11 December 18
Andy Borowitz | Trump Suddenly Expresses Deep Concern About Conditions in Nation's Prisons
Andy Borowitz , The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a sudden departure from his previous views on incarceration, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that he was 'very, very concerned' about conditions in the nation's prisons."
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Andy Borowitz , The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "In a sudden departure from his previous views on incarceration, Donald J. Trump said on Monday that he was 'very, very concerned' about conditions in the nation's prisons."
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Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) similarly told NBC's Chuck Todd on Sunday's Meet the Press that he thought America had 'over-criminalized campaign finance.' (photo: Getty Images)
Crimes Aren't Crimes: Trump and His Allies Are Moving the Goalposts to Legally Protect Him
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Ryan Koronowski, ThinkProgress
Koronowski writes: "During an interview with David Frost in 1977, Richard Nixon explained what he believed a president was allowed to do in order to protect 'national security,' saying that 'when the president [breaks the law] ... it is not illegal.'"
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Migrant children at the border. (photo: AP)
US Arrests 170 Immigrants Who Had Claimed Migrant Children
teleSUR
Excerpt: "U.S. immigration authorities arrested 170 people between early July and late November who came forward to claim migrant children in government custody, according to official data released on Monday, a crackdown advocates say is discouraging relatives from volunteering to take in some of the 14,000 detained children."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "U.S. immigration authorities arrested 170 people between early July and late November who came forward to claim migrant children in government custody, according to official data released on Monday, a crackdown advocates say is discouraging relatives from volunteering to take in some of the 14,000 detained children."
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Examining ballots in Florida after the 2018 midterm elections. (photo: Saul Martinez/Getty)
Florida Didn't Count Thousands of Absentee Ballots Mailed Before Election Day
Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "Thousands of ballots for the midterm elections were not delivered to Florida elections officials in time to count them, according to the Associated Press. Though the 6,670 ballots were mailed before the election, they did not arrive at elections offices until after Election Day, Florida Department of State officials told a federal judge."
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Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "Thousands of ballots for the midterm elections were not delivered to Florida elections officials in time to count them, according to the Associated Press. Though the 6,670 ballots were mailed before the election, they did not arrive at elections offices until after Election Day, Florida Department of State officials told a federal judge."
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Master Sgt. Arthur Bynes, the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention coordinator with the 1st Theater Sustainment Command-Operational Command Post, talks to service members during a health fair in Kuwait on December 2. (photo: Staff Sgt. Charlotte Reavis/DOD)
The Army's New Sexual Harassment Training Truly Looks Promising
Brigid Schulte, Slate
Schulte writes: "During her six years in the Army, including a deployment to Iraq and promotion to staff sergeant, Antonieta Rico says she saw survivors of sexual assault and harassment who came forward labeled as troublemakers and leaders who preferred hiding problems to protect reputations rather than confronting them."
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Brigid Schulte, Slate
Schulte writes: "During her six years in the Army, including a deployment to Iraq and promotion to staff sergeant, Antonieta Rico says she saw survivors of sexual assault and harassment who came forward labeled as troublemakers and leaders who preferred hiding problems to protect reputations rather than confronting them."
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United Nations. (photo: Youssef Boudlal/Reuters)
UN Adopts Global Migration Pact Signed by 164 Countries but Rejected by US
Reuters
Excerpt: "The United Nations on Monday adopted a deal aimed at improving the way world copes with rising migration, but almost 30 countries stayed away from the ceremony in Morocco."
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Reuters
Excerpt: "The United Nations on Monday adopted a deal aimed at improving the way world copes with rising migration, but almost 30 countries stayed away from the ceremony in Morocco."
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An American bullfrog in a pond in Farmingdale, New York. (photo: David Cannon/Getty Images)
Trump Administration to Strip Pollution Protections, Harming Vital Wildlife
Emily Holden and Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Trump administration is planning to strip Obama-era pollution protections from thousands of US streams and millions of acres of wetlands, in a move environmentalists warn will harm vital wildlife and could allow pollution into drinking water."
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Emily Holden and Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Trump administration is planning to strip Obama-era pollution protections from thousands of US streams and millions of acres of wetlands, in a move environmentalists warn will harm vital wildlife and could allow pollution into drinking water."
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