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Noam Chomsky: The Threats We Now Face Are the Most Severe in Human History 
Noam Chomsky. (photo: Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe) 
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! 
Goodman reports: "Noam Chomsky recently spoke about the two most dangerous threats the human species faces today: the possibility of nuclear war and the accelerating destruction of human-fueled climate change." 
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Repressive Regimes Use Israel's Cellebrite Phone-Hacking Software to Prosecute Activists 
Sam Biddle and Fahad Desmukh, The Intercept 
Excerpt: "The Israel-based firm Cellebrite, which specializes in software that breaches cellphones, enjoys a reputation as a silver bullet in 21st-century policing whose products are used only to beat terrorists and find abducted kids. Like any good, vaguely sinister corporate spy outfitter, the company has never publicly confirmed which governments are among its customers, and deflects questions about whether it would sell its infamously powerful software to a repressive, rights-violating regime." 
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Robert Fisk | The 'Rebels' of Aleppo Are No Heroes 
Robert Fisk, The Independent 
Excerpt: "We refer to them as 'rebels' - as if they were the Maquis fighting in the French resistance or Partisans freeing Yugoslavia from the Nazis or, indeed, the insurgents of Warsaw struggling for freedom from the German SS. Which they clearly are not." 
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Veterans Apologize for Genocide and March to Backwater Bridge in Blizzard 
Unicorn Riot 
Excerpt: "Thousands of water protectors and veterans woke up to snow falling on December 5th, the day after the pipeline easement denial. In the early morning veterans amassed themselves at Prairie Knights Casino in Standing Rock, apologized to the Indigenous peoples of the land for their war crimes, and then later that afternoon led a march in blizzard conditions." 
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Ellison Says He'll Resign From Congress if Elected DNC Head 
Lisa Lerer, Associated Press 
Lerer writes: "Keith Ellison said Wednesday he would resign his seat in Congress if he were picked as chairman by DNC members at the late February elections." 
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NYPD Refuses to Release Records on Undercover Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters 
Keegan Stephan, Mass Appeal 
Stephan reports: "The NYPD lied about having undercover officers at demonstrations and further lied about having records relating to the demonstrations." 
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Giraffes Facing Extinction After Devastating Decline, Experts Warn 
Damian Carrington, Guardian UK 
Carrington writes: "The world's tallest animal is at risk of extinction after suffering a devastating decline in numbers, with nearly 40% of giraffes lost in the last 30 years, according to the latest 'red list' analysis." 
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