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Saturday, June 8, 2019

Garrison Keillor | The Graduation Speech I Didn't Get to Give




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Garrison Keillor | The Graduation Speech I Didn't Get to Give 
Garrison Keillor. (photo: MPR)
Garrison Keillor, Garrison Keillor's Website
t was graduation weekend at my daughter’s school and so I hung out with emotional dads for a couple of days and at the graduation dance I got a little teary-eyed myself. It was the Father-Daughter dance and we shimmied and shook to “I Saw Her Standing There” and then a slow waltz to “Wonderful World” and I sang the words to her, “I hear babies cry, I watch them grow; they’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know.” And I meant them.
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Detention center. (photo: David Mcnew/Getty)
Detention center. (photo: David Mcnew/Getty)

DHS Watchdog Finds Spoiled Food, Nooses at Multiple Immigration Detention Centers
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report Thursday detailing the horrific conditions at immigration detention centers across the United States."
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Lawmakers have yet to take concrete action against fake news and misinformation. (photo: Erik McGregor/Barcroft)
Lawmakers have yet to take concrete action against fake news and misinformation. (photo: Erik McGregor/Barcroft)

Fake News: US Braced for New Wave of Misinformation in 2020 Election
Sabrina Siddiqui, Guardian UK
Siddiqui writes: "As the US gears up for its next general election, half of Americans view fake news as a bigger threat to the country than terrorism, illegal immigration, violent crime or racism, according to a new study."
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The most expensive cleanup site is at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. (photo: Manuel Valdes/AP)
The most expensive cleanup site is at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, Washington. (photo: Manuel Valdes/AP)

Nuclear Waste Will Be Classified as Safer Under a Controversial Trump Administration Change
Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times
Vartabedian writes: "The federal Department of Energy is changing how it will dispose of nuclear weapons waste, reclassifying what was formerly considered high-level radioactive material to a lower standard, officials said in a formal notice Wednesday."
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An iPhone user. (photo: Getty)
An iPhone user. (photo: Getty)

Give Up Your Password or Go to Jail: Police Push Legal Boundaries to Get Into Cellphones
Jon Schuppe, NBC News
Schuppe writes: "As police now routinely seek access to people's cellphones, privacy advocates see a dangerous erosion of Americans' rights, with courts scrambling to keep up."
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Children queue as they wait to receive free food which was prepared by residents and volunteers on a street in the low-income neighborhood of Caucaguita in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Henry Romero/Reuters)
Children queue as they wait to receive free food which was prepared by residents and volunteers on a street in the low-income neighborhood of Caucaguita in Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Henry Romero/Reuters)

US Sanctions on Venezuela Illegal Under UN, OAS and US Law
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The application of unilateral economic sanctions is an explicit violation of international law protected under the United Nation's (U.N.) and Organization of American States's (OAS) charters, human rights stipulations, and even national United States (U.S.) law. Despite that truth, they have become U.S. President Donald Trump's favorite tool to assert his foreign policy goals around the world."
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A pair of elk. (photo: Getty)
A pair of elk. (photo: Getty)

Trump Administration Plans Major Expansion of Hunting, Fishing in Wildlife Refuges
John Seewer, Associated Press
Seewer writes: "The Trump administration on Wednesday announced what it called a major expansion of hunting and fishing in the nation's wildlife refuges."
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