Chelsea Manning's Attorneys: Obama's Commutation Will Help Save Life of Jailed Army Whistleblower | Daily Digest 01/18/2017

Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Independence Activist & Scahill: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump & More Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Wednesday, January 18, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Chelsea Manning's Attorneys: Obama's Commutation Will Help Save Life of Jailed Army Whistleblower In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners and pardoned 64 individuals on Tuesday. The list included Army ... Read More → Oscar López Rivera to Be Freed as Obama Commutes Sentence of Puerto Rican Independence Activist On Tuesday, President Obama also commuted the sentence of longtime Puerto Rican independence activist Oscar López Rivera, who has been imprisoned ... Read More → Scahill: Blackwater Founder Erik Prince, the Brother of Betsy DeVos, Is Secretly Advising Trump The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill has revealed Betsy DeVos's brother, Erik Prince, the founder of the mercenary firm Blackwater, has been quietly advising ... Read More → Activists Call on Obama to Pardon Leonard Peltier, Warning He'll Die in Prison Otherwise While President Obama shortened the sentences of Oscar López Rivera and Chelsea Manning and 207 other prisoners, Obama took no action on 71-year-old ... Read More → Jeremy Scahill: Did Education Nominee Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Ties to Anti-LGBT Foundation? On Tuesday, education secretary nominee Betsy DeVos faced intense questioning by Democratic senators during her confirmation hearing. DeVos is a longtime ... Read More → Jeremy Scahill on Obama's Commutation of Chelsea Manning & Continued Demonization of Edward Snowden While President Obama has commuted the sentence of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, the administration has indicated it has no plans to pardon ... Read More → Headlines → Obama Commutes Sentences of Chelsea Manning & Oscar López Rivera Obama Commutes Sentence of General James Cartwright Activists Continue Calling for Freedom for Leonard Peltier Did Betsy DeVos Lie to Senate About Her Involvement in Family Foundation? Trump Interior Pick Ryan Zinke Says He'd Review Reversing Ban on Arctic Drilling Report: 18 Million Could Lose Healthcare If Obamacare Is Repealed Nearly 60 Congressmembers Will Not Attend Trump Inauguration Woman Sues Trump for Defamation, After Accusing Trump of Sexual Assault Russian President Putin Defends Trump Against Sex Video Claims Trump on Tillerson: "He Goes into a Country, Takes the Oil, Goes into Another Country…" Nigerian Military Bombs Refugee Camp, Killing Dozens North Dakota Pushes Bill to Protect Drivers Who Accidentally Hit Water Protectors Activists Arrested Resisting Pipelines in Texas, Tennessee & Florida NYC: Activists Launch Encampment Outside Goldman Sachs Headquarters Mexico: Indigenous Environmental Leader Isidro Baldenegro López Assassinated Forward this email → Donate today → Follow SPECIAL BROADCASTS WATCH: Live coverage of the Inauguration and the Women's March, Jan 20 & 21 LAST TICKETS TO 2017 PEACE BALL Featuring musical performances by Solange and Esperanza Spalding WEB EXCLUSIVE Government Sachs: Protesters Decry Financial Giant Swamping Incoming Trump Administration WEB EXCLUSIVE Was Rep. Ryan Zinke, Trump's Interior Secretary Pick, Caught in "Pattern of Fraud" at SEAL Team 6? SPEAKING EVENT 1/19 Washington, DC 1/22 Park City, UT COLUMN 30 years later, the Senate should reject Jeff Sessions again 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License