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Fellow journalist: cover the news, not yourself. And no, I don't pose for profile pictures before our collective failures. Sic transit gloria mundi.

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    Arabia: “There can be no real celebration on June 24 while the women who campaigned for the right to drive and their supporters remain behind bars.” --

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    4 hours ago

    We spoke with a Central American mother inside a detention a facility who hasn’t spoken to her child in two weeks.

    Mass confusion over fate of separated children ’s story for & tonight
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    6 hours ago

    Will an ancient city buried under Beirut be destroyed to build a new bank headquarters?

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  4. 6 hours ago

    Unfortunately some just stop at the "not knowing" step.

    NOT knowing is not failure. It's the first step to understanding.
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    10 hours ago

    Experience as a copy editor has taught me that occasionally -not- doing your job leads to the best headline.

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    Jun 22

    This year's speakers at MEK's annual "Free Iran" gathering, according to the orgonizations website. ht

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    Jun 22

    Religious political movements can be moral and just. They can also do hypocrisy better than any other type of movement …

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    Jun 22

    'Lack of compassion' for the poor threatens US democracy: UN expert

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    Jun 22

    With the escalation in SW & what seems to be imminent off offensive. Our piece from April next in the battle for control of Syria?

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    Jun 22

    The UN report had found the US has the highest rates of youth poverty, infant mortality, incarceration, income inequality and obesity among all countries in the developed world, as well as 40 million people living in poverty.

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    Jun 20

    The story of now-19 year old Ahmed Hassan, an American citizen from New Jersey, who was sentenced to 1 year in prison and spent 320 days in |ian prison after questioning police when they arrested his uncle on a zoning violation

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  12. Jun 21

    “Tactical pants”? Out of such things comes forth.

    Scott Pruitt has now spent more than $4,6000,000 from public coffers on security, according to documents obtained by The Intercept, including $1500 on "tactical pants."
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    Jun 21

    Former head of Egypt's State Security testifying at Morsi's trial: Arab Spring was an American conspiracy which involved the International Crises Group, which was headed by a Freemason and a Zionist (Shorouk newspaper)

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  14. Jun 20

    Going home to —or not—no guarantees provided, either way.

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    Jun 20

    Lebanon pressuring Syrian refugees to go home reports

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    Jun 20

    Canada becomes second nation in the world to legalize marijuana

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    Jun 19

    Drawings obtained by from inside Yemeni prisons give a glimpse into a world of sexual torture by top U.S. ally in Yemen, the Emirates.

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    Jun 18

    Were gun-toting children photographed on the United States border? No. The used my photo of children holding toy guns in Syria without credit, a description, or attribution to illustrate a story about immigration to the US. More at :

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    Jun 18

    46% of all civilian-owned firearms, 393 million guns, are in the United States, more than the next 24 countries combined.

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  20. Jun 18

    Late-stage insanity has descended upon the United States of America.

    Sessions says this is not like Nazi Germany "because in Nazi Germany, they were keeping the Jews from leaving the country!"
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