Amid Dakota Access Pipeline Protests, Police in Charlotte Kill Black Man 'Armed With Book,' Fire at Protesters, Hate on Colin Kaepernick if You Want, but You Can't Force Love of the Flag




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Matt Taibbi | Hate on Colin Kaepernick if You Want, but You Can't Force Love of the Flag 
Colin Kaepernick. (photo: Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "You can insist all you want that people pledge allegiance to the flag, but it seems like the more important thing would be making all Americans want to do so, and we're a long way from that." 
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Hillary Clinton Calls Killing of Terence Crutcher "Unbearable, Intolerable" 
Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times 
Lee writes: "Hillary Clinton condemned the police shooting of an unarmed black man in Oklahoma last week, using the incident to reignite calls for criminal justice reform and to highlight racial biases in policing." 
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Police in Charlotte Kill Black Man 'Armed With Book,' Fire at Protesters 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Police unleashed teargas on protesters after they fatally shot a Black man Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte, North Carolina, when they approached him as he was getting out of his car, with relatives and family members rejecting the police's claim that he was armed." 
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Defying the Supreme Court, Judges Deal Severe Blow to Separation of Church and State 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "In its 2014 decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway, the Supreme Court upheld a town council's practice of inviting local clergy to deliver prayers at the beginning of its sessions. At the time, many commentators - including myself - warned that the Court's decision was a body blow to the wall of separation between church and state." 
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Donald Trump Jr. Compares Syrian Refugees to Poisoned Skittles 
Bonnie Malkin, Guardian UK 
Malkin writes: "Donald Trump Jr. has used a Twitter post to liken Syrian refugees to poisoned Skittles and suggest that America should not accept any." 
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Protesters Killed as Anti-Government Demonstrations Erupt in the DRC 
David McKenzie, Radina Gigova and Joe Sterling, CNN 
Excerpt: "Congolese took to the streets Monday to protest the national electoral commission's failure to announce a timetable for the presidential election, due to take place in November, and those protests turned violent. Security forces and protesters battled, resulting in the deaths." 
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Obama Approved Two Pipelines to Mexico Amid Dakota Access Pipeline Protests 
Steve Horn, EcoWatch 
Horn writes: "A federal move on two key pipelines has flown under the radar." 
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