US News
- At least 49 people were killed with tasers in the US in 2018. [Link]
- 1,600 inmates at a federal prison in New York went days without power. [Link]
- Family Tree DNA gives the FBI access to their database. [Link]
- Storing nuclear waste is costing taxpayers billions. [Link]
- A man is awarded $250,000 after he was beaten by Massachusetts police. [Link]
US Foreign Policy
- Active duty special operations soldiers suicides tripled in 2018. [Link]
- Mandy Smithburger explains how the weapons makers make big profits exploiting their revolving door with the Pentagon. [Link]
- Gareth Porter breaks down the Intelligence Community’s threat assessment. The report hypes the threat from Russia and China. It assesses North Korea to be unwilling to engage in denuclearization. [Link]
- Eric Margolis explains how Trump is starting cold wars with Russia and China. [Link]
Immigration
- Trump’s deployment of US troops to the southern border is on track to cost $600 million. [Link]
- 3,750 additional US troops will be deployed to the southern border. [Link]
- 2,518 people were killed in Tijuana in 2018. The violence is fueled by a growing drug war in the city. [Link]
Venezuela
- The new US Envoy to Venezuela Elliott Abrams has a history of helping to create mass atrocities. [Link]
- Max Blumenthal and Dan Cohen profile Juan Guaido. [Link]
- Moon of Alabama on the state of the regime change effort in Venezuela. [Link]
