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The Fear of Hillary’s Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton’s nominating convention has focused on domestic issues, but her foreign policy has many anti-war Democrats worried, as she surrounds herself with neocons and liberal hawks, writes James W Carden from Philadelphia.
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Day Four: She Stoops to Conquer: Notes From the Democratic Convention
“First things first. I want to apologize to the Sandernistas for any impolite things I may have written about you in the past 10 months. I especially want to apologize to those of you who rose up after your leader abandoned you, after Bernie wiped out your votes and muted your voices, after he turned you over to the DNC’s thuggish floor managers and security guards, after he sat passively as your brave chants of ‘No More Drones’ were drowned out by the fascist war-cry of ‘USA! USA!’”… By Jeffrey St. Clair
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What If Donald Trump Is Just An Elaborate Prank?
Cracked
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President Obama optimistic Congress will pass TPP this year
“On Friday, deputy press secretary Eric Schultz told reporters that the president is ‘acutely aware of the politics around this. But that’s not going to stop him from getting this done,’ Schultz said.”
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America’s Electronic Voting Machines Are Sitting Ducks
They are old, buggy, and insecure. If someone wanted to mess with the US election, these machines would be an easy way in. By Brian Barrett.
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DNC Achieved Unity Through Forced Conformity, Manufactured Consent
The corporate media's adulatory coverage of the carefully choreographed pageantry at the Democratic convention couldn't be further from the truth. By Rania Khalek.
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Why Bernie Backed Hillary
The path to an eventual progressive victory is to take over the Democratic Party, not break it. By Doug Muder.
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Donald Trump’s Tiff With Paul Ryan Symbolizes Growing Divisions in the GOP Over Corporate Power
Paul Ryan’s primary opponent says a vote for him is “a vote for every person who never got to go out for a steak dinner with lobbyists for the Chamber of Commerce.” By Zaid Jilani.
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The Elective Affinities of Hillary Clinton
A grotesque power-fest at the Democratic Party Convention in Philadelphia left me feeling about Hillary Clinton the way P. G. Wodehouse’s Bertie Wooster felt about his Aunt Agatha—“the one who chews broken bottles and kills rats with her teeth.” By Luciana Bohne.
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Former CIA Director And Hillary Supporter: “We Should Kill Russians And Iranians Covertly”
Last Friday, former deputy and acting director of the CIA, Mike Morell became the latest neocon to join the Hillary bandwagon with a NYT Op-Ed titled “I Ran the C.I.A. Now I’m Endorsing Hillary Clinton” in which he not only praised Hillary but slammed Donald Trump… By Tyler Durden.
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The false realism of lesser-evil voting
Tech writer Clay Shirky has posted an essay declaring that There's No Such Thing As A Protest Vote. In a better world we would be able to safely set this aside in the category of Crank Medium Posts By Dilettante Pundits At Odds With The Consensus Of Political Science And Historical Fact, but since he's voicing a perspective that's regrettably common... By Carl Beijer.
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It’s the End of the @GOP as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
Quote By A Smart Person: “You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” — Jeanette Rankin. Welcome to the American Singularity. By Reed Galen.
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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2016 shortlist - in pictures
Gorgeous galaxies and stunning stars make up this selection of pictures from the shortlisted entries for this year’s Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year award. By Eric Hilaire.
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WikiLeaks offers $20G reward for info in DNC staffer slaying as founder Julian Assange implies victim was informant
WikiLeaks is now offering a $20,000 reward for information in the killing of DNC staffer Seth Rich. By Keri Blakinger.
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Behind the Booing: A Sanders Delegate Reflects on the DNC Protests
Sanders delegates did not succeed in changing DNC rules but they brought the TPP to the forefront of media discussions. By Lauren Steiner.
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Lame duck TPP vote could be disastrous for Dems — and America
“In terms of style and substance, tenor and tone, the two parties’ conventions could not have differed more dramatically. Whereas the Republican gathering focused on fear and division, the Democratic convention called forth hope and constructive action. And yet…” By Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.)
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If Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine are “Progressive,” Then the Word Has Lost All Meaning
How the term ‘progressive’ became an empty marketing tool for corporate Democrats. By Kathleen Geier.
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The Real Way the 2016 Election Is Rigged
Despite what the media tells you, the Democrats will not take the House in November. Here's why. By David Daley. (Aug. 19, 2016)
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Clinton Foundation Charity Grade: D — Close All Branches Now
“The Foundation took its current activities and compiled them into a ‘mission.’ So our action words are ‘convene,’ ‘improve,’ ‘increase,’ ‘reduce,’ ‘create,’ and ‘help.’ In my estimation, the only part of that which is able to be documented is ‘convene.’ They do hold those gala meetings with regularity.” By Amy Sterling Casil.
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Human Iguana Criticizes Alt-Right, Forgets She Too is Fascist
“[I]n her best impersonation of an actual human being yet, laments the ‘insulting and ignorant terms’ Trump used to describe the plight of Black Americans yet conveniently forgets she described the same community as ‘super predators.’ From his bullshit crime bill to welfare gutting reform, the policies that Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—have decimated black America.” By Dr. Bones. (Aug. 26, 2016)
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