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A Generation of Delay: Climate Policy Is 20 Years Behind
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t r u t h o u t | 12.04
A Generation of Delay: Climate Policy Is 20 Years Behind
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33906-a-generation-of-delay-climate-poli=
cy-is-20-years-behind
Bruce Melton, Truthout: New climate science knowledge is not making it out =
of academia and into public policy. As a result, to avoid catastrophic clim=
ate disruption at this point, humans need to remove all the carbon dioxide =
from the atmosphere that we emit every year, plus one-third more.
Racism on Campus - Not Free Speech - Is the Real Story: Mainstream Media Ar=
e Missing the Mark
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33904-racism-on-campus-not-free-speech-i=
s-the-real-story-mainstream-media-are-missing-the-mark
Sarah Cornett, Truthout: Mainstream media coverage of recent student activi=
sm at Yale and the University of Missouri reveals a troubling media tendenc=
y. The confrontation between a professor and student journalist became a di=
straction from the real issues: direct and racist threats to students, and =
the complicity of faculty and school officials.
IAEA's Final Report on Iran Nuclear Program Defends Discredited Parchin Cyl=
inder Claims
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33914-iaea-s-final-report-on-iran-nuclea=
r-program-defends-discredited-parchin-cylinder-claims
Gareth Porter, Truthout: Following the release of a new report this week, i=
t appears the International Atomic Energy Agency's attention on Iran will s=
hift to monitoring the implementation of the UN nuclear agreement. But the =
agency continues to insinuate that Iran is hiding something.
ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33908-alec-works-to-scuttle-global-clima=
te-agreement
Mary Bottari, PR Watch: Two conferences are taking place this week 5,438 mi=
les apart. In Paris, world leaders are meeting in an urgent effort to preve=
nt catastrophic climate change, while in Arizona, global fossil fuel compan=
ies and giant utility firms partner with ALEC-backed politicians to sink Pr=
esident Obama's Clean Power Plan with cement boots.
For Abortion Providers, a Constant Barrage of Personalized Harassment
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33907-for-abortion-providers-a-constant-=
barrage-of-personalized-harassment
Nina Martin, ProPublica: For their May 2015 book, "Living in the Crosshairs=
: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism," co-authors David Cohen an=
d Krysten Connon interviewed 87 abortion providers in 34 states about haras=
sment and stalking, which Cohen says pose a more direct threat to families =
and providers than shootings.
"Corporate Environmentalism" Threatens COP21 Climate Talks
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33909-corporate-environmentalism-threate=
ns-cop21-climate-talks
Nate Singham, teleSUR: During climate change negotiations, policy makers ar=
e often encouraged by extractivist industry groups to endorse watered-down =
and market-based climate legislation such as cap-and-trade programs, ratche=
ting mechanisms and carbon-trading schemes to ensure "business as usual cli=
mate change polices."
In Chicago, New Police Reform Task Force Triggers Feeling of D=C3=A9j=C3=A0=
Vu
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33913-new-police-reform-task-force-trigg=
ers-feeling-of-deja-vu
Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter: Following the release last week of a vi=
deo of a police officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, Chic=
ago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the resignation of the city's police super=
intendent, Garry McCarthy, and the creation of a task force on police refor=
m. The city has been here before.
US Accused of Shifting Responsibility of Climate Crisis Despite Role as Lar=
gest Historic Polluter
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33912-us-accused-of-shifting-responsibil=
ity-of-climate-crisis-despite-role-as-largest-historic-polluter
Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!: On Monday, nearly 150 world leaders, including=
President Obama, gathered in Paris on the first day of international clima=
te talks. Obama praised fellow world leaders for submitting voluntary pledg=
es to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but others criticize what they see as e=
mpty promises.
Economic Update: Austerity's Social Costs
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33905-economic-update-austerity-s-social=
-costs
Richard D. Wolff, Truthout: This episode provides updates on Portugal joini=
ng Greece against austerity, US austerity in Puerto Rico and useless laws f=
or banks. Finally, we give an in-depth, critical analysis of Thanksgiving e=
conomics, Germany and refugees, and France and terrorism.
A Big Fat Radioactive Lie
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33911-a-big-fat-radioactive-lie
Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords: As the Paris climate talks got underway, =
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates launched an unprecedented multibillion-dolla=
r "clean" energy fund, backed by the US, Chinese and Indian governments, as=
well as other billionaires and some foundations. Don't be surprised if it'=
s nuclear-friendly.
TRUTHOUT'S BUZZFLASH DAILY HEADLINES
Some Corporate-Owned Colleges Get Certified as Nonprofits to Evade Financia=
l Scrutiny
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/for-profit-colleges
Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: The subterfuge of for-profit colleges c=
onverting to nonprofit status to stealthily avoid scrutiny is a scam that r=
epresents the plundering of education across the United States.
Gun Industry Executives Say Mass Shootings Are Good for Business
Read the Article at The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/2015/12/03/mass-shooting-wall-st
Moving From War to Compassionate Conflict Resolution?
Read the Article at BuzzFlash
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/moving-from-war-to-compassion=
ate-conflict-resolution
The War on Food: Ben Carson Confuses Hamas With Hummus Several Times in Spe=
ech
Read the Article at the San Francisco Chronicle
http://www.sfgate.com/news/politics/article/Ben-Carson-confuses-terrorist-g=
roup-Hamas-with-6673210.php
Senate Refuses to Act on Modest Gun Control Measures
Read the Article at The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/12/03/senate-democrat=
s-to-force-gun-control-votes-in-the-wake-of-the-san-bernardino-shooting/?hp=
id=3Dhp_regional-hp-cards_no-name%3Ahomepage%2Fcard
Here's What It's Like to Work at Planned Parenthood
Read the Article at Mother Jones
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2015/11/heres-what-its-work-planned-p=
arenthood
Four Louisiana Prison Officers Charged in Death of Young Mother
Read the Article at The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/nimali-henry-louisiana-jail-death_5660b=
c27e4b072e9d1c56c6c
Mass Shootings: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way
Read the Article at The Boston Globe
http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/editorials/2015/12/04/mass-shootings-doe=
sn-have-this-way/fGlnwYz4nXerRmQMBxnalK/story.html
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Some Corporate-Owned Colleges Get Certified as Nonprofits to Evade Financial Scrutiny </strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: normal;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.2"><strong>Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash at Truthout: </strong>The subterfuge of for-profit colleges converting to nonprofit status to stealthily avoid scrutiny is a scam that represents the plundering of education across the United States.</p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=fMK2YALdcprcNIatZikieWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the BuzzFlash Commentary</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Gun Industry Executives Say Mass Shootings Are Good for Business</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=e2j%2BPbtRzVEFs7aVhFrSSIhw5X%2FFP3Sa" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Intercept</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Moving From War to Compassionate Conflict Resolution?</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r6%2FKfrwfCur98CzdDLRQBWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at BuzzFlash</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>The War on Food: Ben Carson Confuses Hamas With Hummus Several Times in Speech</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ikIKmvw6DtqUXutYJ9qFyWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at the San Francisco Chronicle</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Senate Refuses to Act on Modest Gun Control Measures</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=BYCw1NZ6Xc95APVMZVE4n2H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Washington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Here's What It's Like to Work at Planned Parenthood</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=M3GpTqwJ%2FNeZ0ZLjRd%2BO1mH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at Mother Jones</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Four Louisiana Prison Officers Charged in Death of Young Mother</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=Am1BacHMzfQYUr22e7vy8GH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Huffington Post</strong></a></p>
 
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 110%; color: #000000 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mass Shootings: It Doesn't Have to Be This Way</strong></p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.1em 0;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aYBbdA6t88GJG1OS5686HWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article at The Boston Globe</strong></a></p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=7rtO7aov%2FUBF83eMj%2BBLNGH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Generation of Delay: Climate Policy Is 20 Years Behind</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Bruce Melton, Truthout:</strong> New climate science knowledge is not making it out of academia and into public policy. As a result, to avoid catastrophic climate disruption at this point, humans need to remove all the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere that we emit every year, plus one-third more.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=xUtSOrROI9SndjJlFHWV%2BWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=9hwl8F6vucxVmZCPkSGkMmH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Racism on Campus - Not Free Speech - Is the Real Story: Mainstream Media Are Missing the Mark</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Sarah Cornett, Truthout:</strong> Mainstream media coverage of recent student activism at Yale and the University of Missouri reveals a troubling media tendency. The confrontation between a professor and student journalist became a distraction from the real issues: direct and racist threats to students, and the complicity of faculty and school officials.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WyBa%2BIPvlbV2GXkYlzC9hmH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=sUvfRc0JT0f8riM2FAFdYWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>IAEA's Final Report on Iran Nuclear Program Defends Discredited Parchin Cylinder Claims</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Gareth Porter, Truthout:</strong> Following the release of a new report this week, it appears the International Atomic Energy Agency's attention on Iran will shift to monitoring the implementation of the UN nuclear agreement. But the agency continues to insinuate that Iran is hiding something.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=wuSoV1i8MsxUmTb%2FR5qA12H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=WdO51yXtWjvXzV45vI5bP2H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>ALEC Works to Scuttle Global Climate Agreement</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Mary Bottari, PR Watch:</strong> Two conferences are taking place this week 5,438 miles apart. In Paris, world leaders are meeting in an urgent effort to prevent catastrophic climate change, while in Arizona, global fossil fuel companies and giant utility firms partner with ALEC-backed politicians to sink President Obama's Clean Power Plan with cement boots.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=r6%2FKfrwfCurxPqcr0jOX9mH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=uXxTmUHStW6ZVRVtBt5j22H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>For Abortion Providers, a Constant Barrage of Personalized Harassment</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Nina Martin, ProPublica:</strong> For their May 2015 book, <i>Living in the Crosshairs: The Untold Stories of Anti-Abortion Terrorism,</i> co-authors David Cohen and Krysten Connon interviewed 87 abortion providers in 34 states about harassment and stalking, which Cohen says pose a more direct threat to families and providers than shootings.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=LlBsDsSDNm%2BXsK%2FkdfXINWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Interview</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=GvmtiYKTt0v7LnnvbaHFX2H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>"Corporate Environmentalism" Threatens COP21 Climate Talks</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Nate Singham, teleSUR:</strong> During climate change negotiations, policy makers are often encouraged by extractivist industry groups to endorse watered-down and market-based climate legislation such as cap-and-trade programs, ratcheting mechanisms and carbon-trading schemes to ensure "business as usual climate change polices."</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=aRRI7UAz1FrELzrIeTjiUWH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Read the Article</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=jW2wcKxgdnksAWe9ARMKKmH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>In Chicago, New Police Reform Task Force Triggers Feeling of Déjà Vu</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Jonah Newman, The Chicago Reporter:</strong> Following the release last week of a video of a police officer shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the resignation of the city's police superintendent, Garry McCarthy, and the creation of a task force on police reform. The city has been here before.</p>
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<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=6gwu%2FBBI%2FOmXns2O9iYr%2F2H5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>US Accused of Shifting Responsibility of Climate Crisis Despite Role as Largest Historic Polluter</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!:</strong> On Monday, nearly 150 world leaders, including President Obama, gathered in Paris on the first day of international climate talks. Obama praised fellow world leaders for submitting voluntary pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions, but others criticize what they see as empty promises.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=T4VyQV%2F7EM9pQ52KG5oJ%2Fysy3OziBfOK" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Watch the Video and Read the Transcript</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=L%2B4sDr6cofosVFxLZ7rzwGH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>Economic Update: Austerity's Social Costs</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Richard D. Wolff, Truthout:</strong> This episode provides updates on Portugal joining Greece against austerity, US austerity in Puerto Rico and useless laws for banks. Finally, we give an in-depth, critical analysis of Thanksgiving economics, Germany and refugees, and France and terrorism.</p>
<p style="margin: .2em 0 1em 2em;font-size: 90%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=NSoil5kFByl3mhkMMp8yz4hw5X%2FFP3Sa" style="text-decoration: none; color: #910000"><strong>Listen to the Audio Segment</strong></a> </p>
<p style="margin: 0 0 0.2em;font-size: 110%;color: #454242 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://org2.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=3YQAah3sNtOAdEeS%2F7qP2WH5Za%2BrWnp8" style="text-decoration: none; color: #570000"><strong>A Big Fat Radioactive Lie</strong></a></p>
<p style="margin: 0;padding: 0;font-size: 100%;color: #444 !important;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;line-height: 1.1"><strong>Emily Schwartz Greco, OtherWords:</strong> As the Paris climate talks got underway, Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates launched an unprecedented multibillion-dollar "clean" energy fund, backed by the US, Chinese and Indian governments, as well as other billionaires and some foundations. Don't be surprised if it's nuclear-friendly.</p>
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