04 January 19
RSN: John Kiriakou | Where's the Line on State-Sponsored Censorship?
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Americans have a Constitutional right to freedom of speech. Right? That's what we're taught in school, at least. That's what a lot of us believe. But we don't really have a completely uninhibited right to freedom of speech."
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "Americans have a Constitutional right to freedom of speech. Right? That's what we're taught in school, at least. That's what a lot of us believe. But we don't really have a completely uninhibited right to freedom of speech."
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A maintenance worker arranged barriers outside the Capitol on Thursday morning before members of the 116th Congress were sworn in. (photo: Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times)
While Federal Workers Go Without Pay, Senior Administration Officials Get $10,000 Raises
Peter Whoriskey and Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "While many federal workers go without pay and the government is partially shut down, hundreds of senior Trump political appointees are poised to receive annual raises of about $10,000 a year."
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Peter Whoriskey and Lisa Rein, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "While many federal workers go without pay and the government is partially shut down, hundreds of senior Trump political appointees are poised to receive annual raises of about $10,000 a year."
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Senator Chuck Schumer. (photo: Getty)
Source: Trump Tells Schumer He Can't Accept Dems' Offer Because He'd 'Look Foolish'
Maegan Vazquez and Phil Mattingly, CNN
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump told a group of lawmakers he can't accept Democrats' offer to re-open the government as the two sides negotiate border wall funding because he 'would look foolish if I did that,' according to a person familiar with the exchange."
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Maegan Vazquez and Phil Mattingly, CNN
Excerpt: "President Donald Trump told a group of lawmakers he can't accept Democrats' offer to re-open the government as the two sides negotiate border wall funding because he 'would look foolish if I did that,' according to a person familiar with the exchange."
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UN special rapporteur Philip Alston inspects damage by Hurricane Maria in Salinas, Puerto Rico, on 10 December 2017. Alston castigated the Trump administration for aggravating levels of inequality. (photo: Jose Jimenez Tirado/Getty)
US Halts Cooperation With UN on Potential Human Rights Violations
Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "The Trump administration has stopped cooperating with UN investigators over potential human rights violations occurring inside America, in a move that delivers a major blow to vulnerable US communities and sends a dangerous signal to authoritarian regimes around the world."
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Ed Pilkington, Guardian UK
Pilkington writes: "The Trump administration has stopped cooperating with UN investigators over potential human rights violations occurring inside America, in a move that delivers a major blow to vulnerable US communities and sends a dangerous signal to authoritarian regimes around the world."
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U.S. border wall. (photo: John Moore/Getty)
DOJ Admits to Errors in Report Linking Immigration to Terrorism, but Refuses to Correct Them
Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "Almost all of the data in the report was exaggerated or simply untrue."
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Sophie Weiner, Splinter News
Weiner writes: "Almost all of the data in the report was exaggerated or simply untrue."
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Fighters and civilians in the villages have reportedly been describing the U.S. bombing campaign as a scorched-earth policy, using an Arabic term that translates to 'burn the ground.' (photo: Zoe Garbarino/AP)
US Intensifies Bombing in Syria After Trump Announced Withdrawal
Ali Younes and Trevor Aaronson, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "After President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 troops from Syria last month, the US military ramped up its bombing campaign against territory still held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in the eastern part of the country, according to sources on the ground and photographs."
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Ali Younes and Trevor Aaronson, Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "After President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of 2,000 troops from Syria last month, the US military ramped up its bombing campaign against territory still held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in the eastern part of the country, according to sources on the ground and photographs."
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Great Barrier Reef. (photo: National Geographic)
Worst Mass Extinction Event in Earth's History Was Caused by Global Warming Analogous to Current Climate Crisis
Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay
Gaworecki writes: "New research by scientists at the United States' University of Washington and Stanford University suggests that the most destructive mass extinction event in Earth's ancient history was caused by global warming that left marine life unable to breathe."
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Mike Gaworecki, Mongabay
Gaworecki writes: "New research by scientists at the United States' University of Washington and Stanford University suggests that the most destructive mass extinction event in Earth's ancient history was caused by global warming that left marine life unable to breathe."
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