Light News Dump

Octopus farming is ‘unethical and a threat to the food chain’: Mass-breeding of the highly intelligent creatures is ecologically unjustified, a new study says
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/may/12/octopus-farming-unethical-and-threat-to-food-chain

Drugmakers inflated prices over 1,000% and 45 states and D.C. are now suing
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/11/us-states-accuse-teva-and-other-drugmakers-of-colluding-to-inflate-prices-over-1000percent.html

Leaked Documents Allege the NRA Has Been Spending $100,000 a Day on Lawyers
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/nra-leaked-documents-oliver-north-spending.html

Koch-Funded Groups Still Begging Congress to Kill the Electric Car Tax Credithttps://www.desmogblog.com/2019/05/09/koch-funded-groups-still-begging-congress-kill-electric-car-tax-credit

Trump and Republicans are blocking more than 20 separate Democratic probes in an all-out war with Congress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-and-his-allies-are-blocking-more-than-20-separate-democratic-probes-in-an-all-out-war-with-congress/2019/05/11/4d972274-733a-11e9-9eb4-0828f5389013_story.html

Russia and far right spreading disinformation ahead of EU elections, investigators say 'The goal here is bigger than any one election. It is to constantly divide, increase distrust and undermine our faith in institutions and democracy itself'
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/eu-elections-latest-russia-far-right-interference-fake-news-meddling-a8910311.html

Revenge of the Coastal Elites — How California, Oregon and Washington are winning the fight against Trump’s hateful policies
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/10/opinion/trump-california.html

Republicans refuse to join plastic waste agreement signed by 187 countries
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/443251-187-countries-not-us-sign-plastic-waste-agreement
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/un-plastic-waste-pact-gets-approved-but-not-by-united-states/11105140

Cuban Immigrants Are Being Illegally Deported
https://www.npr.org/2019/05/11/722201692/cuban-immigrants-were-given-a-haven-in-the-u-s-now-theyre-being-deported

$26 a month: Ethiopians are being paid world's lowest wages to make your Calvin Kleins
https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/ethiopian-garment-workers-are-being-paid-worlds-lowest-wages/11098232

In Middle of Nuclear Standoff, U.S. Seizes North Korean Cargo Ship Illicitly Exporting Coal
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/05/u-s-seizes-north-korean-cargo-ship-illicitly-exporting-coal-sanctions-violation.html

Taniel
‏Verified account @Taniel
12h12 hours ago
O'Rourke, Hickenlooper, Bullock, and Castro, who could run for Senate against GOP incumbents (in TX/CO/MT/TX) but are running for president instead, are polling at 2%, 1%, 0%, and 0%.
https://twitter.com/Taniel/status/1127457721475792896

Molly Prince
‏Verified account @mollyfprince
INCREDIBLE: @RashidaTlaib uses historical inaccuracies to explain why "the tragedy of the Holocaust" gives her a "calming feeling"
https://twitter.com/mollyfprince/status/1127646251556773889