Progressive DA Rachael Rollins Hasn't Stopped Prosecuting Petty Crimes, Despite Pledge. Police Are Still Furious.
The early tenure of Rachael Rollins underscores the tightrope that the new wave of progressive prosecutors are walking.
Politics
House Democratic Leadership Warns It Will Cut Off Any Firms That Challenge Incumbents
“The Democratic and Republican parties are commercial enterprises and they’re very much interested in their own survival.”
Means TV, With a Boost from the Nyan Cat, Launches a Post-Capitalist Streaming Service
“Basically, it's a cooperatively-run, anti-capitalist Netflix,” said co-founder Naomi Burton.
Voices
Joe Biden Is Hillary Clinton 2.0 — Democrats Would Be Mad to Nominate Him
Biden backed the Iraq War, is friendly with Wall Street, supported mass incarceration, and has twice run for president unsuccessfully.
Beto O'Rourke Slams Benjamin Netanyahu, Saying Israeli Has “Openly Sided With Racists”
Beto O'Rourke denied that donations from supporters of Israel had influenced him and denounced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in stark terms.
Howard Schultz Hired a Corporate Mouthpiece for His "Centrist" Presidential Campaign
Tucker Warren, who has been running communications for Howard Schultz since January, is also a partner at a PR firm with numerous corporate clients.
Intercepted Podcast
Radical White Terrorism
Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik, The Intercept’s Murtaza Hussain, and historian Kathleen Belew are this week’s guests.
Cory Booker Gets Real, Hits “Senators” for Bragging About Pot Use While Drug Charges Still Dog Regular People
Sen. Cory Booker criticized the lighthearted way that two of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination joked about their past use of marijuana.
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro Meets With Donald Trump to Consolidate Their Far-Right Alliance
The Brazilian president seeks economic cooperation with the U.S., and also met with Steve Bannon and a famous conspiracy theorist.
Voices
New Zealand Suspect’s Actions Are Logical Conclusion of Calling Immigrants “Invaders”
I felt compelled to analyze his words at length because as a nonwhite Westerner — a Muslim no less — I’m one of the “invaders” that he speaks about.