Friday, August 5, 2016

WEEKEND READING (August 5, 2016)


EU demands Britain pays pensions of 1,730 Eurocrats in wake of Brexit vote (The Telegraph).

Sarah McBride shuts down Clint Eastwood's defense of Donald Trump's racism (ATTN:).

Former Fed official: Wealth bubble in 'scary graph' flashes warning about future U.S. downturn (Against Crony Capitalism).

Truck driver gets sweet justice after being brake checked by aggressive driver (Live Trucking).


MORE TRUMP NEWS
Samantha Bee 'apologizes' to Eric Trump - then trolls him with barrage of hunting pictures (Raw Story).

Beware: Donald Trump knows even less about world affairs than Sarah Palin (Fusion).

Donald Trump's many business failures (Newsweek).


HILLARY NEWS
It's official: Hillary Clinton is running against Vladimir Putin (The Atlantic).

Hillary Clinton 'loves' the idea of appointing Obama to Supreme Court (Washington Times).

Rep. Richard Hanna becomes the first Republican Congressman to say he's with Hillary Clinton (Mother Jones).


FOX NEWS
Fox News contributors Laura Ingraham's idiocy: Puerto Ricans are not U.S. citizens (Politics USA).

Former Fox News commentator sentenced to prison for faking CIA ties (Reuters).

Ex-Reagan adviser: Fox News is 'self-brainwashing' Republicans into a radical fringe party (Raw Story).

Fox News didn't air that amazing speech by the father of a fallen Muslim soldier (Huffington Post).


FOR THE FACT CHALLENGED
The GOP's challenge: Denying Obama's economic gains (MSNBC).

All the terrible things Hillary Clinton has done - in one big list (Market Watch).

Why facts don't matter to Trump's supporters (Washington Post).


STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW / TALK ABOUT
The real origins of the religious right (Politico).

The mythical connection between immigrants and crime (WSJ).

State Department concludes past secretaries of state "definitively" handled classified information on private email (Media Matters).

The reviews are in: Conservatives say the DNC was 'disaster' for the GOP (TPM).

Courts strike blows to GOP voter restrictions in 3 states (NY Times).

In first for sitting president, Obama publishes a scholarly article (Fortune).


THE FUTURE OF CAPITALISM?
When capitalism only rewards shareholders, it's time for reform (PBS News Hour).

Profits without prosperity (Harvard Business Review).

Theresa May's plan to put workers on boards is borrowed from Germany and France (Independent).


MISCELLANEOUS
The United States and NATO are preparing for a major war with Russia (The Nation).

Inside the corporate utopias where capitalism rules and labor laws don't apply (In These Times).

New Feature: Trump's 'Baghad Bob' of the week (Washington Post).

Inbreeding ruined these royal families (All Day).

- Mark 

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