6 Tortured Arguments Republicans Are Making About the Nunes Memo
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6 Tortured Arguments Republicans Are Making About the Nunes Memo
Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Blake writes: "Whatever you think about the memo or the issues that underlie it, its most ardent proponents - including Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) himself - have spent the three days since its release making some rather strained, counterfactual and even historically inaccurate arguments."
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Aaron Blake, The Washington Post
Blake writes: "Whatever you think about the memo or the issues that underlie it, its most ardent proponents - including Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) himself - have spent the three days since its release making some rather strained, counterfactual and even historically inaccurate arguments."
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Internal FBI Documents Show White House Lied About Comey Firing
Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "The rationale behind Trump's firing of Comey has since been widely debunked and ridiculed. Now, newly revealed internal documents from the FBI show just how far off the White House was in its claims."
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Luke Barnes, ThinkProgress
Barnes writes: "The rationale behind Trump's firing of Comey has since been widely debunked and ridiculed. Now, newly revealed internal documents from the FBI show just how far off the White House was in its claims."
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Philadelphia Super Bowl riots. (photo: Getty Images)
Black Lives Matter: Philadelphia Super Bowl Riots Reaction 'Glaring Example of White Privilege'
Chantal Da Silva, Yahoo News
Da Silva writes: "In the aftermath of the chaos that erupted in Philadelphia as Eagles fans tore through the streets celebrating their Super Bowl victory, many could not help but notice the difference in how the public and officials reacted to riots by fans compared to those prompted by civil unrest."
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Chantal Da Silva, Yahoo News
Da Silva writes: "In the aftermath of the chaos that erupted in Philadelphia as Eagles fans tore through the streets celebrating their Super Bowl victory, many could not help but notice the difference in how the public and officials reacted to riots by fans compared to those prompted by civil unrest."
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Ava Olsen was on the playground with other first-graders during a 2016 school shooting in Townville,
S.C., that took the life of Jacob Hall, 6. She is now home-schooled because of her PTSD.
(photo: Ricky Carioti/WP)
'Please Keep Kids Safe From Guns': How Trump Replied to a 7-Year-Old's Anguished Letter
John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post
Woodrow Cox writes: "One bullet struck Ava's first-grade teacher in the shoulder, and another hit a classmate in the foot. A third struck 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who wore thick-lensed glasses and, at 3½ feet tall, was the smallest kid in their class. Ava had decided to marry him when they grew up. He was the only boy she'd ever kissed. Three days later, Jacob died."
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John Woodrow Cox, The Washington Post
Woodrow Cox writes: "One bullet struck Ava's first-grade teacher in the shoulder, and another hit a classmate in the foot. A third struck 6-year-old Jacob Hall, who wore thick-lensed glasses and, at 3½ feet tall, was the smallest kid in their class. Ava had decided to marry him when they grew up. He was the only boy she'd ever kissed. Three days later, Jacob died."
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Protesters in Washington, DC, in October 2017 supporting abortion rights for an undocumented immigrant
teenager identified as Jane Doe. (photo: Michael S. Williamson/WP)
Why the Trump Administration Wanted a Teen to Get a Scientifically Unproven "Abortion Reversal"
Anna North, Vox
North writes: "Last year, an undocumented immigrant teenager tried to get an abortion while in the custody of the United States government. When she had already begun the abortion procedure, government officials discussed whether they could stop her from terminating her pregnancy using a method of abortion 'reversal' that is not supported by science."
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Anna North, Vox
North writes: "Last year, an undocumented immigrant teenager tried to get an abortion while in the custody of the United States government. When she had already begun the abortion procedure, government officials discussed whether they could stop her from terminating her pregnancy using a method of abortion 'reversal' that is not supported by science."
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A Viacrucis participant rides atop 'La Bestia' train in Salamanca, Guanajuato in April, 2017.
(photo: Cristóbal Sánchez/NACLA)
On the Migrant Trail, a Refugee Movement Emerges
Martha Balaguer, NACLA
Balaguer writes: "Central American asylum-seekers on a refugee caravan are part of an emerging regional social movement for forced migrants."
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Martha Balaguer, NACLA
Balaguer writes: "Central American asylum-seekers on a refugee caravan are part of an emerging regional social movement for forced migrants."
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Wind energy. (photo: Daren Coleshill/Unsplash)
Trump Wants Offshore Drilling, but States Are Choosing Wind Energy
Brittany Patterson, Scientific American
Patterson writes: "States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it."
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Brittany Patterson, Scientific American
Patterson writes: "States bordering the outer continental shelf are looking for carbon-free electricity as the Trump administration rolls back rules requiring it."
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