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Elizabeth
Warren | Republicans Are Sinking the Hopes of an Entire
Generation 
Elizabeth Warren, Reader
Supported News Warren writes: "Last
year, I introduced a bill that would allow people getting crushed with student
loan debt to refinance their loans down to today's lower interest rates. More
than 700,000 people signed petitions in support of the plan. Every Democrat,
every Independent, and three Republicans voted to move the bill forward. But the
rest of the Republicans filibustered the bill, so it didn't pass." READ
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Obama: GOP Has
Delayed Loretta Lynch Vote Longer Than 7 Previous Attorneys General
Combined Michael Walsh, Yahoo! News
Walsh writes: "President Barack Obama went
after Republicans for failing to confirm Loretta Lynch as U.S. attorney general.
Obama lamented that GOP leaders in Congress are still denying her a simple
yes-or-no vote, long after he nominated her for the post." READ
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The GOP: Defining their MORAL BANKRUPTCY! and genuflecting to the Dirty Energy Koch Brothers....simply stunning!
Mitch
McConnell Asks States to Ignore EPA Rules Regarding Coal
Kyle Curtis,
BlueOregon Curtis writes: "In a
front-page story from Friday's New York Times, reporter Coral Davenport
describes Senator Mitch McConnell's efforts to side-step the EPA's regulations
to reduce the amount of carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, the
largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the country." READ
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Fatal Police
Shooting of Black Teen in Cleveland Under Investigation
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian
UK Holpuch writes: "Activists plan to
gather in Cleveland on Saturday night in response to the fatal police shooting
of a black teenager, Brandon Jones." READ
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Wisconsin
Judge Finds State Abortion Law Unconstitutional Al Jazeera and Reuters
Excerpt: "A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled
as unconstitutional on Friday a state law requiring any doctor performing an
abortion to have privileges to admit patients to a nearby hospital."
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Russia Moves
to Stop Same-Sex Spouses Receiving UN Staff Benefits Chris Johnston, Guardian UK
Johnston writes: "Russia is attempting to stop
the United Nations extending staff benefits to same-sex spouses. The UN
secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced in July 2014 it would recognize
same-sex marriages among its 43,000 staff worldwide, allowing them to receive
the same benefits as their heterosexual counterparts." READ
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WHO:
Ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup 'Probably Carcinogenic'
Renee Lewis, Al Jazeera
America Lewis writes: "The most widely
used herbicide in the world, glyphosate, the active ingredient in the Monsanto
product Roundup, was classified as 'probably carcinogenic to humans,' in a
report released Friday by cancer researchers affiliated with the World Health
Organization." READ
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