Mistrial Declared in Kafkaesque D.C. Trial of Venezuela Embassy Protectors MPN
Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities NYTimes
Wet’suwet’sen
Canada: protests go mainstream as support for Wet’suwet’en pipeline fight widens Guardian
Indigenous-Led Rail Blockades Could Cost ‘Billions’ and That’s the Point: Organizers Vice
The powerful example of the Wet’suwet’en resistance
Feminist Scholar Barbara Smith on Identity Politics & Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President Democracy Now
Who Wants the World to Believe that a Climate of Insecurity and Violence Exists in Cuba? Granma
Bolivia
Bolivia: An Election in the Midst of an Ongoing Coup Counterpunch
Venezuela
Wallace reprimanded over European Parliament remarks about Juan Guaido RTE
Irish MEP Mick Wallace was reprimanded in the European Parliament for calling Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido an “unelected gobshite”.
Turning up the pressure for integration, NYC students plan citywide school boycott Chalkbeat
Who’s Profiting From Your Outrageous Medical Bills? NYTimes
Environment
Believe it or not, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was even worse than previously thought Grist
Appeals Court Rebukes Administration’s Attempt to Force Work Requirements, Other Barriers on Medicaid Program National Health Law
Donbass defender Benes Ayo is free!
Frederick Koch, Subject of Brothers’ Antigay Blackmail Plot, Has Died Advocate
Welcome to the Era of Fake Products Wirecutter
Billionaires for president
Bloomberg once blamed end of ‘redlining’ for 2008 collapse Associated Press
Michael Bloomberg’s Polite Authoritarianism New Republic
Mayor Bloomberg Spied on Arabic Speakers, Candidate Bloomberg is Wooing Them Muslim Advocates
Audio of @MikeBloomberg’s 2015 @AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “you can just Xerox (copy)” the description of male, minorities 16-25 and hand to cops.
Bloomberg had video of speech blocked.
Perhaps because of the problematic explanation he gives for #StopAndFrisk pic.twitter.com/Fm0YCi4ZRy
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) February 10, 2020
Now on to Bloomberg’s classism:
I’ve shared this before, but it needs repeating. In this clip, the Democratic Establishment’s knight in oligarch’s armor explains why regressive taxes are necessary to help poor people from their bad habits of drinking sugary sodas. pic.twitter.com/FaEYhGyGGn
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) February 10, 2020
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