08 March 19
RSN: John Kiriakou | Does Every Felony Sentence Need to Be a Death Sentence?
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "I thought that when I was released from prison in early 2015, after blowing the whistle on the CIA's illegal torture program, I could step right back into my life and live happily ever after. Nothing could have been further from the truth."
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Getty)
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "I thought that when I was released from prison in early 2015, after blowing the whistle on the CIA's illegal torture program, I could step right back into my life and live happily ever after. Nothing could have been further from the truth."
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Getty)
Democrats Target Big Money in Politics With Ethics Reform Package
Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Gambino writes: "Congressional Democrats passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform package on Friday morning that aims to reduce the role of big money in politics, expand voting rights - and require presidents to disclose their tax returns."
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Lauren Gambino, Guardian UK
Gambino writes: "Congressional Democrats passed a sweeping elections and ethics reform package on Friday morning that aims to reduce the role of big money in politics, expand voting rights - and require presidents to disclose their tax returns."
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Representative Ilhan Omar. (photo: AP)
Excerpt: "We hear from Ilhan Omar in her own words, speaking last week at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C."
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Supporter holds a sign as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a rally February 19, 2016, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. (photo: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty)
Trump Reportedly Wants to Steal From the Troops to Pay for His Wall
Rafi Schwartz, Splinter
Schwartz writes: "It's no secret that President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to fund his border wall between the United States and Mexico will rely heavily on Defense Department money to kickstart construction. But, according to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, we now have a better idea of just where in the Pentagon that money will reportedly come from: The Troops, themselves."
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Rafi Schwartz, Splinter
Schwartz writes: "It's no secret that President Donald Trump's emergency declaration to fund his border wall between the United States and Mexico will rely heavily on Defense Department money to kickstart construction. But, according to Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, we now have a better idea of just where in the Pentagon that money will reportedly come from: The Troops, themselves."
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a campaign rally in Dubuque, Iowa. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Unveils Plan to Break Up Amazon, Facebook and Google in Ambitious Campaign Pledge
Tony Romm and Brian Fung, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged Friday to take aim at Amazon, Facebook and Google if she is elected president in 2020, breaking apart each of the big tech companies and introducing sweeping new regulation of Silicon Valley."
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Tony Romm and Brian Fung, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged Friday to take aim at Amazon, Facebook and Google if she is elected president in 2020, breaking apart each of the big tech companies and introducing sweeping new regulation of Silicon Valley."
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Algerians protest in the capital, Algiers, on Friday. (photo: Mohamed Messara/EPA)
Algeria: Thousands Rally Against Fifth Term for President
Jason Burke and Ruth Michaelson, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Algeria as popular resistance grows to the president's decision to stand for a fifth term."
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Jason Burke and Ruth Michaelson, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Algeria as popular resistance grows to the president's decision to stand for a fifth term."
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Water hydrant near the grounds of the former Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. (photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/Getty)
Toxic Chemicals Are Poisoning Communities, and Those Affected Say EPA Isn't Doing Enough to Stop It
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "When Hope Grosse was growing up in Warminster, Pennsylvania, she rarely thought about her home's proximity to the Naval Air Warfare Center nearby, and how that might impact the safety of the water she drank and bathed in daily."
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E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "When Hope Grosse was growing up in Warminster, Pennsylvania, she rarely thought about her home's proximity to the Naval Air Warfare Center nearby, and how that might impact the safety of the water she drank and bathed in daily."
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