Friday, November 17, 2017

Matt Taibbi | RIP Edward Herman, Who Co-Wrote a Book That's Now More Important Than Ever





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Matt Taibbi | RIP Edward Herman, Who Co-Wrote a Book That's Now More Important Than Ever 
Edward Herman co-authored the book 'Manufacturing Consent' with Noam Chomsky. (photo: Rolling Stone) 
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone 
Taibbi writes: "Edward Herman, the co-author (with Noam Chomsky) of Manufacturing Consent, has died. He was 92. His work has never been more relevant." 
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Senate Judiciary Panel: Kushner Had Contacts About WikiLeaks, Russian Overtures He Did Not Disclose 
Karoun Demirjian, The Washington Post 
Demirjian writes: "President Trump's adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner received and forwarded emails about WikiLeaks and a 'Russian backdoor overture and dinner invite' that he kept from Senate Judiciary Committee investigators, according to panel leaders demanding that he produce the missing records." 
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The Republican Tax Bill Is a Disaster That Includes Arctic Drilling and Rolling Back Obamacare 
Yessenia Funes, Earther 
Funes writes: "What's health care got to do with oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)? Well, quite a bit, actually - but that's not why Republicans lumped the two together into their tax reform bill." 
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Taxpayers Pay Legal Bill to Protect Trump Business Profits 
Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY 
Penzenstadler writes: "Taxpayers are footing the legal bill for at least 10 Justice Department lawyers and paralegals to work on lawsuits related to President Trump's private businesses." 
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Freedom of the Press Foundation Ready to Cut Off WikiLeaks 
Kevin Poulsen and Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast 
Excerpt: "Beginning in July of last year, Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' driving force, began releasing a cache of stolen email from the Democratic National Committee, and injecting WikiLeaks' influential Twitter feed with the kind of alt-right rhetoric and conspiracy theories once reserved for Breitbart and InfoWars." 
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FCC Plans December Vote to Kill Net Neutrality Rules 
Todd Shields, Bloomberg 
Shields writes: "The U.S. Federal Communications Commission next month is planning a vote to kill Obama-era rules demanding fair treatment of web traffic and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether, according to people familiar with the plans." 
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Keystone Pipeline Leaks 210,000 Gallons of Oil in South Dakota 
Mayra Cuevas and Steve Almasy, CNN 
Excerpt: "A total of 210,000 gallons of oil leaked Thursday from the Keystone pipeline in South Dakota, the pipeline's operator, TransCanada, said." 
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria 
Remezcla 
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways." 
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