In Opinions
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Phone Sleuthing Clears Convicted Man
After spending half of his life behind bars for allegedly shooting dead a Dixwell Deli customer, Vernon Horn walked out of court a free man — rescued by newly discovered evidence about a cell phone call he could never have made.
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Russia To Upgrade Syria's Air Defense System, Escalating Tensions With Israel
Authored by Jason Ditz via Anti-War.com,
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced Wednesday that the planned delivery of an S-300 air defense system to Syria will be completed in the “near future.”
They did not provide an exact date, though Russia is interested in shoring up Syria’s air defense capability.
That’s because on April 13, the US, France, and Britain attacked Syria, firing over 100 Tomahawk missiles at them along with other airstrikes. Syria intercepted many with its more primitive...
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Facing bipartisan blowback, Sessions delays bid to end legal aid for immigrants facing deportation
Attorney General Jeff Sessions didn't think immigrants facing deportation proceedings in the U.S. should be informed of their legal rights and options, so he sought to end the Bush-era Legal Orientation Program designed to do just that. The Washington Post writes:
After objections from immigration lawyers and lawmakers, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Wednesday that he would not suspend a legal-aid program for detained immigrants while it undergoes a review. [...]
Sessions, an immigration...
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Marijuana Legalization Will Be on Michigan's Ballot in November
An initiative that qualified for the ballot today would make Michigan the 10th state to legalize marijuana for recreational use and the first state in the Midwest to do so. The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marihuana Act, which voters will consider this November, would eliminate penalties for adults 21 or older who possess marijuana, grow it at home, or share it with other adults. It also would establish a state licensing system for commercial cultivation and distribution.
In February, an...
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Relitigating the 2016 election
In the April 23 Politics & the Nation article “DNC chairman defends lawsuit,” Bernie Sanders supporter Tim Canova said the Democratic National Committee hadn’t yet done a postmortem of why the 201...
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Rep. Dave Brat’s rural redoubt
To win the 7th, Democrats and Republicans have to get out of the Richmond suburbs,
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Bill Cosby convicted: Cable networks nail footage of a black SUV on Pa. roads
Any reason for that?
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‘Fox & Friends,’ stuck with Donald Trump for all eternity
Something better to do that isn't "use the Justice Department to go after your personal foes," though.
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Jeff Sessions should tread lightly
Sessions should cut out the commentary on the Russia probe.
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Happy Hour Roundup
Our nightly wrap-up of news and opinion.
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Public Gains 75 Spaces At State Lot
State Street visitors will have 75 more public parking spaces available to them on weekends and on weekdays after dark thanks to a mutually voluntary termination of an exclusive parking arrangement between the city’s parking authority and Goodfellas Restaurant.
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Here Is The Next Big Threat Facing American Farmers
Despite the media's assertion that President Trump's animating political principle is "stay loyal to the base", the White House is coming incredibly close to alienating one of the president's most reliable constituencies: The American farming community.
Farmers practically begged Trump to back down from his burgeoning trade war when China slapped tariffs on 128 products, including walnuts and California wine. And when Chinathreatened to deploy one of the most powerful weapons in its trade...