JULY 31, 2018


NEWS AND VIEWS


HEARING ON ICE SEXUAL ABUSE -- THIS IS TOTALLY DISGUSTING. CLOSE OVERSIGHT, LEGAL REPRESENTATION, AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF GUARDS AND PERSONNEL IF THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS SHOULD BE PUNISHED AND STRINGENTLY BOTH AT THE FACILITY AND IN COURT. PRISONS ARE FULL OF THIS KIND OF THING. IF AN IMMIGRANT IS THE CULPRIT, AS PROVEN BY TRIAL IN A COURT OF LAW, I BELIEVE HE ALSO SHOULD BE PUT IN A PRISON OR JAIL AND BARRED FROM EVER BEING ON A PATH TO CITIZENSHIP.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/senate-panel-holds-hearing-on-ice-family-separation-at-border-live-stream/
CBS/AP July 31, 2018, 11:29 AM
Senate panel holds hearing on ICE, family separation at border -- live stream

The Senate Judiciary Committee is demanding answers from federal immigration officials about the Trump administration's separation of migrant children from their families and its struggle to reunite them, a fraught effort that's drawn election-year criticism from both parties.

But a hearing scheduled for Tuesday on the topic may have a wider focus after the committee's bipartisan leaders asked federal investigators to probe reports of sexual and other abuse of immigrants at government detention facilities.

Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and top Democrat on the panel, Dianne Feinstein, of California, asked late Monday for an examination of alleged sexual, physical and emotional mistreatment of immigrants held at agency facilities, saying the problems may have been occurring since 2014 or earlier.

With President Donald Trump already under fire for taking thousands of migrant children from their detained parents — and botching the reunification of many — the request for the investigation elevated yet another issue to the administration's list of immigration headaches.

"These allegations of abuse are extremely disturbing and must be addressed," Grassley and Feinstein wrote in a letter to the departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services. "This is not a partisan issue, as reporting suggests, many have been occurring for years. Immigrant families and children kept in federal custody deserve to be treated with basic human dignity and respect and should never be subjected to these forms of abuse."

The hearing also comes as Mr. Trump has once again threatened to shut down the federal government as Congress has yet to formally act on providing legislation to address outstanding immigration issues. Mr. Trump cites lack of support for funding his border wall as an area of contention -- telling U.S and visiting reporters from Italy on Monday that he would have "no problem" with shutting down the government over immigration disputes on Capitol Hill.

Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Border Patrol and other agencies are testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Highlights from Tuesday's hearing
Congressional inaction

While Chairman Grassley criticized the administration's family separation family, saying it "ought to be revised immediately" he said that Congress has failed to take a "simple step that could have prevented the family separations we now decry." He demanded that the decades old Flores v Reno case, which in 1997 led to national standards for facilities holding migrant children, be repealed as a first step in that process toward immigration reform. He said it would be the "best way to ensure this crisis doesn't happen again."

Abuse allegations

Grassley says members of Congress "ought to be disturbed" by the allegations of sexual abuse at detention facilities along the border. He said such reports of abuse are "unnacceptable and the American people expect better." He noted, however, that the issue isn't new, saying that some of the cases of abuse date back to at least 2012 with more troubling cases occuring in 2015 and 2016.

He said it presents a "larger systemic issue that needs to be addressed." Grassley added, "no one no matter their immigration status should have to suffer such abuse."

ICE's Matthew Albence said that detention facilities regularly undergo a "very rigorous inspection process and oversight process" and that any allegations of abuse or wrongdoing in any detention facility is automatically reported to appropriate resources. He went on to describe family residential centers, FRC's, as being comparable to "summer camps", saying children have access to food, water, educational opportunities and outside time.

Legislative fixes

Ranking Member Feinstein said that lawmakers have a "constitutional and moral obligation to intervene" in the border separation crisis, and as a result, raised a narrow bill that she, along with several Republican colleagues, have proposed in the Senate. The bill would "prohibit the separation of children, require ongoing reporting by the administration and public reporting about what has occurred."

Feinstein adds that the bill would also provide "additional judges, lawyers and resources to ensure families are treated humanely and not left ignored in facilities without proper sanitation conditions." She said that she was "hopeful" lawmakers were close to an agreement and that the limited bill could enjoy broad bipartisan support.

Albence appeared to suggest that while DHS and ICE handle the legal aspects of family separation, it's incumbent upon Congress to find a "permanent fix" to outstanding immigration issues in order to provide "operational clarity for officers in the field."

"Congress must act to eliminate the loopholes that incentivize illegal immigration, and must also provide ICE with the lawful authority and requisite funding needed to ensure that families can be kept together throughout the course of their immigration proceedings," Albence urged.

He added that under existing policies, it would be "impossible" to wrap up immigration proceedings in 20 days thus presenting border authorities to have "no choice" but to release individuals that arrive with children back into the community, a process the Trump administration has dubbed s "catch and release."

Border Patrol's Carla L. Provost meanwhile said that the issue of separating children from parents is not "unique" to the Trump administration alone, adding that CBP has prosecuted adults who have come into the U.S. illegally in prior administrations. Provost noted, however, in her opening remarks "action taken by lawmakers, the judiciary, policymakers and operators—while made in good faith by people grappling with complex issues—can have unintended consequences on the functioning of the immigration system as a whole."

"Consistent application of clear immigration laws enables access to the system's resources by those legitimately seeking its benefits while diminishing chaos on our border sought by transnational criminal organizations," said Provost.

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THIS IS A WAR, BUT IT’S A GUERILLA WAR, AND ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE OR GROUPS ARE PARTICIPATING. THE PROBLEM ISN’T JUST WHETHER OR NOT THE USA HAS AN IMPENETRABLE DEFENSE AGAINST INTRUSION, BUT THAT BAD CHARACTERS ARE ON THE NET BY THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, AND CAN EASILY CHANGE THEIR CHARACTERS WHEN THEIR SITE IS REMOVED. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SET UP ANOTHER ONE. OTHER THAN THAT, HOWEVER, THE INTERNET IS SUCH A WONDERFUL TOOL THAT IT WON’T GO AWAY. WE’RE IN A QUANDARY.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-detects-influence-operation-ahead-of-2018-midterm-elections/
By OLIVIA GAZIS CBS NEWS July 31, 2018, 8:06 PM
Facebook detects influence operation ahead of 2018 midterm elections

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Facebook announced on Tuesday that it had detected a coordinated influence operation whose activities appeared to target divisive political issues ahead of the 2018 midterm elections.

The company identified the activity roughly two weeks ago as part of an ongoing investigation into election interference, its representatives said, and had removed eight Pages and 17 profiles from Facebook and seven accounts from Instagram that had been created between March 2017 and last May. Taken together, the accounts and Pages created more than 9,500 posts, and more than 290,000 accounts had followed at least one of the pages, Facebook said. The pages ran ads 150 ads for $11,000 that were paid for in U.S. and Canadian dollars.

Though the activity was not overtly linked to Russia, it was reminiscent of operations conducted by Russian accounts during the 2016 presidential election, Facebook said.

"We're still in the very early stages of our investigation and don't have all the facts — including who may be behind this," Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook's head of Cybersecurity Policy, wrote in a public post. "It's clear that whoever set up these accounts went to much greater lengths to obscure their true identities than the Russian-based Internet Research Agency (IRA) has in the past."

In April, Facebook announced it had deleted hundreds of accounts associated with the IRA. Gleicher said at least one of those accounts engaged with one of the Pages the company removed on Tuesday, and that one Page, called "Resisters," had an IRA account as an administrator for seven minutes. "These discoveries helped us uncover the other inauthentic accounts we disabled today," Gleicher said.

Chief Security Office Alex Stamos said during the press call that definitive attribution to a given actor was a task that had "traditionally fallen" to intelligence agencies, and that Facebook was declining to provide an assessment of the political motivations of the group behind the activity. He said Facebook would continue coordinating its efforts with U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies.

U.S. intelligence officials declined to offer immediate public attribution for the influence operations Facebook revealed. National Security Council spokesman Garrett Marquis said, "We applaud efforts by our private sector partners to combat an array of threats that occur in cyber space, including malign influence. National Security Council staff leads the regular and continuous coordination of the whole-of-government approach to addressing foreign malign influence and ensuring election security."

Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer, said the company was "investing heavily" in security to combat "determined, well-funded adversaries who won't give up."

In the past year, Facebook has made extensive investments in combating disinformation and suppressing false news, including by enlisting third-party fact-checking partners and hiring thousands of new employees.

The company saw a record-setting loss of $119 billion last Thursday, following a disappointing earnings announcement; it was Facebook's first full quarter following the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal, which raised separate concerns about the company's ability to safeguard its users' data.

"Security is an arms race and it's never done," Sandberg said Tuesday.

In its announcement, the company revealed that roughly 30 events had been created by the inauthentic Pages since May 2017, and nearly 5,000 online accounts had indicated an interest in attending. Of those events, Gleicher told reporters, the date for all but two had already passed.

Facebook had timed Tuesday's announcement to precede the first event – a protest in Washington, D.C. called "No Unite the Right 2 – DC" – which had been scheduled for August 10 to 12, Gleicher said. "We disabled the event earlier today," he told reporters. (The second event had been scheduled for January 1.)

Gleicher indicated that the August event, set up by inauthentic administrators as part of the "Resisters" Page, had posted information about transportation and other logistics and enlisted support from real people, whom Facebook had contacted about the matter. He said the identities of the individuals who had RSVP'd for the event were being withheld out of concerns for their privacy.

Facebook was unable to determine whether past events actually took place, Gleicher also said. "We can assess what happened on Facebook," he said. "We can't assess what happened in the real world. In the external world."

The social media giant's announcement was among the most significant and concrete indications that foreign actors are targeting November's midterm elections, though officials from the FBI, DHS and Office of the Director of National Intelligence have all said in recent weeks that foreign efforts to spread disinformation continue. At a cybersecurity event in New York City on Tuesday, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen warned hackers that the U.S. would "no longer tolerate" election interference. "You will be exposed. And you will pay a high price," she said.

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats singled out Russiaearlier this month, indicating that the intelligence community continues to see "aggressive attempts to manipulate social media and to spread propaganda focused on hot-button issues that are intended to exacerbate socio-political divisions," including from fake accounts created by the IRA.

At least two lawmakers – Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire – have publicly acknowledged that their officers have already been targeted by Russian hackers. Their disclosures last week followed remarks by Microsoft's vice president of Customer Security and Trust, Tom Burt, who revealed at the Aspen Security Forum that congressional candidates who posed "interesting targets from an espionage standpoint" had been targeted by spear phishing attempts.

Before making its announcement on Tuesday, Facebook had briefed staffers for senior congressional leaders and the national security agencies this morning by telephone, two people familiar with the outreach told CBS News.

Some lawmakers seized on Facebook's disclosure as an indication that threats to U.S. election security have not abated, and appeared to draw their own conclusions about the provenance of the interference.

"Today's disclosure is further evidence that the Kremlin continues to exploit platforms like Facebook to sow division and spread disinformation, and I am glad that Facebook is taking some steps to pinpoint and address this activity," said Senator Mark Warner, D-Virginia, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who earlier in the week issued a wide-ranging white paper with proposals for regulating social media platforms. "I also expect Facebook, along with other platform companies, will continue to identify Russian troll activity and to work with Congress on updating our laws to better protect our democracy in the future."

Warner later told reporters he had "a high level of confidence" that the accounts disabled by Facebook were tied to the IRA. "I can say with pretty high confidence this is Russia-related," Warner said.

"It is clear that much more work needs to be done before the midterm elections to harden our defenses, because foreign bad actors are using the exact same playbook they used in 2016 — dividing us along political and ideological lines, to the detriment of our cherished democratic system," said Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.

In his own statement, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr, R-North Carolina, said, "The goal of these operations is to sow discord, distrust, and division in an attempt to undermine public faith in our institutions and our political system."

"The Russians want a weak America," Burr added.

The Senate Intelligence Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on foreign influence operations and their use of social media platforms on Wednesday, and is expected to hear from top Silicon Valley executives in September. The hearings are part of the committee's ongoing investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.

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“THE STATE DEPARTMENT TOLD CBS NEWS THAT ‘THE DECISION TO SETTLE THE CASE WAS MADE IN THE INTEREST OF THE SECURITY AND FOREIGN POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.’" I HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS AS BEING A NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE, BUT OF COURSE IT IS. TO ME, THOUGH, IT'S CRIMINAL. GUN RUNNING IS ILLEGAL, ISN'T IT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/3d-printed-gun-maker-cody-wilson-explains-why-he-wants-to-post-blueprints-for-ar-15-style-rifles/
CBS NEWS July 31, 2018, 6:47 PM
Man behind 3D-printed gun blueprints explains why he wants to post instructions online

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge on Tuesday issued a temporary restraining order to block access to the 10 blueprints that detail how to make 3D-printed firearms, from handguns to AR-15 style rifles. Cody Wilson, the founder of a pro-gun group, agreed to stop posting any new blueprints online until September while a multi-state lawsuit makes its way through the courts.

But in the past three days, more than 2,500 people have downloaded Wilson's blueprints for 3D-printed AR-15 style assault rifles.

"Anyone can use it for commercial, non-commercial purposes. It's there. No one can take that back from you," Wilson said.

The plastic weapons are untraceable, often undetectable and deadly.

"If I allow you to download an AR-15, the full plans for an AR-15, I don't believe that I provide you with anything other than the general knowledge of what an AR-15 is," Wilson said. "I am no different from a publisher of information."

The debate captured the attention of President Trump, who tweeted: "I am looking into 3D plastic guns being sold to the public...doesn't seem to make much sense!"


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I am looking into 3-D Plastic Guns being sold to the public. Already spoke to NRA, doesn’t seem to make much sense!

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The federal government settled a lawsuit with Wilson's organization Defense Distributed, allowing the company to publish its first batch of blueprints last Friday.

The State Department told CBS News that "the decision to settle the case was made in the interest of the security and foreign policy of the United States."

Five years ago, Wilson built the world's first fully fireable plastic handgun. But he's personally moved beyond plastic to machine-grade metal, funding his legal fight by selling thousands of milling machines capable of making unmarked metal AR-15s and handguns.


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It wasn't supposed to happen before midnight tonight but it turns out the founder of a radical pro-gun group has already posted online blueprints for using 3D printers to make guns.

Wednesday on @CBSThisMorning: We’ll hear from Cody Wilson (@Radomysisky).

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There's a three-month backlog for Wilson's milling machines. His goal is to keep publishing blueprints until every gun design on Earth is available to anyone online.

Wilson defended his drive to distribute the plans for 3D-printed guns as bolstering the second amendment. "I believe that I am championing the second amendment in the 21st century," he said. "Unquestionably, it's good for the future — unquestionably. I think access to the firearm is a fundamental human dignity, a fundamental human right."

Watch the full interview with Cody Wilson on "CBS This Morning," Wednesday, Aug. 1, 7:00-9:00 a.m. ET.

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BIO ON CODY WILSON. HAVING READ THIS, I HAVE TO SAY THAT IN MY POP PSYCH WAY, WHILE HE’S VERY INTELLIGENT, HE ALSO IS AMORAL, AND DEFINITELY NOT A “NICE GUY,” IN SHORT, HE IS PROBABLY A SOCIOPATH. SEE BELOW ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION “HATREON.” I’M GLAD THAT THIS KIND OF INTELLIGENCE WITHOUT EMPATHY ISN’T DOMINANT, THOUGH IT IS COMMONPLACE. PEOPLE WITH NO WARMTH IN THEM ARE SUBHUMAN IN MY VIEW, THOUGH THEY PROBABLY SEE THEMSELVES AS BEING SUPERHUMAN INSTEAD. A HUGE EGO ALWAYS GOES ALONG WITH THAT MIX OF CHARACTERISTICS. AN INTERVIEWER ASKED HIM ON CAMERA WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE SANDY HOOK MASSACRE. HE THOUGHT A FEW SECONDS AND THEN SAID, “I REJECT THE QUESTION.”

WE REALLY NEED TO TIGHTEN OUR LANGUAGE IN THE CONSTITUTION ON THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND THIS CASE ISN'T THE ONLY SITUATION I'VE SEEN. SPEECH IS NOT HARMLESS, NOR IS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, AND SPEECH WHICH HAS PHYSICAL CONSEQUENCES IS NOT ACCEPTABLE, AT LEAST TO ME. THE PATENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST A HUNDRED YEARS, BUT IF AN ACTION IS HARMFUL, IT NEEDS TO BE PROHIBITED AND FIRMLY. WE ARE SO FOND OF THE LETTER OF THE LAW THAT WE FORGET ABOUT AN INTELLIGENT, FAIR AND HONEST APPLICATION OF THE LAW. PART OF THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT MANY, MANY LAWYERS MAKE THEIR FORTUNES ON DEFENDING INDEFENSIBLE BUSINESS PRACTICES. THAT'S WHAT BEING A CORPORATE LAWYER IS ABOUT.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody_Wilson
Cody Wilson
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cody Rutledge Wilson (born January 31, 1988) is an American crypto-anarchist,[1][2] free-market anarchist, and gun-rights activist,[3] best known as a founder/director of Defense Distributed, a non-profit organization that develops and publishes open source gun designs, so-called "wiki weapons", suitable for 3D printing and digital manufacture.[4][5] He is a co-founder of the Dark Wallet bitcoin storage technology.[6]

Defense Distributed gained international notoriety in 2013 when it published plans online for the Liberator, a functioning pistol that could be reproduced with a 3D printer,[7][8][9] allowing it to pass through metal detectors without detection.[10]

Wired Magazine's "Danger Room" named Wilson On subversion and resistance
During a January 2013 interview with Glenn Beck on the nature of and motivations behind his effort to develop and share gun 3D printable files Wilson offered:

"That's a real political act, giving you a magazine, telling you that it will never be taken away. ... That's real politics. That's radical equality. That's what I believe in. ... I'm just resisting. What am I resisting? I don't know, the collectivization of manufacture? The institutionalization of the human psyche? I'm not sure. But I can tell you one thing: this is a symbol of irreversibility. They can never eradicate the gun from the earth."[45]

Journalist Brian Doherty of Reason described Wilson as "more than just a gun guy", adding that Wilson may be "right about how it has to end: the people will have the power."[46]one of "The 15 Most Dangerous People in the World" in 2012.[11][12] In 2015 and 2017 Wired named Wilson one of the five most dangerous people on the Internet.[13][14]


Born Cody Rutledge Wilson
January 31, 1988 (age 30)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Residence Austin, Texas
Nationality American
Alma mater University of Central Arkansas (B.A., 2010)
Occupation Director of Defense Distributed
Known for Defense Distributed

Defense Distributed

In 2012, Wilson and associates at Defense Distributed initiated the Wiki Weapon Project to raise funds for designing and releasing the files for a 3D printable gun.[19] Wilson is, to date, the only spokesperson on behalf of the organization, of which he describes himself as "co-founder" and "director".[20][21]

Learning of his organization's plans, manufacturer Stratasys threatened legal action and demanded the return of a 3D printer it had leased to Wilson.[20] On September 26, 2012, before the printer was assembled for use, Wilson received an email from Stratasys suggesting he was using the printer "for illegal purposes".[20] Stratasys immediately cancelled its lease with Wilson and sent a team to confiscate the printer the next day.[20][22]

While visiting the ATF enforcement office in Austin to inquire about legalities related to his project, Wilson was subsequently interrogated by the officers there.[20] Six months later, he was issued a Federal Firearms License (FFL) to manufacture and deal.[23]

In May 2013, Wilson successfully test-fired a pistol, called "the Liberator", reportedly made by a Stratasys Dimension series 3D printer bought on eBay.[24] After test firing, Wilson released the blueprints of the gun's design online through a Defense Distributed website named DEFCAD.[25] The State Department Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance then demanded that he remove the files, threatening prosecution for violations of the ITAR.[26]

On May 6, 2015, Defense Distributed and the gun rights group the Second Amendment Foundation filed a lawsuit against the State Department claiming a violation of their first amendment rights to free speech.[27] On July 10, 2018, it was reported that he won his lawsuit and is furthering work on DEFCAD.[28]

Dark Wallet

In 2013, Wilson, along with Amir Taaki, began work on a Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet called 'Dark Wallet',[17][29][30] a project by which he plans to help anonymize financial transactions. He appeared in support of the 'Dark Wallet' project at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas in 2014, speaking to publications such as ReasonTV.[31]

Bitcoin Foundation

On U.S. election day, November 4, 2014, Wilson announced in an interview that he would stand for election to a seat on the Board of Directors of the Bitcoin Foundation, with "the sole purpose of destroying the Foundation." And Wilson stated: "I will run on a platform of the complete dissolution of the Bitcoin Foundation and will begin and end every single one of my public statements with that message."[32]

Hatreon

In 2017, Wilson launched Hatreon, a crowdfunding site that provides crowdfunding and payment services for groups and individuals who have been banned from crowdfunders such as Kickstarter, Patreon, PayPal, and Stripe.[10] It is notable for featuring controversial alt-right personalities Andrew Anglin and Richard Spencer.[33] [34][35][10] Wilson states that Hatreon clients include "right-wing women, people of color, and transgender people", but according to Adam Popescu of Bloomberg News, "most" of the donations go to "white supremacists".[10] As of December 2017, the site reports it receives about $25,000 a month in donations, but the amount "have been doubling from month to month". Hatreon takes a 5% cut of donations.[10]

According to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, “Hatreon is very important to the financial functioning of the white supremacist movement.”[10] Another critic (Hannah Shearer, staff attorney at the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence) claims that Hatreon users are inciting violence contrary to Hatreon’s terms of service which forbid illegal activity.[10]

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On American gun politics
Asked during an interview with Popular Science if the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting had affected his thinking or plans in any way, Wilson responded:

"... understanding that rights and civil liberties are something that we protect is also understanding that they have consequences that are also protected, or tolerated. The exercise of civil liberties is antithetical to the idea of a completely totalizing state. That's just the way it is."[18]

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On subversion and resistance
During a January 2013 interview with Glenn Beck on the nature of and motivations behind his effort to develop and share gun 3D printable files Wilson offered:

"That's a real political act, giving you a magazine, telling you that it will never be taken away. ... That's real politics. That's radical equality. That's what I believe in. ... I'm just resisting. What am I resisting? I don't know, the collectivization of manufacture? The institutionalization of the human psyche? I'm not sure. But I can tell you one thing: this is a symbol of irreversibility. They can never eradicate the gun from the earth."[45]

Journalist Brian Doherty of Reason described Wilson as "more than just a gun guy", adding that Wilson may be "right about how it has to end: the people will have the power."[46]



THIS IS ANOTHER WONDERFUL OUTCOME OF A HORRIBLE EVENT. THANKS BE.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/durango-plane-crash-aeromexico-live-updates-today-2018-07-31/
CBS/AP July 31, 2018, 6:03 PM
Durango plane crash: All 101 people on board survived, governor says

MEXICO CITY — An Aeromexico airliner crashed after taking off in the northern state of Durango on Tuesday, a federal official confirmed. The governer of Durango said there were no deaths.

An airline official told Mexican television the plane had 97 passengers and four crew members on board. Reuters reported a Durango civil protection spokesman said there were 80 people injured. A health ministry spokesman told Reuters told people were in critical condition.

The civil defense office of Durango state said the plane landed in a field near the airport for the state capital, also named Durango. The agency published photos of a smoking but seemingly relatively intact plane lying on its belly in a field. Lines of ambulances were waiting at the accident site.

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Gerardo Ruiz Eparza, head of Mexico's Transport Department, said that "the plane fell upon takeoff." The flight covers the route between Mexico City and Durango.

A reporter for the news outlet Milenio said some passengers had survived and walked to a highway to seek help.

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MADDOW

Kochs stand up to Trump trade policy, seizing of Republican reins
Leigh Ann Caldwell, Capitol Hill reporter for NBC News, talks with Ari Melber about the Koch Brothers resisting Donald Trump's control of the Republican Party, and particularly his trade policy, heading into the 2018 midterm elections.
Jul.30.2018


Public evidence suggests Mueller able to bring conspiracy charge
Chuck Rosenberg, former U.S. attorney, and Jeremy Bash, former CIA chief of staff, talk with Nicolle Wallace about the legal meaning of conspiracy and why they think, based on the evidence made public so far, that Robert Mueller has enough to charge someone with conspiracy.
Jul.31.2018


Facebook still being used to stoke racial animus, split Americans
Kara Swisher, executive editor of Recode, talks with Nicolle Wallace about Facebook's announcement that it has found more "bad actors" using its platform to try to divide Americans against each other, and the problems Facebook is having policing its own platform for this kind of material.
Jul.31.2018


Schmidt: Trump ignorant, naive, and a fool on the world stage
Political strategist and former Republican, Steve Schmidt, discusses Iran's rejection of Trump's overtures as North Korea humiliates Trump with the continued construction, according to U.S. intelligence, of missiles capable of reaching the United States.
Jul.31.2018


Manafort tries passing the buck as trial's opening defense
Joyce Vance, former U.S. attorney, discusses the first day of the criminal trial of Donald Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort, who appears to intend to blame his associates, including Rick Gates, for the trouble he is in.
Jul.31.2018