Linkage

• The Kind Of Policy We Must Never Make Again (Current Affairs) Obama's "Race to the Top" education cluster f%$#.
• Undercover Police Posing As Drug Buyers Arrested By Undercover Police Posing As Drug Dealer (Disclose.tv) I recall an episode of Night Court that turned out that way.
• Do Democrats Really Want Medicare for All? (NY Mag) Dems run on single payer, then walk it back after being elected.  I wonder why voters don't believe when Democrats promise to make their lives better.
• America is falling out of love with billionaires, and it’s about time (Los Angeles Times)  Eat the rich.
• The Economic Costs and Benefits of Airbnb (Portside) Money quote, The economic costs Airbnb imposes likely outweigh the benefits."
• McKinsey & Company: Capital’s Willing Executioners (Current Affairs) Their role in Perdue Pharma's Oxycontin marketing.  Ethics, schmethics.
• Why are Democratic party thinktanks still not backing universal healthcare? (The Guardian) Because the folks paying their bills don't want it.
• Call for retraction of 400 scientific papers amid fears organs came from Chinese prisoners (The Guardian) Pretty f%$#ing horrifying.
• DuckDuckGo Warns that Google Does Not Respect 'Do Not Track' Browser Setting (Search Engine Journal) Being evil.
• We may finally see Trump’s tax returns, and Republicans are panicking (Washington Post) Pass the popcorn.
• How monopolies are contributing to inequality in the United States (Business Insider) They neglected to consider the effects of legally sanctioned monopolies like copyright and patent, which is a big part of this.

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