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March 24, 2018

Thousands join March for Our Lives

Oliver Laughland and Lois Beckett The Guardian

March for Our Lives draws huge numbers of protesters. Trump spends weekend at Florida retreat of Mar-a-Lago

March 24, 2018

America Takes the Next Step Toward Tyranny

Andrew Sullivan New York Magazine

An important viewpoint on the dangers of Trump's abuse of power, but it neglects the power of people being organized against Trump.

March 23, 2018

Siren Song

Roy J. Adams

With current media celebrating the role of the soldier, US Army veteran/poet Roy J. Adams offers an ironic antidote.

New Scandal Shows Zuckerberg Still Puts Kremlin Over U.S.

March 23, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg breaks his silence and admits a “breach of trust” after a hidden video scandal reveals political dirty tricks. Roger McNamee, a former mentor to Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook calls the response “totally inadequate”.

What 1,600 Students Think About School Shootings

March 23, 2018

We asked students across the US to share their thoughts on school shootings. Over 1,600 responded.

Robert Mueller Is Following the Middle East Money

March 23, 2018

Mark Mazzetti, investigative correspondent for The New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about Robert Mueller's consideration of undue influence on Donald Trump's Middle East policies on behalf of Saudi Arabia and UAE.

Hallelujah Parody - Letter to Wayne LaPierre and the NRA

March 23, 2018

Parody of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah, based on the arrangement by Pentatonix

Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: 'We Spent $1M Harvesting Millions of Facebook Profiles'

March 23, 2018

Christopher Wylie, who worked for Cambridge Analytica, reveals how personal information was taken in early 2014 to build a system that could profile individual US voters in order to target them with personalized political advertisements

March 23, 2018

Friday Nite Videos | March 23, 2018

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Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: 'We Spent $1M Harvesting Millions of Facebook Profiles'. Hallelujah Parody - Letter to Wayne LaPierre and the NRA. Robert Mueller Is Following the Middle East Money. What 1,600 Students Think About School Shootings. New Scandal Shows Zuckerberg Still Puts Kremlin

March 23, 2018

Let's Call Bolton What He Is: A War Criminal With Terrorist Ties

Juan Cole Informed Comment

In John Bolton, now Trump’s National Security Adviser, the far right and the maniacal dovetail. Jesus said that if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a ditch. The ditch in this case could well be a ruinous war with Iran.