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22 January 19 AM
Matt Taibbi | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher of Sacred Cows
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "All of AOC's supporters sent her to Washington precisely to make noise. There isn't a cabal of key donors standing behind her, cringing every time she talks about the Pentagon budget. She is there to be a pain in the ass, and it's working."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "All of AOC's supporters sent her to Washington precisely to make noise. There isn't a cabal of key donors standing behind her, cringing every time she talks about the Pentagon budget. She is there to be a pain in the ass, and it's working."
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Starlings fly out of a bush and over the West Wing of the White House last January 22. (photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
'Absolutely Out of Control': Cliff Sims's Book Depicts Life in Trump's White House
Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker writes: "President Trump watched on television, increasingly angry as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan criticized his handling of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. He held the remote control 'like a pistol' and yelled for an assistant to get the Republican leader on the phone."
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Philip Rucker, The Washington Post
Rucker writes: "President Trump watched on television, increasingly angry as House Speaker Paul D. Ryan criticized his handling of the deadly white supremacist rally in Charlottesville. He held the remote control 'like a pistol' and yelled for an assistant to get the Republican leader on the phone."
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Nick Sandmann (center) smiles as Nathan Phillips plays a drum in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., January 18, 2019. (photo: YouTube)
The MAGA Teens Aren't Innocent Victims
Ruth Graham, Slate
Graham writes: "There's no mistaking the core dynamics of the encounter: Sandmann smugly grins in Phillips's face and declines to step backward, and he's backed by dozens of boisterous teens who are jeering and mocking the much smaller group of Native marchers."
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Ruth Graham, Slate
Graham writes: "There's no mistaking the core dynamics of the encounter: Sandmann smugly grins in Phillips's face and declines to step backward, and he's backed by dozens of boisterous teens who are jeering and mocking the much smaller group of Native marchers."
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'For his own militancy, King was hounded by the FBI, denounced as a communist, and bombarded with death threats.' (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Martin Luther King Was No Prophet of Unity. He Was a Radical
Bhaskar Sunkara, Guardian UK
Sunkara writes: "Martin Luther King Jr is useful to just about everyone nowadays. For President Donald Trump, celebrating King is a chance to tell everyone that he shares 'his dream of equality, freedom, justice, and peace.' For Ram trucks, it's a chance to, well, sell trucks."
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Bhaskar Sunkara, Guardian UK
Sunkara writes: "Martin Luther King Jr is useful to just about everyone nowadays. For President Donald Trump, celebrating King is a chance to tell everyone that he shares 'his dream of equality, freedom, justice, and peace.' For Ram trucks, it's a chance to, well, sell trucks."
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A Philadelphia police officer demonstrates a body camera during the department's pilot program in 2014. The department spent $12.5 million in 2017 to equip all 4,000 patrol officers with the devices. (photo: Matt Rourke/AP)
Some US Police Departments Dump Body-Camera Programs Amid High Costs
Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post
Kindy writes: "Body cameras 'are wonderful for winning public trust,' Carpenter said. 'But it's expensive.'"
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Kimberly Kindy, The Washington Post
Kindy writes: "Body cameras 'are wonderful for winning public trust,' Carpenter said. 'But it's expensive.'"
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Majed al-Zeer remains listed on World-Check as an 'individual' of heightened risk. (photo: Reuters)
Palestinian Rights Activist Wins Legal Fight Over 'Terrorism' Database
Richard Assheton and Jan-Peter Westad, Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "The head of a leading Palestinian lobby organization has won a legal fight over his listing on the World-Check financial database which falsely linked him to terrorism."
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Richard Assheton and Jan-Peter Westad, Middle East Eye
Excerpt: "The head of a leading Palestinian lobby organization has won a legal fight over his listing on the World-Check financial database which falsely linked him to terrorism."
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The Alliance to End Plastic Waste has committed $1bn (£778m) over the next five years to reduce plastic production and improve recycling. (photo: Education Images/UIG/Getty Images)
Founders of Plastic Waste Alliance Are Actually 'Investing Billions in New Plants'
Sandra Laville, Guardian UK
Laville writes: "The founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world's biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO."
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Sandra Laville, Guardian UK
Laville writes: "The founding companies behind a self-styled alliance to end plastic waste are among the world's biggest investors in new plastic productions plants, according to a European NGO."
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