RSN: Veto Keystone XL, Senate's No. 3 Dem Urges Obama, Majority of Americans Say Afghan War Was Not Worth Fighting

The US abandoned Afghanistan after creating a terrorist shelter ripe for the Taliban Extremism.

Instead of focusing on re-building Afghanistan into a viable country, the NEO-CONS focused on Iraqi Oil predicated on lies, fabrications and fairy tales.

The US has created a Hot Bed of Failed Societies the breed terrorists.

FAILED US POLICY being created by the same people who created the FAILURES!

This is the Global Chaos US Foreign Policy has created and will continue to create that your grandchildren .... maybe even great-grandchildren will fight.

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Majority of Americans Say Afghan War Was Not Worth Fighting

Scott Clement, The Washington Post
Clement writes: "Overall, Americans remain downbeat over the war at the end of NATO’s 13-year combat mission. A 56 percent majority says it has not been worth fighting, continuing a negative streak that dates to 2010."
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North Korea Calls New US Sanctions Hostile and Unilateral
David Kravets, Ars Technica
Kravets writes: "The US is lobbing fresh sanctions against North Korea as a response to the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment even as President Barack Obama's administration refuses to provide evidence of Pyongyang's involvement."
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Hundreds of Police Turn Backs on NYC Mayor at Slain Officer's Funeral
Sebastien Malo, Reuters
Malo writes: "New York City police turned out in their thousands on Sunday for the funeral of the second of two officers murdered last month, but in a sign of persistent tensions with Mayor Bill de Blasio, hundreds turned their backs when he delivered his eulogy."
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Israel to Demand US Halt Aid to Palestinians Following ICC Application
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Ravid writes: "After freezing the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, Israel is taking additional steps to punish the PA’s for its request to join the International Criminal Court at The Hague."
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US Regulators Target Payday Loans for Unfair Practices
Alan Zibel, The Wall Street Journal
Zibel writes: "U.S. officials are taking their first crack at writing rules for payday loans, responding to concerns that the short-term, high-rate debt can trap consumers in a cycle of borrowing they can’t afford."
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Veto Keystone XL, Senate's No. 3 Dem Urges Obama
Megan R. Wilson, The Hill
Wilson writes: "Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday said that even if Democrats are able to make amendments to legislation authorizing the Keystone XL pipeline, he would still urge President Obama to veto it."
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DemocracyNOW! : Report: Iraq Vets Sickened by Breathing in Titanium at Base

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Reporter: Bowe Bergdahl’s Fellow Soldiers Questioned Afghan War More Than He Did According to a 2012 profile in Rolling Stone magazine by the late reporter Michael Hastings, the newly freed U.S. soldier Bowe Bergdahl joined the Army in 2008 after he first tried to enlist with ... Read More →

Father of Freed U.S. Soldier: "Nobody Can Relate to Guantánamo Prisoners More Than Our Family" Bowe Bergdahl, the last known American prisoner of war in Afghanistan, has been freed in a prison swap with the Taliban five years after his capture. Bergdahl was captured after reportedly ... Read More →

After Supreme Court Rejects Appeal, Will Obama Jail New York Times Reporter James Risen? In one of the most significant press freedom cases in decades, the U.S. Supreme Court has turned down the appeal of a New York Times reporter who faces prison for refusing to reveal a ... Read More →

Former Guantánamo Chief Prosecutor Defends American POW-Taliban Prisoner Swap In a deal brokered by Qatar, the United States agreed to release five Taliban leaders from Guantánamo Bay in return for winning Bowe Bergdahl’s freedom. Bergdahl is now being treated at an ... Read More → Headlines → Obama Seeks $1 Billion to Boost U.S. Military in Europe Iraq: 15 Killed After Deadliest Month This Year Report: Iraq Vets Sickened by Breathing in Titanium at Base China to Limit Carbon Emissions After U.S. Unveils Plan Syria Holds Elections Despite Civil War Spanish Protesters Call for Referendum on Monarchy as King Abdicates U.S. to Recognize New Palestinian Unity Gov’t Supreme Court Rejects Appeal by NYTReporter James Risen Georgia: Toddler in Induced Coma AfterSWAT Team Throws Stun Grenade into Playpen Seattle City Council Passes $15-an-Hour Minimum Wage Report: Female Retail Workers Make $4 an Hour Less Than Men Study: Female-Named Hurricanes More Deadly Because Not Taken Seriously Oliver Stone to Make Film About Edward Snowden

RSN: GOP 'Runs Out the Clock' on Unemployment Insurance, Obama to Unveil Historic Climate Change Plan to Cut US Carbon Pollution, et al

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Paul Krugman | Cutting Back on Carbon

Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Next week the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to announce new rules designed to limit global warming."
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Snowden, US Clash Over His E-Mail Records
The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden responded to questions from The Washington Post following the release of an e-mail he had sent while working for the National Security Agency."
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Obama to Unveil Historic Climate Change Plan to Cut US Carbon Pollution
Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK
Goldenberg reports: "President Barack Obama will unveil a plan on Monday that will cut carbon pollution from power plants and promote cap-and-trade, undertaking the most significant action on climate change in American history."
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Ex-Microsoft CEO Ballmer Buys NBA's LA Clippers for $2 Billion
Ronald Grover and Eric Kelsey, Reuters
Grover and Kelsey report: "Former Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) CEO Steve Ballmer has purchased the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers franchise for $2 billion, a record for a professional basketball team, sole trustee Shelly Sterling announced on Friday."
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Congress Could Slow Obama's Push for a Longer Afghan War
George Zornick, The Nation
Zornick writes: "The decision to drag out the war for two and half more years is an almost total surrender to many Pentagon officials who were pushing the president for around 10,000 troops to remain in the country."
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GOP 'Runs Out the Clock' on Unemployment Insurance
Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times
Garver reports: "The House of Representatives on Friday evening will go into recess yet again without taking action on extending emergency unemployment compensation benefits for millions of the long-term jobless."
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