18 links today. Enjoy.
Our Awful Elites Gutted America. Now They Dare Ring Alarms About Trump, Sanders—And Cast Themselves as Saviors (Must Read, Naked Capitalism)
Devastating MORI Poll Shows Europe’s Peoples Share British Rage Over EU (The Telegraph)
U.S. Warship Challenges China’s Claims in South China Sea (Dangerous escalation happening, Bloomberg)
Defence Industry Poised for Billion Dollar Profits From Global Riot ‘Contagion’ (Nafeez Ahmed)
Police Are Deleting Smartphone Videos At Crime Scenes Even Though It’s Illegal (International Business Times)
Pentagon Report Reveals Confusion Among U.S. Troops Over Afghan Mission (Reuters)
Abe Eases Putin’s Isolation With Talks on Territorial Dispute (Japan defies U.S. order, Bloomberg)
Turkey’s Erdogan Pours Cold Water on Hopes of Progress on EU Deal (Reuters)
How Eric Holder Facilitated the Most Unjust Presidential Pardon in American History (2013 article but very disturbing, Slate)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Put End to Mandatory Arbitration for Consumer Loans, Credit Cards (Finally some good news, Naked Capitalism)
Smart Money Doing Private Equity in House as General Partners Warn of Lower Returns, Dumb Money Pours IN (Naked Capitalism)
Facebook Loses First Round in Suit Over Storing Biometric Data (Reuters)
U.S. Government and North Carolina Escalate Legal Fight Over Transgender Law (You’d think this is the most important issue on the planet, Reuters)
Star Pupil Finds Lost Mayan City by Studying Ancient Charts of the Night Sky From His Bedroom (Talented kid, The Telegraph)
Podemos Seen Losing Support Ahead of Spanish Election (Reuters)
New York Times to Start Delivering Meal Kits to Your Home (Journalism’s not an easy business, Bloomberg)
Silver-Threaded Underwear Fights Junk Funk Even After a Week of Wear (Arstechnica)
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Michael Krieger
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