RSN:William Boardman | Biological Warfare: US & Saudis Use Cholera to Kill Yemenis

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William Boardman | Biological Warfare: US & Saudis Use Cholera to Kill Yemenis

William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "Since March 2015, the US has supported Saudi Arabia and its allies in their criminal war of aggression against Yemen, committing daily war crimes, especially against civilians, who are now suffering a cholera epidemic with more than 400,000 victims. Cholera is caused by the bacteria Vibrio cholera and has been weaponized by the US, Japan (in World War II), South Africa (under apartheid), Iraq (under Saddam), and other states."
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Trump Threatens to End Obamacare Payments Unless Repeal Passes
Julia Manchester, The Hill
Manchester writes: "President Trump on Saturday threatened to end key payments to insurance companies made under Obamacare if a repeal and replace bill is not passed."
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2 Psychologists Who Helped Create Bush's CIA Torture Program to Face Trial
Sheri Fink, The New York Times
Fink writes: "A federal court judge refused on Friday to drop a lawsuit against two psychologists who helped devise the C.I.A.'s interrogation program after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, clearing the way for the case to proceed to a trial in September."
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It Sure Sounds Like Trump Just Encouraged Police Brutality
Carter Sherman, VICE
Sherman writes: "Don't be 'too nice' to suspects, President Trump told law enforcement officers in a fiery law and order speech in Long Island on Friday."
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Meet the Two Catholic Workers Who Secretly Sabotaged the Dakota Access Pipeline to Halt Construction
Amy Goodman, Jessica Reznicek and Ruby Montoya, Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "Two Iowa-based Catholic Worker activists revealed they secretly carried out multiple acts of sabotage and arson in order to stop construction of the controversial $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline."
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Colombia: Right-Wing Paramilitaries Are Flooding Zones Vacated by the FARC, Expert Says
teleSUR
Excerpt: "While the peace process in Colombia has been welcomed by broad sections of Colombian society, the demobilization of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has brought with it the swarming of paramilitary groups to rural regions the rebels left behind."
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Border Agency Set to Jumpstart Trump's Wall in a Texas Wildlife Refuge
Kiah Collier, Texas Tribune and T. Christian Miller, ProPublica
Excerpt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin constructing the first segment of President Trump's border wall in November through a national wildlife refuge, using money it's already received from Congress."
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RSN: GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes and Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies, Scott Galindez | Political Revolution From the Bottom Up

When can we stop pretending Republicans have a HEALTH CARE PLAN? 

THE SOLUTION? 

SINGLE PAYER UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR EVERY AMERICAN! 

FUNDING?  Republicans have snookered you! 

See that MILITARY WAR BUDGET to build American Empire and WAGE WAR? 

GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes and Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies 
Alison Kodjak and Joe Neel, NPR 
Kodjak and Neel write: "The Republican plan to reshape the Affordable Care Act - what they call 'repeal and replace' - kills the requirement that everyone buy health insurance by eliminating the tax penalty for those who don't have coverage." 
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Scott Galindez | Political Revolution From the Bottom Up 
 
Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News 
Excerpt: "Bernie said last June when he ended his campaign for President: 'Real change never takes place from the top down, or in the living rooms of wealthy campaign contributors. It always occurs from the bottom on up - when tens of millions of people say 'enough is enough' and become engaged in the fight for justice. That's what the political revolution we helped start is all about. That's why the political revolution must continue.'" 
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Don't Be Fooled, Trump's New Muslim Ban Is Still Illegal 
Farhana Khera and Johnathan Smith, The New York Times 
Excerpt: "President Trump's executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries experienced nearly universal defeat in the federal courts. On Monday, he issued a revised version of that order, but it still suffers from a fundamental, and fatal, flaw: It constitutes unlawful religious discrimination." 
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GOP Bill Would Repeal Obamacare Taxes and Penalties, Keep Some Subsidies 
Alison Kodjak and Joe Neel, NPR 
Kodjak and Neel write: "The Republican plan to reshape the Affordable Care Act - what they call 'repeal and replace' - kills the requirement that everyone buy health insurance by eliminating the tax penalty for those who don't have coverage." 
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Adam Davidson | Donald Trump's Worst Deal 
Adam Davidson, The New Yorker 
Davidson writes: "The President helped build a hotel in Azerbaijan that appears to be a corrupt operation engineered by oligarchs tied to Iran's Revolutionary Guard." 
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GOP Joins Democrats' Call for Clarity on Trump "Global Gag" Order 
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters 
Zengerle writes: "Two of President Donald Trump's fellow Republicans joined four Democrats on Monday in demanding that the White House provide more information about an executive order that has sown confusion among international organizations involved in family planning, AIDS treatment and other healthcare issues." 
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Families of Victims of Colombia's Paramilitaries Get Their Day in US Court 
Sibylla Brodzinsky, Guardian UK 
Brodzinsky writes: "Hernan Giraldo Serna and the men who were under his command in a broad area of northern Colombia murdered more than 270 farmers, indigenous leaders and leftist organizers." 
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Wild Horses Under Siege on Public Lands 
Suzanne Roy, EcoWatch 
Roy writes: "You've seen these majestic wild horses in TV or magazine ads, running unbridled across the open range, dust in their wake. They evoke the boundless West and our nation's pioneer spirit. What you don't see is the helicopters chasing them." 
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