Ben Norton
@BenjaminNorton
(בן נורטון / بن نورتن) Journalist and writer. Politics staff writer at @Salon: http://www.salon.com/writer/ben_norton/ …. Musician.
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“The suffering is staggering”: 6 Yemeni children killed or wounded daily in Saudi/US war; millions face catastrophehttp://www.salon.com/2016/03/31/the_suffering_is_staggering_6_yemeni_children_killed_or_wounded_daily_in_u_s_backed_saudi_war_millions_face_catastrophe/ …
10:58 AM - 31 Mar 2016 · Details196 retweets 101 likes
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Ben Norton Retweeted Ben Norton
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@EmpireFiles is the best video on Hillary Clinton I've ever seenhttps://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/726205994645225472 …Ben Norton added,
Ben Norton @BenjaminNortonHillary Clinton's Business of Corporate Shilling & War Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUeHZMfQ-Uc … by@EmpireFiles -
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Hillary Clinton's Business of Corporate Shilling & War Making https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUeHZMfQ-Uc … by
@EmpireFiles5:26 PM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details15 retweets 18 likes
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#WIN a food adventure to#Spain with@WorldNomads to cook with the locals! http://bit.ly/1SGy6nO pic.twitter.com/n0mzpL9F3p
9:42 PM - 25 Apr 2016 · Details67 retweets 181 likes -
Rania Khalek Retweeted The New York Times
US military investigates itself and concludes its hospital massacre was an accident. NYTimes plays stenographer.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/726202934061596672 …
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The New York Times @nytimesHow a cascade of errors led to the U.S. airstrike on an Afghan hospital http://nyti.ms/1rowWEz pic.twitter.com/SgxmTaDOJD167 retweets 96 likes -
A teacher was assassinated in front of his classroom of students in Cauca (southwest Colombia) this week: http://m.elpais.com.co/elpais/judicial/noticias/indignacion-cajibio-cauca-por-asesinato-profesor-mientras-dictaba-clase …
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Man robs Istanbul bank, scatters money from top-floor balcony http://bit.ly/1Ty4A3N pic.twitter.com/4wKBCJrAYk
1:00 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details24 retweets 18 likes -
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E.U. forcing refugees into “concentration camps” as economic crisis fuels far-right, warns Greek ex-finance ministerhttp://www.salon.com/2016/04/29/e_u_forcing_refugees_into_concentration_camps_as_economic_crisis_fuels_far_right_warns_greek_ex_finance_minister/ …
3:53 PM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details18 retweets 3 likes
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Varoufakis slammed the Obama admin. for supporting the EU's “cruel, self-defeating, irrational, inefficient, mind-blowingly inane austerity”
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“Ponzi austerity” scheme imposed by E.U. and U.S. bleeds Greece dry on behalf of banks, says ex-finance ministerhttp://www.salon.com/2016/04/29/ponzi_austerity_scheme_imposed_by_e_u_and_u_s_bleeds_greece_dry_on_behalf_of_banks_says_ex_finance_minister/ …
2:37 PM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details28 retweets 14 likes
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Remember: The people who *truly* care about foreign workers are neoliberals who want international capital to operate without restriction.
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Hundreds of US cops gather at a NY resort to hear a raving Islamophobe lecture on Islam and terrorismhttps://news.vice.com/article/hundreds-of-us-cops-gather-to-hear-an-accused-islamophobe-lecture-on-islam-and-terrorism …
12:38 PM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details11 retweets 13 likes
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Ben Norton Retweeted Zack Beauchamp
This is an asinine way of saying "Neoliberal trade policies are great. If you disagree you hate foreign workers"https://twitter.com/zackbeauchamp/status/726110186247577600 …
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Zack Beauchamp @zackbeauchampThis is a polite way of saying "screw poor workers if they're foreign" pic.twitter.com/HnNlFmlBdg41 retweets 77 likes -
Varoufakis: EU is ordering Greece to put refugees in internment camps, "instead of treating them like human beings"pic.twitter.com/Koq5i0jQHB
11:46 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details37 retweets 16 likes -
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Yanis Varoufakis: Europe’s "hot spot" refugee registration centers are "concentration camps"http://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/28/yanis_varofaukis_europe_s_hot_spot …
11:41 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details19 retweets 9 likes
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Obama admin. offered unprecedented military funding to Israel that could top $40B over 10 years. Israel wants morehttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/29/headlines/obama_administration_proposes_up_to_40_billion_in_military_aid_to_israel …
11:37 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details23 retweets 8 likes
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N. Arizona Uni. students launch sit-in as fossil fuel divestment movement sweeps US, with similar protests in NY, MAhttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/29/northern_arizona_u_students_launch_sit …
11:34 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details4 retweets 3 likes
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Protester Lena Rothman: A Trump Supporter Assaulted Me at a Rally -- Then Police Arrested Me Instead of Himhttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/29/lena_rothman_a_trump_supporter_assaulted …
11:32 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details7 retweets 4 likes
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After whopping 36-day student sit-in protest, University of California at Davis chancellor put on leavehttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/29/after_36_day_student_occupation_university …
11:31 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details27 retweets 17 likes
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I believe this is called Stockholm syndromehttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/realestate/when-the-landlord-is-a-friend.html …
11:24 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details3 retweets 14 likes
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Just say no to class collaborationpic.twitter.com/qMvlzHnnUd
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Baltimore police shot and wounded a black teen carrying a toy gun on 1st anniversary of the funeral of Freddie Grayhttp://www.democracynow.org/2016/4/28/headlines/baltimore_police_shoot_14_year_old_boy_with_bb_gun …
11:13 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details13 retweets 3 likes
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ISIS is trying to take over Libya's oil crescent region, waging attacks on oil fields http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53798#.VyOHuz-A2C4 …
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@HRW: Archaic US laws punish rape survivorshttps://shar.es/1eqjr29:08 AM - 29 Apr 2016 · Details7 retweets 2 likes
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Ever wonder why terrorist groups claim credit for some attacks but not others? Download our new statistical study:http://tinyurl.com/hpttpp7
8:36 AM - 26 Apr 2016 · Details145 retweets 151 likes
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While media covered Donald Trump's hair, Obama quietly moved to open a Montana-sized swath of ocean to oil drillinghttp://bit.ly/1TyxJM8
4:35 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details189 retweets 114 likes
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EXPOSED: Industries that will benefit from Obama's new TPP push are now dumping cash into Obama's foundationhttp://bit.ly/26xi8mY
5:05 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details226 retweets 142 likes
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Hillary campaigned in 07 promising to invest more in law enforcement than Bush, put more police on the streets. Vid:pic.twitter.com/Wsg68MPujh
6:50 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details516 retweets 426 likes -
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“Many airports are complaining that TSA is getting worse, not better,” said oversight committee chairmanhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/tsa-bosses-called-some-of-the-biggest-bullies-in-government/2016/04/27/27e17bfa-0bec-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html?tid=hybrid_collaborative_1_na …
3:17 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details4 retweets 2 likes
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TSA bosses are called ‘some of the biggest bullies in government’http://wpo.st/RiPX1
3:16 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details7 retweets 5 likes
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A Palestinian detainee enters his 57th day on hunger strike while in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771328 …
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Hillary Clinton often boasts about helping children, but she betrayed them as First Ladyhttp://www.salon.com/2015/10/15/the_worst_thing_hillary_clinton_has_ever_done/ …
3:10 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details19 retweets 21 likes
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Clinton helped quash a minimum wage increase in Haiti & supported the coup against Honduran president Manuel Zelayapic.twitter.com/qCJffpSdHM
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@DougHenwood factchecking pro-Clinton propaganda in the NY Times:https://lbo-news.com/2016/04/28/factchecking-gail-collins/ …3:07 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details58 retweets 59 likes
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This story is so strange http://www.salon.com/2016/04/28/conspiracy_theorist_in_panda_suit_shot_after_allegedly_threatening_to_bomb_baltimore_fox_affiliate_if_it_wouldnt_cover_his_story/ …pic.twitter.com/Y6UXhaVQPO
2:54 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details10 retweets 10 likes -
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Jane Sanders Has Some Harsh Words for Our Public Education System http://www.thenation.com/article/jane-sanders-has-some-harsh-words-for-our-public-education-system/ … by
@nikhilgoya_l1:59 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details1 retweet 7 likes
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CWA statement on the Verizon strike: "Verizon workers remain on strike and are standing strong on the picket lines."pic.twitter.com/QB8OhqksZF
1:47 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details14 retweets 9 likes -
This country is so bizarre http://www.reuters.com/article/us-twenty-first-fox-bombscare-baltimore-idUSKCN0XP2SP/ …pic.twitter.com/4cgqzxCbQX
1:45 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details5 retweets 8 likes -
Striking worker: "It's horrible. Most of us are parents... the prospect of losing our children's healthcare is actually quite disturbing"
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Verizon is threatening to cut off striking workers' healthcare coverage http://www.reuters.com/article/us-verizon-strike-idUSKCN0XO2MM …pic.twitter.com/vx8zDFPbtF
1:40 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details93 retweets 40 likes -
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Public opinion of Verizon at 3-year low as workers go on historic strikehttp://time.com/money/4310159/verizon-consumer-perception-survey/ …
1:36 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details8 retweets 7 likes
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HRW: EU program to deport refugees to Turkey "is cruel in its own right, and a violation of international law."https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/27/dispatches-eu-deportations-resume-troubles-abound …
1:04 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details5 retweets 3 likes
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Since April 4, EU border agency Frontex has deported at least 375 refugees and migrants to Turkeyhttps://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/27/dispatches-eu-deportations-resume-troubles-abound …
1:03 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details5 retweets 2 likes
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HRW: "With little fanfare or media attention" EU quietly resumed deporting refugees & migrants from Greece to Turkeyhttps://www.hrw.org/news/2016/04/27/dispatches-eu-deportations-resume-troubles-abound …
1:02 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details6 retweets 4 likes
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Amnesty: US-backed Egyptian regime is "incapable of distinguishing between peaceful demonstrations and genuine security threats"
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Amnesty: US-backed Sisi regime arbitrarily arrested hundreds of people in response to planned protests in Egypt https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/04/egypt-mass-arrests-in-ruthlessly-efficient-bid-to-block-peaceful-protest/ …
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For over 9 months, rights groups have warned 21 million Yemenis, 82% of population, need urgent humanitarian aidhttp://www.salon.com/2016/01/29/a_forgotten_crisis_mass_starvation_in_yemen_as_u_s_backed_saudi_war_blockade_push_millions_to_brink_of_famine/ …
12:47 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details30 retweets 13 likes
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For months, UN has warned 14.4 million Yemenis — more than half of the population of the country — are food insecurehttp://www.salon.com/2016/01/29/a_forgotten_crisis_mass_starvation_in_yemen_as_u_s_backed_saudi_war_blockade_push_millions_to_brink_of_famine/ …
12:44 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details16 retweets 14 likes
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UN: In Yemen, “People urgently need safety, food, water, basic health care and education for their children." http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53803#.VyJi_j-A2C4 …
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Access and aid needed in Yemen, says UN humanitarian coordinator http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=53803#.VyJi_j-A2C4 …
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In reply to Daniel Wright
We live in worst of all possible worlds. World's leading newspaper pays this doofus $300,000 a year. ht
@DanSWrightpic.twitter.com/tWGbWC3Qyp
12:34 PM - 28 Apr 2016 · Details21 retweets 31 likes
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