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‘These trees may not survive’: Jordan’s ancient olive harvest wilts under record-breaking heat
Extreme heat and drought has destroyed 70% of Jordan’s olive crop, endangering livelihoods of 80,000 families and a centuries-old tradition
 Unusual heat in Jordan has killed most of the olive harvest, and is killing the olive trees too.
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Marco Rubio says he will meet Danish officials to discuss Greenland next week
Remarks by US secretary of state come after Greenland and Denmark request urgent meeting over Trump threats
 European NATO members are preparing to help resist a threatened US invasion of Greenland.
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Made in America by Edward Stourton review – why the ‘Trump doctrine’ is no aberration
From territorial overreach to deportations, the current president is not as much of an anomaly as he might seem
 Two conflicting strands of American history, one enlightened side that stands for liberty and one dogmatic and brutal Christian side, have been in conflict since the beginning.
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Stanford students face trial over felony charges stemming from pro-Palestinian protest
Trial is the most severe criminal case brought against US students who staged protests against Israel’s war in Gaza
 US repression of protesters reaches a new level as students are charged with a felony for an occupation on campus and pouring fake blood. The students hope to use the trial to put Israel on trial for pouring the real blood of tens (or hundreds) of thousands of Palestinians.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/fcc-cell-towers-nepa The FCC proposes to nullify local and state regulations on the installation and location of cellular towers. Cellular towers are not dangerous to people who are merely physically near them. The danger comes only from the surveillance they do to people's cellular devices, which track their owners and can also transmit what they (and any others) say while close enough to be heard.
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Senators claim UnitedHealth is withholding internal documents from inquiry
UnitedHealth says it will ‘continue to engage’ with lawmakers who began investigating their involvement in nursing home care after Guardian inv...
Glossary
 The Senate is investigating UnitedHellth for cutting costs in nursing homes by resisting sending inmates to hospitals when they needed hospital treatment. It demanded some of the company's internal documents, but UnitedHellth continues to "engage" with the Senate by not providing the demanded documents.
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Spycops sent thousands of surveillance reports to MI5, inquiry documents reveal
Security Service was able to compile detailed files on members of legitimate protest groups infiltrated by undercover police officers
 The UK cops that infiltrated nonviolent protest organizations reported to MI5, the state counterintelligence agency. It seems the government envisaged the protesters as Russian agents, though there is no evidence that they worked for or supported Russia.
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How an ex-US marine became vital in the fight against Trump’s aggressive immigration enforcement
When Trump began deploying troops to US cities, Janessa Goldbeck’s Vet Voice Foundation was ready – now they’re preparing for what may be next
 An ex-marine is leading the Vet Voice Foundation, which organizes the opposition to criminality and authoritarianism in the US military.
Ethics Shmethics
Why are America’s most powerful professional associations silent in the face of professional disgraces in the Trump regime?
Glossary
 Robert Reich asks why the American Bar Association and the American Medical Association have not taken action against lawyers and medical professionals who violate the ethical rules of their professions obeying the saboteur in chief.
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Trump’s focus on Venezuelan oil reinforces claim action was never about ‘war on drugs’
US president claims US will take back ‘stolen’ oil, but experts say no legal claim to natural reserves exists
 The bully no longer tries to justify the war with Venezuela based on alleged drug trade, but rather claims that the US (or US oil companies?) owns Venezuelan oil deposits.