• Strong Evidence that U.S. Special Operations Forces Massacred Civilians in Somalia (Daily Beast) This is a feature, not a bug.
• Blackwater founder pitches plan to quell Libya migrant crisis with private police (The Guardian) My guess is that Erik Prince thinks that there is a lucrative gig guarding the recently emerged Libyan slave market.
• Report: Wells Fargo may face more federal sanctions over insurance, mortgage practices (LA Times) Nothing to see here, move along.
• When Elites Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine (New York Times) On the Saudi elites being detained.
• How Education Reform Ate the Democratic Party (The Baffler) Notes that there very little space between Betsy Devos and education “Reform” supporters like Obama’s Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

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