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Michael Moore: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Now a Leader of the Democratic Party
Ian Schwartz, RealClearPolitics
Schwartz writes: "Michael Moore declared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) the leader of the Democratic party in an interview on MSNBC Friday night. Moore says he wished that Ocasio-Cortez was old enough to run for president and that the age requirement in the constitution should be amended so that she could."
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Ian Schwartz, RealClearPolitics
Schwartz writes: "Michael Moore declared Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) the leader of the Democratic party in an interview on MSNBC Friday night. Moore says he wished that Ocasio-Cortez was old enough to run for president and that the age requirement in the constitution should be amended so that she could."
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday. (photo: Liu Weibing/AP)
China Has Put 1 Million Muslims in Concentration Camps. MBS Had Nothing to Say.
Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post
Hiatt writes: "China is a leading oppressor of Muslims, so it should come as no surprise that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia - the kingdom that views itself as defender of the Islamic faith - would visit Beijing to deliver a stern rebuke."
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Fred Hiatt, The Washington Post
Hiatt writes: "China is a leading oppressor of Muslims, so it should come as no surprise that the crown prince of Saudi Arabia - the kingdom that views itself as defender of the Islamic faith - would visit Beijing to deliver a stern rebuke."
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Spike Lee accepting the
Spike Lee's Oscar Speech Was a Lesson in Black History
Stacie Williams, Vice
Williams writes: "History was (finally) made tonight when the Academy Awards gave Spike Lee an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKKKlansman, his first Oscar ever."
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Stacie Williams, Vice
Williams writes: "History was (finally) made tonight when the Academy Awards gave Spike Lee an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for BlacKKKlansman, his first Oscar ever."
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Baltimore police buyback
Mass Shootings Grab Headlines. Baltimore's Gun Death Epidemic Is Climbing One Fatality at a Time
Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "Baltimore was rocked this week by one of its most violent days in history, after a series of shootings that left the city searching for solutions to its deadly epidemic of gun violence."
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Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "Baltimore was rocked this week by one of its most violent days in history, after a series of shootings that left the city searching for solutions to its deadly epidemic of gun violence."
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The president of the Southern Baptist Convention, JD Greear, speaks to the denomination's executive committee in Nashville, Tennessee on 18 February. (photo: Mark Humphrey/AP)
Southern Baptist Convention Grapples With Sexual Abuse Report
Josiah Hesse, Guardian UK
Hesse writes: "The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), one of the largest Christian organizations in the world, is grappling with allegations that more than 250 of its leaders sexually abused more than 700 congregants over the last two decades."
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Josiah Hesse, Guardian UK
Hesse writes: "The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), one of the largest Christian organizations in the world, is grappling with allegations that more than 250 of its leaders sexually abused more than 700 congregants over the last two decades."
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Church members gather to renew their marriage vows on Havana's Malecóm. (photo: Frank Padrón Rojas)
Cuba's Evangelical Alliance Leads Crusade Against Gay Marriage
Ed Augustin, Guardian UK
Augustin writes: "On an island where mass campaigns against official policy are almost unprecedented - and where 'scientific atheism' was once state doctrine - evangelical churches have burst on to the political scene in recent months to campaign against gay marriage."
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Ed Augustin, Guardian UK
Augustin writes: "On an island where mass campaigns against official policy are almost unprecedented - and where 'scientific atheism' was once state doctrine - evangelical churches have burst on to the political scene in recent months to campaign against gay marriage."
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The idea of an ad hoc group to reassess the government's climate science findings represents a modified version of a plan championed by William Happer, the National
Happer, who headed an advocacy group called the CO2 Coalition before joining the administration in the fall, has challenged the scientific consensus on climate change inside and outside of government.
Public records show the coalition, which describes its mission as informing policymakers and the public of the “important contribution made by carbon dioxide to our lives and the economy,” has received money from far-right organizations and donors with fossil fuel interests.
In 2017, according to federal tax filings obtained by the Climate Investigations Center, the group received $170,000 from the Mercer Family Foundation and more than $33,000 from the Charles Koch Institute.
Juliet Eilperin, Josh Dawsey and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The White House plans to create an ad hoc group of select federal scientists to reassess the government's analysis of climate science and counter conclusions that the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming the planet, according to three senior administration officials."
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