All News Articles for 2019-03-11

Monday, March 11, 2019
Tucker Carlson Called Iraqis 'Semiliterate Primitive Monkeys' in Racist Radio Tirade
"They can just shut the fuck up and obey, is my view."
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salmon Here Come the Frankenfish: Critics Warn GE Salmon Import Approval Puts Consumers and Fisheries at 'Serious Risk'
Consumer advocates charge the move "runs counter to sound science and market demand."
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'They Treat Us Like Robots': Frequent 911 Calls From Amazon Warehouses Reveal Employees Driven to Despair
"It's this isolating colony of hell where people having breakdowns is a regular occurrence."
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'Nowhere to Hide': Billboard to Target Kyrsten Sinema as Only Senate Democrat Standing Against Net Neutrality
"Sinema needs to decide right now whether the corporate donations she's getting from Comcast and AT&T are really worth the cost of being seen as a telecom shill."
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Free Chelsea Manning graffiti 'Grave Threat to Press Freedom': Warnings Mount as Chelsea Manning Remains Behind Bars
"Whistleblowers must not be treated as criminals, and instead must be recognized for their critical role in maintaining a thriving democracy"
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Rubio's 'Explosion at Germán Dam' Error Exposes Deeper Dishonesty of US Venezuela Policy
"U.S. sanctions on Venezuela are killing people, and have been killing people for some time."
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Sick of Scammers? John Oliver Unveils Epic Robocall Operation to Give FCC a Taste of Surging Problem
The HBO host said he had set up an automated message that will reach the FCC's offices every 90 minutes—the same kind of frequent robocall millions of Americans get daily
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Sign reads: Keep it in the ground Climate Crisis Be Damned, 'Shale Revolution' Poised to Make US Net Exporter of Oil in Three Years
"The second wave of the U.S. shale revolution is coming," says International Energy Agency
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With Trillions in Safety Net Cuts, Bernie Sanders Says Trump Budget 'Breathtaking in Its Degree of Cruelty'
"This is a budget for the military industrial complex, for corporate CEOs, for Wall Street, and for the billionaire class."
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surveillance camera Privacy Advocates Sound Alarm as CBP 'Scrambling' to Deploy Facial Recognition at Major US Airports
"The government is hurtling along a path towards its broad deployment... a deployment that seems quite unjustified and unnecessary."
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No Apology: Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro Use Outrage Over Comments to Promote Their Shows
"This is not one random off-hand comment that Carlson said decades ago.... we're highlighting patterns."
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Applause for Pete Buttigieg as 2020 Hopeful Strays From 'Trite Script Most Politicians Cling To' During Town Hall
Progressives around the country announced their intent to help make sure the South Bend, Indiana mayor is included in the 2020 Democratic debates by donating to his campaign
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sunrise protest Right-Wing State Legislators Working to Destroy Climate and Science Education, Analysis Warns
"The only way to be sure they don't pass is to raise public awareness."
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While Hiking Bloated Military Spending, Trump Budget Would Slash Medicaid By $1.1 Trillion
The president is attempting to hand the Pentagon even more than it asked for while gutting programs for ordinary Americans
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