Friday, December 16, 2016

RSN: Scientists and Hacktivists Frantically Copying Critical Climate Data Before Trump Admin Takes Over, Noam Chomsky: Seeing Donald Trump Win Reminded Me of Listening to Hitler's Rallies as a Boy




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Noam Chomsky: Seeing Donald Trump Win Reminded Me of Listening to Hitler's Rallies as a Boy 
Professor Noam Chomsky. (photo: AFP) 
Jon Sharman, The Independent 
Sharman writes: "Noam Chomsky has spoken of how watching the results come in on the night of Donald Trump's US election victory dredged up memories of his feelings after listening to Hitler's Nuremberg rallies as a boy." 
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How Moscow Aimed a Perfect Weapon at the US Election 
Eric Lipton, David E. Sanger and Scott Shane, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "While there's no way to be certain of the ultimate impact of the hack, this much is clear: A low-cost, high-impact weapon that Russia had test-fired in elections from Ukraine to Europe was trained on the United States, with devastating effectiveness." 
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Trump's Cabinet Picks Have More Wealth Than Third of American Households Combined 
Jennifer Calfas, The Hill 
Calfas writes: "The 17 people filling President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet and similar positions earn more money than a third of households in America combined, Quartz reported Thursday." 
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Trump's Team Reportedly Offered Ambassadorships to Talent Bookers in Exchange for Inauguration Singers 
Anna Silman, New York Magazine 
Silman writes: "Despite having Kanye West in his corner, Donald Trump is still having difficulty finding musicians to play at his inauguration." 
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A 'Coup'? A 'Power Grab'? There's Some Serious Political Drama in North Carolina Right Now. 
Amber Phillips, The Washington Post 
Phillips writes: "North Carolina is a state divided. Its incoming governor and attorney general are Democrats, but its legislature is overwhelmingly Republican. And true to North Carolina headline-grabbing politics, there's a knockdown, drag-out fight about who gets to control the levers of power before anyone is even sworn in." 
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"We Are Nothing but Machines to Them": Bangladesh Apparel Factories Still Have Appalling Worker Conditions 
Anjali Kamat, Slate 
Kamat writes: "When buyers for a brand visited, the workers said, they were instructed to say that they finished work at 5 p.m., even though most routinely had to work till 11 p.m. They wanted to be treated with dignity, they said. When I asked who these visiting buyers were, several replied in unison: Gap." 
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Scientists and Hacktivists Frantically Copying Critical Climate Data Before Trump Admin Takes Over 
Dan Zukowski, EcoWatch 
Zukowski writes: "The Department of Energy has refused to respond to the Trump transition team's chilling 74-question document seeking the names of anyone who has worked on climate change in the department. Climate scientists are also acting feverishly to preserve data after a senior Trump campaign adviser suggested eliminating funding for NASA's climate research programs." 
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