16 links today. Enjoy: How the ‘New York Times’ Sandbagged Bernie Sanders (Totally shameless, RollingStone) DOJ to Apple: Start Cooperating or You’ll Get the Lavabit Treatment (EmptyWheel) It Took a FOIA Lawsuit to Uncover How the Obama Administration Killed FOIA Reform (Vice News) I Was Wrong About Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP Front-Runner’s … Read more
Starbucks Chairman Howard Schultz has said of the upcoming Concert for Valor: “The post-9/11 years have brought us the longest period of sustained warfare in our nation’s history. The less than one percent of Americans who volunteered to serve during this time have afforded the rest of us remarkable freedoms — but that freedom comes … Read more
Earlier today I came across a fantastic article published at Naked Capitalism by a writer known as Gaius Publius. Yves Smith introduces the piece with the following poignant passage: Let us not forget that the “things are going to get worse for you” story also conveniently diverts attention from the degree of rent extraction and … Read more
The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? Small businesses? Taxpayers? Or the biggest multinational corporations in the world? One strong hint is buried in the fine … Read more
On July 25, these superdelegates will cast votes at the Democratic National Convention for whomever they want, regardless of primary and caucus outcomes. Democrats like to describe superdelegates as mostly elected officials and prominent party members, including President Obama and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. But this group, which consists of 21 governors, 40 senators and 193 representatives, … Read more
Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail. On Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton is the Only Republican Left Standing (Title pretty much says it all, Haaretz) Warmongers Hate Trump (Reason) Cables Show Hillary Clinton’s State Department Deeply Involved in Trans-Pacific Partnership (International Business Times) … Read more
You may have already seen the following video, but if you haven’t, it’s an absolute must watch. It personalizes the pain and frustration being felt across these United States as executives throw people on the street in order to boost earnings per share by a couple of cents. It also explains why both Donald Trump and … Read more
Hillary is the candidate of the corrupt establishment. The status quo wants Hillary in the White House so the parasitic gravy train can roll on. DNC head and Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is one of these people. She isn’t interested in reform, because reform wouldn’t advance her personal interests. She wants things to stay the way … Read more
I don’t find conversations about how morally repugnant Trump is to be interesting when the rest of the candidates seem to also support imperialistic and fascist policies concerning drone strikes, torture and mass surveillance. Do I like Trump’s platform? No, I think most of it is silly and misguided, but at least it is not … Read more
Below are links to some of the more interesting and important reads I came across today, but will not be publishing on in detail. Hillary Clinton Turned $1,000 Into $99,540, White House Says (1994 article…some things never change, New York Times) The Growing Risk of Civil War in Turkey (This country is a total basket case, Washington Post) Donald … Read more