‘That’s not journalism’: Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur slams CNN for declaring Clinton Democrat nominee
Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, has criticised CNN’s “biased” US election coverage, accusing the network of “journalistic malpractice” for counting superdelegates in their official tally before the Democratic Party’s convention.
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FBI in new push to probe web browser history – report
The FBI hopes to amend surveillance laws as early as this year, giving the agency explicit authority to access a personal Internet browser history by simply issuing an administrative “national security letter,” the Washington Post reports.
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‘Grimy business’: John Oliver makes TV history, forgives $15m in medical debt he purchased
In a scathing attack on the lack of regulations in the debt-collection industry, HBO comedy host John Oliver announced that a debt collection agency formed by his show would forgive $15 million in medical debts held by about 9,000 people.
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Drone wars undermine ‘checks and balances’ – Army chaplain resigning over strikes
Drone wars undermine ‘checks and balances’ – Army chaplain resigning over strikes
The Obama administration’s drone strike policies around the world have “blown accountability and oversight and checks and balances up in smoke,” a US Army chaplain who left the military in April told RT in an interview.
Asbestos, other toxic chemicals finally set to be regulated by EPA
Asbestos, other toxic chemicals finally set to be regulated by EPAThe Environmental Protection Agency will finally be able to regulate asbestos and other known toxic substances for the first time in decades. But environmentalists say the compromise bill doesn’t do enough and limits state regulators. With bipartisan support, the House of Representatives voted 403-12 to pass a bill to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 for the first time since it was enacted.
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Texas Judge Orders DOJ Attorneys to Take Ethics Classes
Texas Judge Orders DOJ Attorneys to Take Ethics ClassesSubmitted by Mike Krieger via Liberty Blitzkrieg blog, This is simply priceless. A federal judge in Texas on Thursday tore into Justice Department lawyers who argued the immigration case involving the Obama administration, ordering them to take ethics classes. In a blistering court order, U.S. District Court Just Andrew S.
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‘Democracy in the US is a fraud’
‘Democracy in the US is a fraud’: Left Forum debates next steps for Sanders movementA rigged democratic system, a “grotesque” military fighting unwinnable wars under the “drone commander in chief”, and the future of the movement behind presidential candidate Bernie Sanders were the focus of Day One at the Left Forum in New York City. This weekend’s theme “Rage, Rebellion, Revolution” brings thousands to John Jay College from Friday through Sunday.
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EU parliamentary group wants the US blacklisted as a tax haven
EU parliamentary group wants the US blacklisted as a tax havenThe United States should be included in the European Union’s new blacklist of tax havens because of its transparency laws, according to a report by the Greens/EFA group in the EU parliament.
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Number of cops killed on duty last year fell by 20 percent
FBI: Number of cops killed on duty last year fell by 20 percentThe number of US cops “feloniously” killed in the line of duty last year dropped significantly, according to preliminary statistics released by the FBI. The figures show 41 officer killings last year, almost 20 percent less than in 2014, when 51 law enforcement officers died in action.
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Poor Wages Send A Third Of US Manufacturing Workers To Welfare Lines In Order To Pay For Food, Healthcare
Poor Wages Send A Third Of US Manufacturing Workers To Welfare Lines In Order To Pay For Food, Healthcare, Data ShowU.S. manufacturing jobs used to be a path to the middle class for Americans who couldn’t or didn’t dive into the comfort provided by higher education degrees. But now many skilled, working Americans need some form of public assistance because their wages don’t pay for basic living expenses.
Results of Glyphosate Pee Test Are in “and It’s Not Good News”
Results of Glyphosate Pee Test Are in “and It’s Not Good News”Article reprinted with permission from EcoWatch Last month, Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) volunteered to take a urine test to see if glyphosate-the cancer-linked weedkiller-is in their system. Forty-eight MEPs from 13 different European Union countries participated in the test, and now the results are in.
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When Watson Comes For Your Job, Give It To Him
When Watson Comes For Your Job, Give It To HimA week ago, the venerable law firm BakerHostetler announced a new hire, Ross. Ross is joining the bankruptcy department of the 100-year-old firm. Despite being new to practicing law — BakerHostetler is Ross’ first job — Ross brings a myriad of skills to the role.
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“Print the Money”: Trump’s “Reckless” Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln
“Print the Money”: Trump’s “Reckless” Proposal Echoes Franklin and Lincoln“Print the money” has been called crazy talk, but it may be the only sane solution to a $19 trillion federal debt that has doubled in the last 10 years. The solution of Abraham Lincoln and the American colonists can still work today.
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Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change.
Vote all you want. The secret government won’t change. – The Boston GlobeThe voters who put Barack Obama in office expected some big changes. From the NSA’s warrantless wiretapping to Guantanamo Bay to the Patriot Act, candidate Obama was a defender of civil liberties and privacy, promising a dramatically different approach from his predecessor.
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How Much Liberty Do Americans Have Left?
How Much Liberty Do Americans Have Left?It is hard to read the Second Amendment and not honestly conclude that the Framers intended gun ownership to be an individual right. It is true that the amendment begins with a reference to militias: “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
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3rd biggest killer in US is medical error
3rd biggest killer in US is medical error – Johns Hopkins studyResearch has discovered that medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. With more than 250,000 deaths of this kind annually, researchers from Johns Hopkins University urge addressing systemic problems with the US system.
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OK police seize $53k of funds for Thai orphanage
‘Highway robbery’: OK police seize $53k of funds for Thai orphanageAfter being accused of “highway robbery” for seizing over $53,000 from a Christian rock band fundraising for a Christian school in Burma and an orphanage in Thailand, police in Oklahoma have been forced to backtrack on felony charges they had initiated against the man safeguarding the money.
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Fantasy Math Is Helping Companies Spin Losses Into Profits
Fantasy Math Is Helping Companies Spin Losses Into ProfitsCompanies, if granted the leeway, will surely present their financial results in the best possible light. And of course they will try to persuade investors that the calculations they prefer, in which certain costs are excluded, best represent the reality in their operations. Call it accentuating the positive, accounting-style.
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