Thursday, January 12, 2017

RSN: Obamacare Is One Step Closer to Repeal After Senate Advances Budget Resolution




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A Massive Election-Rigging Scandal Gave Trump the White House. But the Media Has Ignored It. 
Voters cast their ballots. (photo: Getty) 
Thom Hartmann and Richard Greene, Alternet 
Excerpt: "The election of 2016 may well have been stolen - or to use Donald Trump's oft-repeated phrase - 'rigged,' and nobody in the media seems willing to discuss it." 
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Obamacare Is One Step Closer to Repeal After Senate Advances Budget Resolution 
Kelsey Snell and Mike DeBonis, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "The Senate voted 51 to 48 early Thursday to approve a budget resolution instructing House and Senate committees to begin work on legislation to repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act. The House is expected to take up the legislation Friday." 
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Protest Groups to Be Pushed Far Away From Trump Inauguration 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "Amid large planned protests, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day is expected to see one of the biggest security presences in history. While the protection of Trump himself is a primary concern, groups trying to disrupt the inauguration have been targeted by organizers amid fears of confrontations between different groups." 
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Why President Obama Should Commute Chelsea Manning's Sentence 
Chase Strangio, ACLU 
Strangio writes: "Seven years into her 35-year sentence, Chelsea has already served longer than any person in United States history for disclosing information to the news media. The information she disclosed served a clear public interest, helping raise awareness regarding the impact of war on innocent civilians." 
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Fox News Quietly Settled Sexual-Harassment Claims Against Bill O'Reilly 
Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times 
Battaglio writes: "Fox News settled a sexual harassment complaint by a former employee in September against its biggest prime time-star, Bill O'Reilly, and the division's co-president, Jack Abernethy." 
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Did Defense Secretary Nominee James Mattis Commit War Crimes in Iraq? 
Aaron Glantz, Reveal News 
Glantz writes: "Retired Gen. James Mattis earned the nickname 'Mad Dog' for leading U.S. Marines into battle in Fallujah, Iraq, in April 2004. In that assault, members of the Marine Corps, under Mattis' command, shot at ambulances and aid workers. They cordoned off the city, preventing civilians from escaping. They posed for trophy photos with the people they killed." 
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Trump Taps Well of Protest With Calls for More Drilling in National Parks 
Annie Knox and Kim Palmer, Reuters 
Excerpt: "President-elect Donald Trump aims to open up federal lands to more energy development, tapping into a long-running and contentious debate over how best to manage America's remaining wilderness." 
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