Siren Song
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.
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
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
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
Parody of Leonard Cohen's song Hallelujah, based on the arrangement by Pentatonix
Cambridge Analytica Whistleblower: 'We Spent $1M Harvesting Millions of Facebook Profiles'
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
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
Let's Call Bolton What He Is: A War Criminal With Terrorist Ties
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.
Donald Trump’s America | Already Hell Enough for This Muslim-American
TomDispatch
In our 241-year history that includes a bitter civil war, two world wars, and the Depression, this could turn out to be the most crucial moment of all. I can’t help but wonder in my bleaker moments whether there will be any coming back from the dark destination, whatever it turns out to be.
An Incomplete List of Things Black People Should Avoid Doing So They Won’t Be Killed by Police
The Root
A handy guide to help black people avoid the police violence that disproportionately affects them.
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