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John Kiriakou | Maggots on Prison Food Is Crime on Crime
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Three state prisoners in Oregon have filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against four of the state's prisons, saying that they were forced to eat fish and chicken intended to be animal feed or 'bait food,' as well as spoiled milk and other moldy, rotten or inedible food. The suit accuses the Department of Corrections of civil rights violations and 'deliberate indifference to health and safety.'"
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Three state prisoners in Oregon have filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against four of the state's prisons, saying that they were forced to eat fish and chicken intended to be animal feed or 'bait food,' as well as spoiled milk and other moldy, rotten or inedible food. The suit accuses the Department of Corrections of civil rights violations and 'deliberate indifference to health and safety.'"
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GOP Tax Agenda Is a Grave Threat to People in Poverty
John Bouman, The Hill
Bouman writes: "What do taxes have to do with poverty and opportunity? A great deal, actually."
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John Bouman, The Hill
Bouman writes: "What do taxes have to do with poverty and opportunity? A great deal, actually."
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Showdown: Trump Appoints Director Who Vowed to Kill Agency
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Trump's nominee must be confirmed by the Senate. In a memorandum obtained by POLITICO, the CFPB's General Counsel Mary McLeod said Trump had the legal authority to name an acting director to the Bureau under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. But the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that created the agency specifically calls for the deputy director to become acting director when the agency's top spot is vacant."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Trump's nominee must be confirmed by the Senate. In a memorandum obtained by POLITICO, the CFPB's General Counsel Mary McLeod said Trump had the legal authority to name an acting director to the Bureau under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act. But the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act that created the agency specifically calls for the deputy director to become acting director when the agency's top spot is vacant."
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The Supreme Court's Cell-Phone-Tracking Case Has High Stakes
Matthew Tokson, New York Magazine
Tokson writes: "Why is this case so important? It may determine whether any of our digital information - emails, Google searches, contact lists, etc. - receives constitutional protection against government surveillance."
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Matthew Tokson, New York Magazine
Tokson writes: "Why is this case so important? It may determine whether any of our digital information - emails, Google searches, contact lists, etc. - receives constitutional protection against government surveillance."
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Dozens of Police Departments Are Seeking Expanded Powers to Check People's Immigration Status
Esther Yu Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress
Hsi Lee writes: "Since Trump's inauguration in January, 29 police departments have joined a federal program to detain suspected undocumented immigrants."
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Esther Yu Hsi Lee, ThinkProgress
Hsi Lee writes: "Since Trump's inauguration in January, 29 police departments have joined a federal program to detain suspected undocumented immigrants."
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Bangladesh Upholds Death Sentence for 139 Soldiers Over Massacre
Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "A Bangladesh court upheld the death penalty for 139 soldiers on Monday over their role in a 'brutal and barbaric' mutiny in which dozens of top army officers were massacred."
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Agence France-Presse
Excerpt: "A Bangladesh court upheld the death penalty for 139 soldiers on Monday over their role in a 'brutal and barbaric' mutiny in which dozens of top army officers were massacred."
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Keystone's Existing Pipeline Spills Far More Than Predicted to Regulators
Valerie Volcovici and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters
Excerpt: "TransCanada Corp's existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010, according to documents reviewed by Reuters."
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Valerie Volcovici and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters
Excerpt: "TransCanada Corp's existing Keystone pipeline has leaked substantially more oil, and more often, in the United States than indicated in risk assessments the company provided to regulators before the project began operating in 2010, according to documents reviewed by Reuters."
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