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RSN: John Kiriakou | Asset Forfeiture? Thank Joe Biden and His Friend Strom Thurmond 
Sens. Strom Thurmond, Joe Biden, and Ted Kennedy before the Clarence Thomas hearings began in 1991. (photo: John Duricka/AP)
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "I, for one, want a president who is going to support civil liberties and civil rights, not conspire with notorious extremists to take them away."
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Trump Tower is among eight Trump properties that do not comply with new New York City emissions regulations. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA)
Trump Tower is among eight Trump properties that do not comply with new New York City emissions regulations. (photo: Justin Lane/EPA)

Trump Buildings Face Millions in Climate Fines Under New New York Rules
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "Donald Trump's reluctance to address climate change is set to cost his business empire millions of dollars in fines levied by New York City due to the amount of pollution emitted by Trump-owned buildings."
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Juan Quintero lifts his son Liam in the air in his home in New York. (photo: Getty Images)
Juan Quintero lifts his son Liam in the air in his home in New York. (photo: Getty Images)

A New Study Just Debunked Trump's Favorite Talking Point About Undocumented Immigrants
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "A growth in the undocumented immigrant population is not associated with an increase in local crime, according to a new study from The Marshall Project. The findings directly contradict one of the president's favorite talking points about immigrants and crime."
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Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. (photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)
Chelsea Manning leaves the Albert V. Bryan U.S. District Courthouse on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Alexandria, VA. (photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post)

Chelsea Manning Will Risk Return to Jail Over New Subpoena
Jon Swaine, Guardian UK
Swaine writes: "Chelsea Manning will risk being returned to jail this week by refusing to comply with a new demand from the US government to testify before a grand jury, she said on Sunday."
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Chinese president Xi Jinping. (photo: EFE)
Chinese president Xi Jinping. (photo: EFE)


China to Increase Tariffs on $60 Billion Worth of US Goods
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Deepening a trade battle and sending financial markets into a tailspin, China announced Monday it was raising tariffs on $60bn of US goods after the latest increase in American tariffs on its exports."
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Maryam El Shawa standing in the wreckage of the Hassona building after Israeli warplanes bombed the building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. (photo: Anadolu Agency)
Maryam El Shawa standing in the wreckage of the Hassona building after Israeli warplanes bombed the building in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City. (photo: Anadolu Agency)

Gaza Blockade Causes 'Near Ten-Fold Increase' in Food Dependency, Says UN Agency
UN News
Excerpt: "From fewer than 80,000 Palestine refugees in Gaza receiving social assistance in 2000, today over one million people need urgent food aid to get through their day."
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When volcanoes erupt, a large amount of material from the Earth's interior, including extraordinary amounts of carbon dioxide, are released into the atmosphere. (photo: European Geosciences Union)
When volcanoes erupt, a large amount of material from the Earth's interior, including extraordinary amounts of carbon dioxide, are released into the atmosphere. (photo: European Geosciences Union)

Juan Cole | It Will Be Very Hot and Very Wet - We've Exceeded 415ppm of Carbon Dioxide for the First Time Since the Pliocene
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "The last time the earth saw 415 parts per million of CO2 was the Pliocene era between 3 and 5 million years ago."
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