A NEWS CO-OP IN DC SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE

Daily archive

August 16, 2017

OFF-SITE READING 8/16/17

by

News from elsewhere…       * CHARLOTTESVILLE RESIDENTS ON ANTIFA: “LIKE ANGELS TO ME” Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick published first-hand accounts recalling the “violent” tactics employed by anti-fascist forces in Charlottesville on Saturday. They unanimously describe acts of communal self-defense in face of right-wing terror–what Trump denounced as “alt-left.” One pastor said that “antifa saved my life twice on Saturday.” Another non-violent protester described getting defended by “anarchists and anti-fascist folks” and said “the antifa were like angels to me in that moment.” *NO SIGN…

Keep Reading

Trump’s Economic Council Implodes As White House Defends Fash

by

Donald Trump’s private and political career has been colored by several accusations of blatant racism, but it was the President’s recent defense of white supremacists and neo-Nazis that forced CEOs to finally distance themselves from the administration. Two White House panels, staffed with CEOs of top companies, were abruptly disbanded on Wednesday by President Trump, whose hand was forced by several high-profile resignations in the wake of the President’s reaction to the racist violence in Charlottesville, Va. The CEO of the mining company 3M, Inge Thulin,…

Keep Reading

DeVos Staffer Could Face Up to Five Years Behind Bars for Work on Industry-Friendly Student Debt Rules

by

An aide to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos could be in prison for violating ethics rules, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said on Wednesday. Robert Eitel, a senior counselor to DeVos, was simultaneously employed earlier this year by both the Department of Education and Bridgepoint Education, an operator of for-profit colleges. Warren said that Eitel’s agency work on student debt rules between February and April might run afoul of the criminal code. “This set of rules applied to the [sic] Mr. Eitel from the day of…

Keep Reading

Go to Top