Thursday, March 16, 2017

Trump's WARS? RSN: What War Are We Buying With Another $58 Billion for the Military?








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William Boardman | What War Are We Buying With Another $58 Billion for the Military? 
US Navy fighter jets flying side-by-side with Chilean Air Force fighter jets next to the USS George Washington aircraft carrier. (photo: US Navy)  
William Boardman, Reader Supported News 
Boardman writes: "The Middle East is a big place, so straightening 'it' out could be even more complicated than health care. And the President hasn't proposed a strategic plan that we know of, so how he plans to go about straightening it out is a little murky." 
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John McCain: Rand Paul 'Is Now Working for Vladimir Putin' 
Andrew Kirell, The Daily Beast 
Kirell writes: "The long-simmering war between Sens. John McCain and Rand Paul boiled over on Wednesday when the Arizona lawmaker directly accused his colleague of working for Russian President Vladimir Putin." 
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'The Illogic Is Palpable': Hawaii Judge's Scathing Rebuke of Trump's Travel Ban 
Claire Phipps, Guardian UK 
Phipps writes: "Judge Derrick Watson, a district judge in Honolulu, has blocked Donald Trump's revised travel ban just hours before it was scheduled to go into effect, marking another stinging blow to the administration." 
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Trump Proposes Federal Budget With Massive Cuts to the Arts, Science, and the Poor 
Damian Paletta and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "President Trump on Thursday will unveil a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens of long-standing federal programs that assist the poor, fund scientific research and aid America's allies abroad." 
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Wave of Vandalism, Violence Hits LGBTQ Centers Across Nation 
Emily O'Hara, NBC News 
O'Hara writes: "When Ruby Corado arrived at her office on Sunday, she found broken glass everywhere, a door ripped off its frame and a shaken staffer." 
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Far-Right, Anti-Muslim Candidate Geert Wilders Loses Badly in Dutch Election 
Cynthia Kroet, Politico 
Kroet writes: "Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's center-right party beat off a challenge from far-right firebrand Geert Wilders on Wednesday to come first in a parliamentary election despite losing seats, a projection based on partial results showed." 
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Emails Show Monsanto Helped Write Cancer Studies on Roundup 
Allen Cone, United Press International 
Cone writes: "Monsanto ghostwrote studies on the herbicide Roundup for the Environmental Protection Agency, documents unsealed in a federal court case seem to show." 
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