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RSN: Ronnie Dugger | Has a 3-Star General Declared War on Somalia?



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Ronnie Dugger | Has a 3-Star General Declared War on Somalia? 
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser. (photo: US Marine Corps) 
Ronnie Dugger, Reader Supported News 
Dugger writes: "Within expanded authority President Trump granted him last Wednesday, General Thomas David Waldhauser appears to have declared war on or in Somalia in the name of the United States by designating part of that African nation a war zone." 
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Judge to Trump: No Protection for Campaign Rally Speech Inciting Violence 
Associated Press 
Excerpt: "A federal judge has rejected President Donald Trump's free speech defense against a lawsuit accusing him of inciting violence against protesters at a campaign rally." 
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Immigration, Fake News and Terror: Rushdie and Experts on a Dangerous Moment for the US 
Amber Jamieson, Guardian UK 
Jamieson writes: "Activists, political analysts and writers including the author Salman Rushdie, foreign policy expert Anne-Marie Slaughter and Columbia University president Lee Bollinger appeared in New York on Saturday, at an event that aimed to look past partisan squabbling over immigration, 'fake news' and the threat of terrorism." 
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Trump Tells NBC to Stop Covering Russia Story 
Elliot Smilowitz, The Hill 
Smilowitz writes: "President Trump on Saturday called for NBC News to devote more attention to his unproven claims that President Obama spied on him and stop covering the investigations into Russia's interference in the election." 
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Israel Buys Social Media Monitoring System That Can 'Plant Ideas' in Online Discourse 
Oded Yaron, Haaretz 
Yaron writes: "The Israeli government has purchased a software system enabling it to monitor social media in general and specific users in particular." 
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Authorities Reportedly Detaining and Killing Gay Men in Chechnya 
Daniel Politi, Slate 
Politi writes: "It has been a rumor for weeks but now a leading Russian opposition newspaper has actually confirmed the news and written about it, declaring that authorities in Chechnya are rounding up and killing gay men." 
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Scott Pruitt Says Massive EPA Cuts Are Okay Because States Have Plenty of Money to Do the Job 
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress 
Israel writes: "Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt defended the Trump administration's proposed cuts to his agency, suggesting that state governments have all the money they need to protect the environment." 
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