Subscribe

PrivacyCon is an event being held by the Federal Trade Commission today to answer the question: "how can the FTC better protect consumers and promote innovation as personalization, connected cars, health and fitness devices, and other technologies emerge?"  Is this another example of the government bringing industry actors inside the tent of the security state? About this photo: The Federal Trade Commission Building, originally known as the Apex Building, located at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW in the Federal Triangle area of Washington, D.C.  Photo Credit: Carol M. Highsmith / Wikimedia

Editors’ Picks for Jan 14

Conservative Columnist Rails Against Cruz, Chelsea Clinton Attempts to Hammer Sanders, Obama Warns of Fascism in SOTU, and More Picks

PICKS are stories from many sources, selected by our editors or recommended by our readers because they are important, surprising, troubling, enlightening, inspiring, or amusing. They appear on our site and in our daily newsletter. Please send suggested articles, videos, podcasts, etc. to picks@whowhatwhy.org.

New York Times ‘Conservative’ Columnist Brooks on Cruz Inhumanity (Jonathan L.)

In this relentlessly effective critique, David Brooks shows how Cruz’s negativity and
cruelty do not jibe with the stated values of his evangelical base.

Trump Fined for Pollution from Private Jet (Russ)

Trump, who calls Climate Change “bullshit,” hasn’t complied with UK carbon rules. It will be an “interesting presidency,” that’s for sure.

Chelsea Clinton: Bernie Sanders Would Take Health Care From Millions (Trevin)

As per the usual from the Clinton camp, her statements on Sanders’ single-payer plan were a blend of truth and “wildly misleading implications.”

Obama Warns of Fascism in Final State of the Union Address (Trevin)

The President’s “apocalyptic message” was the “part of the speech he most wanted to give,” according to one insider.

Sanders Now in the Lead — and Why (Russ)

Lively TV guy Cenk Uygur on the particulars in this video.

Author

Comments are closed.