Morgan Robinson's List: DGL Reasearching Credible Connnections

• • fairly recent, but a quickly developing situation
• March 14, 2014
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• scramble
• • Leading language
• last-ditch bid
• "we want to see progress as much as you do.
• • Context?
• blasting
• What is unacceptable is manipulating individual principles of international law," Vitaly Churkin said, arguing that the Crimea referendum is a matter of "self-determination
• Asking a question that many nations have also asked of Russia, he said: "Why such blatant interference in the domestic affairs of a state
• • Why is this so comparatively light compared to the above?  Why mention it at all if no other information is available?
• Other Republicans oppose paying for the loans with unused military money. 

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• • Outright stated to be an editorial.  Grants credibility by not seeking to serve as a factual account, but an opinion.
• • Recent
• March 14, 2014
• exander J. Motyl is professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark. He served as associate director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University from 1992 through 1998. A specialist on Ukraine, Russia and the USSR, he is the author of six academic books and several novels, including "The Jew Who Was Ukrainian," "My Orchidia," and "Sweet Snow." Motyl writes a weekly blog on "Ukraine's Orange Blues" for World Affairs Journal.
• • A good course for commenting on the history and sociology of the region.
• Papa Doc Duvalier
• , about 16 demonstrators and 10 police officers were killed. We were shocked and mourned their deaths, while hoping and expecting the violence to ebb. On Wednesday, February 19, nothing happened and our hopes appeared to be justified. On Thursday, February 20, the regime ordered snipers to shoot randomly at demonstrators. Scores died. And, thanks to the Internet, we saw them being mowed down. The violence had come home. The criminal regime had insinuated itself into our
• After Yanukovych fled and a democratic government assumed power, we rejoiced. Finally, we thought, Ukraine would be able to become "normal" -- free, democratic, liberal and Western
• Friday, February 28, that euphoria was replaced with the deepest of fears. Vladimir Putin's Russia invaded and occupied Crimea.
• • References to outside sites make it harder to railroad the reader's opinions.

  • Good references to those not familiar to the story.  
• , Putin claimed to have the right to "defend" "Russian citizens" anywhere in Ukraine, thereby giving himself carte blanche to invade any part of Ukraine he chooses. Which province would be next?
• Many Ukrainians in Ukraine now believe that a Russian invasion of mainland Ukraine is inevitable. If it happens, war will break out and thousands will die.
• • Influencing our opinions, but reflecting Russia's history of puppet governments and false elections.
• Crimea is set to secede in a bogus referendum on March 16.
• • Invokes "Iron Curtain"
• Putin's ideological mentor, Aleksandr Dugin, insists that Russia's goals go beyond Ukraine into Europe -- a reunification of the Slavic peoples.
• : that they will soon be attacking a country that dared say no to Putin.

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•   03/14/2014
• A new ad in a competitive Senate race in Arkansas takes aim at the Affordable Care Act -- but it doesn't tell the whole st
• • Profides the user with the ability to do a bit of research themselves.
• launched an ad Thursday that targets Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) for supporting Obamacare. The ad reportedly cost Americans for Prosperity about $700,000.
• In the ad, Wanda Buckley of Marion, Ark., talks about receiving a letter from her insurance company, Blue Cross Blue Shield. The letter said that as of December 2014, Marion and her husband would no longer be covered by their current plan.
• The problem is that earlier this month, the Arkansas Insurance Department released a bulletin explaining that the state's insurance providers could follow a recently announced federal change that would allow people with non-compliant plans to stay on them as late as October 2017.
• • Rebuttal to earlier remark shows information the mentioned ad left out, with a link for confirmation.
• "Senator Pryor chose to vote for the failing Obamacare policy, and he sticks by that policy even with the mounting negative effects it is having here in Arkansas on people like Wanda and Jerry Buckley," Cline wrote in the release. "It's time for Senator Pryor to face the facts and admit that ObamaCare is hurting Arkansas families."
• "Congressman Cotton's special interest backers in Washington are pouring millions of undisclosed dollars into Arkansas in order to distract from his reckless votes in support of their agenda," Burgwinkle wrote in an email. "Congressman Cotton has voted against the Violence Against Women Act, affordable student loans and continues to advocate turning Medicare into a voucher program. Congressman Cotton is looking out for billionaires like the Koch Brothers instead of the best interests of Arkansas."
• • Point and counterpoint.
• • Give a small, but factual recap of history of healthcare in government in the US.  Likely seeking support as the reader sees the benefit to themselves to the changes made.

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• • Direct, recorded quote.

• The directive is part of a larger effort by the White House to promote "wages and paychecks that help to support a family," Obama said.

  The president also supports raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 per hour from $7.25, a proposal that Republicans and many business groups have vowed to fight.
• • Divisive language, appealing specifically to wage-workers likely to be effected in order to oppose the Republicans and businesses.
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• March 13th 2014

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• Prosecutor Daniel Diaz-Balart also said at a brief hearing that no plea offer has been made for the 20-year-old pop singer, who has pleaded not guilty. Bieber's attorney, Roy Black, also said there was no plea deal on the table and none had been rejected, even though first offenders in most similar cases are offered a plea to avoid potential jail time
• Bieber and R&B singer Khalil Amir Sharieff were arrested Jan. 23 in Miami Beach after what police called an illegal drag race with high-end sports cars. Breath tests showed Bieber's blood-alcohol content was below the 0.02 limit for underage drivers. Other tests detected marijuana and Xanax.
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