Fourth of July Links

The Verge: Google tries to calm controversy over app developers having access to your Gmail

Truthdig: How much all-seeing AI surveillance is too much?

Reason: Ignore the salaciousness of the Ali Watkins affair. The real story is feds spying on a New York Times reporter.

The American Conservative: Another Saudi coalition wedding massacre in Yemen

Mises: Why the Supreme Court does what the Pentagon wants

Activist Post: Police union calls for banning of high school books because they mention police brutality

Military Times: Immigrant kids could outnumber troops 4-1 at Texas Air Force base

Mint Press News: Amazon’s fusion with the State shows neoliberalism’s drift into neofascism Ed: Yes it’s bad, but is it really a surprise? By all means, be outraged. But surprised?

FEE: What if we treated public schools as monopolies?

Scott Horton Show: The Founding Fathers never intended a secret police

Talking Drugs: As the US spent $8 billion on the Afghanistan drug war, opium production soared by 164%

Scenes from the psychedelic renaissance: OZY: Do magic mushrooms work better than Prozac? She aims to find out.

Author: S. Smith