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Andy Borowitz | Trump Signs New Travel Ban Preventing Republican Senators From Fleeing 
 
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker 
Borowitz writes: "Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an emergency travel ban preventing Republicans from fleeing the United States Senate." 
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The Mueller Investigation Is Expanding to New York. Will Trump Try to Quash It? 
Jeet Heer, New Republic 
Heer writes: "Manhattan prosecutors are looking into money laundering allegations against Trump's former campaign manager Paul Manafort. Brooklyn prosecutors are conducting an investigation into a business owned by the family of Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law." 
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Expansion of Imperialist US "War on Terror" in Africa Preceded Deadly Attacks in Niger and Somalia 
Democracy Now! 
Excerpt: "At least 800 U.S. servicemembers are currently stationed in the country to support a French-led mission to defeat militants in West Africa. Meanwhile, Somalia continues to recover from a massive bombing in Mogadishu that killed at least 358 people." 
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Alabama Elections Chief Wants to Send Citizens to Prison for 5 Years for Voting 
Kira Lerner, ThinkProgress 
Lerner writes: "Up to 674 people who switched parties between the primary and runoff could be charged with a felony." 
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Undocumented Immigrant Teen Has Abortion Ending Weeks-Long Court Battle 
Ann E. Marimow and Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post 
Excerpt: "An undocumented teen in federal custody ended her pregnancy Wednesday morning less than a day after a judge's order forced the government to allow the 17-year-old to be promptly transferred to an abortion facility." 
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The NAACP Has Issued a Travel Advisory for American Airlines 
Molly Olmstead, Slate 
Olmstead writes: "The NAACP has issued a travel warning for black travelers flying on American Airlines and called for a meeting with the company to discuss what it sees as a pattern of discriminatory behavior, the organization announced Tuesday." 
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Study: Fracking Chemicals Harm Kids' Brains 
Lorraine Chow, EcoWatch 
Chow writes: "A new study from the Center for Environmental Health adds to the growing body of evidence that unconventional oil and gas (UOG), which includes fracking, is harmful to human health and especially hazardous to vulnerable populations, including newborns and children." 
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Here's How to Support Puerto Rico as It Recovers From Devastating Hurricane Maria 
Remezcla 
Excerpt: "With the island expected to go without power for months, Puerto Rico now needs our help. The US territory is in the midst of a financial crisis and already struggling in many ways." 
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RSN: Fracking Companies Have Been Getting Worse About Disclosing the Chemicals They Use, Calls for Rahm Emanuel's Resignation Flood Social Media Following Release of Laquan McDonald Video, Investigation Shows Almost One American a Week Is Killed by Police Use of Tasers

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Glenn Greenwald | Why the CIA Is Smearing Edward Snowden After the Paris Attacks

Glenn Greenwald, Los Angeles Times
Greenwald writes: "Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a terrorism attack. American politicians and intelligence officials see something else: opportunity."
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Calls for Rahm Emanuel's Resignation Flood Social Media Following Release of Laquan McDonald Video
Colleen Connolly, NBC Chicago
Connolly writes: "Chicago residents and activists have taken to social media following the release of the dash-cam video showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald to call for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has come under fire recently for his stance on the release of the video."
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On Wednesday morning, the hashtag #ResignRahm was trending on Twitter in Chicago

hicago residents and activists have taken to social media following the release of the dash-cam video showing the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald to call for the resignation of Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who has come under fire recently for his stance on the release of the video.

On Wednesday morning, the hashtag #ResignRahm was trending on Twitter in Chicago. More than a week before the video was released to the public, Emanuel said it would be premature to release it due to the ongoing FBI investigation. 

Critics attacked Emanuel, along with Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy and Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez, for the 13 months it took to file charges against Officer Jason Van Dyke, who shot McDonald 16 times, and release the video to the public.

Alvarez defended herself and Emanuel on Tuesday after first-degree murder charges were filed against Van Dyke, saying the mayor's plea to keep the video away from the public eye "was in the best interest of the investigation." Alvarez added that the reason it took 13 months to charge Van Dyke is because investigations into police shootings and misconduct are "massive and labor intensive."

Minutes before the video was released, Emanuel said he hadn't seen it yet and was waiting until the rest of the city could see it, too. He added that he hoped the release of the video would help "build bridges of understanding" in the city instead of inciting unrest.

"I believe this is a moment that can build bridges of understanding rather than become a barrier of misunderstanding," Emanuel said. "I understand that people will be upset and want to protest when they see this video. But I would like to echo the comments of the McDonald family. They asked for calm and that those who choose to speak out do it peacefully."

Five people were arrested during a protest that started in the West Loop and moved throughout downtown Chicago, lasting nine hours Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning, but authorities said it remained largely peaceful and respectful.

On Wednesday, the City Council's Black Caucus held a press conference calling for more accountability in city government. Although they did not specifically name Emanuel, they did call for the firing of McCarthy for the second time in recent weeks. The first time the group of aldermen called for McCarthy's firing, in October, Emanuel said he stood behind McCarthy, who indicated he had no plans to step down.

"We as a city have to demand better of our elected officials who are charged with protecting us all equally," Ald. Howard Brookins said at the press conference. "It is no excuse for this type of behavior."

Emanuel placed the burden of change on the entire city of Chicago instead of singling out the police department Tuesday, saying "as a city, we must also do certain things."

"We also have to get to a place, as a city, where officers who patrol communities in our city see a young man not as a potential problem and a risk, but they also see the young man as an individual who is worthy of their protection," Emanuel said.

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Investigation Shows Almost One American a Week Is Killed by Police Use of Tasers
Cheryl W. Thompson and Mark Berman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "At least 48 people have died in the United States since January - about one death a week - in incidents in which police used Tasers, according to a Washington Post examination of scores of police, court and autopsy records."
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Martin Shkreli Walks Back Promise to Return $750 Pill Price Back to Original $13.50
AOL News
"Remember Martin Shkreli, arguably the most hated man in pharmaceuticals for raising the cost of a drug HIV patients regularly take by 5,000 percent? Well, he's getting some very unwanted attention again."
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Why It Makes No Sense for Labor Unions to Endorse Hillary Clinton
Michael Sainato, Observer
Sainato writes: "Labor unions are deluding themselves if they believe Ms. Clinton is going to fight for their interests over those of corporations."
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Former Drone Operators Are 'Horrified' by the Cruelty of the Assassination Program
Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept
Hussain writes: "U.S. drone operators are inflicting heavy civilian casualties and have developed an institutional culture callous to the death of children and other innocents, four former operators said at a press briefing in New York."
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Fracking Companies Have Been Getting Worse About Disclosing the Chemicals They Use
Natasha Geiling, ThinkProgress
Geiling writes: "According to a new study published in the journal Energy Policy, fracking companies have become less forthcoming since 2013 about the chemicals used in their operations, citing 'the use of proprietary compounds' as grounds for limiting their disclosure."
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DUH - Drive for Universal Healthcare's photo to the group: Bernie Sanders for President 2016

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I think Donald Trump is the loudest voice of intolerance, division and hatred right now in America. What he is saying about immigrants and women is not only disgraceful, but dangerous.

Jorge Ramos, news anchor at Univision

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Looks like Veterans for Bush/Cheney oppose the Iran deal. Big surprise here:

Retired generals and admirals urge Congress to reject Iran deal

The letter by 190 former senior military officers came after another last week supporting the nuclear deal.

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Robert Bois le Duc with Steven Wilcox

Now imagine FOX Noise right now, if Michelle Obama had been photographed like this ! Now think about Trump winning the Presidency & this money loving centerfoldbecoming our First "Lady"........don't like my language ? Too bad, I went through 7 years of hearing the right wingers call MIchelle Obama "Mooshell" & many other racist & nasty names !

Pro-Gun Republicans Offering 'Prayers' For Victims Of Mass Shooting Should Shut The Hell Up

Republicans work tirelessly to make guns easier to get a hold of. They don't get to mourn with the rest of us when one of those weapons kills people.

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Occupy Democrats

Great idea! Trump goes first!

A Tea Bagger once told me that pre-marital sex was WRONG! Birth control should not be available, blah, blah, blah.....

When Religious Zealots and Wack-A-Dingers imposed their beliefs on others.... YUP! That's the problem!

Faith V. Reality

Thanks for sharing Vic!

I do NOT Like Ted Cruz or Rand- I do NOT like THEM, DAMN DAMN DAMN

‪#‎tcot‬

We have great power only if we use it. Participate! Take control of your life or forever be doomed to the whims of others.

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‪#‎WomensEqualityDay‬ Are YOU registered to vote? http://www.vote411.org/

"31% of unmarried women who are eligible to vote are not registered. These women represent 28% of all unregistered citizens." - Karen Teegarden

Ed Lee

Seems legit.

Occupy Democrats

They should be tried and sentenced for their seditious sabotage.

DUH - Drive for Universal Healthcare

One of two candidates who fully supports universal, single-payer healthcare for all Americans! (The other is Jill Stein - green party)

RSN: California Has No Idea What's in Its Fracking Chemicals, Study Finds, 20 Philly Cops Beat Him, Say He Injured Himself, Willie Nelson and Jimmy Carter: Our Real American Heroes

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Willie Nelson and Jimmy Carter: Our Real American Heroes 
 
Malcolm Jones, The Daily Beast 
Jones writes: "If time has slowed either of these gentlemen, it would be hard to say how. Each man is clearly up and at it every day." 
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Nobel Winner Malala Opens School for Syrian Refugees
Sylvia Westall, Reuters 
Westall writes: "Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, celebrated her 18th birthday in Lebanon on Sunday by opening a school for Syrian refugee girls and called on world leaders to invest in 'books not bullets.'" 
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Scott Ritter | Theater of the Absurd 
Scott Ritter, Reader Supported News 
Ritter writes: "Policy formulated in a vacuum of fact is doomed to fail, and any effort to solve a problem without first accurately defining that problem solves nothing." 
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20 Philly Cops Beat Him, Say He Injured Himself 
Kenneth Lipp, The Daily Beast 
Excerpt: "'For hundreds of years, nothing has changed about how police treat black people,' Cannick said. 'The only thing that is different is that now there is a mechanism, now everyone and their grandma is taking video, so now the public at-large has to see it.'" 
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The Democrats' Demographic Edge 
Charlie Cook, The Atlantic 
Cook writes: "The GOP doesn't just have a growing problem with nonwhites; it has a shrinkage problem as well, as conservative white seniors are supplanted by college-educated millennials with different cultural attitudes." 
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Greece, US Student Loans, and the Shifting Ethos of Debt Forgiveness 
Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor 
Trumbull writes: "A political battle is under way between advocates of fiscal rectitude and forces of fiscal populism. And by some indications, the populists may be gaining ground." 
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California Has No Idea What's in Its Fracking Chemicals, Study Finds 
Samantha Page, ThinkProgress 
Page writes: "A scientific assessment on the impacts of hydraulic fracturing in California found that, in large part, the chemicals used are not being identified or tracked, and it's nearly impossible to tell how damaging the process is to California's water supply." 
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RSN: Secrecy Over Fracking Chemicals Clouds Environmental Risks, Advocates Say, Silence Around Who Is Burning Black Churches Speaks Volumes

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Paul Krugman | Europe Wins 

Paul Krugman, The New York Times 
Krugman writes: "Europe dodged a bullet on Sunday. Confounding many predictions, Greek voters strongly supported their government's rejection of creditor demands." 
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis Steps Down 
teleSUR 
Excerpt: "His resignation comes less than a day after Greeks overwhelmingly rejected the conditions of an international bailout package in a nation-wide popular referendum." 
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As Bernie Sanders' Popularity Surges, Democrats Question Socialist Label 
Jana Kasperkevic, Guardian UK 
Kasperkevic writes: "Repeating a familiar line from his campaign and TV appearances so far, he said his popularity was in part due to the fact that ordinary American voters wanted a candidate who was willing to take on the establishment." 
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Silence Around Who Is Burning Black Churches Speaks Volumes 
Kristen West Savali, The Root 
Savali writes: "Black churches in North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee have burned in the weeks following the terrorist attack on Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C. that killed 9 people. In response, agents of the state and mainstream media have attempted to gaslight black America into believing that the smoke choking our collective souls is imagined." 
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Jessica Valenti | The War on Drugs Has Reached Into the Womb - And Threatens Abortion Rights 
Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK 
Valenti writes: "The war on drugs is racist, it criminalizes people who need help and it is attacking women's bodily autonomy - fighting it is a core feminist issue." 
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Egyptian President Sisi's Very Bad Year 
Rami G. Khouri, Al Jazeera America 
Khouri writes: "Since Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi took power last year, his country is looking more and more like a reinvigorated security state. His method of governance is one that sucks the life out of the democratic and pluralistic aspirations that millions of Egyptians embraced after President Hosni Mubarak's resignation in 2011." 
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Secrecy Over Fracking Chemicals Clouds Environmental Risks, Advocates Say 
Rose Hackman, Guardian UK 
Hackman writes: "Despite a report that links practice to contaminated drinking water, list of more than 1,076 chemicals used during fracking process remains unknown to public." 
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RSN:Farmers Are Watering Your Food With Fracking Chemicals, Israeli Troops Told Don't 'Spare Ammo',

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Bill Quigley | Scalia and Alito: Have You No Sense of Decency, Sirs?

Bill Quigley, Reader Supported News
Quigley writes: "The cruel, illogical, heartless and hateful arguments of Alito and Scalia give considerable support and inspiration to right-wing groups who literally demonize our sisters and brothers and sons and daughters who seek only to marry their same sex partners just like the rest of us."
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Obama: Inequality for Minority Communities Behind Unrest in Baltimore, Ferguson
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "President Barack Obama on Monday blamed a lack of opportunity in minority communities and harsher treatment of black and Hispanic men by police for fueling a sense of 'unfairness and powerlessness.'"
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Israeli Troops Told Don't 'Spare Ammo'
Peter Beaumont, Guardian UK
Beaumont writes: "Testimonies provided by more than 60 Israeli soldiers who fought in last summer's war in Gaza have raised serious questions over whether Israel's tactics breached its obligations under international law to distinguish and protect civilians."
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NYPD Officer Shot in Head Dies, Commissioner Cites Historic Anti-Police Sentiment
Ellen Wulfhorst and Sebastien Malo, Reuters
Excerpt: "A New York City plainclothes police officer who was shot in the head died on Monday, the fifth officer gunned down in as many months amid anti-law enforcement sentiment not seen since the turbulent 1960s, Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said."
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Black Faces in High Places Mask Racial Inequality
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Jacobin
Taylor writes: "What makes the Baltimore uprising different from an earlier era is that the vicious attacks on African Americans have unfolded at a time of unprecedented black political power."
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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: Pentagon Underreports Sexual Assaults in Military
Richard Lardner, Associated Press
Lardner writes: "In a scathing critique of the Defense Department's efforts to curb sexual assaults, a U.S. senator warned Monday that the true scope of sex-related violence in the military communities is 'vastly underreported' and that victims continue to struggle for justice."
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Farmers Are Watering Your Food With Fracking Chemicals
Nathanael Johnson, Grist
Johnson writes: "A story in the Los Angeles Times raises disturbing questions about the practice of irrigating California farmland with the wastewater from fracking."
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