06 December 18
Jamil Smith | The GOP Election Plan Is Simple: Even When You Don't Win, Cheat
Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone
Smith writes: "Three months have passed since that fleeting, anonymous New York Times op-ed from a Trump staffer claiming that she or he was busy trying to save us from the president's agenda and 'his worst inclinations.' The piece was largely useless, but it was entertaining."
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Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone
Smith writes: "Three months have passed since that fleeting, anonymous New York Times op-ed from a Trump staffer claiming that she or he was busy trying to save us from the president's agenda and 'his worst inclinations.' The piece was largely useless, but it was entertaining."
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The resolution urges the U.S. government to hold the crown prince accountable for a number of actions. (photo: Sergio Moraes/Reuters)
US Senators Introduce Resolution Blaming MBS for Khashoggi Murder, Yemen Atrocities
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Six top US senators from across party lines have introduced a scathing resolution to hold the Saudi crown prince accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than two months ago."
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Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Six top US senators from across party lines have introduced a scathing resolution to hold the Saudi crown prince accountable for the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi more than two months ago."
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Steve Bannon. (photo: Win McNamee/Getty)
Betsy Woodruff | Senate Intelligence Committee Grilled Steve Bannon About Cambridge Analytica
Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast
Woodruff writes: "Steve Bannon found himself back in the hot seat last month as the former White House adviser answered questions from Senate intelligence committee investigators behind closed doors, according to two sources familiar with the meeting."
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Betsy Woodruff, The Daily Beast
Woodruff writes: "Steve Bannon found himself back in the hot seat last month as the former White House adviser answered questions from Senate intelligence committee investigators behind closed doors, according to two sources familiar with the meeting."
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USA Gymnastics. (photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty)
USA Gymnastics Files for Bankruptcy, Halting Justice for Sex-Abuse Victims
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Reeling and staggering under the gravity of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by former national team doctor, Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics (USAG) filed for bankruptcy Wednesday."
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teleSUR
Excerpt: "Reeling and staggering under the gravity of lawsuits filed by hundreds of women who were sexually abused by former national team doctor, Larry Nassar, USA Gymnastics (USAG) filed for bankruptcy Wednesday."
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Kaepernick: still out in the cold. (photo: Joe Robbins/Getty)
Two Years of Lame Excuses About Not Hiring Colin Kaepernick
Nick Greene, Slate
Greene writes: "Kaepernick, who inaugurated the league's social justice protests in 2016 by sitting and then kneeling during the national anthem, has been out of the NFL for going on two full seasons now. While NFL owners clearly don't want Kaepernick in the league on account of his activism, he's maintained his training regimen and has expressed his desire to try out for a team."
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Nick Greene, Slate
Greene writes: "Kaepernick, who inaugurated the league's social justice protests in 2016 by sitting and then kneeling during the national anthem, has been out of the NFL for going on two full seasons now. While NFL owners clearly don't want Kaepernick in the league on account of his activism, he's maintained his training regimen and has expressed his desire to try out for a team."
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Protesting students watch a burning trash bin. (photo: Bob Edme/AP)
France Deploys Over 65,000 Security Forces in Response to Ongoing Popular Protests
Angela Charlton and Alex Turnbull, Associated Press
Excerpt: "France will deploy more than 65,000 security forces amid fears of new rioting at protests Saturday in Paris and around the nation, despite President Emmanuel Macron's surrender over a fuel tax hike that unleashed weeks of unrest."
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Angela Charlton and Alex Turnbull, Associated Press
Excerpt: "France will deploy more than 65,000 security forces amid fears of new rioting at protests Saturday in Paris and around the nation, despite President Emmanuel Macron's surrender over a fuel tax hike that unleashed weeks of unrest."
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Flood damage to farms in Wallace, North Carolina; Isle De Jean Charles, which is disappearing due to rising water levels; Hector Benthall gets a hug from his neighbor after remnants of Hurricane Michael; a woman carrying water in Immokalee, Florida, after a hurricane. (photo: Jo-Anne Mcarthur, Amir Levy, Spencer Platt, Sean Rayford)
What You Know About the American South and Climate Change Is Wrong
Megan Mayhew Bergman, Guardian UK
Bergman writes: "I'm no southern apologist, nor do I speak for any southerner other than myself. But I want readers to know that the south is not a uniform swath of white, populist, anti-science zealots (though they thrive there, and have the habit of being the loudest in the room)."
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Megan Mayhew Bergman, Guardian UK
Bergman writes: "I'm no southern apologist, nor do I speak for any southerner other than myself. But I want readers to know that the south is not a uniform swath of white, populist, anti-science zealots (though they thrive there, and have the habit of being the loudest in the room)."
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