A black student left his team bus to stretch. Police swarmed and put a gun to his head, lawsuit says. Washington Post
Trump Is Sending Elite Border Patrol Units to Make Arrests in Sanctuary Cities Rolling Stone
One hundred agents with Special Forces-type training have been deployed to help with arrests of undocumented people across cities nationwide
France
BlackRock Becomes a Symbol for Anticapitalist Fervor in France NYTimes
Covid-19 coronavirus
Quarantined cruise ship passenger speaks out against US coronavirus evacuation plan Fox
Black History Month
Red Nation Rally in Solidarity with Palestine Relatives in Santa Fe
Billionaires for president
Oligarch Buys Political Party – Seeks to Become President MoA
Mike Bloomberg is the world’s ninth richest person. An oligarch known for strong racism and insulting sexism who once was the Republican mayor of New York City. He since decided that he wants to become president.
‘Cokehead, Womanizing, Fag’: Michael Bloomberg’s Book of ‘Wisdom’ Resurfaces Daily Beast
Michael Bloomberg rocked by re-emergence of sexist remarks Guardian
This clip is absolutely powerful from @Trevornoah. And to hear him reference “the audio” from Bloomberg makes it extra meaningful.
David vs Goliath.
— Benjamin Dixon (@BenjaminPDixon) February 15, 2020
“Only our racist billionaire can beat their racist billionaire.“ – some Democratic pollster somewhere shopping for a new boat https://t.co/bPS4QAe2Zo
— Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) February 15, 2020
New Cold War
Pompeo’s Sinophobic Pressure Campaign Runs Amok at National Governors’ Association Convention Fort Russ
U.S. Says It Has Thwarted $6 Billion Russia-Germany Gas Pipeline Bloomberg
‘The West is winning,’ U.S. tells China; France wary Reuters
Big Pharma
The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality Scientific American
Cancer medicine generates enormous revenues but marginal benefits for patients
The story of the pharma giant and the African yam The Conversation
Improving the prognosis of health care in the USA The Lancet
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