24 links today. Enjoy. Donald Trump’s Finance Chair Is the Anti-Populist From Hell (Must read of the day, Steve Mnuchin is bad news, The New Republic) Fueled by Small Donations, Donald Trump Makes Up Major Financial Ground (New York Times) Thomas Friedman Goes to the Wall (Great takedown by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone) Did Bill Maher Lie … Read more
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 … Read more
23 links today. Enjoy. What I Saw Last Friday in Hebron (One of the most uplifting articles I’ve read all year, Haaretz) Writing as Resistance (Extremely touching, extremely important read, Chris Hedges, TruthDig) Apple and Facebook Helped Bust the World’s Biggest Torrent Site (Why is “Homeland Security” focusing on copyright violations? Engadget) Lobbyists Bolting Trump … Read more
17 links today. Enjoy. How Finance Costs Too Much and Fails to Deliver (Must read, Naked Capitalism) Obama Has Failed Victims of Racism and Police Brutality (Excellent, by Cornel West) U.S. Seen on Wrong Track by Nearly Three-Quarters of Voters (Wall Street Journal) Turkey Government Seemed to Have List of Arrests Prepared (Reuters) View on Turkey: … Read more
15 links today. Enjoy. Images of Militarized Police in Baton Rouge Draw Global Attention (Must read of the day, The Intercept) Obama Calls For Turret-Mounted Video Cameras On All Police Tanks (From 2014, The Onion) Dallas Cop-Killer Micah Johnson Was Blacklisted by Black-Power Groups as ‘Unstable’ (The Daily Beast) When Cops Kill, and When Cops Die … Read more
15 links today. Enjoy. When You Dial 911 and Wall Street Answers (New York Times) After the Election, Things Will Get Worse (Reason) Clinton Faces Tough Decision on Whether to Address Media About FBI (She hasn’t done a press conference in 215 days, The Hill) Comey on Capitol Hill (Clinton’s lies are unbelievable, Politico) Despite FBI … Read more
12 links today. Enjoy Hillary Clinton Opens Up 8 Point Lead in Florida (Quinnipiac University Swing State Poll) Clinton’s “Progressive” Beacon Is a Former Goldman Sachs Banker and Bob Rubin Protégé (Bloomberg) Think You’ve Got It Locked, Hillary? Meet Jill Stein (Politico) DOJ Asks to Keep Secret Clinton Aide’s Immunity Deal (Politico) Unlike Other States, … Read more
18 links today, enjoy. Deleted Official Report Says Saudi Key Funder of Hillary Clinton Campaign (Must read, Middle East Eye) The Fourth Amendment Is Supposed to Work for the People, Not the Government (Reason) Oklahoma Cops Find A New Way To Take People’s Money, Even If They Don’t Have Cash (Huffington Post) NATO Chief: 4 … Read more
22 links today. Enjoy. The South Carolina Police Files: Gunslinging Raids, Coverups and Magical Dog Sniffs (Very disturbing, must read, Washington Post) Appeals Court Rules Cell Tower Locations Not Protected Information (One of the most absurd court decisions I’ve ever seen, Wall Street Journal) Free Speech is Under Attack (The Economist) Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Microsoft Back … Read more
23 links today. Enjoy. Facebook Democratized the News, but New Changes Do the Opposite (Important read, New York Times) Shaken Austrian Government Pledges Action on Asylum After Far-Right Surge (Reuters) The Senate Killed JASTA, Then Passed It… (The “sue Saudis for terrorism” legislation was totally watered down, Just Security) When It Comes to Losing Ugly, Bernie Has … Read more