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Juan Cole | Top 6 Reasons Dems Shouldn't Allocate a Single Cent for Trump's Idiotic Wall
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Trump's televised badgering of Sen. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi was made for cable television, which predictably looped it over and over again on Tuesday and assembled 'panels' of 'experts' solemnly to parse Trump's insane meanderings, Schumer's hamming it up for the cameras, and Pelosi's pitifully forlorn call for a 'fact-based' discussion."
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Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Cole writes: "Trump's televised badgering of Sen. Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi was made for cable television, which predictably looped it over and over again on Tuesday and assembled 'panels' of 'experts' solemnly to parse Trump's insane meanderings, Schumer's hamming it up for the cameras, and Pelosi's pitifully forlorn call for a 'fact-based' discussion."
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A last-minute Supreme Court decision allowed North Dakota to conduct the November general election under different rules from the June primaries. (photo: Dave Kolpack/AP)
Aviva Chomsky | The DNA Industry and the Disappearing Indian, DNA, Race, and Native Rights
Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch
Chomsky writes: "Amid the barrage of racist, anti-immigrant, and other attacks launched by President Trump and his administration in recent months, a series of little noted steps have threatened Native American land rights and sovereignty."
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Aviva Chomsky, TomDispatch
Chomsky writes: "Amid the barrage of racist, anti-immigrant, and other attacks launched by President Trump and his administration in recent months, a series of little noted steps have threatened Native American land rights and sovereignty."
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Deputy secretary, David Bernhardt, will take over at least temporarily when Ryan Zinke steps down. (photo: David Zalubowski/AP)
Former Fossil Fuels Lobbyist to Head Interior Department as Zinke Exits
Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "Ryan Zinke's exit as interior secretary elevates a former lobbyist to the job, meaning the top two US environmental agencies will now be run by people previously paid by industry."
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Emily Holden, Guardian UK
Holden writes: "Ryan Zinke's exit as interior secretary elevates a former lobbyist to the job, meaning the top two US environmental agencies will now be run by people previously paid by industry."
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Johnson and Johnson. (photo: Getty Images)
Johnson and Johnson Knew About Carcinogens in Baby Powder for Decades
Jessica M. Goldstein, ThinkProgress
Goldstein writes: "Was there a carcinogen in the baby powder, all this time?"
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Jessica M. Goldstein, ThinkProgress
Goldstein writes: "Was there a carcinogen in the baby powder, all this time?"
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Somali community members in Minneapolis rallied against Amazon in July 2018 for allegedly firing a Muslim worker who slowed down during Ramadan. (photo: The Awood Center/Facebook)
Muslim Amazon Workers Say They Don't Have Enough Time to Pray. Now They're Fighting for Their Rights.
Chavie Lieber, Vox
Lieber writes: "As a practicing Muslim, Ibrahin tries to pray five times a day. But because Amazon has the warehouse associates working on a strict hourly packing quota, she says she cannot take a prayer break."
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Chavie Lieber, Vox
Lieber writes: "As a practicing Muslim, Ibrahin tries to pray five times a day. But because Amazon has the warehouse associates working on a strict hourly packing quota, she says she cannot take a prayer break."
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This undated photo shows jailed Catalan separatist leaders posing inside Lledoners jail in Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, with left to right; Jordi Sanchez, Oriol Junqueras, Jordi Turull, Joaquim Forn, Jordi Cuixart, Josep Rull and Raul Romeva. (photo: Maria Vernet/Omnium Cultural/AP)
Catalan Separatist Politicians on Third Week of Hunger Strike Speak Out
Aritz Parra, Associated Press
Parra writes: "As a hunger strike by jailed Catalan separatist politicians enters its third week and begins to take a toll on their health, they say their upcoming rebellion trial will allow them to peacefully promote their cause for independence from Spain."
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Aritz Parra, Associated Press
Parra writes: "As a hunger strike by jailed Catalan separatist politicians enters its third week and begins to take a toll on their health, they say their upcoming rebellion trial will allow them to peacefully promote their cause for independence from Spain."
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Downed trees mark the route of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline in Deerfield, Va., in February. A federal appeals court has blocked development of portions of the pipeline. (photo: Steve Helber/AP)
Quoting 'The Lorax,' Court Pulls Permit for Pipeline Crossing Appalachian Trail
Laura Wamsley, NPR
Wamsley writes: "A federal appeals court has thrown out a power company's permit to build a natural gas pipeline across two national forests and the Appalachian Trail - and slammed the U.S. Forest Service for granting the approvals in the first place."
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Laura Wamsley, NPR
Wamsley writes: "A federal appeals court has thrown out a power company's permit to build a natural gas pipeline across two national forests and the Appalachian Trail - and slammed the U.S. Forest Service for granting the approvals in the first place."
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