CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling's thoughts about the prosecution of Julian Assange. He endorses Rashida Tlaib's proposal to amend the Espionage Act with a public interest defense.

Puerto Rico is suffering from widespread official corruption. Mayors and governors have been charged with crimes.

The article doesn't mention the crushing debts, but I believe they are the root cause. The US Congress has given Puerto Rico no debt relief, so it is forced to squeeze the people (even poor people) to pay the loans. The result is that most everyone who can leave does leave.

I suppose the creditors hope eventually to take control of the island's land and turn it into tourist resorts and corporate-owned plantations.

They won't stop with Puerto Rico — they will move on to other parts of the US.

Many American men are getting vasectomies before the Supreme Court gets a chance to interfere.

Psychotherapists and other practitioners of mental health are on strike against Kaiser Permanente.

This seems to be a consequence of the increasing frequency of psychological problems in the US.

*Britain has been avoiding its biggest problems for decades. Now we’re paying the price.*

It has been avoiding these problems because correcting them required rich people's money, and those rich people refused to participate in saving the country.