2020-01-03: Social Media Postees

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McConnell and Pelosi Give No Signs of Budging on Impeachment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-04
WASHINGTON — Congress opened the new year with the Senate deadlocked over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, leaving the proceedings deeply in flux as Republicans refuse to bend to Democratic demands for new witnesses. | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell showed no signs Friday of negotiating with the Democrats as he aims for Trump's swift acquittal. At the same time, the Republican leader acknowledged the Senate cannot begin the historic undertaking until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delivers the articles of impeachment — which she i…
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UN Concerned over British Government's Failure to Investigate Whether Assange Has Been Subjected to Psychological Torture
Ceren Sagir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
United Nations special rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer has written to governments to press them to investigate properly evidence that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been subjected to psychological torture. | On December 31 Mr Melzer shared on Twitter a letter …
globalresearch.ca/un-concerned-british-government-failure-investigate-assange-has-been-subjected-psychological-torture/5699511

Assange and Manning: The Slow Execution of the Voices of Freedom
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning have exposed corrupt officials and criminal politicians | Assange and Manning are prisoners of conscience | How to free Assange and Manning? | Be the Voice of Assange and Manning in your community by any needs necessary. | ***…
globalresearch.ca/the-slow-execution-of-the-voices-of-freedom/5699292

War With Iran
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2020-01-03
The assassination by the United States of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, near Baghdad's airport will ignite widespread retaliatory attacks against U.S. targets from Shiites, who form the majority in Iraq. It will activate Iranian-backed militias and insurgents in Lebanon and Syria and throughout the Middle East. The existing mayhem, violence, failed states and war, the result of nearly two decades of U.S. blunders and miscalculations in the region, will become an even wider and more dangerous conflagration. The consequences are ominous. Not only will the U.S. swiftly find itself under…
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US Out of Iraq! Protest in San Jose
CODEPINK.org and many others | indybay.org | 2020-01-03
200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
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A New Year and a New Trump Foreign Policy Blunder in Iraq
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
It's a new year, and the U.S. has found a new enemy–an Iraqi militia called Kata'ib Hezbollah. How tragically predictable was that? So who or what is Kata'ib Hezbollah? Why are U.S. forces attacking it? And where will this lead? Kata'ib Hezbollah is one of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) that were recruited to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/a-new-year-and-a-new-trump-foreign-policy-blunder-in-iraq/

America's War for Global Domination
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The following is the text of Michel Chossudovsky's public lecture at the Society for the Defense of Civil Rights and Human Dignity (GBM), Berlin, 10-11 December, 2003 and Humboldt University, Berlin, 12 December 2003. | This timely article written 16 years | …
globalresearch.ca/america-war-global-domination/5699466

America's War for Global Domination
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
How to reverse the tide of war? Forcefully undermine the media propaganda apparatus which seeks to justify "humanitarian wars" under the banner of responsibility to protect (R2P). Impeach all criminals in high office including POTUS as well the entire Congressional apparatus which pays lip service to US led wars.
globalresearch.ca/america-war-global-domination/5699466

America's War for Global Domination
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The following is the background text of Michel Chossudovsky's public lecture at the Society for the Defense of Civil Rights and Human Dignity (GBM), Berlin, 10-11 December, 2003 and Humboldt University, Berlin, 12 December 2003. This text written 16 years | …
globalresearch.ca/america-war-global-domination/5699466

Decolonizing the Western Worldview: Interview with Cherokee activist/scholar, Randy Woodley
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
Over the last few months, I have been writing more and more often about the need of people in Western civilization to pay attention to indigenous wisdom and knowledge. In that spirit, my first post of 2020 is an edited transcript of a phone interview I did with Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, a Cherokee activist/scholar,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/decolonizing-the-western-worldview-interview-with-cherokee-activist-scholar-randy-woodley/

Russian pranksters strike again: Fake Greta Thunberg convinces eager US politician that she has dirt on Trump
rt.com | 2020-01-03
US Congresswoman Maxine Waters has allegedly fallen for a prank call in which she thought activist Greta Thunberg was offering her a tape of Donald Trump confessing to pressuring Ukraine into investigating his political rivals. | YouTube pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who go by the names Vovan and Lexus, are claiming they tricked Waters (Dem-Calif.) into thinking she was speaking to teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg. | Vovan and Lexus made names for themselves by previously pranking Congressman Adam Schiff (Dem-Calif.) into thinking there were nude photos of US President Donald T…
rt.com/usa/477425-maxine-waters-greta-prank/

'A just struggle': Netanyahu backs Soleimani's killing as US 'self-defense,' says Quds head planned more attacks
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called the US assassination of a top Iranian commander a justified act of self-defense and said Donald Trump should be credited for "acting swiftly, forcefully and decisively." | The Israeli leader said his country "stands with the United States in its just struggle for peace, security and self-defense," accusing Soleimani of having staged and planned attacks against "American citizens and many other innocent people." | PM Netanyahu: | President Trump deserves all the credit for acting swiftly, forcefully and decisively. | Israel stands with the United States in it…
rt.com/news/477377-netanyahu-backs-soleimanis-killing-us/

Hawks Rejoice at Trump Decision to Assassinate Iranian Military Leader
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-03
As peace advocates voiced alarm at the very real prospect of all-out conflict with Iran following the assassination Thursday night of that country's top military leader on orders from U.S. President Donald Trump, war hawk…
truthout.org/articles/hawks-rejoice-at-trump-decision-to-assassinate-iranian-military-leader/

It's No Superheroes, It's Peace Workers
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
When I was growing up, DC Comics and comic heroes like "Batman", and "Superman", and "Wonder Woman", were ubiquitous at local convenient store stands. I remember eagerly reading about the so-called comic book, "Justice League" and how these fictional heroes gathered forces and jointly fought off evil foes. The heroic exploits extended to Saturday morning…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/its-no-superheroes-its-peace-workers/

US killing of Iranian commander on Iraqi soil violates terms of US stationing troops in the country — Iraqi PM
rt.com | 2020-01-03
The interim prime minister of Iraq has condemned the US assassination of a senior Iranian commander, calling it an act of aggression against his country. Qassem Soleimani was killed at Baghdad airport. | Soleimani, the commander of the elite Quds Force, was killed after his convoy was hit by US missiles. A deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the Iraqi militia collective backed by Iran, was killed in the same airstrike. | In a statement on Friday, the caretaker leader of Iraq's protest-challenged government, Adil Abdul Mahdi, said the US assassination operation was a "flagrant violation o…
rt.com/news/477361-iraq-pm-condemnts-assassination/

Thousands march in Tehran to mourn 'beloved' military commander Soleimani, killed by US drone strike
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Protesters dressed in black have marched in Tehran and other cities, decrying the killing on Thursday night of the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, Major General Qassem Soleimani, which was ordered by Washington. | People flooded the streets of Tehran after Friday prayers in honor of Soleimani and other officials killed during a US airstrike in Iraq's capital. | The mostly black-clad protesters were chanting traditional anti-American slogans like "Down with the US!" while also praising Soleimani as a "hero" of the nation. Many were carrying photos of the killed Quds commander and banners suggesting that the vi…
rt.com/news/477369-iranian-protests-us-airstrike/

The Deadly Perils of Religious Nationalism
Saad Hafiz | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
The deadly nexus of religion and nationalism has left a trail of violence and bloodshed in history. In the 16th and the early 17th centuries, religious nationalism pitted Catholics against Protestants. In recent times it has Jews and Muslims, Sunnis and Shiites, Hindus and Muslims, battling on opposite sides. The conflicts have worsened with struggles…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/the-deadly-perils-of-religious-nationalism/

Greece, Israel & Cyprus ink EastMed gas pipeline deal amid Turkish outcry
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Cyprus, Greece and Israel have signed a deal to construct a natural gas pipeline between the Eastern Mediterranean and Europe, drawing Turkey's ire as it pursues a foothold in the energy-rich region. | The agreement, signed on Thursday, kicks off plans for a 1,900km (1,180 mile) pipeline expected to carry some 10 billion cubic meters of gas into Europe yearly, set to be completed by 2025, after the parties to the deal agree on a final investment plan. | The Turkish Foreign Ministry wasted little time in protesting against the agreement, issuing a harsh statement predicting doom for the $7 billion venture soon…
rt.com/business/477356-eastmed-gas-pipeline-turkey/

Protests mount as Bolivia coup regime expels Mexican, Spanish diplomats
Emile Schepers | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-03
Over the past several days, the coup regime in Bolivia has escalated its campaign against diplomats from Mexico and Spain over their assistance to overthrown President Evo Morales. Flouting international agreements covering diplomatic relations, the Bolivian government has gone from harassing embassy personnel to outright expulsion. Coup "president" Jeanine àÅñez on Dec. 30 ordered Mexican …
peoplesworld.org/article/protests-mount-as-bolivia-coup-regime-expels-mexican-spanish-diplomats/

Jan 4 Protest: U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
ANSWER | indybay.org | 2020-01-03
Powell and Market, San Francisco, Powell St BART Station.
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French prosecutors say Paris suburb knifeman had Koran but 'no sign' of radicalization
rt.com | 2020-01-03
The man who stabbed four and killed one person in a Paris suburb before he was shot by police had a history of mental illness and owned a Koran, prosecutors have revealed, adding they'd found "no evidence" he'd been radicalized. | While some witnesses reported hearing the man shout "Allahu Akhbar" as he began stabbing people – seemingly at random – in a park in the Paris suburb of Villejuif on Friday, prosecutors have stated they do not have evidence of radicalization as a motive, though "elements linked to religion" that "suggested he had converted to Islam" were found among his belongings, according to AFP.
rt.com/news/477424-french-prosecutors-paris-suburb-knifeman/

Opening Pandora's Box in Iraq
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
As far back as at least the American Revolution, there was an unwritten rule among combatants that you don't kill the commander in the field of battle. That's why generals could be seen directing their troops while sitting astride a horse behind the front lines –easy targets for anyone equipped with a rifled barrel on…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/opening-pandoras-box-in-iraq/

The Democratic Party's Campaign to Re-Elect President Trump
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
Anyone who hoped that the terrible experience of a neofascistic presidency might jolt the Democratic Party media and politics establishment into embracing the basic lesson of the 2016 election — that running a dismal, dollar-drenched centrist well to the right of the citizenry for president just guarantees right-wing control of the United States' executive branch…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/the-democratic-partys-campaign-to-re-elect-president-trump/

The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The creatures that lurk through the corridors of power in Washington DC have refined corruption to the point where almost anything goes and almost no one is ever held accountable. Traditionally, Congressmen reward their various constituencies by inserting riders into …
globalresearch.ca/caesar-syria-civilian-protection-act-washington-both-corrupt-ignorant/5699475

The Soleimani Assassination: The Long-Awaited Beginning of the End of America's Imperial Ambitions
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The United States is now at war with Iran in a conflict that could easily have been avoided and it will not end well. There will be no declaration of war coming from either side, but the assassination of Iranian …
globalresearch.ca/soleimani-assassination-long-awaited-beginning-end-america-imperial-ambitions/5699507

The Assassination of Suleimani Escalates the Threat of War
Phyllis Bennis | thenation.com | 2020-01-03
The Assassination of Suleimani Escalates the Threat of War…
thenation.com/article/suleimani-assasination-iran-war/

Who is Archbishop Atallah Hanna, and Why Israel Hates him
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
"They will run and not grow weary," is a quote from the Bible (Isaiah, 40: 41) that adorns the homepage of Kairos Palestine. This important document, which parallels a similar initiative emanating from South Africa during the anti-apartheid struggle years, has come to represent the unified voice of the Palestinian Christian community everywhere. One of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/who-is-archbishop-atallah-hanna-and-why-israel-hates-him/

The Syrian Conflict is Awash with Propaganda, Chemical Warfare Bodies Should not be Caught Up in It
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-03
In the very early spring of this year, I gave a lecture to European military personnel interested in the Middle East. It was scarcely a year since Bashar al-Assad's alleged use of chlorine gas against the civilian inhabitants of the Damascus suburb of Douma on 7 April 2018, in which 43 people were said to have been killed. Few…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/03/the-syrian-conflict-is-awash-with-ropaganda-chemical-warfare-bodies-should-not-be-caught-up-in-it/

More US Fuel on the Middle East Fire: Trump Orders New Troop Deployment to the Region
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Trump began 2020 with a bang by authorizing more US combat troops to the Middle East. | It's already ablaze from endless US wars of aggression on nonbelligerent states threatening no one. | The new deployment is an ominous new year's beginning, …
globalresearch.ca/more-us-fuel-middle-east-fire-new-troop-deployment-region/5699325

A Dubious Official Story Masks the True Motives Behind the Soleimani Assassination
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-03
Behind the official yet dubious justifications for the U.S. airstrike that killed a top Iranian general on Friday lies a confluence of factors — some decades in the making, others more recent — that are pushing the U.S. towards yet another catastrophic war in the Middle East.
mintpressnews.com/dubious-official-story-qassem-soleimani-assassination/263869/

Economic Effect of Trump's Adventure: Spike in Oil, Gold Prices
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-03
Oil prices jumped nearly US$2 a barrel and gold, the yen and safe-haven bonds surged on Friday after the U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the murder of Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday. | RELATED: | Syria: Trump Administration Builds Military Base in Oil Field | In London, which is one of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Economic-Effect-of-Trumps-Adventure-Spike-in-Oil-Gold-Prices-20200103-0003.html

Video: US Sanctions and the Caesar Act, Oil and Gas, Chemical Weapons, and the Syrian Response
Bouthaina Shaaban | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The Caesar Act is one of the main topics discussed by the Media and Political Advisor in the Syrian Presidency Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban in a thorough must watch and learn from interview with Kamal Khalaf of Al-Mayadeen News channel. | Dr. …
globalresearch.ca/caesar-act-oil-gas-chemical-weapons-syrian-response/5699287

'Undeniable role in defeating ISIS': Russian MOD says Iran's Soleimani organized anti-terrorist fight 'long before US was there'
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike, had played a vital role in fighting terrorists in Syria and Iraq, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that his death would harm international security. | The ministry slammed the assassination of the Iranian general, carried out on orders from Washington, calling it a "short-sighted" move that would lead to a "rapid escalation" of tensions in the Middle East. It also described Soleimani as a talented and experienced commander, who enjoyed "well-earned authority" throughout the Middle East. | It was under Soleimani's direct command that…
rt.com/news/477419-soleimani-anti-terrorist-fighting-role/

Global Warfare: "We're Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran.."
General Wesley Clark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Originally published in March 2007. | Global Research Editor's Note: | This interview serves as a reminder regarding the diabolical timeline of America's hegemonic project. Is Iran the next target "to be taken out"? | All these countries are on the Pentagon's drawing …
globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166

The War Hoax Redux. How to Start Another War
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
America's hegemonic military agenda has reached a dangerous threshold: The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by Donald Trump on January 2, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran. | US Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper described it …
globalresearch.ca/war-hoax-redux/5680814

Iraq: The October Revolution of 2019 and the Iran-US Conflict
Dirk Adriaensens | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Iraq is in the eye of the storm. Washington's "maximum pressure" campaign on Iran and Tehran's response put heavy pressure on the Iraqi government, a partner for both. The US expects Baghdad to resist Iran, and Iran expects Baghdad to resist the US. An almost impossible position.
globalresearch.ca/iraq-october-revolution-2019/5698521

No war or regime change, Trump assures Iran after praising the killing of '#1 terrorist' — ISIS-fighting general Soleimani
rt.com | 2020-01-03
US President Donald Trump described the Iranian general who fought Islamic State as "number one terrorist" in the world and said the decision to kill him was made "to stop a war," rather than start regime change in Tehran. | Addressing the media at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Friday, Trump said General Qassem Soleimani was "plotting imminent and sinister attacks on American diplomats and military personnel" when the US "terminated" him. | "We take comfort in knowing that his reign of terror is over," he said of Soleimani, who led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force before his assass…
rt.com/news/477426-no-war-regime-change-iran-trump/

'De facto state of war': DeBlasio warns New Yorkers of 'new reality' in wake of the killing of Iran's Soleimani
rt.com | 2020-01-03
New York mayor Bill de Blasio warned the city that attempted terrorist attacks may follow the US strike on Iranian commander Soleimani, anticipating never-before-seen threats would be unleashed — but told citizens not to panic. | After the strike on Baghdad airport "we are dealing with a different reality," de Blasio told a press conference on Friday, admitting that "none of us know how this will play out," as it has been decades since the US confronted "the reality of a war with the government of a large country with an international terror network at its behest." Previous terror attacks on New York, he…
rt.com/usa/477403-deblasio-nyc-state-war-soleimani/

Corbyn calls on UK govt to 'stand up to the belligerent actions' of US after assassination of Iran's Quds chief Soleimani
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has hit out at the US after they claimed responsibility for the killing of Iran's Quds Force Major-General Qassem Soleimani, and urged the UK government to "stand up" to their key western ally. | The outgoing leader warned on Friday that Iran and the US must de-escalate tensions, otherwise the Middle East will see yet more conflict that would "bring further misery to the region, 17 years on from the disastrous invasion of Iraq." | Corby…
rt.com/uk/477392-corbyn-soleimani-belligerent-us/

Trump tweets after Quds chief killing: 'Iran never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!'
rt.com | 2020-01-03
Following the US assassination of Iran's Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani, President Donald Trump took to Twitter, issuing a quite cryptic message that Iran has "never won a war, but never lost a negotiation." | The commander of the elite Quds Force was killed overnight in Baghdad International Airport, alongside with several other high-ranking officials from local pro-Iranian militias. | The assassination was carried out on the personal "direction" of Trump, the US military has said, claiming it was acting to protect America and its citizens. Soleimani was blamed for "the deaths of hundreds of American and c…
rt.com/usa/477384-trump-iran-war-negotiation/

VIDEO shows US strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad
rt.com | 2020-01-03
A security camera video, purporting to show the US air strike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and several leaders of the Iraqi Shia militia outside the Baghdad airport, has surfaced online. | The 11-second clip, first posted by the Iraqi TV station Ahad, shows an explosion ripping through the parking lot outside the Baghdad International Airport on Thursday evening. | ŸÑÿ≠ÿ∏ÿ© ÿßŸÑÿπÿØŸàÿßŸÜ ÿßŸÑÿßŸÖÿ±ŸäŸ&Ea…
rt.com/news/477420-moment-us-strike-soleimani-video/

'Please don't kill us': Rose McGowan apologizes to Iran for Soleimani death, backpedals, still gets roasted
rt.com | 2020-01-03
The #MeToo advocate and 'Grindhouse' actress Rose McGowan joined Hollywood celebs like John Cusack to condemn the killing of Qassem Soleimani, but this only inspired Twitter to question her sobriety and her loyalty to the US. | Much of Hollywood's most politically active celebrities were not happy with the US assassination of Iran's Quds Force chief Qassem Soleimani, but none were as broken up about it as actress Rose McGowan. | The author and 'Charmed' actress took to Twitter to apologize on behalf of the US and to beg Iran "not to kill us." | "Dear #Iran, The USA has disrespected your country, your flag, you…
rt.com/usa/477406-rose-mcgowan-iran-trump/

America at War with Iran? Pentagon Ordered the Killing of IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The Pentagon confirmed the United States of America's responsibility of killing the legendary IRGC Quds Brigade commander Qasem Soleimani in a drone attack near Baghdad Airport. | The Pentagon's statement didn't elaborate on the cost on the US itself and its …
globalresearch.ca/usa-killed-iranian-irgc-commander-qasem-soleimani/5699503

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