Links 2/16/2017

You know what helps in the morning? When you hit “Publish”, that’s what helps! 😀

San Diego Police Targets African American Children for Unlawful DNA Collection. File Under “Not All Cops” (with added snark)

Securus And CoreCivic Sued For Providing Attorney-Prisoner Calls To Law Enforcement.

Farewell to Doublespeak: Israel’s Terrifying Vision for the Future.

Republicans Launch Bicameral Salvos Against Wall Street Watchdog. And they’ll, SURPRISE, get just enough votes from Democrats to make it happen, because that’s what the Plutocrats want. Then, the media will tell you it was all the fault of those mean, dysfunctional Trumpbulicans, and look at all the Democrats who “stood firm,” aren’t they such good-guys?

America’s Television Graveyards. A allegorical tale for the fate of the United States itself.

Fossils Show Quick Rebound of Life After Ancient Mass Extinction. Note: “quick” on a non-human timescale.

Andrew Ross Sorkin’s Attempt to Make Tim Geithner a Hero.

India polio-free for three years: meet the people fighting to keep it that way. Science: It works, bitches!

On the plutocratic war on Trump: Yes, Donald Trump is a monster. But his agenda isn’t all bad.

Meet The Green Angels: the NYC drug ring run by former models.