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Web of secret money hides one mega-donor funding conservative court
By Robert Maguire / Open Secrets.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neal Gorsuch speaks during an event at Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Transition in the Middle East: Transition to what?
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer.
Transition is the name of the game in the Middle East and North Africa. The question is transition to what?
FIFA on Trial: Qatar’s World Cup back in the firing line
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer.
Testimony of a star witness in a New York courtroom has revealed new allegations of Qatari wrongdoing in its successful bid for the 2022 World Cup hosting rights.
Saudi-UAE push to mobilize tribes against Qatari emir
By James M. Dorsey / Mid-East Soccer.
Nearly six months into the Gulf crisis, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are attempting to mobilize tribal opposition as well as little known members of one branch of Qatar’s ruling Al Thani family in a bid to weaken, if not topple, Qatari emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Rotten Eggs: USDA Reverses Organic Animal Welfare Policy
By Jerri-Lynn Scofield / Naked Capitalism.
By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She now spends much of her time in Asia and is currently working on a book about textile artisans.
Creating The 21st Century Internet
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers / www.PopularResistance.org
Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer who is chair of the FCC, went too far last Thursday in undermining the Internet when he led the dismantling of net neutrality rules. As a result, he has fueled the energy needed to protect Internet rights. It is time for Movement Judo, where the energy created by the overreach of the FCC is turned into energy not just to overturn the FCC’s decision, but to also create the Internet we need in the 21st Century.
What’s Wrong With Bible Thumpers Nowadays?
By Andrew Levine / Counterpunch.
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