Last month, former European Union Commissioner Thierry Breton and four other officials with European nongovernmental organizations were barred from entering the U.S., in what was described as retaliation for “censorship” of U.S. tech platforms in Europe. ... See more
It has been an exhausting week, with kidnappings of foreign leaders and murders of random Americans by trigger-happy cosplaying warrior cops. And quietly, behind all that hysteria, a new leader has had a hell of an opening week. New York City Mayor Zohran... See more
Donald Trump had a miserable day in Congress on Thursday. In the final analysis, the impact of it will be limited. But considered over a larger timeline, it represents the shrinking of a vindictive president into irrelevancy, which paradoxically makes him... See more
Article on prison privatization quotes PLN managing editor
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/features/privatizati…
The True Cost
Why the Private Prison Industry is About so Much More Than Prisons
David Dayen
Nowhere has the outsourcing of public functions to p... See more
Published On Wednesday afternoon, ICE agents carrying out an operation in south Minneapolis were briefly obstructed by a car blocking traffic. ICE agents approached the female driver, 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good, yelling, “Get out of the fucking car,” a... See more