Valerie Plame | I Was Outed as a CIA Officer. But Pardoning Scooter Libby Hurts All of Us.
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Valerie Plame | I Was Outed as a CIA Officer. But Pardoning Scooter Libby Hurts All of Us.
Valerie Plame, The Washington Post
Plame writes: "Donald Trump is not known for nuance, and so the timing of his pardon of former vice president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury more than a decade ago, aroused suspicions."
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Valerie Plame, The Washington Post
Plame writes: "Donald Trump is not known for nuance, and so the timing of his pardon of former vice president Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Lewis 'Scooter' Libby, convicted of obstruction of justice and perjury more than a decade ago, aroused suspicions."
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Michael Cohen abandoned the suits as he continues to fight to recover documents seized from his home, office and hotel room last week by federal authorities. (photo: Yana Paskova/Getty)
Cohen Drops Libel Suits Against BuzzFeed, Fusion GPS
Josh Gerstein, Politico
Gerstein writes: "Embattled attorney Michael Cohen has dropped a pair of much-touted libel suits against BuzzFeed and the private investigation firm Fusion GPS over publication of the so-called dossier detailing alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia."
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Josh Gerstein, Politico
Gerstein writes: "Embattled attorney Michael Cohen has dropped a pair of much-touted libel suits against BuzzFeed and the private investigation firm Fusion GPS over publication of the so-called dossier detailing alleged ties between President Donald Trump and Russia."
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Adult film star Stormy Daniels. (photo: UPI)
Stormy Daniels to Donate to Planned Parenthood in Trump and Cohen's Names if She Wins Case: Report
Jacqueline Thomsen, The Hill
Thomsen writes: "Adult film star Stormy Daniels reportedly told Penthouse Magazine that she will donate $130,000 to Planned Parenthood in President Trump and Michael Cohen's names if she wins her legal case against the men."
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Jacqueline Thomsen, The Hill
Thomsen writes: "Adult film star Stormy Daniels reportedly told Penthouse Magazine that she will donate $130,000 to Planned Parenthood in President Trump and Michael Cohen's names if she wins her legal case against the men."
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Protesters gather on Monday at the Starbucks location in Philadelphia where two black men were arrested. (photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/Getty)
Blackness Means You're a Problem, Not a Customer
Jamelle Bouie, Gene Demby, Aisha Harris and Tressie McMillan Cottom, Slate
Excerpt: "I have post-traumatic stress disorder at this point with videos of white people doing horrible, routine racism. Like a lot of black people, I suspect, reading the latest on this primed all the emotions of my experiences of being profiled or othered in white spaces."
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Jamelle Bouie, Gene Demby, Aisha Harris and Tressie McMillan Cottom, Slate
Excerpt: "I have post-traumatic stress disorder at this point with videos of white people doing horrible, routine racism. Like a lot of black people, I suspect, reading the latest on this primed all the emotions of my experiences of being profiled or othered in white spaces."
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John Collins, a small farmer from upstate New York. (photo: WKTV)
ICE Reportedly Arrested Someone in Front of His Kids and Assaulted His Boss for Demanding a Warrant
Katherine Krueger, Splinter
Krueger writes: "The owner of an upstate New York farm says that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed his property to arrest his employee on Tuesday morning, and then assaulted him when he demanded to see a warrant."
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Katherine Krueger, Splinter
Krueger writes: "The owner of an upstate New York farm says that Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers stormed his property to arrest his employee on Tuesday morning, and then assaulted him when he demanded to see a warrant."
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Cuban president Raul Castro, left, with the new president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, in Havana on July 8, 2016. (photo: Ismael Francisco/Getty)
The Castro Era Ends in Cuba as Miguel Diaz-Canel Elected Cuban President
The Telegraph
Excerpt: "Cuba marked the end of an era on Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country's new president, succeeding Raul Castro and becoming the first non-Castro to lead the island in six decades."
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The Telegraph
Excerpt: "Cuba marked the end of an era on Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country's new president, succeeding Raul Castro and becoming the first non-Castro to lead the island in six decades."
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Allowing for an unlimited increase in slaughter line speeds puts public health, worker safety and animal welfare at risk. (photo: Getty)
High-Speed Pig Slaughter Will Be Disastrous for Everyone Involved
Deborah Berkowitz and Suzanne McMillan, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has proposed a radical change in food safety protection. They're misleadingly calling it the 'Modernization of swine slaughter inspection rule,' but what it really does is roll back progress on protecting the public from serious and sometimes fatal diseases such as salmonella."
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Deborah Berkowitz and Suzanne McMillan, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Trump administration has proposed a radical change in food safety protection. They're misleadingly calling it the 'Modernization of swine slaughter inspection rule,' but what it really does is roll back progress on protecting the public from serious and sometimes fatal diseases such as salmonella."
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