“Even as I write this, though, I’m not entirely sure that making these allegations more visible does any good, and whether it necessarily creates a situation where reparative justice is possible.”— Anna Merlan, jezebel.com
“R. Kelly was freed from Cook County Jail in Chicago on Saturday, where he'd been sent Wednesday after failing to pay $161,663 in child support to his ex-wife.”— Julia Reinstein, buzzfeednews.com
“Sanchez is a noted President Trump supporter, and a friend of Roger Stone. Trump is, of course, notoriously opposed to the Washington Post, which Bezos owns.”— Ella Cerón, thecut.com
“The Trump administration has waived part of the punishment for five megabanks whose affiliates were convicted and fined for manipulating global interest rates. One of the Trump administration waivers was granted to Deutsche Bank — which is owed at least $130 million by President Donald Trump and his…”— David Sirota and Josh Keefe, ibtimes.com
“In the 30-plus years that Bill and Hillary have been in the public eye, we’ve bristled at the way transparency always seems to be an inconvenience to them. They constantly want to work for the public, yet lose their shit when that same public wants accountability. We’re well beyond ‘right-wing consp…”— Ken Crossland, medium.com
“I think Hillary Clinton has operated in the upper-stratosphere of public life for so long, that I generally feel like she doesn’t quite understand the optics of everything she does. She’s obviously a very smart woman, but the cocoon of government and power seems to have skewed her perspective on wha…”— Ken Crossland, medium.com
“The State Department, noticing gaps in their files, actually sent official letters to former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton, asking for additional records. In response, Clinton and her team released 55,000 pages of emails that were relate…”— Ken Crossland, medium.com
“The constant term thrown around is that Clinton was running a secret email server, but this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Hillary Clinton’s email address was visible to anyone who received a message from her — or anyone on her staff. The idea that this was some clandestine move by Clinton to m…”— Ken Crossland, medium.com
“Classification is a strange beast in the government, and the rules aren’t exactly clear-cut. Classification, for the most part, is governed by a small set of guidelines, with human judgment being the most important criteria. The reasoning for classification doesn’t always have to be a great one— sim…”— Ken Crossland, medium.com
“Like most things bad in Hillary Clinton’s life, the email problem can be traced back to her husband, former President Bill Clinton.”— Ken Crossland, medium.com