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Is the U.S. about to give up on its lawless and catastrophic adventure in Syria?
The sooner the U.S. closes up shop in Syria, the better. By Patrick Lawrence.
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Why the Tent City for Children Is a Concentration Camp
The Mass Detention of Civilians Without Trial Is a Modern Military Tactic That Targets the Most Vulnerable. By Andrea Pitzer. (June 20, 2018)
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Italy: The Center Cannot Hold
For a generation, acceptance of the neoliberal doctrine that “there is no alternative” has paralyzed politics in the West. But what is the meaning of politics if there's no alternative to the resulting Authoritarian Center, asks Diana Johnstone.
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How Two House Democrats Defended Helping the GOP Weaken Dodd-Frank Financial Regulations
Ten years after the meltdown, Congress moves to loosen rules again. What could go wrong? By Lee Fang.
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“That Is Power”: Why Democrats Are Losing the Only Fight That Matters
Even in an era of historic media fragmentation, Donald Trump dominates our attention universe to the point where he blocks out the sun. Is it any wonder that people don’t have any idea what Democrats stand for? By Peter Hamby.
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What Facebook’s New Political Ad System Misses
Facebook announced a new system to make political ads more transparent. It’s got holes. By Jeremy B. Merrill, Ariana Tobin, Madeleine Varner.
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Drumpf’s Complicity In Israel’s Brutal Attacks On Palestinians Is Yet Another Example Of The GOP Taking Credit For Obama’s Hard Work
Since day one of his orange presidency, Drumpf has wasted no time putting his name on the hard-earned achievements of those before him and chalking those accomplishments up as his own personal successes. By Karl Meyer.
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The President Sang Amazing Grace
Joan Baez
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Wedding of the year
Jonathan Pie
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'This Bill Is Killing Us': Nine Sex Workers On Their Lives In The Wake Of FOSTA
This bill was supposed to fight sex trafficking. But it's driving women back to a riskier, pre-internet world of sex work. By Emily McCombs.
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Why Germans Are Getting Fed Up with America
It’s getting harder for Angela Merkel and the German elite to hold back growing anti-Americanism. By Leonid Bershidsky.
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A Former FBI Agent Was Caught On Undercover Video Teaching False Muslim Conspiracy Theories To Police Officers
John Guandolo said it was “treason” for former president Obama to address a Muslim organization in the US. By Talal Ansari.
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Small Wonder
All of the promises of politicians, generals, madmen, and crusaders that war can create peace have yet to be borne out. By Barbara Kingsolver.
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Activists are raising awareness of global warming with a 35m-high ice sculpture of Donald Trump
After joking last year that he should potentially be added to the line-up of famous faces on Mount Rushmore, it seems as if President Donald Trump’s wishes might be coming true. By Ruby Boddington.
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Follow the Money: Three Billionaires Paved Way for Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal
President Donald Trump has just fulfilled a campaign pledge to tear up the Obama administration’s signature foreign policy achievement. By Eli Clifton.
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How I Became Afraid to Visit National Parks
I didn’t know that I have been contributing to the crumbling infrastructure of our national parks. By Mike Ervin.
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Actors were paid to support Entergy’s power plant at New Orleans City Council meetings
Dozens of people in orange shirts showed up at meetings to support Entergy's new power plant. But for many of them, it was just an acting gig. They were paid to show up and speak on the company's behalf. The Lens interviewed a few of them and reviewed messages outlining the astroturfing effort. By Michael Isaac Stein.
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2018: When Orwell’s 1984 stopped being fiction
When I trained as a journalist, we reserved a “Revealed” or an “Exposed” for those special occasions when we were able to bring to the reader information those in power did not want known. By Jonathan Cook.
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Pennsylvania gerrymandering's surprise co-conspirators: Democrats
Many Democrats would rather not talk about this. By Jonathan Lai, Holly Otterbein.
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BBC Reporter Discourages Syria Questions Due To “Information War” With Russia
By suggesting that winning an “information war” with Russia should take priority over critical thinking and truth telling, McVeigh essentially admitted that she is a propagandist for the western war engine. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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