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Why John Oliver Can't Find Americans Who Know Edward Snowden's Name (It's Not About Snowden)

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "On his HBO program last night, John Oliver devoted 30 minutes to a discussion of U.S. surveillance programs, advocating a much more substantive debate as the June 1 deadline for renewing the Patriot Act approaches."
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Paul Krugman | Economics and Elections
Paul Krugman, New York Times
Krugman writes: "Britain's economic performance since the financial crisis struck has been startlingly bad."
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Naomi Klein: People Can Behave Magnificently in a Crisis
Ed Cumming, Guardian UK
Cumming writes: "The author and activist, 44, on how people can behave magnificently in a crisis, 'gloom-and-doom' politics, and drawing pictures with her son."
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Saudi Arabia Backs Iranian Nuclear Deal
Martin Matishak, The Hill
Matishak writes: "Saudi Arabia's government on Monday announced its support for the interim agreement between Western powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear program, Reuters reported."
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Indicted Cop Can't Recall Shooting Suspects From Hood of Car
Mark Gillispie, Associated Press
Gillispie writes: "His footprints were found on the hood of a beat-up Chevy Malibu that had been strafed by police gunfire, killing its two unarmed occupants after a high-speed chase over streets and freeways in and around Cleveland."
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Jessica Valenti | It Wasn't Jackie's Job to Get the Details of Her Rape Correct. It Was Rolling Stone's
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK
Valenti writes: "Despite documented errors with the reporting and editing of the magazine's story of rape at the University of Virginia, they're still blaming the victim."
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Condors, Already F*cked, Get Fracked
Hannah Guzik, In These Times
Guzik writes: "Expanding fracking in a California condor sanctuary could kill an endangered species we've worked hard-and spent millions-to save."
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RSN: Report: Banned NYPD Chokeholds Rarely Punished, Dianne Feinstein, Strong Advocate of Leak Prosecutions, Demands Immunity for David Petraeus, Why I Won't Serve Israel

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Glenn Greenwald | Dianne Feinstein, Strong Advocate of Leak Prosecutions, Demands Immunity for David Petraeus

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "Long-standing mavens of DC political power literally believe that they and their class-comrades are too noble, important and elevated to be subjected to the rule of law to which they subject everyone else. They barely even disguise it any more."
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Official: Paris Unity Rally Largest in French History
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "More than a million people surged through the boulevards of Paris behind dozens of world leaders walking arm-in-arm Sunday in a rally for unity described as the largest demonstration in French history - a march organized to show harmony after three days of attacks that left 17 dead. Millions more marched around the country and the world to repudiate three days of terror that killed 17 people and changed France."
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Report: Banned NYPD Chokeholds Rarely Punished
Eyder Peralta, National Public Radio
Peralta writes: "In its first report since it was created, the New York City Police Department's inspector general found that chokeholds, which are banned by the department, were quick to be used by officers, who rarely received significant punishment."
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Why I Won't Serve Israel
Moriel Rothman-Zecher, The New York Times
Rothman-Zecher writes: "The idea that the 'real Israelis' serve and those who refuse are 'traitors' is a false dichotomy. As Ms. Rotem told me, 'Israeli patriotism today means resisting anything which frames the occupation as normal.'"
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Gareth Porter | Twisting the Iran-Nuke Intelligence
Gareth Porter, Middle Eastern Eye
Porter writes: "For more than three decades, the United States and its European allies have committed one fundamental error after another in the process of creating a commonly held narrative that Iran was secretly pursuing a nuclear weapons program. The story of how suspicions of the Iranian program hardened into convictions is a cautionary tale of political and institutional interests systematically distorting the judgments of both policymakers and intelligence analysts."
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Cuba Frees 53 Prisoners in Deal to Restore US Relations
Michael R. Gordon, The New York Times
Gordon writes: "The United States has never made public the names of the 53 prisoners. But American officials say they are individuals who have been identified by human rights organizations as having being jailed for promoting political reforms or trying to exercise free speech and other internationally respected rights."
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Two California Condors Evade Scientists, Produce a Secret Love Child
Kristina Bravo, TakePart
Bravo writes: "A romantic getaway in the woods for a couple of California condors produced a thrilling surprise for scientists in Northern California: a carcass-loving bundle of joy."
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