Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has verbally resigned to Chief of Staff John Kelly in anticipation of being fired by President Trump, according to a source with direct knowledge. Per a second source with direct knowledge: “He’s expecting to be fired,” so he plans to step down [....]
Once again, Trump in Vegas over simplifies the economic state of Black Americans. As @pbump notes, most don’t live in poverty or the “inner city.” Endemic problems are entwined with the overlapping issues of poverty as well as racism.https://t.co/7MDGBectpS
I read this and highly recommended it if you need some hope that wingers of all kinds can change and even grow to see reality. Not to mention the many other interesting things it touches on, like prison culture...
I spent much of this year writing a story about greed and dishonesty, corruption and loyalty, friendship and tragedy, racism and redemption.
If you'd like a breather from the 24/7 Trump news cycle, give it a read:https://t.co/5JM5QUIg6N
Most people think DNA analysis is infallible. But DNA mixtures can be so hard to interpret that "in a new study, 74 out of 108 crime laboratories implicated an innocent person in a hypothetical bank robbery." https://t.co/bZxJKEzB8x
New research note finds that racial resentment has shaped White political ideology since at least 1986 AND its effect was increasing substantially *before* the Trump candidacy. Shout out to @LilyMasonPhD whose work informed this project a great deal! https://t.co/vi4LHt14Hm
Rod Rosenstein made the suggestions in 2017 after President Trump fired James Comey, according to several people. He is the official who later appointed Robert Mueller
Mr. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, told officials he was serious about wearing a wire, and that he might able to persuade Jeff Sessions and John F. Kelly to invoke the 25th amendment
While current headlines might make you think that geopolitics is going to hell in a handbasket, things right now are better than normal around the world — at least from the market's perspective — according to BlackRock's latest global risk update [....]
Australia and US Move to Counter China in Pacific - Bernard Lagan and Michael Evans - The Times - "Australia is to reopen a vast Pacific military base used by the US in the Second World War as it seeks to counter Chinese expansionism." https://t.co/a2AUpzr6f5pic.twitter.com/bznUe5X4sL
The United States said on Thursday it was boosting its fight against slave-made goods “to safeguard American jobs“, signaling that the Trump administration regards forced labor as a trade, rather than a human rights issue.
I'm still trying to understand WTF Erdoğan is thinking.... From VOA - US Demands Freedom for NASA Scientist Imprisoned in Turkey - "Golge is a research scientist with NASA. He and his family were visiting his native Turkey during the 2016 coup attempt." https://t.co/36921w0uEppic.twitter.com/hHazEzhDyq
Some thoughts on what I notice whenever I'm back in the U.S., including: glacial air conditioning; cars as big as studio apartments; chirpy customer service—any customer service; cheese that’s not so much cheese as oil poured into plastic; dismal Amtrak. https://t.co/xVMLYNwbHZ
Before his apparent poisoning, the Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov was working with three Russian journalists who were killed in the Central African Republic.
Dream dateline for @alexburnsNYT (Truth or Consequences, N.M.) in this great feature on the five types of districts that will define the midterms. https://t.co/w3mTBb6Upd
PORTLAND, Oregon—Outfitted in a flak jacket and fighting gloves, Enrique Tarrio was one of dozens of black, Latino, and Asian men who marched alongside white supremacists in Portland on Aug. 4.
