In Brief
The Detroit Free Press reports: “The FBI is now investigating the contamination of Flint’s drinking water, a man-made public health catastrophe, which has left an unknown number of Flint children and other residents poisoned by lead and resulted in state and federal emergency declarations.”
Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley plans to drop out of the Democratic presidential race after faring poorly in the Iowa Democratic caucuses, multiple mass media outlets are reporting. O’Malley, who trailed far behind Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in polling, was hoping to get a boost out of Iowa, but in most caucus locations, he isn’t even surpassing the viability threshold.
The campaign of Bernie Sanders for President announced today that it succeeded in raising $20 million during the first month of 2016, an impressive sum that suggests Bernie will have staying power beyond the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.
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The City of Seattle is suing megacorporation Monsanto for damages over the contamination of the Duwamish River, which became polluted with toxic chemicals due to the company’s manufacture of PCBs. Monsanto’s predictable response to the lawsuit has been to deny that it is responsible. In Monstanto’s world, accountability simply doesn’t exist.
“With Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz battling for the Republican nomination, two powerful factions of their party are now clashing over the question: Which man is more dangerous?” reports The New York Times’ Jonathan Martin.
Several of the ringleaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were taken into custody and one was killed after they were stopped by police near Burns, Oregon, authorities have acknowledged. The deceased man is said to be Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, who acted as a spokesman for the group and reportedly resisted arrest. Among those taken into custody were the Bundy brothers, Ammon and Ryan.
“Pam Roach has been kicked off a legislative task force on human trafficking after complaints that she belittled and verbally abused victims of sex trafficking at a meeting last month,” The Seattle Times reports.