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Was E-mail a Mistake? New Yorker
‘It makes me angry’: is this the end for America’s Joshua trees? Guardian (furzy)
Above-normal hurricane season now more likely with El Niño’s end, NOAA says Tampa Bay Times
Shareholders Sue Exxon for Misrepresenting Climate Risks Climate Liability News
Climate change will mean more multiyear snow droughts in the West The Conversation. Bad news for those in the ski biz.
German politicians propose much higher meat tax TreeHugger
Class Warfare
Money-Making Schemes That Ensnare Prisoners and Their Families Marshall Project
College Still Pays Off, but Not for Everyone WSJ
Bankruptcy filings rising across the country and it could get worse NY Post
NYC’s $15 minimum wage hasn’t brought the restaurant apocalypse — it’s helped them thrive Business Insider
Ajit Pai loses another court case as judges overturn 5G deregulation Ars Technica
Big Brother IS Watching You Watch
Ring Told People to Snitch on Their Neighbors in Exchange for Free Stuff Vice
London’s King’s Cross using facial recognition in security cameras FT
Waste Watch
What would happen if we cancelled fashion week? Dazed
Australia will ban export of recyclable waste ‘as soon as practicable’, PM vows Guardian
Mexico City joins worldwide movement to ban single-use plastic Mexico News Daily
India
Death toll from Indian floods reaches 147, thousands evacuated Al Jazeera
Zomato hits another controversy: Hindu, Muslim delivery boys to strike against delivering beef, pork India Today.
Narendra Modi’s new-model India Asia Times. Shashi Tharoor.
Kashmir
Pakistan PM Imran Khan compares RSS to Nazis, claims genocide is likely in Kashmir Scroll
Ground Report: Angry Kashmir Empty on Eid as Restrictions Return to Srinagar The Wire
Iran
How Tehran fits into Russia-China strategy Asia Times. Pepe Escobar.
Hong Kong
New phase as protesters and police clash across Hong Kong in guerilla-style battles SCMP
Hong Kong airport cancels all flights following protests FT
Cathay Pacific shares plunge after China warning on protests Agency France Presse
Health Care
Hepatitis A is breaking out across the country in wake of opioid crisis USA Today
Childhood cancer steals 7 million years of life in developing countries (including India) Scroll
Drug shortages forcing hospitals to ration treatments Marketwatch
737 Max
Southwest, American have lost 5 million seats from troubled 737 Max’s grounding Dallas Morning News
Trump Transition
Trump’s Deficit Economy Project Syndicate. Joseph Stiglitz.
Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to ‘Censor the Internet’ Denounced as Dangerous, Unconstitutional Edict Common Dreams
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2020
Some labor unions split with Biden on ‘Medicare for All’ Politico
In Debates, Let’s Raise the Issue of How To Avert Nuclear War Antiwar
Candidates scramble to qualify for third debate as deadline nears The Hill
Bernie Sanders thanks Iowa in Political Soapbox speech for ‘transforming politics’ Des Moines Register
Tulsi Gabbard’s Road to Damascus American Conservative. Scott Ritter.
L’affaire Epstein
Epstein death anger soars, conspiracy theories swirl Agence France-Presse
Jeffrey Epstein Camp Sent Pathologist Michael Baden to Watch Over His Autopsy Daily Beast
Everyone’s A Conspiracy Theorist, Whether They Know It Or Not Caitlin Johnstone
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