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Judge Orders US Marshals To Seize Maricopa County [Arizona] Sheriff’s Office Records
The federal judge overseeing the racial profiling case against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ordered U.S. Marshals to seize records the sheriff’s office failed to turn over to the court...
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Mexican photojournalist Ruben Espinosa among five found dead in capital
Espinosa, who worked for the investigative magazine Proceso, found dead in an apartment with four other people after fleeing his home state of Veracruz.
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Deep State America
Democracy is often subverted by special interests operating behind the scenes. By Philip Giraldi.
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Who Killed Rubén Espinosa and Nadia Vera?
The authorities insist it was a robbery gone wrong, but many signs point to a political assassination. By Francisco Goldman.
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Bringing Down America’s Happiest Christian Cult
For decades, the freewheeling hippies of Jesus People USA —“God’s forever family” — forged one of the most influential movements in Christianity. They were also Jaime Prater’s family, until he made a documentary exposing the commune’s darkest secrets. By Jesse Hyde.
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Death-Qualified: The Brothers Tsarnaev
Gary Indiana reviews “The Brothers: The Road to an American Tragedy” by Masha Gessen.
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Tequila, Painted Pearls, and Prada: How the CIA Helped Produce ‘Zero Dark Thirty’
Documents obtained exclusively by VICE News detail how closely CIA officers worked with filmmakers Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal as they made their movie about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. By Jason Leopold and Ky Henderson.
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14 Years After 9/11, the War on Terror Is Accomplishing Everything bin Laden Hoped It Would
Al Qaeda goaded us into doing what it had neither the resources nor the ability to do. By Tom Engelhardt.
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Decadence and Madness at the Top: Inside Britain’s Secretive Bullingdon Club
They drink heavily, shatter champagne flutes and smash furniture -- before moving on to positions of leadership. The elite Bullingdon Club is an exclusive haven for Britain’s rich and powerful. But members don’t like to talk about it. By Christoph Scheuermann.
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Corbyn in the Media
‘Corb snubs the queen,’ ran the headline on the front page of the Sun on 16 September, in response to Jeremy Corbyn’s tight-lipped participation in the singing of the national anthem at a commemoration of the Battle of Britain... By Paul Myerscough.
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Restoring Henry
Niall Ferguson, Kissinger’s authorized biographer, begins the arduous task of rolling his subject’s fallen reputation back up the hill. The historian Greg Grandin kicks it right back down again.
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Is the ‘China Model’ Better Than Liberal Democracy?
“One person, one vote isn’t the only morally legitimate way to select leaders,” a political theorist says. By Eric Fish.
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How 4 Federal Lawyers Paved the Way to Kill Osama bin Laden
The lawyers tried to prepare for any legal obstacles — and made it all but inevitable that Bin Laden would be killed, not captured. By Charlie Savage.
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6 Spooky Ways Local Law Enforcement Is Watching You
A day in the life of the surveillance state.
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Xi Jinping is only the world's 5th most powerful person, according to Forbes annual list
Chinese President Xi Jinping saw his ranking drop two places in
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Judge Deals a Blow to N.S.A. Data Collection Program
A federal judge ordered the National Security Agency to stop collecting records for one Verizon customer, just weeks before the program was scheduled to be shut down and replaced. By Charlie Savage.
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“A Turning Point for Obama”: How the President Learned to Love the National Security State
NYT reporter Charlie Savage tells Salon the real reason why Obama has broken less from Bush than many hoped.
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[Glenn Greenwald] Interview with Charlie Savage on Obama’s War on Terror Legacy
Savage has become one of the most knowledgeable reporters chronicling the civil liberties and other controversies under the Obama administration.
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Warren steps up criticism of the Pacific Rim [“]trade[”] deal
Senator Elizabeth Warren said Thursday that she is prepared to do everything within her power to stop the historic Pacific Rim trade pact negotiated last month if it hurts American workers. By Tracy Jan.
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The Koch intelligence agency
As the billionaires’ network works to reshape American politics, it keeps a close eye on the left. By Kenneth P. Vogel.
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