Bob Bauer | The Mueller Report and Ken Starr's 'Contempt'

01 March 19

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Bob Bauer | The Mueller Report and Ken Starr's 'Contempt' 

Bob Bauer, Lawfare
Bauer writes: "According to news reports, the end of the Mueller investigation is near. As early as next week, the special counsel may submit his report to the attorney general."
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White House adviser Jared Kushner. (photo: Getty)

Trump Overruled Security Officials to Demand Jared Kushner Get Top-Secret Clearance, Report Says
Doha Madani, NBC News
Madani writes: "President Donald Trump overruled concerns of security officials and his own White House counsel and ordered that a top-secret security clearance be given to Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and senior adviser, The New York Times reported Thursday."
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Kindergarten students dancing during a performance arts class at a school in New Jersey. (photo: Michelle Gustafson/The New York Times)

How Much Wealthier Are White School Districts Than Nonwhite Ones? $23 Billion, Report Says
Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times
Mervosh writes: "School districts that predominantly serve students of color received $23 billion less in funding than mostly white school districts in the United States in 2016, despite serving the same number of students, a new report found."
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The South Texas Family Residential Center. (photo: Ilana Panich-Linsman/The Washington Post)

Immigration Groups File Complaint Over 'Alarming Increase' in Detained Infants at Texas Center
Rebekah Entralgo, ThinkProgress
Entralgo writes: "At least nine infants under one year of age are being detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC) in Dilley, Texas, according to a complaint filed Thursday by the American Immigration Council, American Immigration Lawyers Association, and the Catholic Immigration Network. One of the infants has been detained for over 20 days."
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U.S. soldiers stand guard as Iraqi prisoners wait to be released at Abu Ghraib prison, west of Baghdad, June 23, 2006. (photo: Reuters)

Judge Allows Abu Ghraib Torture Claims to Go to Trial
Associated Press
Excerpt: "After 10 years of delay, a federal judge has ruled that three former inmates who say they were tortured at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison can go forward with their lawsuit against a military contractor."
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Israel opens fire on Palestinian protesters in Gaza. (photo: Jack Guez/Getty)

UN Council: Israel Intentionally Shot Children and Journalists in Gaza
Noa Landau, Haaretz
Landau writes: "The investigative commission of the United Nations Human Rights Council that examined the most recent round of violence on the Israel-Gaza border presented its findings on Thursday, saying it found 'reasonable grounds' that Israeli security forces violated international law."
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Along a stretch of the central Grand Canyon, the deepest part of the inner gorge is composed of Vishnu schist, rock formed some 1.7 billion years ago. (photo: Pete McBride/National Geographic)

Are We Losing the Grand Canyon?
Kevin Fedarko, National Geographic
Fedarko writes: "On a 650-mile trek, two adventurers faced danger and hardship - and saw how development could spoil an American icon."
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Koch's Want to Mine for Uranium in the Grand Canyon

The spectacular views and lands of the Grand Canyon were preserved for future generations to appreciate and enjoy.

The Dirty Energy Koch Brothers would seek to destroy it and they have a history of leaving in their wake environmental destruction. Unfortunately, we have a Republican Congress too willing to give away public lands -YOUR LANDS. 

Please consider joining Environment Massachusetts to remain informed and speak out.

Right now, we're working with our allies across the country to protect the Grand Canyon from destructive toxic uranium mining forever.

But mining interests are threatening to blow up the plan -- and we've just learned that money from the Koch brothers' massive political operation is fueling their effort. [1]

I need your help to counter the Koch money and the political power it buys and do what it takes to protect the Grand Canyon forever.

Will you donate right now?

Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon -- one of the world's most amazing places -- is a terrible idea.

The canyon already bears the scars of past mining activity. In fact, hikers in Grand Canyon National Park can't drink the water from four different radioactively contaminated streams. [2] Then there are the health risks: One study found that Navajo uranium miners in Arizona had a lung-cancer rate that was nearly 29 times that of their neighbors. [3]

In 2012, facts like these, combined with our trademark grassroots action, helped convince the Obama administration to suspend new mining near the Canyon.

Now we have a chance to make that protection permanent.

President Obama has the authority to declare 1.7 million acres surrounding the canyon a new national monument.Mining would be banned in the canyon's watershed forever.

Yet mining and other interests are furiously resisting the idea. And now it turns out the main group opposing the monument is getting 83 percent of its budget from a dark-money outfit described by The New York Times as a "conduit for tens of millions of dollars in political spending, much of it raised by the Kochs and their political operation." [4]

To stop them, we need to strengthen our national network's research, advocacy and especially double down on grassroots action -- now.

We can't let pro-mining forces and their Koch money threaten the natural beauty and ecological health of the Grand Canyon, or the health of the people who rely on the drinking water that passes through it.

Will you support our fight to protect the canyon by donating right now?

We're still working to reduce global warming pollution from coal-fired power plants, bring more solar power to our communities, and more. But right now, we need to make sure we stand up for the Grand Canyon and other special places that need our protection.

Please contribute today -- for the Grand Canyon, for all the places we love, for our future.

Yours, 

Ben Hellerstein
Environment Massachusetts Director


[1] Uranium Mining Is Coming To The Grand Canyon, If Koch-Backed Group Gets Its Way, Mar 2, 2016, ThinkProgress
[2] Grand Canyon at Risk: Uranium Mining Doesn't Belong Near Our National Treasures, July 26, 2011, Environment America Research & Policy Center
[3] Abandoned uranium mines continue to haunt Navajos on reservation, Aug 4, 2014, The Arizona Republic
[4] Group Linked to Kochs Admits to Campaign Finance Violations, Oct 24, 2013, The New York Times

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RSN: The Grand Canyon Is Getting a Mall, Prison Labor Company Features Promo Video Touting "Best-Kept Secret in Outsourcing"

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Charles Pierce | The Price of Free Trade

Charles Pierce, Esquire
Pierce writes: "Senator Bernie Sanders, who may or may not be running for president, was on with Thom Hartmann for their usual Friday chat."
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Prison Labor Company Features Promo Video Touting "Best-Kept Secret in Outsourcing"
Lee Fang, The Intercept
Fang writes: "Though FPI markets itself as an opportunity for inmates to obtain skills training, critics have attacked the program as exploitative."
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Israeli Ambassador Totally Cut Off From Obama's Senior Staff
Barak Ravid, Haaretz
Ravid writes: "Data released by the U.S. administration reveals the extent of the disconnect with the Israeli ambassador."
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Missouri Prosecutor Ignores Grand Jury, Drops Shooting Charges Against Cop
Kevin Murphy, Reuters
Murphy writes: "A Missouri prosecutor on Friday dismissed charges against a Kansas City police officer indicted in February by a grand jury for the non-fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man last summer."
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John Legend's Crusade to End Mass Incarceration
Asawin Suebsaeng, The Daily Beast
Suebsaeng writes: "The musician is joining hands with the ACLU to end mass incarceration in America."
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How Hillary Jilted Wall Street
Michael Hirsh, Politico
Hirsh writes: "By bringing in Gary Gensler, scourge of the big banks, she's fending off liberal challenges."
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The Grand Canyon Is Getting a Mall
James Joiner, The Daily Beast
Joiner writes: "Investment interests want to build a multi-tier mall at the Grand Canyon, and they're paying off Navajo leaders - at least one who years ago resigned in disgrace - to do so."
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For the Next Generation......

League of Conservation Voters

 

4.5 million people come to the Grand Canyon annually to enjoy its natural beauty and serenity. But all of that could be put at risk if developers are allowed to move forward with plans to build hotels, restaurants, and stores around the rim and at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.

This development poses a huge environmental risk for the one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. We simply cannot allow it to happen. Sign your name now and raise your voice against developing the Grand Canyon >> http://bit.ly/13u7kKB

Middleboro Review

League of Conservation Voters

 

As 2014 comes to a close, we’re counting down LCV’s top 7 posts from Congress calling for action on climate change ...at #7 is Senator Menendez calling out climate science deniers and promoting the latest scientific findings about our planet.>> http://bit.ly/1uWP5JL

Thank all members of Congress working to ‪#‎ActonClimate‬ by adding your name here: >> http://wefb.it/3D3931

Middleboro Review

League of Conservation Voters

 

Tell President Obama: Conserve pristine public lands in the Colorado Rockies and California’s mountains! ---> http://actionsprout.io/7F5A9D

There’s already been enormous public support for preserving these special places, but working together, we can make sure President Obama hears us. It's time to protect these two important areas.

SIGN THE PETITION: Tell Obama to protect Browns Canyon and Berryessa Snow Mountain

President Obama has protected over 3 million acres of public land, but there are still more special places that are in need of protection. Colorado’s...

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League of Conservation Voters

 

Great news! We just got word that eBay is officially cutting ties with ALEC, the extreme, anti-environment group we've been fighting for months.

We want to thank the more than 2,000 LCV supporters who joined us earlier this year in urging eBay's CEO to leave ALEC -- and a huge thank you to everyone who has spoken out and fought back with us against ALEC's extreme agenda.

The fight is far from over, but this is a big win and strong step in the right direction.

EBay Just Became The Latest Tech Company To Leave Conservative Group ALEC

The departure comes two months after a coalition of more than 80 organizations asked eBay to leave ALEC, citing the conservative group's...

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DemocracyNow: "A Slow Genocide of the People": Uranium Mining Leaves Toxic Nuclear Legacy on Indigenous Land

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"A Slow Genocide of the People": Uranium Mining Leaves Toxic Nuclear Legacy on Indigenous Land The iconic Grand Canyon is the site of a battle over toxic uranium mining. Last year, a company called Energy Fuels Resources was given federal approval to reopen a mine six miles from the ... Read More →

Remembering British MP Tony Benn, a Lifelong Critic of War and Capitalism Tony Benn, the former British Cabinet minister, longtime Parliament member and antiwar activist, has died at the age of 88. He was the longest-serving member of Parliament in the ... Read More →

"Utah's Carbon Bomb": State Plots Massive Tar Sands & Oil Shale Projects Despite Climate Concerns While the fight over the Keystone XL pipeline and the Alberta tar sands has galvanized the environmental movement, far less attention has been paid to a related story here in the West. The ... Read More →

Caught in the Crossfire: U.S.-Mexico Border Militarization Threatens Way of Life for Native Tribe President Obama has deployed thousands of new U.S. Border Patrol agents to the southern border of Arizona, a state known for its controversial crackdown on immigrants. Caught in the middle ... Read More →

Ukraine Standoff Intensifies Ahead of Crimea Secession Vote

Obama Orders Review of Deportation Practices After Wave of Immigrant Protests

New Details Surface About Disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Plane

Carney Defends Withholding of Docs in CIA Torture Probe; Senate Confirms Top CIA Lawyer

Report: More Than 300 Died After Air Bag Failures in Recalled GM Cars

Ban Lifted on BP Contracts with U.S. Gov’t

Former Rebel Leader Declared Winner in El Salvador Presidential Race

Senate Lawmakers Reach Deal to Restore Unemployment Benefits

McDonald’s Workers Sue over Wage Theft in 3 States

 

Montana Abortion Provider Whose Clinic Was Destroyed by Vandal: "We’re Disappearing"

Michigan: Anti-Choice "Rape Insurance" Law Goes into Effect

Report: Local Police in California Using "StingRay" Spy Devices

Former British MP, Antiwar Activist Tony Benn Dies at 88

 

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Greg Palast shared Amber Lyon's photo.

 

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Occupy London's photo.

Xtie DONE STICK A FORK IN HIM

 

Let's see how much longer they can keep hiding it...!? EC

 

 

 

Howling For Wolves shared a link.

Navarre The Wolf, Shot, Paralyzed, Rescued From Freezing Waters

howlingforjustice.wordpress.com

January 8, 2014 Revisiting Navarre's story is a renewal of faith. There are good people in this world who care deeply for animals like the wolf. I hope you find comfort in this, even though it was...

 

 

US Uncut's photo.

Genocide by bank

 

 

In honor of the Zapatista movement's 20th anniversary of defending their land from corporate plunderers: "The government will need to eliminate the Zapatista...s to demonstrate their effective control of the national territory and of security policy." -1995 Chase Bank memo to Mexican president Salinas Source: http://bit.ly/19ZACmg(Photo by Giles Clarke)

 

 

 

Howling For Wolves

Fond du Lac Reservation get it right: no wolf hunting!

‪#‎wolves‬

 

 

 

Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America's photo.

 

HAVE YOU THANKED TOBY KEITH TODAY? One of our Virginia moms paid a visit last week to Toby Keith's new "I Love This Bar & Grill" to thank the manager for the re...staurant's no guns policy. The manager took the sign our member gave him and put it on the door! Some people aren't very happy about the ban - read this Forbes article about the backlash and our moms' support: http://onforb.es/Ke23N1. And be sure to thank Mr. Keith for his ‪#‎GunSense‬: FACEBOOK: http://tinyurl.com/mtrwbahTWITTER: @TobyKeithMusic PHONE: (703) 852-8831

 

 

 

 

Alan Grayson

When right-wing talking points blur into paranoia.

 

 

 

 

The Sierra Club's photo.

 

106 years ago, the Grand Canyon was permanently protected as a national monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. LIKE and SHARE!

 

 

Howling For Wolves

Dimitri agrees: don't hunt wolves!

‪#‎savemeseeme‬ ‪#‎standforwolves‬

 

 

 

 

 

LOTL Rescue's photo.

What a truly lovely story!

 

 

ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS ANIMAL STORY My mother's friend adopted this lovely dog after he was abandoned by his previous family. His name is Shaun. Shaun had a...lways been very good at eating all his food. Every last bit that was, he ate it. One day he started leaving a little bit behind. He wouldn’t eat everything, no matter what. He always left a little behind. Every morning when my mother’s friend checked Shaun’s bowl, the food was gone. That was very strange, because Shaun always spent the night by her side. One night she decided to investigate the food situation. She waited quietly by the food bowl and then, in the middle of the night, a cat came through the window and ate the remaining food. She noticed the cat was actually pregnant. She realised that Shaun had been saving his food for the mummy cat. A week or so later the cat came into her house and gave birth to 6 little kittens. Shaun took care of them as if they were his own babies. My mother’s friend adopted the cat too (her name is Meow) and they took care of the kittens until they all found a loving home. Nowadays Meow and Shaun live happily together as a family and they each have their own bowls of food.