Caliph Wannabe is Trump’s friend A month before invading Kurdish areas in Syria, Turkey’s president said he “cannot accept” the West’s restrictions that keep him from a bomb.
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Clinton email probe finds no deliberate mishandling of classified information
I Joined the Army to Prevent Genocide, Not to Pave the Way for It
A captain wonders if the Kurdish soldiers he served alongside in Syria three months ago are now dead.
Shelling heard in Syrian Kurdish town despite US-Turkish ceasefire deal

Although the USA and Turkey have agreed on Thursday to a cease-fire in the Turks’ deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, shelling and gunfire were heard around the northeast Syrian town of Ras al-Ain, by the Turkish border, on Friday.
Trump says U.S. Energy Secretary Perry to step down at end of the year
Pence, Erdogan, Kurdish SDF agree to 120-hour ceasefire in Syria
5 days to leave your families, homes, friends and leave them to whim of Turks – what a deal? On with the genocide in 120 hours!

US Vice President Mike Pence, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the commander of the Kurdish SDF forces agreed to a five-day ceasefire in the military offensive in northeastern Syria.
‘He was in it for the people’: Baltimore mourns Elijah Cummings

Residents noted how the late congressman, who returned home to his community every night, had risen to national significance and touched their lives
Baltimore is mourning Elijah Cummings, a US congressman who returned home to his community every night and was among its most prominent champions.
“No!” exclaimed Shauntee Daniels, the executive director of the Baltimore National Heritage Area, throwing her head back in dismay at learning the news. “I’m so sorry to hear that. He was absolutely loved by the people he represented. He understood the benefit of preserving Baltimore’s history for current generations and future generations.”
Related: ‘America lost a giant’: Elijah Cummings’ sudden death prompts warm tributes
Zuckerberg defends Facebook as bastion of ‘free expression’ in speech
ROTFLMAO!!!

CEO faces quick backlash over highlighted policies, including on hate speech and voter suppression
Mark Zuckerberg touted Facebook as a champion of “free expression” in a wide-sweeping speech, offering a staunch defense of the social media giant following several rocky years characterized by allegations against the platform of censorship and bias.
Speaking at Georgetown University on Thursday, the Facebook CEO invoked Frederick Douglass, Martin Luther King Jr and Black Lives Matter as a means of positioning Facebook as a champion for freedom of speech.
Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses

Documents seen by Guardian show fresh attack on university debate under the guise of prohibiting antisemitism
Rightwing activists are attempting to spread new laws across Republican-controlled states that would ban criticism on public university campuses of Israel and its occupation of Palestinian territory.
Related: Resigning MP claims Corbyn has failed to tackle Labour antisemitism
US marine in classic Iwo Jima photo was wrongly identified, historians find

Military confirms identity of Harold ‘Pie’ Keller, three years after the discovery of another misidentified figure in the image
It’s a case of mistaken identity for a celebrated second world war photograph: six troops raise up an American flag in Iwo Jima, Japan. The photo has been printed in history books, displayed in museums, and even won a Pulitzer Prize. But for over 70 years, one of the figures appears to have been misidentified.
Three historians established that for seven decades, Cpl Harold “Pie” Keller has wrongly been identified as Pfc Rene Gagnon in the 23 February 1945 photo.
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