DEMOCRACY NOW DAILY DIGEST: James Risen: Reality Winner's Sentence Is One of the Worst Miscarriages of Justice in Recent History & Is Trump Above the Law? James Risen on Prosecuting the President & Why Press Needs to Fight Back & More 24AUG18

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Friday, August 24, 2018 democracynow.org Stories Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was "Nailed to the Door" by the Trump Admin NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison—the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking ... Read More → James Risen: Reality Winner's Sentence Is One of the Worst Miscarriages of Justice in Recent History NSA whistleblower Reality Winner was handed the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media Thursday. ... Read More → Is Trump Above the Law? James Risen on Prosecuting the President & Why Press Needs to Fight Back In the wake of President Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen's plea deal and former campaign manager Paul Manafort's guilty verdict, many are ... Read More → 17-Year-Old Helps Win Last-Minute Stay of Deportation For His Mom—Now She'll See Him Start College A Bangladeshi woman facing deportation has been granted a last-minute stay following public outcry against her removal. Salma Sikandar's deportation was ... Read More → Headlines → Yemen: 31 Reportedly Killed in U.S.-Backed Airstrikes, Including 22 Children National Enquirer Executives Had Safe Containing Dirt on Trump New York City Prosecutor Opens Criminal Probe into Trump Organization GOP Senators Give Trump Green Light to Fire AG Jeff Sessions Rep. Duncan Hunter and His Wife Plead Not Guilty to Looting Campaign Funds Prison Strike Against “Modern-Day Slavery” Spreads Nationwide NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison Hawaii: Flooding and Landslides Reported as Hurricane Lane Strikes South Africa Rejects Trump Claim of “Large Scale Killing” of Farmers Australia: Climate Change Naysayer Scott Morrison Becomes Prime Minister Gulf Refineries Seek Taxpayer Dollars to Defend Against Rising Seas Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Mulls Federal Funds to Arm Teachers Pope Francis Heads to Ireland Amid Clerical Sexual Abuse Scandals Forward this email → Donate today → Follow