Thursday, September 15, 2016

RSN: Ohio Republicans Formally Made It Harder for a Million People to Vote, Thousands Rally Nationwide Demanding Permanent End to Dakota Access Pipeline



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Charles Pierce | Ohio Republicans Formally Made It Harder for a Million People to Vote 
Ohio Governor John Kasich. (photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty) 
Charles Pierce, Esquire 
Pierce writes: "Surely, the vetting process was as rigid as it should have been, given the sacredness of the franchise and Ohio's status as a major bellwether battleground. Oh, wait." 
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Elizabeth Warren Asks Newly-Chatty FBI Director to Explain Why DOJ Didn't Prosecute Banksters 
David Dayen, The Intercept 
Dayen writes: "Like a lot of other Americans, Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know why the Department of Justice hasn't criminally prosecuted any of the major players responsible for the 2008 financial crisis. On Thursday, Warren released two highly provocative letters demanding some explanations." 
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In 14 Cases, No Gun Is Found After Chicago Police Shot Someone They Said Was Armed 
Jeff Coen and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune 
Excerpt: "A flashlight. A wrench. An L-shaped object under a towel. Even a Chicago Fire Department badge in a wallet. All allegedly have been mistaken for guns in recent cases in which people were shot by Chicago police officers who believed they were under threat." 
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Arrest Warrant Issued in Assault of 69-Year-Old Female Protester at NC Trump Rally 
Fred Barbash, The Washington Post 
Barbash writes: "Police in Asheville, N.C., have issued an arrest warrant in connection with an assault outside a Trump rally on a 69-year-old protester wearing an oxygen tank to treat a lung disease." 
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Local Police Using and Abusing DNA and Other Biometric Technologies 
Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica 
Kirchner writes: "Police in Florida and other states are building up private DNA databases, in part by collecting voluntary samples from people not charged with - or even suspected of - any particular crime." 
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Gaza-bound Flotilla Sails Off From Spain's Barcelona 
Al Jazeera 
Excerpt: "A new flotilla of international activists has left for the Gaza Strip from the Spanish city of Barcelona, hoping to break a nearly decade-long Israeli blockade." 
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Thousands Rally Nationwide Demanding Permanent End to Dakota Access Pipeline 
350.org, EcoWatch 
Excerpt: "Thousands of people across the country joined more than 200 rallies in nearly all 50 states to call on President Obama to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their fight to protect their water and sacred cultural sites from the Dakota Access Pipeline." 
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