• Israeli Holocaust museum schools AOC on concentration camps after comparison to migrant facilities
  The Israeli Holocaust memorial center Yad Vashem lit up US Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez online for comparing US migrant detention centers to fascistic concentration camps, even offering to help educate her.
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• A winnable nuclear war? New Pentagon document shows US military thinks so
  The Pentagon document laying out the US doctrine of nuclear operations was publicly available for about a week, then made ‘official use only.’ What’s inside is a chilling reminder that Washington sees nuclear war as winnable.
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• Transgender 'Tyra Banks' will be first ever Asian Pacific Islander Playboy playmate (PHOTOS)
  Filipino-American model Geena Rocero will make history as the first Asian Pacific Islander to pose for a Playboy centerfold. She also happens to be transgender.
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• Guns as religion: Trump’s envoy calls for armed guards at synagogues & Jewish schools
  US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for combating anti-Semitism has called for an armed presence at Jewish institutions across the US, insisting synagogues, schools and community centers beef up on security.
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• Biden tells rich donors not to worry, ‘nothing would fundamentally change’ if he won
  Joe Biden reassured a room full of mega-rich donors that “nothing would fundamentally change” if he wins the presidency in 2020, a comment which is raising eyebrows within the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.
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• Russian NHL star tumbles off fire truck during Blues Stanley Cup parade (VIDEO)
  St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev was sent flying off a parade fire truck while celebrating the historic Stanley Cup win with his teammates.
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• Russian video game maker gets a year in jail for buying F-16 manuals on eBay
  A court in Utah has sentenced Oleg Tishchenko to a year and a day in prison for buying F-16 and F-35 fighter jet manuals, which he says he was using to design a flight simulator.
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20 June 2019

• On UN World Refugee Day Palestinians Keep Their Right of Return Alive Through Hope, Resistance

  For Palestinians, the grim reality of being a refugee is compounded through the absence of any political horizon, enough to

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• Inside Canada’s Outsized and Under-Scrutinized Bid to Overthrow Maduro

  Canada has been a major player in orchestrating repeated coup attempts in Venezuela since Juan Guaido declared himself

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• Israel’s Far-Right Seizes on Settlement Rape Case to Boost Electoral Prospects

  The Palestinian man accused of the crime wasn't at the scene at the time of the crime; the girl was not seen by an

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• UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer Becomes One of Assange’s Most Vocal Advocates

  “Here [in Assange’s case] we are not speaking of prosecution but of persecution. That means that judicial power, institutions

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• Pentagon Has Emitted Over a Billion Metric Tons of Greenhouse Gases in Its War on Terror

  With over 800 military bases in more than 80 countries, the Pentagon remains the “world’s largest institutional user of

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• How the Coup in Venezuela and the US Housing Crisis are Inextricably Connected

  Trump’s war against Venezuela has triggered reflection on our country’s priorities. While Trump demands more missiles,

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• Downing of US MQ-9 Drone Over Hodeida Shows Direct US Involvement in Yemeni War

  Yemen’s Houthi-allied military has made significant strides in its air-defense sector and has become a real threat to

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