2020-02-17: Social Media Postees

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Another Five Lessons for Democrats to Defeat Trump in 2020
Alvaro Huerta | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
As part of my last two essays on how Democrats can beat President Donald J. Trump, click here and here, I've added another five lessons. As an independent, as noted in my last essay, I've consistently been critical (to the present) of Democrats and Republicans in the areas of race, class, place, immigration, etc., as…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/another-five-lessons-for-democrats-to-defeat-trump-in-2020/

EU leaders agree to enforce Libya arms embargo with warships, despite fears of spike in migration
rt.com | 2020-02-17
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to launch a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, despite warnings from within the bloc that doing so would encourage new flows of migrants to Europe. | The EU ministers agreed to the naval operation at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. Aimed at simmering down the country's ongoing civil war, the operation will also have an air component and the possibility of ground forces, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio was quoted by AFP as saying. | The move was not universally welcome in Europe, and EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell had even predicted…
rt.com/news/481046-eu-naval-embargo-libya/

Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison. On February 24, a court in the U.K. will hold a hearing to determine whether to grant Trump's request. The treaty between the U.S. and the U.K. prohibits extradition for a "political offense." Assange was indicted for exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is a classic political offense. Moreover, Assange's extradition would violate the legal pr…
truthout.org/articles/extradition-of-assange-would-set-a-dangerous-precedent/

'Conscience-free journalism is great career choice': Guardian mocked over failure to mention Assange in 'press freedom' article
rt.com | 2020-02-17
The Guardian newspaper has been mercilessly ridiculed on social media after it failed to highlight the plight of journalist Julian Assange in a piece on Amal Clooney's plans to "combat media repression globally." | The outlet's diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour published an article on Monday focused on the 'Report on the Use of Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journalists,' a document drafted by prominent human rights barrister, Amal Clooney. | Clooney, who represented the WikiLeaks co-fou…
rt.com/uk/481019-assange-guardian-press-freedom/

WikiLeaks demands answers as Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing
rt.com | 2020-02-17
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson is seeking answers after the publisher's official account was mysteriously locked, ahead of an extradition hearing for founder Julian Assange, who faces life in a US jail (or worse). | Hrafnsson claimed the @wikileaks Twitter account had been locked "shortly before Assange extradition hearing" and for no apparent reason, in a post from his personal account on Monday. Lamenting he had been unable to "reach a human at Twitter" for answers, Hrafnsson tagged both the platform's tech support and CEO Jack Dorsey. | WikiLeaks twitter account has been locked, shortly before…
rt.com/news/481049-wikileaks-locked-twitter-extradition-assange/

Australian media maintains an unconscionable blackout on the case of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Meetings should be convened by the staff of every media organisation and resolutions adopted opposing Assange's extradition and insisting that his case is accurately and honestly reported.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/auas-f17.html

Mistrial Is Another Blow To US Coup In Venezuela
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-17
Last week we, along with Adrienne Pine and David Paul, were unsuccessfully prosecuted by the Trump administration for our protection of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC from April 10 to May 16, 2019. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision and so we remain innocent of the charge of interfering with the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/mistrial-is-another-blow-to-us-coup-in-venezuela/

Trump's Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.
globalresearch.ca/imagine-what-would-happen-if-china-decided-to-impose-economic-sanctions-on-the-usa-2/5598941

Class War Comes to the Democratic Party
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-02-17
More than ever, Bernie Sanders is public enemy number one for power elites that thrive on economic injustice. The Bernie 2020 campaign is a direct threat to the undemocratic leverage that extremely wealthy individuals and huge corporations constantly exert on the political process. No wonder we're now seeing so much anti-Bernie rage from leading corporate Democrats

The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-02-17
With very few exceptions, the loudest voices to be heard from mass media are coming from individuals with wealth far above the financial vicinity of average Americans…
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The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-17
Corporate Democrats and corporate media on the attack…
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'A little bit of excitement at no extra cost': Sanders quips after TOPLESS anti-dairy protesters steal show at Nevada rally
rt.com | 2020-02-17
A group of anti-dairy activists, including topless women, upstaged Democratic race frontrunner Bernie Sanders at his own campaign rally ahead of the Nevada primaries. The senator kept his cool, laughing off the stunt, however. | Keen on capitalizing on his success in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders was holding a rally in Carson, Nevada on Sunday. He was barely a couple of minutes into his speech when a young woman, who could be seen lurking behind the podium during the live broadcast, rushed the stage and attempted to wrestle the microphone from the Vermont independent. | Sanders did not give in, taking a few…
rt.com/usa/480984-sanders-naked-protest-rally-dairy/

Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion to Fight Climate Change
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-17
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Gangster-climate ally? Greta gets flamed for posing with crime-glamorizing rapper (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2020-02-17
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has exposed herself to intense internet mockery after posing with a controversial Swedish rapper who purportedly spent several years in prison. | The musical artist, 1.Cuz, performed at Thunberg's recent "Fridays for Future" rally in central Stockholm. Known for always wearing a mask and keeping his real identity a secret, 1.Cuz raps about crime, drugs and his hatred of the cops. | In a recent interview with Swedish media, the rapper reportedly revealed that he had served two years in prison for a "serious" crime

How the UN's Middle East Peace Plan Was Trounced by Its Own Members
Evelyn Leopold | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a dramatic condemnation of the U.S.-drafted Middle East peace plan. No country, except Israel, has approved of the proposals at any public forum. Still, several nations around the world want the Palestinians to use the plan as a means of reopening negotiations with Israel by presenting its own vision.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/how-the-uns-middle-east-peace-plan-was-trounced-by-its-own-members/

Turkey trying to 'CONQUER' Libya, not to bring peace, says top Tripoli govt diplomat visiting Moscow
rt.com | 2020-02-17
While Ankara claims to be supporting Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), its foreign minister on Monday outright rejected the Turkish presence in Libya, blasting it as an "aggression." | Commenting on the role of external players, such as Russia and Turkey, in bringing to an end the protracted Libyan civil war, minister Abdul Hadi Al-Hweij was particularly candid. | "When we talk about peace, we don't have [Turkey's President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan in mind," Al-Hweij said. "Among all the involved political figures, he's the farthest from a peaceful settlement." | Al-Hweij was speaking at the…
rt.com/news/481040-turkey-libya-gna-erdogan/

How Trump's "Peace" Plan Will Redraw Israel's Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Trump's new Middle East "Peace" Plan will redraw Israeli borders to exclude towns with large populations of Arab citizens, an attempt, writes Miko Peled, to force them down the totem pole to a place where their rights will be even …
globalresearch.ca/how-trump-peace-plan-redraw-israel-borders-exclude-non-jews/5703828

Should We All Be in the Streets? Let's Talk About Protest
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
Kelly Hayes talks with L.A. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer and author of the book Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism, about the history of protest movements and what the current political moment demands of us. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. | Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I'm your host, Kelly Hayes. This is e…
truthout.org/audio/should-we-all-be-in-the-streets-lets-talk-about-protest/

Peruvian students protest threatened shutdown of private universities
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Thirty-nine private universities and two graduate schools failed to meet basic educational standards, threatening 166,000 students with being thrown in the street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/peru-f17.html

Trudeau scraps overseas trip after pipeline protesters BLOCK US-Canada bridge amid ongoing rail shutdowns (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-17
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has cancelled his trip to Barbados after protests against a gas pipeline that crosses indigenous land escalated, leading to major rail disruptions and a brief stop of traffic at the US-Canada border. | The threat of transport paralyses, which has become increasingly real after protesters against British Columbia's Coastal GasLink pipeline briefly shut down a key border crossing between the US and Canada on Sunday afternoon, forced Trudeau to call off his visit to Barbados, where he was supposed to drum up support for Canada's UNSC bid on Monday. | The simmering conflict between th…
rt.com/news/480985-canada-pipeline-protest-border/

Student climate change protests across the UK
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Manchester protester: "When it comes to politics and elections, you vote for one side and you vote for the other side but there's the same puppet master pulling the strings."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/clim-f17.html

Is U.S. Sponsored Regime Change War Coming to Georgia?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (October 2012

Video: Turkey Supports Al Qaeda Against Syrian Forces in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
In Turkey, it is by now a good tradition to threaten Syria with a war every time when luckless Idlib rebels suffer another military defeat from the Syrian Army. This week was no exception. Recept Tayip Erdogan spearheaded the choir …
globalresearch.ca/video-adventures-idlib-hipsters-american-waterloo-khirbat-amu/5703772

US Undeclared War on China by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Both right wings of the US one-party state seek control over other nations, their resources and populations

The Middle East: Ground Zero for Possible Global War?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The UN Charter's preamble explained that "the scourge of war…twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind"

Trump's Budget Would Slash Support for Low-Income Students
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
As the presidential election campaign picks up, almost every top candidate has released a plan for higher education that addresses college affordability and student debt issues. But there's only one candidate who's already in the White House

Bloomberg Fought Efforts to Protect Black Homeowners From Predatory Lenders
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
Soon after Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002, 40 of the 51 members of the New York City Council sponsored legislation aimed at curbing the growth of predatory lending practices by banks. According to the Daily News, "thousands of homeowners" had been taking on "subprime mortgages that have hidden charges, fees and conditions that are essentially designed to force homeowners into foreclosure." | In May 2002, New York's two most prominent black elected officials, State Comptroller Carl McCal…
truthout.org/articles/bloomberg-fought-efforts-to-protect-black-homeowners-from-predatory-lenders/

US-Backed Saudi Airstrike Kills 31 Civilians in Yemen
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
In Yemen, 31 people were killed in U.S.-backed Saudi airstrikes over the weekend, including women and children. The strikes in the northern al-Jawf province came just hours after the Houthis said they had shot down a Saudi fighter jet in the same area. The United Nations called the drone strike "shocking." The deadly strike follows a recent uptick in violence in northern Yemen and comes as the war there hits a five-year mark. More than 100,000 have died, and far more have been displaced, since the conflict began in…
truthout.org/video/us-backed-saudi-airstrike-kills-31-civilians-in-yemen/

More Than 1,100 Former Justice Department Officials Want William Barr to Resign
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
More than 1,100 former US Department of Justice officials called on Attorney General William P. Barr on Sunday to step down after he intervened last week to lower the Justice Department's sentencing recommendation for President Trump's longtime friend and political crony Roger J. Stone Jr. | "It is unheard of for the Department's top leaders to overrule line prosecutors, who are following established policies, in order to give preferential treatment to a close associate of the President, as…
truthout.org/articles/more-than-1100-former-justice-department-officials-want-william-barr-to-resign/

Trump Wants to Inflict Severe Pain on Disabled Community Just Because He Can
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
The "need" to strip benefits from poor and working people to help maintain the lifestyles of the Mar-a-Lago set is one of the fundamental principles of Donald Trump and the Republican Party. The rich always "need" more tax cuts, so when budget deficits get in the way, those at the middle and bottom are just going to have to sacrifice. | This is the reasoning behind the large budget cuts that the president has proposed for Medicare, Medicaid and food stamps in his most recent budget proposal.
truthout.org/articles/trump-wants-to-inflict-severe-pain-on-disabled-community-just-because-he-can/

Trump Shoots Romney at Prayer Breakfast; GOP Shrugs
Steve Klinger | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
President Donald Trump pulled out a handgun at the National Prayer Breakfast this morning and shot Utah Sen. Mitt Romney, fatally wounding him. A day earlier, Romney had become the first senator in history to vote to convict a president of his own party in an impeachment trial. After the shooting law professor Alan Dershowitz…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/trump-shoots-romney-at-prayer-breakfast-gop-shrugs/

The Democrats' New Chapter
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Now that the impeachment of President Donald Trump hasn't reached the Democrats' expected goal, it is time for them to change gears facing the coming presidential elections. Until now, the Democrats have let the Republicans take the initiative, using techniques not always politically correct, or right, and in the process losing elections that they should…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/the-democrats-new-chapter/

NEPA is Our National Defense System‚Ä®
John Horning | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Our nation is under attack. If the attack were coming from the sky, NORAD (the North American Aerospace Defense Command) would detect the threat. That is NORAD's mission, to anticipate threats to our homeland. The current attack on our land didn't originate in Russia or China; it began in Washington D.C., in January, when President Trump proposed dismantling NEPA

You Tube's Trump Predicament
Christopher Brauchli | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Most of the change we think we see in life is due to truths being in and out of favor.

The Wall: Separating Democracy From Voters
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
The mainstream media imposes some serious certainties on the 2020 presidential election that drive me into a furious despair, e.g.: Even though Bernie Sanders, winner of the first two Democratic primaries, is now leading in the national polls, he "can't and won't" be the party's nominee "because in coming weeks," writes Liz Peek in The Hill,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/the-wall-separating-democracy-from-voters/

Ode to the City Bus
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Ode to the City Bus Ride the bus The city bus We ride the bus for fun Take it to the park To the museum For a really good time Take the B48 Not to get anyplace But for its own sake Look out the window That isn't snow It's the ice they throw From…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/ode-to-the-city-bus/

Donald Trump's Plan for America: Make it Ignorant
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
On February 10th, the White House released its budget for the fiscal year 2021. It broadly showcases the values promoted by Donald Trump and the vision he has for the future of the United States of America. Budgets are the practical extension of genuine commitments. Politicians, as a group, are famous for making promises that…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/donald-trumps-plan-for-america-make-it-ignorant/

"Just Mercy" and Justice Don't Exist in Alabama
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
The chance of there being "just mercy" for Nathaniel Woods–facing lethal injection on March 5 for the killing of three Birmingham police officers–is as good as the chance Alabama will ever reform its dismal, no-justice-to-be-found-anywhere legal system; it ain't gonna happen. A Hollywood movie and best-selling book about a legendary lawyer getting an innocent man…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/just-mercy-and-justice-dont-exist-in-alabama/

Time to Retire the "He Can't Beat Trump" Trope
Peter Cohen | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Now that polls show Bernie Sanders the clear front-runner in this race, leading the pack by 8 points and ready to win New Hampshire, it's time to clear up one of the main Corporate Media myths about him: that "he can't beat Trump." First, pro-Israel fanatics like Alan Dershowitz and propagandists for the Corporate State…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/time-to-retire-the-he-cant-beat-trump-trope/

Lessons From Ministering on the Border
Sr. Kathleen Erickson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
I recently spent three weeks at the border between El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico. The experience strengthened my resolve, as a person of faith and Sister of Mercy, to share more about how the situation there concerns all of us in the United States. In the shelters where thousands of refugees await their court…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/lessons-from-ministering-on-the-border/

Anti-BDS Laws Violate Our Freedom
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Americans' free-speech and other rights are being violated by state laws aimed at stifling the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Movement against Israel's illegal rule of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, both conquered over half a century ago. Twenty-eight states have enacted anti-BDS laws or executive orders that prohibit state agencies and state-financed…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/119530/

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