RSN: Ronnie Dugger | The "Presidential Debates" Are Not Debates

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RSN: Ronnie Dugger | The "Presidential Debates" Are Not Debates

Ronnie Dugger, Reader Supported News
Dugger writes: "The presidential debates on our national TV networks fail as debates. Rather than structured debates conducted among the candidates, they are press conferences controlled by who the reporters call on when, and by their questions."
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A C.I.A. source with access to President Vladimir V. Putin was removed from Russia in 2017. (photo: Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Shutterstock)

CIA Informant Extracted From Russia Had Sent Secrets to US for Decades

Julian E. Barnes, Adam Goldman and David E. Sanger, The New York Times

Excerpt: "Decades ago, the C.I.A. recruited and carefully cultivated a midlevel Russian official who began rapidly advancing through the governmental ranks. Eventually, American spies struck gold: The longtime source landed an influential position that came with access to the highest level of the Kremlin."

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As American officials began to realize that Russia was trying to sabotage the 2016 presidential election, the informant became one of the C.I.A.’s most important — and highly protected — assets. But when intelligence officials revealed the severity of Russia’s election interference with unusual detail later that year, the news media picked up on details about the C.I.A.’s Kremlin sources.

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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks during the New Hampshire Democratic Party Convention at the SNHU Arena on September 7, 2019, in Manchester, New Hampshire. (photo: Scott Eisen/Getty Images)

Climate Advocates Are Nearly Unanimous: Bernie's Green New Deal Is Best
Branko Marcetic, Jacobin
Marcetic writes: "We asked longtime climate advocates which candidate has the best and boldest plan to halt climate change. The answer was nearly unanimous: Bernie Sanders."
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Cecilia Figueroa-Figueroa, an activist and volunteer for immigrants who is now facing deportation herself. (photo: Aaron Tarin)

She Volunteered Her Time to Help Immigrant Families. Now ICE Plans to Deport Her.
Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post
Beachum writes: "Life as an immigrant can be complicated, which is part of the reason why Cecilia Figueroa-Figueroa spent about six years volunteering to help those new to the United States with education and legal matters. But all of the Utah woman's knowledge couldn't prevent immigration enforcement officials from coming after her."
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Julia Aylen wades through waist deep water carrying her pet dog as she is rescued from her flooded home during Hurricane Dorian in Freeport, Bahamas, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2019. (photo: Tim Aylen/AP)

"They Need Our Help": Bahamian-American Lawmaker Urges US to Let In Storm Survivors Seeking Refuge
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "The death toll in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian hit 50 Monday and is expected to keep rising exponentially. Many survivors of the Category 5 storm are now seeking refuge in the United States."

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Iranian football fans have been campaigning for some time to stop the ban on female spectators. (photo: Getty Images)

Iranian Soccer Fan 'Blue Girl' Dies After Setting Herself on Fire
Parisa Hafezi, Reuters
Hafezi writes: "A female Iranian soccer fan who set herself on fire last week after being arrested for sneaking into a stadium dressed as a man has died from her injuries, causing widespread outrage."
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Activist, environmentalist, community leader and undertaker Peter Macfadyen stands on the banks of the River Frome, in Frome, Britain, June 25, 2019. (photo: Toby Melville/Reuters)

Mother Earth's MeToo Moment: English Town Joins Campaign for 'Nature's Rights'
Matthew Green, Reuters
Green writes: "Communities are reimagining ways to harness the law to defend the Earth's living tissues, and the places they call home. Some have dubbed it Mother Earth's MeToo moment."
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