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Americans can spot election meddling because they’ve been doing it for years

If Vladimir Putin intervened to help Donald Trump, that’s an outrage. But then so is the long US record of foreign interference Owen Jones The Guardian As I write, president-elect Donald Trump – soon to become the most powerful individual on Earth – is having a tantrum on his…

6 January 2017 · 5 min read

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Is Skepticism Treason?

By James Carden

Despite the scores of media pieces which assert that Russia’s interference in the election is “case closed,” some cyber experts say skepticism is still in order. The Nation By James Carden The final days of 2016 were filled with more developments—some real, some not—in the…

5 Jan 2017 · 6 min read

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The FBI Never Asked For Access To Hacked Computer Servers

The Democratic National Committee tells BuzzFeed News that the bureau “never requested access” to the servers the White House and intelligence community say were hacked by Russia. Ali Watkins BuzzFeed WASHINGTON — The FBI did not examine the servers of the Democratic National…

5 Jan 2017 · 4 min read

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Beware of digital dictatorship

Vandana Shiva* The Asian Age We live in times where the non-working rent collectors and speculators have emerged as the richest billionaires. As 2017 begins and we flounder in our mad rush to force all of India into a digital economy overnight, it is worth pausing and reflecting…

4 Jan 2017 · 7 min read

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With an Eye on South Korea’s Presidency, Ban Ki-moon Seeks to Burnish his U.N. Legacy

The outgoing U.n. secretary-general touts his support for climate change and gay rights, regrets failures from Haiti to North Korea, and calls Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a liar. BY COLUM LYNCH Foreign Policy On Jan. 15, 2016, Australian lawyer Philip Alston paid a visit to…

4 Jan 2017 · 20 min read

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‘I will give you everything.’ Here are 282 of Donald Trump’s campaign promises.

Jenna Johnson Washington Post In Donald Trump’s final days on the campaign trail, he promised his supporters that “every dream you ever dreamed for your country” will come true if he becomes president — one of dozens of sweeping promises he made and is now expected to fulfill…

3 Jan 2017 · 36 min read

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As fossil fuel diehards take over The White House, the evidence of a fast-moving global energy transition has never been clearer

Jeremy Leggett As captains of the fossil fuel industries and their lobbyists prepare to take over the White House – appointed by a President elected by a minority, claiming to represent the people on an anti-elite ticket yet possessing by far the highest cumulative wealth of any…

3 Jan 2017 · 10 min read

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The age of Donald Trump

With the arrival of Donald Trump the coming year may well be remembered as a turning point in US and world history Joseph E. Stiglitz Live Mint On 20 January 2017, Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States.

2 Jan 2017 · 6 min read

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Something About This Russia Story Stinks

Nearly a decade and a half after the Iraq-WMD faceplant, the American press is again asked to co-sign a dubious intelligence assessment Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone In an extraordinary development Thursday, the Obama administration announced a series of sanctions against Russia…

2 Jan 2017 · 8 min read