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" F R E E   C H E L S E A   M A N N I N G 

S h e  S h o u l d   Not  Die   i n  P r i s o n "

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"University professors and scientists  have taken on a new role in recent weeks:Defenders of facts and truth against the impending anti-science  administration."

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"tactic among others to combat the normalization of Trumpism — a toxic mix of white supremacy, misogyny, xenophobia, militarism, and oligarchic rule. Like any tactic, it is not an end in itself, but rather an intervention that will ramify into the future. It is not a strike against art, theater, or any other cultural form. It is an invitation to motivate these activities anew, to reimagine these spaces as places where resistant forms of thinking, seeing, feeling, and acting can be produced."

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"The new rules allow e m p l o y e e s doing intelligence work for those agencies to sift through raw data collected u n d e r a broad, Reagan-era executive order that gives the n  s  a  v i r t u a l ( l  y )  unlimited a u t h o r i t y  to intercept communications abroad."

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"House approves budget measure, 

opens door to repeal of Obamacare"

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"US dismissal of the UDHR in principle and practice extends to other areas. Take labor rights. The US has failed to ratify the first principle of the International Labour Organization Convention, which endorses "Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise." An editorial comment in the American Journal of International Law refers to this provision of the International Labour Organization Convention as "the untouchable treaty in American politics." US rejection is guarded with such fervor, the report continues, that there has never even been any debate about the matter. The rejection of International Labour Organization Conventions contrasts dramatically with the fervor of Washington's dedication to the highly protectionist elements of the misnamed "free trade agreements," designed to guarantee monopoly pricing rights for corporations ("intellectual property rights"), on spurious grounds. In general, it would be more accurate to call these "investor rights agreements."

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"Trade and financial sanctions to end after Sudanese government makes efforts to improve regional security."


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"A FB spokesperson told Britain's Guardian newspaper they had received a takedown request from Jun "alleging that a specific item of content on our platform violates Mr Modamani's right of personality.

"Access to that reported content was quickly disabled, so we do not believe there is any basis for him to seek an injunction," the spokesperson said.."

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FB = FloweryBile, Fistule Bulbous,  Flippin' Brackish  

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"The propeller-driven, winged robots, each the size of a beer can

 and weighing just one pound, could fly ahead of human pilots, scouting .."

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"The Ivory Coast's government and mutinying troops have reached a final deal at talks in Bouake, government sources said, shortly after talks were interrupted by gunfire at barracks across the country."

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