AUGUST
1 THROUGH 12
 AUGUST
12, 2020 Trump’s
Threat to Press Freedom Is Global. ... Conservative filmmaker Michael Pack is
a true believer in Trump’s version of a global war of ideas, as was made
evident by a recent editorial penned by the Trump loyalist. TruthOut
Related: Trump is Not Conceding: This is Happening Here. CounterPunch/Street
Kansas
Should Go F--- Itself. ... Author Thomas Frank predicted the modern culture war,
and he was right about Donald Trump, but don’t expect political leaders to
pay attention to his new book about populism. Tabbi AUGUST
19, 2020 - COVID NEWS How
the Pandemic Defeated America. ... A virus has brought the world’s most powerful
country to its knees. The
Atlantic
How
the Pandemic Defeated America: Ed Yong on How COVID-19 Humiliated Planet’s
Most Powerful Nation. DemocracyNow
Related: How the Pandemic Defeated America. ... A virus has
brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees. The
Atlantic Infectious
Disease Expert Predicts When U.S. Coronavirus Cases Will Again Explode. ... Michael
Osterholm warned a back-to-school surge in COVID-19 “will far surpass what
we saw after Memorial Day.” HuffPost
America's
PPE shortage could last years without strategic plan, experts warn. ... Hospital
officials prepare for autumn surge in Covid-19 cases. ... ‘There’s going
to be lots of shortages we haven’t thought about’ Guardian
School
In Thailand Uses Plastic Pens To Separate Students During Pandemic. ... The school
in Bangkok reopened in July with various social distancing measures in place.
HuffPost
34
Attorneys General Call to Bust Gilead’s Pharma Monopoly on COVID Treatment
Remdesivir. CounterPunch
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The
Democratic Platform Fight Shows It’s Still Obama’s Party. ... Bernie
Sanders supporters have pushed for progressive priorities in the platform, but
the Barack Obama wing of the Democratic establishment is still in the driver’s
seat. ITT
'Just
Insane': As Pandemic Rages and Hunger Soars, Trump USDA Under Fire for Blocking
Access to Food Benefits. ... "This is not the time for people who are already
vulnerable to lose their benefits." CommonDreams
Marginalized
Communities Could Be 'Shortchanged' for Decades to Come by Trump's Abrupt Change
to Census Deadline, Critics Say. ... Last week, the Trump administration shortened
the Census deadline by a month as the government scrambles to get an accurate
count amid the pandemic. CommonDreams
Wall
Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive. ... Leave a Comment
on Wall Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive. Insolvent
Wall Street banks that have been quietly bailed out again under the cover of the
Covid-19 pandemic should be public utilities. ScheerPost
After
300 Years, It’s Time To End Capitalism, Not Reform It. ... The United States
is facing multiple crises with no signs of improvement on the horizon – a
deep recession, high unemployment, millions of people soon to be displaced from
their homes, a failed healthcare system in the midst of a pandemic, the climate
crisis and more. Popular
Resistance How
Indigenous Peoples are Using Ancestral Organizing Practices to Fight Mining Corporations
and Covid-19. CounterPunch
Twitter
spreads paid US gov’t propaganda while falsely claiming it bans state media
ads. ... Twitter says it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. However,
US government propaganda organs like Voice of America’s VOA Persian pay the
social media corporation huge sums of money to spread disinformation against Iran
and other foreign adversaries. GrayZone
How
AFRICOM Is Working To Destabilize Africa. Popular
Resistance AUGUST
12, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Chris
Hedges: America’s Death March. ... Regardless of the outcome, the election
will not stop the rise of hypernationalism, crisis cults and other signs of an
empire's terminal decline. ScheerPost
Lynching
Is Not a Relic of a Jim Crow Past. It’s a Modern Form of Racial Terror. TruthOut
When
Things Feel Dire, Remember Real Change Begins at the Grassroots Level. TruthOut
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11, 2020 (2015)
The Great Unraveling. ... The ideological and physical hold of American imperial
power, buttressed by the utopian ideology of neoliberalism and global capitalism,
is unraveling. TruthDig/Hedges
The
truth is out there, somewhere. ... The tidal wave of information on the internet
concerning the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in difficulties in discerning truth
from fiction. The
Lancet AUGUST
11, 2020 EASY MONEY
It's all about cash Taxpayers
are paying for 100% of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine development. The company
told its investors that it will be charging the highest price yet for a coronavirus
vaccine, essentially forcing a COVID-battered nation buy back a vaccine developed
with its own tax dollars. Wall
Street Gets Another Bailout as Main Street Struggles to Survive. ... Insolvent
Wall Street banks that have been quietly bailed out again under the cover of the
Covid-19 pandemic should be public utilities. ScheerPost
Trump
has no problem letting billionaires profit off the pandemic. ... The president
thinks that as long as they buoy the stock market, they’re helping the US
economy – and that’s pure rubbish. Guardian/Riech
‘It’s
a Secret, a (c)(4) Is a Secret’: Dark Money Powers $60 Million Bribery Scheme
in Ohio. ... Last week, the FBI arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
and four associates in a bribery investigation over a law that sends $1 billion
from ratepayers to bail out two nuclear power plants. Sludge
Robert
Reich: How Mitch McConnell’s Republicans Are Destroying America. ... While
a lethal pandemic and economic crisis wreak havoc on working families, McConnell
and the GOP are dead set on protecting business interests and enriching the wealthy.
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War
and Pandemic Journalism: the Truth Can Disappear Fast. CounterPunch/Cockburn
'You
better watch out if Trump is reelected': Critics warn new executive orders will
'defund' Medicare and social security. ... Democrats say the president's latest
actions are 'absurdly unconstitutional' and stand to deplete funding for crucial
government programs. Independent
Trump
Blasted for Naming 'War Criminal' and Iran-Contra Convict Elliott Abrams as Iran
Envoy. ... "Elliott Abrams has made a career of lying and committing criminal
acts that have led to the death and suffering of innocent people from Guatemala
to Iraq." CommonDreams
The
Left is Now the Right. ... We laughed at the Republican busybody who couldn't
joke, declared war on dirty paintings, and peered through your bedroom window.
Now that person has switched sides, and nobody's laughing. Taibbi
The
World on Fire. Massive uncontrolled unprecedented wild fires are consuming portions
of the Amazon rainforest and several regions of the Arctic. CounterPunch
Pentagon
Nominee Questioned About Company’s Reported Ties to Khashoggi Killers. ...
Louis Bremer is on the board of a company that may have trained the Saudi team
that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Intercept
As
a plague sweeps the land, zealots see a gift from heaven. ... Extremist pastors
are using the COVID-19 pandemic to push their conservative religious ideologies.
HCN
Covid
Strengthens Ruling Class Grip on the U.S. Intercept
Video ICE
Resisted Coronavirus Testing to Avoid Releasing Detainees. ... Emails from a California
detention center show ICE limited testing because it didn’t have space to
isolate detainees. Intercept
AUGUST
11, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS Over
1,100 Policing Agencies in the U.S. Have Bought Drones Capable of Recording. TruthOut
Can
anybody truly be classified as evil or heroic? ScheerPost
Private
Company Moves to Profit From New York’s Police Reforms. ... Police departments
in New York, facing a state mandate on reform, are turning to the consulting company
Lexipol for help. Intercept
Portland
protesters set police building on fire and clash with authorities. ... Situation
declared a riot as police use flashbang munitions and smoke canisters to force
hundreds away. Guardian
Border
agents are allowed to operate 100 miles inside the US. That should worry us. ...
The agents in Portland were members of a special tactical unit with extra-legal
powers. They’ve been doing this for decades. Guardian
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AUGUST
10, 2020 Does
Trump know how government works? Here’s a hint: It involves more than issuing
executive orders. ... Trump says his executive orders, which will almost certainly
be challenged in court, “will take care of pretty much this entire (economic)
situation” facing the country. Not even close. Colorado
Sun Related: Republican senator calls Trump’s stimulus
executive order ‘unconstitutional slop’. ... Top Democrats Pelosi and
Schumer urge congressional Republicans to return to the negotiating table. MarketWatch
Postal
Service Reshuffles Leadership As Democrats Push For Answers On Delays. ... The
postmaster general offered a gloomy picture of the agency while also claiming
it is prepared for an increase in mail-in ballots in November. HuffPost
Related: 'Friday Night Massacre' at US Postal Service as Postmaster
General -- a Major Trump Donor—Ousts Top Officials CommonDreams
“The
World’s Most Dangerous Man”: Mary Trump on Her Uncle, President Trump,
& Why He Must Be Ousted. DemocracyNow
Trump
Just Admitted on Live Television He Will 'Terminate' Social Security and Medicare
If Reelected in November. ... One progressive critic called the president's promise
"a full-on declaration of war against current and future Social Security
beneficiaries." CommonDreams
ELECTION
NEWS
Trump is Not Conceding: This is Happening Here. ... Sorry, Trump’s Not Conceding
... I have been hearing liberals and lefties fantasizing that Donald Trump is
conceding the presidency to Joe Biden. CounterPunch/Street
Related: (The Coming Collapse. ... The Trump administration
did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump
is the result of a long process of political, cultural and social decay. He is
a product of our failed democracy. TruthDig
Neoliberal
Centrists and the American Left. CounterPunch
We
Deserve Better Than Trump Versus Biden. Jacobin
Corporate
Lobbyists Vote To Keep Corporate Lobbyists In the DNC. ... A measure to bar corporate
lobbyists from serving on the DNC was rejected with several corporate lobbyists
on the DNC Rules Committee voting against it. Sludge
. Trump
Now Says Mail-In Ballots Are Safe, But Only in His Home State of Florida. TruthOut
‘What
We’re Seeing Now Is Jim Crow 2.0’. ... CounterSpin interview with Carol
Anderson on voter suppression. FAIR
US
election 2020: Series of progressive candidates oust Democrat establishment figures
in primaries. ... Cori Bush is the third left-wing Democrat to defeat an incumbent
member of congress this year. Guardian
Here
Are the Billionaires Funding Trump’s Voter Suppression Lawsuits. ... Dozens
of billionaires have donated to the RNC's legal fund that is being used to fight
against expanded access to mail voting. Sludge
Voting
Rights Activist LaTosha Brown: Trump Is Hellbent on Undermining Democracy to Win
Reelection. DemocracyNow
Voting
And Elections Divide Republicans And Democrats Like Little Else. Here's Why. NPR
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India
plans to fell ancient forest to create 40 new coalfields. ...Narendra Modi’s
dream of a ‘self-reliant India’ comes at a terrible price for its indigenous
population. Guardian
Democratic
VP Candidate Susan Rice Has Made a Lot of Money on Fossil Fuel Investment. ...
Susan Rice is reportedly one of Joe Biden’s two vice presidential finalists.
She also had millions invested in fossil fuels and energy companies as recently
as 2015. Jacobin
New
Sanders Bill Would Tax 'Obscene' Pandemic Windfall of Billionaires to Fund People's
Health and Well-Being. CommonDreams
The
Coming Memepocalypse. ... Of all the things 'going viral' which ones will matter
the most? ScheerPost
GOP
Proposes Letting Fossil Fuel Firms Sue Sick Workers Seeking Compensation. Fossil
fuel firms have long argued that addressing climate change will kill jobs -- but
the main entities killing oil and gas jobs lately have been fossil fuel firms.
TruthOut
Breaking:
New York AG files suit to dissolve NRA. ... accused of the organization of illegal
conduct for diverting millions of dollars from the NRA's charitable mission to
personal use by the organization's leaders. Times
Union Related: New York AG seeks to dissolve NRA in lawsuit
accusing leaders of self-dealing, causing $64 million in losses. CNBC
Deepfakes are the most dangerous crime of the future, researchers say. ... Deepfakes
are hard to detect and could be used for a range of crimes, making them incredibly
dangerous. Independent
As
Prisons Across US Report Surge in Covid-19 Cases, Supreme Court Rules Jail Does
Not Have to Provide Basic Protections to Inmates. ... "There is no legal
principle justifying this stay. The only 'principle' animating it is the belief
of the Republican appointees to the Court that prisoners are subhuman." CommonDreams
DNC
Platform Condemns BDS But Not Israel’s Occupation of Palestine. TruthOut
Related: 'Israeli Settlers Make a Living Out of Our Suffering,”
Says Palestinian Activist. Ein al-Hilweh, north of the Jordan Valley. Although
Palestinians have been living there since before the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel
declared this space a military training area in 1993. TruthOut
AUGUST
10, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Black
Lives Matter: Resisting the Propaganda of Status Quo Defenders. CounterPunch
The
Department of Homeland Security is a rogue agency. Democrats must take action.
... The agency has been spying on protesters and journalists. Congress must force
the DHS to massively reform – or disband. Guardian
Prohibited
From Holding Police Officer to Account, Federal Judge Calls on Supreme Court to
Overturn 'Qualified Immunity' "Those
who violate the constitutional rights of our citizens must be held accountable.
When that day comes we will be one step closer to that more perfect Union."
CommonDreams
Native
Americans Win Historic Victories in U.S. High Court Rulings. CounterPunch
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WEEKEND
OF AUGUST 7-9, 2020 Weekend
Read: ‘Caste’ by Isabel Wilkerson. Explodes The Myth Of American
Exceptionalism. Seeks to reframe American racism -- and place it among a pantheon
of other brutal caste systems. Review on HuffPost
Purchase Indie
Bound
Misleaders
at a Funeral: Bill Clinton and Barack Obama Eulogizing Racial Justice in the Name
of John Lewis. CounterPunch/Street
Bolivians
Are in Revolt Against Their Illegitimate Coup Regime. ... Nine months after the
right-wing coup that ousted Bolivian president Evo Morales, elections still have
not been held and popular discontent with the coup regime is boiling over. Democracy
must be restored, no matter what the golpistas and their allies in Washington
want. Jacobin
WEEKEND
AUGUST 7-9, 2020
ENVIRONMENT 'They
just pull up everything!' Chinese fleet raises fears for Galápagos sea
life. Guardian
Australia Is
Doubling Down on Fossil Fuels. ... Australia’s response to the COVID-19 crisis
should be turning its economy away from resource extraction. Instead, it's doubling
down. Jacobin
'Has BP Just
Woken Up to the #ClimateEmergency?' Oil Giant Announces 40% Production Cut by
2030. ... Green groups say oil giant has much further to go, but announcement
marks major industry shift. CommonDreams
100 Top Economists
Call for End of Carbon Economy to Usher in 'Greener' and More Just World. ...
"We must not miss this opportunity to rebuild the economy to fulfill our
vision of a just and livable world." CommonDreams
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Trump’s
Alternative. CounterPunch
Congressional
Republicans Use COVID Relief as a Pawn in Fight for Power. April is the cruelest
month,” T.S. Eliot wrote. He was right about last April, but if the numbers
hold — and alas, there is no reason to think they won’t — the August
before us promises to leave the cruelty of springtime in deep, dark shade.TruthOut
A
Short History of How America Killed Accountability. ... The country's loss of
accountability has been coming for a long time at what, in retrospect, should
seem an alarmingly inexorable pace. ScheerPost
The
Republican Coronavirus Plan Is Sadistic. ... The GOP’s proposed coronavirus
relief legislation is grotesque -- an insult to the working class and a threat
to the lives and livelihoods of millions. The fact that Senate Republicans felt
at liberty to propose it is a telltale sign of political rot. Jacobin
The
outrage over Bill Clinton's links to Epstein exposes the hypocrisy of the rightwing
media. ... Trump’s fans were happy to overlook the president’s closeness
to the late sex offender, but now that Clinton is being associated with him they
are up in arms. Guardian
The
Big Lie versus grieving families and a dying democracy. Thom
Hartmann Down
Goes Clay: Cori Bush Knocks Off Half-Century Dynasty. ... Cori Bush’s defeat
over 19-year incumbent Rep. Lacy Clay in St. Louis, Missouri, is Justice Democrats’s
latest upset. Intercept
Related: With 'Survival of Organized Human Society' at Risk,
New Campaign Rallies Progressives to Vote Trump Out. ... "As progressives
and leftists, we are not going to minimize our disagreements with Joe Biden. But
we're also clear-eyed about where things stand. We have a moral responsibility
to defeat Trump." CommonDreams
Warnings
of 'Unconstitutional' Assault on Social Security as Trump Threatens Unilateral
Suspension of Payroll Tax. ... "Donald Trump is so desperate to defund Social
Security, he may rip the Constitution to shreds to make it happen." CommonDreams WEEKEND
AUGUST 7-9, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Ted
Cruz’s Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce. ... Cruz
kept mentioning Democrats’ failure to condemn a murder that was actually
carried out by the far right -- and refused to be corrected. Intercept
Many
Countries See The Pandemic As A Crisis. Authoritarians Spot An Opportunity. ...
Autocratic leaders have obscured coronavirus data, cracked down on doctors and
reporters, and used the health crisis to further erode democracies worldwide.
HuffPost
Newly
Revealed Documents Show How the AFL-CIO Aided US Interference in Venezuela. ...
The AFL-CIO’s Solidarity Center has a long history of working hand in glove
with the US government in undermining democracy and left labor movements throughout
the world. The center emphasizes it has shifted away from these Cold War tactics
in recent years. But newly obtained documents show that the Solidarity Center
has worked closely with the US to undermine the Venezuelan government in the recent
past.. Jacobin
The
Department of Homeland Security: the Ideal Authoritarian Tool. ... The DHS is
a bureaucratic monstrosity that includes the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE), and various
unrelated departments. CounterPunch
Patriot
militia groups mobilize during a deadly pandemic and massive protests ‘That
has a real chilling effect on democratic practice.’ HCN
'Groundbreaking
Win for Our Movement': Progressive Cori Bush Upsets Rep. Lacy Clay, Ending 50-Year
Political Dynasty. ... "From the Bronx to St. Louis, the Squad is here to
stay, and it's still growing." CommonDreams
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AUGUST
6, 2020 There
are no Constitution Cops. Those who are charged with enforcing the Constitution
(Bill Barr) are the same ones most eager to shred it. Only a mass movement –
Portland coast-to-coast can defend democracy as we know it or, even better, democracy
as we want & need it to function. Public
Health vs. Politics: White House Scrapped Nationwide COVID-19 Testing Plan to
Hurt Blue States. DemocracyNow
AUGUST
6, 2020
WAR
IS WHAT DEFINES US Gaddafi’s
prophecy comes true as foreign powers battle for Libya’s oil. Guardian
Document
exposes new US plot to overthrow Nicaragua’s elected socialist gov’t.
... A disturbing new document outlines plans for a US regime-change scheme against
Nicaragua’s elected leftist government, overseen by USAID, to bring about
a “market economy” and a purge of Sandinistas. GrayZone
While
Bolivia’s coup regime lets its citizens die, Cuba has nearly defeated Covid-19.
... A dispatch from Bolivia shows the staggering human toll of the military coup,
as an incompetent US-backed regime leaves impoverished citizens to die amid a
pandemic. In Cuba, meanwhile, the country’s socialized system has saved its
population from the worst of Covid-19. GrayZone
How
Bad is the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act? CounterPunch
MI6,
the coup in Iran that changed the Middle East, and the cover-up. Guardian
'Inhumane
at Any Time,' But During a Pandemic? House Approval of $740 Billion Pentagon Budget
Condemned. CommonDreams
The
Gulf War, 30 Years and Counting. CounterPunch
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Trump
Tries To Recast Second Surge In COVID-19 Deaths As Achievement For U.S. ... “We’re
last, meaning we’re first,” Trump said in an interview with Axios, referencing
unclear statistics. HuffPost
The
U.S. Health Care System Is Designed To Fail When It’s Needed Most. ... When
the economy goes bad, coverage gets even harder to keep. More than 20 million
could become uninsured this year. HuffPost
“It’s
Basically a Death Sentence”: Hunger Strikers Demand Release as Virus Surges
in ICE Jails. DemocracyNow
Academic
Freedom in Palestine Matters, Too. ... While many liberals agitate furiously against
any boycott of Israeli universities, few pay attention to the ways in which academic
freedom is already severely curtailed in Palestine. Jacobin
Related: When Arab-American Detroit Auto Workers Struck for Palestinian
Liberation. Jacobin
Is
Trump Trying to Steal the Election to Escape Indictment? TruthOut
Boomers
show ‘shocking’ decline in cognitive functioning compared to previous
generations, study says. ... Researchers suggest prevalence of dementia may rise
in coming decades. Independent
AUGUST
6, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS US
homeland security surveilling journalists covering Portland protests. ... ‘Intelligence
reports’ distributed to other federal agencies decried as violation of constitutional
right to a free press. Guardian
Activists bombard
ICE with bogus applications for new ‘Citizens Academy’ ... Agency says
scheme is intended to educate public and build community spirit. Independent
Privacy Advocates
Herald Bill to Curb Corporate Use of 'Enormously Invasive' Facial Recognition
Technology. ... "Do we really want to live under constant surveillance by
unaccountable corporations?" said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "I don't."
CommonDreams
Police draw guns
on Black woman and children in mistaken stolen car stop. ... Outrage after video
shows Colorado police aggressively handling Brittney Gilliam and children after
thinking their car was stolen. Guardian
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AUGUST
5, 2020 How
the DHS Can Still Arrest Journalists in Portland. ... In spite of a federal restraining
order, a leaked document describes when DHS agents can still arrest journalists
and legal observers. The
Nation 'Continued
Kindergarten-Level Logic': As Covid Cases Surge Across US, Trump Repeats False
Claim Rise Is Result of More Testing. ... "It doesn't get less stupid if
you say it more." CommonDreams
ATOMIC
NEWS Another
Hiroshima is Coming…Unless We Stop It Now ... “No radioactivity in Hiroshima
ruin” said The New York Times front page on 13 September, 1945, a classic
of planted disinformation. “General Farrell,” reported William H. Lawrence,
“denied categorically that [the atomic bomb] produced a dangerous, lingering
radioactivity.” John
Pilger Unsung
Heroes of Los Alamos: Rethinking Manhattan Project Spies and the Cold War. CounterPunch
Eight
A-Bomb Haiku. CounterPunch
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COVID-19
“Microschools” Are Betsy DeVos’s Latest Privatization Scheme. TruthOut
Blood
in the Water. ... Disregarding the Virus and Victims’ Families, Trump Rushes
to Execute as Many People as Possible. Intercept
Thousands
demonstrate against Netanyahu as Israel protests gain strength. ... Crowds gathered
in central Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and outside the PM’s beach house amid anger
at his handling of the virus crisis and corruption. Guardian
Malaysian
police raid Al Jazeera's office, seize computers. ... Al Jazeera condemns 'troubling
escalation' in crackdown on press, urges authorities to immediately cease criminal
probe. Al
Jazeera Congress
Put the Brakes on Cuba Relief to Protect Front-Line Democrat. ... Two amendments
aimed at alleviating the stranglehold on Cuba’s economy were withdrawn because
of pressure to protect a vulnerable Florida rep. Intercept
The
pandemic highlights the gruesome animal abuses at US factory farms. ... Stories
have emerged of mass killings of chickens and pigs, a tiny fraction of daily abuses
heaped on farmed animals. Guardian
The
Russians Are(n’t) Coming! ... One’s opinion on the multiplicity of Russia-inflected
- “gates” is now a lucidity litmus test. Spoiler alert: D.C. is apparently
an open-air psych ward. Popular
Resistance Goodbye
to All That and a Whole Lot More
... The context has shifted for all of us,
not because the context has truly shifted but because this particular administration
means that we have no choice but to look at the monster behind the curtain. ScheerPost
Russiagate,
Nazis, and the CIA. CounterPunch
AUGUST
5, 2020
REBELLION NEWS The
Secretive Source Of Cash Police Unions Use To Block Reform. ... PAR investigates
how police unions use taxpayer dollars to defend brutal police officers and block
legislative change. We speak with a New York commuter who was arrested as a "violent"
protester for stopping her bicycle to film the police. TRN
Border Patrol
Agents Raid No More Deaths Migrant Aid Camp. Popular
Resistance Abolish
DHS. ... The Department of Homeland Security should have never existed in the
first place. It’s time to get rid of it. Jacobin
The
Former Deadspin People Explain How to Launch a Worker-Owned Media Co-op That Might
Succeed. ITT
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AUGUST
4, 2020 Voting
And Elections Divide Republicans And Democrats Like Little Else. Here's Why. NPR
Assange
Legal Farce Continues. Craig
Murray
Related: Sky
News AU article and video Trump’s
New Favorite COVID Doctor Believes in Alien DNA, Demon Sperm, and Hydroxychloroquine.
... The president is pushing the coronavirus theories of a Houston doctor who
also says sexual visitations by demons and alien DNA are at the root of Americans’
common health concerns. DailyBeast
Media
to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions. ... In
a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate
Donald Trump for presiden. Guardian
AUGUST
4, 2020 EASY MONEY
It's all about cash Remarks
from the Systematic Crises Triggered the Current Pandemic teleconference. Michael
Hudson Complaint:
Trump Making Illegal Secret Payments, Including To His Own Family
So far, $216.6
million of spending by Trump’s campaign and related committees has flowed
through just two firms, with no disclosure of how that money was spent. HuffPost
New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo Blocks Tax Hikes on Billionaires Bankrolling His Political
Machine. Jacobin
Related: Revealed: super-rich donate to Cuomo as he rejects tax hikes
for billionaires. ... Investigation shows governor’s political machine has
received money from more than a third of New York’s billionaire families.
Guardian
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Donald
Trump Is Writing A Terrifying New Chapter In The History Of Political Repression.
... In desperate pursuit of reelection, the president is pitting America against
itself. HuffPost
Honest
Government Ad | A message from the White House. YouTube
'Systematic
Assault on Legitimacy of Our Election': Trump Launches Conspiratorial Attack on
Mail-In Voting. ... The president is "laying the groundwork for an election
challenge," warned Walter Shaub, former director of the Office of Government
Ethics. CommonDreams
Underage
girl forced to have sex with Prince Andrew, US court document claims. ... Papers
part of 2015 civil court case by girl, Virginia Roberts Giuffre, against Jeffrey
Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Guardian
Harvard
psychiatrist Lance Dodes: Donald Trump is a "sociopath" and "a
very sick individual" ... Harvard professor and psychoanalyst on the "antiquated"
Goldwater rule and our president's "serious mental illness" Salon
Harvard
Psychiatrist: Trump Is A Very Sick ‘Sociopath’ The
Intellectualist Facebook
Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments.
... The Silicon Valley giant says it deleted the accounts of the Chechen Republic’s
tyrant -- followed by 4 million people -- because the U.S. government required
it to do so. Intercept
Trump’s
Pick to Manage Public Lands Has Four-Decade History of “Overt Racism”
Toward Native People. ... William Perry Pendley pushed rhetoric, legal arguments,
and policies that sought to deprive Indigenous people of their rights. Intercept
AUGUST
4, - REBELLION NEWS Police
agencies are refusing to work the Democratic convention if they’re not allowed
to tear gas people… 'A
beehive of terrorists': Donald Trump threatens to deploy national guard in Portland
-- video Guardian
“We
Charge Genocide:” Forerunner at UN of Black Lives Matter. CounterPunch
Border
Patrol Launches Militarized Raid of Borderlands Humanitarian Aid Camp. .. For
the second time in two years, Border Patrol launched a raid against No More Deaths
within days of the group releasing embarrassing information about the agency.
Intercept
How
a rural US sheriff’s department was able to obtain a military-grade vehicle.
... Trump’s 2017 reversal of Obama’s order allowed county sheriff to
acquire vehicle by answering questionnaire, documents show. Guardian
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AUGUST
3, 2020 Covid-19
Timetable - Thom
Hartman 'We
Are Teetering on the Edge of Autocracy,' Warn Critics After Trump Suggests Election
Delay. ... "This is how democracy dies in the USA." CommonDreams
Big
Google and Facebook are Watching You!. CounterPunch
ELECTION
NEWS 1,913,369
Ballots Thrown Away. ... How Trump did -- and wil -- Disqualify your Vote. ...
Here’s what you know: In 2016, Donald Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes.
Officially. ... Here’s what you don’t know: 75,355 ballots were never
counted. That’s official, too. Just “spoilage,” that is, ballots
that were, for some technical reason, un-tallied. But not just anyone’s vote
“spoiled.” Most of these vanished votes were cast in.
Greg
Palast Donald
Trump Is Writing A Terrifying New Chapter In The History Of Political Repression.
... In desperate pursuit of reelection, the president is pitting America against
itself. HuffPost
Media
to be banned from Republican convention due to coronavirus restrictions. ... In
a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate
Donald Trump for president. Guardian
David
Shimer: Are Russia and US Actually Different When It Comes to Election Meddling?
... Engaging from different historical worldviews, Scheer and Shimer engage in
a spirited conversation on an old yet timely debate. ScheerPost
Voter
ID Law Handed Wisconsin to Trump in 2016. It Could Happen Again in 2020. TruthOut
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As
a cop, I killed someone. Then I found out it happens more often than we know.
... I’m a former officer who studies police violence. Most databases vastly
undercount the number of civilians killed by US police. Guardian
Anti-Government
Propaganda Is a Republican Ploy Meant to Disarm Progressives. TruthOut
Bolivia’s
Coup Government Is Looking for Excuses to Avoid Elections. ... With Bolivia’s
coup government delaying presidential elections for the third time, the country's
largest union federation is threatening to launch a general strike this Monday.
In an interview with Jacobin, the labor federation's leader explains why trade
unions are fighting to ensure the vote goes ahead. Jacobin
How
Jared Kushner’s Secret Testing Plan “Went Poof Into Thin Air”.
... This spring, a team working under the president's son-in-law produced a plan
for an aggressive, coordinated national COVID-19 response that could have brought
the pandemic under control. So why did the White House spike it in favor of a
shambolic 50-state response? Vanity
Fair Demands
for Kushner to Resign Over 'Staggering' Level of 'Depravity' That Put Politics
Before Public Health. ... "Holy hell. Jared Kushner reportedly abandoned
a national testing plan because it was *politically advantageous* to sit back
and let blue states be eviscerated by the virus." CommonDreams
AUGUST
3, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Welcome
to Sectarian America: A People, Divided and Armed. ... Our nation faces a perfect
storm of crises and may be teetering on the brink of widespread communal violence.
ScheerPost
Andray
Domise and the BLM Protests - System Update with Glenn Greenwald. YouTube
How
Cops Can Secretly Track Your Phone. ... A guide to stingray surveillance technology,
which may have been deployed at recent protests. Intercept
We
Don’t Need Trump’s Thugs in Chicago. CounterPunch
The
Nightmare in Portland. ... Twenty years of a “war on terror” and centuries
of elite fear of popular revolt led to the nightmare that played out on Portland’s
streets. And your town could be next. Jacobin
Federal
Agents at Protests Renew Calls to Dismantle Homeland Security. ... After months
of protests demanding the defunding of police, the abduction of protesters turns
the focus to Homeland Security. Intercept
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OF JULY 31 - AUGUST 2, 2020
Everybody's worried about stopping terrorism. Well,
there's a really easy way: stop participating in it. - Noam Chomsky Weekend
Read: Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America by Gerald Posner.
Pharmaceutical breakthroughs such as antibiotics and vaccines rank among
some of the greatest advancements in human history. Yet exorbitant prices for
life-saving drugs, safety recalls affecting tens of millions of Americans, and
soaring rates of addiction and overdose on prescription opioids have caused
many to lose faith in drug companies. Now, Americans are demanding a national
reckoning with a monolithic industry. Indie
Bound Noam
Chomsky: Decades of “the Neoliberal Plague” Left U.S. Unprepared for
COVID-19 Outbreak. DemocracyNow
Trump
Suggests Delaying Presidential Election Due To Mail-In Voting. ... President Donald
Trump floated delaying the November presidential election -- which he can’t
do -- warning that mail-in voting will create a “fraudulent election.”
... President Donald Trump on Thursday suggested delaying the November presidential
election while baselessly warning that mail-in voting will lead to “the most
inaccurate and fraudulent election in history.” HuffPost
WEEKEND
JULY 31-AUGUST 3, 2020
ENVIRONMENT Grim
Report Shows How Many Environmental Activists Were Killed Last Year. Four people
die defending planet Earth every week, a new Global Witness study finds. HuffPost
Paying The Land.
Popular
Resistance How
bad can deep sea mining be? Coronavirus is going to look like a picnic compared
with what's coming. Guardian
Record
212 land and environment activists killed last year. ... Global Witness campaigners
warn of risk of further killings during Covid-19 lockdowns. Guardian
Trump’s
War on the Environment and Its Inhabitants. CounterPunch
Ocean plastic
could triple by 2040 and outnumber fish by 2050, study says. ... The volume of
plastic entering the ocean annually could nearly triple in the next 20 years and
by 2050 lead to more plastic in the planet's waters than fish, according to new
analysis. . Independent
Fracking
at greater depths can lead to ten times the risk of earthquakes, study finds.
... Earthquakes linked to fracking have been triggered around the world, including
in multiple US states. Independent
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Crisis
in Portland Did Not Start with Trump’s Shock Troops — And Likely Won’t
End As They Leave. ScheerPost
This
Week, Democratic Leaders Rejected Medicare for All Again. ... This past week,
the committee in charge of setting the Democratic Party's platform decisively
rejected Medicare for All — even as millions of Americans are poised to lose
their health insurance. It's just another sign pointing to the moral bankruptcy
of the political order. Jacobin
Wisconsin’s
Voter Suppression Could Swing 2020 Election in Trump’s Favor. TruthOut
Chomsky
on Cuba’s “Internationalist” Response to Pandemic & Need to
Make Vaccine Globally Accessible. DemocracyNow
Think
federal cops in Portland are scary? Cops use 'jump-out boys' all the time. ...
Plainclothes police ‘jump-out boys’ terrorize American cities. Sometimes
they become all-out criminal gangs. Guardian
Why
It Matters That Seth Rogen Spoke Out Against Israel. ... Seth Rogen grabbed headlines
this week for saying he thinks the state of Israel “makes no sense.”
He’s right -- and his strident words signal a broader shift among young American
Jews against Israel’s oppression of the Palestinians. Jacobin
Chomsky
on Israel’s Hindering of Palestinian Pandemic Response & Threat to Annex
Occupied West Bank. DemocracyNow
Trump’s
Secret Police Are Waging a War on American Cities. Jacobin
WEEKEND
JULY 31-AUGUST 3, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Federal
agents show stronger force at Portland protests despite order to withdraw. HuffPost
Abusive
Fed Officers to Leave Courthouse, Joe Biden's Pick Coming Soon, and Trump Vows
to "Clean Out" Portland. Portland
Mercury “Unrest”
Is Not the Enemy. Fascism Is. TruthOut
I
want to stand up to Trump’: Portland protesters unleash fury over BLM, Covid-19
and economy. Guardian
The
Heart Of Darkness In Portland. Popular
Resistance DHS
agents have reportedly injured at least 30 journalists in Portland. FPF
Hateful
incidents against Americans of color surge amid pandemic. ... Four in 10 Black
and Asian adults reported increase racial tension since the pandemic began. Guardian
Outcry
in New York after police force protester into unmarked van. ... Video shows plain-clothes
officers carrying the protester away while uniformed police stand guard, actions
criticised as ‘abusive and indefensible’ Guardian
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AUGUST
20, 2020 The
Decline in Power of the Oil States. CounterPunch/Cockburn
COVID
Deaths Continue to Surge in Countries Led by Far Right Authoritarians. TruthOut
Don’t
Listen To the Democrats Kowtowing To For-Profit Health Companies. It’s Still
Medicare for All or Bust. ... The recent news that the Democratic Party may abandon
the public option after November’s election vindicates the Bernie Sanders
strategy for pushing no half-measures on health care reform and demonstrates yet
again why nothing short of unwavering support for M4A is enough. Jacobin
AUGUST
20, 2020
WAR
IS WHAT DEFINES US 22:
the number of African nations in which US special forces were deployed in 2019 The
Price of Speaking Out Against Forever War. ... Chris Hedges discusses "Ghost
RIders of the Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge," with
author Danny Sjursen, combat veteran and West Point graduate. ScheerPost/Hedges
The
truth about war with Danny Sjursen, combat veteran and West Point graduate. YouTube
I
Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!.... Blocking withdrawal
from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally
heinous – and par for the congressional course. ScheerPost
Note: Rep. 108 for 81 against
Dem:
187 for 43 against
Who is the "war party". Military
Recruiters Are Targeting High Schoolers Facing Financial Insecurity. TruthOut
The
Russian Interference Report, Without Laughing. Craig
Murray .PDF
version Experts
Expect US Arms Sales to UAE to Soar After Israel Deal. ... UAE is already a substantial
customer Anti-War
Further
Escalating Tensions, Trump Administration Seizes Alleged Iranian Fuel Bound for
Venezuela. ... Iran's ambassador to Venezuela, Hojad Soltani, said that neither
the ships nor their owners are Iranian but did not address whether the gasoline
came from his country. CommonDreams
Related: Officials: U.S. seizes Iranian gas heading for Venezuela. AP
News Lights!
Camera! Kill! Hollywood, the Pentagon and Imperial Ambitions. CounterPunch
How
the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions.
... While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US
government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change
and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. Gray
Zone Teaching
Torture: The Death and Legacy of Dan Mitrione. CounterPunch
Related: Prospmer Abuse. Patters From the Past. NSA
October
Surprise: Will War with Iran Be Trump’s Election Eve Shocker? CounterPunch
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“I
Cannot Vote for This Platform”: Rep. Ro Khanna on Why Democrats Must Support
Medicare for All. DemocracyNow
PPE
Shortage Could Last Years Without Strategic Plan, Experts Warn. TruthOut
Democrats
Urged to Get Behind a Possible Snowden Pardon ... A recent comment by President
Trump about a possible pardon for Edward Snowden prompted fresh praise for the
NSA whistleblower. ScheerPost
Democrats
Seem All Too Willing to Surrender on Health Care Reform. ... For-profit health
companies are launching a new national ad campaign to persuade Democrats to abandon
their plans to create a public health insurance plan — something many elected
Democrats are very happy to be convinced of. Jacobin
Trump
administration using private security firm to detain migrant children in major
hotel chains. ... Children as young as 1 being put in hotels under supervision
of transportation workers not licensed to provide childcare. Independent
Gassing
Immigrants with a Highly Toxic Industrial Disinfectant in Detention. CounterPunch
AUGUST
20, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS Never
Surrender in Portland, Oregon. CounterPunch
How
Northern California’s Police Intelligence Center Tracked Protests. ... The
center sent daily emails listing upcoming protests to thousands of local police
and circulated inflammatory online posts. Intercept
Nonviolent
Rebellion . ... Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent Rebellion Can
Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse Popular
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AUGUST
19, 2020 Beverly
Gologorsky, My Neighbor, War. Tom
Dispatch Venezuelan
Guaidó coup regime is restoring relations with Israel, decade after Hugo
Chávez broke ties. ... The US-backed Venezuelan coup regime of Juan Guaidó
is reestablishing ties with Israel and has opened a “virtual embassy”
in Jerusalem, run by a right-wing rabbi who lives in Miami and wants Netanyahu’s
help to fight “terrorism.” Gray
Zone AUGUST
19, 2020
CANDIDATE
NEWS Absolutely one of the
best things about her: Those close to Harris describe her as a “Truman Democrat,”
a nod to her willingness to use American power to promote American values and
interests. Kamala
Harris Represents Everything Wrong with Empty Identity Politics. ... She’s
overwhelmingly spent her career, both before and after entering politics, fighting
for reactionary policies that completely obliterate the credibility of her claim
to be any kind of progressive. CounterPunch
Kamala
Harris May Play A Huge Role In Foreign Policy As Vice President. So What Does
She Believe? ... The vice presidential candidate offers mainstream Democratic
positions. That offers an opportunity to both progressives and hawks -- and makes
it worthwhile to track her evolution. HuffPost
Kamala
Harris Is Joe Biden’s VP Pick, Despite Everything. ... Joe Biden’s choice
of running mate Kamala Harris reveals a bleak truth: nothing the Left has done,
from two Bernie Sanders campaigns to the biggest uprising in US history against
police brutality, influenced his thinking at all. Big-money donors, on the other
hand, did. Jacobin
The
Hoopla Over the Kamala Harris VP Selection Obscures the Many Young People of Color
Who Are Winning Offices Nationally. CounterPunch
Thinking beyond
representation: progressives weigh Harris’ past. ... Oakland native and Berkley
professor Brandi Thompson Summers tackles the contradictions wrapped up in Harris'
nomination. TRN
Now Comes the
Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left. ... If Biden’s VP
pick Kamala Harris is a “weather vane,” then it’s up to progressives
to change the weather. ITT
Kamala Harris’s
foreign policy unites the ticket, if not the party. WaPo
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Viewpoint:
Trump, Republicans double down on dirty tricks to steal election. The
Island Now 'Hatemonger'
author Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, white nationalism, and performative cruelty.
Business
Insider Viewpoint:
Trump, Republicans double down on dirty tricks to steal election. The
Island Now Inside
the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election. ... James O’Keefe’s
group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the
fall—a campaign being led by the White House. New
Republic Trump
Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election. ... And it starts with undermining
the U.S. Postal Service. The
Atlantic White
House Plants Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Among Reporters in Briefing Room.
... At every briefing this week, the president took a question from a website
dedicated to smearing his political rivals. Intercept
Belarus.
... There is a misperception in western media that Lukashenko is Putin’s
man. That is not true; Putin views him as an exasperating and rather dim legacy.
Craig
Murray AUGUST
19, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Violent
clashes across the US between far-right and counter protesters. ... 'Go home,
racists, go home,' left-leaning groups chanted at far-right group the Three Percenters
in Georgia on Saturday. Independent
Cops
Have Repeatedly Attacked and Obstructed Street Medics During BLM Rebellion. TruthOut
Violent
clashes across the US between far-right and counter protesters. ... 'Go home,
racists, go home,' left-leaning groups chanted at far-right group the Three Percenters
in Georgia on Saturday. Independent
“This
Is a Systematic Problem With Policing in This Country”. ... Labour MP Dawn
Butler talks about being stopped by the police, the far-right campaign of abuse
which followed, and why she will keep fighting the racism that plagues policing
in Britain. Jacobin
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AUGUST
18, 2020 Centcom
Chief Expects Long-Term Presence in Iraq. ... ISIS fight to continue for years
to come Anti-War
Related: I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!....
Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts
as criminally heinous – and par for the congressional course. ScheerPost
Note: The vote went like this: Rep 108 Yea - 81 Nay. Dem: 187 Yea
43 Nay. So, who is the "war party". CENTCOM
boss expects a long-term troop presence in Iraq. Military
Times The
Russians Are(n’t) Coming! One’s opinion on the multiplicity of Russia-inflected-'gates'
is now a lucidity litmus test. Spoiler alert: D.C. is apparently an open-air psych
ward. ScheerPost
AUGUST
18, 2020 EASY MONEY
Which
Way for Today’s Mass Radicalization? Capitalism’s Impending Catastrophe…or
a Socialist Future. CounterPunch
White
House, Congress Flirting With A Double-Dip Recession. ... Negotiations on another
coronavirus relief bill have stalled. The economy might also stall. HuffPost
Billionaire-Funded
Think Tanks Call for Pandemic Deregulation to Be Permanent. ... he reactionary
right-wing juggernaut has quickly seized upon the coronavirus pandemic to accelerate
its anti-government agenda. Every citizen’s right to protest has been curtailed,
massive amounts of industrial pollution have been deregulated and crucial rules
governing Wall Street have been canceled. TruthOut
Dems
Voting Against Pentagon Cuts Got 3.4x More Money From the Defense Industry. ...
The Pocan amendment, rejected by defense-backed Democrats and all Republicans,
would have cut next year's military budget by 10%. Sludge
Why
Capitalism is in Constant Conflict With Democracy. CounterPunch/Wolfe
Andrew
Cuomo Wants to Protect His Wall Street Donors From Paying Taxes. .... New York
Democratic legislators are trying to tax stock trades, capital gains, and carried
interest. Wall Street, of course, is horrified by such a development — but
luckily, their millions in campaign contributions have helped create a solid friendship
with Governor Andrew Cuomo Jacobin
After
Rep. Richard Neal Secured $3 Billion for Biofuel Industry, Son Secured Lobby Job.
... After months of lobbying, the industry found a champion in Neal, the powerful
chair of the House Ways and Means Committee. Intercept
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Biden’s
Promise of a Deportation Moratorium Is Nowhere in His Platform. ... The danger
for Biden isn’t that Latinos swing for Trump, but that they won’t turn
out to vote in battleground states. Intercept
How
the US helped push Lebanon to the brink of collapse, and now threatens more sanctions.
... While the media blames the crisis in Lebanon solely on corruption, the US
government unleashed a “maximum pressure” campaign to push regime change
and crush Lebanese resistance with sanctions and aggressive hybrid warfare. Gray
Zone Trump’s
Postal Service Chairman Has Led Senate GOP’s $100 Million Super PAC. Jacobin Palestinian
Rights Advocates Refuse to Applaud Israel-Trump-UAE Deal That Upholds 'Ongoing,
Devastating Apartheid'. ... "The Trump administration hit upon the Nobel
Peace Prize-winning idea that you can supposedly solve the Israel-Palestine conflict
by pretending Palestinians don't exist." Guardian
Trump
Online Store Begins Selling Decommissioned USPS Mailboxes So Fans Can Own Piece
Of History. The
Onion Inexpensive,
accessible device provides visual proof that masks block droplets. Study demonstrates
a simple way to test facial covering materials for effectiveness. ScienceDaily AUGUST
18, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS How
to Survive Anti-Police Protests. TruthOut
Expert
explains how Trump has exploited our legal infrastructure to advance true fascism
in America. RawStory ‘Noise
Demonstration’ Held Outside Home Of U.S. Postmaster General
Protesters
gathered outside the home of Louis DeJoy to demand he stop trying to dismantle
the U.S. Postal Service. HuffPost
The
Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying. ... Leaked documents detail
law enforcement trainings in lie detection techniques that have been discredited
by scientists. Intercept
Felony
charges against BLM protesters are 'suppression tactic', experts say. ... Rights
groups say prosecutors are trying to quash anti-racism protests with excessive
charges threatening long prison terms. Guardian
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AUGUST
17, 2020 Ro
Khanna Announces 'No' Vote on DNC Platform Over Exclusion of 'Moral Issue of Our
Time' -- Medicare for All. ..."I will be voting 'No' on the platform because
when we say that healthcare is a human right," says the progressive congressman
from California, "we must truly mean it -- and fight for it." CommonDreams
Whispers
in the Asylum (Seven Days in August). CounterPunch/Street
ELECTION
NEWS Biden
is a shallow political hack, devoid of fixed beliefs or intellectual depth, is
an expression of the nostalgia of a ruling class that yearns to return to the
pantomime of democracy. They want to restore the decorum of civic religion that
makes the presidency a form of monarchy and sacralizes the organ of state power.
-
Chris Hedges Chris
Hedges interviews Greg Pallas on voter fraud. YouTube
Voters
can replace a party that knows how to fight with one that knows how to govern....
The division between Republicans and Democrats is no longer between left and right
but between different core competences. Guardian/Reich
NYPD
Union Endorses Trump For President. ... The City of New York Police Benevolent
Association, which represents about 24,000 police officers, announced its support
of Trump for the 2020 election. HuffPost
Trump
Gets Mail-In Ballot After Opposing Vote by Mail and Post Office Funding. ... Despite
alleging for months that voting by mail is insecure and unreliable, President
Donald Trump has requested an absentee ballot for Florida’s primary elections
next week. TruthOut
Trump Calls QAnon
Conspiracy Theorist Who Won Georgia Primary “Republican Star”. Intercept
Joe
Biden Has Found His Neoliberal Match in Kamala Harris. ... It should be no surprise
Kamala Harris has been chosen as Joe Biden’s running mate. From her career-long
pursuit of right-wing goals to her flexibility with the truth, the two are remarkably
similar politicians. Jacobin
Was
Kamala Harris a Progressive Prosecutor? A Look at Her Time as a DA & California
Attorney General DemocracyNow
Think
Joe Biden Will Be the Next FDR? His Wall Street Donors Don’t Seem To. ...
Liberal pundits are touting Joe Biden as a potentially transformative president
in the mold of FDR. His donor lists -- and his own words -- say otherwise. Jacobin
Joe
Biden’s Vice Presidential Pick is … ZZZZZ. CounterPunch
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USPS
Removes Mailboxes, Shuts Down Letter-Sorting Machines As Mail-In Voting Nears.
... As Trump’s postmaster thwarts the Postal Service, the USPS warns 46 states
that mail-in ballots may not be delivered on time, potentially canceling out those
votes. CommonDreams
2020
election: Millions of mail-out votes in 46 states may not arrive in time for presidential
election, Postal Service warns. ... 'The Postal Service is asking election officials
and voters to realistically consider how the mail works' Independent
Speculation
grows over pardon for Edward Snowden after Trump remarks. ... Trump: ‘A lot
of people think he is not being treated fairly’ ... Congressman calls for
Trump to pardon NSA whistleblower. Guardian
'Morally
Obscene,' Says Sanders as McConnell Adjourns Senate for Month-Long Recess Without
Deal on Coronavirus Relief. ... "During the worst economic crisis since the
1930s, Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans think they can take a long vacation
while millions of Americans face hunger and eviction." CommonDreams
Trump:
‘A lot of people’ think Edward Snowden ‘not being treated fairly’
NY
Post Public
Land Is Getting Big Play In 2020 Elections In The West. ... Let the mudslinging
and greenwashing begin. HuffPost
Biden
Campaign Gets Kamala Harris Quickly Up To Speed On Candidate’s Plans For
Presidential Funeral Service. The
Onion
Kamala
Harris’s “Top Cop” Record Faces New Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests.
TruthOut
Kamala
Harris Reading Guide: The Best Reporting on the Vice Presidential Candidate. ...
Harris has spent decades in elected office, moving from prosecutor to the presidential
trail. If you are just catching up, here are some of the highlights of her journey.
ProPublica
AUGUST
17, 2020
REBELLION NEWS
Presidential Emergency Action Documents. ... (PEADs) are executive orders, proclamations,
and messages to Congress that are prepared in anticipation of a range of emergency
scenarios. Brennan
Center Portland
police and protesters clash in fresh demonstrations near courthouse. ... Officers
used teargas to break up protest of several hundred people as some in the crowd
set a fire and exploded fireworks. Guardian
Corporate
Media Ignores the Uprisings’ Key Voices. ... Pundits and government officials
are regularly called on to comment on the George Floyd protests, while those most
impacted by police brutality go unheard. ScheerPost
Outrage
in Oregon After Federal Agents Teargas Protesters Who 'Held the Line Against Injustice'
by Blocking Bus With Deportees. ... "The actions by federal troops are all
too familiar, designed for political headlines, meant to intimidate & strike
fear into our communities instead of keeping us safe." CommonDreans
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WEEKEND
AUGUST 14-16, 2020 Weekend
Read: Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump and the Politics of Appeasement.
By Paul Street. In CounterPunch’s latest book, radical historian Paul Street
recounts the Democrats’ culpability in the rise of Trump and explains how
his neofascist horrors took root during the Obama years, and will live on even
if Joe Biden is victorious in November. Purchase from CounterPunch
(Albuquerque)
Nine Mile Ride: Why Police Reform Always Results in More Police Violence, Not
Less. ... The US Department of Justice sued the City of Albuquerque in 2014 after
a lengthy investigation in which it found that the Albuquerque Police Department
(APD) engaged in a widespread “pattern and practice of unconstitutional policing.”
CounterPunch
The
Russian Interference Report, Without Laughing.
Craig
Murray .PDF
version America’s
Death March. ScheerPost
By clasping hands with Netanyahu, ‘top cop’ Kamala Harris whitewashes
Israel’s racism. ... A friendly meeting California senator and self-declared
“top cop” Kamala Harris held with Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu shows she is more than willing to throw anti-racism -- and
Palestinians -- under the bus. Gray
Zone. WEEKEND
AUGUST 14-16, 2020
ENVIRONMENT Opinion:
William Perry Pendley is unfit to manage my Indigenous homelands. Colorado
Sun A wildlife
refuge under siege at the border
New emails detail drained ponds, salvaged
fish and a tense relationship with the Department of Homeland Security. HCN
The World on
Fire. ... Massive wild fires are consuming portions of the Amazon rainforest.
CounterPunch Related: Climate change: Siberian heatwave 'clear evidence'
of warming. BBC
Freakish Arctic
Fires Alarmingly Intensify. CounterPunch
With Biden-Harris
Ticket Set, Climate Groups Demand 'Transformative Action From Day One' If Elected.
... "Let's do our part to end this era of chaos and defeat Republicans up
and down the ballot. Then, let's turn up to make a Biden-Harris administration
lay the groundwork for a Green New Deal." CommonDreams
Climate, crude,
and COVID devastate Ecuador’s Amazon. TRN
Alarm as pesticides
spur rapid decline of US bird species. ... Seed-coating chemicals harm birds’
development, study finds US and Canada have lost 29% of birds since 1970. Guardian
'This land is
all we have left': tribes on edge over giant dam proposal near Grand Canyon. Guardian
Trump EPA Plan
to Gut Emission Rules for Oil and Gas Industry Denounced as 'Beyond Comprehension'.
... "If Trump is reelected and this rule sticks, it is probably the single
most consequential near-term climate decision of his presidency." CommonDreams
Climate Activists
Push Biden to Cut Ties With Industry-Friendly Energy Advisers. TruthOut
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Why
a Growing Force in Brazil Is Charging That President Jair Bolsonaro Has Committed
Crimes Against Humanity. CounterPunch
Why
Black progressive women feel torn about Kamala Harris. ... We know we will have
to defend Harris’s personal identity, while maneuvering against her political
one. Guardian
Trump
administration taking unusual steps to put its stamp on Postal Service ahead of
November elections. WRAL Who
or What Brought Down Dag Hammarskjöld?. CounterPunch
'This
land is all we have left': tribes on edge over giant dam proposal near Grand Canyon.
Guardian
Trump’s
CFPB Deploys Predatory Lenders as First Responders to Pandemic. .. The agency
deregulated small-dollar lending by repealing key consumer protections on payday
and auto title loans. Intercept
Florida
Sheriff In COVID-19 Hot Spot Decrees No Face Masks For Deputies. ... “Now,
I can already hear the whining and just so you know I did not make this decision
easily,” Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods told his staff via email. HuffPost
WEEKEND
AUGUST 14-16, 2020
REBELLION NEWS (Albuquerque)
Nine Mile Ride: Why Police Reform Always Results in More Police Violence, Not
Less. CounterPunch
'I
refuse to let him be a convicted felon at 8': Mother of special needs boy handcuffed
by police files lawsuit. .. 'I couldn’t protect him from being arrested,
from going to an adult jail, from being swabbed for DNA and having a mugshot taken'
the boys mother said. Independent
'Two
cities' collide as Chicago's social time bomb explodes. Guardian
The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying. .. Leaked documents detail
law enforcement trainings in lie detection techniques that have been discredited
by scientists. Intercept
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WEEKEND AUGUST 14-16, 2020
POST OFFICE SPECIAL
Save
the Postal Service. ... Be a part of the campaign. US
Mail Not for Sale
Post
offices around the country are slashing their hours—including during the
busiest times of day—with little notice as yet another abrupt cost-saving
measure, according to interviews with union officials conducted by Motherboard
and various local news reports. The USPS had also planned to close some offices
entirely with just three weeks’ notice, likely in violation of federal law,
but appears to be backtracking. Vice
Lawmakers
Warn 'Onerous' New USPS Loan Terms Imposed by Mnuchin 'Could Accelerate Demise
of Postal Service'. ... "Mnuchin and the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service
appear to be exploiting this public health pandemic to hold the Postal Service
to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress." CommonDreams
The
USPS is shutting down mail-sorting machines crucial for processing absentee ballots
as the 2020 election looms. Business
Insider Want
to Get Into Some 'Good Trouble'? Join the Fight to Save Our Post Office. ... And
that means fighting for our right to vote. CommonDreams/Hightower
Lawmakers
Warn 'Onerous' New USPS Loan Terms Imposed by Mnuchin 'Could Accelerate Demise
of Postal Service'. ... "Mnuchin and the leadership of the U.S. Postal Service
appear to be exploiting this public health pandemic to hold the Postal Service
to unreasonable loan terms without even consulting Congress." CommonDreams
USPS
Says Notices About Post Office Closures Just Big Misunderstanding. ... Slashing
hours at post offices around the country was not, though. Vice
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AUGUST
13, 2020 As
Kamala Harris Makes History as VP Pick, Her “Top Cop” Record Faces New
Scrutiny Amid BLM Protests. DemocracyNow
Kamala
Harris? Really? Desperate Times, Desperate Measures. CounterPunch
Joe
Biden Has Found His Neoliberal Match in Kamala Harris. Jacobin
AUGUST
13, 2020
WAR IS WHAT DEFINES US Since
bill maher is trending here's that time he got utterly destroyed by glenn greenwald
on his own show. he was humiliated so badly that he never invited glenn on again.
Video
The
US Contracts Out Its Regime Change Operation in Nicaragua. CounterPunch
Trump’s
War On Arms Control and Disarmament. CounterPunch
'Emergency
Was a Sham': Top Democrat Says IG Report on Saudi Arms Deal 'Deeply Damning' for
Pompeo. ... "What sort of emergency makes itself known a few months in advance
and can be resolved with weapons delivered years later?" CommonDreams
Hiroshima
at 75: bitter row persists over US decision to drop the bomb. Guardian
Revealed:
How U.S. Gov’t & Hollywood Secretly Worked Together to Justify Atomic
Bombings of Japan. DemocracyNow
How
AFRICOM Is Working To Destabilize Africa. Popular
Resistance The
US Contracts Out Its Regime Change Operation in Nicaragua. CounterPunch
How
the Fascists Won World War II CounterPunch
AOC
Is Right: Get Military Recruiters Off Twitch and Out of Schools. Jacobin
The
American Narrative of Hiroshima is a Statue that Must be Toppled. CounterPunch
Reverse
the New Nuclear Arms Race. CounterPunch
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With
Warren Sidestepped, Wall Street Execs Cheer Biden's Pick of Harris for VP. ...
Biden's selection of the California senator comes after Wall Street executives
made clear that they would prefer "almost anyone" but Sen. Elizabeth
Warren. CommonDreams
Trump
Applauds Racist QAnon Supporter For Georgia GOP Congressional Win. ... Marjorie
Taylor Greene won the GOP nomination for the state’s 14th Congressional District
on Tuesday. HuffPost
‘It’s
a Secret, a (c)(4) Is a Secret’: Dark Money Powers $60 Million Bribery Scheme
in Ohio. ... Last week, the FBI arrested Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder
and four associates in a bribery investigation over a law that sends $1 billion
from ratepayers to bail out two nuclear power plants. Sludge
Now
Comes the Difficult Work of Pushing the Biden-Harris Ticket Left. ... If Biden’s
VP pick Kamala Harris is a “weather vane,” then it’s up to progressives
to change the weather. ITT Noam
Chomsky: Trump Is Quite Capable of an “October Surprise” TruthOut
Defund
Fascism, Blue and Orange. CounterPunch/Street
Bills
In Congress Would Grant Federal Whistleblowers Access To Courts. ShadowProof
Teaching
Palestinian Children to Love Beethoven, Bizet, and Mozart is a Threat to a Depraved
Israeli Society. CounterPunch
FEC
Commissioner Warns There’s A ‘Substantial Chance’ Winner Isn’t
Called On Election Night
Extra care will need to be taken amid added challenge
of COVID-19 to “ensure that everyone’s vote counts,” said FEC head
Ellen Weintraub. HuffPost
Trump
and Biden, Two Ignoble Minds Here O’erthrown. CounterPunch
Trump’s Social Security Sleight of Hand Is Another Scam. Don’t
Fall for It. TruthOut
If
Donald Trump Controls The Mail, He Controls Democracy. ... The president is working
overtime to turn the federal bureaucracy into a subsidiary of his campaign. HuffPost
The
“Election Interference” Fearmongers Think You’re Stupid. CounterPunch
The
Mask Wars Reveal the Feeble State of the Right-Wing Culture War Machine. ... Conservatives
have predictably tried to turn face masks into a pseudo-populist culture war issue.
But the people aren't buying it: new polling shows a solid majority of Americans
support enforcing tough mask mandates — once again exposing the Right’s
waning popular appeal. Jacobin AUGUST
13, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS The
Rise of Nationalism Has Led to the Increased Repression of Minorities. CounterPunch/Cockburn
On
Right-Wing Violence in Texas, Media’s Silence Sends Message. FAIR
The
Road to Portland: The Two Decades of ‘Homeland Security’ CounterPunch
Trump
Applauds Racist QAnon Supporter For Georgia GOP Congressional Win. ... Marjorie
Taylor Greene won the GOP nomination for the state’s 14th Congressional District
on Tuesday. HuffPost
Tear
Gas Ted Has a Tantrum in Portland.
CounterPunch The
Mask Wars Reveal the Feeble State of the Right-Wing Culture War Machine. ... Conservatives
have predictably tried to turn face masks into a pseudo-populist culture war issue.
But the people aren't buying it: new polling shows a solid majority of Americans
support enforcing tough mask mandates — once again exposing the Right’s
waning popular appeal. Jacobin
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21 THROUGH 31
AUGUST
31, 2020 ELECTION
NEWS How
This Race Is Becoming 2016 All Over Again. ... With enthusiasm for the Democratic
candidate hovering dangerously low, Trump’s chances for a second term stay
high. Lichtman2020
Trump
Is Laying the Groundwork to Reject the Results of the Election. TrutOut
Michael
Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win. ... Film-maker
says enthusiasm for president in swing states is ‘off the charts’ and
urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to vote. Guardian
DeJoy Says
USPS Won’t Reinstall More Than 600 Removed Mail Sorting Machines. ... “There’s
no intention to do that,” DeJoy testified. “They’re not needed.”
Mother
Jones The
Plot Against America: The GOP’s Plan to Suppress the Vote and Sabotage the
Election. ... Blocking ballots, intimidating voters, spreading misinformation
— undermining democracy is at the heart of Trump’s 2020 campaign. Rolling
Stone
How
William Barr Is Weaponizing the Justice Department to Help Trump Win. ... Former
DOJ officials spoke about the attorney general’s efforts to undermine voting
and his potential to unleash an “October surprise.” Intercept
Joe
Biden’s Strategy of Appealing to Republicans Is Courting Disaster. ... In
2016, Democrats put their chips on winning over conservative voters disgusted
with Donald Trump and ended up with their worst electoral college margin since
the days of Michael Dukakis. For some reason, they seem intent on trying the same
strategy again. Jacobin
Republican
convention delivers whirlwind of lies great and small. ... Speaker after speaker
piled falsehood upon falsehood to recast Trump as a saintly feminist preoccupied
with the nation’s health. Guardian
Last
Night’s GOP Insanity Proves How Much the Two Parties Need Each Other. ...
The lunacy on display at last night's Republican National Convention is what keeps
frightened liberal voters satisfied with the meager crumbs of progress offered
by the Democrats — and the meagerness of those crumbs is what keeps working-class
whites inside an increasingly lunatic GOP. Jacobin
It
turns out Mike Pence is even more radical than we all feared. ... 'The hard truth
is that you won't be safe in Joe Biden's America,' said America's previously quiet
VP, as he stepped out the shadows and showed us his true form. Independent
Exiting
the Vampire Castle. .. We need to learn, or re-learn, how to build comradeship
and solidarity instead of doing capital’s work for it by condemning and abusing
each other. This doesn’t mean, of course, that we must always agree –
on the contrary, we must create conditions where disagreement can take place without
fear of exclusion and excommunication. Open
Democracy
Despite
DNC Focus on Winning 'Biden Republicans,' New Poll Suggests Beating Trump 'All
About Democratic Turnout'. ... "So much for going all out to get Republicans
and shunning progressives." CommonDreams
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AUGUST
31, 2020
REBELLION NEWS 1
Person Killed In Portland As Protesters, Trump Supporters Clash. ... It wasn’t
clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about
600 vehicles was confronted by counter-demonstrators in the city’s downtown
Saturday night. HuffPost
Kenosha Activists: Militias Tolerated, Protesters Arrested. ... “It’s
been a police free for all. They do whatever they want,” said one Kenosha
activist after days of protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. HuffPost
Kenosha
Unsurprising. ... Systemic institutional racism and savage race-class apartheid
remain in full force, with the domestic misery they produce exacerbated by COVID-19.
CounterPunch/Street
Protesters in Multiple States Are Facing Felony Charges, Including Terrorism.
... Some states have recently increased the severity of criminal penalties for
protesters along political lines. Intercept
RNC
Gave Prime Time to Vigilantes. The Next Day a Gunman Shot BLM Protesters. TruthOut
Kenosha
police officer who shot Jacob Blake named as Rusten Sheskey. .. Officer was caught
on video firing seven times into Blake’s back at almost point-blank range.
Guardian
Kenosha
Sheriff: Night When 2 Protesters Were Killed ‘Wasn’t Too Bad’.
... Sheriff David Beth drastically downplayed a violent confrontation between
armed vigilantes and anti-racism protesters. HuffPost
Cops
Have Long Encouraged Armed Right-Wing Counterprotesters Like the Teenage Shooter
in Kenosha. ... Since the latest uprising for racial justice began, police throughout
the country have been very friendly with cop-worshipping, armed right-wingers
who have shown up on the streets across America to oppose protesters. The teenage
shooter in Kenosha who killed two protesters this week wasn’t the first and
probably won’t be the last. Jacobin
Outrage
Grows Over Police Treatment of Alleged Kenosha Killer Kyle Rittenhouse Compared
to Shooting Victim Jacob Blake. ... In the streets and on social media, anger
and questions about systemic racism and white privilege abound in the wake of
Kenosha shootings. CommonDreams
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WEEKEND
AUGUST 28-30, 2020 Weekend
Read: Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another - by Matt
Taibbi. In the Internet age, the press have mastered the art of monetizing
anger, paranoia, and distrust. Taibbi, who has spent much of his career covering
elections in which this kind of manipulative activity is most egregious, provides
a rich taxonomic survey of American political journalism's dirty tricks. Amazon
QAnon
explained: the antisemitic conspiracy theory gaining traction around the world.
... The visibility of the online movement has surged as a supporter appears headed
to Congress and Trump fails to debunk claims. Guardian
WEEKEND
AUGUST 28-30, 2020
ENVIRONMENT Antarctica:
60% of ice shelves at risk of fracture, research suggests. ... Collapse of shelves
would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise. Guardian
Unless we change
course, the US agricultural system could collapse. ...Our food supply comes from
an environmentally. Guardian
The US is in
a water crisis far worse than most people imagine. ... Industrial runoff and lax
standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me,
asking what to do. Guardian
'Underwhelming
and Inadequate': Green Groups Slam New Senate Democrats' Climate Report. ... The
Green New Deal is mentioned only once in the 263-page report—in the footnotes.
CommonDreams
It is Time to
Create a New Equitable, Ecologically-Aware Forest Service. CounterPunch
Tilting at Windmills:
The FBI Chased Imagined Eco-Activist Enemies, Documents Reveal. ... At the wind
energy industry’s behest, the FBI and DHS gamed out attacks against targets
that they acknowledged face no threat. Intercept
2020 Is Proving
Another Disastrous Year For Our Earth’s Climate
The year already has been
marked by rising global temperatures, Arctic ice melts and intensifying wildfires
and storms. HuffPost
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Biden
is most pro-Israel nominee ever (and he will ‘defeat’ ‘hypercritical’
voices in the party). Mondoweiss
t
may seem Putin controls the Russian state personally. The reality is more dangerous.
... Alexei Navalny’s suspected poisoning sheds light on Russia’s complex
power structures. Guardian
Over
40 Protests Across The UK On #StopArmingIsrael Day Of Action. Popular
Resistance What
Good are Police on Patrol? An Analysis of Traffic Enforcement in Albuquerque.
CounterPunch
Israel
bombs Gaza every day since UAE normalization announced. Gray
Zone
Trump’s
Post Office Head Has Also Been Serving on the Board of Two GOP Super PACs. Jacobin
US Media
Can’t Think How to Fight Fires Without $1-an-Hour Prison Labor. FAIR
WEEKEND AUGUST 28-30, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Watching
Trump's paramilitary squads descend on Portland, it's hard not to feel doomed.
... The federal police are there to exert power, bully dissenters and intimidate
Americans into giving up their first amendment protections. Guardian
Tucker
Carlson defends actions of teen charged in killings of Kenosha protesters. ...
Kyle Rittenhouse, 17, has been charged with murder after two people were killed
at Black Lives Matter protest. Guardian
Organizing
Call: After The DNC And RNC – We Can’t Breathe! Popular
Resistance 'Kenosha
Doesn't Need to See a Repeat of Portland,' Warns ACLU After Trump Orders Federal
Agents to Wisconsin. ... "Sending federal law enforcement to Kenosha will
only make matters worse. We don't need more police, we need to end police violence."
CommonDreams
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AUGUST
27, 2020 Democratic
Convention: New Faces, Similar Policies. Counterpunch/Nader The
USA: Global Leader in Election Interference Abroad and Now at Home. CounterPunch
As
Trump Pushes New Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Analysis Shows US Billionaires $800 Billion
Richer Since Pandemic Hit. ... "For
billionaires, this is a heads we win, tails you lose economy, boosted by Trump
policies to funnel wealth to the top." CommonDreams
AUGUST
27, 2020
WAR
IS WHAT DEFINES US P.L.
116-6, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019, provides the following for Israel:
- $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF), of which $815.3 million is
for off-shore procurement;
- $5 million in Migration and Refugee Assistance
(MRA) for refugee resettlement
- $2 million in a homeland security grant;
- Reauthorization of U.S. loan guarantees to Israel through September 30, 2023;
- Reauthorization of War Reserve Stock Allies-Israel (WRSA-I) through Sept 30,
2020 U.S.
Foreign Aid to Israel: Total Aid
(1949 - Present). Jewish
Virtual Library
Syria Faces Calamity as Trump’s New Sanctions
Combine With Surging Coronavirus. CounterPunch/Cockburn
The
American public wants less war. Can Joe Biden deliver? ... Three-quarters of Americans
want to bring US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq. The Biden-Harris ticket needs
to transform US foreign policy for good. Guardian
Media
Show Little Interest in Israeli Bombing of Gaza. FAIR
As
Israeli Bombing of Gaza Continues, US Media Show Little Interest. ... Mainstream
outlets are largely ignoring the IDF's near-daily attacks, which began in early
August. CommonDreams
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I
Am a Farmer’s Daughter, and I Don’t Buy Trump’s Promises to Family
Farms. TruthOut
Why
Is It Always the Wrong Time to Criticize Democrats From the Left?. Jacobin
The
Great Cover-Up. ... The greatest cover-up in modern Scottish history is underway.
I am not permitted to say more at present. I will however venture to say that
this is massively bigger than just the attempt to imprison me, that most of these
documents are also being withheld from the Holyrood Inquiry.
Craig Murray Related: Manni Singh Jailed for Organising Peaceful Independence
Demonstration 16. ... Manni Singh has been jailed for 72 days – an incredibly
draconian sentence – for organising an entirely peaceful political demonstration
at which I was a speaker, on which there were zero incidents of violence or damage.
Craig
Murray How
Corporate Tyranny Works. .... Those, like environmental lawyer Steven Donziger,
who fight the corporate control of our society on behalf of the vulnerable find
the institutions of power unite to crucify them. ScheerPost
Half
of the US Population Lacks Adequate Protections Against Evictions. TruthOut
Screen-based
online learning will change kids' brains. Are we ready for that? We are starting
to see technology’s effect on child development and adult reading skills
– and the research isn’t optimistic. Guardian
Why
Courts Across the World are Ruling That the Gig Economy is Paving the Road to
Serfdom. CounterPunch
AUGUST
27, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS Wisconsin
Militia Recruiting Citizens to Patrol Kenosha After 2nd Night of Riots. ... 1,300
locals and militia interested or attending. NewsWars
Suspect
Charged With Murder After 2 Shot Dead At Kenosha Protest. ... Suspect Kyle Rittenhouse,
17, was reportedly arrested in his hometown of Antioch, Illinois, 20 miles from
Kenosha where the shootings occurred. HuffPost
How Conservative Teens Are Meme-ing And Monetizing The Political Divide.
... MAGA memes are lightning rods for followers — and brand deals. HuffPost
Two
Shot Dead in Kenosha as Armed Militias Confront BLM Protests over Police Shooting
of Jacob Blake. DemocracyNow
'Stop
the riots': Trump threatens to bring in National Guard to Portland protests. ...
‘Wanting to be asked by City & State to STOP THE RIOTS. Would bring in
National Guard, end problem immediately. ASK!’ says US president. Independent
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AUGUST
26, 2020 "We
live in a country where it's legally permissible for corporations to hold sick
children hostage while their parents bankrupt themselves trying to save their
sons and daughters." ... Chris Hedges at Moravian College: The Myth of Human
Progress and the Collapse of Complex Societies. YouTube
AUGUST
26, 2020
CANDIDATE NEWS Mike
Pompeo To Give An Unprecedented And Potentially Illegal Speech To The RNC
House
Democrats will probe whether Pompeo’s planned speech violates State Department
policy and laws prohibiting federal employees from partisan political activities.
HuffPost
GOP Convention Embraces Anger And Fear, Despite Being Billed As ‘Optimistic’
President
Donald Trump is leaning hard on fear as a key strategy for November. HuffPost
Why Is It Always the Wrong Time to Criticize Democrats From the Left?
Progressives are being told by the Democratic Party to shut up until after the
election. Meanwhile, corporate Democrats are trumpeting how far right they are
-- a message that could demoralize Democratic voters and depress turnout. Jacobin
Biden
feared 'ideological jihad' from Sanders after primary win. ... As party seeks
to close splits, Obama tells New Yorker: ‘They both want to make sure everybody
has healthcare’ Guardian
Thanks,
Obama: You Lie. CounterPunch/Street
Democrats
Should Be Ashamed of the Rejection of Medicare for All in the DNC Platform. ...
On Medicare for All, the Left has won the battle of ideas. But that’s not
enough, as the DNC’s rejection of M4A shows. We have to get serious about
overcoming the entrenched economic and political power that is stopping us from
having free public health care for everyone. Jacobin
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GOP
Convention Embraces Anger And Fear, Despite Being Billed As ‘Optimistic.
... President Donald Trump is leaning hard on fear as a key strategy for November.
HuffPost
(1/3/17)
Treasury Nominee Steve Mnuchin’s Bank Accused of “Widespread Misconduct”
in Leaked Memo. .. OneWest Bank, which Donald Trump’s treasury secretary
nominee Steven Mnuchin ran from 2009 to 2015, repeatedly broke California’s
foreclosure laws, according to a previously undisclosed 2013 memo from top state
prosecutors. Intercept
(8/1/17) Related: Kamala Harris Has To Answer For Not
Prosecuting Steve Mnuchin. HuffPost
'What
Stage of Capitalism Is This?' Hedge Fund $3 Billion Richer Thanks to Wager on
Wildfire Insurance Claims. ... With over 100,000 people displaced by wildfires
raging across California, Baupost Group collected more than $3 billion in July
after betting on insurance claims against embattled utility company PG&E.
CommonDreams
Prosecutors
Have No Place in Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commissions. TruthOut
The
“Narcissism and Ego” That Led to Steve Bannon’s Arrest. New
Yorker Related: The Stunning Predictability of Steve Bannon’s
“We Build the Wall” Scam. New
Yorker AUGUST
26, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Protest
Erupts After Wisconsin Police Shoot Man From Behind. ... The protest followed
the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in broad daylight in Kenosha.
HuffPost
Related: Wisconsin deploys national guard amid protests over police
shooting. ... Video on social media appears to show officers in Kenosha shoot
at Jacob Blake seven times as he leaned into vehicle. Guardian
Teaching History For Indoctrination. ... “The teaching of history in our
schools is not an impartial or neutral discipline. It is at its core about justifying
the power of the ruling elites in the present by defining the ruling elites in
the past. This means that history as it is taught in our schools is distorted
and at times fabricated to achieve these ends. Popular
Resistance Operation
Legend in Albuquerque is Not What Anyone Says It Is. CounterPunch
This
tactic is not new. It's been cultivated for years. In 2015, I wrote: "Support
for institutions of militarism and policies of imperialism is now manufactured
by parading them under the emotionally manipulative banners of progressive social
causes." - Greenwald. Related: (2015) GCHQ’s Rainbow Lights:
Exploiting Social Issues for Militarism and Imperialism. ... Support for Western
aggression and policies of imperialism is now manufactured by parading them under
the emotionally manipulative banners of progressive social causes. Intercept
Facebook
Has Begun Purging Accounts Tied to Anti-Fascist Groups. TruthOut
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AUGUST
25, 2020 Operation
Legend in Albuquerque is Not What Anyone Says It Is. CounterPunch
Defining Steve Bannon Downward. ... The effort to legitimize power, in this case
by pretending a leading white supremacist was less central to the regime than
he was, is pretty much the New York Times’ North Star. FAIR
Democrats
Are Walking A Fine Line On The Election’s Main Foreign Policy Issue: China.
... Biden is struggling to appear tough without fueling hawkishness or racism.
His platform mentions China 22 times, compared to seven references in 2016. HuffPost
AUGUST
25, 2020 - EASY MONEY
The
spread of coronavirus in Australia is not the fault of individuals but a result
of neoliberalism. ... For decades, advocates of the privatisation of public services
have boasted of the cost savings of doing so. Today, we are counting the cost.
Guardian
Trump
administration using private security firm to detain migrant children in major
hotel chains. ... Children as young as 1 being put in hotels under supervision
of transportation workers not licensed to provide childcare. Independent
Banks
Have Made $18 Billion From "Paycheck Protection Program" Processing
Fees Alone. ... Fees paid to banks eclipse funding allocated to develop vaccines,
provide medical supplies and feed children. ITT
As
Wages Stagnate and Executive Pay 'Continues to Balloon,' Report Shows Top CEOs
Now Make 320 Times More Than Typical Worker. ... New research from the Economic
Policy Institute finds that CEO compensation grew by 1,167% from 1978 to 2019,
"far outstripping" the growth of the stock market. CommonDreams
Apple
becomes first ever company to be worth $2 trillion as iPhone maker share price
surges amid pandemic. Independent
After
the Pandemic, Disaster Capitalism Will Reign -- Unless We Fight Back. In the wake
of the 2008 financial crisis, a fleeting sense of radical possibility quickly
gave way to a wave of cuts and privatization. After COVID-19, get ready for a
repeat, as leaders around the world push for austerity again. Jacobin
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Woe
to the Powerless! Once Again Palestinians Are Paying the Price. CounterPunch
The
DNC Refuses to Address the Elephant in the Room. .. The Supreme Court will be
lost for a generation if Biden loses, dooming almost all progressive policy ideas.
But no Democrats are talking about it.. The
Nation Something’s
Rotten in the Corporate States of America. ... A new book by Barbara Freese explores
eight stories about the unfettered corporate greed that has corrupted modern society
and led to an astounding loss of life. ScheerPost
Why
Conservatives Get Karl Marx Very, Very Wrong. ... Conservative pundits are more
likely to caricature Karl Marx’s writings and beliefs than offer serious
rebuttals to his many ideas. Why? Because Marx’s trenchant insights expose
deep inconsistencies in cherished right-wing doctrines. Jacobin
AUGUST
25, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS You
should call 911 IF ... HuffPost
At Washington
Post, Defunding Police Is a Step Too Radical. FAIR
Protest
Erupts After Wisconsin Police Shoot Man From Behind. ... The protest followed
the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, in broad daylight in Kenosha.
HuffPost
The
Department of Homeland Security is a rogue agency. Democrats must take action.
... The agency has been spying on protesters and journalists. Congress must force
the DHS to massively reform – or disband. Guardian
Her
Former Colleagues Called in a “Wellness Check.” Then Police Shot Her
to Death.. ... The killing of Sandy Guardiola at the hands of a cop illustrates
the limitations of brutal, armed police responding to community needs. Intercept
George
Floyd protests: police declare a riot outside precinct in Portland. ... Federal
agents clashed with protesters, accusing them of damaging vehicles and throwing
projectiles. Guardian
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AUGUST
24, 2020 Steve
Bannon arrested and charged with fraud in connection with 'We Build The Wall'
online fundraising campaign. Business
Insider Joe
Biden’s Campaign Is Making It Very Clear: They Will Push Austerity in the
White House. ... Almost no one noticed it, but earlier this month, a top Joe Biden
advisor indicated that the entire agenda Biden is campaigning on won't be pursued
once he's in the White House. Instead, Biden's inner circle appears wedded to
the ideology of austerity. Jacobin
AUGUST
24, 2020
POST OFFICE #SaveThePostOffice:
New Documents Show Postal Delays Are 'Far Worse' Than Previously Known. ... Nearly
700 demonstrations were underway "Save the Post Office Saturday" CommonDreams
Analysis: How
Trump, Mnuchin and DeJoy edged the Postal Service into a crisis . Anchorage
News Mnuchin's
role in postmaster's appointment becomes target. ... The treasury secretary held
a series of one-on-one meetings with members of the Postal Service Board of Governors
before Louis DeJoy's appointment. NBC
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ELECTION
NEWS (
2015) The Age of the Demagogues. TruthDig/Hedges
I
Participated in the DNC Rules Committee. I Don’t Believe the Party Is United..
TruthOut
Dems
Formally Nominate Joe Biden for President, as DNC Features Republicans & Sidelines
Progressives. DemocracyNow
Hot
Time at the Old Conventions. ... Were it not for the overwhelming fact that a
more-than-usual death cycle will be going on as this year’s conventions come
and go, one could attach the appropriate meaning to them -- i.e., mostly none.
ScheerPost
The
First Night of the DNC Felt Like a Really Brutal Doctor’s Appointment. ...
While the Democrats worked overtime to convey how sick the country is, they forgot
to mention how they’re going to save us. The
Nation AOC
Was the Highlight of DNC’s Night Two Despite Speaking Just 97 Seconds. TruthOut
The
Democratic Convention Put the Party’s Contradictions Front and Center. ...
Even as John Kasich reassured conservatives Joe Biden wasn't moving left, Michelle
Obama lectured progressives to muster Obama 2008–style enthusiasm for him
regardless. It's an incoherent message that could cost the party come November.
Jacobin
“We
Will Make Biden Do It”: Economist Darrick Hamilton on Pushing the Next Admin
to the Left. DemocracyNow
Joe
Biden to rich donors: "Nothing would fundamentally change" if he's elected
Along
with praise for the "civility" of racists, Biden assures donors "no
one's standard of living will change" Salon
It’s
Fine to Feel Like Shit About Joe Biden and the DNC. ... We are all told to be
enthusiastic about the Democrats’ political fraudulence and terrible policy
platform so we can defeat Trump. But anyone who is paying attention and can remember
our recent political past isn’t happy -- we’re completely demoralized.
And that’s okay. Jacobin
Ocasio-Cortez Uses Her 1 Minute At DNC To Call Out Injustices. ... In her Democratic
convention speech, the congresswoman spoke of the need to “recognize and
repair the wounds of racial injustice, colonization, misogyny and homophobia.”
HuffPost
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NYT
Urges Biden to Shun His Party’s ‘Left-Leaning Brand’. FAIR
By
clasping hands with Netanyahu, ‘top cop’ Kamala Harris whitewashes Israel’s
racism. ... A friendly meeting California senator and self-declared “top
cop” Kamala Harris held with Israel’s right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu shows she is more than willing to throw anti-racism -- and Palestinians
-- under the bus. Gray
Zone US
govt-funded Coda Story smears American journalists who undermine new Cold War
propaganda. ... With backing from the US government’s regime-change arm,
an Operation Mockingbird-style website called Coda Story is attacking American
journalists who have punctured Washington’s sensationalist narratives against
China. Gray
Zone Preparing
for my Trial. . ... The Crown Office is objecting to the appearance of, and trying
to block from court, ALL of my witnesses and ALL of our proposed evidence for
my defence at my trial for Contempt of Court. Craig
Murray Sunrise
Movement: Dems Must Address Climate Crisis as DNC Drops Pledge to End Fossil Fuel
Subsidies. DemocracyNow
Bipartisan
Hostility to Trump’s Possible Pardon of Snowden. ... Joint statements rules
even considering pardon a 'terrible mistake' Anti-War
AUGUST
24, 2020
REBELLION NEWS Mayor
Keller’s Killer Cops: An Assessment of Court-Ordered Police Reform in Albuquerque.
CounterPunch
Despite
Huge Number of Misconduct Complaints, Cops at NYPD’s 75th Precinct Keep Getting
Promotions
There has been little to no accountability for the staggering number
of lawsuits and substantiated civilian complaints against the troubled precinct.
Intercept
Portland
protesters clash with federal agents at Ice building. ... Authorities used teargas
and stun grenades after protesters spray-painted and broke windows, and shined
laser lights inside. Guardian
Lawsuits
Show the High Cost of NYPD Abuse in the Bronx. ... New York City routinely settles
cases involving police brutality, and the same officers’ names appear again
and again. Intercept
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WEEKEND
AUGUST 21-23, 2020 Weekend
Read: Nonviolent Rebellion . ... Common Sense for the 21st Century: Only Nonviolent
Rebellion Can Now Stop Climate Breakdown and Social Collapse - by Roger Hallam.
... outlines how movements around the world need to come together now to start
doing what works: engaging in mass civil disobedience to make real change happen.
It gives people the tools to understand not only why mass disruption, mass arrests,
and mass sacrifice are necessary but also details how to carry out acts of civil
disobedience effectively, respectfully and nonviolently. ... Purchase at Thrift
Books Torturing
Assange: An Interview with Andrew Fowler. CounterPunch
Related: A film describing Julian Assange;s psychological
torture. YouTube
Trump
Seeks to Trash Endangered Species Act by Redefining “Habitat”. TruthOut
New
Mexico Attorney General files lawsuit against Trump administration, U.S. Postal
Service. ... Attorneys General from 13 other states are part of the suit, as well.
KOAT
WEEKEND
AUGUST 21-23, 2020
ENVIRONMENT Trump
rolls back methane climate standards for oil and gas industry. ... Methane is
a greenhouse gas that heats the planet far faster than CO2 and addressing it is
critical to slowing global heating. Guardian
Greenland Succumbs.
... Since the turn of the new century, every aspect of climate change has gone
ballistic, up, up, and away, not looking back, leaving the 20th century fairly
harmless, but only on a relative basis, especially as compared to the rip-snorting
21st century. CounterPunch
Disease-bearing
ticks thrive as climate change heats up US. ... Blood-sucking ticks can spread
Lyme disease and are extending beyond their traditional north-eastern range. Guardian
Ten
times more plastic dumped in Atlantic than previously believed. ... Study is first
of its kind to measure ‘invisible’ microplastic particles beneath the
ocean surface across the entire Atlantic, researchers say. Independent
Trump Finalizes
Arctic Refuge Drilling Plan, Cementing His Anti-Public Lands Legacy. ... The president
will be remembered for his war on protected wild places. HuffPost
Trump EPA
Plows Ahead With 'Mind-Bogglingly Stupid and Destructive' Rollback of Methane
Emissions Rules. ... "Even for the Trump administration, this is an appalling
new low." CommonDreams
Yellowstone Imperiled
by Compromise. CounterPunch Alliance
for the Wild Rockies Stops Trump From Logging and Burning Another 85,000 acres
of Idaho National Forest CounterPunch
Following Outrage,
Trump Pulls Nomination of "Unapologetic Racist' William Perry Pendley to
Oversee Nation's Public Lands. ... "Pendley never should have been nominated,
and the fact that he was shows you what you need to know about this administration's
conservation priorities." CommonDreams
Trump Seeks to
Trash Endangered Species Act by Redefining “Habitat”. TruthOut Scroll
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Former
NSA Deputy Director clears Snowden of ties to Russia and China, Video
It’s
Fine to Feel Like Shit About Joe Biden and the DNC. ... We are all told to be
enthusiastic about the Democrats’ political fraudulence and terrible policy
platform so we can defeat Trump. But anyone who is paying attention and can remember
our recent political past isn’t happy — we’re completely demoralized.
And that’s okay. Jacobin
Ocasio-Cortez
Uses Her 1 Minute At DNC To Call Out Injustices. ... In her Democratic convention
speech, the congresswoman spoke of the need to “recognize and repair the
wounds of racial injustice, colonization, misogyny and homophobia.” HuffPost
Related: Democrats Had 17 Young Stars. The DNC Didn’t Give Them
Any Chance To Shine. A montage is a bad way to showcase young talent. HuffPost
Democrats
backtrack and remove demand to end fossil fuel tax breaks from platform. ... Both
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris called to end subsidies for the oil and gas sector
during the primaries. Independent
Beverly
Gologorsky, My Neighbor, War. Tom
Dispatch Venezuelan
Guaidó coup regime is restoring relations with Israel, decade after Hugo
Chávez broke ties. ... The US-backed Venezuelan coup regime of Juan Guaidó
is reestablishing ties with Israel and has opened a “virtual embassy”
in Jerusalem, run by a right-wing rabbi who lives in Miami and wants Netanyahu’s
help to fight “terrorism.” Gray
Zone Needed:
Indicators for Measuring Injustice and Societal Decay. CounterPunch/Nader
Viewpoint:
Trump, Republicans double down on dirty tricks to steal election. The
Island Now 'Hatemonger'
author Jean Guerrero on Stephen Miller, white nationalism, and performative cruelty.
Business
Insider Viewpoint:
Trump, Republicans double down on dirty tricks to steal election. The
Island Now Inside
the Project Veritas Plan to Steal the Election. ... James O’Keefe’s
group is part of a sprawling campaign to delegitimize mail-in balloting in the
fall—a campaign being led by the White House. New
Republic Trump
Has Launched a Three-Pronged Attack on the Election. ... And it starts with undermining
the U.S. Postal Service. The
Atlantic White
House Plants Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorists Among Reporters in Briefing Room.
... At every briefing this week, the president took a question from a website
dedicated to smearing his political rivals. Intercept
Trump
Cited ‘Magical Authorities’ to Ignore the Law, Says Former Aide. NY
Magazine Belarus.
... There is a misperception in western media that Lukashenko is Putin’s
man. That is not true; Putin views him as an exasperating and rather dim legacy.
Craig
Murray Made
in the First Minister’s Office. Craig
Murray
WEEKEND OF AUGUST 21-23, 2020 - REBELLION NEWS Former
NSA Deputy Director clears Snowden of ties to Russia and China, Video
Watchdog
Calls on Authorities to Drop 'Absurd' Charges Against Journalists Covering Black
Lives Matter Protests. ... More than 600 attacks against members of the press
covering the ongoing protests have been reported to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
CommonDreams
Black
Lives Matter Is Part of a Global Struggle Against Oppression. ... The Black Lives
Matter protests have had an electrifying impact. To build on that momentum, we
need to forge strategic unity between different struggles against oppression,
in the US and the wider world. Jacobin
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