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FOCUS: Scott Galindez | Roast Hogs, Ride Harleys, and Kill Islamo-Fascists 
 
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News 
Galindez writes: "I will admit it, I went to the First Annual Roast and Ride, sponsored by our pig-castrating senator from Iowa, Joni Ernst, looking for that Michael Dukakis moment. You remember seeing him looking like a fool with his head sticking out of a tank. Well, Scott Walker and Rick Perry didn't look like fools on their Harleys, and those who would have were smart enough to avoid them. As far as looking like fools, they saved that for the stage." 
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RSN: As Seas Rise, a Slow-Motion Disaster Gnaws at US Shores, Rick Perry Might Go Away for a Long, Long Time: What the Media Isn't Reporting

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Antonin Scalia's Favorite Murderer Is Innocent

Dahlia Lithwick, Slate Magazine
Lithwick reports: "Henry Lee McCollum, 50, had been on death row for 30 years, longer than anyone else in North Carolina history. He and Leon Brown, 46, who was serving a life sentence, were convicted for the 1983 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl."
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Rick Perry Might Go Away for a Long, Long Time: What the Media Isn't Reporting
Paul Rosenberg, Salon
Rosenberg writes: "At least in 2012, Rick Perry realized he'd forgotten the name of the federal department he wanted to abolish. But when it comes to the charges he's just been indicted for, he's certain of what they are."
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$1 Trillion Trove of Rare Minerals Revealed Under Afghanistan
Charles Q. Choi, Live Science
Choi reports: "Despite being one of the poorest nations in the world, Afghanistan may be sitting on one of the richest troves of minerals in the world, valued at nearly $1 trillion, according to U.S. scientists."
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Price of Big Macs Would Only Increase by 68¢ if Minimum Wage Was Doubled
Susanna Kim, ABC News
Kim reports: "As fast-food workers strike and protest in seven cities across the country this week for higher pay, one estimate suggests that raising the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour could increase the cost of a Big Mac by 68 cents."
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Anonymous Really Wants a Cyber War With the Islamic State
Motherboard
Excerpt: "As the Islamic State continues its push for a larger presence online, whether through social media or gruesome propaganda videos, Anonymous groups now claim to be ramping up their own online attacks on the jihadist organization."
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Massive Internet Slow-Down Protest Over Net-Neutrality Planned for September 10th
Dominic Rushe, Guardian UK
Rushe reports: "Some of the world's largest tech firms are planning a 'go slow' day next week in protest of proposals that could create fast lanes on the internet for some companies."
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As Seas Rise, a Slow-Motion Disaster Gnaws at US Shores
Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson and Duff Wilson, Reuters
Excerpt: "The beach has been disappearing at an average rate of 10 to 22 feet a year, as a warming planet and other forces lift sea levels."
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RSN: National Guard Troops in Rio Grande Valley Using Food Bank Because Rick Perry Hasn't Paid Them, ....America Has Created a Monster

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Rapper T.I. on Ferguson Aftermath: America Has Created a Monster

Ryan Reed, Rolling Stone
Reed writes: "T.I. says the Ferguson tragedy and the country's current racial tensions are 'the result of ignoring and mishandling an already fragile-spirited, recently enslaved, presently oppressed race/generation of people.'"
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Colorado Springs Police Officers Will Wear Body Cameras Starting in October
Andrea Sinclair, The Gazette
Sinclair writes: "Colorado Springs police officers will soon be outfitted with body-worn cameras as part of a five-month pilot program, a change many police departments throughout Colorado have already adopted."
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Citing Unsettling Ferguson Images, Davis Police Department to Return Armored Vehicle
Veronica Rocha, Los Angeles Times
Rocha writes: "Davis, Calif., city officials have directed the police department to return a surplus U.S. military armored vehicle to the federal government after residents, citing images seen during protests in Ferguson, Mo., expressed fears of militarization."
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National Guard Troops in Rio Grande Valley Using Food Bank Because Rick Perry Hasn't Paid Them
Kolten Parker, San Antonio Express-News
Parker writes: "The Texas National Guard contacted a Rio Grande Valley food bank Thursday to ask whether the charity had food and gas resources for about 50 soldiers who are in need of assistance because they have not received a paycheck."
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116 Million Full-Time Workers in America Doing the Work of 136 Million People
Jim Puzzanghera, Los Angeles Times
Puzzanghera writes: "Full-time American workers labor the equivalent of nearly an additional day each week, averaging 47 hours instead of the standard 40, according to Gallup poll results released Friday."
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Russian Army Wives Protest, Demand Government Come Clean About Where Soldiers Are
Anna Smolchenko, Agence France-Presse
Smolchenko writes: "Several dozen women gathered outside a military base in central Russia on Thursday to demand that commanders come clean about the whereabouts of their husbands after reports of secret funerals for soldiers covertly sent to Ukraine."
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WildLeaks: A Hub for Witnesses of Poaching to Anonymously Report Wildlife Crimes
Deutsche Welle
Excerpt: "WildLeaks is the first secure and anonymous platform for wildlife and forest crime whistleblowers. Its goal is to create a safe, secure and anonymous online platform for individuals to send information about wildlife crime."
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Special note: Rick Perry and cronies attack anti-corruption group and more!

Rick Perry’s Spin Machine and Right-wing Tea Party Hate Machine are making a combined, all-out attack on an invaluable group called Texans for Public Justice.

Why are they attacking Texans for Public Justice? Because this small group is extremely effective at exposing politicians of both parties who are engaged in corruption. Republicans are furious (1) TPJ filed the official complaint that led to Tom DeLay’s conviction and resignation from Congress, and (2) the group also filed the criminal complaint that has now led to a grand jury felony indictment of Gov. Rick Perry.

Why does TPJ need our help? Because the group is besieged with hate mail, calls, and threats – completely overwhelming its 3 person staff and forcing them to fight off the devil’s rather than do its work. Dealing with the attacks is fast-depleting TPJ’s small budget, and the group needs immediate help with funding to stay in this important fight.

Also, Perry and his henchmen are in full spin cycle, preventing the national media’s coverage of the indictment into a “poor Rick” story, blaming TPJ an progressives generally for a “politically motivated” persecution. Here are some links that tell the real story of Perry’s abuse of power:

--Politico: Why Liberal Pundits are Wrong About Perry Indictments

-- Austin American Satesman: Judge Warns Against Perry Grand Jury Threats

--Media Matters: Texas Journalists Urge National Media To Take Perry Case More Seriously

--Dallas Morning News editorial: Rick Perry’s Indictment Damages Governor and the State

--The Texas Tribune profile Meet the Group that Sparked the Perry Indictment

The dishonest, vituperative attacks on TPJ is the same tactic the right-wing has used to destroy other progressive groups, picking us off one at a time. This time, let’s stand up for our besieged ally that has an unmatched record of integrity and is being threatened only because it exposed Perry’s corruption, leading to action by a Republican judge and special prosecutor with solid Republican credentials.

What to do? Spread the word about Texans for Public Justice to your contact lists, and please donate any amount you can to sustain these fighters for truth and ethics in this critical time: http://www.tpj.org/1997/01/support-tpj.html

Thank you! And Keep Agitating!

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Police… or combat soldiers?

By Jim Hightower - Wed., 8/27/14

From 1776 forward, Americas have opposed having soldiers do police work on our soil, but in recent years, Pentagon chiefs have teamed up with police chiefs to circumvent that prohibition, How? Simply by militarizing police... [read more]

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Rick Perry's Clown Show

By Jim Hightower - Tue., 8/26/14

Political candidates should avoid getting defensive – as old-timers put it, any candidate who's explaining, is losing.
So it's a hoot to watch Gov. Rick "Oops" Perry try to explain away... [read more]

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Texas Grand Jury Indicts a Ham Sandwich

By Jim Hightower - Mon., 8/25/14

Lawyers will tell you that any good prosecutor could convince a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
Well, meet that ham sandwich! A Texas grand jury has just indicted Gov.... [read more]

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First class for superrich high flyers

By Jim Hightower - Fri., 8/22/14

With so many things to worry about in our world, I'm glad that one of my big concerns has finally been resolved.
My worry was that, as a global society, we... [read more]

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The militarization of "Officer Friendly"

By Jim Hightower - Thu., 8/21/14

Let's check our weaponry: 93,000 machine guns, 533 planes and helicopters, 180,000 magazine cartridges, and 432 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles. Okay, let's roll!
Only, this is not the US military. It's... [read more]

RSN: Wisconsin Furniture Company Donates to Walker Campaign After Controversial Tax Break

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Glenn Greenwald | The Fun of Empire

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "It was not even a year ago when we were bombarded with messaging that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is a Supreme Evil and Grave Threat, and that military action against his regime was both a moral and strategic imperative."
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Paul Krugman | Wrong Way Nation
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Gov. Rick Perry of Texas is running for president again. What are his chances? Will he once again become a punch line? I have absolutely no idea. This isn't a horse-race column."
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Wisconsin Furniture Company Donates to Walker Campaign After Controversial Tax Break
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "Less than a month after voting to give a Wisconsin furniture company a $6 million tax credit that allows it to lay off half its in-state workforce, Gov. Scott Walker (R) received $20,000 in campaign donations from the company's leadership, a newspaper in the state reports."
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Bill Gates Takes On the NRA
Cliff Schecter, The Daily Beast
Schecter writes: "Somewhere in a large glass tower in Northern Virginia, there's a guy who runs guns with a French name having a bad day. With good reason. It was reported Monday that Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and incredibly wealthy guy, and with his wife, Melinda, have given $1 million to Initiative 594 in Washington state."
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In States With Medical Marijuana, Painkiller Deaths Down 25 Percent
Douglas Main, Newsweek
Main writes: "America has a major problem with prescription pain medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Overdose deaths from these pharmaceutical opioids have approximately tripled since 1991, and every day 46 people die of such overdoses in the United States."
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FBI Witness Tampering Alleged in Oklahoma City Bombing Video Trial
Associated Press
Excerpt: "A federal judge has ordered the FBI to scrutinize allegations that the agency pressured a witness not to testify in a trial about videos related to the Oklahoma City bombing."
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Detroit to Resume Water Shutoffs Today
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Monday marked the end of the water shutoff moratorium, and the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department was expected to send crews out Tuesday to turn off service to customers who owe money and haven't made a payment arrangement."
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RSN: Darren Wilson's First Job Was on a Troubled Police Force Disbanded by Authorities, Joseph Stiglitz: In Defense of Capitalism,

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Rand Paul Calls Hillary Clinton, "Gung-Ho ... a War Hawk"

Associated Press
Excerpt: "Calling Hillary Clinton 'a war hawk,' Senator Rand Paul says that if the former secretary of state seeks the presidency, some voters will worry that she will get the US involved in another Middle East war."
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Bill Moyers | Joseph Stiglitz: In Defense of Capitalism
Bill Moyers, Moyers & Company
Excerpt: "Our system produces such yawning gaps because it isn’t truly competitive the way a capitalist system should be — it has, in fact, been engineered by the wealthy to prevent competition and to protect their economic and political power."
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Jerusalem: The Holy City's 'Racist Abyss'
Peter Schwartzstein, The Daily Beast
Schwartzstein writes: "There’s nothing holy about Jerusalem. Its civility has been crushed; its fragile peace has been blown apart by the mindless toxicity of a summer of violence."
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Rick Perry's Indictment to Curb His Gun-Toting Ways
Jim Forsyth, Reuters
Forsyth writes: "A felony indictment for abuse of power will hit Texas Governor Rick Perry, an avowed gun enthusiast, where it hurts - by curtailing some of his rights to bear firearms."
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Islamic State's Bootleg Petro-State May Prove Unsustainable
Michael Pizzi, Al Jazeera America
Pizzi writes: "With up to $2 million in daily revenue from black market oil, the Islamic State insurgency not only holds sway over swathes of Syria and Iraq but has also begun to lay the foundations to become a small petro-state."
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Al-Qaida Releases U.S. Journalist Held for Two Years
Associated Press
Excerpt: "An American journalist kidnapped and held hostage for nearly two years by an al-Qaida-linked group in Syria was released Sunday, less than a week after the horrific execution of American journalist James Foley by Islamic militants."
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Darren Wilson's First Job Was on a Troubled Police Force Disbanded by Authorities
Carol D. Leonnig, Kimberly Kindy and Joel Achenbach, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The small city of Jennings, Mo., had a police department so troubled, and with so much tension between white officers and black residents, that the city council finally decided to disband it. Everyone in the Jennings police department was fired. New officers were brought in to create a credible department from scratch."
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Asthmatic Man, Jorge Azucena, dies because LAPD ignored his pleas?

This video is of Sgt. Major Dan Page's irrational and inaccurate rant referenced below!

If his deranged comments resonate with you, you might want to do some unbiased research.....or enlist in the military!

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Suspended St. Louis Police Officer: "I'm Into Diversity, I Kill Everybody"

Allen McDuffee, The Wire
McDuffee reports: "A St. Louis County police officer, who was seen pushing a CNN anchor during protests in Ferguson, Mo., this week, was suspended from duty after a controversial video surfaced, in which he fashions himself as a merciless killer."
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Grand Jury Hears Evidence on Michael Brown Shooting
Ryan Devereaux, The Intercept
Devereaux reports: "A grand jury heard evidence for the first time Wednesday in the case of the shooting death of unarmed African American teenager Michael Brown at the hands of white Ferguson, Missouri police officer Darren Wilson."
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"I Can't Breathe" Another Man Dead in LA Police Custody
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Police officers in Los Angeles ignored pleas for help and complaints by a man who said he couldn't breathe and later died in custody, reports show."
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Obama Orders Review of Police Militarization
Steve Holland, Andrea Shalal, Reuters
Holland and Shalal report: "U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri."
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Rick Perry's Indictment to Curb His Gun-Toting Ways
Jim Forsyth, Reuters
Forsyth reports: "A felony indictment for abuse of power will hit Texas Governor Rick Perry, an avowed gun enthusiast, where it hurts - by curtailing some of his rights to bear firearms."
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The Slaughter of Africa's Wildlife, an Essay in Photographs
Lindsay Abrams, Salon
Abrams reports: "Organized, aggressive and hugely profitable poaching operations are on the rise, and elephants and rhinos are on the fast track to extinction."
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Fleeing to New Hampshire

After watching the antics of Governor Rick Perry, it's hard to believe New Hampshire would rally 'round this guy, much less embrace the Koch Sock Puppet, Scooter Brown.

The message below from Senator Shaheen:

Following his indictment, Rick Perry is fleeing Texas for New Hampshire TODAY to rally the Tea Party faithful behind Scott Brown.

This is the same guy who compared being gay to alcoholism – and the New Hampshire GOP is welcoming him with open arms. Just like they did for his fellow extreme Texan, Ted Cruz.

The Washington Post says a Republican Senate takeover is “more and more assured,” and POLITICO just exposed Leader Mitch McConnell’s plans for another government shutdown! We know New Hampshire is the last firewall protecting our Democratic Senate majority – and with a brand-new poll showing Brown just TWO POINTS behind Jeanne, we need your help NOW.

We CAN stop a GOP takeover – defeating Ricky Perry, Ted Cruz, AND Scott Brown – but only if we help Jeanne raise $35,000 by midnight.

Please, give every dollar you can spare before midnight.

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Perry and Brown have made their agenda clear – they’ll go anywhere to gain political points. But Jeanne is fighting for New Hampshire, and we know it’s time to shut these other guys down.

We cannot let crooked politicians and dirty money buy New Hampshire to take control of the Senate.

This grassroots powerhouse is the best bet at stopping a GOP takeover. Please, give now to help us raise $35,000 by midnight and have what it takes to defeat Scott Brown and save the Democratic Senate majority.

Give now – $5 or more – to defend Jeanne Shaheen and defeat Scott Brown!

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To Jim: Hope you're watching! RSN: The Tax Code Is Rigged, Yes, Rick Perry Could End Up Doing Time

After the last election, I bumped onto a well-educated, misguided friend who supported a Tea Party Candidate with some pretty wacko views. [That Tea Party Candidate's Wacko views were posted here.] 

In the course of conversation, I was asked 'What has Elizabeth Warren done?'

Well, maybe it's not front page news or even on the back pages of some of the local rags that offer News Max, FAUX News and other free horse manure on their pages.....

Massachusetts has an impressive delegation representing not only the Commonwealth, but ALL Americans! We should be proud! 

In spite of the Koch Cash, voters have made wise choices!

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FOCUS: Elizabeth Warren | The Tax Code Is Rigged

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News
Warren writes: "Huge corporations hire armies of lawyers and lobbyists to create, expand, and protect every last corporate loophole."
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FOCUS | Yes, Rick Perry Could End Up Doing Time

Dean Obeidallah, The Daily Beast
Obeidallah reports: "Some have dismissed the charges as nothing more than a partisan witch-hunt. Others, like The New York Times, have in essence defended Perry's actions as being run-of-the-mill political 'horse trading.' They are wrong."
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America's Dumbest Congressman revives his 'Muslim brothers in the White House' theory

Respect for differences in opinion are always preferred, however lacking in foundation or factual basis.....but defending a Congressman who continually spews irrational .... sometimes purely insane comments....

....defending some of these Irrational Tea Baggers is not reasonably possible.

Before my Tea Bagger Friends grab their legal weapons, ya need to recognize that you allowed the Dirty Energy Koch Brothers to put these clowns in office, with GOBS of your TAX DOLLARS,  to mismanage government to prove it doesn't work. 

Maybe you should re-think the 'R' next to your name!



Gov. Rick Perry [R-TX] indicted.....NO GUNS! Toooooo funny!

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RSN: Rick Perry May Be Out of Luck

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FOCUS: Jeffrey Toobin | Rick Perry May Be Out of Luck

Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Toobin writes: "Governor Rick Perry of Texas and President Barack Obama, strangest of bedfellows, are making similar discoveries about the scope of prosecutorial discretion. In short, it's very broad."
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RSN: In India, A Crusade Against Genetically Modified Crops, Ten Facts About Police Violence in Ferguson Sunday Night

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Andy Borowitz | Widespread Support for Sending Politicians to Prison for Ninety-Nine Years

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "Last week's indictment of Texas Governor Rick Perry has sparked widespread bipartisan support for the concept of sending politicians to prison for ninety-nine years."
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Robert Parry | The Powerful 'Group Think' on Ukraine
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "When even smart people like economist Paul Krugman buy into the false narrative about the Ukraine crisis, it's hard to decide whether to despair over the impossibility of America ever understanding the world's problems or to marvel at the power of the U.S. political/media propaganda machine to manufacture its own reality."
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Bill Quigley | Ten Facts About Police Violence in Ferguson Sunday Night
Bill Quigley, Common Dreams
Quigley writes: "While the Governor of Missouri is sending in the National Guard to Ferguson, it is worth considering where the real violence is coming from."
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Russia-Ukraine Conflict Nears Full War
Zack Beauchamp, Vox
Beauchamp writes: "On Friday, as a Russian 'aid convoy' of 280 trucks neared the Ukrainian border, NATO said that a separate 'incursion' of Russian military forces had crossed into Ukraine."
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Michigan Police Have Received $43 Million in Military Equipment Since 2006
Associated Press
Excerpt: "Michigan police agencies have received $43 million worth of surplus military equipment, including 17 mine-resistant armored fighting vehicles and 1,795 M16 automatic rifles, since 2006, a review of public records shows."
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WikiLeaks' Assange Says He'll Leave Embassy Soon
Bill Chappell, National Public Radio
Chappell writes: "Citing health concerns, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he'll leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has lived in diplomatic asylum for more than two years."
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In India, A Crusade Against Genetically Modified Crops
Michael Specter, The New Yorker
Specter writes: "Shiva's fiery opposition to globalization and to the use of genetically modified crops has made her a hero to anti-G.M.O. activists everywhere."
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DemocracyNOW! : St. Louis Pastor: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson Should Resign, Institutional Racism in Ferguson? First Black School Chief Speaks Out After Forced Resignation...., "A Human Rights Crisis": In Unprecedented Move, Amnesty International Sends Monitors to Ferguson

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"A Human Rights Crisis": In Unprecedented Move, Amnesty International Sends Monitors to Ferguson After a week that saw a militarized police crackdown and the imposition of a nighttime curfew, Amnesty International USA has taken an "unprecedented" step by sending a 13-person ... Read More →

Missouri Deploys National Guard to Ferguson; Autopsy Shows Police Shot Michael Brown 6 Times A private autopsy report has found that Michael Brown—the African-American teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri—was shot at least six times, including twice in the ... Read More →

Ferguson Protests Erupt Near Grave of Ex-Slave Dred Scott, Whose Case Helped Fuel U.S. Civil War Just miles away from the scene of the protests in Ferguson lies the grave of Dred Scott at the Calvary Cemetery on West Florissant Avenue. Born a slave in Virginia, Dred Scott sued in a ... Read More →

Institutional Racism in Ferguson? First Black School Chief Speaks Out After Forced Resignation As protests continue in Ferguson, we are joined by Art McCoy, who in 2010 became the first African-American school superintendent of the Ferguson-Florissant School District. But ... Read More →

St. Louis Pastor: Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson Should Resign Community outrage grew in Ferguson, Missouri, over the weekend after the police named the officer who shot Michael Brown, Darren Wilson, after withholding his identity for five days. ... Read More →

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Autopsy: Michael Brown Shot 6 Times, Twice in Head Missouri Governor Orders National Guard into Ferguson as Protests Flare Kurdish Forces Advance as U.S. Launches Most Strikes of Northern Iraq Bombing Campaign Iraqi Officials: ISIL Executed Yazidis Who Refused Conversion Syrian Gov’t Renews Airstrikes on ISIL Group: ISIL Kills Over 700 Tribal Members in Eastern Syria Netanyahu Says Israel Prepared to Renew Assault as Ceasefire Deadline Looms Thousands Take Part in Largest Israeli Peace Rally Since Gaza Assault Protesters Block Israeli Ship from Docking in Oakland Ebola Patients Flee Liberia Clinic After Crowds Attack Russia: Agreement on Aid Convoy to Ukraine, None over Ceasefire Assange Confirms Plans to Leave Ecuadorean Embassy in London Texas Gov. Perry Vows to Fight Charges of Abuse of Power, Coercion Ferguson Police Stoke Anger with Release of Unrelated Shoplifting Video