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Clinton beats Trump | The Monthly

For anybody remotely concerned about the future of the world – by which I mean the question of whether the world has any future at all – the first 30 minutes of the US presidential debate this morning were terrifying. After a few minutes of calm, during which Donald Trump was clearly trying to look “presidential”, the Republican nominee gave up that fight and started shouting over his opponent. Hillary Clinton started a sentence, then had to stop. Started the same sentence. Got stopped. Again. Again.

Source: Clinton beats Trump | The Monthly

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Baltimore man who called 911 for help dies after being punched by police | US news | The Guardian

According to an incident report, Tawon Boyd attempted to enter two police cars, ran to a neighbor’s house and shouted: ‘Help! Call the police’

Source: Baltimore man who called 911 for help dies after being punched by police | US news | The Guardian

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Why are cops OK with killing black people? Because American history teaches that we aren’t fully human – Salon.com

Cops dehumanize African Americans in order to administer an oppressive system — and that makes it easy to kill us

Source: Why are cops OK with killing black people? Because American history teaches that we aren’t fully human – Salon.com

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St. Louis cop caught on film planting a gun on a man he just killed

Newly released video has shed light on a police shooting in St. Louis, showing an officer kill a black suspect and then planting a gun on the crime scene.

Source: St. Louis cop caught on film planting a gun on a man he just killed

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Man dies of thirst in jail run by pro-Trump sheriff after being denied water for 6 days

Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke — one of Donald Trump’s loudest surrogates — is even crueler than previously thought.

Source: Man dies of thirst in jail run by pro-Trump sheriff after being denied water for 6 days

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US massacre of Syrian anti-ISIS soldiers

USA commits another massacre

Source: US massacre of Syrian anti-ISIS soldiers – PravdaReport

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Populism makes two comebacks: The progressive left and the reactionary right battle for ownership in 2016 cage match – Salon.com

Populism has had the limelight in this year, but many are still making a huge mess of its meaning

Source: Populism makes two comebacks: The progressive left and the reactionary right battle for ownership in 2016 cage match – Salon.com

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Americans are drowning in credit card debt: No, it’s not because we’re irresponsible – Salon.com

Systemic inequalities play a key role in our alarmingly high level of credit card debt

Source: Americans are drowning in credit card debt: No, it’s not because we’re irresponsible – Salon.com

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15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic? | Informed Comment

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – The Founding Fathers thought keeping a standing army was a danger …

Source: 15 Years after 9/11, can we Recover our Republic? | Informed Comment

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‘Teens are swapping sex for food’ in the world’s richest country | The Independent

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American teens stricken by widespread poverty in the country have taken to selling their bodies for food, according to new research.  The Urban Institute paints a bleak picture of life for teenagers in 10 low-income communities across the US. Some girls interviewed reported “selling their body” and having “sex for money”, while boys resorted to crimes of survival, such as selling drugs and shoplifting.

Source: ‘Teens are swapping sex for food’ in the world’s richest country | The Independent

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Watch the US Drop 2.5 Million Tons of Bombs on Laos | Mother Jones

Picturing the deadly legacy of America’s secret war in Laos.

Source: Watch the US Drop 2.5 Million Tons of Bombs on Laos | Mother Jones

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RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – General Election: Trump vs. Clinton

RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – General Election: Trump vs. Clinton

Source: RealClearPolitics – Election 2016 – General Election: Trump vs. Clinton

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Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – In his fiery speech demonizing immigrants to America on Wednesday night, …

Source: Top 8 Syrian-Americans whom we’d miss If Trump had Kept them out

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Chris Hedges: America the Illiterate – Chris Hedges – Truthdig

The change from a print-based to an image-based society has transformed our nation. All the traditional tools of democracies—including dispassionate scientific and historical truth, facts, news and rational debate—are useless instruments in a world that lacks the capacity to use them.

Source: Chris Hedges: America the Illiterate – Chris Hedges – Truthdig

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CNN Fact-Checks Trump’s False Claim That America Is Full Of Criminal Immigrants

From the September 1 edition of CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360:DON LEMON (HOST): Donald Trump laying out his immigration plan in a speech tonight in Phoenix. Now, our CNN Reality Check team takes a look, here is our Tom Foreman. What do you have for us, Tom?TOM FOREMAN: Hey Don, you know the central theme of all of this, a big theme, was that

Source: CNN Fact-Checks Trump’s False Claim That America Is Full Of Criminal Immigrants

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America’s hidden homeless: Life in the Starlight Motel – News from Al Jazeera

A motel in Massachusetts reveals the extent of the US’ hidden homelessness problem. Residents share their stories.

Source: America’s hidden homeless: Life in the Starlight Motel – News from Al Jazeera

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Are tiny homes a solution to homelessness in the US? – Al Jazeera English

In the backyard of one Nashville church, tiny pitched roof homes offer an alternative to homelessness.

Source: Are tiny homes a solution to homelessness in the US? – Al Jazeera English

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The Kremlin may be more involved in U.S. politics than you realize

Hackers released a treasure trove of unpleasant internecine emails on the eve of the Democratic National Convention. The Democratic Party chairwoman was out of a job and tensions between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters were reignited just as the Democrats were trying for a prime-time show of unity. Who were the hackers? Security experts inside and outside the government have pointed the finger at Russia. So, was this an act foreign aggression playing out on a strange new battlefield?

Source: The Kremlin may be more involved in U.S. politics than you realize

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The campaign minute 2016 | US news | The Guardian

Everything you need to know from the campaign trail today. Sign up here

Source: The campaign minute 2016 | US news | The Guardian

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Black Americans and Police State Fascism

The word fascism has reappeared in the American popular lexicon thanks to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The word is used to keep progressive Democrats in a state of fear should he win, but …

Source: Black Americans and Police State Fascism

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Here’s How Many Hours You Need to Work to Pay Rent in Every State

There isn’t any state in the country where a minimum wage worker can afford rent for a one-bedroom apartment working 40 hours a week.

Source: Here’s How Many Hours You Need to Work to Pay Rent in Every State

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Clinton Releases Tax Returns, Upping Pressure on Trump to Show His (Or Maybe Not) | Mother Jones

And here’s why Donald Trump might not release his.

Source: Clinton Releases Tax Returns, Upping Pressure on Trump to Show His (Or Maybe Not) | Mother Jones

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The neoliberal arm wields police violence in cities across America. by This is Hell! | Free Listening on SoundCloud

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Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year

Source: Black GOP Senator Talks About Being Pulled Over By Police 7 Times In One Year

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Virginia introduces law to stop 12-year-old girls from getting married | Americas | News | The Independent

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Between 2004 and 2013, around 4,500 children under the age of 18 got married in the state of Virginia. Of these girls, more than 200 of them were aged 15 or under.

Source: Virginia introduces law to stop 12-year-old girls from getting married | Americas | News | The Independent

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‘US ongoing problem – it can’t control its weapons in Mideast’ — RT Op-Edge

US weapons ending up in the hands of terrorists and current happenings in Washington DC and the Middle East are reminiscent of the Afghan Mujahideen, said international lawyer and former CIA officer Jack Rice.

Source: ‘US ongoing problem – it can’t control its weapons in Mideast’ — RT Op-Edge

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Multiple people stabbed at Sacramento white nationalist rally | US news | The Guardian

Sacramento officials report seven people taken to hospitals after a white nationalist group and counter-protesters attack each other

Source: Multiple people stabbed at Sacramento white nationalist rally | US news | The Guardian

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The three markers that could decide the US election – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Orlando massacre will impact on the US election and how Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton approach it. Terrorism, gun control and unity will be important issues in the race for the White House.

Source: The three markers that could decide the US election – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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United States of Paranoia: Surveillance of Suspects or Gang Stalking Targeted Individuals – PravdaReport

It’s a truism that everyone is a potential criminal just as everyone is a potential terrorist. Yourself included. You are no longer innocent until proven guilty in the USA

Source: United States of Paranoia: Surveillance of Suspects or Gang Stalking Targeted Individuals – PravdaReport

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Why Donald Trump will win the White House

Donald Trump will win the 2016 presidential election.

Source: Why Donald Trump will win the White House

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The Greatest!


“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights?”

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Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by one point in new California poll | US news | The Guardian

With 546 Democratic delegates available, California is the single most influential state this primary season – but things are far more complicated than they seem

Source: Bernie Sanders leads Hillary Clinton by one point in new California poll | US news | The Guardian

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US Election: Trump University case documents released by ‘hater’ judge criticised by Donald Trump – US election 2016 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A judge, called a hater by Donald Trump for his handling of a lawsuit related to the businessman’s Trump University, unseals documents related to the case.

Source: US Election: Trump University case documents released by ‘hater’ judge criticised by Donald Trump – US election 2016 – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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The Soul of the Tea Party | The Nation

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Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2015)

Source: Plutocracy: Political Repression In The U.S.A. (2015)

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With less than 6 months until election, Trump trails Clinton by 6 points in polls | US elections | News | The Independent

Over the past three months, as Trump and Clinton secured their grip on their party’s presidential nominations, US pollsters have been quietly surveying tens of thousands of Americans. More than 15 different polling companies have now collectively quizzed more than 150,000 people, across 65 different polls. The bad news for Donald Trump, and reassuring news for the rest of us? Hillary Clinton has led in 63 of those 65 polls, and trailed in just one.

Source: With less than 6 months until election, Trump trails Clinton by 6 points in polls | US elections | News | The Independent

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Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century | Informed Comment

TeleSur | – – Soon, researchers predict, the middle class will no longer be the largest class in the United …

Source: Aside from Super-Rich, All Americans are poorer this century | Informed Comment

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Ivy League Academic Removed From Plane And Questioned After Passenger Spotted His Equations | IFLScience

Finally, the world is safe from Italian economists doing mathematics on a plane. Alarm bells were rung last Thursday on a flight from Philadelphia to Ontario, after a passenger saw a man “suspiciously” writing down a complicated looking formula on a piece of paper and notified cabin crew. The passenger told flight attendants she was feeling ill, causing the flight to turn around on the runway. After some confusion, the mysterious mathematics enthusiast was taken off the flight and questioned by security agents.

Source: Ivy League Academic Removed From Plane And Questioned After Passenger Spotted His Equations | IFLScience

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Hoping to stop Donald Trump, this Sarah Palin-backing neocon wants Mitt Romney to run

 

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin gets pumped up at rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Republicans who rightly fear for the future of their party might be forgiven a slight shudder when they see their latest would-be saviour riding the ridgeline – that would be William Kristol, neoconservative commentator.

Source: Hoping to stop Donald Trump, this Sarah Palin-backing neocon wants Mitt Romney to run

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Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton: The most lopsided US election race in the modern era begins | US elections | News | The Independent

Donald Trump was the runaway winner in the Indiana primary, as expected. Polls, and the demographics of the state, had suggested as much. And as usual during this election, they’ve been proven right.

Source: Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton: The most lopsided US election race in the modern era begins | US elections | News | The Independent

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The Sanders revolution is coming: More than half of young Americans now oppose capitalism – Salon.com

Watch your back, Hillary. Poll data suggest adults aged 18-29 favor want no part of our neoliberal economic model

Source: The Sanders revolution is coming: More than half of young Americans now oppose capitalism – Salon.com

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Drudge, Koch, Soros, Bezos: These 4 non-politicians will determine the next president – Salon.com

The real players who have unrivaled influence over who takes the White House

Source: Drudge, Koch, Soros, Bezos: These 4 non-politicians will determine the next president – Salon.com

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US troops disciplined over Afghan hospital bombing – AJE News

About 16 US military personnel are disciplined for missile strikes on civilian hospital in Kunduz that killed 42 people.

Source: US troops disciplined over Afghan hospital bombing – AJE News

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The Top 10 Conservative Myths

The Top 10 Conservative Myths. Conservative Success is based on two things: You forgetting their sorry history, and swallowing down these whoppers!.

Source: The Top 10 Conservative Myths

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The deciding vote in the US presidential election – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Nobody has ever lost a Super Tuesday and gone on to win the nomination, and after big wins to Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on that special Tuesday in March it looked like history was safe. In the last week, however, Republican Ted Cruz and Democrat Bernie Sanders have gained enough ground to challenge not…

Source: The deciding vote in the US presidential election – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Ted Cruz Embodies the Degeneration of Foreign-Policy Conservatism | The Nation

When it comes to US foreign policy, what exactly does it mean to be a conservative? Before the Vietnam War, conservatism in foreign policy had less to do with principles than with temperament. As president, Dwight Eisenhower represented the very embodiment of that temperament.

Source: Ted Cruz Embodies the Degeneration of Foreign-Policy Conservatism | The Nation