No NBA All-Stars in NC
Facing South
NBA's decision to pull All-Star game could have big political fallout in North Carolina
Failed Coup and the Clear and Present Danger of Turkey’s Nukes
ConsortiumNews
The post-coup chaos in Turkey, home to NATO’s largest nuclear weapons storage facility, is an alarming reminder about the risk of siting nuclear weapons in unstable regions where they serve no clear strategic purpose, but pose a clear and present danger. At issue is not only the obvious risks of nukes falling into unfriendly hands, but also, after the fall of the USSR, who are these hydrogen bombs, a quarter of NATO’s theater nuclear weapons, to be used against?
Friday Nite Videos -- July 22, 2016
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Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert's Late Show Desk. Elizabeth Warren: 'He Sounded Like a Two-Bit Dictator'. The Clown Has Taken Over the Party. One Year on Earth Seen From 1 Million Miles. Bob Marley | Get Up, Stand Up.
Donald Trump’s Caesar Moment
Politico
Detached from history and fueled by fear, his convention speech was utterly unlike anything we've heard in American politics.
We Still Need a Future to Believe In
The Nation
A forum on how to build the political revolution with Naomi Klein, Alicia Garza, Michael Moore, Frances Fox Piven, Robert Reich, Kshama Sawant, Josh Fox, and more.
WNBA Players Refuse to Talk Basketball in Protest of Fines for Black Warmup Shirts
The Washington Post
“My teammates and I will continue to use our platform and raise awareness for the #BlackLivesMatter movement until the @wnba gives its support as it does for Breast Cancer Awareness, Pride and other subject matters”
Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert's Late Show Desk
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert reunite for coverage of Roger Ailes' downfall, followed by an epic Stewart burn of the Trump-Fox axis.
Elizabeth Warren: 'He Sounded Like a Two-Bit Dictator'
Senator Elizabeth Warren sounds off on Donald Trump's acceptance speech, taking him down in trademark style, with substance, passion and wit.
The Clown Has Taken Over the Party
Roy Zimmerman, perhaps America's premiere political satirical songwriter, nails the meaning of the Republican's Trump convention.
One Year on Earth Seen From 1 Million Miles
A full year of life on Earth condensed into three minutes, recorded from a satellite orbit at Lagrange point 1, approximately 1 million miles from Earth, where it is balanced between the gravity of our home planet and the sun.
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