02 November 18
Robert Reich | The Midterms Are About Democracy Vs. Authoritarianism
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "The real contest in the upcoming election isn't between Democrats and Republicans. It's between democracy and authoritarianism."
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Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Facebook Page
Reich writes: "The real contest in the upcoming election isn't between Democrats and Republicans. It's between democracy and authoritarianism."
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Central America migrants in Juchitan, Mexico. (photo: Hannah McKay/Reuters)
Secret Pentagon Report Downplays Caravan Threat
James LaPorta and Chantal Da Silva, Newsweek
Excerpt: "The Trump administration was informed that 'only a small percentage' of Central American migrants traveling with several “caravans” headed toward the U.S. will likely make it to the border."
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James LaPorta and Chantal Da Silva, Newsweek
Excerpt: "The Trump administration was informed that 'only a small percentage' of Central American migrants traveling with several “caravans” headed toward the U.S. will likely make it to the border."
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Anti-Trump protest. (photo: Getty Images)
Cook Political Report Outlook: Democrats Gain 30-40 Seats in House, Up From 25-35
Daniel Chaitin, The Washington Examiner
Chaitin writes: "A political analyst updated his outlook for the House just days before midterm elections, giving the Democrats an even greater edge over Republicans hoping to maintain power."
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Daniel Chaitin, The Washington Examiner
Chaitin writes: "A political analyst updated his outlook for the House just days before midterm elections, giving the Democrats an even greater edge over Republicans hoping to maintain power."
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Rep. Beto O'Rourke is running against Ted Cruz in Texas. (photo: Getty Images)
Beto O'Rourke Boost: Texas Youth Vote Soars 500 Percent Ahead of Midterms
Nicole Goodkind, Newsweek
Goodkind writes: "Early voting data from Texas shows a 508 percent growth in the youth vote since 2014, which is likely good news for Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke."
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Nicole Goodkind, Newsweek
Goodkind writes: "Early voting data from Texas shows a 508 percent growth in the youth vote since 2014, which is likely good news for Democratic Senate hopeful Beto O’Rourke."
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US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018. (photo: Getty Images)
Trump Is Reportedly Concerned Ryan Zinke Broke the Law, Hasn't Decided Whether to Fire Him
Peter Weber, The Week
Weber writes: "The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over a Montana land deal involving Zinke, his wife, and David Lesar, chairman of oil services giant Halliburton, and 'the White House is getting increasingly concerned,' The Washington Post reports, citing two senior administration officials."
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Peter Weber, The Week
Weber writes: "The Justice Department is investigating Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke over a Montana land deal involving Zinke, his wife, and David Lesar, chairman of oil services giant Halliburton, and 'the White House is getting increasingly concerned,' The Washington Post reports, citing two senior administration officials."
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Guards searching the wreckage of a building after airstrikes in the capital, Sana, in June. (photo: Khaled
Patrick Cockburn | The Death Toll in Yemen Is Far Worse Than We Thought, It's Time to Act
Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Cockburn writes: "One reason Saudi Arabia and its allies are able to avoid a public outcry over their intervention in the war in Yemen, is that the number of people killed in the fighting has been vastly understated. The figure is regularly reported as 10,000 dead in three-and-a-half years, a mysteriously low figure given the ferocity of the conflict."
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Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
Cockburn writes: "One reason Saudi Arabia and its allies are able to avoid a public outcry over their intervention in the war in Yemen, is that the number of people killed in the fighting has been vastly understated. The figure is regularly reported as 10,000 dead in three-and-a-half years, a mysteriously low figure given the ferocity of the conflict."
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Danielle Friel Otten with her children, Eleanor and Jack. Friel Otten’s concerns over the Mariner East pipeline project have spurred her to run for a seat in the Pennsylvania Assembly. (photo: Michaelle Gustafson/The New Yorker)
A Pipeline, a Protest, and the Battle for Pennsylvania’s Political Soul
Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker
Griswold writes: "Mariner East would carry explosive chemicals dangerously close to people’s homes. Can the fight against it turn a heavily conservative region blue?"
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Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker
Griswold writes: "Mariner East would carry explosive chemicals dangerously close to people’s homes. Can the fight against it turn a heavily conservative region blue?"
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