Wednesday, January 4, 2017

RSN: Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin’s Bank Accused of “Widespread Misconduct”, Pelosi Slams GOP ‘Cowardice’ on Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement




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Pelosi Slams GOP ‘Cowardice’ on Obamacare Repeal With No Replacement 
Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Anne Epstein/Getty Images) 
Jeffrey Young, Reader Supported News 
Young writes: "Republicans are dead set on acting swiftly to dismantle the Affordable Care Act without having a new health care reform platform in place because they know their party doesn’t have 
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Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin’s Bank Accused of “Widespread Misconduct” 
David Dayen, The Intercept 
Dayen writes: "OneWest Bank, which Donald Trump’s nominee for treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, ran from 2009 to 2015, repeatedly broke California’s foreclosure laws during that period, according to a previously undisclosed 2013 memo from top prosecutors in the state attorney general’s office." 
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It Started With a Little Online Venting. Now the Women’s March Could Be the Biggest Inauguration Demonstration. 
Perry Stein and Sandhya Somashekhar, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "Teresa Shook never considered herself much of an activist, or someone particularly versed in feminist theory. But when the results of the presidential election became clear, the retired attorney in Hawaii turned to Facebook and asked: What if women marched on Washington around Inauguration Day en masse?" 
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Anti-Choice Activists in Oklahoma Have a New Tactic to Spread Lies About Abortion 
Kendall Brown, ThinkProgress 
Brown writes: "In the wake of the latest anti-abortion law struck down earlier last month, anti-abortion activists in Oklahoma are now taking a different, more innovative route: social media." 
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The Ghost of Japanese Internment 
Jessie Kindig, Jacobin 
Kindig writes: "Trump’s calls for a Muslim registry have reignited memories of the World War II–era incarceration of Japanese Americans." 
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Israeli Officials Back Shoot-to-Kill Policy of Palestinian Suspects, Says Human Rights Watch 
Harriet Agerholm, The Independent 
Agerholm writes: "Leading Israeli officials have been encouraging soldiers and police officers to kill Palestinians suspected of attacks regardless of whether lethal force is necessary, according to a new report by a leading human rights organisation." 
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Standing Rock, Flint Prove Environmental Crises Disproportionately Affect People of Color 
Media Matters for America 
Excerpt: "The national media's failure to spotlight environmental issues as they arise effectively shuts the people in danger out of the national conversation, resulting in delayed political action and worsening conditions." 
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