Friday, December 1, 2017

William Boardman | US Hysteria Blooms in Wake of North Korean Missile Splashdown






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William Boardman | US Hysteria Blooms in Wake of North Korean Missile Splashdown 
North Korea held a huge military parade to mark the 105th birthday of its founder Kim Il Sung and displayed a series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of leader Kim Jong Un. (photo: Getty)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "The most dangerous thing about the North Korean missile launch is the reaction of the unprincipled, under-informed, white identity extremist sitting in the Oval Office."
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White House Readies Plan to Replace Rex Tillerson With Mike Pompeo at State, Install Sen. Tom Cotton at CIA
Philip Rucker, Ashley Parker and Anne Gearan, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The White House has readied a plan to oust embattled Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and replace him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo, who has become one of the most personally loyal and politically savvy members of President Trump's national security team, two administration officials confirmed Thursday."
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Spencer Ackerman | Interrogators Blast Trump's 'Clueless' CIA Pick Tom Cotton
Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
Ackerman writes: "The Central Intelligence Agency is set to receive an advocate of waterboarding, sweeping surveillance powers, jailing journalists, and conflict with Iran as its next director."
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Where's the Outrage Against This Attack on the ACA?
Danielle Ofri, Slate
Ofri writes: "Luckily, the Affordable Care Act survived three frontal assaults over the summer and into the fall. Now suddenly, it's in the crosshairs again. But this time, it's more of a sneak attack."
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Joe Scarborough: Trump Allies Told Me He Has Dementia
Rebecca Savransky, The Hill
Savransky writes: "MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said on Thursday that people close to President Trump told him during the campaign that Trump has 'early stages of dementia.'"
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Saudi Women Scholars Call Out Prince's Reform Agenda
Gavin O'Toole, Al Jazeera
O'Toole writes: "Leading female scholars from Saudi Arabia have described moves to ease restrictions on women as government spin aimed at an international audience to bolster support for efforts to liberalise its ailing economy."
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump's Approval of Corporation's Plan to Drain California Desert Aquifer
Earthjustice
Excerpt: "Conservation and health-safety groups filed suit on Tuesday in federal court challenging the Trump administration's approval of an enormous groundwater-mining and pipeline project in Southern California. The Cadiz water project, approved without environmental review, includes the construction of a pipeline through the Mojave Trails National Monument and other public lands in the area."
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