Daily Archives: July 23, 2019

2019-07-23: Social Media Postees

US Sanctions Chinese State-Run Energy Company Over Iranian Oil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
The Trump administration announced on Monday that they were sanctioning the Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd. for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran’s oil sector. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | The announcement, which was made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, addressed the prohibition of Iranian oil without a waiver provided by Washington. | “We’ve said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavio…
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UK Wants European Force to Police Persian Gulf
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has called for a European led naval force to police the gulf and counter “piracy,” meanwhile, Tehran says they have drones above the waters and are monitoring all movements in their territorial waters. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | “We will now seek to put together a European-led maritime protection mission to support safe passage of both crew and cargo in this vital region,” said Hunt, as he called for th…
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“Electromagnetic Attack” Sparks Massive Blackouts Across Venezuela
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-23
(ZH) — Widespread power blackouts were first reported on Monday evening across 15 Venezuelan states and Caracas, as per a report from Reuters Caracas newsroom. Central #Caracas (#Chacao) right now #apagón #blackout #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/6Pvp3QdPPW — Adriano Mérola Marotta (@AdrianoMerola) July 22, 2019 Venezuelan information minister Jorge Rodrigues said an “electromagnetic attack caused the nationwide blackout” and power companies along with …

Electromagnetic Attack Venezuela

Nationwide Blackout in Venezuela, Third since March — VA’s on the Ground Coverage Affected
venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
A government communique states that the probable cause was an “electromagnetic attack.”
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Lights on in Venezuela After Latest Blackout Attack
teleSUR -EF-mrs | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Up to 85 percent of electricity and lights have been restored in Venezuela after an electromagnetic attack struck the country Monday causing a blackout over much of the nation. Energy is back up and running in the capital of Caracas where lights lights glimmered at dusk. | RELATED: | Electric Service Gradually Restored, Contingency Plans Activated in Venezuela | President Nicolas Maduro denounced the electrical sabotage as “the newest criminal attack” on Venezuela from an as-of-yet unknown…
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Minnesota, White People, Lutherans and Ilhan Omar
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Interesting that Trump’s current opportunistic vilification campaign focuses on a congresswoman from Minnesota. My late mother was from Minnesota. Daughter of an immigrant Swedish father and a mother born of Norwegian immigrants, she had a kind of Ingrid Bergman look. The hospital record describes her as “comely” (as though this were a technical term) at…
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Imperialist Made Crisis of Migrants and Refugees
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The CBC article headline reads, “Majority of Canadians against accepting more refugees, poll suggests.” It reports that, “the [poll] results come as no surprise to immigration experts and advocates, who point to a negative shift in tone on migration around …
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Phony Blame Game: Russia Linked to Iran’s UK Tanker Seizure?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
When in doubt about responsibility for events on the world stage, blame…you guessed it…Russia…who else! | The latest phony blame game accusation involves nonbelligerent Iran v. hostile Britain in cahoots with the Trump regime’s war on the Islamic Republic by other …
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Will Persian Gulf ‘Tanker War’ Become a Shooting War?
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The UK got a taste of its own medicine this week as Iran seized a British tanker, the Stena Impero, just two weeks after UK Royal Marines seized a tanker near Gibraltar carrying two million barrels of Iranian oil. As …
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‘The Bolton Gambit Succeeded’: Critics Warn Top Trump Adviser Has Put UK on Path to War with Iran
Jake Johnson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
With the United Kingdom and Iran in the midst of a tense and dangerous standoff after the tit-for-tat seizure of oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, international observers are warning that the British government has fallen into a trap …
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War Propaganda: Iran Sleeper Cells Ready to Kill Brits
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
On Monday, The Sun ran a scary story insisting evil Hezbollah sleeper cells are “preparing to strike” the UK in the wake of Iran’s tit-for-tat seizure of a British oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The newspaper picked up the …
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Video: Gulf Conflict Report: Prospects of War Between Iran and the US
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The situation in the Middle East is heating up once again. | On July 19, an unknown aircraft carried out a strike on positions of the Popular Mobilization Units at the Al-Shuhada base in the northern Saladin province north of Baghdad, …
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The Middle East Is Heading Towards “Maximum Danger”. Khamenei’s “Three Directives” for Iran
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The Middle East is heading for “maximum danger” following the “maximum pressure” imposed on Iran by US President Donald Trump who, unilaterally and unlawfully, withdrew over a year ago from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the …
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Cuba Has 9 Doctors Per 1000 Citizens, Highest in Its History
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Cuba has more than 100,000 doctors, the highest number in the history of the country with a proportion of nine doctors per 1,000 citizens. | RELATED: | Cuba Continues to Ensure Safe Return of Kidnapped Doctors | Jose Angel Portal Miranda, head of the Ministry of Public Health (Minsap), said that after the revolution, there were barely 3,000 doctors in Cuba. The University of Medical Sciences of Havana, since then, has trained more than 376,000 health professionals including do…
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Trump Cannot Declare War–Especially on Iran–Without Congress
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
Trump Cannot Declare War–Especially on Iran–Without Congress…
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Iran’s FM Visits Nicaragua to Strengthen Bilateral Relations
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega met Monday with Iran’s Foreign Affairs Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to deepen bilateral relations between both nations. | RELATED: | Trump Warns Iran’s Sanctions Will Be Increased ‘Substantially’ | “We are brother countries, Revolutions born at the same time in the defense of peace, justice and freedom for our people, for the unity of our people,” said Ortega in his welcoming speech. | “As for us,” replied Zafir, “a victory for you means a vi…
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Iran Nuclear Deal Remaining Signatories to Meet in Vienna
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
The international governments that are still signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal will meet on July 28 in Vienna to discuss to what extent the agreement can be saved, according to the European Union’s diplomatic service. | RELATED: | Unlike US, UK Foreign Secretary Wants To Save Iran Nuclear Deal | China, France, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom, Iran and EU representatives will “examine issues linked to the implementation of the Joint Commission of the Joint Comprehensive Plan…
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How John Bolton Tricked Clueless UK Tories Into Confrontation With Iran
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
National security advisor John Bolton has tricked London into an adversarial posture toward Iran, with ratcheting tensions. And that is a big win for Iran War hawks around Trump. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Non-Aligned Movement Condemns US Sanctions Against Venezuela
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
The 120-member movement held a ministerial meeting in Caracas as a US spy jet reportedly violated Venezuelan airspace.
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Assange and His Wiki Wicked leaks
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
“But all the same,” insisted the Savage, “it is natural to believe in God when you’re alone–quite alone, in the night, thinking about death…” “But people never are alone now,” said Mustapha Mond. “We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it’s almost impossible for them ever to have it.” Brave…
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Awa Tribe Contact in Brazil Shows Increased Amazon Logging
teleSUR -EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
A video with rare footage of Brazil’s nearly-uncontacted Awa tribe has emerged, filmed by Indigenous activist who say loggers who are nearing the Awa’s traditional hunting ground. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro: Hunger, Poverty in Brazil: ‘A Big Lie’ | The video was taken in the northern state of Maranhao and shows a man holding a large knife in the rainforest. He holds up the blade to his face before looking towards the person filming, then dodging from the camera. There are traces of spears amongst tr…
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The Most Perilous Time in World History. Tense US-Russia Relations
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
I’ve stressed time and again that today is the most perilous time in world history. | It’s because of US rage to control planet earth, its resources, and populations by whatever it takes to achieve its objectives — preemptive wars against …
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Artificial Intelligence and “Voice AI”: Dawn of the Reduction of Human Thinking
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Voice AI is becoming a normal part of life for many people. Whether it’s a little cylinder of circle on your countertop (Amazon Echo/Alexa, Google Home/Google Assistant) or activated purely through your computer/smartphone (Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana), the Big Tech …
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Judge Issues Search Warrant for Puerto Rico Governor’s Home
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Puerto Rican officials on Tuesday were filing search warrants for the mobile phones of Governor Ricardo Rossello and his top associates amid a corruption scandal that provoked 10 days of protests demanding his resignation and took a toll on tourism. | RELATED: | Puerto Rico: House Has Enough Votes To Impeach Gov. Rossello | The warrants target Rossello as well as the phones of his top associates involved in the chat, Mariana Cobian, spokeswoman for the Puerto Rico Justice Department co…
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Corruption, Mismanagement, and Disrespect Fuel Puerto Rico Protests
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
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Whitewashing American History: the WPA Mural Controversy in San Francisco
Jack Heyman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
There has a been a controversy percolating the last couple of years over protests against the “Life of Washington” murals painted in 1935-36 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist Victor Arnautoff that are on display at George Washington High School in San Francisco. These murals dared to challenge the patriotic stereotype of Washington, instead portraying…
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Why Boris Johnson is Even More Dangerous Than Trump
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Is the rise of Boris Johnson to be the next prime minister the product of a soft coup? Does Donald Trump’s racist demonisation of four non-white congress members prove him to be a “fascist” leader like Mussolini and Hitler? The two questions should be answered together because political developments in Britain tend to emulate those in the US,…
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Does the U.S. Army Intend to Leave Syria?
Adel Karim | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Last December, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the Pentagon started the process of withdrawing its troops from Syria. Even then, many people were quite skeptical about the words of the American president while a number of political analysts and …
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Turkey’s Multipolar Turn: Ankara and Beijing Come to Terms on Uyghurs Issue
United World International | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
China’s relationship to its ethnic minority Uyghur population has been the central issue driving a wedge between China and the Muslim world in recent years. However, the situation is already beginning to change before our eyes — Pakistan, Turkey and …
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China Must Avoid a Role in Destruction of Amazon
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
China is South America’s top trading partner. Together, China’s policy banks — the China Development Bank and Export-Import Bank of China — are the top source of development finance for the whole of Latin America. | Over the past few decades, …
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International Laws Governing the Use of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space Expiring in 2021
Deb West | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
In recent rhetoric about a treaty between Russia and Pakistan to not be the first to deploy weapons in space, citing “The use of force against space-based objects, the development and deployment of Anti Ballistic Missile systems and their …
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Does Trump Want to “Wipe Afghanistan off The Face of the Earth”. Dangerous Discourse. “There will be Nothing that America Cannot Do”
Masud Wadan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Before meeting Pakistani PM Imran Khan this Monday, President Donald Trump told reporters that he could win the war in Afghanistan in just one week if he really wanted to. But he said he won’t do that because he doesn’t …
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Modi Must be Mad Beyond All Belief at the Khan-Trump Meeting
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The long-awaited meeting between Pakistani Prime Minister Khan and US President Trump was a nightmare come true for Indian Prime Minister Modi, whose country could only watch in horror as the American leader praised Pakistan’s assistance “extricating” the Pentagon …
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The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve
Dr. Cyril Widdershoven | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Saudi Arabia’s CEO Amin Nasr’s message to the press that oil flows to the market are guaranteed, should be taken with a pinch of salt. | Looking at the current volatility in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the possibility of a temporary …
globalresearch.ca/oil-crisis-saudi-arabi…

Peckerwood Populism is About Political Strategy, Not Personal Belief
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
The controversy around President Donald Trump’s recent tweets targeting “The Squad” — four Democratic members of Congress who are all women, all people “of color,” and all of whom Trump seems to think aren’t “from America” (one came from Somalia as a young woman and became a US citizen at 17; the rest are…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/peckerwood-p…

Free La Donalda!
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
The Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting, “Off with his head!” or “Off with her head!” about once in a minute. For whom sleep is possible comes a measure of solace, only to awaken each day to a nightmare that far exceeds anything our dreamscapes can manufacture. It’s not…
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“How Could They?” Why Some Americans Were Drawn to the Communist Party in the 1940s
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Kevin Baker, reviewing “A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father” by David Maraniss for the New York Times, asks “…what were his parents, and especially his father, doing in the Communist Party in the first place?…” This moved me to ask myself the same question: How in the world could I too…
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What Has Happened to the U.S. Since the Kids Left Woodstock?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
A next-door neighbor recently said that she can’t remember much about being at Woodstock, although she was there. I watched from afar at a camp for disabled kids near New London, Connecticut. I was a kind of cultural voyeur, looking on jealously at the photographs on the covers of major weekly magazines. For many of…
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Through the Climate Looking Glass into Grizzly Wonderland
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Strangely enough, grizzly bear researchers and managers seem to have integrated a faith-based version of climate-change-denial into their collective world view. In fact, these ostensibly well-educated men and women bring to mind well-schooled ecclesiastics professing a belief system:…
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Lunar Narratives: Landing on the Moon, Politics and the Cold War
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long married hide their differences before guests. Creases are covered; the make-up is applied generously. Defects become virtues, if, indeed they were ever there to begin with. In historical commemoration, the same is true. The…
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Israel Strikes Tel al-Hara Near Golan Heights: Syrian Gov’t
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Airstrikes from Israeli jets have struck Wednesday the hill of Tel al-Hara in the province of Daraa in southern Syria at 1: 30 am local time, no human casualties were reported only material losses, according to Syrian state media (SANA). | RELATED: | Syrian Air Defenses Engage Rocket Attacks in Damascus and Homs | Tel al-Hara is a strategically located area, as it is the highest outpost in southern Daraa province overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. In 2018, Syrian fo…
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Kabul Seeks Explanation on Trump Talk of Wiping out Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
The Afghani government requested Tuesday United States President Donald Trump explain his boast of terminating the Afghan war in 10 days by wiping out Afghanistan and its 10 million residents. | RELATED: | US Facing Defeat in Afghanistan After 18 Years of War: Taliban | “The Afghan nation has not and will never allow any foreign power to determine its fate,” the presidential palace stated. | “The government underscores that foreign heads of state cannot determine Afghanistan’s…
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These Questions for Mueller Show Why Russiagate Was Never the Answer
Aaron Maté | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
These Questions for Mueller Show Why Russiagate Was Never the Answer…
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Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law
Tim Weiner | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law…
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We Are at a Moment of Great Peril, and the Rule of Law Is All We’ve Got
Tim Weiner | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
We Are at a Moment of Great Peril, and the Rule of Law Is All We’ve Got…
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U.S. economic warfare and likely foreign defenses
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2019-07-23
Keynote Paper delivered at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, July 21, 2019. Today’s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that […] | Source…
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Iran accuses 17 of spying for CIA as tensions escalate
wsws.org | 2019-07-23
Iran’s arrest of 17 alleged CIA agents follows weeks of intense US pressure that brought the Trump administration within 10 minutes of bombing raids.
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Black helicopters over DC? Pentagon accidentally reveals ‘classified’ domestic Black Hawk mission
rt.com | 2019-07-23
The US Army apparently plans to swarm the nation’s capital region with Black Hawk helicopters as part of an ongoing “classified flight mission” that the Pentagon accidentally exposed while requesting funds from Congress. | …
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The Japan-Korea Trade Dispute Debunks Anti-Chinese Narratives
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
On July 1, the Japanese government announced it would impose restrictions on the sale of special chemicals to the Republic of Korea (ROK) that are required for use in its massive semiconductor industry. It took effect on July 4. It …
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Mueller Could Be the Downfall of the Mueller Hearing
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-23
| Unless the creek rises (again), Special Counsel Robert Mueller will spend a portion of tomorrow testifying before two House committees regarding his investigation into Trump campaign dealings with Russian operatives, and into Trump administration obstruction of that investigation. | Judiciary Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler and Intelligence Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff have set the table for Mr. Mueller after a one-week delay to carve out more time for his testimony. The Judiciary committee hearing is expected to beg…
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Big Banks Are Divesting From Private Prisons, Thanks to Anti-ICE Activism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-23
| Major private prison firms CoreCivic and GEO Group stand to lose 72 percent — about $1.9 billion — of their private financing as major banks commit to divesting from the private prison industry under pressure from activists, according to a new analysis by the Center for Popular De…
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How the pharmaceutical companies, Congress and the DEA made the opioid epidemic a billion-dollar industry
wsws.org | 2019-07-23
Previously undisclosed government information shows how drug manufacturers and distributors responded to the emerging opioid epidemic by pumping more pills into the hardest-hit regions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/23/pers…

The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Aidan Smith | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren…
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Ted Cruz Wants to Label Antifa a Terrorist Group
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-23
| Last week, Republican Sens. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana and Ted Cruz of Texas introduced a resolution to designate “antifa,” which the Anti-Defamation League defines as “a loose collection of groups, networks, and individuals who believe in active, aggressive opposition to far right-wing movements,” as a “domestic t…
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Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
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Uncertainty Looms Over Boris Johnson’s Response to Iranian Seizure of British Tanker
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-23
Could Trump and Bolton push Britain out of the Iran nuclear treaty? Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi discusses whether Boris Johnson could act as the U.S.’s errand boy as he assumes power as prime minister…
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California Has Its Faults
Michael Steinberg | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
Two big recent earthquakes shook up all things nuclear in the state, and beyond too…
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Uncertainty Looms Over Boris Johnson’s Response to Iranian Seizure of British Tanker
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-23
Could Trump and Bolton push Britain out of the Iran nuclear treaty? Eksandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi discusses whether Boris Johnson could act as the U.S.’s errand boy if he assumes power as prime minister…
therealnews.com/stories/uncertainty-loom…

US-led War of Terror Against Syria, Attrition Terrorism Phase
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
The US-led war of terror against Syria continues its most recent attacks via attrition terrorism, the brutal form of slow genocide against the Syrian citizenry. Yesterday, NATO countries beloved ‘armed moderates’ attacked a phosphate freight train in eastern Homs. | ***…
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India Denies Trump’s Claim About Mediating Kashmir Dispute
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
India has firmly denied U.S. President Donald Trump’s claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to help mediate with Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, saying there could be no talks until Pakistan ended cross-border terrorism. | RELATED: | India Flood Victims Hungry, Desperate: ‘Nobody Cares About Us’ | Trump said on Monday that Modi had asked him to help resolve the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region that has been the heart of two of three wa…
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Na Ucrânia, viveiro NATO de neonazis
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Prosseguem as investigaàßàµes sobre os arsenais modernos, descobertos no Piemonte, na Lombardia e na Toscana, de clara origem neonazi, como demonstram as suásticas e as citaàßàµes de Hitler encontradas juntamente com as armas. Mas permanece sem resposta, a pergunta: trata-se …
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Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty in Mozambique Loan Scandal
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
On Friday, former Credit Suisse banker Andrew Pearse pled guilty in US Federal Court for accepting millions of dollars in a fraud scheme that led to a $2 billion Mozambique loan scandal and debt crisis in the East African country.
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March of the Uyghurs
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-23
Important note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great majority of followers of Sunni Islam are peaceful people. This work is addressing terrible problems related to extremism and terrorism, most of them crafted and then fueled …
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When Warriors Become Saints
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
As I sit on the small balcony on the top floor of an old house in the working class neighborhood of Alfama in Lisbon (image below), Portugal, it is early evening, the time for wine and voices wafting on the …
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Lebanon Accuses Israel of Threatening Peace in the Region
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
Lebanon accused Israel Tuesday of threatening its civilian infrastructure after the latter complained before the United Nations Security Council that Iran was smuggling weapons to the Hezbollah movement through the port of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. | RELATED: | Israel Strikes Strategic Tel al-Hara Near Golan Heights: Syrian Gov’t | “Israel found that in 2018 and 2019,…
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Intelligence act will protect CIA agents who ‘commit war crimes,’ whistleblower Kiriakou tells RT
rt.com | 2019-07-23
A new US bill would make it illegal to reveal the identity of a covert agent, even after their retirement or death, if it becomes law. Former CIA officer, and whistleblower, John Kiriakou told RT that it will protect wrongdoers. | …
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Cuba witnesses Nation’s first transgender marriage
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-23
Cuba witnessed the nation’s first transgender legal union this week when a couple was married at the Palace of Marriages of San Francisno de Paula in Havana, the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) reports. | Source…
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Do You Choose the Truth or War Propaganda? Your Choice Makes a Difference
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
We first start to lose the truth when we enter the ring of war propaganda, which is the Western press. The lies, the omissions, the false equivalencies, the fabricated narratives, all grow there, mostly undetected. | In Western books promoted by …
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‘Did Eric Trump choose the decor?’ Twitter jibes Pompeo and Pakistani PM’s safari-themed meeting
rt.com | 2019-07-23
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down to a meeting with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan in style. Commenters paid little attention to geopolitical issues, however, and more to the Pakistani embassy’s choice of chairs. | …
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In Ucraina vivaio NATO di neonazisti
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Proseguono le indagini sui moderni arsenali scoperti in Piemonte, Lombardia e Toscana, di chiara matrice neonazista come dimostrano le croci uncinate e le citazioni di Hitler trovate insieme alle armi. Resta perà≤ senza risposta la domanda: si tratta di qualche …
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Selected Articles: Truth or War Propaganda? Your Choice Makes a Difference
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-23
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Modi Must be Mad Beyond …
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The American West as Judeo-Christian Artifact
Christopher Ketcham | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
I. It is fair to say that most people in the modern world regard nature as a collection of “resources” that exist solely for our aggrandizement. Even the foremost putative “progressives” now on the national stage (Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, et al.) argue that we should continue to exploit resources to keep the capitalist growth…
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Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
Iran captured 17 spies working for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and some have been sentenced to death, Iranian media reported Monday. | RELATED: | Panama Confirms Tanker Seized by Iran Was Smuggling Oil | Iranian state television published images it said showed the CIA officers who were in touch with the suspected spies. | There was no immediate comment on the Iranian allegations by the CIA or U.S. officials. | Iran announced in June that it had broken up an alleged CI…
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“All Sides Need to Begin to De-escalate”: Tensions Between Iran, U.K. & U.S. Spark Fears of War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-22
In Iran, authorities say they’ve arrested 17 Iranian citizens and charged them with being CIA-trained spies for the United States. Iranian media reports that some have already been executed. This comes as tensions in the Persian Gulf continued to mount over the weekend following Iran’s seizure of a British oil tanker and its 23 crew members Friday in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it seized the tanker in retaliation for the British impounding of an Iranian tanker earlier this month off the coast of Gibraltar. The Iranian National Guard released video Sunday showing the vessel flying an Iranian flag. Britain says…
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Trump Expands Fast-Track Deportation Authority Across U.S
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-22
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration announced Monday that it will vastly expand the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days. | Starting Tuesday, fast-track deportations can apply to anyone in the country illegally for less than two years. Previously, those deportations were largely limited to people arrested almost immediately after crossing the Mexican border. | Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security secretary, portrayed the nationwide extension of “expedited removal” authority as…
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Powerful Explosion Hits Somalian Capital, Gunfire Reported
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
A powerful explosion was heard inside the Somalian capital city of Mogadishu on Monday morning, prompting local civil defense units to quickly emerge on the scene. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on ‘Black Hawk Down’ Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media’s Lies | Following the explosion, the Mogadishu police forces told the Reuters News Agency that heavy gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the explosion. | No one immediately claimed responsibi…
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“You a U.S. Citizen?”: Traveling under the watchful eye of the Border Patrol
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
People’s World correspondent Al Neal is in the field reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump’s “border crisis.” You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration’s immigration policies as well as U.S. foreign …
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Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain’s Impounding of Iran’s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain’s “Mistreatment of Iran”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn’t address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…
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Iran says Britain acts at U.S. behest in ship seizure standoff
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
The ongoing standoff in the Persian Gulf witnessed a significant escalation this weekend after Iran’s Revolutionary Guards targeted two vessels in the area around the Strait of Hormuz. The events come five days after the MT Riah, a Panamanian-flagged and UAE-based tanker, was detained after straying into Iranian waters. It has transpired that the vessel …
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Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-22
Officials maintain that the Stena Impero had collided with an Iranian fishing vessel, then refused to respond.

Iran Says British Oil Tanker Hit a Fishing Boat, Refused Contact

Another British Minister Resigns Ahead of New PM Taking Office
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
A British minister announced his intention to resign from his post before the country’s presumed new Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes office. | RELATED: | Iran: Seized UK Ship Crew Safe, Warns Against Rising Conflict | Alan Duncan, a junior foreign office minister who has long been critical of Johnson, announced his resignation from his post on Monday, following a number of ministers who left their positions before the new Prime Minister takes their seat at Parliament. | His mo…
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Trump’s Brand of Fascism Is Distinct But No Less Dangerous Than Last Century’s Fascism
Santiago Zabala | commondreams.org | 2019-07-22
U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in the Oval Office on May 13, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump took questions on trade with China, Iran and other topics. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance
Samuel Thrope | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance…
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Is Trump setting the US up for further al-Qaeda attacks by putting Troops in Saudi Arabia?
Juan Cole | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-22
The impetus for the return of US troops to Prince Sultan Airbase in Saudi Arabia is the renewed tensions with Iran.
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Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been “Killing Iranians for Two Years”
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-22
An Israeli minister boasted on Sunday that his country was the only one that has been “killing Iranians.”

Israeli Minister Brags That His Country Has Been “Killing Iranians for Two Years”

NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Monday that the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) agreed to set up a working group to study how sovereign countries deal with coercive measures by hegemonic countries. | RELATED: | 120 NAM States Condemn US Intervention, Promote Multilateralism | “Our movement is going to set up a working group that is going to de…
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Venezuela Denounces New Incursion by US Aircraft
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
The vice president of Communication, Tourism and Culture of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez denounced on Monday a new violation of Venezuelan air space by an aircraft from the United States. | RELATED: | NAM To Study Sanctions Effects by World Powers: Arreaza | During a press conference, the Venezuelan vice-president explained that at 09: 52 hours (local time), a new violation occurred on the part of the US aircraft model EP-3E ARIES II, a specialist plane used in intellig…
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Protests Called Against Murder of Colombian Social Leaders
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
The Defenders of Peace Movement said Monday that in the last one month at least 10 social leaders were killed in Colombia and called for an international march on July 26 in protest of the murders. | RELATED: | Colombia: Revered Social Leader and Activist Killed in Colombia | “We invite all citizens to walk with us and make a presence in the events scheduled for that day for the life of those who defend life and peace in the territories,” the organization said in a statement.
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Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
“If there isn’t justice for the people, there won’t be peace for the governor.” Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …
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A powerful protest highlights the ongoing tragedy of DWP deaths
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-07-22
On 22 July, disability rights activists staged a peaceful protest outside the head office of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London. The action drew attention to the rising number of deaths as a result of DWP benefit cuts. Ahead of the protest, artist and activist Dolly Sen wrote to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to draw attention to this situation. Both failed to respond. | “Broken Hearts for the DWP”:…
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Venezuela and Imperialist Confrontation in Latin America
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
“Today, 200 years later, we can say it: After having lost that independence that cost so much, Venezuela, in these last ten years…has recovered its independence…and this recovered independence is a door that we should keep open so that for …
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Popular Chilean Mayor Questions Omissions in Bachelet Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
One of Chile’s most popular politicians and the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue, questioned the report from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Venezuela because the former Chilean President “said nothing about the coup attempts that she supported.” | “Both in her first and second government, the foreign ministers of President Bachelet attempted against democracy and against the Venezuelan process. Nothing different could be expected from a report from the commissioner, “Jadue said in an interview with La Tercera newspaper. | REL…
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Electric Service Gradually Restored Throughout Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
As Venezuelan authorities assured, the electric service is slowly and gradually being restored, hours after the power grid received an electromagnetic attack which affected 16 states throughout the country. | RELATED: | New Electromagnetic Attack Against Venezuelan Power Grid | “Fortunately, and after the focused aggressions during March and April of this year, the Bolivarian Government has implemented protection and security protocols that allow us to ensure that we are already in t…
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American Visitors to the Gestapo Museum Draw Their Own Conclusions
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
The words would melt a heart of stone — save for those of the Gestapo torturers upstairs. The prisoners wrote their stories, their poems, their last pre-execution laments on the walls of their cells — which you can still read in the basement of the old Nazi secret police headquarters in Cologne. I spent hours…
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WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society’s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by …
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The Vindictive Campaign Against Chelsea Manning, America’s Political Prisoner
Niles Niemuth | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Manning is not being punished for any crime, nor has she been charged with a crime. Rather, she is being held in contempt of court for refusing–on principle and courageously–to testify before a star chamber grand jury impaneled to railroad …
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“If Not Now, When Will We Stand?” Native Hawaiians Fight Construction of Telescope on Mauna Kea
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-22
A historic indigenous resistance is unfolding on the Big Island of Hawaii, where thousands have descended on Mauna Kea, a sacred Native site, to defend it from the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope. Scientists say the Thirty Meter Telescope will help them peer into the deepest corners of space, but indigenous resisters say the construction was approved without their consent and will desecrate their sacred lands. Last week, police arrested 33 people–most of them Hawaiian elders–as they blocked a road to prevent work crews from reaching the site of the telescope being planned atop Mauna Kea. And…
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Trump’s Send-Them-Back Doctrine
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
During the height of Stalin’s purges, the great Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich kept a packed suitcase near the door of his apartment. The Black Marias, the vehicle of choice for the secret police, would traditionally arrive in the middle of the night to ferry “undesirables” to interrogation cells. Shostakovich wanted to be ready at any…
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Thornton Wilder says humanity must go on in ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
TOPANGA, Calif—-Picture yourself in a comfortable middle-class home on the Atlantic City Boardwalk in Excelsior, New Jersey–during the Ice Age! You meet the standard nuclear family of Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus (Mark Lewis and Melora Marshall), son Henry (William Holbrook) and daughter Gladys (Gabrielle Beauvais), and a rambunctious sexy maid named Sabina (Willow Geer)–every respectable …
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The “Battle of Seattle” and the Anti-globalization Movement
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Next November will mark the 20th anniversary since the so-called “Battle of Seattle.” It refers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held at Seattle, WA, in late 1999, which became the scene of widely-reported protest …
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