Friday, May 9, 2014

READING FOR THE WEEKEND (May 9, 2014)


Valley Fever, caused by a fungus once thought to be found only the American southwest (in places like my own Kern county), has been found in the state of Washington (NBC News).

Realistic solution to end voting lines and voter intimidation (Truth Out).

Putin's latest law forces Russian bloggers to register with the government (Mashable).



THE POPULIST EYE
The six principles of the new populism ... and the establishment's nightmare (Truth Out).

Robbing Main Street to prop up Wall Street: Why California Gov. Jerry Brown's rainy day fund is a bad idea (Truth Out).


Keeping an eye on insurance companies that refuse to pay claims (Center for Public Integrity).

Taxpayers to continue paying for lawmaker cars (Washington Post).


BENGHAZI ON MY MIND

The latest Benghazi freak out explained in 10 sentences (Mother Jones).

Republicans didn't "Benghazi" Ronald Reagan over hundreds of GI deaths in Lebanon (Buzz Flash).



UKRAINE
Dozens of FBI, CIA agents in Ukraine 'assisting Ukraine security' (RT).

Commentary on Ukraine from Carnegie (Carnegie Europe).


RELIGION RUNNING AMOK?
Kentucky spends millions busing students to religious, private schools (Kentucky).

God save this honorable court (The Daily Beast).


NATIONAL SECURITY STATE RUN AMOK?
McClatchy: CIA monitored senate staffers investigating the CIA (Mother Jones).

FBI agent held in Pakistan after carrying ammo into airport (NBC News).

U.S. citizen Naji Mansour refuses to become an FBI informant and his life becomes a living hell (Mother Jones).

Spy plane fries air traffic control computers, shuts down LAX (NBC News).

Everyone is under surveillance now, according to whistleblower Edward Snowden (The Guardian).

Defense attorneys for terror suspect(s) want access to original FISA court application filed by the federal government. The request is opposed by prosecutors because the documents deal with "exceptionally sensitive issues with profound national security implications" (ABC News).



MISCELLANEOUS
Charter schools gone wild: Study finds widespread faud, mismanagement and waste (Truth Out).

Landmark report warns that time is running out to save U.S. from climate catastrophe (Truth Out).

- Mark 

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