Saturday, March 18, 2017

RSN: US-Made Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen, 3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's Cook Inlet



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Trevor Timm | Everyone Loves Bernie Sanders. Except, It Seems, the Democratic Party 
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont talks to supporters during a rally at the University of Washington, in Seattle. (photo: Joshua Trujillo/Seattlepi.com) 
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK 
Timm writes: "If you look at the numbers, Bernie Sanders is the most popular politician in America - and it's not even close. Yet bizarrely, the Democratic party - out of power across the country and increasingly irrelevant - still refuses to embrace him and his message. It's increasingly clear they do so at their own peril." 
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The Courts Gave Trump Great News About His Muslim Ban, and Almost No One Noticed 
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress 
Millhiser writes: "Two big stories broke Wednesday regarding President Trump's Muslim ban, but only one of them received the headlines it deserved. Worse, the largely unmentioned story is likely to have much deeper implications for the future than the story that dominated the news." 
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Fired US Attorney Preet Bharara Said to Have Been Investigating HHS Secretary Tom Price 
Robert Faturechi, ProPublica 
Faturechi writes: "Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who was removed from his post by the Trump administration last week, was overseeing an investigation into stock trades made by the president's health secretary, according to a person familiar with the office." 
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Who Is Really Paying for Donald Trump's Border Wall? 
Massoud Hayoun, Al Jazeera 
Hayoun writes: "Former Mexican President Vicente Fox made international headlines when he tweeted to US President Donald Trump, 'Mexico is not going to pay for that f****** wall."' 
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US-Made Apache Helicopter Guns Down Boat Full of Somali Refugees Fleeing Yemen 
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy 
Gramer writes: "Refugees crossing oceans to flee war and famine have to contend with the risks drowning, dehydration and other perils on their journey. Now add Apache helicopters to the list." 
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UN: Disturbing Pattern in Violence Against Colombian Activists 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "The U.N. high commissioner for human rights released its report on the Colombian peace process noting a 'deeply worrying' pattern of violence against human rights activists and community leaders." 
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3 Months and Counting: Pipeline Leaks Natural Gas Into Alaska's Cook Inlet 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "For more than three months, an underwater pipeline has been spewing hundreds of thousands of cubic feet of processed natural gas per day in Alaska's Cook Inlet, possibly threatening critically endangered beluga whales, fish and other wildlife." 
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