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Blurred lines: Trump's UN choice and her coal magnate spouse
The email went out from senior Environmental Protection Agency officials to Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, responding to questions she had about a funding matter. But the acknowledgment email the EPA got back a few hours later wasn’t from the ambassador. By Ellen Knickmeyer.
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The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps
The debate over Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s use of the term “concentration camp” is not about language or facts. It is about how we perceive history, ourselves, and ourselves in history. By Masha Gessen.
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Oregon Statehouse Shut Down After Lawmakers Team Up With Right-Wing Militias
While leaving the statehouse before the walkout, one Republican senator implied that police who pursued them should be ready to die: “Send bachelors and come heavily armed.” By Kelly Weill.
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Next Contestant, Iran: Meet America’s Permanent War Formula
When it comes to starting wars, we don’t even bother to change the script anymore. By Matt Taibbi.
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Is the White House Plotting an End-Run Around Congress Into Iran?
Officials are suggesting the 9/11 law used by three presidents to justify every intervention of the last 18 years is applicable to Tehran, too. By Heather Brandon-Smith.
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Climate Change: Why is it So Often “Sooner than Predicted”?
It’s increasingly clear that our situation is worse than we’ve been told, perhaps far, far worse. By Kollibri terre Sonnenblume.
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"War with Iran Will Be Totally Fine," Says Person Who Thought War with Iraq Would Be Totally Fine
Who is Reuel Marc Gerecht? By Shane Ryan.
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America Is Stuck With a $400 Billion Stealth Fighter That Can’t Fight
The planes have had several previously unreported ‘category 1’ flaws—military parlance for issues that can prevent a pilot from accomplishing their mission. By David Axe.
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U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid
The Trump administration is using new authority to take more aggressive digital action in a warning to Moscow and in a demonstration of its abilities. By David Sanger, Nicole Perlroth. (June 15, 2019)
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Trump Administration to Hold Migrant Children at Base That Served as WWII Japanese Internment Camp
HHS said Fort Sill will be used “as a temporary emergency influx shelter.” By W J. Hennigan.
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Farewell to Dr. John, Wherever You Is Now
Even in a city of characters, he stood out, wrapped in his own language. “You speak Spanish?” a journalist asked him. “No, man,” he said. “I don’t even speak English.” By Brian Cullman.
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Google and Oracle’s $9 billion “copyright case of the decade” could be headed for the Supreme Court
The ‘copyright case of the decade’ is a $9 billion copyright infringement suit Oracle filed against the search giant, Google, nearly 10 years ago. Google is asking for the Supreme Court to hear the case. Will it happen? By Roger Parloff.
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In Baltimore and Beyond, a Stolen N.S.A. Tool Wreaks Havoc
American cities are being hijacked with an N.S.A. cyberweapon that has already done billions of dollars in damage overseas. The N.S.A. will say nothing. By Nicole Perlroth, Scott Shane.
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Honestly, We Just Hate Women
Literally every single one of them. By Jessica M. Goldstein.
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Iran War Scenarios
Radio War Nerd (July 24, 2018)
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US Accuses Syria Of More Chemical Attacks Just As Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
At this point you almost wish America would just pick a target and stick with it. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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Russiagate: A coming of age moment for [U.S.] Soviet immigrants
Soviet immigrants have always had an implicit belief in the superiority of American institutions. It’s been a religious thing for them. But seeing themselves get swept up and demonized in this way has bred disillusionment and revulsion with American politics on a level I have never seen. By Yasha Levine.
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How Australia’s Labor Party Lost an Un-Losable Election
Pundits are blaming the Australian Labor Party's left-wing turn for its shocking defeat in Saturday's election. But the failure lies in the fact that this leftist program came too little, too late. By Daniel Lopez.
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Milkshakes and Other Disagreeable Anointings
The recent spate of milkshake protests against the far right began in Warrington on 2 May. By James Butler.
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The Rank Hypocrisy Of Rahm Emanuel
Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel took advantage of his elite privilege and joined The Atlantic, a major media publication, as a contributing editor. By Kevin Gosztola.
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