05 April 19
Embattled Attorney General William P. Barr. (photo: Mark Wilson/Getty)
Marc Ash, Reader Supported News
Ash writes: "Recent revelations through intermediaries to reporters at The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NBC News have provided the first official indication that Barr's representations of the Mueller Report may have been inaccurate at best, if not politically motivated. It might be only the beginning."
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Chris Winokur poses for a portrait with a photo of her late husband, former Fort Collins City Councilman and Mayor, Robert Winokur, on Thursday, January 31, 2019, in Estes Park, Colorado. (photo: USA TODAY)
You Elected Them to Write New Laws. They're Letting Corporations Do It Instead.
Rob O'Dell and Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY
Excerpt: "Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks."
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Rob O'Dell and Nick Penzenstadler, USA TODAY
Excerpt: "Each year, state lawmakers across the U.S. introduce thousands of bills dreamed up and written by corporations, industry groups and think tanks."
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A pipeline. (photo: Getty)
Trump Abruptly Issues New Keystone XL Permit in Boon to Lobbyists
E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "President Donald Trump handed a victory to a major North American energy company on Friday afternoon with a new presidential permit allowing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to go forward. Many say the move is an effort to sidestep judiciary and environmental review and is likely to face legal challenges."
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E.A. Crunden, ThinkProgress
Crunden writes: "President Donald Trump handed a victory to a major North American energy company on Friday afternoon with a new presidential permit allowing the controversial Keystone XL pipeline to go forward. Many say the move is an effort to sidestep judiciary and environmental review and is likely to face legal challenges."
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Border Patrol agents. (photo: John Moore/Getty)
The Border Patrol's Reckless Use of High Speed Chases Has Killed and Injured Hundreds Since 2015
Kavitha Surana, ProPublica and Brittny Mejia and James Queally, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "As many modern police agencies move away from high-speed chases, placing tight restrictions on when their officers can pursue suspects, the Border Patrol allows its agents wide latitude to use them to catch people trying to enter the country illegally, a practice that often ends in gruesome injuries and, sometimes, death."
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Kavitha Surana, ProPublica and Brittny Mejia and James Queally, Los Angeles Times
Excerpt: "As many modern police agencies move away from high-speed chases, placing tight restrictions on when their officers can pursue suspects, the Border Patrol allows its agents wide latitude to use them to catch people trying to enter the country illegally, a practice that often ends in gruesome injuries and, sometimes, death."
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Internal Revenue Service. (photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Getty)
Report: IRS More Likely to Audit Those Living in Poor, Mostly Black Counties
Brentin Mock, CityLab
Mock writes: "The racially discriminatory IRS audits revealed in a new report are yet another way of depleting and plundering the wealth of southern black families."
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Brentin Mock, CityLab
Mock writes: "The racially discriminatory IRS audits revealed in a new report are yet another way of depleting and plundering the wealth of southern black families."
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Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino (center) attends the arrival of two Russian Tupolev Tu-160 strategic long-range heavy supersonic bomber aircraft at Maiquetia International Airport, north of Caracas, Venezuela. (photo: Federico Parra/Getty)
Russia Is Sending Troops and Military Equipment to Venezuela
Daria Litvinova, CBS News
Litvinova writes: "Two military planes carrying about 100 Russian personnel arrived in Caracas last week. The influx, which U.S. officials have told CBS News was unusual for its size, has fueled tensions between Russia and the U.S. that were sparked earlier this year as the two countries picked opposing sides in Venezuela's debilitating political crisis."
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Daria Litvinova, CBS News
Litvinova writes: "Two military planes carrying about 100 Russian personnel arrived in Caracas last week. The influx, which U.S. officials have told CBS News was unusual for its size, has fueled tensions between Russia and the U.S. that were sparked earlier this year as the two countries picked opposing sides in Venezuela's debilitating political crisis."
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Fire retardant is dropped near a home as the Mendocino Complex Fire burns off of Keck Road, just west of Lakeport, California, July 30, 2018. (photo: Jose Luis Villegas/Sacramento Bee/TNS)
Climate Change Group Scrapped by Trump Reassembles to Issue Warning
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "A US government climate change advisory group scrapped by Donald Trump has reassembled independently to call for better adaptation to the floods, wildfires and other threats that increasingly loom over American communities."
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Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "A US government climate change advisory group scrapped by Donald Trump has reassembled independently to call for better adaptation to the floods, wildfires and other threats that increasingly loom over American communities."
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