JUNE 11 THROUGH 21
Weekend
of June 21-23, 2019
Weekend
Read: Loaded - A Disarming History of the Second Amendment - by
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz. .... a deeply researched—and deeply disturbing—history
of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the
country to the present. As historian and educator Dunbar-Ortiz explains, in order
to understand the current obstacles to gun control, we must understand the history
of U.S. guns, from their role in the "settling of America" and the early
formation of the new nation, and continuing up to the present. City
Lights 
Interview
with Dunbar-Ortiz by Robert Sheer on TruthDig
Let’s
Shut Down the Authoritarian Machine. TruthOut/Giroux
Donald
Trump, Iran, and the Gulf of Tonkin Redux. Intercept
Robert
Reich: The GOP Is the Most Corrupt Party in Living Memory. TruthDig/Reich
'Joints
Will Be Separated': Revealing Gruesome New Details of Khashoggi Murder, UN Report
Says 'Inconceivable' Crown Prince Not Involved. ... "Evidence points to the
15-person mission to execute Mr. Khashoggi requiring significant government coordination,
resources, and finances." Intercept
Bosses
pocket Trump tax windfall as workers see job promises vanish. ... AT&T, General
Motors and Wells Fargo vowed to use tax cuts to create jobs. In fact, they did
the opposite. Guardian
'We
Have to Fight Back': Progressives Call for Mobilization as Koch Brothers Open
Their Pockets to Protect Corporate Democrats. ... "While we might not have
millions of dollars from fossil fuel barons or wealthy elites, we have thousands
of grassroots activists who are motivated by the vision of a just future for all."
CommonDreams
New
York Times cartoon ban leads to a world where we say nothing at all. ... In a
world where political cartoonists are routinely jailed, the paper should show
more courage. Guardian
Glenn
Greenwald, Intercept Brasil staff threatened after publishing corruption investigation.
CPJ
How
Biblical ‘Chosenness’ Has Justified Violence, Misogyny, and Anti-Immigrant
Sentiment. Rewire
Deepfake
Videos And The Threat Of Not Knowing What’s Real. ... The rapid spread of
technology that can essentially bend our digital reality has alarmed experts worldwide.
HuffPost
Mitch
McConnell Calls Puerto Rican Statehood ‘Full-Bore Socialism’. ... Yet
his own Republican Party’s platform endorses “the right of the US citizens
of Puerto Rico to be admitted to the Union as a fully sovereign state.” The
Nation
JUNE
19, 2019
How
corporate forces are lobbying for a coup in Venezuela. ... A video report on the
forces behind the Venezuelan regime change lobby in Washington, DC and the campaign
of disinformation the opposition and its US backers have waged to gin up support
for sanctions and even military intervention.
Gray
Zone
In Israel, With Netanyahu at Her Side, Miriam Adelson Places Her Bet for 2024
– if Not Sooner. ... Increasingly involved in politics and now the richest
person in Israel, Sheldon Adelson’s wife has always been keen to support
pro-Israel Republicans, and none fit that bill better than Nikki Haley. Haaretz
Israel
Announces Golan Heights Settlement To Be Named After Trump. ... Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu unveiled a sign Sunday calling a settlement in the
disputed Golan Heights territory “Trump Heights.” HuffPost
Straight
to Wall Street Fundraiser After Leaving Poor People's Forum, Biden Tells Fat Cat
Donors: 'You Guys Are Great'. ... Billionaire Trump backer was among those solicited
by the 2020 Democratic candidate. CommonDreams
Top
scientist slams OPCW leadership for repressing dissenting report on Syria gas
attack... MIT rocket scientist Theodore Postol has accused the OPCW leadership
of overseeing “compromised reporting” and ignoring evidence that challenged
claims that the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack in Douma. Gray
Zone
China
Bans The Intercept and Other News Sites in “Censorship Black Friday”.
Intercept
Where
does your plastic go? Global investigation reveals America's dirty secret. ...
A Guardian report from 11 countries tracks how US waste makes its way across the
world – and overwhelms the poorest nations. Guardian
Corporate
Media Enable Industry War Against Medicare for All. TruthOut
Global
heating to inflict more droughts on Africa as well as floods. ... New
UK research predicts extremes of weather will hit food production.
Guardian
JUNE
19, 2019
Julian
Assange Indictment “Criminalizes the News Gathering Process,” Says Pentagon
Papers Lawyer. DemocracyNow
The
Coming Show Trial of Julian Assange. TruthDig/Hedges
'If
This Is True, They Are Even Bigger Lunatics Than We Realized': UN Officials Reportedly
Believe Trump Planning 'Massive' Bombing Campaign in Iran. ... "There would
be no going back from this. There's no such thing as a 'one and done' military
strike on Iran." CommonDreams
'Everything
You Need to Know': With Warren and Sanders Not an Option, Wall St. Abuzz Over
Biden, Harris, & Buttigieg. CommonDreams
CLICK
BAIT Huckabee
Sanders Tells Colleagues She’s Taking Temporary Post As Google CEO Before
Transitioning Into Full-Time Role As Sultan Of Brunei. >
Go Bleeding
John Bolton Stumbles Into Capitol Building Claiming That Iran Shot Him. >
Go Pence
Visits Conversion Therapist For Routine Gay-Preventative Checkup. >
Go |
Ivanka
Trump and Jared Kushner made as much as $135m last year. ... In their second year
as White House aides, couple took in funds from real estate holdings, stocks,
and a book deal. Guardian
Is
Netanyahu Grooming His Son to Succeed Him as His Leadership Spins Out of Control?
... Netanyahu may not get another chance to form a government ¦ The only
voice of reason in the Prime Minister's Office quits.Haaretz
US
Attacks Russia’s Power Grid; Trump Kept in Dark. ... 'The question now is
whether placing the equivalent of land mines in a foreign power network is the
right way to deter Russia' CommonDreams
Remember
the Vincennes? The US’s Long History of Provoking Iran. CounterPunch
How
the Trump administration tried to weaponize ICE against Democrats. ... White House
raised the idea of releasing detained immigrants into Democratic opponents' constituents.
Salon
JUNE
18, 2019
The
Broader View Reveals the Ugliest of Prospects. ... Standing back a little and
surveying the events of the last couple of weeks, gives a bleak view of the current
state of western democracy.
Craig
Murray
The
Trump administration is waging a quiet war on education. ... The Trump/DeVos vision
of American education? Unshackle the rich and let them turn a profit at the expense
of working-class students. Guardian
An
Iranian Activist Wrote Dozens of Articles for Right-Wing Outlets. But Is He a
Real Person? Intercept
Ola
Bini Was Friends with Julian Assange. He Has Spent Two Months in Jail Without
Charge in Ecuador. DemocracyNow
Tom
Paine, Christianity, and Modern Psychiatry. CounterPunch
Remember
the Vincennes? The US’s Long History of Provoking Iran. CounterPunch
Mexico
Made Refugee Concessions Months Before Trump Tariff Threats, DHS Documents Say.
Intercept
New
Strategy Fuels Global Demand For More New Bombers. Aviation
Week
As
San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris’s Office Stopped Cooperating
With Victims of Catholic Church Child Abuse. Intercept
‘The
US Has No Real Moral Authority to Talk About Freedoms’. ... CounterSpin interview
with Netfa Freeman on Cuba sanctions. FAIR
Interior
Department’s coal reboot ignores tribes and curtails public input. ... The
Obama administration wanted to rethink coal leasing; now, Trump is rushing forward.
HCN
The
Wall Street Journal's Disgraceful Defense of Gina Haspel TruthDig
Meet
the Animal Rights Activists Facing Prison Time for Rescuing Ducks, Piglets from
Factory Farms. DemocracyNow
JUNE
17, 2019
Lies
Liberals Tell Themselves About the Second Amendment. ... TruthDig
Welcome
to Trump's Corrupt State – the Star Wars cantina of world politics. ... The
administration and the Republican party are nests of lobbyists and con artists
who make Greedo look like a saint.
Guardian
TANKER
ATTACK Vijay
Prashad: U.S. Rushes to Blame Iran for Tanker Attacks as Much of World Pushes
for Diplomacy. DemocracyNow
Oman
Attack: Iran Is the Immediate, but Unlikely, Suspect. Haaretz
US
gov narrative blaming Iran for oil tanker attacks falls apart in hours. ... The
Trump administration’s claims Iran attacked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman
were quickly debunked, with the ship’s crew saying it “was hit by a
flying object.” But the US disrupted important Iranian diplomatic efforts
at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Gray
Zone The
Gulf of Credibility. ... I really cannot begin to fathom how stupid you would
have to be to believe that Iran would attack a Japanese oil tanker at the very
moment that the Japanese Prime Minister was sitting down to friendly, US-disapproved
talks in Tehran on economic cooperation that can help Iran survive the effects
of US economic sanctions. Craig
Murray |
Secret
Files Show How Brazil’s Elites Jailed Former President Lula and Cleared the
Way for Bolsonaro. DemocracyNow
Related:
WATCH: Glenn Greenwald Explains the Political Earthquake in Brazil Caused
by Our Ongoing Exposés. Intercept
It
Can’t Happen Here: From Buzz Windrip and Doremus Jessup to Donald Trump and
MSNBC. CounterPunch
Four
in 10 Americans prefer socialism to capitalism, poll finds. ... Axios poll reveals
55% of women aged 18-54 prefer socialism. ... Majority of men would rather live
in a capitalist country. Guardian
'Eye-Popping':
Analysis Shows Top 1% Gained $21 Trillion in Wealth Since 1989 While Bottom Half
Lost $900 Billion. ... "The top one percent owns nearly $30 trillion of assets
while the bottom half owns less than nothing." CommonDreams
The
U.S. Government’s Crusade Against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning. DemocracyNow
Say
Goodbye to the First Amendment. TruthDig
Overcrowding,
Rotten Food & Nooses: DHS Watchdog Confirms Horrific Conditions at Immigrant
Jails. DemocracyNow
WEEKEND
Of JUNE 14-16, 2019
Weekend
Read: Dark Age Ahead - by Jane Jacobs. In this indispensable book,
urban visionary Jane Jacobs argues that as agrarianism gives way to a technology-based
future, we’re at risk of cultural collapse. Jacobs—renowned author of
The Death and Life of Great American Cities and The Economy of Cities—pinpoints
five pillars of our culture that are in serious decay: community and family; higher
education; the effective practice of science; taxation, and government; and the
self-regulation of the learned professions. Tattered
Cover
'Deja
Vu' of Iraq War Lies as Mike Pompeo Blames Iran for Tanker Attack Without Single
Shred of Evidence. ... "Secretary Pompeo gives zero proof but insists that
Iran is responsible for ship attacks in Gulf of Oman. Lies, lies, and more lies
to make a case for war." CommonDreams
Is
Trump a Fascist? Well, He’s Not Hitler or Mussolini Yet, But He’s Getting
Closer. CounterPunch/Cockburn
Microsoft
and the Pentagon Are Quietly Hijacking U.S. Elections. TruthDig
Why
Won’t the Democratic Candidates Move to the Left on Foreign Policy?. Intercept
Greenwald
defiant after 'grotesque' threats over Brazil's Car Wash leaks. Yahoo
News
Bernie
Sanders Has Laid Out the Stakes of the 2020 Election: Democratic Socialism or
Barbarism. ... In a widely touted speech, Sanders explained why an unapologetic
democratic socialist vision is the only antidote to the oligarchy and authoritarianism
embodied by President Trump. In
These Times
Team
of American Hackers and Emirati Spies Discussed Attacking The Intercept. Intercept
Team
of American Hackers and Emirati Spies Discussed Attacking The Intercept. Interdept
According
to NYT, ‘Relentless Flooding’ in Midwest Just Happens. FAIR
A
Soldier's Defense of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange TruthDig
These
Parents May Never See Their Kids Again If ICE Won’t Let Them Back In The
U.S. ... The ACLU is arguing in court that parents separated from their children
and pressured into deportations deserve another shot at asylum. HuffPost
'This
Is Sick': Horror as Trump Administration Plans to Detain Migrant Children at Former
Japanese Internment Camp. ... "It feels as though history can't yell any
louder than this." CommonDreams
As
New Pipeline Battle Looms, Texas Moves Toward Criminalizing Pipeline Protest.
TruthOut
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JUNE
13, 2019
As
San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala Harris’s Office Stopped Cooperating
With Victims of Catholic Church Child Abuse. Intercept
How
Mining Corporations Plunder the Global South. TruthDig
Ur-Fascism
- by Umberto Eco. NYRoB
Canada's
Conservatives are adopting a disinformation strategy straight from Trump's playbook. Rabble
Jim
Naureckas on Bret Stephens, Paul Paz y Miño on Ecuador’s Oil Devastation.
FAIR
The
Generals Won’t Save Us From the Next War. TruthDig
Jeff
Bezos’s Corporate Takeover of Our Lives. ... How Amazon’s relentless
pursuit of profit is squeezing us all - and what we can do about it. In
These Times
Tariff
Temper Tantrum: Trump “Created a Fake Crisis & Has Announced a Fake Solution”
with Mexico. DemocracyNow
ISRAEL The
Treacherous Falsification of Palestine-Israel History. TruthOut
Doublespeak
in Israel as the United States Targets “the Left” as Traitorous.CounterPunch With
One Word, Trump's Envoy Sets Stage for Israeli Annexation of West Bank. ... Washington
distanced itself from David Friedman's comments on Israel's 'right' to annex parts
of the West Bank, but history teaches that the ambassador is a much better barometer
for which way the wind is blowing in the Oval Office. Haaretz
As
Trump Signals Support for Israel's Proposed West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and
Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit 'War Crime'. ... "That is not the
path to peace, that is the road to an endless conflict." CommonDreams
Israel
to auction prefab classrooms donated by EU to Palestinians. ... Calls for Israeli
authorities to rebuild West Bank structures confiscated by military. Guardian
Israel
Gave This Gaza Family a Five-minute Warning. Then It Bombed Its Home. ... 'How
can the Israelis remain silent? In Gaza there are people with no arms or legs,
there’s not a house without someone dead,' says Khamis Ziada, who lost everything
in an Israeli air force attack. Haaretz Alter
Egos Trump and Netanyahu, Partners in Slime, Set to Help Each Other. ... The Tweedledee
and Tweedledum of nationalist populim, the Bonnie and Clyde of the rule of law
and the Spiro Agnew and Huey Long of accountability in government will soon campaign
in tandem. Haaretz
|
JUNE
12, 2019
The
Thought Police are Coming. ... First Assange. Then Us. TruthDig/Hedges
Press
Freedom Under Attack: Australian Police Raid Network for Exposing War Crimes in
Afghanistan. DemocracyNow
Related:
Outrageous raids on journalists in Australia and elsewhere threaten press
freedom. FPF
The
Conspiracy to Discredit Brazil’s Left. ... In a paranoid age, the corroboration
provided by The Intercept's latest exposé is unusual.
The
New Republic
“We
Are Facing an Existential Crisis”: Gov. Inslee Slams DNC for Refusing to
Hold Climate Debate DemocracyNow
CLICK
BAIT New
‘Call Of Duty’ Praised For Depicting Grim, Harrowing Fun That Can Be
Had While Killing Civilians >
Go Environmental
Win! The San Diego Zoo Has Announced They Have Acquired A Big Stupid Gorilla That
Loves To Eat Plastic And Styrofoam. >
Go Cackling
Mitch McConnell Reveals To Stunned Democrats He’s Been Working Undercover
For Republican Party This Whole Time. >
Go |
Under
Trump arms deal, high-tech U.S. bombs to be built in Saudi Arabia. ... Democrats
in Congress say the administration should not hand the Saudis valuable weapons
tech given the kingdom's conduct in Yemen and its human rights record. NBC
Tariff
Temper Tantrum: Trump “Created a Fake Crisis & Has Announced a Fake Solution”
with Mexico.
DemocracyNow
All
Americans Have Blood on Their Hands.
TruthDig
Corporate
Media Have Second Thoughts About Exiling Julian Assange From Journalism. FAIR
The
populist right is forging an unholy alliance with religion. ... From Salvini to
Orbán, ethno-nationalists are hijacking religious themes to fuel their
agenda. Progressives need to fight back. Guardian
While
the World Watches Trump, It’s Missing What’s Really Going On. CounterPunch
Trump
Has a Soft Spot for American War Criminals. TruthDig
JUNE
11, 2019
Hidden
Plot - Exclusive: Brazil’s Top Prosecutors Who Indicted Lula Schemed in Secret
Messages to Prevent His Party From Winning 2018 Election. Intercept
”Why
Do British People NOT Like Trump?
World
of Wonder
Official’s
Climate Warning Blocked Because It Didn’t ‘Jibe’ With Trump’s
View: Report. ... The White House stepped in when the State Department refused
to cut comments about “potentially catastrophic” warming from an analyst’s
House testimony. HuffPost
Electoral
Politics Versus Democracy, ,,, American Party politics would be a complete farce
if the consequences weren’t so grave. Were either of the dominant Parties
to achieve 100% consensus on any issue, it would represent the views of about
18%* of eligible voters. And while a diversity of views would represent social
vitality in a functioning democracy, in the winner-take-all American system, it
represents continued rule by the oligarchs. CounterPunch
Damning
Canadian Inquiry Calls the Murder and Disappearance of Indigenous Women &
Girls Genocide. DemocracyNow
A
Vast Archive Exposed the Secret History of Kidnapping and Assassination in Guatemala.
Now It’s Under Threat.. Intercept
Venezuela’s gold fever fuels gangs and insecurity: 'There will be anarchy'.
... Puerto Ordaz has been swept up in a gold rush that powers the city as the
armed groups running the mines flourish.
Guardian
Whitewashing
War Crimes Has Become the American Way. TruthDig
Arctic
Is Thawing So Fast Scientists Are Losing Their Measuring Tools. TruthOut
GCHQ’s
Rainbow Lights: Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism. Intercept
The
Right Opens Up a New Front in the Census War: Criminal Records. Intercept
Fears
grow over 'food swamps' as drugstores outsell major grocers. ... With CVS selling
more groceries than Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s combined, researchers fear
food ‘deserts’ are becoming ‘swamps’ of processed food. Guardian
Related: (previous comments) The Missing Step. 