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rethink the week:
Professor Wayne Lesperance NEC
Professor Dean Spiliotes SNHU
The Issues The links:
The candidates: O’Malley, Graham – the anti Rand (9th R candidate), Bernie and his provocative essay from 1972, Carol Shea Porter
Huge Pipeline Company Kinder Morgan Hired Off-Duty Cops to “Deter Protests” in Pennsylvania The Intercept
Texas And Oklahoma Floods 2015: Flooded Properties In Central Texas Were Knowingly Built In Harm’s Way International Business Times
Patriot Act That Dennis Hastert Passed Led To His Indictment HuffPo
Goldman lawyer becomes SEC chief of staff McClatchy
Why is it so hard to regulate the banks? It’s less the complexity than the political power. Jared Bernstein
China tells workplaces they must have Communist Party units Reuters
Senate Advances Patriot Act Overhaul, but Too Late to Foil Rand Paul (Updated) Roll Call
GOP senators tear into Paul
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/gop-senators-tear-into-paul-118475.html
Black Americans killed by police twice as likely to be unarmed as white people Guardian analysis finds 102 people killed by police so far this year were unarmed, and that agencies are killing people at twice the rate calculated by US government
Half of All American Families Are Staring at Financial Catastrophe CityLab
Fifa was the perfect global monopoly – and its crisis is a parable about the future of capitalism Guardian
FIFA Charges Instantly Earn Loretta Lynch Global Recognition NYT. Exactly like Eric Holder and the Big Banks. Oh, wait
The FIFA corruption sideshow: Takedown of 1 percent crooks or strategic move against Putin? Salonv
