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Snowden Comes To Defense Of Jailed NSA Contractor Reality Winner

‘The prosecution of any journalistic source without due consideration by the jury as to the harm or benefit of the journalistic activity is a fundamental threat to the free press.’

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NSA contractor Reality Leigh Winner, has been charged by the Justice Department for sending classified material to The Intercept. (Photo: Instagram)

A day after her arrest was announced publicly by the U.S. Justice Department, Reality Winner, the 25-year-old alleged source of a leaked National Security Agency document detailing Russian hacking efforts, has found a vocal ally in the world's best known whistleblower of the contemporary era: Edward Snowden. Snowden, who first made headlines

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At Least 3,800 Civilians Killed By US-Coalition Attacks In Iraq, Syria Since 2014

“We have been killing a lot of civilians in and around Raqqa for quite some time now, yet these incidents are rarely admitted by the coalition and there is almost no interest from international media.”

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People inspect damage from US coalition airstrikes and artillery shelling in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, Syria, May 29, 2017. (Aamaq via AP)

With its latest official declaration estimating the number of innocent people killed by airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, the U.S. military has admitted killing 484 civilians since beginning a bombing campaign and ground operations to unseat the Islamic State (ISIS) from strongholds in the two countries. Though that number is far lower than

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‘Chilling, Undemocratic, Totalitarian’: White House Bars Critical News Outlets

New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times, and Politico all reportedly barred from afternoon gaggle.

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White House press secretary Sean Spicer speaks to reporters on Air Force One en route to Andrews Air Force Base, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017, from Philadelphia. (AP /Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Update: The White House's decision to selectively bar certain news outlets from a Friday afternoon off-camera briefing with press secretary Sean Spicer has been decried as "undemocratic and unacceptable;" "chilling;" and "totalitarian." Not to mention "stupid." CNNcalled it "an unacceptable development by the Trump White House. Apparently

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#NoDAPL: Native American Leaders Vow to Stay All Winter, File Lawsuit Against Police

Amnesty International are sending a delegation of human rights observers to monitor the response of law enforcement to the protests.

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Native American leaders vowed on Saturday to protest through the winter against a North Dakota oil pipeline they say threatens water resources and sacred lands and are planning lawsuits over police treatment of arrested protesters. Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II said he and other tribal leaders were working on providing food,

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At Debate, Trump Says He’ll Jail Hillary Clinton If He Wins

Trump spent much of Sunday ‘on the warpath’ against Republican leaders, blasting them on Twitter and vowing to not withdraw

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  Update: In what was dubbed by numerous commentators as a nearly unbearable spectacle to witness—with Politico describing it as the "ugliest debate ever" and Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi declaring that "having a railroad spike driven through my foot would be more enjoyable than watching this"—Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald

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High School Football Players Across Country Take Knee for National Anthem

Colin Kaepernick’s protest of the national anthem is spreading across the country, and taking root at high school football games.

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High school football players across the US followed San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's lead and declined to stand for the national anthem Friday night and Saturday afternoon. It appears that Kaepernick has started a movement with his silent protest during the national anthem during a pre-season game on August 26. Kaepernick said

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Venezuela’s Maduro Accuses US of “Imperialist Attack” Against Latin American Leftists

Recent turmoil faced by progressive governments in Brazil, Bolivia, and Venezuela point to “an imperialist attack against all,” Maduro says.

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Venezuela's leftist president Nicolas Maduro told a crowd of supporters Saturday that the turmoil of recent months in progressive Latin American countries are the result of "an imperialist attack on all," teleSUR reports. "It's an imperialist attack against all. From Venezuela we will fight the coup of the oligarchy." —Nicolas Maduro In his

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