U.S. Troops are Conducting Secret Missions All Over Africa

Nick Turse Vice News
“You’re going to see more actions in Africa, not less,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham after the briefing. “You’re going to see more aggression by the United States toward our enemies, not less; you’re going to have decisions being made not in the White House but out in the field.”

Honor, Sacrifice and Imperial Duplicity: Four Dead in Niger. Anybody Know Why?

John Grant This Can't Be Happening!
The White House’s withering racist attacks on a grieving widow, and her friend and elected representative, are just a particularly shameful part of an expanding story about the four U.S. Green Berets killed and the four others wounded in Niger four weeks ago. Why were they there, what were they doing, and how does this fit in with the expanding role of the U.S. military in Africa. Are the U.S. people also viewed as “empty barrels,” with no right to an answer?

Friday Nite Videos | October 27, 2017

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Trump Campaign Asked for Stolen Clinton Emails. Lance Canales & The Flood | Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee). The Florida Project | Movie. Rap Guide to Consciousness. Amy Poehler Explains Income Inequality.

Trump Campaign Asked for Stolen Clinton Emails

Ari Melber’s special breakdown on Trump’s “sarcasm defense” and the “overlapping legal issues” facing the Trump team for secretly trying to coordinate with WikiLeaks at the height of the 2016 election

The Florida Project | Movie

No matter who else and what else makes an appearance, this movie is really about the children. And it's about time.

Rap Guide to Consciousness

Baba Brinkman explores what is perhaps the greatest mystery and challenge to our understanding -- our own, human, consciousness. In rap.

President Sanders, Anyone?

Roger C. Altman The Washington Post
Don’t be surprised if a distinctly left-wing candidate takes the White House in 2020.