RSN: William Boardman | Alleged "Spy" Monica Witt Is No Justification for US War on Iran







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RSN: William Boardman | Alleged "Spy" Monica Witt Is No Justification for US War on Iran 
Monica E. Witt, a former United States Air Force intelligence officer, is accused of espionage on behalf of Iran. (photo: FBI/EPA/Shutterstock)
William Boardman, Reader Supported News
Boardman writes: "With a coordinated offensive of public relations strikes on February 13, the US government did its best to improve the climate for war by demonizing Monica Witt and further demonizing Iran. The Justice Department released a self-congratulatory press release together with a previously sealed indictment of Monica Witt and four Iranian nationals."
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Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder)
Senator Bernie Sanders. (photo: Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Bernie Sanders Raised More Than $1 Million Within Hours of Launching His 2020 Presidential Bid
Associated Press
Excerpt: "That's according to a person familiar with the campaign who wasn't authorized to publicly disclose the early numbers and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity. The numbers were amassed less than four hours after Sanders announced Tuesday morning that he would run again."
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Mike Flynn. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
Mike Flynn. (photo: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

House Panel Probes Trump Advisers' Push for Saudi Nuclear Deal
Issac Arnsdorf, ProPublica
Arnsdorf writes: "The Trump administration has continued pursuing a proposed nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia despite warnings from ethics lawyers and security experts, according to a congressional oversight committee."
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Roger Stone. (photo: Bridget Mulcahy/Politico)
Roger Stone. (photo: Bridget Mulcahy/Politico)

Roger Stone Ordered to Appear in Court Over Instagram Post Targeting Judge
Erin Durkin, Guardian UK
Durkin writes: "Donald Trump's longtime confidant Roger Stone was ordered to appear in court Thursday after a post he made on Instagram targeting the judge in his case."
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Markers at the Montgomery, Alabama, National Memorial For Peace and Justice display the names and locations of people killed by lynching. (photo: Bob Miller/Getty Images)
Markers at the Montgomery, Alabama, National Memorial For Peace and Justice display the names and locations of people killed by lynching. (photo: Bob Miller/Getty Images)

Alabama Newspaper Editor Calls for KKK to "Ride Again" to "Clean Out DC"
Molly Olmstead, Slate
Olmstead writes: "The editor of a small-town Alabama newspaper called for the Ku Klux Klan to 'ride again' and lynch 'Democrats [who] are plotting to raise taxes in Alabama' in a recent editorial, the Montgomery Advertiser reported Monday."
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Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)
Elizabeth Warren. (photo: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Warren Proposes Universal Child Care Plan Funded by Wealth Tax
Sahil Kapur, Bloomberg
Kapur writes: "Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren proposed a universal child care plan that would limit American families' expenses to 7 percent of income regardless of how many children they have in care - paid for by a tax on the ultra-wealthy."
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Illegal deforestation in the Awá Indigenous Reserve in Maranhâo state. Forests are illegally cleared by outsiders in preparation for cattle or crops. (photo: Ma´rio Vilela/FUNAI/Mongabay)
Illegal deforestation in the Awá Indigenous Reserve in Maranhâo state. Forests are illegally cleared by outsiders in preparation for cattle or crops. (photo: Ma´rio Vilela/FUNAI/Mongabay)

Brazil Sees Growing Wave of Anti-Indigenous Threats, Reserve Invasions
Sue Branford and Maurício Torres, Mongabay
Excerpt: "In early February, one of Brazil's main indigenous leaders, Rosivaldo Ferreira da Silva, known as Cacique (chief) Babau, held an emergency meeting with government officials and human rights organizations to denounce a plot to kill him and his family."
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