What's Left #22

What's Left
for the week of May 18-24, 2017

This week:

Good News: Chelsea Manning is out of prison
http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/chelsea-manning-release/index.html?utm_source=digg&utm_medium=email
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/chelsea-manning-is-expected-to-leave-prison-28-years-early.html?_r=0
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/chelsea-manning-set-be-released-prison-still-not-free-n759676
https://www.luminairity.com/chelsea-release-statement/

From atheist Virginians to xenophobe GOPpers
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/16/atheist-paints-bible-verse-about-women-on-his-truck-to-encourage/22094262/
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/4/13/15258496/american-atheists-how-many
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/13/trump-mocked-after-mistakenly-tweeting-only-the-word-we/22084964/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontheistic_religion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_deities
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/nyc-school-boots-federal-agents-seeking-child-due-no-warrant-article-1.3163244
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/07/texas-governor-signs-into-law-bill-to-punish-sanctuary-cities/22074471/
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/01/opinion/sunday/why-is-this-hate-different-from-all-other-hate.html?_r=0
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/03/us/justice-department-jeff-sessions-baltimore-police.html?google_editors_picks=true&_r=0

Returning to the bad old days of the drug wars
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/attorney-general-sessions-orders-tougher-drug-crime-prosecutions-n758111
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/just-say-no-ag-sessions-cites-old-school-anti-drug-n733961
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trump-admin-to-effectively-kill-office-fighting-opioid-epidemic-w481648
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/congress-ties-jeff-sessions-hands-on-medical-marijuana-w480509

Donald TheRump is incompetent
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html?utm_term=.887a69f28a58&wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
http://nypost.com/2017/05/16/israel-was-source-of-classified-intel-trump-gave-to-russians/
http://fusion.kinja.com/white-house-aides-actual-defense-of-trumps-russia-leak-1795268625
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/16/some-trump-staffers-are-reportedly-afraid-to-leave-trump-alone-i/22094187/

Clown Award: Hillary Clinton
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/15/hillary-clinton-launches-new-political-group-supporting-trump-r/22089323/

Why you are not getting a raise
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/05/09/youre-not-getting-a-raise-and-nobody-knows-why/?utm_term=.f226e387b9eb&wpisrc=nl_p1most-partner-1&wpmm=1
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/04/04/payless-has-filed-for-bankruptcy-and-will-immediately-close-400/22025961/
http://www.salon.com/2014/02/23/worse_than_wal_mart_amazons_sick_brutality_and_secret_history_of_ruthlessly_intimidating_workers/
http://www.povertyusa.org/the-state-of-poverty/poverty-facts/
http://www.alternet.org/economy/black-low-wage-workers-work-longest-hours
https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N
http://247wallst.com/special-report/2017/04/26/counties-where-the-american-dream-is-dead/?utm_source=AOL&utm_medium=CPC&utm_content=counties-where-the-american-dream-is-dead&utm_campaign=AOL

Outrage of the Week: militarism as national policy
https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/the-peoples-budget-a-roadmap-for-the-resistance-fy-2018/
https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/the-peoples-budget-a-roadmap-for-the-resistance-fy-2018/the-peoples-budget-in-the-news/
https://cpc-grijalva.house.gov/uploads/FINAL%20FY18%20FULL%20CPC%20BUDGET%20DOCUMENT.pdf
https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-military-budget-components-challenges-growth-3306320
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/04/185-outrage-of-week-militarism.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2017/03/15/u-s-military-probably-sending-as-many-as-1000-more-ground-troops-into-syria-ahead-of-raqqa-offensive-officials-say/?utm_term=.534ca0f18181
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/05/09/white-house-approves-arms-syrian-kurds-us-official/22078075/
https://www.local10.com/news/politics/flynn-rejected-obamas-offer-to-arm-syrian-kurds
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-poised-to-expand-military-effort-against-taliban-in-afghanistan/2017/05/08/356c4930-33fa-11e7-b412-62beef8121f7_story.html