25 August 18
RSN: John Kiriakou | Sentencing Reform Isn't Dead, It's Encumbered by Idiots
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Just when you thought there would actually be sentencing reform, the whole thing goes up in a puff of smoke. Well, I thought there would be sentencing reform. And apparently so did a lot of members of Congress from both parties. And apparently so did Donald Trump. So what happened? Politics happened."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Just when you thought there would actually be sentencing reform, the whole thing goes up in a puff of smoke. Well, I thought there would be sentencing reform. And apparently so did a lot of members of Congress from both parties. And apparently so did Donald Trump. So what happened? Politics happened."
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Dino Sajudin was given the $30,000 by American Media Inc. in 2015 in exchange for signing over the rights, 'in perpetuity,' regarding a rumor he heard that Trump had fathered an illegitimate child with an employee at New York City's Trump World Tower in the 1980s, according to multiple reports. (photo: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg)
Ex-Doorman Releases 'Catch and Kill' Contract About Alleged Trump Affair With a Housekeeper, Which He Claims Resulted in a Child
Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "The former Trump World Tower doorman who has alleged that Donald Trump had an affair and child out of wedlock with his former housekeeper has released the 'catch and kill' contract he signed in late 2015 with National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc."
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Chas Danner, New York Magazine
Danner writes: "The former Trump World Tower doorman who has alleged that Donald Trump had an affair and child out of wedlock with his former housekeeper has released the 'catch and kill' contract he signed in late 2015 with National Enquirer publisher American Media, Inc."
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Reality Winner. (photo: Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was "Nailed to the Door" by the Trump Admin
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison - the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media."
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Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison - the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media."
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A Fight for $15 rally. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images)
In Victory for Unions, Judge Overturns Key Parts of Trump Executive Orders
Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
Rein writes: "A federal judge late Friday dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating overnight key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions."
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Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
Rein writes: "A federal judge late Friday dealt a victory to federal employees and the unions that represent them, invalidating overnight key provisions of a series of Trump administration executive orders aimed at making it easier to fire employees and weaken the unions."
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A voter holds various ID cards. (photo: Jaime Henry-White/AP)
Georgia Blocks Move to Close Voting Sites in Mostly Black County
Reuters
Excerpt: "A Georgia elections board on Friday blocked a bid to close most polling places in a largely black county after critics called it a thinly-veiled attempt to undercut Stacey Abrams, who could become the country's first female, African-American governor."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "A Georgia elections board on Friday blocked a bid to close most polling places in a largely black county after critics called it a thinly-veiled attempt to undercut Stacey Abrams, who could become the country's first female, African-American governor."
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Corozal, Puerto Rico. (photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Advocates Say Vulnerable Puerto Ricans Left Out of $1.5 Billion Recovery Planning Process
Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "The Puerto Rican government has created a plan outlining how it will spend $1.5 billion in federal disaster recovery funds that are intended to revitalize the storm-torn U.S. island."
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Danielle McLean, ThinkProgress
McLean writes: "The Puerto Rican government has created a plan outlining how it will spend $1.5 billion in federal disaster recovery funds that are intended to revitalize the storm-torn U.S. island."
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Florida wildlife officials have tried unsuccessfully to reduce or eliminate the up to 150,000 pythons that have made their home in the state after being released as unwanted pets in the 1980s. (photo: Joe Skipper/Reuters)
Super-Snake: Hybrid Pythons Could Pose New Threat to Florida Everglades
Richard Luscombe, Guardian UK
Luscombe writes: "From carnivorous giant lizards to toxic climbing tree frogs, the Florida Everglades have become a haven to invasive species steadily destroying and devouring the flora and fauna of the state's famed River of Grass."
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Richard Luscombe, Guardian UK
Luscombe writes: "From carnivorous giant lizards to toxic climbing tree frogs, the Florida Everglades have become a haven to invasive species steadily destroying and devouring the flora and fauna of the state's famed River of Grass."
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