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Jeffrey Toobin | The Deceptive Contrast Between Trump and Kavanaugh
 Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker Toobin writes: "Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh looked and sounded very different, but those appearances deceived. Both men were pulling the country in the same direction, toward more inequality, more pollution, and, to put the matter bluntly, women once more dying from botched abortions." READ MORE  Senator Susan Collins of Maine. (photo: Tom Brenner/NYT)
Brett Kavanaugh Said He Would Kill Roe v. Wade Last Week and Almost No One Noticed
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress Millhiser writes: "Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh needs to give Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) plausible deniability regarding his anti-abortion views." READ MORE  Summer Zervos leaves court at the conclusion of a hearing in New York on Dec. 5. (photo: Kathy Willens/AP)
Trump to Provide Written Answers Under Oath in Summer Zervos Defamation Lawsuit
Elise Viebeck, The Washington Post Viebeck writes: "President Trump will provide written answers under oath in the defamation lawsuit brought by former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos, who claims Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007, a new court filing stated." READ MORE  According to the Brennan Center for Justice, 34 states bar citizens from voting based on past convictions. (photo: Bloomberg/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
US Inmates Mark End of Prison Strike With Push to Regain Voting Rights
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK Pilkington writes: "Inmates within America's overflowing prisons are marking the end of a 19-day national prison strike on Sunday with a new push to regain the vote for up to 6 million Americans who have been stripped of their democratic rights." READ MORE  Serena Williams. (photo: Elsa/Getty Images)
Serena Williams and the Game That Can't Be Won (Yet): What Rage Costs a Woman.
Rebecca Traister, New York Magazine Traister writes: "I don't care much about the rules of tennis that Serena Williams was accused of violating at Saturday night's U.S. Open final. Those rules were written for a game and for players who were not supposed to look or express themselves or play the game as beautifully and passionately as either Serena Williams or the young woman who eventually beat her, twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka, do." READ MORE  Kosovo. (photo: AP)
Kosovo Albanians Block Roads During Serbia President Visit
Radul Radovanovic, Associated Press Radovanovic writes: "Kosovo Albanians on Sunday blocked roads and burned tires on a planned route by Serbia's president in the former Serbian province, further fueling tensions between the two Balkan foes." READ MORE  Indigenous leaders, coast protectors, and others demonstrate against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, on March 10, 2018. (photo: Jason Redmond/Getty Images)
First Nations Celebrate Win Against Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion
Shannan Lenke Stoll, YES! Magazine Stoll writes: "A Federal Court of Appeal on Thursday struck down the Canadian government's approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, halting construction of the 1,150-kilometer project indefinitely." READ MORE |
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Monday, September 10, 2018
Jeffrey Toobin | The Deceptive Contrast Between Trump and Kavanaugh
Monday, July 13, 2015
RSN: McConnell Vows to Block Any Cuba Ambassador, Obama's Deadly Cold War Legacy, Chinese Company and Taliban Battle Over Afghanistan's Underground Riches
Robert Parry | Obama's Deadly Cold War Legacy
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "President Obama is endangering his legacy by letting neoconservatives still set his foreign policy, including the creation of a new and costly Cold War with Russia that could have been easily avoided and that now risks spinning off into a nuclear showdown."
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Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "President Obama is endangering his legacy by letting neoconservatives still set his foreign policy, including the creation of a new and costly Cold War with Russia that could have been easily avoided and that now risks spinning off into a nuclear showdown."
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Grexit May Have Been Avoided, but Divisions in Europe Are Growing
Mary Dejevsky, Guardian UK
Dejevsky writes: "While the Greece deal has averted an open split, old-fashioned geopolitics is pulling even longstanding EU members in different directions."
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Mary Dejevsky, Guardian UK
Dejevsky writes: "While the Greece deal has averted an open split, old-fashioned geopolitics is pulling even longstanding EU members in different directions."
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The Bernie Sanders Moment
Todd Gitlin, The New York Times
Gitlin writes: "The white-haired politician stands before 10,000 cheering supporters in Madison, Wis., and calls for 'political revolution,' denouncing a 'rigged economy' that produces 'a grotesque level of inequality,' returning to a theme that '60s radicals have long been trumpeting."
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Todd Gitlin, The New York Times
Gitlin writes: "The white-haired politician stands before 10,000 cheering supporters in Madison, Wis., and calls for 'political revolution,' denouncing a 'rigged economy' that produces 'a grotesque level of inequality,' returning to a theme that '60s radicals have long been trumpeting."
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McConnell Vows to Block Any Cuba Ambassador
Richard Cowan, Reuters
Cowan writes: "The top Senate Republican said on Sunday that Congress is likely to block any nominee that President Barack Obama names as ambassador to Cuba and retain broad economic sanctions, even as Obama moves to establish diplomatic and economic ties with the Communist-run island."
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Richard Cowan, Reuters
Cowan writes: "The top Senate Republican said on Sunday that Congress is likely to block any nominee that President Barack Obama names as ambassador to Cuba and retain broad economic sanctions, even as Obama moves to establish diplomatic and economic ties with the Communist-run island."
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Serena Williams: We're Lucky to Be Living in Her Time
Bryan Armen Graham, Guardian UK
Graham writes: "Racism and sexism are for real, but Serena has overcome this double burden with a grace and composure taught only in classrooms. She's a real American hero."
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Bryan Armen Graham, Guardian UK
Graham writes: "Racism and sexism are for real, but Serena has overcome this double burden with a grace and composure taught only in classrooms. She's a real American hero."
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Kansas Mass Teacher Exodus: 3,720 and Counting Thanks to GOP 'Reform'
Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press
Hegeman writes: "Classroom spending cuts, uncertain school financing, low pay and eroding tenure protections all play into a hostile climate in Kansas that teachers and school administrators say is spurring a surge of teacher departures and retirements."
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Roxana Hegeman, Associated Press
Hegeman writes: "Classroom spending cuts, uncertain school financing, low pay and eroding tenure protections all play into a hostile climate in Kansas that teachers and school administrators say is spurring a surge of teacher departures and retirements."
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Chinese Company and Taliban Battle Over Afghanistan's Underground Riches
Ben Piven, Al Jazeera America
Piven writes: "Massive copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar province could destroy antiquities site and displace villagers."
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Ben Piven, Al Jazeera America
Piven writes: "Massive copper mine at Mes Aynak in Logar province could destroy antiquities site and displace villagers."
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