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Obama Granted Over 1,500 Underwater Fracking Permits In Gulf Of Mexico After Deepwater Horizon

An environmentalist attorney warned that despite the Deepwater Horizon disaster, ‘the federal government is rubber-stamping practices like fracking without doing any environmental review or notifying the public.’

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
This Wednesday, April 21, 2010 aerial photo shows oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burns.

MINNEAPOLIS --- The Obama administration has approved hundreds of fracking permits for underwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s also frequently allowed oil companies to sidestep the environmental review process. Even the most severe environmental disaster in the Gulf’s history couldn’t dissuade the government from issuing permits,

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Video: Untold History Of Imperial Japan & The Bomb

Abby Martin interviews Dr. Peter Kuznick, co-author with Director Oliver Stone of the bestselling book and HBO series “The Untold History of the United States,” about the real story behind the use of the atomic bombs.

Abby Martin
By Abby Martin
An unidentified man stands next to a tiled fireplace where a house once stood in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sept. 7, 1945. The vast ruin is a result of "Little Boy," the uranium atomic bomb detonated on Aug. 6 by the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUPkeQBkCVU Obama’s high-profile trip to Hiroshima was accompanied by a media storm that gave endless justifications for the US use of the atomic bomb on Japanese civilians. The myths are widely accepted in society, and underpin the notion of American exceptionalism. Abby Martin interviews Dr. Peter Kuznick,

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UK Experiences 57% Rise In Hate Crimes Since Brexit Vote

Amid a surge of xenophobia since the Brexit result, teleSUR looks at five examples of the hate currently terrorizing minorities within the country.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Demonstrators opposing Britain's exit from the European Union in Parliament Square following an EU referendum result hold a protest in London, Saturday, June 25, 2016. According to the Muslim Council for Britain (MCB) there have been more than 100 reports of 'hate crimes' against Muslims since the Brexit result.

Racism is nothing new to Britain but there is no denying hate crimes and abuse against minorities surged over the weekend after almost 52 percent of Britons voted to leave the European Union. There was a 57 percent increase in incidents reported between Thursday and Sunday compared with the same days four weeks earlier, according to the National

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Saudis Lobby Washington Insiders To Support U.S. Led Regime Change In Syria

The audacious undermining of Obama by the Saudis in their backing of a Washington revolt against the president’s policy strongly suggests that the war in Syria is going to escalate.​

Finian Cunningham
By Finian Cunningham
Saudi Arabia's Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, left, walks into the West Wing of the White House in Washington escorted by Mark E. Walsh, center, Deputy Chief of Protocol, Friday, June 17, 2016.

That 51 US diplomats reproached President Obama’s Syria policy by calling for greater American military force deployed against the Damascus government was itself a remarkable sign of official dissent within Washington. But the president’s authority was further brazenly undermined when a few days later the Saudi rulers endorsed the dissenting US

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How Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions Nullify Your Constitutional Rights

Two recent decisions by the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal court in Virginia continue the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections from unreasonable search and seizure.

Derrick Broze
By Derrick Broze

Two controversial rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court and a federal judge in Virginia have civil liberties activists concerned about future abuse of power by law enforcement. On June 20, the Supreme Court ruled that evidence of a crime can be used against a defendant even if the evidence was gathered illegally. In a 5 to 3 decision, the court’s

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Revival Of US Cold War-Era Committee To Echo McCarthy Fear Tactics

The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s 2017 Intelligence Authorization Bill includes a request that the White House reinstate a Cold-War-era presidentially-appointed group to unmask Russian spies and uncover Russian-sponsored assassinations.

Sputnik News
By Sputnik News
America under Communism” a 48 page cautionary tale of how easy it would be for Communists to take over the US. It was published “”To make you more alert to the menace of Communism.”

United States – The proposed revival of a Cold War-era committee to hunt for Russian espionage and assassination plots in the United States was just a tactic to foster fear-mongering among the American people, AT&T/National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Mark Klein told Sputnik. The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s 2017 Intelligence

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