Tuesday, September 13, 2016

RSN: Record New US Military Aid Deal for Israel to Be Signed in Days, Bombs Away! Their Precision Weaponry and Ours, Facebook Temporarily Blocks Black Lives Matter Activist After He Posts Racist Email,




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Obama Will Veto Bill Allowing 9/11 Victims, Families to Sue Saudi Arabia 
Saudi king Salman talks to the media during a meeting with U.S. president Barack Obama in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, September 4, 2015. (photo: Yuri Gripas/AFP)
David Nakamura, Karoun Demirjian and Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "President Obama is expected to veto a bill Congress approved without objection that would allow families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks to sue the Saudi Arabian government, a White House spokesman said Monday." 
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Tom Engelhardt | Bombs Away! Their Precision Weaponry and Ours 
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch 
Engelhardt writes: "On the morning of September 11, 2001, al-Qaeda launched its four-plane air force against the United States. Almost 15 years later, such suicidal acts with similar 'precision' weaponry (though without the air power component) continue to be unleashed across the Greater Middle East, Africa, and sometimes elsewhere, taking a terrible toll." 
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The Big Difference at Standing Rock Is Native Leadership All Around 
Sarah van Gelder, YES! Magazine 
Excerpt: "One hundred eighty-nine [tribal governments] have had resolutions or statements of solidarity with Standing Rock. That's amazing, historic. The crazy part is a lot of tribes that are heavily dependent on resource extraction have also come out in support." 
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Facebook Temporarily Blocks Black Lives Matter Activist After He Posts Racist Email 
Sam Levin, Guardian UK 
Levin writes: "Facebook temporarily banned a well-known Black Lives Matter activist and writer who posted a racist message he received, raising fresh questions about the way the social media site censors journalists." 
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North Carolina Loses College Sports Championships Over 'Bathroom' Law 
Steve Gorman and John Stonestreet, Reuters 
Excerpt: "The governing board for U.S. college athletics said on Monday it will move seven championship sporting events out of North Carolina to protest a state law it deems discriminatory to transgender individuals." 
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Record New US Military Aid Deal for Israel to Be Signed in Days 
Matt Spetalnick and Luke Baker, Reuters 
Excerpt: "The United States and Israel have reached final agreement on a record new package of at least $38 billion in U.S. military aid and the 10-year pact is expected to be signed within days, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Tuesday." 
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Jeremy Corbyn | Toward a Green Industrial Revolution 
Jeremy Corbyn, CounterPunch 
Corbyn writes: "Under this Conservative government, Britain risks missing its Paris climate targets, its EU renewable energy targets, and being left behind in the world's fast-growing low-carbon market. This is a situation I am determined to reverse." 
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