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Robert Parry | The Putin-Did-It Conspiracy Theory
Robert Parry, Consortium News
Parry writes: "The New York Times - much as it did when it was falsely reporting breathlessly about 'aluminum tubes' for Iraq's non-existent nuclear weapons program - continues to promote U.S. government propaganda about Ukraine as fact and dismisses any rational assessment of the situation as crazy.
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Juan Cole | Iraq: ISIL Advances to Within 9 Miles of 300 US Troops at Al-Ain Base
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Twenty-five Daesh commandos, some of them with suicide bomb belts, then threw themselves at the outskirts of the al-Ain military base about 9 miles away, where 300 US troops are stationed. That attack was beaten off, but there were fears for the safety of the big US contingent of trainers and special forces personnel at the base."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Twenty-five Daesh commandos, some of them with suicide bomb belts, then threw themselves at the outskirts of the al-Ain military base about 9 miles away, where 300 US troops are stationed. That attack was beaten off, but there were fears for the safety of the big US contingent of trainers and special forces personnel at the base."
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New Details Emerge in Venezuela Following Failed Coup Attempt
teleSUR
"In a televised broadcast featuring President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello along with the Caracas Municipal City Mayor Jorge Rodríguez, revealed further details regarding the failed coup attempt, which lead to the arrest of several military officers as well as confessions linking political opposition leaders to the plot."
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teleSUR
"In a televised broadcast featuring President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello along with the Caracas Municipal City Mayor Jorge Rodríguez, revealed further details regarding the failed coup attempt, which lead to the arrest of several military officers as well as confessions linking political opposition leaders to the plot."
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Protest, Outrage Over Pasco, Washington Police Shooting Death of Antonio Zambrano-Montes
Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "Protesters in Pasco, Washington heeded police and community calls for calm on Saturday, following the fatal shooting by officers of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, an unarmed 35-year-old Mexican national, earlier this week."
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Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "Protesters in Pasco, Washington heeded police and community calls for calm on Saturday, following the fatal shooting by officers of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, an unarmed 35-year-old Mexican national, earlier this week."
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Army Agrees to Provide Chelsea Manning Transition-Related Care
Mitch Kellaway, Advocate
Kellaway writes: "Chelsea Manning, the former Army private and transgender whisteblower serving 35 years in military prison for exposing U.S. security secrets to website Wikileaks, has reportedly been approved by the Defense Department to begin hormone therapy in military prison."
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Mitch Kellaway, Advocate
Kellaway writes: "Chelsea Manning, the former Army private and transgender whisteblower serving 35 years in military prison for exposing U.S. security secrets to website Wikileaks, has reportedly been approved by the Defense Department to begin hormone therapy in military prison."
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Oregon's Kate Brown to Be First Openly Bisexual Governor in US History
Shelby Sebens, Reuters
Sebens writes: "Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, set to become the nation's first openly bisexual governor on Wednesday, is an under-the-radar liberal Democrat known for her struggles to expand voting and her push for greater campaign finance transparency."
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Shelby Sebens, Reuters
Sebens writes: "Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown, set to become the nation's first openly bisexual governor on Wednesday, is an under-the-radar liberal Democrat known for her struggles to expand voting and her push for greater campaign finance transparency."
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The Pentagon & Climate Change: How Deniers Put National Security at Risk
Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
Goodell writes: "Those who talk most about climate change - scientists, politicians, environmental activists - tend to frame the discussion in economic and moral terms. But last month, in a dramatic turn, President Obama talked about climate change in an explicitly military context: 'The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security,' he said in his State of the Union address. 'We should act like it.'"
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Jeff Goodell, Rolling Stone
Goodell writes: "Those who talk most about climate change - scientists, politicians, environmental activists - tend to frame the discussion in economic and moral terms. But last month, in a dramatic turn, President Obama talked about climate change in an explicitly military context: 'The Pentagon says that climate change poses immediate risks to our national security,' he said in his State of the Union address. 'We should act like it.'"
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