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Politics Editor Christina Bellantoni and reporter/producer Katelyn Polantz are going to be chatting on Twitter at 1 p.m. ET answering questions.
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The likelihood that a stamped letter could reach its destination by the next day will be “virtually eliminated” with new USPS cuts.
Do you still send ‘snail mail’?
(PHOTO:U.S. Postal Service city letter carrier Roy Sipe delivers mail to homes in Fairfax, Virginia, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Stephane Hessel, a 94-year-old former French resistance fighter, is urging young people to take to the streets and show their outrage.
“What we are really trying to say is that the dignity of human beings has to be defended. And when one feels that the government, whichever government, is not really doing the thing to preserve that dignity, then we should get angry, or outraged, if you want.”
Transcript and web-extra
After months of investigation, review of more than 27,000 pages of documents, and interviews with central figures in the case—including the head of the FBI’s anthrax task force and the top assistant U.S. Attorney on the case—”The Anthrax Files” reveals new information that challenges some of the FBI findings and examines how the government attempted to solve the case.
via FRONTLINE PBS. Watch tonight on PBS or watch online now.
Also, tune in tonight for a report from NPR and the Center for Investigative Reporting on how government and domestic intel has changed since 9/11.
(Watch live online from 6-7 p.m. ET here)
centerforinvestigativereporting:
After 9/11, the government began encouraging local police, private security and everyday Americans to report so-called “suspicious activity” that may indicate a security threat. Taking photos of landmarks, walking “nervously” and writing in a notebook are all activities that have led to people being stopped and questioned. Could you be next? Watch our Suspect America animation and then click through to read our investigation with NPR: Mall of America visitors unknowingly end up in counterterrorism reports.
Gwen Ifill on the decisions the people at news organizations make, and covering the debt limit.
(Source: newshour.pbs.org)
Minnesota Lawmakers in Talks to End Government Shutdown
A great compilation of coverage compiled here
(PHOTO via MPR /Jeffrey Thompson/July 1)
If you missed it: Obama on Shutdown Deal: ‘Americans of Different Beliefs Came Together’
Also: Boehner: 11th-Hour Deal Reached to Avert Government Shutdown
Majority Leader Reid on Last-Minute Shutdown Deal: ‘We Didn’t Do it for Drama’
