Barbara McQuade | Can Manhattan DA Cy Vance Flip Manafort After Mueller Failed?

19 March 19 AM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News DO NOT LET RSN STRUGGLE FOR BASIC FUNDING - You collectively have the power to ensure that a truly independent voice can stand in opposition to the commercial giants. Drop your drop in the bucket. Don’t wait. - Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Barbara McQuade | Can Manhattan DA Cy Vance Flip Manafort After Mueller Failed?  Barbara McQuade, The Daily Beast McQuade writes: "Paul Manafort's sentencing in federal court on Wednesday appeared to be the latest move in a long chess match. But just 30 minutes later, another move was played when new charges against him were unsealed in New York." READ MORE A pedestrian passes in front of the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. (photo: Zach Gibson/Bloomberg) Trump Hotel Emoluments Case Is at Federal Appeals Court as President Asks for It to Be Thrown Out Ann E. Marimow and Jonathan O'Connell, The Washington Post Excerpt: "President Trump's luxury hotel in downtown Washington and the foreign dignitaries who book rooms and host events there are central to a novel appeals court case Tuesday involving anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution." READ MORE Mourners attend a candlelight vigil on March 16, 2019, for the victims of the mosque attacks the previous day in New Zealand. (photo: Mohsin Raza/Reuters) State-Sponsored Islamophobia and Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Embolden Right-Wing Terrorists Democracy Now! Excerpt: "On the same day of the massacre in New Zealand President Trump signed his first presidential veto, after lawmakers in both houses of Congress voted in favor of a resolution reversing Trump's declaration of a national emergency on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump claimed there was an 'invasion' occurring on the southern border." READ MORE How do we understand privacy and consent in a time when mere contact with law enforcement and national security entities is enough to enroll your face in someone's testing? (photo: James Martin/CNET) The Government Uses Images of Abused Children and the Dead to Test Facial Recognition Tech Os Keyes, Nikki Stevens and Jacqueline Wernimont, Slate Excerpt: "Our research shows that any one of us might end up helping the facial recognition industry, perhaps during moments of extraordinary vulnerability." READ MORE The divestment movement is scoring some major wins. (photo: Erik McGregor/Getty Images) The Private Prison Divestment Movement Just Had an Incredible Week David Dayden, In These Times Excerpt: "Activists are stopping banks like JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo from financing the caging of migrant children." READ MORE Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is pictured during a visit to the Pentagon on March 22, 2018. (photo: Cliff Owen/AP) MBS Approved 'Intervention' Against Dissidents Before Khashoggi Murder: NYT Report teleSUR Excerpt: "More than a year before the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, MBS approved a secret campaign to silence dissenters, the New York Times reported." READ MORE Extreme heat waves are frequently cited as one of the most direct effects of man-made climate change. (photo: WLFI) Record High US Temperatures Outpace Record Lows Two to One, Study Finds Associated Press Excerpt: "Over the past 20 years, Americans have been twice as likely to sweat through record-breaking heat rather than shiver through record-setting cold, a new Associated Press data analysis shows." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation