Charles Pierce | That Instagram Post Is Who Roger Stone Has Always Been. Now He Has to Shut Up.






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Charles Pierce | That Instagram Post Is Who Roger Stone Has Always Been. Now He Has to Shut Up. 
Roger Stone, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, leaves the Fort Lauderdale Federal Courthouse on January 25, 2019. Stone was charged by the government of obstruction, giving false statements and witness tampering. (photo: Johnny Louis/Getty Images)
Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "And the justice is in the halls..."
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Robert Mueller. (photo: NBC)
Robert Mueller. (photo: NBC)

Democrats Demand Barr Publicly Release Full Mueller Report
Jeremy Herb, CNN
Herb writes: "House Democrats are demanding that Attorney General William Barr release special counsel Robert Mueller's report to the public, a potential preview of the looming battle over Mueller's confidential report."
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In this February 7, 2019 aerial image released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, migrants, apprehended after illegally crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border near Lukeville, Arizona, are lined up. Fewer than 40 percent of migrants who were detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody as of February 9 had criminal records, according to new data. (photo: AP)
In this February 7, 2019 aerial image released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, migrants, apprehended after illegally crossing along the U.S.-Mexico border near Lukeville, Arizona, are lined up. Fewer than 40 percent of migrants who were detained in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody as of February 9 had criminal records, according to new data. (photo: AP)

When Trump Declared National Emergency, Most Detained Immigrants Were Not Criminals
Maria Sacchetti, The Washington Post
Sacchetti writes: "Before President Trump declared a national emergency on the U.S. southern border on Feb. 15, he cited concerns that the United States was being flooded with murderers, kidnappers and other violent offenders from foreign countries."
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R. Kelly. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images/WP)
R. Kelly. (photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images/WP)

R. Kelly in Custody on 10 Counts of Felony Abuse Charges
teleSUR
Excerpt: "After decades of being faced with accusations of child pornography, sexual battery and statutory rape, R&B mogul Robert Sylvester Kelly, best known as R. Kelly, turned himself into Chicago police Friday."
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Michael Friedman told Dr. Richard Sackler that he didn't want to correct the false impression among doctors that OxyContin was weaker than morphine, because the myth was boosting prescriptions - and sales. (photo: Science History Images/Alamy)
Michael Friedman told Dr. Richard Sackler that he didn't want to correct the false impression among doctors that OxyContin was weaker than morphine, because the myth was boosting prescriptions - and sales. (photo: Science History Images/Alamy)

Sackler Embraced Plan to Conceal OxyContin's Strength From Doctors, Sealed Testimony Shows
David Armstrong, ProPublica
Armstrong writes: "In May 1997, the year after Purdue Pharma launched OxyContin, its head of sales and marketing sought input on a key decision from Dr. Richard Sackler, a member of the billionaire family that founded and controls the company."
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French protesters clad in high-visibility yellow vests. (photo: AFP)
French protesters clad in high-visibility yellow vests. (photo: AFP)

France's Season of Discontent
Aurelie Dianara, Jacobin
Dianara writes: "Three months since the gilets jaunes protesters first blockaded roads around France, the movement has created a crisis in Emmanuel Macron's presidency - and one that's due to last."
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Cover page of The Uninhabitable Earth. (photo: Christopher Locke)
Cover page of The Uninhabitable Earth. (photo: Christopher Locke)

The Uninhabitable Earth: Unflinching New Book Lays Out Dire Consequences of Climate Chaos
Democracy Now!
Excerpt: "We speak to Wallace-Wells about the rapid heating of the planet, which he says could reach more than 4 degrees Celsius by 2100."
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