FEBRUARY 10 THROUGH 20
FEBRUARY
20, 2020
Donald
Trump 'offered Julian Assange a pardon if he denied Russia link to hack'.
... WikiLeaks published
emails damaging to Hillary Clinton in 2016. ... Offer claim made at WikiLeaks
founder’s extradition hearing. Guardian
Related: Trump offered to pardon Assange if he covered up Russian interference
in US election, court told. ... Wikileaks founder allegedly has evidence of visit
from Republican congressman to Ecuadorian embassy on president’s behalf.
Independent
Palestinians
Reject Trump's Middle East Plan en Masse . TruthDig
Even
With Corbyn Gone, Antisemitism Threats Will Keep Destroying the UK Labour Party.
CounterPunch
Related:
The electability business: is Bernie Sanders America's Corbyn? ... Jeremy
Corbyn and Bernie Sanders have similar histories and similar messages, but where
do they differ? Guardian
U.S.
Judge Sides With Migrants Over ‘Inhumane And Unsanitary’ Border Patrol
Conditions. ... The ruling bars the agency from holding migrants more than 48
hours if they’ve been fully processed. HuffPost
Migrant
Children Are Still Being Detained in Chicago. ... Heartland Alliance describes
itself as a human rights and anti-poverty organization; but it operates five child
migrant detention centers in the city.
In
These Times
Fox
Has Been “More Fair”: Why Bernie’s Team Has Had It With MSNBC.
... The liberal network’s talk of “digital brown shirts” and Fidel
Castro admiration has Sandersworld seeing red. (More like “MSDNC,” says
Glenn Greenwald). The blowback is classic Sanders-campaign ref-working -- and
a sign of a deepening Democratic divide. Vanity
Fair
Sinn
Fein’s Victory is Ireland’s ‘Brexit Moment’ When Left-Out
Voters Turn on the Elite. CounterPunch
Related: Sinn Féin’s Day Is Coming... Last Irish election
was a historic breakthrough for Sinn Féin, the most-voted party for the
first time. An organizer for the party writes how austerity drove a working-class
backlash — and how Sinn Féin plans to turn voter revolt into real
change. Jacobin
Buttigieg
and Centrist Dems Want a Military Response to Climate Change. That’s Dangerous.
... The Pentagon sees climate victims as threats. In
These Times
Related:
War Is an Enormous Threat to the Climate Movement... Unless challenged,
U.S. military power imperils any serious response to the climate crisis. In
These Times
‘This
Is an Apocalyptic Future That We’re Facing’ ... CounterSpin interview
with Karl Grossman on the weaponization of space FAIR
When
Bloomberg News’s Reporting on China Was Challenged, Bloomberg Tried to Ruin
Me for Speaking Out. Intercept
Bill
Barr Is Even Worse Than You Realize
The attorney general is on a tear, shredding
the rule of law, just as he threatened he would. The
Nation
Time
Warp UK. Craig
Murray Related:
Cummings and Johnson face backlash over sacking of advisrs. Guardian
Trump
Is Blowing Up a National Monument in Arizona to Make Way for the Border Wall.
Intercept
Trump’s
Gutting of NEPA Will Cut the Public Out of Public Lands Decisions. CounterPunch
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FEBRUARY
19, 2020
Extradition
of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent. TruthOut
Julian
Assange Must be Freed, Not Betrayed. CounterPunch
Julian
Assange: Australian MPs call on UK to block US extradition. ... Politicians from
WikiLeaks founder’s home country have flown to UK to visit him in jail.
Guardian
Netanyahu
Boasts That He Destroyed Free Speech in America. ... Netanyahu, who has
been indicted for corruption and is facing an election soon, just boasted that
his ministry of strategic affairs has managed to undermine First Amendment protections
for free speech in the United States by lobbying state legislatures to pass laws
forbidding the boycott of Israel. TruthDig
Donald
Trump’s Plan for America: Make it Ignorant. CounterPunch
Company
Behind Iowa Caucus App Has a Deeply Troubling Plan to Manipulate Voters. TruthOut
Related:
Docs: Shadow Inc. Directly Tied to Liberal Media Operation. ... “The
fact that we are getting framed as nefarious for doing what the right has been
doing is bullshit,” said Acronym CEO Tara McGowan. Vice
“We
Americans claim to be a peace-loving people. We hate bloodshed; we are opposed
to violence. Yet we go into spasms of joy over the possibility of projecting dynamite
bombs from flying machines upon helpless citizens. We are ready to hang, electrocute,
or lynch anyone, who, from economic necessity, will risk his own life in the attempt
upon that of some industrial magnate. Yet our hearts swell with pride at the thought
that America is becoming the most powerful nation on earth, and that she will
eventually plant her iron foot on the necks of all other nations.
Such is the
logic of patriotism.” - Emma Goldman
Trump,
Barr and the Radical Republicans Are Out for Revenge. ... And Just as Their Biden
Derangement Syndrome Gains Traction, the Former Vice President’s Election
Prospects Fade. DC
Report
Timeline:
How the DNC Manipulated 2016 Presidential Race. CounterPunch
Who's
Afraid of Democratic Socialism? TruthDig
Ralph
Nader on Bloomberg’s Plot to Stop Bernie, the Rot Within the DNC, and His
Recent Call With Pelosi. Intercept
New Hampshire 2020: In Supreme Irony, the Horse Race Favors Bernie Sanders. ...Sanders
and Trump are political opposites, but they’re on the same path to victory.
Rolling
Stone
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FEBRUARY
18, 2020
The
New Rules of the Game. ... The quadrennial political game of least worst, or how
to scare the public to vote for presidential candidates who serve corporate power,
comes this season with a new twist. Donald Trump, if he faces Pete Buttigieg,
Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar or Michael Bloomberg, will continue to be an amalgamation
of Adolf Hitler, Al Capone and the Antichrist. But should Bernie Sanders manage
to evade the snares, traps and minefields...
TruthDid/Hedges
BLOOMBERG
SPECIAL 2015
Michael Bloomberg stated, "I, for example, am not in favor, have never been
in favor, of raising the minimum wage." Bloomberg
once said a $10-an-hour living-wage proposal reminded him of Soviet Communism.
Bloomberg
derided a proposal for paid sick leave as "a godawful law. “If
you show up with cancer & you’re 95 years old, we should say...there’s
no cure, we can’t do anything. Mike
Bloomberg’s ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Campaign Hid His Record Behind The Curtain.
... The presidential candidate’s unprecedented spending obscured his “Great
and Terrible” record. HuffPost
Michael
Bloomberg's education 'reforms' would be a disaster for public schools. ... Like
Trump, Bloomberg is a fervent backer of privatizing and dismantling public schools
across the country. Guardian
The
Corporate Media Is Directly Profiting from Mike Bloomberg’s Rise as He Spends
Fortune on TV Ads. DemocracyNow
(2001)
Bloomberg’s Sexual Blind Spot.
Village
Voice How
Bloomberg-Funded Center for American Progress Censored a Report on NYPD Surveillance
of Muslims. DemocracyNow
The
Corporate Media Is Directly Profiting from Mike Bloomberg’s Rise as He Spends
Fortune on TV Ads. DemocracyNow
(2001)
Bloomberg’s Sexual Blind Spot.
Village
Voice How
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s Deep Pockets Have Let Him Win Friends and
Buy Influence. DemocracyNow
Bloomberg
is avoiding all scrutiny. It's time to take a long, hard look at his views. ...
I unearthed a clip of the mayor speaking about stop-and-frisk that should make
every American question his suitability to be president. Guardian
Michael
Bloomberg said to be considering Hillary Clinton as possible vice-president. ...Former
New York mayor’s campaign refuses to rule out report. Independent
Once
a longshot, Bloomberg is gaining ground in California. Will it last? ... Despite
skepticism from some quarters, centrist voters focused on beating Trump could
be the ex-mayor’s key to success. Guardian
Mike
Bloomberg Is Paying Influencers to Post Fake Messages to Make Him Look Cool. TruthOut
'Grotesque
Corruption': Emily's List, Center for American Progress Sold Out to Michael Bloomberg.
... It was “disconcerting” to be asked to remove the chapter “because
of how it was going to be perceived by Mayor Bloomberg.” CommonDreams
TV
Executives Celebrate Unprecedented Flood of Bloomberg Campaign Spending. Intercept
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Rep.
Rashida Tlaib: Trump’s “Racist” Plan Would Legalize the Theft of
Palestinian Land.
DemocracyNow
Students’
university essays reported to police under ‘overzealous’ government
counter-terror measures. ... Exclusive: Free speech is being stifled and trust
destroyed because of Prevent, experts say. Independent
Documents:
Inside The US Army’s Massive $2 Million Propaganda Campaign For ‘Independence
Day’ Sequel. ShadowProof
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FEBRUARY
17, 2020
From
Public Citizen’s analysis of Trump’s budget cuts
- Medicare, Medicaid
& Social Security. $1 Trillion+
- SNAP: $182 Million
- K-12 education:
$85 Billion
- Section 8 rental assistance: $79 Billion
- NIH funding: $77
Billion
- 26% cut to EPA
- Eliminates HUD affordable housing program
-
$1.4 trillion in new tax cuts
‘Death
Star’: Trump’s campaign manager has built a $1 billion disinformation
machine — but there’s a way to beat it. RawStory
Thugs
R Us: Roger Stone Prosecutors All Quit After DOJ Meddles in Sentencing To Appease
Mad King and There's More. CommonDreams
ISRAEL
- PALESTINE - US There
are few real heroes in Congress. Betty McCollum, who just put out a statement
that refers to AIPAC as a “hate group,” is one of them. Her comments
come just days after AIPAC pulled ads that targeted pro-Palestine lawmakers and
implied they were worse than the terrorist group ISIS. Klobuchar
Has Pushed Extreme Right-Wing Policy on Israel/Palestine. TruthOut
AIPAC
Is Helping Fund Anti-Bernie Sanders Super PAC Ads in Nevada. Intercept
UN lists
206 companies with business ties to Israeli settlements in West Bank. Download
copy )
... Benjamin Netanyahu's government criticises 'blacklist' as tool of political
pressure that could see enterprises named facing boycotts or divestment.Independent Related:
UN approves blacklist of companies profiting from settlements. ... PM blasts
‘anti-Israel circus,’ and Livni blames him, as resolution passes in
Human Rights Council, after fruitless US, EU bid to soften language. Times
of Israel ‘They’ve
incited hate’: The Democratic congresswoman taking on AIPAC. ... In an exclusive
interview, Rep. Betty McCollum responds to AIPAC ads that suggested she was 'more
sinister' than ISIS because of her work for Palestinian rights. +972
Magazine America
and Israel Against the World.TruthDig Decades
After a Palestinian American Activist Was Assassinated in California, Two Suspects
in His Killing Are Living Openly in Israel. Intercept
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No.
1 Sponsor of Terrorism? US Media Name Iran, but Overlook a Candidate Closer to
Home. FAIR
Accusing
US of Crimes Against Humanity, Venezuela Calls on ICC to Investigate Sanctions.
... With punishing sanctions, the Trump administration has given "a death
sentence to tens of thousands of Venezuelans per year," foreign minister
Jorge Arreaza said. CommonDreams
The
fight to save CHamoru, a language the US military tried to destroy. ... Residents
of the Mariana Islands are pushing to revive their indigenous language amid fears
it might soon die out. Guardian
Trump’s
Homelessness Czar Seeks to Further Criminalize the Homeless. TruthOut
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WEEKEND
OF FEBRUARY 14-16, 2020
Weekend
read: Fear: Trump in the White House by Bob Woodward. Fear is
the most intimate portrait of a sitting president ever published during the president’s
first years in office. The focus is on the explosive debates and the decision-making
in the Oval Office, the Situation Room, Air Force One and the White House residence.
Fear review - Guardian
Conversation
between Richard Wolff and Chris Hedges on understanding socialism RT
CIA
controlled global encryption company for decades, says report. ... Swiss government
orders inquiry after revelations Crypto AG was owned and operated by US and German
intelligence. The
Guardian
The
Census Is Not Safe From Donald Trump
TruthDig
Paid
by the Pipeline. ... A Canadian Energy Company Bought an Oregon Sheriff’s
Unit. Intercept
Trump
Quietly Slashed Pay Raise for Federal Workers a Day Before Claiming US Economy
Is Best 'In History' ... "This is just the latest action in Donald Trump's
war on civil servants." CommonDreams
“It’s
Armageddon Time for the Democratic Party” Intercept
The
Establishment Now Has Three Horses in the Race — and None Won New Hampshire.
TruthOut
Why
are Democratic Candidates Taking Money From Union-Busting Lawyer. CounterPunch
The
Pundits Wrote Off Bernie’s Candidacy. In Iowa and New Hampshire, He Proved
Them Wrong.
Intercept
Wall
Street Invading Wet’suwet’en Territory. CounterPunch
American
Cannibals: The golden Age of White-colar Crooks. ... A Slow-Motion Looting.
... over the last two years, nearly every institution of American life has taken
on the unmistakable stench of moral rot. Corporate behemoths like Boeing and Wells
Fargo have traded blue-chip credibility for white-collar callousness. Elite universities
are selling admission spots to the highest Hollywood bidder. Silicon Valley unicorns
have revealed themselves as long cons (Theranos), venture-capital cremation devices
(Uber, WeWork) or straightforward comic book supervillains (Facebook). HuffPost
Special Report
(2016)
A Blueprint for a New Party. Jacobin
“Shit-Life
Syndrome,” Trump Voters, and Clueless Dems. CounterPunch
About
Last Week – and the Accelerated Drives to Extinction and Fascism. CounterPunch
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FEBRUARY
13, 2020
Former
US drone operator recalls dropping a missile on Afghanistan children and says
military is ‘worse than the Nazis’. ... ‘That image on the screen
is still in my head. Whenever I think about it, it still hurts me’, Brandon
Bryant says. Independent
Meet
the 'Mafia' That Plunged the Border Patrol Into Crisis. TruthDig
The
Climate Crisis Is Threatening Bees. Here’s What’s Helping To Save Them.
... From supporting farmers to citizen science, communities are working to protect
these vital pollinators. HuffPost
NEOLIBERALISM Neoliberals
Weaponized Human Rights to Justify Global Exploitation TruthDig
Sanders
Threatens the Establishment by Inspiring Popular Movements. TruthOut
Capitalism’s
Political Servants: Trump and Johnson. CounterPunch
Mexico
Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism. TruthDig
Neoliberal
Order Collapsing ?? ... “As the neoliberal order is visibly collapsing, it
is giving rise to ‘morbid symptoms’ Noam
Chomsky Neoliberalism
- Alive and Well and Living in the Pockets of Billionaires. Why the Democratic
and Republican Establishments Can’t Stop Insurgents
Jacobin
|
GOP
“Climate Plan” Calls for Planting Trees But No Emissions Reduction.
TruthOut
AIPAC
Must Stop Bernie Sanders – at All Costs. ... 'Never Bernie' AIPAC now sounds
a lot like a pro-Trump caucus, not a bipartisan pro-Israel lobby. But it has no
choice. Haaretz
See
who gives The GasBag loot in your area. ... Donor locator map for the impeached
Chief Executive Donald J. Trump. Donald
Trump Watch
How
Brian Kemp STOLE The Georgia Election. ... Cenk Uygur talks to Palast on The Young
Turks' Rebel HQ. Greg
Palast Related:
Kemp Loses Vote Purge Suit Brought by Reporter Palast.
Greg
Palast
Did
Washington use a false pretext for its bloody escalation in Iraq? ... Iraqi officials
indicate that ISIS – not Ketaib Hizbullah – attacked a US military base
in Iraq, setting off the escalation that led to the US attacking the latter group
and killing Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Were we lied to again?
Gray
Zone
The
“Final Solution” for Palestine? CounterPunch
New Report Details How Fossil Fuel Industry's Climate Destruction Also Exacerbates
Human Rights Abuses. ... "Even in the face of the clearest scientific evidence
that burning fossil fuels is literally setting the planet on fire, this sector
continues to invest in the same old model and often misinforms society about the
climate crisis and its causes." CommonDreams
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FEBRUARY
12, 2020
The
Issue Dividing Democratic Candidates Is Hidden in Plain Sight. CounterPunch
Psychopath
Nation -- Why our foreign policymakers can’t quit interventionism. The
New Republic
ENVIRONMENT Climate
Justice and Indigenous Rights Advocates Rally in Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en
People as RCMP Continue Raids. ... "Indigenous rights equals climate justice." CommonDreams
Fueled
by 'Eco-Anxiety,' Majority in US Believe Climate Crisis Most Crucial Issue Facing
Society: Poll. ... The survey, which also showed that young people are stressed
about the planetary emergency and how it affects their lives, comes after Iowa
caucusgoers indicated the issue is a top priority for voters. CommonDreams
No
‘Bridge’ Needed To Renewable Energy, Fossil Fuels Only Bridge Us To
Climate Chaos. ... The fracking industry wants to convince the world to give them
more time to squeeze out profits, even though it’s ruining our planet. But
we have the technology to move to renewable energy ASAP, and if we’re going
to survive climate change, we don’t have any more time to fool around with
fossil fuels. Food
& Water Watch
Trump's
Final Plan to Open Treasured Public Lands in Utah Called 'Sellout' to Big Oil.
... The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series
of insults... that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears Ears and Grand
Staircase at the behest of corporate interests two years ago." CommonDreams
Brazil's
Bolsonaro unveils bill to allow commercial mining on indigenous land. ... Bolsonaro
expects ‘pressure from environmentalists’. ... ‘Genocide’
fears for isolated tribes as ex-missionary named to head Brazil agency. Guardian
Energy
Insurrection ... Puerto Rico’s Power Failures Inspired a Rooftop Solar Movement.
But Officials Are Undermining It -- in Favor of Natural Gas. Intercept
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More
Than 75% of Democrats Would Support a Socialist for President: Gallup. ... "When
Americans -- especially millennials -- think of 'socialism,' they primarily think
about Bernie Sanders, Western European democracies, income equality, and access
to healthcare." CommonDreams
More
money, less transparency: A decade under Citizens United. ... Over the last decade
we saw ... $4.5 billion in non-party outside spending ... $1.2 billion given to
candidates, parties and other groups by the top 10 donors ... $963 million in
outside spending by groups that don’t disclose their funders.
Open
Secrets
How
Capitalism Underdeveloped Rural America. Jacobin
The
Left Becomes Center: Financial Transactions Taxes and Beyond. CounterPunch/Baker
Left
Election Strategy: Lesser Evil or Independent Left? CounterPunch
The
DNC Can't Slow Bernie Sanders' Momentum. TruthDig
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FEBRUARY
11, 2020
What
Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us. TruthDig/Hedges
Trump
Budget to Propose 'Savage' Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security While
Hiking Pentagon and Wall Funds. ... "This budget is Trump's pledge that as
long as he stays in office, slashing Social Security, Medicaid, and whatever's
left of SNAP will remain a White House priority." CommonDreams
The
Erasure of Elizabeth Warren Continues. ... The media is ignoring that Warren beat
Joe Biden, the Democratic front-runner, and outperformed her final polling. The
Nation
Iowa
debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites.
... the shadowy network of billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers
behind the Shadow app that ruined the Iowa caucuses, and a wider effort to stop
Bernie Sanders’ progressive momentum.Gray
Zone
Meet
Mark Mellman: the Centrist, Pro-Israel Operative Behind the Anti-Sanders Ads in
Iowa. Intercept
CORRUPTING
NATIOINAL ARCHIVES
FROM I.C.E. TO CLIMATE CHANGE Data
Safe Havens from Trump's Colossal Arrogance - As newly instated U.S. president
Donald Trump is making moves to censor scientific data at several public federal
agencies, some are turning to Canada as a safe haven for data backups.
Erasing
History: The National Archives is Destroying Records About Victims of Trump’s
ICE Policies. DemocracyNow
Internet
Archive - Wayback Machine
Protect
What Matters. ... PageFreezer simplifies compliance and litigation by automatically
archiving websites, social media, mobile text messages, and enterprise collaboration
platforms in a cloud-based dashboard. PageFreezer
Penn
program in Enviromental Humanities. ... a group of U.S. scientists and environmentalists
working around the clock to ‘rescue’ the climate change information
that is slowly being wiped from U.S. federal websites. Penn
Arts & Sciences Canada
becomes data safe haven under Donald Trump administration. ... As newly instated
U.S. president Donald Trump is making moves to censor scientific data at several
public federal agencies, some are turning to Canada as a safe haven for data backups.
IT
World Canada Help
Us Keep the Archive Free, Accessible, and Reader Private. Archive
Blog National
Archives Hangs Altered Photo of DC Women’s March. Nonprofit
Quarterly ICE
Plans to Start Destroying Records of Immigrant Abuse, Including Sexual Assault
and Death. IndyBay
Why
History May Never Tell the Truth About ICE ... The Trump administration, along
with The National Archives, poses a threat “to our nation’s capacity
to protect and learn from history,” says Columbia professor Dr. Matthew Connelly.
ColorLines
Preservation
Acts. ... Toward an ethical archive of the web. Harpers
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Yes,
a Progressive President Could Cancel Student Debt on Day One — by Following
the Grassroots. Intercept
More
money, less transparency: A decade under Citizens United. ... Ten years after
the Supreme Court’s historic decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election
Commission, OpenSecrets is taking a look at the dramatic ways America’s campaign
finance system has been altered in the decade since.OpenSecrets
Ireland’s
Decades-Old Political Duopoly Could End Today. Jacobin
Related:
Earth-Shaking Irish Election Sees Left-Wing Sinn Fein Party Win Biggest
Share Of Votes. ... Sinn Fein, the party historically linked to the Irish Republican
Army, bested centrist parties Fianna Fail and Fine Gael. HuffPost
Federal
Judge Reverses Conviction of Border Volunteers, Challenging Government’s
“Gruesome Logic” Intercept
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FEBRUARY
10, 2020
The
Clinton Machine Will Do Anything to Stop Bernie Sanders. TruthDig
Elizabeth
Warren Is Inviting a Crackdown on the Left. TruthDig
Don’t
Let Corporate Media or DNC Fool You -- Sanders Scored a Big Win in Iowa. TruthOut
'Real
power is fear': what Machiavelli tells us about Trump in 2020 ... “Real power
is – I don’t even want to use the word – fear.” - Donald Trump
March 2016 . Guardian
The
Game is Rigged. CounterPunch
Quick
Thoughts from the Cesspool of London. Craig
Murray
Risk
of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since
the Cold War. DemocracyNow
America's
Newest Proxy Battle Could Spark World War 3. TruthDig
Wars
Without Victories, Weapons Without End. CounterPunch
The
Dramatic Fall of Chile as Latin America’s Neoliberal Role Model. CounterPunch
Trump’s
SOTU Speech Bristled With Fascist Politics. TruthOut
US
homeless student population reaches 1.5m, the highest in a decade. ... A study
reports a 15% increase in the past three years among homeless students, with a
137% spike in those living on the streets.
Guardian
‘These
Are New Tactics Being Employed to Silence Journalism’. ... CounterSpin interview
with Rainey Reitman on Greenwald persecution. FAIR
A
Sordid New Genre of Stories Emerges in Corporate Media. TruthDig
Bolton’s
Battle With Government Censorship. CounterPunch
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