23 October 18
Juan Cole | Does Turkey Aim to Unseat Saudi Crown Prince MBS via Khashoggi Affair?
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Turkish authorities are subjecting Saudi Arabia to a Chinese water torture, releasing a bit more of the fruits of their investigation into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi everyday, seemingly timed to refute whatever lame excuses the Saudis had come up with that day."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Turkish authorities are subjecting Saudi Arabia to a Chinese water torture, releasing a bit more of the fruits of their investigation into the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi everyday, seemingly timed to refute whatever lame excuses the Saudis had come up with that day."
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Voting in Ohio. (photo: David Goldman/AP)
Nate Silver | Trump's Approval Rating Is Up. Republican House Chances Are Down. Does That Make Any Sense?
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "Just in time for the Nov. 6 election, President Trump is posting some of the best job approval numbers of his presidency. His approval rating is currently 43.1 percent, according to the FiveThirtyEight average, the highest it's been since March 2017."
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Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
Silver writes: "Just in time for the Nov. 6 election, President Trump is posting some of the best job approval numbers of his presidency. His approval rating is currently 43.1 percent, according to the FiveThirtyEight average, the highest it's been since March 2017."
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The X-51A Waverider was a prototype hypersonic missile capable of flying at Mach 5.1 for hundreds of miles. The Air Force is stepping up its development of similar weapons. (photo: Mike Cassidy/U.S. Air Force)
Nations Rush Ahead With Hypersonic Weapons Amid Arms Race Fear
Geoff Brumfiel, NPR
Brumfiel writes: "President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, is in Moscow for a second day Tuesday, to discuss the U.S. intent to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The end of the 31-year old treaty is a sign that world powers may be returning to an arms race mentality."
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Geoff Brumfiel, NPR
Brumfiel writes: "President Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, is in Moscow for a second day Tuesday, to discuss the U.S. intent to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The end of the 31-year old treaty is a sign that world powers may be returning to an arms race mentality."
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U.S. Border Patrol agents take a family into custody near McAllen, Texas. (photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
Tech Firms Make Millions From Trump's Anti-Immigrant Agenda, Report Finds
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Silicon Valley technology corporations including Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft make millions from US immigration enforcement, according to a new report."
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Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Silicon Valley technology corporations including Amazon, Palantir and Microsoft make millions from US immigration enforcement, according to a new report."
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Move 9 prisoner Mike Africa Sr and his wife Debbie Africa reunited in Philadelphia after 40 years in prison. (photo: Tommy Oliver/@producertommy)
'I'm Ecstatic': Black Liberation Prisoner Mike Africa Sr Released After 40 Years
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "Mike Africa Sr has become the second member of the Philadelphia-based group of black radicals known as the Move 9 to be released from prison, more than 40 years after they were arrested for the death of a police officer in one of the most dramatic shootouts of the black liberation era."
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Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "Mike Africa Sr has become the second member of the Philadelphia-based group of black radicals known as the Move 9 to be released from prison, more than 40 years after they were arrested for the death of a police officer in one of the most dramatic shootouts of the black liberation era."
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What you should know about the migrant caravan heading toward the U.S.-Mexico border. (photo: Getty Images)
Fact From Fiction: What You Should Know About the Migrant Caravan
Luke Barnes and Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "As many as 7,000 Central Americans are making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, and along with them are a wealth of misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding their motives and character."
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Luke Barnes and Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Excerpt: "As many as 7,000 Central Americans are making their way to the U.S.-Mexico border, and along with them are a wealth of misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding their motives and character."
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An aerial image of an oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, taken on April 28, 2018. (photo: Oscar Garcia-Pineda/WP)
A 14-Year-Long Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico Verges on Becoming One of the Worst in US History
Darryl Fears, The Washington Post
Fears writes: "An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history."
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Darryl Fears, The Washington Post
Fears writes: "An oil spill that has been quietly leaking millions of barrels into the Gulf of Mexico has gone unplugged for so long that it now verges on becoming one of the worst offshore disasters in U.S. history."
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