RSN: Paul Krugman | Let Them Eat Trump Steaks
11 May 18
Paul Krugman | Let Them Eat Trump Steaks
Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Some of the biggest victims of Trump’s obsession with cutting 'welfare' will be the very people who put him in office."
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Paul Krugman, The New York Times
Krugman writes: "Some of the biggest victims of Trump’s obsession with cutting 'welfare' will be the very people who put him in office."
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Russian official Alexander Torshin, appearing in Moscow in 2016, was sanctioned by the U.S. government in April, suspending years of travel back to 2009 during which he cultivated ties with American conservatives. (photo: TASS)
Documents Reveal How Russian Official Courted Conservatives in US Since 2009
Tim Mak, NPR News
Mak writes: "Kremlin-linked Russian politician Alexander Torshin traveled frequently between Moscow and various destinations in the United States to build relationships with figures on the American right starting as early as 2009, beyond his previously known contacts with the National Rifle Association."
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Tim Mak, NPR News
Mak writes: "Kremlin-linked Russian politician Alexander Torshin traveled frequently between Moscow and various destinations in the United States to build relationships with figures on the American right starting as early as 2009, beyond his previously known contacts with the National Rifle Association."
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Oliver North, the NRA President. (photo: AP)
New NRA President Says Gun Control Activists Are 'Civil Terrorists'
Emma Roller, Splinter News
Roller writes: "The National Rifle Association named Oliver North—the Reaganite ghoul who was indicted in 1988 for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair—its new president this week. In an interview with the conservative Washington Times, published on Wednesday, North said his organization has been the victim of 'civil terrorism' by gun control activists."
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Emma Roller, Splinter News
Roller writes: "The National Rifle Association named Oliver North—the Reaganite ghoul who was indicted in 1988 for his involvement in the Iran-Contra affair—its new president this week. In an interview with the conservative Washington Times, published on Wednesday, North said his organization has been the victim of 'civil terrorism' by gun control activists."
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Rakem Balogun on being secretly watched by the FBI: ‘It’s tyranny at its finest.’ (photo: Allison V Smith/Guardian UK)
EXCERPT:
The government’s own crime data has largely undermined the notion of a growing threat from a “black identity extremist” [BIE] movement, a term invented by law enforcement. In addition to an overall decline in police deaths, most individuals who shoot and kill officers are white men, and white supremacists have been responsible for nearly 75% of deadly extremist attacks since 2001.
Black Activist Jailed for His Facebook Posts Speaks Out About Secret FBI Surveillance
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists.'"
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Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists.'"
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Border Patrol agents in Calexico, California. (photo: Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
Kirsten Gillibrand Introduces a Bill to Crack Down on Immigration Agents
Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox
Fernández Campbell writes: "Agents would need to report every instance they stop and question someone about their citizenship status."
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Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox
Fernández Campbell writes: "Agents would need to report every instance they stop and question someone about their citizenship status."
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Palestinian demonstrators at the Israel-Gaza border in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2018. (photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters)
One Killed, '700 Palestinians Wounded' in Seventh Week of Gaza Protests
Jack Khoury, Haaretz
Khoury writes: "A Palestinian was killed and 700 were wounded in protests on Friday along the Gaza border from live gunfire, according to the Gaza Health Ministry."
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Jack Khoury, Haaretz
Khoury writes: "A Palestinian was killed and 700 were wounded in protests on Friday along the Gaza border from live gunfire, according to the Gaza Health Ministry."
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Luminalt employees Pam Quan and Walter Morales install solar panels on the roof of a home in San Francisco on Wednesday. (photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
California Becomes First State to Require Solar Panels on New Homes
James Rainey, NBC News
Rainey writes: "The vote by the California Energy Commission again puts the state at the forefront of government controls over climate-warming carbon emissions."
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James Rainey, NBC News
Rainey writes: "The vote by the California Energy Commission again puts the state at the forefront of government controls over climate-warming carbon emissions."
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