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Bill McKibben, The New Yorker
McKibben writes: "We're eight weeks into the new decade, and, so far, we've had the warmest January ever recorded. We've seen the highest temperature ever measured on the Antarctic continent, and also record swarms of locusts descending on the Horn of Africa, a plague which scientists assure us will 'become more frequent and severe under climate change.'"
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DNC Superdelegate Promoting Brokered Convention Is a Significant GOP Donor, Health Care Lobbyist
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "William Owen, a Tennessee-based Democratic National Committee member backing an effort to use so-called superdelegates to select the party's presidential nominee - potentially subverting the candidate with the most voter support - is a Republican donor and health care lobbyist."
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A 'Corrupt' Response and 'Cover-Up': Trump Admin Appears to Have Sparked Coronavirus Outbreak in US
Colin Kalmbacher, Law & Crime
Kalmbacher writes: "A pair of stories broke late Thursday afternoon concerning a Health and Human Services (HHS) whistleblower with a fatal series of charges that, if true, means the Coronavirus outbreak in the United States was caused by the ineptitude of the Trump administration."
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'We're Supposed to Do That': Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Spying of Muslims After 9/11
Bobby Allyn, NPR
Allyn writes: "Muslim American advocates and civil rights organizations are condemning comments presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg made defending the practice of surveilling Muslims in New York City when he was mayor."
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Court Won't Let Trump Pardon Guilty Verdict Against Joe Arpaio
Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press
Billeaud writes: "An appeals court has denied former Phoenix-area Sheriff Joe Arpaio's bid to erase his criminal conviction for disobeying a 2011 court order, saying President Donald Trump's pardon makes it unnecessary."
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The Media Dismissed Bolivia's October Elections as Fraudulent. Our Research Found No Reason to Suspect Fraud.
John Curiel and Jack R. Williams, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "As Bolivia gears up for a do-over election on May 3, the country remains in unrest following the Nov. 10 military-backed coup against incumbent President Evo Morales."
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Oil and Gas Firms Reward Politicians When They Vote Against the Environment, Finds New Study
Dana Drugmand, DeSmogBlog
Drugmand writes: "It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders."
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View article on FAIR's website Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression CounterSpin MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: When Florida passed an amendment to return the right to vote to people who had served time for felony convictions, that was part of a history in this country of expanding the franchise, to ensure that those who are affected by government have a say in shaping it. When some Republicans then insisted that, before any of those ex-felons could exercise their right to vote, they had to pay off any and all "court fines, fees and restitution," that too partook of a tradition — of switching up brutal for bureaucratic means to bar the inclusion of marginalized populations in the polity. (cc photo: Democracy Chronicles) A circuit court just denied that GOP effort in Florida, just as folks aren't buying that Georgia Republicans want to cut Sunday voting over concerns about separating church and state; or that Republicans in Texas are really torn up over the integrity of identification, given they accept gun licenses but not college student IDs. Corporate media may report shenanigans when they occur; but when it comes to voter suppression, the pattern is the point—and maybe some recognition that the fight is less between parties than between democracy and its demonstrated opponents? We'll speak with Carol Anderson, professor of African-American Studies at Emory University, and author of, among other titles, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide and One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy. MP3 Link Plus Janine Jackson takes a quick look at recent coverage of Bernie Sanders and Julian Assange. MP3 Link

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Why the Count Counts: Federal Funding and the 2020 Census

Why the Count Counts: Federal Funding and the 2020 Census More than $3 billion each year come to Massachusetts from the federal government directly based on census counts.These funds support education, health care, transportation, housing, and more in our communities. Howevever, Massachusetts communities are at risk of an undercount in the 2020 Census. If we do not get a complete and accurate count of every single person living in the state, we are at risk of losing out on these critical resources. In our latest brief, Why the Count Counts: Federal Funding and the 2020 Census, we provide an in-depth look at several key federal funds vulnerable to a census undercount. Key findings from the brief include: Young children are particularly vulnerable to being missed in the census. As many as 20,000 young children were missed in Massachusetts in the 2010 Census;  Funding for Head Start, WIC, special education, Title I dollars for our local schools, are all directly affected by census population counts;  If the Census 2020 counts are wrong, Massachusetts risks losing out on this funding for a full decade - essentially an entire childhood; and Low-income communities, immigrant communities, and communities of color have historically been undercounted in the census.  To read the full Why the Count Counts brief, visit our website here. The Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) produces policy research, analysis, and data-driven recommendations focused on improving the lives of low- and middle-income children and adults, strengthening our state's economy, and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts. MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET AND POLICY CENTER 1 STATE STREET, SUITE 1250 BOSTON, MA 02109

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LIFE EXPLAINED

On the first day, God created the dog and said, "Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years."

The dog said, "That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?"

And God saw it was good.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span."

The monkey said, "Monkey tricks for twenty years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?"

And God, again saw it was good.

On the third day, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years."

The cow said, "That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?"

And God agreed it was good.

On the fourth day, God created humans and said, "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years."

But the human said, "Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back,
the ten the monkey gave back,
and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?"

"Okay," said God, "You asked for it."

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves.

For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.

For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren.

And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information.

I'm doing it as a public service.

If you are looking for me I will be on the front porch...