Common Dreams:
" 'Privatize the Profit, Socialize the Mess': Abandoned Fracking Wells Left Spewing Climate-Killing Methane Nationwide. A devastating new report from the New York Times details how as fracking companies are going out of business they are leaving behind unsecured wells spewing methane and other gases into the atmosphere and paying out the same executives that drove them into bankruptcy huge bonuses—drawing condemnation from activists and climate advocates.
-->Kudos to the NYT for reporting on the mess that we are now left with. The timing could have been better, however. For years the NYT has protected the oil companies, and the politicians like Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama who championed drilling and pipelines. The NYT is also missing in action when it comes to new fracked gas plants that are springing up nationwide.
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Common Dreams:
"As Schumer Endorses Sanders Proposal to Slash Pentagon Budget by 10%, Other Senate Democrats Urged to Follow Suit.
A proposal by Sen. Bernie Sanders to slash the Pentagon budget by $74 billion gained a boost last Friday after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced his support for the amendment, potentially giving the measure needed momentum in the Democratic caucus a week before it is scheduled to receive a floor vote.
'Proud I fought alongside Sen. Sanders to ensure we vote in July on his amendment to cut $740 billion defense budget by 10% and put money into priorities like healthcare, housing, childcare in communities with 25%+ poverty—including many communities of color,' tweeted Schumer, who voted for every Pentagon budget increase proposed during the first three years of the Trump administration.
-->Amazing story, signaling a shift away from funding the Pentagon's endless wars. The NYT didn't cover it yet. MIA again?
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The Guardian UK:
"Like many major non-profits, Planned Parenthood seems more concerned with hobnobbing with the powerful, paying the CEOs of its regional chapters salaries in the mid-six figures, making symbolic gestures and coming up with a catchy slogan to sell on T-shirts than with providing care for the people who need their services. ...
For large parts of the nation, abortion is simply not accessible – logistically, financially or politically. Six states each have only one remaining clinic, meaning women there must travel extreme distances to access services. Then there are waiting limits, invasive medical tests, 'counseling' and other wastes of time they must undergo. These facts are well known in the feminist community, but they are often recited as a head-shaking 'what are you going to do?' commentary on how the pro-life movement has us on our heels."
-->Another supposedly liberal non profit that sits around and does little. The organization hasn't even endorsed Medicaid for All. Are its leaders rich, white, and disinterested in supporting services for poor women? Not a question that the NYT will tackle, being mostly comprised of rich, white, liberal reporters.
