*[Enwl-eng] Bernie Sanders blasts the war budget

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other countries’ affairs. While the more-bloated-than-ever military budget 
is likely to pass, Senator Bernie Sanders bravely stood up to denounce it 
and make clear he would vote no.

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Budget
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because it enriches the military-industrial complex at the expense of 
desperately needed social programs and climate action. “Many of my 
colleagues tell the American people, day after day, how deeply concerned 
they are about the deficit and the national debt.”

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Killed Syrian Civilians
                  This New York Times report on the cover-up of U.S. war 
crimes in Syria should make your blood boil. The U.S. wantonly kills 
civilians, covers it up, and then tells other countries how “democracy” 
works.

                  Nicaragua: Chronicle Of An Election Foretold
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Ortega carried out a wave of repression since May.

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will result in more carbon emissions than the entire state of Minnesota 
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media outlet supported the corporate candidate against a genuine grassroots 
progressive.

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Marijuana Right Now
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federally.

                  Veterans Day Is For Ending War
                  In many parts of the world, principally but not 
exclusively in British Commonwealth nations, this day is called Remembrance 
Day; it should be a day of mourning the dead and working to abolish war so 
as not to create any more war dead. But the day has been militarized, and a 
toxic alchemy cooked up by the weapons companies is using the day to tell 
people that unless they support killing more men, women and children in war 
they will dishonor those already killed.

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