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Friday, August 9, 2019

RSN: Keith Brooks | Venezuela: Another US Coup Attempt - and Why It Failed




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RSN: Keith Brooks | Venezuela: Another US Coup Attempt - and Why It Failed 
US-backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guido. (photo: Reuters)
Keith Brooks, Reader Supported News
Brooks writes: "I was in Caracas, Venezuela, on April 30th, the day of the failed coup. There were eight of us, five from NYC, one Vermonter and one Canadian, along with the leader of our group, a Venezuelan with whom I had traveled to Venezuela once before, in 2012, when Hugo Chavez was still alive."
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Mourners visit a memorial at the site of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. (photo: John Locher/AP)
Mourners visit a memorial at the site of the mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. (photo: John Locher/AP)



El Paso Shooting Suspect Happened to Attend My High School. Don't Blame Mental Health.
Katherine Hu, USA TODAY
Hu writes: "Many of us are unhappy with our lives, or struggle with mental health - but it doesn't lead us to drive 10 hours from home, release a racist manifesto and target Hispanics at a local Walmart."
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Donald Trump's Twitter page. (photo: Getty)
Donald Trump's Twitter page. (photo: Getty)

Far-Right Accounts Retweeted by Trump Keep Getting Suspended
Kevin Poulsen, The Daily Beast
Poulsen writes: "Nearly 10 percent of the unverified accounts retweeted by President Trump since his inauguration are currently suspended from Twitter for various violations of the platform's policies, ranging from hate speech to running fake sockpuppet accounts."
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Candi CdeBaca in Denver on Jan. 10, 2017. (photo: Nick Cote/The New York Times)
Candi CdeBaca in Denver on Jan. 10, 2017. (photo: Nick Cote/The New York Times)

Denver's City Council, Led by Democratic Socialist, Stuns For-Profit Prison Operators by Nuking Contracts
Ryan Grim, The Intercept
Grim writes: "Two for-profit prison companies have lost major contracts in Denver over their work in immigrant detention, as backlash to President Donald Trump's immigration policy continues to mount."
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The destruction of the wheelchairs is only the latest incident involving the trashing of homeless people's possessions. (photo: Twitter)
The destruction of the wheelchairs is only the latest incident involving the trashing of homeless people's possessions. (photo: Twitter)

Boston Police Destroy Wheelchairs Belonging to Homeless
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Police in the United States city of Boston Tuesday night destroyed three wheelchairs in a garbage truck compactor as part of a crackdown targeting the city's homeless population."
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Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard at a roadblock in Srinagar, Kashmir. (photo: Tauseef Mustafa/Getty)
Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard at a roadblock in Srinagar, Kashmir. (photo: Tauseef Mustafa/Getty)

Kashmir Journalists Struggle to Tell Their Stories Amid Clampdown
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Restrictions on movement and a communications blackout for a third day in Indian-administered Kashmir have frustrated the region's journalists, who call their struggle since Monday to get information about the disputed region out an 'unprecedented' situation."
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The latest United Nations report on climate change warns that humans must change their diet to curb greenhouse gas emissions. (photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters)
The latest United Nations report on climate change warns that humans must change their diet to curb greenhouse gas emissions. (photo: Joshua Lott/Reuters)

UN Says Humans Must Transform Our Diets and Land Use to Save the Planet
Terri Hansen, VICE
Hansen writes: "To avoid a full-blown climate crisis and global food shortages, ending the use of fossil fuels won't be enough - we must also restore and preserve lands and drastically change the way we eat, says a new UN report."
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