Wednesday, August 2, 2017

WEEKEND READING (Aug. 4, 2017)


With no more income from album sales, a 69-year-old rock legend has to go back on tour (Quartz).

The ugly history of Stephen Miller's 'cosmopolitan' epithet (Politico).

Ken Ham's ark encounter is child abuse (Patheos).

Martin Shkreli found guilty of securities fraud (Washington Post).


NATIONAL SECURITY STATE, GETTING OUT OF CONTROL
These nine states will require passports for all domestic air travel starting in 2018 (Inquisitr)

Disable woman beaten bloody by TSA agents after becoming confused and afraid at checkpoint (Raw Story).

He went to tell ICE to tell agents he had gotten into college. Now he and his brother have been deported (Washington Post).

Immigration agents showed up at labor dispute proceedings. California wants to kick them out (LA Times).

Trump supports plan to cut legal immigration by half (NY Times).

Five lies that are ricocheting around the right-wing media bubble (Bill Moyers & Company).


FROM THE WORLD OF EVOLUTIONARY ECONOMICS
Nobel laureate economists say free market competition rewards deception and manipulation (Evonomics).

What happens when you believe in Ayn Rand and modern economic theory (Evonomics).

Trickle-down economics is not true capitalism (Evonomics).


JUST INTERESTING
Elon Musk says people should receive a universal income once robots take their jobs (Independent).

Mexican migrant workers came to California to pick grapes. Now they own wineries (Washington Post).

Australian journalist demolishes Trump at G-20: 'Biggest threat to the west' (The Guardian).

I'm a climate scientist. And I'm not letting trickle-down ignorance win (Washington Post).


NO, THEY STILL DON'T GET IT
EPA launching program to challenge climate science (PBS News Hour).

Trump budget director callously accuses working poor of "theft" and "larceny" (Shareblue).

Jeff Sessions wants to stop leaks by jailing journalists (Mother Jones), and Jeff Sessions floats media subpoenas as part of crackdown on leaks (HuffPost).

Mr. Trump: By demonizing the press, you threaten democracy. Maybe you want that (Sacramento Bee).


CONSERVATIVES, SHOULD THEY BE WEARING HELMETS?
Poll: Majority of Republicans now say colleges are bad for America (TPM).

These Coloradans say earth is flat. And gravity's a hoax. Now, they're being persecuted (The Denver Post).

New Florida law lets any resident challenge what's taught in science classes (Washington Post).

"Here's a little economics lesson": Rick Perry fails to explain [confuses] supply and demand (Politico).


THE CRIMINAL RIGHT
Hobby Lobby fined $3m, agrees to return smuggled Iraqi artifacts (NBC News).

The criminal president (NY Times)?

Why join the NRA? To defeat liberal enemies, apparently (The Guardian).

Secret Service booted to the sidewalk after Trump Tower rent dispute (HuffPost).


GOP OBAMACARE FAILURE FUMES
Republicans call Obamacare a 'failure.' These 7 charts show they couldn't be more wrong (LA Times).

As GOP moves toward repeal, a government report shows Obamacare is working well (LA Times).


MISCELLANEOUS 
One Mexican town revolts against violence and corruption. Six years in, its experiment is working (LA Times).

Life saving advice from a black woman held at gunpoint by police (The Undefeated).

Gov. Brown unveils plan for global climate summit, further undercutting Trump's agenda (LA Times).

Jim Plunkett's painful journey: 'My life sucks' (The Mercury News).

- Mark

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