

NEWS STORIES

Political artist Jim Carrey is feuding with Benito Mussolini's granddaughter, so hey, how's your day? -- (AV Club) Things I didn't expect to happen this weekend? Jim Carrey getting into a Twitter fight with Mussolini's granddaughter... Who complained that people attacking her grandfather were Antifa. Considering that Antifa stands for ANTI-FASCIST, then yeah.

A college student got into a car she thought was her Uber, police say. She ended up dead in a rural field -- (Fox Local) This is why #NotAllMen doesn't work. We KNOW not all men do this, but we don't know which ones do and which ones don't. Too many men don't recognize the inherent danger of interacting with men, the violence and anger towards women who say no. This is life and death for women.

'This Is Not Ok': Sears Condemned for Ending Retirees' Life Insurance After Handing Executives $25 Million in Bonuses -- (Common Dreams) Tell me more about how capitalism will protect the workers. (Hint: It doesn't.) These people showed loyalty to a company, coming from an era where that was a thing, where loyalty was necessary on both sides. Now, they are a profit margin, and people always lose over profits. "The poor stay poor; the rich stay rich."

Saudis hacked Amazon chief’s phone, says security consultant -- (Financial Times) So, Saudi Arabia hacked Bezos' phone because the Washington Post was covering the slaughter of their own reporter. The Saudis then turned over the information to AMI (National Enquirer), and close affiliate of Trump, to blackmail Bezos with. All of this is COMPLETELY NORMAL, right? I mean a company a national leader is affiliated with conspiring with foreign agents to take down a free press is what FREE COUNTRIES do, of course.

We're doomed.

Report: Trump Is a Habitual Cheater at Golf -- (NY Mag) I feel like this is just confirming something we already knew. That said, what kind of person CHEATS at a solo player game? He is truly the worst.

Trump ‘Very Bitter and Sensitive’ About Puerto Rico -- (Daily Beast) If Trump feels that way, I can't imagine how the inhabitants feel. His delays have killed people, there is an area of PR that is still without power, and he showed up, threw paper towels at people, and declared he had done more than any other President. We need to hold Trump and the GOP accountable for their racist treatment of Puerto Rico. It is symptomatic of their treatment of all people of color, and America must be better than that.

Sanders leads poll of young Democrats by double digits -- (The Hill) Sanders leads with young voters (up to 30) by 11 percentage points. These people are the future of the party and are more engaged than ever before. Here's to a path to victory and a better future for all of us.

Rick Scott’s Company Committed Historic Medicare Fraud. He Will Now Lead Trump’s Health-Care Push. -- (NY Mag) Newly elected Senator Rick Scott is part of the major Trump push to reform Medicare... Despite being part of a massive effort to DEFRAUD Medicare in Florida. (Let's not forget his drug tests for Welfare recipients that were done by his own family's company.) Only the best people? Only the most corrupt, it seems.

The ACLU Is Ready To Spend $30 Million On The 2020 Election -- (HuffPo) The ACLU is jumping into the 2020 race in a big way and lobbying for some hefty reforms. On the table, reducing the prison populations, franchising the incarcerated, and creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. This is only a fraction of their platform, but it is something I hope that 2020 candidates are paying attention to. I mean, if AIPAC can get use money to get Dems to pretend Israel isn't committing egregious human rights violations against Palestinians, surely the ACLU can lobby for real human rights.

Louisiana Held a Man in Jail for Over 8 Years Without Ever Convicting Him of a Crime -- (The Appeal) In an example of American justice (and a reason for the ACLU to lobby on behalf of prisoners), this man has been held in jail for over 8 years without a conviction. He was ordered released, but the parole board determined that since he didn't update his address (while being held in jail without a conviction), he violated his parole and must finish it out...in prison. He's being held in a For-Profit prison in Louisiana until 2022. This man did not commit a crime and has been held in prison for nearly a decade.