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The Pentagon’s Bottomless Money Pit

Matt Taibbi Rolling Stone
When the Defense Department flunked its first-ever fiscal review, one of our government’s greatest mysteries was exposed: Where does the DoD’s $700 billion annual budget go?

Inequality 101: Why the College-Admissions Scandal Is So Absurd

Alia Wong The Atlantic
Jared Kushner, senior advisor and Presidential son-in-law.
The 33 wealthy parents charged in the recent college admissions scandal chose to participate in an organized criminal conspiracy to get their kids into elite schools. It was much cheaper than the “legal” bribes and scams used by others of their ilk.

Global Student Climate Strike

Julia Conley Common Dreams
"We are facing the greatest existential crisis humanity has ever faced. And yet it has been ignored. You who have ignored it know who you are.”

Richie Neal and Trump’s Taxes

Jeff Hauser & Eleanor Eagan The American Prospect
The costs of having a corporate Democrat chair the House Ways and Means Committee

Friday Nite Videos | March 15, 2019

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Why You Still Don't Understand the Green New Deal. Hip Hop: Outta da Bronx, and Around the World. Historian Rutger Bregman: Moderates Are The Real Fringe. Juanita | Netflix Movie. Now That's What I Call an Alibi.

Abolish Billionaires

Farhad Manjoo The New York Times
A radical idea is gaining adherents on the left. It’s the perfect way to blunt tech-driven inequality.