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Juan Cole | Did Tillerson Lose His Job Over Stopping a Saudi Invasion of Qatar?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Emmons suggests that Tillerson lost his job over his intervention, given the sway evil genius Yousef al-Otaiba (UAE ambassador in Washington, DC) has over Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Emmons suggests that Tillerson lost his job over his intervention, given the sway evil genius Yousef al-Otaiba (UAE ambassador in Washington, DC) has over Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner."
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Protestors rally outside Connecticut court hearing on immigrant child separation. (photo: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters)
Hundreds of Detained Fathers Hunger Strike After Being Separated From Their Families
Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "More than 500 migrant fathers and sons detained in Texas after being separated from each other for weeks and months have launched a strike against unfair conditions."
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Amanda Holpuch, Guardian UK
Holpuch writes: "More than 500 migrant fathers and sons detained in Texas after being separated from each other for weeks and months have launched a strike against unfair conditions."
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Amazon office building. (photo: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa)
Amazon's Face Recognition Falsely Matched 28 Members of Congress With Mugshots
Jacob Snow, ACLU
Snow writes: "Amazon's face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern."
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Jacob Snow, ACLU
Snow writes: "Amazon's face surveillance technology is the target of growing opposition nationwide, and today, there are 28 more causes for concern."
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Participants in the 32nd annual Kingdom Day Parade in Los Angeles, January 16, 2017. (photo: Ronen Tivony/AP)
Four US Cities Sue Over Trump 'Sabotage' of Obamacare
Nate Raymond, Reuters
Raymond writes: "Four major U.S. cities filed a lawsuit on Thursday contending that President Donald Trump's administration is unconstitutionally seeking to undermine Obamacare by failing to faithfully execute the healthcare law."
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Nate Raymond, Reuters
Raymond writes: "Four major U.S. cities filed a lawsuit on Thursday contending that President Donald Trump's administration is unconstitutionally seeking to undermine Obamacare by failing to faithfully execute the healthcare law."
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Pope Francis. (photo: Getty)
Pope Francis Changes Catholic Church Teaching to Say Death Penalty Is 'Inadmissible'
Chico Harlan, The Washington Post
Harlan writes: "Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching to fully reject the death penalty, the Vatican announced Thursday, saying it would work to abolish capital punishment worldwide."
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Chico Harlan, The Washington Post
Harlan writes: "Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching to fully reject the death penalty, the Vatican announced Thursday, saying it would work to abolish capital punishment worldwide."
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Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (photo: Getty)
Netanyahu: Hitler Didn't Want to Exterminate the Jews
Haaretz
Excerpt: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Tuesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind."
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Haaretz
Excerpt: "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked public uproar when on Tuesday he claimed that the Mufti of Jerusalem, Haj Amin al-Husseini, was the one who planted the idea of the extermination of European Jewry in Adolf Hitler's mind."
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Sarah-Jeanne Royer with some of the plastic she's studied. (photo: BBC)
Plastic Pollution: How One Woman Found a New Source of Warming Gases Hidden in Waste
Matt McGrath, BBC
McGrath writes: "In short it's the Sun. Solar radiation acts on the surface of plastic waste. As it breaks down, becomes cracked and pitted, these defects increase the surface area of plastic available to sunlight which accelerates gas production. Even in the dark, the gas continues to seep out."
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Matt McGrath, BBC
McGrath writes: "In short it's the Sun. Solar radiation acts on the surface of plastic waste. As it breaks down, becomes cracked and pitted, these defects increase the surface area of plastic available to sunlight which accelerates gas production. Even in the dark, the gas continues to seep out."
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