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Matt Taibbi | Trump Wants More War Money Than Last Year and Democrats Don't Seem to Mind
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "The military is once again poised receive a huge budgetary bump from President Trump, and the Democrats don't seem interested in doing much about it."
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Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "The military is once again poised receive a huge budgetary bump from President Trump, and the Democrats don't seem interested in doing much about it."
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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern. (photo: Hagen Hopkins/Getty)
New Zealand Bans Military-Style Firearms Six Days After Mosque Attacks
Anna Fifield, The Washington Post
Fifield writes: "New Zealand has banned military-style semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday, just six days after attacks on two mosques in Christchurch that left 50 people dead."
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Anna Fifield, The Washington Post
Fifield writes: "New Zealand has banned military-style semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Thursday, just six days after attacks on two mosques in Christchurch that left 50 people dead."
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Andrew Gillum Plans to Sign Up 1 Million New Florida Voters. (photo: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty)
Andrew Gillum Announces Creation of Voter Registration Campaign to Help Democrats Win Florida
Ben Mitchell, CBS News
Mitchell writes: "Former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost the race for Florida governor in November, announced Wednesday he will be launching a voter registration initiative in Florida. Its goal is to help Democrats win the state in 2020 and 'evict Donald Trump' from the White House."
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Ben Mitchell, CBS News
Mitchell writes: "Former Tallahassee mayor Andrew Gillum, who narrowly lost the race for Florida governor in November, announced Wednesday he will be launching a voter registration initiative in Florida. Its goal is to help Democrats win the state in 2020 and 'evict Donald Trump' from the White House."
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Tony Perkins, president of the anti-LGBT Family Research Council, speaking at the Values Voter Summit in Washington D.C. on October 7, 2011. (photo: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia)
US's Biggest Christian Charity Reportedly Channeled $56.1 Million to Purported Hate Groups
Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek
Moritz-Rabson writes: "The nation's eighth-largest nonprofit donated $56.1 million to a series of organizations identified as hate groups from 2015 to 2017, according to a report from Sludge."
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Daniel Moritz-Rabson, Newsweek
Moritz-Rabson writes: "The nation's eighth-largest nonprofit donated $56.1 million to a series of organizations identified as hate groups from 2015 to 2017, according to a report from Sludge."
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After being apprehended by Border Patrol, unauthorized immigrants wait to be transported to a central processing center shortly after they crossed the border from Mexico into the United States on March 26, 2018, in the Rio Grande Valley Sector near McAllen, Texas. (photo: Getty)
Border Patrol and ICE Routinely Violate Immigrants' Religious Rights
Aleksandr Sverdlik, ACLU
Sverdlik writes: "One pork sandwich every eight hours for six straight days. That's the only food that Border Patrol provided to Adnan Asif Parveen, a Muslim immigrant who was detained in South Texas in January because his work permit had expired and was pending renewal."
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Aleksandr Sverdlik, ACLU
Sverdlik writes: "One pork sandwich every eight hours for six straight days. That's the only food that Border Patrol provided to Adnan Asif Parveen, a Muslim immigrant who was detained in South Texas in January because his work permit had expired and was pending renewal."
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A Somali soldier stands near a destroyed building in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 1 after police blamed a nearly day-long siege of the Somali capital on al-Shabab extremists. (photo: Farah Abdi Warsameh/AP)
Human Rights Group Accuses US of Killing at Least 14 Civilians in Trump's Shadowy Drone War in Somalia
John Haltiwanger, Business Insider
Haltiwanger writes: "The US military could be guilty of war crimes in Somalia, according to a new report that challenges what the government has said about civilian casualties from its bombing campaign against al-Shabab - an al-Qaida affiliate - in the African nation."
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John Haltiwanger, Business Insider
Haltiwanger writes: "The US military could be guilty of war crimes in Somalia, according to a new report that challenges what the government has said about civilian casualties from its bombing campaign against al-Shabab - an al-Qaida affiliate - in the African nation."
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A farmer sprays crops with pesticides. (photo: Dave Martin/AP)
Pesticide Residues Found in 70% of Produce Sold in US Even After Washing
Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, according to a health advocacy group."
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Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "About 70% of fresh produce sold in the US has pesticide residues on it even after it is washed, according to a health advocacy group."
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