Sunday, February 5, 2017

RSN: The GOP's Big Gift to Big Oil, Robert Reich | A Yiannopoulos, Bannon, Trump Plot to Control American Universities?




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Robert Reich | A Yiannopoulos, Bannon, Trump Plot to Control American Universities? 
Former Clinton labor secretary Robert Reich. (photo: Steve Russell/Toronto Star)
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog 
Reich writes: "The events at Berkeley Wednesday night have been a boon to Milos Yiannopoulos, of Breitbart News, and to Steve Bannon, formerly head of Breitbart News and now Trump's consigliere." 
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Inside the White House-Cabinet Battle Over Trump's Immigration Order 
Josh Rogin, The Washington Post 
Rogin writes: "Homeland Security Secretary John F. Kelly, had a plan. He would issue a waiver for lawful permanent residents, a.k.a. green-card holders, from the seven majority-Muslim countries whose citizens had been banned from entering the United States. White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon wanted to stop Kelly in his tracks." 
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Investor: Dakota Access Pipeline to Start Production in Second Quarter 
Jarrett Renshaw and Catherine Ngai, Reuters 
Excerpt: "The chief executive of Phillips 66 said on Friday he expects the Dakota Access Pipeline to start operations in the second quarter, even though the project - which has sparked protests by Native Americans and environmentalists - is still in the midst of legal battles and a U.S. regulatory review." 
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Advocacy Organizations Applaud Reinstatement of Visas, Encourage Travelers to Book Flights Immediately 
Press Release, Reader Supported News 
Excerpt: "'The ruling by Judge James Robart in Washington demonstrates yet again the illegitimacy of the executive order. We encourage all U.S. visa holders who have been affected by the order to travel to the United States as soon as possible, while the stay is in place. We also call for the instant resumption of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program to immediately take the most vulnerable refugees out of harm's way.'" 
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LGBT Protest at Stonewall Inn Takes On Edge Amid Possible Blow to Gay Rights 
Joanna Walters, Guardian UK 
Walters writes: "The protest is likely to gain a new edge and several thousand extra participants from the emergence into the public domain this week of a leaked draft of an executive order revealing what would be a sweeping federal authorization of discrimination against gays in the name of religious freedom." 
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Honduras 'Most Dangerous Country' for Environmentalists 
John Holman, Al Jazeera 
Holman writes: "Political and business elites in Honduras are involved in a violent crackdown against scores of environmental activists, according to anti-corruption group Global Witness."
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The GOP's Big Gift to Big Oil 
Global Witness 
Excerpt: "Today's decision by the Republican-led U.S. Senate to overturn a rule designed to stop oil companies striking corrupt deals with foreign governments is a grave threat to U.S. national security and an astonishing gift to big oil." 
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