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Friday, July 12, 2013

Cheat Sheet - The Shady Group Behind the African-American Anti-Immigration Rally

Today: Snowden to Meet Rights Groups , Bernhard Goetz on George Zimmerman: 'The Same Thing Is Happening' , Reid Moves on Filibuster
Cheat Sheet: Morning

July 12, 2013
OPPONENTS

Among the tangle of groups, funders, and leaders in the black anti-immigration effort are many seasoned activists who have long been conducting the same crusade. But is their movement more than just a token front for a racist immigration agenda? Michelle Cottle reports.

On the Run

Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden looks to be covering his bases: he asked for a meeting with human rights groups before he departs Moscow to Venezuela, where he has been granted asylum. Snowden requested a meeting with Transparency International, a global corruption watchdog, at the Moscow airport, and has also invited the U.N., Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch. He reportedly plans to make a statement after the meeting, which the airport confirmed is supposed to take place Friday evening local time.

'REASONABLE FEAR'

Thirty years after the shooting that divided New York, Goetz, the "subway vigilante," along with Al Sharpton and Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, talk to Harry Siegel and Filipa Ioannou about the Trayvon Martin case.

BROKEN SENATE

Let's hope he didn't think it would be easy: Senate majority leader Harry Reid pushed forward on Thursday with a series of votes on Obama administration nominees that will lead to a fight with Republicans over new limits on the filibuster. Abuse of the filibuster has introduced enormous dysfunction into U.S. politics, leaving many key federal positions empty for months and even years. Reid said he had exhausted all his options. "The place doesn't work," he said, "The American people can see the dysfunction here." Reid's move led to a testy exchange with Republicans, who have been the primary recent abusers of the filibuster. Minority leader Mitch McConnell said Reid would go down as the "worst leader of the Senate ever" if he went through with the new rules.

CYLONS

Reality is finally catching up to Hollywood: a Pentagon-financed humanoid robot named Atlas made its debut Thursday in Boston, where it was displayed publicly for the first time. Atlas is hydraulically powered, has stereo and laser vision systems, and dextrous hands. Made of aluminum and titanium and weighing 330 pounds, the robot will be able to learn until it has the approximate human functioning of a 2-year-old child. The robotics firm working on it says it could replace human rescuers in various hazardous disaster zones like the wildfire in Arizona that killed 19 firefighters. "A new species, Robo sapiens, are emerging," one robots industry leader said.


BUCKRAKING
Clinton Cashes In On Speeches
Could be bad news for 2016.
'remain defiant'
Morsi's Son Defends Dad
Says the ouster was "a coup on democracy."
NEW WORLD
Hubble Spots Blue Planet
Where rain is liquid glass.
CIRCUS
World Media Gathers for Royal Baby
Journalists sleeping in 'refugee camps.'
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