Liberty Links 05/06/17

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Must Reads

Trump’s Support and Praise of Despots Is Central to the U.S. Tradition, Not a Deviation From It (Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept)

Alarm Grows in Washington as Saudi Coalition Attack on Yemen Port Appears Imminent (The Washington Post)

Exploitation and Abuse at the Chicken Plant (Despicable and infuriating, The New Yorker)

James Comey Defends Himself Against Hillary Cult Obsessives (CSPAN)

Comey Says Only Reason Assange Not ‘Apprehended Yet’: He’s Out of Reach (Not good, Common Dreams)

Feinstein Says There is No Evidence of Collusion Between Trump Associates and Russia (CNN interview clip)

American Airlines Plans to Squeeze You In Even Tighter (May as well just put passengers in the overhead compartments, Bloomberg)

Anadarko is “Saddened” by Fatal Firestone Explosion (Very disturbing, The Denver Post)

Readers Pummel New York Times Writer Over His Big Bank Stance (Wall Street on Parade)

Spam Campaign Targets Google Users with Malicious Link (Be careful out there, Reuters)

U.S. Politics

Report: Kushner Didn’t Disclose Investment in Startup with Goldman Sachs, Soros Links (The Hill)

In Senate, Pessimism Over ObamaCare Repeal (The Hill)

Chris Christie Says Marijuana Legalizers Want to ‘Poison Our Kids’ for ‘Blood Money’ (There are few politicians as completely useless as Chris Christie, Reason)

SC Primary: GOP Heads to Runoff, Goldman Sachs Adviser Wins for Dems (The Hill)

Hillary Clinton is Getting Back Into Politics (Please no, Vanity Fair)

Trump: Australia Has Better Healthcare System Than U.S. (The Hill)

Trump Admin Moves to Toughen Visa-Seeker Questions (The Hill)

Tucker Carlson Talks Climate Change with Bill Nye (YouTube)

Geopolitics/WW3

U.S. Sale of Missiles to Saudi Arabia Advancing: Foreign Minister (Reuters)

Saudi Power Struggle Could Destabilize The Entire Middle East (OilPrice.com)

Russia, Iran, Turkey Agree on Syria Safe Zones, Opposition Cries Foul (ISIS is not happy, Reuters)

McMaster Says U.S. Will Pay for THAAD Anti-Missile System in South Korea (Yet there’s never an extra dime for U.S. citizens, Fox News)

Yanis Varoufakis on Brexit (YouTube)

Economy/Finance

Universal Basic Income is Not “Free Money” (This will be a huge debate going forward, Futurism)

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