Monsanto's 'Intelligence Center' Targeted Neil Young, Journalists, and Activists




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Monsanto's 'Intelligence Center' Targeted Neil Young, Journalists, and Activists 
March against Monsanto in Vancouver, Canada, in 2013. (photo: Rosalee Yagihara)
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Monsanto operated a 'fusion center' to monitor and discredit journalists and activists, and targeted a reporter who wrote a critical book on the company, documents reveal. The agrochemical corporation also investigated the singer Neil Young and wrote an internal memo on his social media activity and music."
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Andrew McCabe Sues FBI Over Firing, Alleges Plot by Trump to Oust Those Disloyal to the President
Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post
Zapotosky writes: "Andrew McCabe, the acting FBI director who authorized an investigation into President Trump for ties to Russia and possible obstruction of justice, filed a lawsuit against the bureau and the Justice Department on Wednesday, alleging he was illegally demoted and fired as part of a plot by Trump to remove those who were not politically loyal to him."
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Trump Supporter With Knife, Loaded Gun Arrested Outside Migrant Center in El Paso
Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News
Corchado writes: "Days after the massacre directed at Latinos across the country, a supporter of President Donald J. Trump allegedly armed with a gun and knife was briefly detained in front of a migrant community center, putting an already grieving city further on edge."
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Explosion of an Interracial Couple's Ohio Home Being Investigated as a Hate Crime After Swastikas Found at Scene
Darran Simon, CNN
Simon writes: "Racial slurs and a swastika were found spray-painted on a garage at the scene of a house explosion in Ohio, officials said Wednesday."
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Revealed: FBI and Police Monitoring Oregon Anti-Pipeline Activists
Jason Wilson and Will Parrish, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Law enforcement groups, including the FBI, have been monitoring opponents of a natural gas infrastructure project in Oregon and circulated intelligence to an email list that included a Republican-aligned anti-environmental PR operative, emails obtained by the Guardian show."
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Food Shipment Destined for Venezuela Seized Due to US Blockade
teleSUR
Excerpt: "The shipment seizure comes just days after Trump signed an executive order Monday that imposes a near-total blockade on government assets in that country, which includes an embargo against food suppliers, among other basic inputs."
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Trump EPA Appoints Former Oil Executive to Oversee the Fracking Heartland
Neela Banerjee, InsideClimate News
Banerjee writes: "The Trump administration named a former oil executive who has voiced doubts about man-made global warming as the top Environmental Protection Agency official in the South-Central United States, a hub of the fossil fuel industry as well as the site of recent climate-driven disasters such as Hurricane Harvey."
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