RSN: Gaza: Living and Dying With Drones, The Department of Retribution: Torturing the Mentally Ill, Congressional Proposal Would Create a Texas-Sized 'Republic of Cliven Bundy'

10 July 16 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEW DONORS, WE HAVE TO REACH YOU: It's the first time donors we have to convince. We have easily 500 times the potential donors that we need. Who are you? What will it take to get you to step forward. In peace and solidarity. / Marc Ash, Curator Reader Supported News John Kiriakou | The Department of Retribution: Torturing the Mentally Ill John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News Kiriakou writes: "There are times when I wonder if the various state and local departments (Justice, Corrections, Rehabilitation) that deal with prisoners should be renamed Department of Retribution. What they are doing has little to do with corrections or rehabilitation, particularly when it comes to inmates with mental illnesses." READ MORE The NRA's Internal Revolt Over Philando Castile Brian Fung, The Washington Post Fung writes: "After a Minnesota police officer fatally shot a black man on Wednesday, gun control advocates weren't the only ones criticizing the National Rifle Association. Some of the blowback was coming from within the organization." READ MORE More Women Accuse Fox News CEO Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment Gabriel Sherman, New York Magazine Sherman writes: "In recent days, more than a dozen women have contacted Carlson's New Jersey-based attorney, Nancy Erika Smith, and made detailed allegations of sexual harassment by Ailes over a 25-year period dating back to the 1960s when he was a producer on The Mike Douglas Show." READ MORE Congressional Proposal Would Create a Texas-Sized 'Republic of Cliven Bundy' Matt Lee-Ashley and Jenny Rowland, ThinkProgress Excerpt: "Cliven Bundy may be in jail, but he still has friends in Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives next week is expected to vote on a proposal that would exempt 48 counties, primarily in the West, from the law that has been used for more than 100 years to protect archaeologically, culturally, and naturally significant resources in the United States, including the Grand Canyon and the Statue of Liberty." READ MORE Killing Fields Journalist Sydney Schanberg Dies at 82 BBC News Excerpt: "Schanberg worked for the Times and won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting the fall of Cambodia to the Khmer Rouge in 1975." READ MORE Gaza: Living and Dying With Drones Ann Wright, Consortium News Wright writes: "The 51-day Israeli attack on Gaza should not be characterized as a war between opposing forces but rather as a massive one-sided attack on Palestinians made at the choosing of Israel with its overwhelming military air, sea and land forces backed up with endless military supplies and equipment from the United States." READ MORE Arctic Sea Ice Hits a New Low in June Suzanne Goldenberg, Guardian UK Goldenberg writes: "The summer sea-ice cover over the Arctic raced towards oblivion in June, crashing through previous records to reach a new all-time low." READ MORE Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter