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09 February 20
NY Times Editorial Board | The Government Uses 'Near Perfect Surveillance' Data on Americans
The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "'When the government tracks the location of a cellphone it achieves near perfect surveillance, as if it had attached an ankle monitor to the phone's user,' wrote John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, in a 2018 ruling that prevented the government from obtaining location data from cellphone towers without a warrant."
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The New York Times | Editorial
Excerpt: "'When the government tracks the location of a cellphone it achieves near perfect surveillance, as if it had attached an ankle monitor to the phone's user,' wrote John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, in a 2018 ruling that prevented the government from obtaining location data from cellphone towers without a warrant."
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Alexander Vindman during his testimony in November last year. Trump on Twitter described Vindman as 'very insubordinate.' (photo: Rex/Shutterstock)
Alexander Vindman Lawyer Attacks Trump Over 'Obviously False Statements'
Victoria Bekiempis, Guardian UK
Bekiempis writes: "The lawyer for Lt Col Alexander Vindman condemned Donald Trump on Saturday for making 'obviously false statements' about the decorated military veteran, after the president defended sacking him through several critical tweets."
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Victoria Bekiempis, Guardian UK
Bekiempis writes: "The lawyer for Lt Col Alexander Vindman condemned Donald Trump on Saturday for making 'obviously false statements' about the decorated military veteran, after the president defended sacking him through several critical tweets."
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Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders cheer during his caucus night watch party on February 03, 2020 in Des Moines, Iowa. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
The Iowa Caucuses Showed That Medicare for All Is Still a Winner
Luke Savage, Jacobin
Savage writes: "The debacle in Iowa has produced delayed results and a flurry of questions about the Democratic Party's capacity to hold a fair and transparent primary process."
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Luke Savage, Jacobin
Savage writes: "The debacle in Iowa has produced delayed results and a flurry of questions about the Democratic Party's capacity to hold a fair and transparent primary process."
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We must confront Trump's State of the Union lies about immigrants' healthcare. (photo: Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images)
Trump Says Covering All Immigrants Would Bankrupt Our Healthcare System. That's a Lie.
Adam Gaffney, In These Times
Gaffney writes: "During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump put Medicare for All in the crosshairs."
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Adam Gaffney, In These Times
Gaffney writes: "During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Trump put Medicare for All in the crosshairs."
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A protest in front of the White House in July of 2018. (photo: @AdamParkhomenko/Twitter)
Trump Is Flaunting His Impunity
William Saletan, Slate
Saletan writes: "Republicans wanted to move on from impeachment. The president won't let them."
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William Saletan, Slate
Saletan writes: "Republicans wanted to move on from impeachment. The president won't let them."
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The Terminal 21 mall in the city of Nakhon Ratchasima. (photo: Reuters)
Thailand: Soldier Kills 20 in Shooting Rampage
Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Wongcha-um writes: "A Thai soldier shot dead at least 20 people Saturday, posting messages on Facebook as he went on the rampage in a northeastern city where he was still holed up in a mall well over 12 hours after he first struck, authorities said."
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Panu Wongcha-um, Reuters
Wongcha-um writes: "A Thai soldier shot dead at least 20 people Saturday, posting messages on Facebook as he went on the rampage in a northeastern city where he was still holed up in a mall well over 12 hours after he first struck, authorities said."
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Argentina's Esperanza base in Antarctica reported a record high temperature this week. (photo: Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)
"You Could Wear Shorts There Right Now": Antarctica Just Recorded Its Hottest Temperature on Record
Umair Irfan, Vox
Irfan writes: "Antarctica just recorded its hottest temperature on record: 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3°C)."
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Esperanza, Argentina’s research base on the Trinity Peninsula (the section closest to South America), detected the balmy temperature spike on Thursday. The previous record, 63.5 degrees, was set in 2015.
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Umair Irfan, Vox
Irfan writes: "Antarctica just recorded its hottest temperature on record: 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit (18.3°C)."
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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Esperanza, Argentina’s research base on the Trinity Peninsula (the section closest to South America), detected the balmy temperature spike on Thursday. The previous record, 63.5 degrees, was set in 2015.
It’s currently summer in the southern hemisphere, and even icy Antarctica starts to warm up as it receives uninterrupted sunlight through the season. However, temperatures usually don’t get much higher than 50 degrees.
On this rapidly warming planet of ours, the polar regions are heating up faster than the rest. Earth has warmed up by just over 1.8 degrees on average since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, when humans began spewing heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. But the Antarctic Peninsula has warmed by 5.4 degrees in just the last 50 years.
That rising heat is particularly worrying because it’s fueling loss in the world’s largest reservoir of ice: the Antarctic ice sheets. If all the ice in Antarctica were to melt, it would raise global sea levels by 190 feet. It’s hard to know exactly how much Antarctica’s ice is contributing to global sea-level rise right now, but several estimates show that this ice could add upward of 16 inches of sea-level rise by the end of the century based on current rates.
The latest science also shows an acceleration in ice melt. Between 1979 and 2017, the annual rate of ice loss increased sixfold. This cold freshwater flowing into the ocean in turn is influencing weather patterns around the world in ways that scientists are still trying to understand.
Last month, 50-year-old climate activist Lewis Pugh swam in a river formed beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet to highlight the impacts of warming. Satellites this week have also detected new cracks in glaciers in Antarctica.
“Pine Island glacier, like its neighbouring Thwaites Glacier, has been dramatically losing ice over the last 25 years,” according to the WMO.
The opposite end of the world is also warming rapidly. In 2018, the Arctic experienced its heat wave in winter for the third year in a row. Together, these events show that a lot more heat and change are in store for the coolest parts of the world.
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