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Clinton on single-payer medical care

lundi 18 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Clinton endorsed single-payer medical care, until Sanders started seriously campaigning for it.

Exxon's charter

lundi 18 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Exxon's charter should be revoked for its global heating lies.

Prisoner trade

lundi 18 janvier 2016 à 01:00

The US traded Iranian prisoners for Jason Rezaian and some other Americans who were imprisoned in Iran.

Rubio and Christie has a valid point to some extent; the danger they points to can really happen under some circumstances. When President Reagan traded arms for the release of Americans held hostage in Lebanon, the hostage takers simply kidnaped more Americans to get more ransom.

However, trading prisoners is different from demanding a ransom. There is no sign that that exploitative pattern is happening here, or that Iran imprisoned those people in order to trade them. As long as Iran does not start to practice that abuse, we should continue trading prisoners.

5 years in prison for prank

lundi 18 janvier 2016 à 01:00

The CFAA puts a man under threat of 5 years in prison for a prank that lasted 40 minutes.

Flint, Michigan, cutting off water

lundi 18 janvier 2016 à 01:00

Flint, Michigan, is cutting off water to families that have not paid for the water that poisoned them.

There are many levels of irony here.