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Saturday, January 28, 2017

RSN: Torture Produces Fake News. That's How We Got Into Iraq, Despite Trump's Claims, Sanctuary Cities Have Less Crime




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Juan Cole | Torture Produces Fake News. That's How We Got Into Iraq 
Iraqi civilians and U.S. soldiers pull down a statue of Saddam Hussein in downtown Baghdad, April 9, 2003. (photo: Jerome Delay/AP) 
Juan Cole, Informed Comment 
Cole writes: "Beware of the information you get from torture. Your victim may be setting you up. And the psychopaths in the White House will be perfectly happy to run with the fake news gained from torture and use it to bamboozle the public for their own nefarious purposes." 
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Texas Is Leading the Right-Wing Crusade Against Planned Parenthood 
Jordan Smith, The Intercept 
Smith writes: "A current court action is just the latest in a long string of attempts by the state of Texas to defund local affiliates of the nation's largest provider of women's health and reproductive care. And it is part of a larger movement by conservative state and federal lawmakers to cut off Planned Parenthood from all government funding." 
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All Democratic Senators Will Oppose DeVos as Education Secretary 
Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress 
Quinlan writes: "Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) said all of the Democrats on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will oppose Betsy Devos, President Trump's nominee for education secretary." 
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Despite Trump's Claims, Sanctuary Cities Have Less Crime 
Christopher Ingraham, The Washington Post 
Ingraham writes: "The 'sanctuary cities' that President Trump has repeatedly characterized as incubators of crime are generally safer than other cities, according to a new analysis of FBI crime data." 
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Proposed Laws Would Crack Down on Protesters Who Block Roadways 
Eric Levenson and Carma Hassan, CNN 
Levenson and Hassan write: "It may soon be legal to run over protesters with your car in North Dakota." 
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The Toxic Health Effects of Deportation Threat 
Olga Khazan, The Atlantic 
Khazan writes: "The fear of immigration raids can harm children's brains and health, potentially for life."
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Iowa Oil Spill Underscores Pipeline Risks Day After Trump Revives Major Projects 
Julia Carrie Wong, Guardian UK 
Wong writes: "Just a day after Donald Trump signed executive orders to revive the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline projects, a pipeline rupture spilled 138,600 gallons of diesel fuel in northern Iowa." 
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