Meet the Senior Federal Official Blowing the Whistle on Trump's Suppression of Climate Science | Daily Digest 08/08/2017

Formerly Jailed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Jeff Sessions Is Extending Obama's War on Leaks & Head of Bombed Minnesota Mosque Denounces Trump for Stoking Hate & Violence Against Somali Community Democracy Now! Daily Digest A Daily Independent Global News Hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González Tuesday, August 8, 2017 democracynow.org Stories Meet the Senior Federal Official Blowing the Whistle on Trump's Suppression of Climate Science  Is the Trump administration trying to silence government scientists from working or talking about climate change? According to news reports, as many as ... Read More → Formerly Jailed CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou: Jeff Sessions Is Extending Obama's War on Leaks Attorney General Jeff Sessions has announced that the FBI has formed a new team focused on investigating potential leaks to the press. During a press conference ... Read More → Head of Bombed Minnesota Mosque Denounces Trump for Stoking Hate & Violence Against Somali Community Governor Mark Dayton has condemned as terrorism Saturday's attack on the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minnesota. The explosive device was ... Read More → Headlines → Landmark Gov't Reports Says Impacts of Climate Change Already Being Felt in U.S. After Trump Took Office, Agriculture Dept. Told Staff Not to Use Words "Climate Change" Report: 6.5% of World's GDP Funneled into Fossil Fuel Subsidies Pentagon Weighing Plan to Bomb ISIS in Philippines Report: U.S.-Led Bombing, Artillery Strikes Kill 18 Civilians in Raqqa, Syria North Korea Blasts U.N. Sanctions, Accuses U.S. of Pushing Peninsula to War Trump's Nominee for Agriculture Dept.'s Top Scientist Called Progressives "Race Traitors" Amid Nationwide Campaign, Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez Wins Stay of Deportation Yemenis Who Won U.S. Immigration Lottery Stranded by Trump's Travel Ban Kenyan Voters Head to Polls in Presidential Election Russia: Two Members of Pussy Riot Briefly Arrested at Demonstration India: Police Arrest Medha Patkar & 11 Other Activists Fighting Sardar Sarovar Dam Climate Activists Blockade Oil Train in Vancouver, Washington Puerto Rico: Control Board to Slash Pensions & Cut Workdays Judge Clears Way for Trial Against Military Psychologists Who Designed Bush Torture Program Forward this email → Donate today → Follow WEB EXCLUSIVE Will the U.S. War in Afghanistan Ever End? A Discussion with Kathy Kelly & Jodi Vittori WEB EXCLUSIVE Las Cafeteras in Conversation & Performance on Democracy Now! WEB EXCLUSIVE Green Party's Jill Stein: Our Voting System is Wide Open for Hacking COLUMN Trump's Call for Police Brutality Is No Joke ACTION ALERT It takes seconds to vote for DN! to get @CREDOmobile donations this month. Please vote today! SPEAKING EVENT 8/12 Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK 8/21 East Hampton, NY 207 W 25th St — 11th Floor — New York, NY — 10001 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License