Liberty Links 9/2/17

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Must Reads

Time to Give Up on Identity Politics (This starts off slow, but it’s one of the best articles I’ve ever read on why identity politics is poison, Salon)

The Photos the U.S. and Saudi Arabia Don’t Want You to See (The New York Times)

How to Distinguish Between Antifa, White Supremacists, and Black Lives Matter (Really important article, The Atlantic)

What Is to Be Done? (Fantastic article by Barrett Brown, Motherboard)

Telecoms Knew About Spying Loophole for Decades, Did Nothing (The Daily Beast)

Nurse Alex Wubbels Refused (This woman is a hero, Simple Justice Blog)

I Criticized Google. It Got Me Fired. That’s How Corporate Power Works. (Barry Lynn writing in The Washington Post, support this guy)

The Hypocrisy of Antifa (Excellent piece by Jonathan Turley, The Hill)

The Far Right is Losing Its Ability to Speak Freely Online. Should the Left Defend It? (The Guardian)

The Great Pot Monopoly Mystery (Hard to know how much of this is true, but interesting, GQ)

U.S. Politics

Legislation in Congress Would Block Jeff Sessions’ Asset Forfeiture Bonanza (Reason)

Trump Lifts Ban on Military Gear to Local Police Forces (What a thug, USA Today)

No, the Feds Shouldn’t Give War Machines to the Police (Rand Paul talking sense again, The New York Post)

New America Foundation Head Anne-Marie Slaughter Botches Laundering Google’s Money, Fires Anti-Trust Team at Eric Schmidt’s Behest (Naked Capitalism)

Lurid Trump Allegations Made by Louise Mensch and Co-Writer Came from Hoaxer (I’m shocked, The Guardian)

Political Activist Linda Sarsour Under Fire For Allegedly Directing Harvey Funds Toward PAC (Law Newz)

Televangelist Jim Bakker: Christians Will Start a Civil War if Trump is Impeached (Sounds like something Jesus would do, The Hill)

Berkeley Mayor: We Should Classify Antifa ‘As A Gang’ (Much better approach than calling them terrorists, CBS)

Evergreen State College Faces $2.1M Budget Shortfall, Cites Enrollment Drop, Issues Layoff Notices (The College Fix)

Man Attacked, Called “Nazi” for Wearing a Polo Shirt (Tim Pool, YouTube)

Dartmouth Faculty Supports Professor’s Comments Justifying Antifa Violence (Fox News)

Pundits And Politicians Are Tacitly Admitting That They Lied About Russia (Caitlin Johnstone, Medium)

Paul Manafort Teamed Up With Obama’s Lawyer to Help Putin Ally (The Daily Beast)

Trump Punishes Longtime Aide After Angry Phoenix Speech (Bloomberg)

Geopolitics/WW3

Israeli Official: If Iran Expands in Syria, We’ll Bomb Assad’s Palace (The Jerusalem Post)

Majority of People in France Now Dissatisfied with Macron (Reuters)

Economy/Finance/Crypto

Six Global Banks Join Forces to Create Digital Currency (Bankster coin is being launched, FT)

Big in Venezuela: Bitcoin Mining (Amazing, The Atlantic)

Uber’s New CEO Is a Bitcoin Fan (Fortune)

Reports: China’s Regulators Consider Suspending All ICOs (Coindesk)

Wells Fargo Boosts Fake-Account Estimate 67% to 3.5 Million (Bloomberg) 

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