The Real News / 8 February 2017

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• Attempts to Silence Elizabeth Warren Backfire on GOP
  Warren’s reading of Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter shed light on Jeff Session’s prosecution of voting rights activists and highlighted the need for massive opposition against the future Attorney General, says attorney Kamau Franklin
• Why does Trump’s Muslim Ban Exclude Saudi Arabia Given 15 of the 19 9/11 Attackers Were from Saudi Arabia?
  CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin says Trump’s business investments were likely behind why Saudi Arabia was kept off the list of banned countries
• Lies Promote Trump’s Economic War Against Iran
  Trump’s National Security Advisor Michael Flynn’s accusation that Iran’s ballistic missile test violated a UN resolution is not backed by any evidence, and Press Secretary Spicer’s allegation of an Iranian attack on a U.S. ship is a complete fabrication – Paul Jay interviews Ben Norton
• Why Rolling Back Dodd-Frank Won’t Benefit Small Businesses
  Wall Street is sitting on billions – instead of giving loans to those who need it, the banks use it for speculation and CEO bonuses, says PERI co-director Gerald Epstein
• Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models
  The climate is very capable of changing to another stable state unfavorable to the human species, and this is a real danger of our global experiment with unmitigated greenhouse gas emissions, says Arctic ice specialist David Barber
• Leading Candidate for French President Hit By Scandal
  Left-wing candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon could face a very popular right-wing candidate in Marine Le Pen; if victorious, Melenchon would find himself surrounded by hostile actors like Syriza did when they took power in Greece, says Renaud Lambert

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• Attempts to Silence Elizabeth Warren Backfire on GOP
  Warren’s reading of Coretta Scott King’s 1986 letter shed light on Jeff Session’s prosecution of voting rights activists andhttp://therealnews.com/t2/story:18331:Army-Approves-Final-Permit-for-Dakota-Access-Pipeline-Without-Assessing-%0D%0AEnvironmental-Impact highlighted the need for massive opposition against the future Attorney General, says attorney Kamau Franklin
• Army Approves Final Permit for Dakota Access Pipeline Without Assessing Environmental Impact
  Nick Tilsen, Executive Director of Thunder Valley Community Development Corp, says the decision reflects the long history of the U.S. government ignoring treaties and environmental protections
• California Struggles with Groundwater Depletion Following End of Drought
  Climate change will result in more rainfall and less snowfall, leading to flooding in the winter and shortages in the summer, says Pacific Institute’s Heather Cooley
• Trump Attacks Climate Science to Defend Interests of U.S. Capital
  The revolt of Canadian scientists against former prime minister Stephen Harper can serve as a model for U.S. scientists facing Trump’s attacks on climate research, says professor Chris Williams