Matt Taibbi | How to Blow $700 Billion

22 March 19

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Matt Taibbi | How to Blow $700 Billion 

Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "We have little idea of what mischief might be taking place at the Department of Defense."
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White House adviser Jared Kushner. (photo: Getty)

Elijah Cummings: White House Officials Using Personal Accounts to Do Official Work
Benjamin Siegel, ABC News
Siegel writes: "White House senior adviser and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has used an encrypted messaging application for official business and to communicate with contacts outside the United States, his lawyer told senior lawmakers in December."
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Former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference in February. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty)

Wisconsin Judge Blocks Republicans' Lame-Duck Power Grab
Fred Barbash, The Washington Post
Barbash writes: "A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked several lightning-fast actions in December by the state's Republican-controlled legislature to limit the power of its incoming governor, Democrat Tony Evers, and preserve policies implemented by his predecessor, Scott Walker."
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Dominic Archibald is the mother of Nathaniel Pickett, a 29-year-old unarmed man killed by a San Bernardino county officer. (photo: Joe Buglewicz/The Guardian UK)

'The Victim Becomes the Criminal': How Prosecutors Vilify Those Killed by Police
Sam Levin, Guardian UK
Levin writes: "District attorneys have repeatedly engaged in what victims' families describe as cruel and painful smears of the dead."
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ICE Officers make an arrest. (photo: ICE)

ICE Sets Record for Arrests of Undocumented Immigrants With No Criminal Record
Alan Gomez, USA TODAY
Gomez writes: "Federal immigration agents under President Donald Trump have set a new record for arrests of undocumented immigrants who don't have a criminal record, according to data released Thursday."
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Syrians rally in Majdal Shams in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights last October. (photo: Reuters)

Golan Heights: Trump Aims to 'Shore Up' Support for Netanyahu Ahead of Israeli Vote
Ali Harb, Middle East Eye
Harb writes: "Donald Trump's announcement that Washington will recognize Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is an effort to boost the re-election chances of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, analysts said."
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Exxon-Mobile oil refinery. (photo: Getty)

Major Oil and Gas Companies Spent $1 Billion Since 2015 Blocking Action on Climate Change
Alastair Sharp, Canada's National Observer
Sharp writes: "In the three years since world leaders signed the Paris Agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the world's five largest oil and gas companies have spent more than $1 billion on misleading branding and lobbying related to climate change, according to a new report."
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