Newsletter 4.3.18

Hi all! Here's this week's newsletter.

Quick production note: we will be off this week but we'll have a patron-only News Brief for all y'all tomorrow. 

Thanks as always,

Adam, Florence, and Nima

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NPR Runs IDF Playbook, Spinning Killing of 17 Palestinians - Adam Johnson, FAIR (4/2/18)

NPR asserts a series of claims by the IDF as fact, including mysterious "firebombs" that Israel was allegedly responding to despite no evidence surfacing to support this chain of events.

The Silent Crisis Killing Puerto Ricans Months After Hurricane Maria - Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, Splinter News (4/2/18)

That the Trump admin has left Puerto Rico for dead is not news, but the sheer detail of the destruction–and how it portends our new climate crisis future––is rarely discussed in such detail.

Police Violence is Gun Violence -  Symone Sanders, Crooked (4/2/18) 

Like our wars abroad, police shootings need to be part of the broader conversation about gun control in the United States.

A Guaranteed Jobs-for-All Program Is Gaining Traction Among 2020 Democratic Hopefuls - Kate Aronoff, The Intercept (4/1/18)

A job guarantee — the idea that everyone should have a job if they want or need one, and it’s the government’s job to make that possible — is back.

In Gaza, Israel Aims To Massacre Hope - Yousef Munayyer, Huffington Post (4/2/18)

"Pluralistic democracies that respect human rights do not find themselves resorting to using lethal force against demonstrators. That’s what apartheid states do."

Houston Police Chief Who Called Michael Bennett ‘Morally Corrupt’ is Quiet on Police Brutality - Jessica Brand, In Justice Today (3/28/18)

Police appear to have it out for outspoken athlete Michael Bennett. 

Why Does Adidas Sponsor Soccer Teams in Illegal Settlements? - Dave Zirin, The Nation (4/2/18)

Palestinian civil society has called on Adidas to stop normalizing illegal settlements in the West Bank. Will the clothing giant listen?

The $500,000 GoFundMe Charity Campaign for Wealthy Ex-FBI Official Andrew McCabe Is Obscene - Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept (3/31/18)

In the name of “resistance,” small donors — encouraged by a cable news star — have contributed a vast sum of money online to help a rich career FBI official.

Israel Kills Palestinians and Western Liberals Shrug. Their Humanitarianism Is a Sham. - Mehdi Hasan, The Intercept (4/2/18)

As Citations Needed has long-noted, liberal humanitarianism is a PR scam. The total silence from the usual quarters after Israel's shooting hundreds of unarmed protestors is further proof of this axiom.

The Father of Pulse Attacker Omar Mateen Was an FBI Informant. Did He Convince the Bureau to Stop Investigating His Son? - Trevor Aaronson, The Intercept (3/26/18)

FBI files suggest that agents consulted Seddique Mateen when trying to determine whether his son Omar posed a security threat.

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