“The Taliban’s ‘shadow government’ has existed virtually throughout the US-led occupation. Yet as the war has dragged on, and territory under government control has shrunk, the Taliban has expanded its focus on not just fighting, but governing controlled territory.”
“Rhodes has been described as being so trusted and close to Obama that he was ‘in the room’ for almost every foreign policy decision of significance that Obama made during his eight years in office.”
“The US has never brought a death penalty case for a drug offense, but following the president’s call for executions last spring, Attorney General Sessions sent a memo to prosecutors urging them to consider seeking the death penalty in some cases.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/150_organizations_condemn_trumps
“Civil rights advocates and medical groups are arguing the databases should be used to identify problem patients and get them into treatment. The American Medical Association calls for the databases to be placed under health departments rather than the police agencies and disciplinary boards that control most of them.”
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/29/databases-key-crackdown-on-opioids-686879
“Oklahomans for Health, the folks behind the initiative ought to be feeling pretty good right about now. They have successfully passed a very enlightened medical marijuana law in the face of opposition from the state’s Republican and religious establishment.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/27/oklahoma_passes_most_progressive
“These two studies, while preliminary, contribute to a growing body of evidence that psychedelic drugs like ayahuasca, LSD and mushrooms can help people with difficult-to-treat depression.”
Read more: https://theconversation.com/amazonian-psychedelic-may-ease-severe-depression-new-study-shows-98814
“In the hands of government surveillance programs and law enforcement agencies, there’s simply no way that face recognition software will be not used to harm citizens.”
“Republicans are back on their feet, cheering the very Big Government they despised a generation ago.”
Read more: https://bonnerandpartners.com/do-you-live-next-to-one-of-these-spy-hubs/
“The growing recognition among white-collar workers that their labor is a precondition to the carrying out of unjust policies — and that if they withhold that labor, they can help bring these policies to a halt — is critical.”
“Microsoft Corp. scrubbed an online reference to its work for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as the agency faces criticism for its role in separating families at the U.S.-Mexican border.”