Liberty Links 8/1/16

22 links today. Enjoy.

Welcome to the 2016 DNC, Sponsored by Special Interests (It’s all so dirty, this is a must read, The Nation)

U.S. Trade Rep Insists TPP is Not Dead Yet (WARNING: Obama will try to pass the TPP in the lame duck, McClatchy)

Facebook Admits It Blocked Links to Wikileaks DNC Emails (Gizmodo)

Night of the Hollow Men: Notes From the Democratic Convention (Great summary of one of the DNC nights, CounterPunch)

Clinton Camp Laughs Off Questions About Press Conference Blackout (So hilarious, The Hill)

Why Clinton Might Have A Tough Time Flipping The Sanders Holdouts (FiveThirtyEight)

Nina Turner Weighing Offer to Join Green Party Ticket as VP Candidate (This would be big, Cleveland.com)

Dem Anxiety Hangs Over Clinton (The Hill)

The VA’s Luxury Art Obsession (Reporting by Open the Books, via Forbes)

What Did NBC News’s Chelsea Clinton Do for Her $600,000 Salary? (2014 article, but important to revisit, The Washington Post)

Why Sanders is Focused on ‘Lame Duck’ Congress (AP)

Pennsylvania is in Play for Donald Trump (The Wall Street Journal)

Intel Head Cautions Against ‘Hyperventilation’ Over DNC Breach (The Hill)

Teamsters Back Portman Over Strickland in US Senate Race (This is very interesting, Dayton Daily News)

Seeking Merger Approval, Anthem Makes Major Donations To State Political Groups (International Business Times)

Nigel Farage, Hero of Britain’s Right, Sometimes Feels ‘Left-Wing’ in Cleveland (Wall Street Journal)

U.S. Homeownership Rate Falls to Five-Decade Low (The Wall Street Journal)

JPMorgan Said Near Settlement With U.S. Over Hiring in Asia (More banker “justice,” Bloomberg)

The Latest, Most Damaging Things in the DNC’s Leaked Emails (I think 9 and 10 are the most interesting, The Washington Post)

It’s Not About the Technology, It’s About the Money (Interesting Bitcoin article, Satoshi Nakamoto Institute)

Broward Country Violate Child’s 8th Amendment Rights (Mimesis Law)

Oklahoma Police Show Up at 5-Year-Old’s Birthday Party — and Shoot His Dog in the Head (RawStory)

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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