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Charles Pierce | Brett Kavanaugh Was Involved in 3 Different Crises of Democracy
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "There were three crises in democracy immediately prior to the current one, and all of them benefitted Kavanaugh's political mentors and helped him build his career."
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Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "There were three crises in democracy immediately prior to the current one, and all of them benefitted Kavanaugh's political mentors and helped him build his career."
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Jay Sekulow, Donald Trump's lawyer on the Trump investigation. (photo: ABC News)
Trump Lawyer: President's Meddling to Help Flynn Was Like Stopping FBI Spying on Martin Luther King
Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Israel writes: "Jay Sekulow, Donald Trump's lawyer on the Trump investigation, compared the president's apparent attempt to shut down the investigation into his national security adviser with efforts of protect the civil rights movement in the 1960s from illegal spying."
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Josh Israel, ThinkProgress
Israel writes: "Jay Sekulow, Donald Trump's lawyer on the Trump investigation, compared the president's apparent attempt to shut down the investigation into his national security adviser with efforts of protect the civil rights movement in the 1960s from illegal spying."
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Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Greg Nash/Getty Images)
Sanders Boosts Progressive Candidate Ahead of Michigan Governor Primary
Max Greenwood, The Hill
Greenwood writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sought to boost Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on Sunday, delivering a last-minute pitch to voters to cast their ballot for the progressive hopeful in the state's primaries on Tuesday."
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Max Greenwood, The Hill
Greenwood writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) sought to boost Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit on Sunday, delivering a last-minute pitch to voters to cast their ballot for the progressive hopeful in the state's primaries on Tuesday."
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania residents respond to calls for donations for separated migrant children housed in a Baltimore, Maryland facility. (photo: M. Kornely/VOA)
Family Separation Policy Galvanizes Americans
Bill Rodgers, VOA News
Rodgers writes: "Galvanized by the Trump administration's now-ended policy of separating detained migrant parents and children, dozens of residents of Gettysburg, PA, showed up with their donations and to attend a forum to learn more about immigration advocacy."
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Bill Rodgers, VOA News
Rodgers writes: "Galvanized by the Trump administration's now-ended policy of separating detained migrant parents and children, dozens of residents of Gettysburg, PA, showed up with their donations and to attend a forum to learn more about immigration advocacy."
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Homeless in San Francisco. (photo: Melanie Stetson Freeman/CS Monitor)
San Francisco Ballot Initiative Would Tax Richest Businesses to Help Homeless
Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "San Francisco, the most expensive city in the country, has a crisis-level homelessness problem - like most other major U.S. cities do. There are over 7,000 people in San Francisco experiencing homelessness, but each night there are wait lists of 1,000 or more people trying to secure one of the available 2,300 temporary shelter beds."
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Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "San Francisco, the most expensive city in the country, has a crisis-level homelessness problem - like most other major U.S. cities do. There are over 7,000 people in San Francisco experiencing homelessness, but each night there are wait lists of 1,000 or more people trying to secure one of the available 2,300 temporary shelter beds."
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Security agents respond to a claimed assassination attempt on President Maduro, who is partly visible behind protective screen. (photo: Xinhua/Rex/Shutterstock)
Crackdown Feared After Venezuelan President Survives Alleged Attack
Joe Parkin Daniels and Mariana Zúñiga, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Venezuela's opposition has warned that President Nicolás Maduro may launch a political crackdown after he accused adversaries of attempting to assassinate him with drones loaded with explosives on Saturday."
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Joe Parkin Daniels and Mariana Zúñiga, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "Venezuela's opposition has warned that President Nicolás Maduro may launch a political crackdown after he accused adversaries of attempting to assassinate him with drones loaded with explosives on Saturday."
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A worker walks along a row of computer rigs that run around the clock 'mining' bitcoin in Keflavik, Iceland. Energy deman
Move Over, Bitcoin Bros: A Green Cryptocurrency Is Here
Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "To say that the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin eats a lot of energy is an understatement. If Bitcoin were a country (praise be to the libertarian god that it's not), it would be the 39th most energy-intensive place in the world, running on a similar amount of power to Austria."
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Eric Holthaus, Grist
Holthaus writes: "To say that the cryptocurrency known as Bitcoin eats a lot of energy is an understatement. If Bitcoin were a country (praise be to the libertarian god that it's not), it would be the 39th most energy-intensive place in the world, running on a similar amount of power to Austria."
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