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Garrison Keillor | Expect Goodness, and Ye Shall Find It 

Garrison Keillor, The Washington Post
Keillor writes: "The beautiful thing about New York is not that it confers success, but that it teaches civility."
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Senate Begins Confirmation Hearings for Trump FBI Pick Tied to Torture, Gitmo
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Goodman reports: "The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a confirmation hearing today for FBI director nominee Christopher Wray. Wray served as assistant attorney general under George W. Bush from 2003 to 2005, at a time when the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel signed off on the use of torture against detainees in CIA and military custody."
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Twitter Users Sue Donald Trump for Blocking Them Over Critical Comments
Julia Carrie Wong, Guardian UK
Wong writes: "A group of Twitter users has sued Donald Trump and two White House communication aides for violating their constitutional rights by blocking them from Trump's personal Twitter account after they criticized the president."
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Congressman Steve King Wants to Use Funds First From Planned Parenthood and Food Stamps to Pay for Trump's Wall
Aaron Rupar, ThinkProgress
Rupar writes: "During a CNN interview Wednesday morning, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) said he'd like to slash food assistance for low-income Americans and Planned Parenthood funding to free up money for President Trump's border wall."
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How Social Media Saved the Left
Ben Tarnoff, Guardian UK
Tarnoff writes: "Forget the idea that Twitter and Facebook are bad for democracy. Bubbles can be beneficial, and help emerging movements unite against the elites."
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Turkey Issues Detention Orders for 34 State-Owned TV Staff
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Turkey issued detention warrants on Wednesday for 34 former staff of state-owned broadcaster Turkish Radio and Television Corporation, TRT, state media said."
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Oil Spills Can Disrupt Entire Aquatic Food Web, New Study Shows
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch
Chow writes: "From dead fish to beaches covered in sludge, the immediate damage from an oil spill is easy to see. But a new study, published this week in the journal Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (AECT), found that the damage caused by these spills are much wider in scope and can indirectly disrupt the entire aquatic food web."
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Faithful America: Right-wing congressman attacks Pope Francis

The email below is from Faithful America. 

Here's some background: 

STEVE KING

Just a few blog entries: 

This is SICK!

Absurd GOP Rep. Steve King Says Same-Sex Marriage Will Lead To Marrying LAWNMOWERS

Rep. Steve King is bringing his own brand of anti-gay stupid this week, suggesting that now people can now marry lawnmowers.

IFYOUONLYNEWS.COM|BY THAMIEL ROSENKREUZ

Tea Bag bigots define themselves! Priceless!

Check out this one! 

6 of the Nuttiest Right-Wing Statements Just from this Week Alone

4. Rep. Steve King: Global Warming is more of a religion than a science.


Now we all know the Tea Baggers are glued to Fox News = Fake News and have no room for FACTS or SCIENCE, but we can thank the Dirty Energy Koch Brothers and their ilk for putting these Wack-A-Dings in office. 

Dear Faithful America member,

One of Congress's most notorious anti-immigrant bigots has a new target: Pope Francis.

In his address to Congress yesterday, Pope Francis spoke eloquently about the moral responsibility to welcome immigrants, asking, "Is this not what we want for our own children?"

But Iowa Rep. Steve King trashed the pope's remarks, blisteringly declaring that immigration would "sink America" and even stating that the leader of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide "doesn't know what he's talking about."

Right-wing conservatives who tout their faith to get elected are quick to dismiss Christian leaders when they call for moral action on climate or immigration. We need to show that countless American Christians stand with Pope Francis on immigrants and refugees -- not hatemongers like Steve King.

Tell Congress: Christians stand with Pope Francis, not Steve King

Thanks!

-Michael

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For more information:

"Rep. Steve King Calls Out Pope For Not Understanding Nation States, Importance Of Borders," Talking Points Memo, September 24, 2015

RSN: Bernie Sanders | Democracy Day, Shutdown Talk Grows in GOP, Utah Police Officer Who Shot Darrien Hunt Wore Body Camera, but It Was Turned Off

Dear Republicans....

Can't you stop electing Lunatics who throw HISSY FIT TEMPER TANTRUMS?

Maybe some Tea Bagger Idiot should research Executive Orders by past Republican Presidents.....or the legislation Poppy Bush refused to fund....and much else.

Maybe Republican Voters who elect these CLOWNS should educate themselves...YEAH! YEAH! I know! Republicans prefer ignorance.....

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Bernie Sanders | Democracy Day

Bernie Sanders, Reader Supported News
Sanders writes: "The goal of making Election Day a national holiday is not only to make it easier for people to vote, but to increase attention on the need for us to move toward a vibrant democracy."
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Shutdown Talk Grows in GOP
Scott Wong, Rebecca Shabad and Cristina Marcos, The Hill
Excerpt: "Conservative House Republicans say they're willing to shut down the government to prevent President Obama from carrying out what they see as unconstitutional actions on immigration."
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Utah Police Officer Who Shot Darrien Hunt Wore Body Camera, but It Was Turned Off
Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune
Miller writes: "Responding to newly released reports that a police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Darrien Hunt was wearing a body camera - which apparently was not turned on at the time - protesters on Friday decried Hunt's death and said it was hard to believe anything the police say about the episode."
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Strikes Planned for 1,600 Walmart Stores on Black Friday
Nathan Layne, Reuters
Layne reports: "A group of Walmart employees pushing for higher wages said on Friday they were planning protests at 1,600 Walmart stores nationwide on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States."
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Mayor of Iguala, Mexico, Charged With Murder in Events Leading up to Students' Disappearance
Jo Tuckman , Guardian UK
Tuckman writes: "The former mayor of the southern Mexican city of Iguala has been charged with the murder of six people who died in a chain of confusing events that began when municipal police attacked a convoy of student teachers on 26 September."
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Why It's Warmer in Alaska Than Texas Right Now
Emily Atkin, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "'This kind of pattern is going to be more likely, and has been more likely ... Extremes on both ends are a symptom. Wild, unusual temperatures of both sides, both warmer and colder.'"
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