Extra, Extra
Psych Path: “Acadia has lured patients into its facilities and held them against their will, even when detaining them was not medically necessary.” NYT (Gift Article): How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients. “Acadia has exaggerated patients’ symptoms. It has tweaked medication dosages, then claimed patients needed to stay longer because of the adjustment. And it has argued that patients are not well enough to leave because they did not finish a meal. Unless the patients or their families hire lawyers, Acadia often holds them until their insurance runs out.”
+ More Putin Mayhem: “At least 51 people were killed and more than 200 injured Tuesday in a Russian missile strike on a military training facility and nearby hospital in central Ukraine.”
+ Sleeping with the Enemy: “Her husband of 50 years, Dominique Pelicot, had been crushing sleeping pills into her food and drink to put her into a deep sleep, the police said, and then raping her. He had ushered dozens of men into her home to film them raping her, too, they said, in abuse that lasted nearly a decade.” Like the crimes, the case has been going on for years. NYT (Gift Article): France Confronts Horror of Rape and Drugging Case as 51 Men Go on Trial. “She had no memory of being raped, by him or the other men, only one of whom she recognized, she told the police, as a neighbor in town.”
+ Coming to America: “While there was aggression from both sides, the most extreme violence was instigated by pro-CCP activists and carried out by coordinated groups of young men embedded among them, verified videos show. Anti-Xi protesters were attacked with extended flagpoles and chemical spray, punched, kicked and had fistfuls of sand thrown in their faces.” These tactics deployed by the Chinese government may not surprise you. Until you realize that they were deployed in the US. WaPo: How China extended its repression into an American city. And from Semafor: New York governor’s former aide accused of being a Chinese government agent.
+ Very Fine Candidates on Both Sides: “Editors and reporters, with a few exceptions, really don’t see the problem as they normalize Trump. Nor do they appear to listen to valid criticism. They may not even be aware of it, or may think, ‘well, when both sides are mad at us, we must be doing it right.’ Maybe they simply fear being labeled liberal.” It’s truly incredible and incredibly upsetting that top trusted media sources continue to treat this like just another election between two candidates who have opposing policy views. Margaret Sullivan has been sounding the alarm for a long time. An ugly case of ‘false balance’ in the New York Times.
+ Brothers: “The night before their youngest sister’s wedding, two brothers and soon-to-be groomsmen from a tight-knit hockey family rode their bikes down a county road not far from their southern New Jersey hometown. Instead of celebrating this weekend, their family now has two funerals to plan as the sports world mourns.” A tight-knit hockey family planned to celebrate with loved ones. Instead, they’re planning two funerals.
+ Dot Plot: An Iranian writer is sentenced to 12 years after tweeting a dot at the supreme leader.
