OCTOBER
1 THROUGH 11
 Weekend
of October 11-13, 2019 Weekend
Read: United States of Distraction: Media Manipulation in Post-Truth America
(And What We Can Do About It) - By Robert W McChesney. ... a powerful
critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance,
and divisiveness, and how we can fight back. The role of news media in a free
society is to investigate, inform, and provide a crucial check on political power.
But does it do any of these things? It’s no secret that the goal of corporate-owned
media is to increase the profits of the few, not to empower the many. As a result,
people are increasingly immersed in an information system structured to reinforce
their social biases and market to their buying preferences. Purchase from Project
Censored  Secretary
of Defense, Incorporated. TruthDig
| ASSANGE
UPDATE CIA
spied on Julian Assange 24/7 in Ecuadorian embassy. ... The CIA was given 24/7
video and audio surveillance of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he lived
under asylum at the Ecuador’s embassy in London. A former Ecuadorian diplomat
responds to the news. Gray
Zone CIA
Spying Against Julian Assange Is Latest Revelation In Years-Long Campaign. ShadowProof
Director
of Spanish security company that spied on Julian Assange arrested. ... The owner
of UC Global, David Morales, was detained in August and has since been released
on bail. He is facing offenses related to violating the privacy of the WikiLeaks
founder and passing the information on to the United States’ intelligence
services. El
Pais Journalists
Who Visited Julian Assange Targeted By Company Spying On CIA’s Behalf. ShadowProof
| Iraq
Protests: Death Toll Soars as Militias Target Protesters. CounterPunch/Cockburn
WaPo
Goes After Warren With a Posse of Centrist Sources. FAIR
Robert
Reich: A Centrist Cannot Win in 2020 TruthDig
Whistleblower
Explains How Cambridge Analytica Helped Fuel U.S. 'Insurgency' NPR
Khashoggi’s
Murder Should Have Made Saudi Arabia A Pariah. 7 Men Made Sure That Didn’t
Happen.
HuffPost
Justice
for Kaysera: Native Teen’s Mysterious Death Highlights Epidemic of Murdered
Indigenous Women. DemocracyNow
Donald
Trump’s Iran Humiliation. TruthDig
Joe
Biden’s Family Has Been Cashing in on His Career for Decades. Democrats Need
to Acknowledge That.
Intercept
The
Anatomy of MSNBC. ... More than any other media outlet, MSNBC embodies the politics
and sensibility of Trump-era liberalism. But the network that many call the “liberal
Fox News” wasn’t always liberal. Jacobin
Blatant
Case of Torture Exposes Israeli Occupation Methods. ... Twenty years after the
Israeli High Court ruled against the use of torture, the law allows the secret
police to continue to use it. Human rights groups warn that these circumstances
are frequently evoked in cases like that of Samer Al-Arbid, who was almost tortured
to death.
TRNN
Workers
Stuck 'Paying the Ultimate Price' as GE Freezes Pensions for 20,000 Employees.
... "GE hired a new CEO last year with a pay package worth up to $300 million."
CommonDreams
Trump’s
Attacks on the Press Fuel Harassment of Journalists at th Border. Intercept
Murdoch-Funded
Anti-Gerrymandering Group Hired Lobbyists with a History of Gerrymandering. Intercept
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October
10, 2019 Any
wonder Hunter Biden need a $50K a month "job" where he didn't have to
show up. Kathleen Biden filed for divorce saying Hunt er was "spending extravagantly
on his own interests including drugs, alcohol, prostitutes, strip clubs, and gifts
for women with whom he has sexual relations.” Cracking
Wise: Trump called on China to investigate Hunter Biden’s activities in securing
Chinese money for a venture called Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management
Co. Go for it. But while they’re at it, Chinese prosecutors might also want
to dig into how Ivanka Trump won approval from the Chinese government for 16 new
trademarks (including for voting machines) in the midst of her father’s trade
war with China. - Jeffrey St. Clair
The ‘Whistleblower’ Probably Isn’t. ... It’s an insult to
real whistleblowers to use the term with the Ukrainegate protagonist. Rolling
Stone
The
U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds For the Eighth Time. Intercept Betrayal
Is American Foreign Policy. TruthDig
Customs
Agent Allegedly Harassed Journalist With ‘Propaganda’ Questions At Virginia
Airport. ... The officer reportedly asked the question four times before handing
back the man’s passport. HuffPost
We
Meddle Too: Trump, Empire, and “The National Interest” CounterPunch
Israelis
were ‘saddened’ to have to kill Gaza protesters, to avert ‘bloodbath’
Mondoweis
Trump
administration detains highest number of immigrants in over 10 years. ... President
claims harsh immigration policies would deter migrants from attempting to enter.
Independent
Federal Appeals Court Issues Mixed Decision on Net Neutrality. ... The DC Circuit
Court issued a decision on net neutrality that partly favored the FCC’s effort
to abolish net neutrality, but also supported state legislation. TRNN
Elite UK
military unit secretly trained by leftist regime-change advocate Gilbert Achcar
and other academics
Government documents show scholar Gilbert Achcar and other
pro-regime change academics have given training sessions to UK Ministry of Defense
soldiers, helping the British military enhance its counter-insurgency tactics.
The
Gray Zone
How
the U.S. Military Undermines the American Economy. CounterPunch
October
9, 2019 Merging
'Loyalty to the Oil Industry' and 'Grudge Against California,' Trump Opens 725,000
Acres to Fossil Fuel Drilling. ... "Turning over these spectacular wild places
to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken Californians, harm endangered species,
and fuel climate chaos." CommonDreams
Americans
Enable Unspeakable Atrocities Every Day. TruthDig
CLICK
BAIT Obama
Upholds In-Office Tradition By Releasing 2019 Summer Kill List. >
Go Eric
Trump Accuses Don, Jr., of Being Whistle-Blower in Bid to Get Him Cut Out of Will.
>
Go Disneyland
Employee Hastily Ad-Libs Story About How Much Goofy Loves Napping On The Pavement.
>
Go Pelosi
Concerned Outspoken Progressive Flank Of Party Could Harm Democrats’ Reputation
As Ineffectual Cowards <
Go |
Pelosi
Wants to Prosecute Snowden But Protect Trump Whistleblower. TruthOut
We
need to talk about Hunter Biden. ... The growing scandal around Ukraine shows
that the gamble of a Biden nomination is big - and one Democrats would be foolish
to make. Guardian
Ocasio-Cortez
Calls Out White House Aides Reportedly 'Horrified' by Trump Conduct: 'History
Will Judge Them by What They Did. And the Answer Is Nothing'. ... "With respect
to the betrayal of our country, it doesn't matter much how these aides felt."
CommonDreams
Extremist
Group Gets a Plug from the President, Right-Wing Media Seeking to Smear AOC
Right
Wing Watch The
New York Times Called a Famous Cartoonist an Anti-Semite. Repeatedly. They Didn’t
Ask Him for Comment. CounterPunch
Documentary
Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom. TruthOut
'Unbelievable':
Snowden Calls Out Media for Failing to Press US Politicians on Inconsistent Support
of Whistleblowers. ... The comment followed a new Justice Department filing that
claims a whistleblower engaged in "thievery, not protected speech" when
llegedly leaking classified information on the U.S. drone operations.
CommonDreams
Impeachment,
Brought to You by the CIA.
CounterPunch
The
Refugee Crisis Unlike You've Ever Seen It Before
TruthDig
Cracking
Wise: Right out of Yale Law, Hunter went to work for MBNA, the big Delaware bank
his father had long been a senatorial servant of. In fact, Papa Joe was known
as “the Senator from MBNA.” MBNA’s most fervent hope was a reform
of bankruptcy laws that allowed it to squeeze every last drop of blood from its
credit card holders. Biden pushed the bill through the senate in 2005, with son
Hunter serving as a lobbyist communicated every demand from the bank. This seems
a much more pungent scandal than H Biden’s profiteering in Ukraine. Will
Warren and/or Sanders pursue? - Jeffrey St. Clair Scroll
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October
8, 2019 Time
to Rebel TruthDig/Hedges
Iraq
is in Revolt CounterPunch
Iraq
protests: Death tolls soars as pro-Iran militias accused of shooting protesters.
... 'The Iranians want to militarise the situation so it cease to be a mass movement,'
says one commentator. Independent/Cockburn
US
to let Turkish forces move into Syria, dumping Kurdish allies. ... White House
reveals policy shift, which follows conversation between Trump and Erdogan Guardian
“A
Shakespearean Act of Betrayal”: Trump Agrees to Let Turkey Invade Kurdish-Controlled
Syrian Area. DemocracyNow
White
House: Turkey To Invade Northern Syria. ... Press secretary Stephanie Grisham
says U.S. troops “will not support or be involved in the operation”
and “will no longer be in the immediate area.” HuffPost
Overthrowing
other people’s governments: The (partical) Master List. Bill
Blum Dangerous
Detention: Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison. CounterPunch
Relaying
Views of US’s Top General, Newsweek Sees No Need for Countervailing Facts.
FAIR
Shame
of the Nation: The 1% Rules and the 99% Lets Them. ... There has never been so
much but so little for the majority. CommonDreams
The
Silencing of Kashmir: Arundhati Roy on India, Modi, and Fascism. Intercept
The
Word Nobody Wanted to Say at the U.N. Climate Action Summit. TruthDig
Documentary
Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom. TruthOut
Merging
'Loyalty to the Oil Industry' and 'Grudge Against California,' Trump Opens 725,000
Acres to Fossil Fuel Drilling. ... "Turning over these spectacular wild places
to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken Californians, harm endangered species,
and fuel climate chaos." CommonDreams
Americans
Enable Unspeakable Atrocities Every Day. TruthDig
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October
7, 2019 Cracking
Wise: Lefties worried
about President Pence??? Now Pence has been caught with his pants down, we have
the specter of President Pelosi. Chose your poison wisely - if you can. What
Mike Pence does next won't just change the impeachment inquiry — it could
change American politics for decades. ... The VP and his counterparts in the Democratic
Party are at a crossroads. What they do next could make for a huge Democratic
victory — or a revered Republican hero. Independent
The ‘Whistleblower’ Probably Isn’t. ... It’s an insult to
real whistleblowers to use the term with the Ukrainegate protagonist. RollingStones
How
the U.S. Military Undermines the American Economy. CounterPunch
A
father's grief and the Made in USA bomb dropped in Yemen. ... Cluster bomb, a
type of munition invented by the Nazis to kill as many as possible (are) used
in coalition strike in Yemen. Guardian
Text
Messages Show the Trump-Zelensky Call Had Just One Goal — And It Was Anything
but Routine.
Intercept
The
Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State
Terror, While Millions Die, and How this Article was Killed.
Project
Censored 'This
Is Not What Democracy Looks Like': Outrage as London Police Use Battering Ram
to Raid Extinction Rebellion Building. ... "These tactics are very questionable
and are arguably infringing on our rights to peaceful protest, and indeed our
efforts to preserve people's right to life." CommonDreams
Military
Keynesianism Marches On. CounterPunch Neither
Democrats Nor Republicans Will Admit the Problem Is Capitalism Itself. TruthOut
We
Meddle Too: Trump, Empire, and “The National Interest” CounterPunch
The
Phony Liberalism of Bill Maher. TruthDig
Weekend
of October 4-6, 2019 Weekend
Read: The Terror of the Unforeseen - by Henry A. Giroux. In
a searing takedown of the populist authoritarian vision of America, The Terror
of the Unforeseen tackles the resurgence of fascism in the age of Donald Trump’s
presidency. Through the mendacious exchange of facts for “fake news,”
Giroux examines the language of hatred that activates neoliberal fascism, complete
with state-sanctioned racism, casino capitalism, and fear-mongering at federal
and local levels. Buy at Indie
Bound
Review:
To Defeat Fascism, We Must Dismantle Capitalism. LA
Review of Books To
Impeach or Not to Impeach? Chris Hedges & John Bonifaz Debate What Congress
Should Do Next.
DemocracyNow
Rudy
Giuliani: I Provided Documents State Department Watchdog Gave To Congress. ...
Trump’s attorney told CNN he had “routed” an “outline”
of allegations to Mike Pompeo, who told him they would “investigate it.”
HuffPost
'Be
Ready to Fight Like Hell,' Say Internet Defenders as Court Upholds FCC Repeal
of Net Neutrality. ... "Big Cable's lobbyists will use this as an excuse
to swarm Washington, D.C. The internet must come together once more to beat back
corruption and defend our online freedom." CommonDreams
Related:
Appalling Disregard for Civilians': Amnesty Investigation Details How US
Military Killed Innocent Farmers in Somalia. ... "Three civilian men died
agonizing deaths while their families are left questioning why the U.S. military
targeted and killed them."CommonDreams
I
Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Then the Right-Wing Spin Machine
Turned the Story Upside Down. Intercept/Risen
What
if the World Treated the U.S. Like a Rougue State? ... Some risky but practical
proposals to harness a superpower that has clearly lost control.HuffPost Civilian
Deaths in U.S. Wars Are Skyrocketing Under Trump. It May Not Be Impeachable, but
It’s a Crime. Intercept
Another
“smart weapon” massacre in Afghanistan this where a US drone strike
killed 30 civilians working on a pine nut farm. And you wonder why they hate us?
I’ll wager Trump got more crap for inviting (and then canceling) the Taliban
to Camp David for peace talks, than the Pentagon will ever get in the US press
for this war crime. Technotyranny:
The Iron-Fisted Authoritarianism of the Surveillance State. CounterPunch
Revealed:
anti-terror center helped police track environmental activists. ... Observers
argue efforts by the Oregon Titan Fusion Center to disseminate information about
protesters violates state law. Guardian
The
Conversations With Foreign Leaders Trump Doesn't Want Us to Hear TruthDig
In
Gaza protests, Israeli troops aim for the legs. AP
Related:
WATCH: Israeli undercover agents shoot unarmed youth at point blank range. +972
Americans
Enable Unspeakable Atrocities Every Day TruthDig
In
Media Newspeak, a ‘Peace Plan’ for Israel/Palestine Is Anything US Proposes.
FAIR
“Impunity
& Corruption”: Haiti Protesters Demand President Moïse’s Resignation
Amid Failing Economy. DemocracyNow
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October
3, 2019 It’s
official. By deploying troops and weapons to Saudi Arabia, Trump’s doing
more to protect Aramco’s oil fields, than children in US schools… The
Corruption Before Trump. ... How high-minded self-dealing paved the way for our
low-minded president. NYTimes
Senate
Urged to Reject Trump's Pick of Bush-Era Torture Advocate to Be Human Rights Official
at State Department. ... "I realize that absolutely no one in the world would
expect anything else from Trump, but still...having your human rights guy be a
supporter of torture? That's a step beyond." CommonDreams
Twitter
executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier. ... Head of editorial
for MENA is part-time officer in the 77th Brigade, an 'information warfare' unit
which has worked on 'behavioural change' projects in the region. Middle
East Eye
SNOWDEN
INTERVIEWS Private
Contractors Play Key Role in U.S. Intelligence’s “Creeping Authoritarianism”
DemocracyNow
Snowden
Reveals How He Secretly Exposed NSA Criminal Wrongdoing Without Getting Arrested.
DemocracyNow
Whistleblower
Edward Snowden on Trump, Obama & How He Ended Up in Russia to Avoid U.S. Extradition.
DemocracyNow
“Financial
Censorship Is Still Censorship”: Edward Snowden Slams Justice Dept. Lawsuit
Against Him. DemocracyNow
Snowden
in the Labyrinth - Permanent Record book review. NY
Books |
‘The
Government Can and Will Just Waive Any Rights That We Have Today’ ... In
addition to the border wall, the federal government has set up an entire system
of ultra-vigilance which can record and forensically review everything that happens
in the border area, presenting serious concerns for members of the Tohono O’odham
nation. TRNN
Beyond
Impeachment: Remove This Regime from Below. CounterPunch
The
Democratic Party Couldn't Care Less About Whistleblowers TruthDig
In
Media Newspeak, a ‘Peace Plan’ for Israel/Palestine Is Anything US Proposes,
FAIR
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October
2, 2019 Why
Warren Can’t Win. CounterPunch
Bankers
"Confirm Warren's Whole Worldview" by Saying They'll Donate to Trump
to Defeat Anti-Wall Street Senator in 2020. "Wall Street continues
to make campaign ads for Elizabeth Warren."
CommonDreams
The
Prospect of an Elizabeth Warren Nomination Should Be Very Worrying. Current
Affairs Why
Isn’t Congress Impeaching Trump for War Crimes? TruthOut
Trump
Attacked the Women of Color Who Led the Push for Impeachment. Then CNN Erased
Them.
Intercept
CLICK
BAIT Trump
Aides Investigating Whistleblower Struggling To Identify Single Person In CIA
With Moral Principles. >
Go Global
leaders announce plans to hope climate catastrophe sorts itself out. >
Go Pentagon
Awards Oscar Mayer $102 Million Contract For New Military-Grade Hot Dog With All
The Fixings >
Go |
American
History for Truthdiggers: A Once, Always and Future Empire. TruthDig
(2008)
Operation Two-Fold. CounterPunch
Trespass
near a pipeline, go to prison for 6 years? It could happen in Wisconsin. Grist
How
a Mega-Development Threatens the Last Free-Flowing River in the Southwest. ...
It is the last major, undammed desert river in the American Southwest, and it
is of major ecological importance as it hosts two-thirds of the avian diversity
in the United States, including 100 species of breeding birds and almost 300 species
of migrating birds. CounterPunch
The
Million Dollar Hoods Project MDHP
Related:
City of Inmates - Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles,
1771–1965
UNC
Press
October
1, 2019 ‘Ukraingate’
Teaches Us More About Ourselves Than Trump Or Biden. Popular
Resistance To
Joe Biden, Trump’s Potential Successor Mike Pence “Is a Decent Guy”
CounterPunch
JULIAN
ASSANGE UPDATE Spanish
security firm spied on Julian Assange for CIA ... The London Ecuadorian Embassy's
security firm has been accused of spying on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on
behalf of the CIA. The report by newspaper El Pais triggered an investigation
by Spain's Supreme Court. DW
Julian
Assange ‘subjected to every kind of torment’ in Belmarsh prison as he
awaits extradition. ... ‘The intensity of his treatment has increased over
the past year’, his father says. Independent
Spanish
security company spied on Julian Assange in London for the United States
Spain’s
High Court is investigating the director of UC Global S. L. and the activities
of his company, which had been hired to protect the Ecuadorian embassy in the
English capital. El
Pais |
There
Is Only One Superpower Left, and It’s Not the U.S. TruthDig/Scheer
Impeach
All the Presidents TruthDig
Just
as Iraq Begins to Find Peace, It Once Again Becomes the Battleground for an American
Proxy War. CounterPunch/Cockburn
Trump Has Committed a Laundry List of Impeachable Offenses. TruthDig
Oil
Lobbyists Attempt to Influence Pipeline Safety Legislation to Further Criminalize
Pipeline Protests. Intercept
US
military suicides surge to record high among active duty troops. ... The army,
navy and marines all saw the rate of suicides go up this year, with only the air
force showing a decrease. Guardian
As
Climate Crisis Threatens to Put More Homes 'Literally Underwater,' Study Warns
Big Banks Offloading Risky Mortgages Onto Taxpayers. ... "This is insane,"
commented one climate campaigner. CommonDreams
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