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Jeffrey D. Sachs | Trump Pushes the US Closer to War
Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Boston Globe
Sachs writes: "Donald Trump's speech to the United Nations on Tuesday moved the world closer to war. The speech was Hitlerian in tone and content, filled with vitriol and grievance. Germany, said Hitler, was stabbed in the back by its own leaders after World War I."
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Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Boston Globe
Sachs writes: "Donald Trump's speech to the United Nations on Tuesday moved the world closer to war. The speech was Hitlerian in tone and content, filled with vitriol and grievance. Germany, said Hitler, was stabbed in the back by its own leaders after World War I."
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Arrests, Sit-Ins, Shouting - Activists Plan a Week of Nationwide Protest to Fight Graham-Cassidy
Will Drabold, Mic
Drabold writes: "Since early March, when the first Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was introduced in the House, activist groups have driven millions of phone calls and thousands of protesters to Washington."
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Will Drabold, Mic
Drabold writes: "Since early March, when the first Republican effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act was introduced in the House, activist groups have driven millions of phone calls and thousands of protesters to Washington."
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Russian, American White Nationalists Raise Their Flags in Washington
Casey Michel, ThinkProgress
Michel writes: "Since 2015, Matthew Heimbach, one of the foremost white nationalists in the United States, has been trying to construct links with Russian nationalists."
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Casey Michel, ThinkProgress
Michel writes: "Since 2015, Matthew Heimbach, one of the foremost white nationalists in the United States, has been trying to construct links with Russian nationalists."
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Betsy DeVos Rescinds Obama-Era Guidelines for Handling Sexual Assault on Campus
Lauren Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times
Rosenblatt writes: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday rescinded controversial Obama-era guidelines that had prodded colleges and universities to more aggressively - critics said too aggressively - investigate campus sexual assaults."
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Lauren Rosenblatt, Los Angeles Times
Rosenblatt writes: "Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Friday rescinded controversial Obama-era guidelines that had prodded colleges and universities to more aggressively - critics said too aggressively - investigate campus sexual assaults."
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White House Mulls Heartless, Possibly Illegal Deportation Plan for Central American Refugees
Eleanor Sheehan, Splinter
Sheehan writes: "Just a few weeks after announcing an end to DACA, the Trump administration is reportedly drafting a new policy that would expedite the deportation of some 150,000 children from Central America who arrived in the U.S. without their parents. The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday that the effort is, of course, being led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Justice Department."
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Eleanor Sheehan, Splinter
Sheehan writes: "Just a few weeks after announcing an end to DACA, the Trump administration is reportedly drafting a new policy that would expedite the deportation of some 150,000 children from Central America who arrived in the U.S. without their parents. The Miami Herald reported on Wednesday that the effort is, of course, being led by Attorney General Jeff Sessions' Justice Department."
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Syrian Opposition Activist and Journalist Daughter Found Murdered in Istanbul
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A Syrian opposition activist and her daughter were found killed in their flat in Istanbul, relatives said. Orouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Halla, 23, had been stabbed to death, according to a Turkish police official."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "A Syrian opposition activist and her daughter were found killed in their flat in Istanbul, relatives said. Orouba Barakat, 60, and daughter Halla, 23, had been stabbed to death, according to a Turkish police official."
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Ohio EPA Hikes Fines Against Rover Pipeline to $2.3 Million
Climate Nexus
Excerpt: "The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the state attorney general's office Wednesday to hold the owners of the troubled Rover natural gas pipeline responsible for $2.3 million dollars in fines. Rover leaked more than 2 million gallons of drilling mud into protected Ohio wetlands this spring, leading the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order a halt to construction."
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Climate Nexus
Excerpt: "The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asked the state attorney general's office Wednesday to hold the owners of the troubled Rover natural gas pipeline responsible for $2.3 million dollars in fines. Rover leaked more than 2 million gallons of drilling mud into protected Ohio wetlands this spring, leading the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to order a halt to construction."
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