MAY 12 THROUGH 23
 WEEKEND
OF MAY 22-24, 2020 Weekend
Read: The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the
Mass Murder Program That Shaped Our World. by Vince Bevins. The hidden story
of the wanton slaughter -- in Indonesia, Latin America, and around the world
-- backed by the United States.Bookshop
Authoritarianism
is Shoddy. ... Well, it is really happening. It is something of a shock to see
yourself listed as a criminal for writing the truth. Craig
Murray Covid-19,
Big Ag and the Failing Food System. CounterPunch
These
"are the good times — compared to what's coming next" Salon
Immigrants
Protest Demolition of NJ Public School for $750 Million Robert Wood Johnson Cancer
Center. DemocracyNow
ELECTION
NEWS Republicans
devote $20m and 50,000 people into efforts to restrict voting ...The RNC is seeking
people in 15 key states to serve as poll watchers and challenge the registration
of voters they believe ineligible. Guardian
Trump
Threatens ‘Funding’ To States Expanding Mail-In Voting During The Pandemic.
... The president’s tweets show that he sees voter suppression as a vital
tool in his reelection campaign. HuffPost
Trump
threatens to cut states' election funding over false claims of voter fraud. ...
The president falsely cited the risk of voter fraud in tweeted threats to defund
Nevada and Michigan, both 2020 swing states. Guardian
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How
Bernie & Squad Actually Support Corporate State. YouTube/Hedges "Jane
Roe" of Roe v. Wade admits in "deathbed confession" she was paid
to fake anti-abortion stance. ... FX's "AKA Jane Roe" documentary filmmaker
Nick Sweeney spoke to Salon about Norma McCorvey's shocking candidness. Salon
America’s
Cold War Crimes Abroad Are Still Shaping Our World. ... In the twentieth century,
the United States engaged in brutal, sadistic interventions all over the world,
from Indonesia to Brazil, to stop the advance of the Left. We’re still living
in the shadow of those interventions. Jacobin
Anti-Communist
Massacres Killed Indonesia’s Hopes for National Liberation and Socialism
... The mass slaughter of leftists in Indonesia was more than just another Washington-backed
atrocity. It was the prototype for smashing the hopes and dreams of the Left in
the developing world — for good. Jacobin
Leftist
Perspectives on Zoom: Socialist Struggle while Social Distancing. CounterPunch/Nader
How
a Chinese AI Giant Made Chatting—and Surveillance -- Easy ... Alexa can tell
you the weather. Siri knows a few jokes. In China, voice-computing company iFlytek
built similar smart assistants beloved by users. But its tech is also helping
the government listen in. Wired
How
the New York Times Enhances Trump’s Propaganda. CounterPunch
Redirecting Asylum-Seekers from U.S. to Guatemala Was a Cruel Farce, Report Finds.
Intercept
The
World Trade Organization and the Demise of Multilateralism. CounterPunch
Millions
of US farm animals to be culled by suffocation, drowning and shooting.... Closure
of meat plants due to coronavirus means ‘depopulation’ of hens and pigs
with methods experts say are inhumane, despite unprecedented demand at food banks.
Guardian
Pompeo
Openly Admits He Asked Trump to Fire Inspector General Because He Wasn't Doing
What 'We Had Tried To Get Him To'... "Trump has decimated the foundation
of independent oversight within the executive branch." CommonDreams
What
You Need to Know about the ICC Investigation of War Crimes in Occupied Palestine.
CounterPunch
Washington’s
tall tale of Iranian-al Qaeda alliance based on questionably sourced book, ‘The
Exile’ ... A disinformation campaign aimed to justify the assassination of
Qassem Soleimani by painting him and Iran as willing enablers of al-Qaeda. The
propaganda operation relied heavily on a shoddily sourced book, “The Exile.”
GrayZone
The
Race to Replace a Dying Neoliberalism. CounterPunch
Bundy's
trenches may force confrontation with BLM. ... The Bureau of Land Management is
investigating whether Nevada rancher Ryan Bundy illegally built new irrigation
infrastructure across Gold Butte National Monument, the same area where his family
unlawfully grazes cattle on public lands E&E
News 5
Things the Government Must Do Now to Avoid Collapse And/Or Revolution. CounterPunch
WEEKEND
OF MAY 22-24, 2020;
COVID-19 NEWS - NATURE BATS LAST Covid-19
Public Service Announcement From the Dept of Global Emergencies. YouTube
Seven
Ways Trump’s Mendacity. ... Surrendered Nation to Covid-19. ... Many Americans
believe that Trump ignored the COVID-19 virus until too late. There has, however,
been no systematic analysis of how Trump’s denials and related delay injured
our country’s response. Until now. ScheerPost Here’s
How Most Americans Really Feel About Wearing Face Masks. ... If there’s a
culture war over masks, someone forgot to tell most of the public, a new survey
finds. HuffPost
Ousted Designer Of Florida’s COVID-19 Dashboard Says She Was Asked
To Censor Data. ... Rebekah Jones said she was dismissed after refusing to “manually
change data” to present a favorable picture for the state’s efforts
to reopen. HuffPost
What
The President Continues To Say (About The Plague). CounterPunch
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21, 2020 Netanyahu
takes office in deal that could see West Bank annexation. ... Rival Benny Gantz
to take over as PM of Israeli unity government after 18 months. Guardian
'Not
Just Bad, It's Pathological': While Pushing Big Oil Bailouts, Trump Slaps Wind
and Solar Industry With $50 Million in Old Rent Bills ..."Robbing from a
clean energy future to prop up the dirty energy past." CommonDreams Visit
Puerto Rico!. PSA from the Dept. for The War on Territories (DTWT) . YouTube
After
Dams Fail, Dow Admits Floodwaters in Midland, Michigan 'Commingling' With Toxic
Chemical Storage Ponds. ... "This has the potential to be a major environmental
disaster." CommonDreams
Wet
markets are not the problem – focus on the billion-dollar international trade
in wild animals, experts say ... Global wildlife sales not only carry risk of
infectious diseases but threaten nearly 9,000 species with extinction. Independent
FIRING
OF AN INSPECTOR GENERAL Pompeo
Openly Admits He Asked Trump to Fire Inspector General Because He Wasn't Doing
What 'We Had Tried To Get Him To' . ... "Trump has decimated the foundation
of independent oversight within the executive branch." CommonDreams
Fired
Inspector General Was Looking Into Pompeo’s Personal Use of Public Funds
... State Department whistleblower who was fired on Friday evening had been looking
into whether Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had abused his powers of office by
ordering department employees to carry out personal tasks for him. TruthOut
Ousted Inspector General Was Also Probing Possible Illegal Pompeo-Trump Effort
to Force Through Saudi Arms Deal. ... "Since day one, this president has
thought he's above the law, above criticism, and can get away with anything—including
a fake 'emergency' to sell bombs to Saudi Arabia," says Sen. Bernie Sanders.
CommonDreams
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No
-- Argues Noam Chomsky, Roger Waters, Monia Mazigh, and 100+ Others -- Canada
does Not Deserve UN Security Council Seat. ... "Despite its peaceful reputation,
Canada is not acting as a benevolent player on the international stage,"
warns open letter from activists, artists, and academics. CommonDreams
Civil Rights Groups Vow to Fight Back as GOP Builds Massive Voter Suppression
Machine for 2020 Election ... "We will use every tool in our arsenal to block
efforts aimed at discouraging participation by eligible voters this election season."
CommonDreams
The
Head of the AFL-CIO Is Infected -- With Union Bureaucrat-itis. ... In this crisis,
the response from union leaders has left much to be desired. Nowhere is this more
evident than in a recent address by the president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka.
He offers only a “cure-all” bill in Congress, but a healthy labor movement
would fight in strikes and in the streets. Left
Voice Ben
Smith’s NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant
Trump-Era Pathology: “Resistance Journalism” Intercept
Imagine
a World Where All Workers Are “Essential,” But Not All Leaders Are.
TruthOut
War
and Power in Classical Greece: Lessons for Superpowers and the World. CounterPunch
Trump
Salutes Long Island Protest Where “Hang Fauci” Sign Was Displayed. Intercept
MAY
21, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last Harvard
Doctor: As States Rush to Reopen, Lack of COVID-19 Testing Is “Achilles Heel”
for U.S. DemocracyNow
Hydroxychloroquine,
Trump and Covid-19: what you need to know ... As the US president reports he is
taking antimalarial drug, what are the risks and research? Guardian
COVID-19
impacts every corner of the Navajo Nation. ... Front-line workers confront the
world’s newest deadly malady. HCN
The
Stay-at-Home Orders Trump Mocked Likely Saved Nearly a Quarter Million Lives.
TruthOut
Navajo
Nation Has Highest Coronavirus Infection Rate in the U.S. DemocracyNow
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MAY
20, 2020 Trump:
Letting Big Corporations Get Away with Whatever They Want. ... Trump considers
himself above the law. CommonDreams The
Trump administration has recently removed 4 inspectors general. Here are the ousted
watchdogs.
USA
Today Chris
Hedges on Noam Chomsky Favouring Biden Over Trump & Voting for Lesser of Two
Evils. Chris Hedges YouTube 'Reality
is Radicalizing': As Pandemic Pushes Biden to Embrace Progressive Ideas He Once
Spurned, Left Says We Told You So. ... "It's almost as if...the left was
right all along." CommonDreams
SOCIAL
SECURITY AND MEDICARE States
facing sudden drops in tax revenue amid the pandemic are announcing deep cuts
to their Medicaid programs just as millions of newly jobless Americans are surging
onto the rolls, many having lost their employer-provided health insurance.
House
Democrats Demand Trump State Department Turn Over 'Secret Plan' to Slash Social
Security Amid Pandemic. ... "The idea that we would ask Americans to sell
out their retirement and long-term security for assistance during a crisis is
insane." CommonDreams Even
in a Pandemic, the Knives Are out for Social Security. Jacobin Trump’s
Advisers Have a Brazen Plot to Gut Social Security. CounterPunch
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Ari
Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus. FAIR
Missouri
GOP Votes to Gut Anti-Gerrymandering Reform Approved by Voters. TruthOut
The
Real Winners of Israel's Election: Ultra-orthodox Parties Amass Great Economic
Power. ... In coalition deals with Netanyahu's Likud, Shas and United Torah Judaism
ensured they would get key appointments in the cabinet and Knesset. Haaretz
Federal
Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic.
Intercept
Foreign
Policy Sees ‘Repression’ in Vietnam’s Fight Against Coronavirus.
... In the US, government may surveill you, but at least it doesn't protect your
health. FAIR
Democrats
Have Abandoned Civil Liberties. ... The Blue Party’s Trump-era Embrace of
Authoritarianism Isn’t Just Wrong, it’s a Fatal Political Mistake. Taibbi
Ahmaud
Arbery’s Murder Shows Lynching Remains a Reality for Black America. TruthOut
MAY
20, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last COVID
Deaths in US Approach 100,000 as Trump Administration Misleads Public. TruthOut Face
visors may protect wearer but not other people against Covid-19. ... Public health
experts not convinced of plastic shields’ benefits for general users. Guardian
Teachers
Union Says 'Flimsy' CDC Flowchart on School Reopenings Shows Trump Disregard for
Student Safety. ... "The reality of reopening school buildings and college
campuses is that any missteps could cost lives... Once again, this administration
has politics trumping science." CommonDreams Coronavirus:
Texas records largest single-day increase in Covid-19 cases ahead of phased reopening.
... Supply of experimental treatment sent to worst affected region. Independent
Thousands of
Covid-19 cases missed due to late warning on smell loss, say experts. ... UK direction
for those with anosmia to isolate and seek test was overdue, say scientists. Guardian
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MAY
19, 2020 Profiting
from Coronavirus. ... On 5 May, the British security services released to their
pet media the claim that Russia, China and Iran were attempting to hack into British
research institutes conducting coronavirus research. Craig
Murray Bernie
just wanted to be part of the "club" & "failed us." Chris
Hedges - YouTube How
Will COVID-19 Change the World? Historian Frank Snowden on Epidemics From the
Black Death to Now. DemocracyNow
EASY
MONEY Corruption
and the Pandemic Bailout. CounterPunch/Baker Trump’s
New COVID-19 Czar Holds $10 Million In Stock Options In Vaccine Company. HuffPost How
much does it cost to send someone to prison? Market
Place Trump
Feared Testing Too Many People for Virus Would Spook Stock Markets, Says Report.
DailyBeast Whistleblower
Says Systemic Mortgage Fraud Has Returned
to Wall Street. TruthDigThe
Business Model of Private Prisons. Investopedia Why
Are House Democrats Pushing to Give Coronavirus Relief Funds to Corporate and
Dark Money Groups? ... If you're curious about who both Republicans and Democrats
are prioritizing in providing coronavirus relief, look no further than the new
legislation proposed by House Democrats that would give away enormous amounts
of money to corporate lobbyists and dark money groups under the guise of aiding
average workers. Jacobin Big
Banks Got the Sweetest Deal from the Covid-19 Bailouts. ... The banking expert
explains why Congress’ stimulus bill has been a boon for Wall Street and
not the small businesses that need it most. ScheerPost One
Pound Capitalism, a Pinch of Democracy and Keep On Keepin’ On. CounterPunch
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Trump
Is Using COVID-19 As An Excuse To Let Polluters Destroy The Earth ... Trump's
former coal lobbyist EPA administrator is letting oil, gas, and coal take advantage
of the global pandemic. TRN The
Sham Prosecution of Michael Flynn with Glenn Greenwald. YouTube
Related: New Documents From the Sham Prosecution of Gen. Michael Flynn
Also Reveal Broad Corruption in the Russiagate Investigations. Intercept Disaster
Capitalism Is Coming for Public Education. Jacobin One
Pound Capitalism, a Pinch of Democracy and Keep On Keepin’ On. CounterPunch Meet
the Slate of Socialist Insurgents Running for Office in New York. ... In New York
City, the Democratic Socialists of America are running a six-candidate socialist
slate aiming for state and national office. It will serve as a test run for socialist
organizing in the age of coronavirus. Jacobin Dark
Winter? Honey Badger Trump Don’t Care. ... “This coalition of the business
elite, right-wing Christian evangelicals, and white nationalists and other white
supremacists is very dangerous. Fascism is ultimately a death cult.” CounterPunch “The
Wuhan of the Americas”: U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti
& Guatemala. DemocracyNow Racism,
Animal Rights and Eugene Debs. CounterPunch Is
Elon Musk a Fraud?. Intercept
MAY
19, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last
“We have the best testing
in the world. Could be that testing is, frankly, overrated. Maybe it is overrated.
But whenever they start yelling we want more, we want more. Then we do more and
they say we want more. When you test, you have a case. When you test, you find
something is wrong with people. If we didn’t do any testing we would have
very few cases.” The Trump HHS
Chief Alex Azar: Defying Social Distancing Guidelines Part Of American ‘Freedom’.
... The secretary of health and human services wouldn’t say if he’s
concerned by people gathering in large crowds without masks. HuffPost
Latest
situation report from The Government - The Machine YouTube
Trump
Salutes Long Island Protest Where “Hang Fauci” Sign Was Displayed. Intercept We
Can’t Let Boris Johnson’s Government Sacrifice Workers for Corporate
Profits. Jacobin
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MAY
18, 2020 “I
was the CIA director. We lied, we cheated, we stole.” - Mike Pompeo. ‘The
American friends’: New court files expose Sheldon Adelson’s security
team in US spy operation against Julian Assange. ... An exclusive investigation
by The Grayzone reveals new details on the critical role Sheldon Adelson’s
Las Vegas Sands played in an apparent CIA spying operation targeting Julian Assange,
and exposes the Sands security staff who helped coordinate the malicious campaign.
GrayZone
'Monstrous
Cruelty: As Hunger Soars, Trump USDA Resumes Effort to Take Nutrition Benefits
From More Than a Million People. CommonDreams
Biden
Taps AOC and Jayapal To Help Shape Party Policy. Isn’t This A Win for Progressives?
Intercept
WAR
IS WHAT DEFINES US (Hedges) Celebrated
to Death: the Betrayal of the American Soldier. CounterPunch
Foreign
Correspondent: Biden vs. Trump on Foreign Policy. ... We all know that Trump’s
foreign policy has been a disaster. But is Joe Biden’s any better? ScheerPost
The
U.S. Military is Hell-Bent on Trying to Overpower China. CounterPunch
Corporate
Media Setting Stage for New Cold War With China. ... Corporate media are laying
the ideological groundwork for a new cold war with China, presenting the nation
as a hostile power that needs to be kept in check. FAIR
The
Venezuela Kerfuffle and the Secret Team. CounterPunch
Greenlighting
War: Iran and Yemen. CounterPunch
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Trump
Feared Testing Too Many People for Virus Would Spook Stock Markets, Says Report.
DailyBeast "The
administration has decided that now—amid the most pervasive need in a century—is
a great time to crack down on Americans who rely on food stamps." CommonDreams
Julian
Assange's Trial Is FIXED! w/Chris Hedges. YouTube
'Finding
Hope in Times of Despair: New World is Possible. CounterPunch
Don’t
Pretend Joe Biden Is Actually Moving Left. ... Joe Biden has named several progressives,
including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sara Nelson, to newly announced policy
“task forces.” This beats him just sneering at leftists — but it’s
no great progressive victory that a few good people are on a random list of names
for toothless task forces. Jacobin
Demanding
'Unprecedented' Action From Congress, Sanders Says HEROES Act Must Include Medicare
Expansion and $2,000 Monthly Payments. ... "The Senate must improve this
legislation if we are to adequately address the two most urgent needs facing working
families right now: healthcare and economic security." CommonDreams
If
This 'Doesn't Give You Chills I Don't Know What Will': McConnell Patriot Act Expansion
Would Hand AG Barr Unprecedented Spy Powers. ... "These amendments would
pretty much guarantee the ability of an incumbent administration to spy on its
political opponents without consequence." CommonDreams
Schools
Are Struggling to Feed Hungry Students as Unemployment Rises. TruthOut
Why
the FISA Amendments Act Is Unconstitutional. ACLU
Even
in a Pandemic, the Knives Are out for Social Security. Jacobin
World
nuclear arms spending hit $73bn last year – half of it by US. ... Spending
by nine nuclear-armed states rose 10%. ... Trump boosted nuclear funding but cut
pandemic prevention. Guardian
Defend
Mark Hirst. ... Deliberately to misconstrue a call to political action in opposition
to a political grouping as an act of “menace” is state persecution which
has profound implications. The prosecution of Mark Hirst is the act of an executive
with major fascist leanings. Craig
Murray Related: Mark
Hirst legal defense fund MAY
18, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last Get
the latest information from the CDC about COVID-19. YouTube
Eric
Trump says coronavirus will 'magically go away' after election, suggesting disease
is a Democrat ploy. ... 'They’ll milk it every single day between now and
November 3rd'. Independent
Related: Eric Trump Goes on Fox News to Claim That Coronavirus
a 'Hoax' to Hurt His Father's Re-Election Bid. ... MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle wondered
why, in that case, the interview was not being held face-to-face. CommonDreams
Difference
between Surgical, N95 and Cloth masks. Download
Coronavirus
Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone, Anxious &
Depressed. DemocracyNow
Donald
Trump’s megalomania and Boris Johnson’s incompetence have increased
the coronavirus death toll. ... Nativist demagogues are the worst leaders to have
in charge during a real crisis because they specialise in exaggerating non-existent
threats. Independent/Cockburn
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WEEKEND
OF MAY 15-17, 2020 Trump
vs Roosevelt: How the US once led a fight against a deadly virus but is losing
it today. ... When polio was the most feared disease 70 years ago, the US spearheaded
the battle for a vaccine. Compare that effort with Trump’s bizarre and chaotic
response to the pandemic, which has produced a death toll in the US higher than
anywhere else in the world. Independent/Cockburn
British Writer Pens The Best Description Of Trump I’ve Read. ... he has no
class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth,
no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour
and no grace. Coming42
Screen
New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-tech
COVID Dystopia. DemocracyNow
Interview and video Related: Screen New Deal. ... Under Cover
of Mass Death, Andrew Cuomo Calls in the Billionaires to Build a High-tech Dystopia.
Intercept/Klein
Why
do Republicans behave the way they do? ... how the Dems have aided and abetted
(them). ... Why are the Republicans so mean-spirited when it comes to “the
poor” and so indulgent when it comes to “the rich”? MiniPost
ENVIRONMENT 9
States Sue EPA For Easing Pollution Monitoring Requirements During Pandemic. ...
The states, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, claim the EPA’s
relaxed policy is not transparent and gives polluters too much wiggle room. HuffPost
Trump
dismantles environmental protections under cover of coronavirus. ... Administration
is weakening protections ahead of the election, making changes that could take
years for a Democratic president to undo. Guardian
Alliance
for the Wild Rockies Challenges Killing of Yellowstone Ecosystem Grizzlies to
Protect Wyoming Cows. CounterPunch
Studies
Reveal Climate Tipping Points Could Be Here Much Sooner Than We Thought. ... According
to the findings, climate tipping points could happen in a matter of years or decades,
not on the ecological timescale of hundreds, or even, thousands of years. CommonDreams
An
Irrational Fear of Predators Drives Utah Politics. CounterPunch
Potentially fatal bouts of heat and humidity on the rise, study finds. ... Scientists
identify thousands of extreme events, suggesting stark warnings about global heating
are already coming to pass. Guardian
Related: Drop in pollution may bring hotter weather and heavier monsoons. ...Scientists
say fewer particles and polluting gases means more sunlight can reach Earth’s
surface Guardian
Fears
of Bolsonaro's Threat to Amazon Realized as New Data Shows Rainforest Destruction
Up 55%. ... "Bolsonaro is not only turning a blind eye as land grabbers,
illegal loggers, and miners continue to plunder Indigenous territories during
the pandemic, he plans to make things easier for them." CommonDreams
The
Green New Deal Is the Key to Ending Forever Wars. ... Converting the energy grid
to 100 percent renewables would cost $1.9 trillion less than the Iraq and Afghanistan
wars. TruthOut
'Not
Today. Not Tomorrow. Not Ever': Indigenous Campaigners Protest As KXL Pipeline
Construction Begins Amid Legal Challenges. ... "This pipeline will not be
built." CommonDreams
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The
HEROES Act Is a Vital Step Toward Ending COVID, So of Course It Is Doomed. ...
Lindsey Graham announced the COVID-19 relief bill was "dead on arrival"
in the Senate. TruthOut
What
Reconstruction and the New Deal Can Teach Us About What Comes After the Pandemic
Presidency. Intercept
These
"are the good times — compared to what's coming next". ... We're
heading for a steep decline; Biden and the Democrats have no answers. Salon
Chris Hedges December
2019 - Chris Hedges on the Rot Within the American System. Hedges
video The
Coming New World Disorder. CounterPunch
'It's
all rigged': Trump foreshadows how he could undermine presidential election. ...Trump
accusations shed light on how he could use the Covid-19 pandemic to undermine
the results of the November election. Guardian
Donald
Trump brings his claim of absolute power to the supreme court. ... The nine justices
are to hear three cases testing the president’s right to keep his taxes and
financial records secret – the implications are far-reaching. Guardian
High
Stakes Gambling on Biden’s Foreign Policy. ... In the midst of what’s
become a sort of progressive civil war over “lesser evil” voting in
November, here’s a different look at Uncle Joe: Biden on war. Scheer
Post Bombshell:
Crowdstrike admits ‘no evidence’ Russia stole emails from DNC server.
... Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core
of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: “We did not have concrete evidence.”
Gray
Zone Trump
Declares War on Statistics as He Pivots to Human Sacrifice. ... Wartime president?
His only war is the same one it’s been all his life: against truth, against
facts, against anything that might expose the warped reality of who he is. Daily
Beast Man
who took video of Ahmaud Arbery's death is a 'pawn in a larger game', attorney
says. ... Lawyer says conspiracy theories about his client’s relationship
to incident have made him subject of misinformation campaign. Independent
Coming
Soon: Bipartisan Deficit Hawks Calling for Austerity. Jacobin
The
Pandemic’s Catastrophic Hit to the Labor Market. CounterPunch
A
Coronavirus Cover-Up Is Already Starting
The bipartisan ideology of “looking
forward as opposed to looking backwards” is here again -- it is designed
to block efforts to hold Trump and his cronies accountable for their incompetence
& malice. David
Siorta Iraq
Will be Hit Harder by Falling Oil Prices Than COVID-19 or ISIS. CounterPunch
WEEKEND
OF MAY 15-17, 2020;
COVID-19 NEWS - NATURE BATS LAST Symptoms
of Coronavirus. CDC
or Download
140+
Global Leaders Call for Free "People's Vaccine" to Put Human Lives Above
Corporate Greed in Fight Against Covid-19. CommonDreams
Coronavirus
world map: which countries have the most cases and deaths? ... Find out where
the virus has spread, and where it has been most deadly. Guardian
Team
Trump Pushes CDC to Revise Down Its COVID Death Counts. ... The president and
members of his task force are skeptical of the numbers and want the methodology
changed. Daily
Beast Trump
Pressures CDC to Lower COVID Death Count by Changing Calculation Method . TruthOut
Healthcare
Industry Sees “Potential Bonanza” of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis. DemocracyNow
Trump
Administration Won’t Guarantee Universal Access to COVID-19 Vaccine. ...
Millions of taxpayer dollars flow to drug companies, but top health officials
can’t guarantee an affordable vaccine. TruthOut
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MAY
14, 2020 What
principles and values rule the world? - Noam
Chomsky video Coronavirus:
Doctors Without Borders sends team to Navajo Nation, worst hit-area in US. ...
‘You can’t expect people to isolate if they have to drive 100 miles
to get food and water’. Independent
“COVID-19
Has Been Racialized”: Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking “Trump
= Plague”. DemocracyNow
Tyson
is a Repeat Offender. CounterPunch
Corporate
Media Don’t Think Americans Paid to Invade Venezuela Count as Mercenaries.
FAIR
EASY
MONEY Amid
the Coronavirus Pandemic, America’s Billionaires Thrive and Prosper. CounterPunch
HEROES
Act Delivers a Win to the Health Insurance Industry. Intercept
GOP
Senator Who Voted for Trump Tax Cuts and Corporate Slush Fund Now Says 'Not Enough
Money to Help Everybody' Harmed by Covid-19. ... "They took care of their
billionaire buddies and Wall Street bankers. Now they're trying to say there's
'not enough' left to help you and your family. It's a lie." CommonDreams
Slumlord
Capitalism v. Global Pandemic. CounterPunch
'Disaster
Capitalism at Its Worst': Report Details Big Oil's Efforts to Cash In on Coronavirus.
... "Polluters fought hard for kickbacks in the first coronavirus stimulus
package and they are undoubtedly up to it again." CommonDreams
Fossil
Fuels Already Get Billions in Bailouts -- They’re Called Subsidies. TruthOut
Once
Again, Congress Will Let Wall Street Pillage Main Street. CounterPunch
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U.S.
Dishonors Navajo with Death Penalty. ... Amidst the coronavirus devastation, it’s
important not to overlook the fact that, at the end of April, two federal appellate
judges called out the U.S. government for continuing to dishonor the Navajo Nation
– the largest Indigenous tribe in America – through its pursuit of the
death penalty for Lezmond Mitchell. CounterPunch
Standoff
in South Dakota: Cheyenne River Sioux Refuse Governor’s Demand to Remove
COVID Checkpoints. DemocracyNow
Mitch
McConnell Moves to Expand Bill Barr’s Surveillance Powers. ... Welcome to
the Trump-era Patriot Act: a law that protects politicians while giving the government
greater knowledge of the websites you searched for and visited. DailyBeast
High
Rates Of Suicide Among Combat Veterans. Chris Hedges talks to Matthew Hoh,
former US Marines company commander, about the high rates of veteran suicides.
Hoh served two tours in Iraq as a Marine and also worked as an official within
the State Department. He resigned his position as a State Department political
officer in Afghanistan in 2009 in protest at the Obama administration’s escalation
of the war. Video
'Time
for a Major Shift': Groups Demand Biden Vow End to Endless Wars and Destructive
US Foreign Policy. ... A joint letter urges the presidential candidate to oppose
regime-change interventions and broad-based sanctions, engage with Iran and North
Korea, and support a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. CommonDreams
“Weaponized
and Racialized”: Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown
Communities. DemocracyNow
Under
Trump, American exceptionalism means poverty, misery and death. ... No other advanced
nation denies healthcare and work protections, or loosens lockdown while fatalities
mount. Guardian
Bombshell:
Crowdstrike admits ‘no evidence’ Russia stole emails from DNC server.
... Crowdstrike, the firm behind the Russian email hacking allegation at the core
of Russiagate, makes a bombshell admission: “We did not have concrete evidence.”
GrayZone
MAY
14, 2020 COVID-19 NEWS
NATURE BATS LAST Terminal
Conditions. ... One only has to compare the number of dead in the U.S. to either
Germany or South Korea to comprehend fully the deliberate death-dealing disaster
enabled by Trump and his minions. CounterPunch
CDC
Reopen Document Vastly Differs From White House’s Plan. ... The Associated
Press obtained a 63-page document from the CDC which stresses planning for future
virus flareups. HuffPost
“Losing
the Fabric of the City”: COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed
Structural Racism. DemocracyNow
Warning
Against Swift Reopening of Economy, Fauci Admits Covid-19 Death Toll 'Almost Certainly
Higher' Than Official 80,000+ ... Meanwhile, new poll shows majority of Americans
believe federal government not doing enough to stop resurgence of outbreak. CommonDreams
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13, 2020 Mass
Unemployment Is a Failure of Capitalism. ... The difficulties caused to workers
by record unemployment during the pandemic are a product of capitalism. CounterPunch
Top
Police Officer Requests Official List of All Jews in Ukrainian City, Sparking
Fury. ... Jewish group slams police force for 'open anti-Semitism' after high-ranking
official asks for information on all members of the Jewish community including
phone numbers and places of residence. Haaretz
ISRAEL
- PALESTINE The
Elders Issue Scathing Rebuke of Israel's Trump-Approved West Bank Annexation Plan.
... "The conflict between Israel and the Palestinians can only ever be solved
by finding a solution that guarantees peace, security, rights, and dignity to
both peoples. Unilaterally seizing territory and ignoring international law achieves
precisely the opposite." CommonDreams
Israel’s
top court gives go-ahead to Netanyahu’s unity deal with election rival Gantz.
... Prime minister faces just one more hurdle for his controversial deal: a parliamentary
vote on legislation needed to allow the coalition. Independent
National
Security Veterans Urge Democrats To Go Farther In Opposition To Israel’s
Trump-Approved Land Grab. ... The party’s platform under presumptive nominee
Joe Biden should for the first time oppose Israeli occupation of the West Bank
and settlements, 32 former officials say in a message shared with HuffPost. HuffPost
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Trial
by Media: a troubling Netflix series on press coverage of the courtroom. ... New
docuseries executive-produced by George Clooney revisits six high-profile cases
in which the media played an outsize role in justice, or lack thereof. Guardian
Conservatives
Are Fighting a “No-Brainer” Ethics Rule Banning Judges From Joining
the Federalist Society. Intercept
A
Late-Breaking Bulletin From PBS: “For Many Americans, Health Insurance is
Tied to a Job”. CounterPunch
“Bolivia’s
Postcoup Regime Did Nothing to Stop the Virus”. ... Four months after the
coup in Bolivia, Luis Arce is presidential candidate for Evo Morales’s MAS.
Jacobin interviewed him about the postcoup regime, its handling of coronavirus,
and what the delayed election means for the Left’s chances of returning to
power. Jacobin
The day police bombed a city street: can scars of 1985 Move atrocity be healed?
.. Row houses in Philadelphia burn after policed dropped a bomb on the Move house
in May 1985. Eleven people, including five children, died and a Philadelphia neighborhood
burned down in the airstrike against a black liberation group. Now an effort at
reconciliation is under way. Guardian
Obama, Biden Oval Office Meeting On January 5 Was Key To Entire Anti-Trump Operation.
... Susan Rice's bizarre Inauguration Day email about that meeting helps explain
the campaign of leaks, lies, and obstruction that followed. The
Federalist With
Tara Reade’s Allegations, Joe Biden’s Campaign Is Only the Latest Chapter
of America’s Accountability Problem. Intercept
George
W Bush paved the way for Trump – to rehabilitate him is appalling. ... We
don’t have to rewrite the former president’s record just because the
incumbent is unleashing his own campaign of shock and awfulness. Guardian
Following
Mexico’s Worker Strikes, the US Steps in to Keep Border Factories Open. TruthOut
Crushing the States, Saving the Banks: the Fed’s Generous New Rules. ...
Congress seems to be at war with the states. Only $150 billion of its nearly $3
trillion coronavirus relief package – a mere 5% – has been allocated
to the 50 states; and they are not allowed to use it where they need it most,
to plug the holes in their budgets caused by the mandatory shutdown. CounterPunch
ICE’s
Immigration Detainees Protested Lack of Coronavirus Precautions -- And SWAT-like
Private-Prison Guards Pepper-Sprayed Them. Intercept
Radical
Politics and Pandemic Nightmares. CounterPunch/Giroux
American
Police Have Stashed Away Billions-And You Are Paying The Bill. ... The first part
of our investigation into the hidden costs of policing reveals the exorbitant
amount of money funneled to police through police pension funds; a PAR conversation
with guest Otto the Watchdog. TRN
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13, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last A
Coronavirus Cover-up Is Already Starting
The bipartisan ideology of “looking
forward as opposed to looking backwards” is here again -- it is designed
to block efforts to hold Trump and his cronies accountable for their incompetence
& malice. David
Siorta Will
Covid-19 mutate into a more dangerous virus? ... What do we know about the way
coronavirus is evolving? Guardian
Scientists
concerned that coronavirus is adapting to humans. ... Researchers have observed
mutations in some strains that may help the virus spread. Guardian
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12, 2020 An
analysis (part 1) of how, why capitalism - especially in US - failed to prepare
for or cope with a virus thereby enabling it to trigger another crash of capitalism
(third this century: dot.com in 2000, sub-prime mortgage in 2008) Democracy @
Work (Video)
The
Trump Administration's "Monstrous Idea": Direct Payments in Exchange
for Cuts to Social Security Benefits. ... "Donald Trump and his administration
will stop at nothing to cut Social Security." CommonDreams
Guaidó’s
mercenary hit contract on Venezuela’s Maduro mirrors official US bounty,
authorizes death squad killings. ... The leaked contract between Juan Guaidó
and the Silvercorp USA mercenary firm closely resembles a DEA bounty placed on
the head of President Nicolas Maduro and members of his inner circle this March.
The deal tacitly authorizes the elimination of working class Venezuelans in proposed
death squad activities by Silvercorp. GrayZone
Bernie
Sanders Spells Out How Bad Things Are For U.S. With Historical Comparison. ...
It’s the “worst moment in American history maybe since the Civil War,”
he declared, revealing how his supporters’ coronavirus stories were too painful
to read. HuffPost
TRUMP
SPEAK 
(5/8/20)
- Can't decipher Trump-speak? Meet Margaret, the computer bot. ... Margaret, (an)
artificial intelligence bot, tried to transcribe a 127-word section of a speech
by President Donald Trump. MSN
WASHINGTON —
Bill Frischling’s moment of inspiration came three years ago, when Margaret,
his artificial intelligence bot, tried to transcribe a 127-word section of a speech
by President Donald Trump. (2015)
The Art of Speaking Like Donald Trump, in 10 Easy Steps. Esquire
(2017)
A guide to Trump-speak: think 'bloke talking loudly in the pub'. ... From overly
defensive Sigmar Gabriel to delusional Michael Gove, politicians are misreading
the president-elect’s utterances. Guardian
(2018)
Trump speaks at level of 8-year-old, new analysis finds. ... Mr Trump scores the
lowest of any of the past 15 presidents. Independent
(2017)
Trumpspeak -- The man vs. the algorithm. ... can something so fragmented and disjointed
as the president’s circumlocutory echolalia be described as possessing anything
so ordered as a “pattern?” Baffler
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'The
Next Crisis': Up to 43 Million Americans Could Lose Health Insurance Due to Pandemic,
Study Shows. ... "The American healthcare financing system was not built
to withstand the combined impact of a pandemic and a recession." CommonDreams
The
White Lobby: When The U.S. Was Sanctions-Buster Extraordinaire. Popular
Resistance With
a Distracted Public, the Pentagon Tries to Get Away With Killing Innocent Civilians
(again). ... with attention more occupied than usual, some U.S. military operations
have been escalating even further. In recent years, these conflicts have become
even deadlier for innocent people. The Trump administration has shown itself to
be not just indifferent, but positively encouraging of the killing of civilians
in foreign wars. Intercept
. When
Undocumented Activists Infiltrated ICE
A conversation with directors Cristina
Ibarra and Alex Rivera about their film, The Infiltrators. The
Nation The
real Lord of the Flies: what happened when six boys were shipwrecked for 15 months
Guardian
Are
Trump and the Anti-Lockdown Militias Itching for Violence? Intercept
US
blocks vote on UN's bid for global ceasefire over reference to WHO. ... Security
council had spent weeks seeking resolution but Trump administration opposed mention
of organization. Guardian
New
York State Tries to Suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo Shrug. ... Blaming health
risks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York State Board of Elections announced
last week that the state would simply cancel its Democratic presidential primary,
leaving former Vice President Joe Biden to be proclaimed the victor without a
vote. FAIR
Brazil’s
President Speaks Next to an Israeli Flag at Anti-democratic Rally, Confusing and
Angering Jews. ... Bolsonaro is a right-wing strongman who is a passionate advocate
of Israel and counts on massive Evangelical Christian support. Haaretz
Maj.
Danny: Eugene Debs and the Age of Corona. ... In this pandemic-era, it has become
increasingly clear that we are only as healthy as the least insured -- hence the
poorest -- in our society. Scheer
Post Despite
Skyrocketing Unemployment, Tennessee Valley Authority Plans to Outsource Hundreds
Of Federal Jobs to Overseas Companies. Intercept
Henry
A. Giroux: It Is Impossible to Be Radical Without Being Optimistic in the Pandemic
Age. TruthOut
Progressive
Group Denounces Roberts' Refusal to Investigate Federal Judge's Retirement. ...
Demand Justice accused Roberts of "covering up Mitch McConnell's court-packing
project." CommonDreams
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12, 2020 - COVID-19 NEWS
Nature Bats Last Navajo
Nation Now Has More Known COVID-19 Cases Per Capita Than Any State. ... There
have been at least 100 deaths on the country’s most populous American Indian
reservation. HuffPost
Ohio
Government Invites Employers to Secretly Report “Work Refusal” Due to
Coronavirus. Intercept
Will
Covid-19 mutate into a more dangerous virus? ...What do we know about the way
coronavirus is evolving? Guardian
Trump
Declares COVID-19 Will Vanish ‘Without A Vaccine,’ Contradicting Experts.
... The president claims that’s what doctors say. They don’t. HuffPost
Plandemic:
YouTube, Facebook and other platforms rush to remove viral conspiracy theory pushing
baseless claims about coronavirus. Independent
Are
People Getting Sick Staying Home Alone? That’s Not What a Misinterpreted
Survey Said. FAIR
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