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2019-07-27: Social Media Postees

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Demonstrators arrested ahead of Moscow election protest
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-27
Russian police have been arresting people outside the Moscow mayor's office ahead of an election protest demanding that opposition candidates be allowed to run for the city council.The dispute comes as the Kremlin is struggling with how to deal with strongly opposing views in its own sprawling capital of 12.6 million people.OVD-Info, an organisation that monitors political arrests, said at least 26 people had been detained by police 30 minutes before the protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from September's ballot was to start.There was no immediate information on what charges the detainees migh…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/27/demonstrators-arrested-ahead-of-moscow-election-protest/

Trump Regime Pressuring Turkey to Keep Its S-400s Nonoperational
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
Pompeo reportedly warned Turkey that it faces "more (US) sanctions" if its Russian S-400 air defense missiles become operational. | What's the point of them if not able to protect against potential aerial threats. In 2018, US and Ankara officials discussed …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-pressuring-turkey-keep-its-s-400s-nonoperational/5684733

Child separation & prison camps: China's campaign against Uyghur Muslims is "cultural genocide"
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-27
An estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism.
nationofchange.org/2019/07/27/child-separation-prison-camps-chinas-campaign-against-uyghur-muslims-is-cultural-genocide/

North Korea Tests New Missile in Warning Message to South Korea
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-27
The firing of two "new-type tactical" weapons from the DPRK has prompted worries from South Korea and the United States. But Washington said it still wants "diplomatic engagement." | RELATED: | US Jeopardizes Peace Talks With North Korea Over New Drills | In a report released Friday, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the DPRK move a d…
telesurenglish.net/news/North-Korea-Tests-New-Missile-in-Warning-Message-to-South-Korea-20190727-0008.html

Bahrain Executes Three Men, Including Two Activists
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-27
Bahrain executed three men on Saturday over allegations of two separate murders, the public prosecutor said in a statement from the capital city. | RELATED: | Palestinian Gov't: US-led Bahrain Conference 'Stunning Failure' | According to the prosecutor, one of the cases involved the killing of a Bahraini police officer and the other the killing of a local imam. | Rights groups identified two of the men as Shi'ite activists Ali al-Arab and Ahmed al-Malali, who were sentenced to de…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bahrain-Executes-Three-Men-Including-Two-Activists-20190727-0004.html

'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines'
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2019-07-27
Dozens of people braved 99Àö weather to rally in front of Philadelphia's City Hall on July 21. They gathered to demand "U.S. stop funding terror in the Philippines" and instead "Fund jobs, health care, housing and education, not imperialist wars." Speakers included Cero Parel and Jeeva of BAYAN-USA, Nora Kerrich . . . | Continue reading 'Stop police terror, from Philly to Philippines' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/27/stop-police-terror-from-philly-to-philippines/

China, Philippines Reach Consensus on South China Sea
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-27
China and the Philippines have reached an important consensus on bilateral ties: the South China Sea issue and regional development cooperation. The agreements were made during the 22nd diplomatic consultation between the two countries, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. | RELATED: | US Sanctions Chinese State-Run Energy Company Over Iranian Oil | Spokesperson Hua Chunying told reporters that this diplomatic meeting in Manila was the first to take place af…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Philippines-Reach-Consensus-on-South-China-Sea–20190727-0009.html

The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy, Suppression and Tampering of the Evidence. New Documentary
John Helmer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
A new documentary from Yana Yerlashova and Max van der Werff, the leading independent investigator of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 disaster, has revealed breakthrough evidence of tampering and forging of prosecution materials; suppression of Ukrainian Air Force radar …
globalresearch.ca/mh17-evidence-tampering-revealed-malaysia-fbi-attempt-seize-black-boxes-dutch-cover-up-forged-telephone-tapes-ukrainian-air-force-hid-radar-records-crash-site-witness-testimony-misreport/5684692

The U.S. Has No Place in Stirring Up China-Vietnam Relations
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
American diplomats were trying to stir up trouble in Chinese-Vietnamese relations by making aggressive statements regarding Hanoi's request that Beijing cease conducting seismic research in part of the South China Sea region that lies within the nine-dash line. A survey | …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-has-no-place-stirring-up-china-vietnam-relations/5684610

A Syrian Mother's Letter to Her Daughter, "For Sama" Shows War in an Unusually Intimate Light
Sarah Aziza | theintercept.com | 2019-07-27
For the majority of Western audiences, the region known as "the Middle East" is conceived as a vast swath of constant and inscrutable chaos. In this imagination, diverse conflicts, insurgencies, and civilian revolutions are flattened into a single horrorscape, represented by ubiquitous images of billowing smoke and colorless destruction. Violence, it would appear, is endemic to the region, as natural and inevitable as the endless, hostile desert. | This lack of historicity — and subsequent denial of responsibility — can be partly blamed on Western media that rewards sensationalist, reductionist headli…
theintercept.com/2019/07/27/syria-war-documentary-for-sama/

China Builds World's Largest Network of Electric Car Chargers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-27
China has built the world's largest network of charging facilities for electric vehicles, as 1 million charging stations were ready to use in late June, an official said this week. | RELATED: | The country has been promoting clean and low-carbon energy, and the nation's dedication to use non-fossil energy through electrical generation continues to increase, said Li Fulong, head of the Development and Planning Office of the National Energy Administration at a Thursday press conference. | Non-fossil energy accounted for 37.2 percent of the country's 6,000-kilowatt and above power generating units at the end of…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Builds-Worlds-Largest-Network-of-Electric-Car-Chargers-20190727-0010.html

Highlights: Watch House Republicans Tear Mueller Apart at Hearing
Jamie White | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
Former FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday over the findings of his report into so-called "Russian collusion," and Republicans took him to the woodshed. | Throughout the hearing, Republican members of the committee exposed …
globalresearch.ca/highlights-watch-house-republicans-tear-mueller-apart-hearing/5684705

Stranger Things, Season 3: Nostalgia for the 1980s meets anti-Russian hysteria
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers, continues with its tribute to the 1980s, science fiction and horror themes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/stra-j27.html

Clairton, Pennsylvania residents denounce US Steel pollution
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
After a fire last year disabled pollution controls, US Steel continued operating its Clairton Coke Plant, exposing the population to pollution levels exceeding those in Beijing, China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/clai-j27.html

AIPAC's Anti-BDS Resolution Easily Wins Bipartisan Support
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2019-07-27
Palestine remains the litmus test issue and once again, the Democrats showed their true colors on July 23, 2019 with 209 Democrats joining 189 Republicans in voting for pro Zionist Israel AIPAC's HRes 246, Roll Call 497 opposing the Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. See https: //clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll497.xml. The bill may be found at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vote%22%3A%22all%22%7D…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/24/18824957.php

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
Hundreds of doctors refused to work for two hours in outpatient services at government health services and hospitals in the city of Trichy on July 18.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/work-j27.html

As the ocean waters rise, so do the islands of garbage
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-26
Trump has made nasty remarks about how Asian countries are the great polluters of the planet. Trump, in his shudderingly ignorant way, said that the United States of America would use its power to prevent Asians from destroying the planet. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/26/as-the-ocean-waters-rise-so-do-the-islands-of-garbage/

As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen's Houthis Turn to Russia for Support
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-26
Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow.
mintpressnews.com/us-beefs-up-military-gulf-yemen-houthis-turn-to-russia/260792/

US Foreign Policy in Shambles: NATO and the Middle East. How Do You Wage War Without Allies?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
Israel is obviously a major partner of the US and NATO. But there's another element in US-Israeli relations. Israel also has an unspoken and unofficial alliance with Russia, where Netanyahu has a personal relationship with Putin.
globalresearch.ca/us-foreign-policy-shambles-nato-middle-east/5684713

Destabilizing Pakistan: Bookending Washington's China Policy
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
Much is being said of US activities aimed at China. Recent protests in Hong Kong together with a US-led propaganda campaign aimed at Beijing's attempts to quell a growing terrorist threat in Xinjiang are aimed at pressuring the nation to …
globalresearch.ca/destabilizing-pakistan-bookending-washingtons-china-policy/5684659

Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez Show Unity After One-on-One Meeting
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-26
"I don't think there ever was any hatchet" to bury, the House speaker says as she and freshman congresswoman emerge smiling from their talk.
truthdig.com/articles/pelosi-ocasio-cortez-show-unity-while-defining-their-own-roles/

Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-07-26
Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-elizabeth-warren-on-war-and-peace-erlich-190726/

Hong Kong and Puerto Rico: Two Colonies Doomed to 2nd-Class Status and Remote Central Government Control
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Two photos speak volumes about the striking similarity between Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, one an island and peninsular former colony of Britain, which conquered and held onto it since the Opium War in 1841, now returned to China, but still existing in a kind of neo-colonial relationship to that country, the other an island…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/hong-kong-and-puerto-rico-two-colonies-doomed-to-2nd-class-status-and-remote-central-government-control-2/

Palestinian Boy, 9, Fights for Life After Protest Shooting
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-26
Nine-year-old Abdel Rahman a-Shteiwi is lying a hospital bed in an induced coma with a bandage covering his right eye and much of his forehead. | RELATED: | US Blocks UN Condemnation of Israeli Destruction of Palestinian Homes | Rahman sustained a gunshot wound to his head while playing in a neighbor's yard in his home village in the occupied West Bank, just a few hundred meters from a protest that Israeli forces cracked down on earlier this month. | Around 2 p.m. on Friday,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Boy-9-Fights-for-Life-After-Protest-Shooting-20190726-0016.html

Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/killing-tariq-why-we-must-rethink-the-roots-of-jewish-settlers-violence/

Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-26
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. | Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, we are morally obliged to understand the nature of Jewish settler violence, which cannot be viewed in isolation from the inherent racism in Israeli society as a whole. | We a…
mintpressnews.com/killing-tariq-violence-racism-israel-society-jewish-settlers/260774/

Unilateral Surrender? Hollow Mahmoud Abbas Suspension of Agreements with Israel
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
In 2005, Mahmoud Abbas was anointed by Israel to serve its interests. | Installed by a rigged election with no legitimacy, his term expired in 2009 but it didn't matter. | Israeli hardliners kept him in power where he remains as long …
globalresearch.ca/hollow-abbas-suspension-agreements-israel/5684737

Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-26
Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/26/china_xinjiang_uyghurs_internment_surveillance

How the People Change History
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
The Electoral College is a far greater obstacle to democracy in the United States than the laughably minor problem of "Russian interference in our [supposed great] democracy" — the matter that Democrats and their many media allies sadly chose to roil the nation about, dangling the threat of impeachment, for the last two and half years.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/how-the-people-change-history/

By Any Other Name: American "Frustrationism"
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
"C'mon, of course the President's not racist, but he's frustrated like so many Americans are." — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Well, I certainly do not think the President's a racist. I believe the President shares a lot of American's frustration with Congress, particularly those four women congressmen…." –Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky).
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/by-any-other-name-american-frustrationism/

Genocide from Kissinger to Trump
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Donald Trump's statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn't want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump's statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/genocide-from-kissinger-to-trump/

Did Trump Just Threaten to Attack Iran with Nukes? "We're Ready for the Absolute Worst" Says Trump
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
On Monday during a press conference between Donald Trump and Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, Trump spoke rather casually of having reviewed plans to annihilate Afghanistan. | "I could win that war in a week. I just don't want to | …
globalresearch.ca/did-trump-just-threaten-attack-iran-nukes/5684710

UN human rights chief fears world has grown numb to Syrian carnage
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-26
The relentless campaign of airstrikes in Syria has been met with a "collective shrug," the top United Nations human rights official said on Friday, denouncing the world's apparent indifference to the mounting civilian casualties as a "failure of leadership" by the world's most powerful countries.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043241

Friday's Daily Brief: Libya mass drownings response: Syria 'carnage' denounced, food aid doubled for Ebola-affected in DR Congo
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-26
Our main stories today: UN leaders call for a return to sea rescues in the Mediterranean, following Libya shipwreck; UN human rights chief denounces indifference to victims of Syrian airstrikes; World Food Programme doubles supplies to those affected by Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, and WHO urges more investment to eradicate hepatitis.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043311

Eyewitness: Israel illegally demolishes homes in Wadi al-Hummus
Amrita SD | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-26
Many are worried about the precedent this demolition sets for further violence by the Israeli state against Palestinians.
liberationnews.org/eyewitness-israel-illegally-demolishes-homes-in-wadi-al-hummus/

The Kremlin's "Balancing Act": Russia's Ties with both Israel and Iran
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
The Senior Advisor of the Foreign Policy Planning Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation denied that there ever was a so-called "Russia-Shia axis" like Alt-Media claimed for years and reminded the prestigious audience at Russia's …
globalresearch.ca/top-russian-foreign-policy-planner-clarified-countrys-ties-israel-iran/5684728

In Georgia's "Murderville," Devonia Inman May Finally Have a Chance to Prove His Innocence
Liliana Segura | theintercept.com | 2019-07-26
Inman is serving a life sentence for murder. But DNA evidence implicates another man, Hercules Brown, who went on to kill at least two other people.
theintercept.com/2019/07/26/murderville-georgia-wrongful-conviction-devonia-inman/

Georgia Election Officials Accused of Destroying Evidence
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-26
ATLANTA–In a federal court filing, lawyers for election integrity advocates accuse Georgia election officials of intentionally destroying evidence that could show unauthorized access to the state election system and potential manipulation of election results. | Election integrity advocates and individual Georgia voters sued election officials in 2017 alleging that the touchscreen voting machines Georgia has used since 2002 are unsecure and vulnerable to hacking. In a court filing Thursday, they said state officials began destroying evidence w…
truthdig.com/articles/georgia-election-officials-accused-of-destroying-evidence/

Cambodia Rumors: "Secret Chinese Bases" or "Argument over Semantics?"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
The Western Mainstream Media is going into overdrive spreading the rumor that China is supposedly planning to set up naval and air bases in southern Cambodia, but the fact of the matter is that China might only have signed logistical …
globalresearch.ca/cambodia-rumors-secret-chinese-bases-argument-semantics/5684776

China-US Trade Negotiations Post-Osaka G20: Why No Deal on the Horizon
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
The recently passed G20 meeting in Osaka, Japan witnessed the return to 'happy talk' by Trump, promising the US and China would again get together and continue negotiating on trade. The Osaka G20 sounds almost a repeat of the December …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-trade-negotiations-post-osaka-g20-why-no-deal-horizon/5684725

CapitalGate's the Problem, Not Russiagate
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-26
[U]nder existing conditions, private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information (press, radio, education). It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights. — Albert Einstein While the professional class …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/capitalgates-the-problem-not-russiagate/

12,500 job cuts at Nissan as global restructuring of auto industry continues
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
The Japan-based automaker says it will cut 6,400 jobs in Japan, the US, Mexico, Britain, Spain, India and Indonesia by the end of March 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/niss-j26.html

McConnell Dubbed 'Moscow Mitch' for Blocking Debate on Election Security Bill Just As Senate Report Details 2016 Russian Interference
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-26
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell earned the nickname "Moscow Mitch" Friday after blocking lawmakers from taking action to prevent foreign interference in U.S. elections—just as the legislature he leads concluded that Russians meddled in the 2016 elections in all 50 states. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mcconnell_judges.png …
commondreams.org/news/2019/07/26/mcconnell-dubbed-moscow-mitch-blocking-debate-election-security-bill-just-senate?cd-origin=rss

Selected Articles: War with Iran
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-26
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-close-us-eu-war-iran/5684637

Brexit, Britain and the Permanent Crisis in the Gulf
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
What on Earth were the British politicians and officials thinking who gave the go-ahead for the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar on 4 July? Did they truly believe that the Iranians would not retaliate for what they see as a serious escalation in America's economic war against them? The British…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/brexit-britain-and-the-permanent-crisis-in-the-gulf/

Beijing raises prospect of military intervention in Hong Kong
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
Beijing ultimately fears that the growth of working class anger will fuel similar mass protests throughout China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/hkch-j26.html

New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to "Off the Charts" Heat
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-26
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer…
therealnews.com/stories/new-study-predicts-millions-of-americans-may-become-exposed-to-off-the-charts-heat

We Could Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict Tomorrow
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-07-25
Filmmakers Abby Martin and Mike Prysner discuss the war crimes being committed in Gaza and how a resolution could be reached in the Middle East.
truthdig.com/articles/__trashed-4/

'People's State of the Nation' events counter lies of President Duterte
Joe Hunter | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-25
On July 24, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, delivered his fourth annual State of the Nation Address to the nation's Congress, speaking live to the nation from the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Quezon City.
liberationnews.org/peoples-state-of-the-nation-events-counter-lies-of-president-duterte/

U.S., Britain: Hands off Iran
Editor | workers.org | 2019-07-25
Britain's aggressive maneuvers against Iran have put the possibility of a major war in West Asia on the front burner for the second time this year. In a conflict between the world's imperialist powers and an independent capitalist country — in this case between U.S. and British imperialism on one . . . | Continue reading U.S., Britain: Hands off Iran at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/07/25/u-s-britain-hands-off-iran/

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2019-07-26: News Headlines

Staff (2019-07-26). Child Separation & Prison Camps: China's Campaign Against Uyghur Muslims Is "Cultural Genocide" democracynow.org Chinese authorities have been accused of systematically separating Muslim children from their families in the far western region of Xinjiang. According to a new report commissioned by the BBC, China is rushing to build boarding schools where children, mostly from the Uyghur community, are deliberately removed from their families, as well as their language and culture. This comes as an estimated 1 million adults from the Uyghur community are being imprisoned in camps that China claims are "vocational training centers" designed to combat extremism. We speak with independent researcher Adrian Zenz, who did the resea…

Paul Street (2019-07-26). How the People Change History. counterpunch.org The Electoral College is a far greater obstacle to democracy in the United States than the laughably minor problem of "Russian interference in our [supposed great] democracy" — the matter that Democrats and their many media allies sadly chose to roil the nation about, dangling the threat of impeachment, for the last two and half years. More

Reese Erlich (2019-07-26). Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace. progressive.org Warren's troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.

Staff (2019-07-26). Judge Halts Trump's Asylum Ban That Represents a "Relentless Attack on the Very Idea of Asylum" democracynow.org A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked President Trump's plan to bar nearly all migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of California ordered Trump to continue accepting asylum claims, issuing a preliminary injunction against a rule that would block anyone who passes through a third country before arriving in the U.S. from applying for asylum. The rule would effectively stop people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from seeking refuge in the United States. The preliminary injunction came just hours after a federal judge in Washington…

Gareth Porter (2019-07-26). Did John Bolton Light the Fuse of the UK-Iranian Tanker Crisis? globalresearch.ca While Iran's seizure of a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday was a clear response to the British capture of an Iranian tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar on July 4, both the UK and U.S. governments …

David Swanson (2019-07-26). Southeast Asia Was Hit by a Record-Breaking Disaster; It Was Called the United States. globalresearch.ca In my town in the United States — as is not especially unusual — we have big memorials in prominent public places marking some of the most catastrophically immoral actions of the past. Unfortunately, all five of these major monuments …

Vijay Prashad (2019-07-26). As the ocean waters rise, so do the islands of garbage. mronline.org Trump has made nasty remarks about how Asian countries are the great polluters of the planet. Trump, in his shudderingly ignorant way, said that the United States of America would use its power to prevent Asians from destroying the planet. | Source

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-26). Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence. counterpunch.org Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, More

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-26). Hong Kong and Puerto Rico: Two Colonies Doomed to 2nd-Class Status and Remote Central Government Control. counterpunch.org Two photos speak volumes about the striking similarity between Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, one an island and peninsular former colony of Britain, which conquered and held onto it since the Opium War in 1841, now returned to China, but still existing in a kind of neo-colonial relationship to that country, the other an island More

Sampath Perera (2019-07-26). With Pakistan's Prime Minister at His Side, Trump Threatens to Wipe Afghanistan "Off the Face of the Earth" globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump threatened to "kill 10 million" Afghans in "a week" so as to win a quick victory in America's longest war, at a joint White House press conference Monday with Imran Khan, Pakistan's prime minister. | The US …

Ron Jacobs (2019-07-26). Genocide from Kissinger to Trump. counterpunch.org Donald Trump's statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn't want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump's statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as More

John G. Russell (2019-07-26). By Any Other Name: American "Frustrationism" counterpunch.org "C'mon, of course the President's not racist, but he's frustrated like so many Americans are." — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Well, I certainly do not think the President's a racist. I believe the President shares a lot of American's frustration with Congress, particularly those four women congressmen…." —Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky). "There's nothing that is More

Philip Weiss (2019-07-26). It's About the Benjamins — Trump's Smearing of Congresswomen Demonstrates Israel's Influence in US Politics. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has brought up Israel again and again in his racist tweets aimed at the four Congresswomen he says should leave the country. He says that "the Radical Left Congresswomen" "hate" Israel and the United States and should "apologize" …

Daoud Kuttab (2019-07-26). Birthright Does Not Apply to Palestinians in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Life has been difficult as a stateless person in Jerusalem for Mustafa Kharouf. He had the unfortunate case of being born to Jerusalem parents while they were in Algiers. His parents brought him back to Jerusalem but the Israelis …

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2019-07-26). AIPAC's Anti-BDS Resolution Easily Wins Bipartisan Support. indybay.org Palestine remains the litmus test issue and once again, the Democrats showed their true colors on July 23, 2019 with 209 Democrats joining 189 Republicans in voting for pro Zionist Israel AIPAC's HRes 246, Roll Call 497 opposing the Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. See https: //clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll497.xml. The bill may be found at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vote%22%3A%22all%22%7D…

Staff (2019-07-26). New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed To "Off The Charts" Heat. therealnews.com Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, just as the US, Europe, and India are experiencing this Summer…

WSWS (2019-07-26). Beijing raises prospect of military intervention in Hong Kong. wsws.org Beijing ultimately fears that the growth of working class anger will fuel similar mass protests throughout China.

WSWS (2019-07-26). 12,500 job cuts at Nissan as global restructuring of auto industry continues. wsws.org The Japan-based automaker says it will cut 6,400 jobs in Japan, the US, Mexico, Britain, Spain, India and Indonesia by the end of March 2020.

Patrick Cockburn (2019-07-26). Brexit, Britain and the Permanent Crisis in the Gulf. counterpunch.org What on Earth were the British politicians and officials thinking who gave the go-ahead for the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar on 4 July? Did they truly believe that the Iranians would not retaliate for what they see as a serious escalation in America's economic war against them? The British More

WSWS (2019-07-26). Despite Mueller debacle, Democrats step up call for crackdown on "foreign meddling" wsws.org Wednesday's testimony by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller before Congress, staged by the Democrats in the hope of reviving their discredited anti-Russia campaign, blew up in their faces.

non profit individual (2019-07-26). " How to Control Raccoons" by Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan . indybay.org Why do they have to be trapped and slaughtered miserably? Do they have a sin? This is an unreasonable atrocity of human convenience developed in various parts of Japan.

Robert Scheer (2019-07-25). We Could Solve the Israel-Palestine Conflict Tomorrow. truthdig.com Filmmakers Abby Martin and Mike Prysner discuss the war crimes being committed in Gaza and how a resolution could be reached in the Middle East.

James Risen (2019-07-25). Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off. theintercept.com The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.

Staff (2019-07-25). Robert Mueller Testimony Disappoints Democrats Who Bet on Special Counsel to Help Sink Trump. democracynow.org Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Over the 7-hour hearing, Mueller stressed to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that despite Donald Trump's claims, he had not exonerated the president of obstruction of justice. Mueller's report was handed in 124 days ago, but only a redacted version was made available to the public. Ahead of Mueller's testimony, the Justice Department warned Mueller in a letter to "remain within the bound…

CFJPIME (2019-07-25). Lebanon's New Work Permit Laws, Directed against Palestinians and Syrian Refugees. globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) condemns the Lebanese government's new work permit laws which discriminate against Syrian and Palestinian refugees working in the country. CJPME urges the Lebanese government to put an end to its …

Staff (2019-07-25). Pro-Palestinian Activists Persevere Amid Ongoing Turmoil in Gaza. truthout.org | | "I felt shaky and uneasy all day, preparing for this talk" — Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian from the territory of Gaza.Jehad Abusalim, a Palestinian now living in the United States, grew up in Gaza. In Chicago last week, addressing activists committed to breaking the siege of Gaza, he held up a stack of 31 papers. On each page were names of 1,254 Palestinians living in Gaza who had been killed in just one month of Israel's "Operation Protective Edge" attacks five years ago. | "I felt shaky an…

Joe Hunter (2019-07-25). 'People's State of the Nation' events counter lies of President Duterte. liberationnews.org On July 24, the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, delivered his fourth annual State of the Nation Address to the nation's Congress, speaking live to the nation from the Session Hall of the House of Representatives, Quezon City.

teleSUR (2019-07-25). 16 US Marines Arrested, Charged with Human Smuggling. telesurenglish.net Sixteen U.S. Marines were arrested on Thursday at their base in Southern California on suspicion of drug-related offenses and the smuggling of undocumented migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border, U.S. military officials said. | RELATED: | US Navy SEAL Acquitted of Charges of War Crimes in Iraq | The arrests at Camp Pendleton stemmed from a separate investigation of two other Marines arrested earlier this month on human trafficking charges filed by federal prosecutors in San Diego…

Editor (2019-07-25). U.S., Britain: Hands off Iran. workers.org Britain's aggressive maneuvers against Iran have put the possibility of a major war in West Asia on the front burner for the second time this year. In a conflict between the world's imperialist powers and an independent capitalist country — in this case between U.S. and British imperialism on one . . . | Continue reading U.S., Britain: Hands off Iran at Workers.org

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-25). Mueller: U.S. at risk for foreign electoral interference; Trump untruthful. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The U.S. is at high risk of foreign manipulation of next year's election, just like what happened in 2016, and not just from the Russians, either, the top expert on that year's interference says. And, adds former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, U.S. candidates for the presidency on down who accept clandestine foreign help to aid …

teleSUR (2019-07-25). Tulsi Gabbard, Ayanna Pressley Votes in Favor of Anti-BDS Bill. telesurenglish.net The 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard came under fire for voting in favor of condemning the pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Introduces Bill Backing Pro-Palestine BDS Movement | The U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday passed (398-17) a nonbinding resolution condemning the BDS…

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-25). Two colonies doomed to 2nd-class status and remote central government control. nationofchange.org Two photos speak volumes about the striking similarity between Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, one an island and peninsular former colony of Britain, which conquered and held onto it since the Opium War in 1841, now returned to China, but still existing in a kind of neo-colonial relationship to that country, the other an island …

Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (2019-07-25). Climate change is impacting every aspect of modern life, but the press fails to "connect the dots" nationofchange.org July is slated to become the hottest month in recorded history, as extreme weather fueled by global warming wreaks havoc across the globe, from extreme heatwaves in Europe and the U.S. to deadly monsoon flooding in South Asia. Severe rains have killed at least 660 people across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan in a monsoon …

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-25). New MH17 Documentary Proves Beyond a Doubt that a Cover-Up Took Place. globalresearch.ca MH17 – Call For Justice" sheds light on the dark truth of what happened immediately after the plane's downing. The video powerfully includes an interview with Malaysia's PM Minister Mahathir, who had earlier spoken out about the cover-up & reaffirms that Russia was blamed for before any information was known about the incident.

Washington's Blog (2019-07-25). 13 Shocking Facts About Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller. globalresearch.ca First published in November 2017. Can we trust Robert Mueller with Trump-Russia probe? | *** | Talking heads act like Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is fair, impartial and unbiased. | But the facts are a wee bit different … | Failure to Aggressively Prosecute …

Staff (2019-07-25). Mueller's Testimony Didn't Herald Impeachment — But Don McGahn's Might. truthout.org | | SCHIFF: Russia committed federal crimes in order to help Donald Trump? | MUELLER: When you're talking about computer crimes in the charge in our case, absolutely. | SCHIFF: The Trump campaign officials built their strategy — their messaging strategy around those stolen documents? | MUELLER: Generally that's true. | SCHIFF: And then they lied to cover it up. | MUELLER: Generally that's true.In case you missed it during all the hand-wringing (or crowing) over the unsteady, understated perform…

Andrew Korybko (2019-07-25). A Joint-Russia-China Air Patrol Just Made South Korean-Japanese Tensions Worse. globalresearch.ca The first-ever long-range joint air patrol between the Russian and Chinese Air Forces got off to a scandalous start after South Korea reportedly fired hundreds of warning shots to ward off what it says was Moscow's violation of its sovereign …

Padraig McGrath (2019-07-25). Russia-Africa Relations: Economic, Strategic and Geopolitical Dimensions. globalresearch.ca Following the Russia-Africa Economic Conference in Moscow last month and the Russia-Africa Parliamentary Conference on July 3rd, the first ever Russia-Africa political summit is scheduled for Sochi on October 24th. The summit will henceforth be planned as an annual event. …

Amy Goodman (2019-07-25). Robert Mueller testimony disappoints democrats who bet on special counsel to help sink trump. nationofchange.org Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Over the 7-hour hearing, Mueller stressed to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that despite Donald Trump's claims, he had not exonerated the president of …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-07-25). US Puppet Wants Help Making Thailand Like America. globalresearch.ca The US is involved in regime change worldwide — from Venezuela in South America, to Ukraine in Eastern Europe, to Syria in the Middle East, to Afghanistan in Central Asia. | But these headline-grabbing wars, coups, color revolutions, and interventions are …

Juan Cole (2019-07-25). Iran: How Bolton tricked Clueless UK Conservatives into Confrontation with Tehran. globalresearch.ca Simon Tisdall at The Guardian explains the difference between Socialist Spain and the disorganized Conservatives in control of UK on foreign policy. | US national security adviser John Bolton tried to hoodwink both of them about the Grace I, a Panamanian-flagged …

Elijah J. Magnier (2019-07-25). Iran Imposes Its Rule of Engagement: "An Eye for an Eye" globalresearch.ca Iran has meticulously selected its political steps and military targets in recent months, both in the Gulf and the international arena. Its partial and gradual withdrawal — tactical yet lawful -from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as …

teleSUR (2019-07-25). Bolsonaro Refuses to Supply Fuel to Iranian Cargo Ships. telesurenglish.net Since the beginning of June, two Iranian commercial ships have been stranded at the port of Paranagua, in the state of Parana, in Brazil because the state-owned company, Petrobras has so far refused to supply fuel to them, in line with sanctions imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on Iran, according to comments made by President Jair Bolsonaro to reports earlier this week. | RELATED: | Iran Hints at Possible Swap of Seized Tankers | "You know we are aligned with the U.S. policy. That is why…

Tony Karon (2019-07-25). Iran Is Gambling That Trump Is Afraid of War. thenation.com Iran Is Gambling That Trump Is Afraid of War…

Peter Koenig (2019-07-25). Iran Seizure of a British Tanker: More than Tit for Tat. dissidentvoice.org The British-flagged tanker "Steno Impero", heading for Saudi Arabia, was seized on Friday, 19 July 2019, by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), in the Strait of Hormuz, after it rammed an Iranian fishing boat, whose distress call it ignored. The tanker was taken to an Iranian port, because it was not complying with "international …

United Nations (2019-07-25). Thursday's Daily Brief: Somalia bombing condemned, as UN expert calls for more international help; Africa faces locust swarms; new leaders for UN atomic watchdog and top economic body. un.org Our main stories today: senior UN officials condemn attacks on Somalia capital, and call for continued international support; the International Atomic Energy Agency and UN's Economic and Social Council welcome new leaders; and the Food and Agriculture Organization warns of possible locust swarms in Horn of Africa and Yemen…

Staff (2019-07-25). Trump's Declaration of Inhuman Rights Includes Children in Migrant Jails. truthout.org | | Lately, I've been thinking about the Grimm's fairy tale, Hansel and Gretel. Terrified by cruel conditions at home, the brother and sister flee, winding their way, hungry and scared, through unknown woods. There, they encounter an old woman who lures them in with promises of safety. Instead, she locks one of them in a cage and turns the other into a servant, as she prepares to devour them both. | Written in nineteenth-century Germany, it should resonate eerily in today's America. In place of…

Fight Back (2019-07-25). Israel launches missile attack on Syria near occupied Golan Heights. fightbacknews.org Washington D.C. – Early Wednesday morning, July 24, Israel launched another missile attack on Syria, this time striking near the occupied Golan Heights. According to a report from the Syrian Arab News Agency, "about 01: 30 a.m., the Israeli enemy launched an aggression in Daraa western countryside causing only material damages." | The Golan Heights are a part of Syria and have been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967. In a move that garnered no international support, on March 25, President Trump proclaimed the U.S. viewed the Golan Heights as a part of Israel. | Syria vow to liberated its territory.

The Real News Network (2019-07-25). Israel Demolishes 70 More Palestinian Apartments in East Jerusalem. dissidentvoice.org Jeff Halper, a leader of the anti-demolitions movement, discusses the destruction of Palestinian homes, along with the history and politics that allows this violation of international law to continue.

Mark Taliano (2019-07-25). Imperial Duplicity and Mass Murder. globalresearch.ca A staple of Western war propaganda is what Prof. John McMurtry calls "Reverse Projection". The U.S. Empire, for example, projects its own crimes against prey nations. | So, it projects the lie that President Bashar al-Assad of Syria is a "brutal …

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