08/21/18 Overnight Links

KTUL: Green the Vote president resigns after marijuana petition count controversy Ed: I disagree that his resignation is the right thing. He pursued a last-minute strategy that didn’t make much sense, and was dishonest, but his organization accomplished something amazing. I wonder how many would have called for his resignation had they surpassed the required number of signatures.

NewsOK: Not enough signatures for recreational marijuana in Oklahoma Ed: Still, Green the Vote collected over 102,000 of the 123,725 signatures needed. That is quite an achievement, and makes reaching the goal next year a virtual certainty.

Stillwater News Press: Stillwater City Council approves medical marijuana zoning

Huffington Post: ACLU: Alex Jones social media bans are ‘worrisome’

Washington Examiner: Silicon Valley bias is real, but Trump shouldn’t pursue a big gov’t fix

LA Times: Forget ICE, the real problem is Customs and Border Protection

The American Conservative: Not one more American life should be expended for Afghanistan

FEE: The pernicious impact of government intervention in healthcare, captured in one chart

Consortium News: Fifteen years of forever wars

Reason: After China complains, Apple removes thousands of ‘illegal’ gambling apps

Antiwar.com: Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery dead at 94

CNET: Google sued over tracking user location amid privacy concerns

The Week: The future of your license plate

Author: S. Smith