12 July 18 AM
RSN: John Kiriakou | A Billion Dollar Empire Profiting on the Misery of Sick Prisoners
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Rauner's investment means that he's making money off of human misery; he thus has a vested interest in locking up as many people - the mentally ill, undocumented migrants, victims of the 'war on drugs' - or anybody else – as possible."
READ MORE
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Rauner's investment means that he's making money off of human misery; he thus has a vested interest in locking up as many people - the mentally ill, undocumented migrants, victims of the 'war on drugs' - or anybody else – as possible."
READ MORE
Trump with the heads of NATO states. (photo: Getty)
Trump Berates NATO Allies and Then Asks Them to Double Their Defense Spending Goals
Michael Birnbaum and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump ripped into NATO allies Wednesday, slamming Germany for its dependence on Russian energy and demanding that nations double their military spending commitments."
READ MORE
Michael Birnbaum and Seung Min Kim, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump ripped into NATO allies Wednesday, slamming Germany for its dependence on Russian energy and demanding that nations double their military spending commitments."
READ MORE
A sign during a rally in Los Angeles. The complications the government has run into foretell a troubled road ahead. (photo: Mark Ralston/Getty)
Officials Admit They May Have Separated Family - Who Might Be US Citizens - for up to a Year
Jamiles Lartey, Guardian UK
Lartey writes: "The Department of Justice (DoJ) told a federal judge Tuesday that it may have mistakenly separated a father and toddler who could both be US citizens for as long as a year, in the process of enforcing the Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy."
READ MORE
Jamiles Lartey, Guardian UK
Lartey writes: "The Department of Justice (DoJ) told a federal judge Tuesday that it may have mistakenly separated a father and toddler who could both be US citizens for as long as a year, in the process of enforcing the Trump administration's 'zero-tolerance' immigration policy."
READ MORE
A sign in Burns, Oregon telling the Anti-government group the Bundys to leave. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty)
The Real Story Behind Trump's Pardon of Oregon Ranchers
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "President Trump pardoned two Oregon ranchers Tuesday, firing a new salvo in a complicated culture war previously marked by air-mailed sex toys, nuanced disputes over the management of public lands, and a police shootout that killed a would-be leader of a modern crackpot revolution."
READ MORE
Alan Pyke, ThinkProgress
Pyke writes: "President Trump pardoned two Oregon ranchers Tuesday, firing a new salvo in a complicated culture war previously marked by air-mailed sex toys, nuanced disputes over the management of public lands, and a police shootout that killed a would-be leader of a modern crackpot revolution."
READ MORE
Walmart employee. (photo: Getty)
Walmart's Patents New Technology for Eavesdropping on Its Workers
Caroline O'Donovan, BuzzFeed News
O'Donovan writes: "Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers performance, and could even listen to their conversations with customers at checkout."
READ MORE
Caroline O'Donovan, BuzzFeed News
O'Donovan writes: "Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers performance, and could even listen to their conversations with customers at checkout."
READ MORE
Israeli policemen detain a Palestinian girl in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar. (photo: Mohamad Torokman/Getty)
Bulldozing Palestine, One Village at a Time
Mariam Barghouti, Al Jazeera
Barghouti writes: "It was a bit ironic to see a small group of Israeli settlers enter the large solidarity tent stationed at the entrance of Khan al-Ahmar last Wednesday. They had come, they said, to show 'solidarity' with the Palestinian Bedouins protesting a demolition order."
READ MORE
Mariam Barghouti, Al Jazeera
Barghouti writes: "It was a bit ironic to see a small group of Israeli settlers enter the large solidarity tent stationed at the entrance of Khan al-Ahmar last Wednesday. They had come, they said, to show 'solidarity' with the Palestinian Bedouins protesting a demolition order."
READ MORE
Orcas from pod J in Puget Sound just west of Seattle. The number of orcas in the area, listed as endangered since 2005, has dwindled to a 30-year low. (photo: Elaine Thompson/AP)
Orcas of the Pacific Northwest Are Starving and Disappearing
Jim Robbins, The New York Times
Robbins writes: "For the last three years, not one calf has been born to the dwindling pods of black-and-white killer whales spouting geysers of mist off the coast in the Pacific Northwest."
READ MORE
Jim Robbins, The New York Times
Robbins writes: "For the last three years, not one calf has been born to the dwindling pods of black-and-white killer whales spouting geysers of mist off the coast in the Pacific Northwest."
READ MORE
Comments
Post a Comment