24 July 2019 Archives

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Time to forget the word Russiagate & look into FBI-gate instead — Ron Paul
rt.com | 2019-07-25
The Democrats’ dream of impeaching President Trump over the Russiagate scandal has “totally failed,” its fate confirmed by special counsel Robert Mueller’s disastrous showing in Congress, former congressman Ron Paul told RT. | …
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‘Algorithms don’t write themselves’: Google whistleblower on Big Tech merging with politics
rt.com | 2019-07-25
A senior Google software engineer has dismissed the idea that Big Tech can be politically neutral and called out his company as “very biased,” joining Project Veritas’ growing stable of whistleblowers. | …
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Iran Hints at Possible Swap of Seized Tankers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Wednesday that they would be open to returning a British tanker that Iran seized if Britain returns the Iranian tanker they seized in Gibraltar adding that while his government is open to dialogue, Iran will not back down from defending its waters from western “mischief” in the Strait of Hormuz. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | “If Britain steps away from the wrong actions in Gibraltar, they will receive an a…
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Venezuela Recovers From Blackout as Guaido ‘Approves’ Military Treaty Reincorporation
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-24
Caracas blamed the blackout on an “electromagnetic attack” while recovery was faster than before.
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Canada Must Condemn Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes
CFJPIME | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is deeply concerned by Israel’s demolition of Palestinian housing units in East Jerusalem. Yesterday, Israeli Occupation Forces entered the Palestinian East Jerusalem village of Sur Bahir in the middle of …
globalresearch.ca/canada-must-condemn-is…

Suicide Attack in Somalia: Mayor Wounded, Officials killed
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
At least six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadish, Abdirahman Omar Osman, wounded Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack, during a meeting in the mayor’s office, according to officials. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on ‘Black Hawk Down’ Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media’s Lies | “The mayor was wounded in the b…
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AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City…
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AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: Queens
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: Queens.
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Iran Seizure of a British Tanker. More than Tit for Tat. Towards a War Scenario?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
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….
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How John Bolton Bamboozled the Brits Into Conflict With Iran
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
In a big win for war hawks and Trump, the U.S. security adviser tricks London into an adversarial posture toward Iran over an oil tanker.
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It’s Trump Who Needs to be Deterred From War Not Iran
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
It’s about time we wised up to what is going on in this utterly farcical “crisis” in the Gulf, this charade of lies and pomposity which Trump and his doggies in London are presenting to us. An American president who is a racist, misogynist, dishonest and psychologically disturbed man — assisted by two vicious…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/its-trump-wh…

The U.S.-Iran standoff can only end when the U.S. accepts Iran’s right to have a nuclear energy program
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-24
The U.S. objection to Iran is not based on international law, but merely based on its political objectives. This is clearly illustrated by open U.S. support for nuclear energy and nuclear weapon development in India; and nuclear weapon stockpiling in Israel, which the U.S. has always fully backed. | Source…
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Trump Vetoes Congress’ Block to Sell $8B Arms to Saudi Arabia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
United States President Donald Trump vetoed Wednesday three congressional resolutions that blocked US$8 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. | RELATED: | Yemen World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The Trump administration avoided Congress by using a legal loophole citing rising tensions with Iran to call on emergency…
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US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
The US Navy is now claiming that the USS Boxer attacked a second Iranian drone last week.

US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week

US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
The US Navy is now claiming that the USS Boxer attacked a second Iranian drone last week.

US Claims to Have Attacked a Second Iranian Drone Last Week

Global Research: Information and Analysis for Societal Change
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change.With tensions mounting all over the world, we are more committed than ever to the struggle for Peace and the …
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Peace in Ukraine?
Stephen F. Cohen | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Peace in Ukraine?
thenation.com/article/peace-in-ukraine/

Maduro Declares Army Drills to Defend Venezuelan Sovereignty
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
To mark the birthday of Simon Bolivar, President Nicolas Maduro announced the start of new military exercises so as to strengthen the country’s efforts to defend their sovereignty, amid increasing U.S. aggression. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces New Incursion by US Aircraft | “I give the order for the start of the Simon Bolivar Liberation Campaign Military Exercises 2019, operations for the defense of our seas, our rivers, our airspace and the entire territory of the Bolivarian Republic of…
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What the UN Report Gets Right–and Wrong–About the Crisis in Venezuela
Gabriel Hetland | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
What the UN Report Gets Right–and Wrong–About the Crisis in Venezuela…
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WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society’s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy of strewn dunces and the ongoing compromised, is ripe for analysis. 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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In Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The US government’s indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of The New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon…
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Why Indigenous Lives Should Matter
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
In the United States, we live in a “post-genocide” society, whether or not we are cognizant of this fact or not. What do I mean by that? In order for the United States to have fulfilled its so-called “Manifest Destiny”–the divine right to conquer the lands west of the Mississippi River–we needed to wipe out…
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Bolivian Opposition Will Privatize Gas Reserves, Minister Warns
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
On Wednesday, Bolivia’s Minister for Hydrocarbons warned that the country’s right-wing opposition will privatize the country’s state gas company (YPFB), which has provided much of the country’s income since nationalization under leftist President Evo Morales in 2006. | RELATED: | Evo Gives Free Modern Farming Equipment to Bolivian Campesinos | The minister’s warnings come after opposition candidates Carlos Mesa and Victor Hugo Cardenas criticized YPFB, accusing it of i…
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“Brand Boris”: Britain’s Clown Prince New Prime Minister
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Boris Johnson succeeded Theresa May as new Tory prime minister — chosen by Britain’s power elite, ordinary Brits having no say over their new leader. | UK democracy in action resembles America’s — pure fantasy, not the real thing. | Johnson is …
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The US-NATO Military Alliance Continues Confrontation Along Russia’s Borders
Brian Cloughley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The Pentagon and its sub-office in Brussels, HQ NATO, in its new billion dollar building, are intent on maintaining military pressure around the globe. The US itself is much more widely spread, having bases tentacled from continent to continent, with …
globalresearch.ca/the-us-nato-military-a…

Monsters with Human Faces: The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
“But these weren’t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around–they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don’t …
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Boris Johnson Becomes British PM: Will he Restrain Himself, or be Unduly Foolish on the World Stage?
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The BBC World Service took its listeners to the English cathedral town of Ely, set in picturesque Cambridgeshire, during the course of a hot July 23 in an effort to take the pulse of the country. Well, at least that …
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Mueller Hearing: Trump Would be Indicted if He Weren’t President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday told a U.S. congressional hearing he had not exonerated President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and indicated he would have sought his indictment were it not for a Justice Department policy against bringing charges against a sitting president. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | Democratic Representative Ted Lieu asked Mueller if the reason he did not bring a criminal indictment agains…
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A Discomforting Letter From a Comfortable Town
Marc Levy | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
Once, on a good day in a bad war, as we lay in wait, four young men, unsuspecting of what lay ahead, walked into the perfect ambush, and we took no casualties. After we scavenged the bodies for souvenirs, silently, we marched away. An hour later, a colonel had eight gallons of ice cream flown out to us by chopper, and like children, we sheltered beneath the jungle canopy and devoured the rare treat, knowing the enemy could not harm us.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/a-discomfort…

Ghana: Wildcat Gold Miners Perish From Mercury Seeking Riches
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Mercury is killing the wildcat miners in Ghana to feed the need in the UAE (United Arab Emirates). | RELATED: | Ghana: May Day Protesters Plead for Pension Reform | A Reuters special report finds that since 2003, the UAE has importing about US$10.6 billion worth of illicitly-mined Ghanaian gold, meaning it was excavated by wildcat miners who, as they go for gold (and a decent wage) they poison the environment and themselves. | Mercury takes over: | Miners inhale fumes from explosives use…
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Ghana: Wildcat Gold Miners Perish From Mercury Seeking Riches
teleSUR-EF-mrs | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Mercury is killing the wildcat miners in Ghana to feed the need in the UAE (United Arab Emirates.) | RELATED: | Ghana: May Day Protesters Plead for Pension Reform | A Reuters special report finds that since 2003, the UAE has importing about US$10.6 billion worth of illicitly-mined Ghanaian gold, meaning it was excavated by wildcat miners who, as they go for gold (and a decent wage) they poison the environment and themselves. | Mercury takes over: | Miners inhale fumes from explosives use…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ghana-Wildcat-Go…

Britain’s Dark Day, Funded by Dark Money. Boris Johnson Threatens to Suspend Parliament
Graham Vanbergen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Today is a dark day for Britain. One year ago this week, the Electoral Commission, the supposed independent body which oversees elections and political finance, found Vote Leave to have broken the law. | It was only the steadfast investigative skills …
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The Cleaning Lady
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
She works hard for her money, as the song relates. She’s the cleaning lady, the one who gets on her knees and scrubs your toilet of all the things that none of us would ever wish to look at, let …
globalresearch.ca/the-cleaning-lady/5684…

Trump’s Demented Foreign Policy: How to Kill Ten Million Afghans and Not Win
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
“We’re like policemen. We’re not fighting a war. If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. But I don’t want to kill 10 million people. Afghanistan could be …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-demented-foreig…

US-Pakistan Relations: The Top Six Takeaways From The Trump-Khan Summit
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The press conference that was held before the summit of the Pakistani and American leaders covered a lot of ground and lasted quite a while, but here are the most important takeaways for those who didn’t have time to watch …
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Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
At a time when Russiaphobia is increasing in the United States, the thought that the US could be losing the arms race is far from what most Americans believe. Their dramatic game day fly pasts, hand over the heart anthems …
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Democrats to Seek More Russia Probe Information
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — The Latest on former special counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimony on the Russia probe (all times local): | 6: 35 p.m. | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says his panel will file lawsuits this week to obtain more information about special counsel Robert Mueller’s report and to enforce a subpoena against former White House counsel Donald McGahn. | Democrats have been preparing the lawsuits for weeks and were waiting until after Mueller’s testimony on Wednesday. They will seek to obtain secret grand jury…
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Russiagate: the Cherry on Top
Michael Doliner | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
How about Russiagate, dude? It doesn’t get much better than that. The whole thing is a carpet of smoke under which to kick the contents of the purloined DNC e-mails. If just one so-called MSM journalist took a gander at those digital pearls he might have twigged that the DNC took a dump on its…
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Mueller: I Did Not Clear Trump of Obstruction of Justice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump’s claims of total exoneration in the federal probe of Russia’s 2016 election interference. The former special counsel told Congress he explicitly did not clear the president of obstructing his investigation. | The televised Capitol Hill appearance, Mueller’s first since wrapping his two-year Russia probe last spring, unfolded at a moment of deep divisions in the country, with many Americans hardened in their opinions about the success of Donald…
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The Arctic has been burning for nearly two months and, yes, it’s because of climate breakdown
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
The Arctic is on fire. Forests and peatland are burning across Siberia, Greenland and Alaska. And the cause of these “unprecedented” events is clear. | Years of carbon within months: | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said wildfires began at the start of June. And b…
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Democratic Party Dilemmas
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The rise to power of Donald Trump destroyed the traditional Republican Party. Most of the moderate conservatives fled into the ranks of the independents and were replaced by a radical right amalgamation of racists, misogynists, conspiracy theorists, assorted “tea party” types and warmongers. In the background also exists support from religious fundamentalists yearning for Armageddon.
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The Parable of the Flax Seed
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Parable of the Flax Seed Slick, black flax seed In your teeth — get your toothpick pick it free And stick it in a small, wet hole — In deep black loam to bloom and grow In purple flowered fields of flax And strip and weave these into slacks — For linen’s coolest these…
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Felicia’s Fate: The Trials of a Grizzly Bear Mom
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
Grizzly bears reside at a symbolic nexus that seems to relentlessly spawn conflict. Almost invariably, this conflict organizes around incidents that catalyze a mix of fear, anger, grief, and empathy–all inescapably configured by peoples’ mental constructs. There is the reality of bears, and then there are our contested inventions of who they are, what they…
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This London Firm Helps the Wealthy Hide Assets — or Steal Them. Luckily We Have 15 Years of Their Client Communications
Barrett Brown | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
It is my cheerful duty to announce the acquisition of around 85 gigabytes of leaked emails, phone calls, faxes, and other documents originating from the London-based tax shelter firm Formations House, best known to the public for the assortment of often colorful scandals involving such figures as former Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych, and best known to the global kleptocracy as a cheap and discreet option by which to avoid taxes or steal them altogether. These materials, which cover fifteen years from the company’s founding in 2001, were recently obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets, the transparency o…
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A Whale of a Time on the California Coast
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
With stones, rocks, flowers, chants, songs and their own bodies, about 200 mourners gathered on a recent Saturday morning at Dillon Beach–near the border that separates Marin from Sonoma Counties–to commemorate the death this year of at least 70 Gray Whales, all stranded on the shore and visible at low tide. At Dillon Beach, the…
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Local is Our Future
Helena Norberg-Hodge | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
For our species to have a future, it must be local. The good news is that the path to such a future is already being forged. Away from the screens of the mainstream media, the crude ‘bigger is better’ narrative that has dominated economic thinking for centuries is being challenged by a much gentler, more…
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Facebook and FTC: Hammer or Slap on the Wrist?
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
The Federal Trade Commission’s record $5 billion fine and new oversight of Facebook don’t go as far as many critics would have liked.
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Facebook to Pay US $5 Billion Fine Over Privacy Violations
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Joe Simons Wednesday announced that Facebook has agreed to pay US$5 billion as a penalty for its mismanagement of user privacy. | RELATED: | G7 Countries Take a Step Towards Taxing Big Internet Companies | While this is the largest U.S. fine ever imposed on a technology company, the Democratic members of the FTC complained that the sanction did not solve “Facebook’s financial incentives to jeopardize personal privacy and n…
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Climate Change Is Impacting Every Aspect of Modern Life, But the Press Fails to “Connect the Dots”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-24
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 heat waves 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 that is expected to continue throughout the week. A record heat wave is hitting Europe for the second time this summer, with Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam all at risk of hitting all-time high temperatures, and Spain facing the threat of severe fires. We speak with climate scientist Michae…
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The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments…
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Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump…
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Trump Says He Could Kill 10 Million People, Wipe Afghanistan Off Face of the Earth
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
“I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth.”

Trump Says He Could Kill 10 Million People, Wipe Afghanistan Off Face of the Earth

Earth’s Climate Now, Warmest Period of the Past 2,000 Years
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Climate around the world is warming at a faster rate than it has in 2,000 years, a pair of new studies from Switzerland’s University of Bern revealed this week. | RELATED: | US Democratic Lawmakers Declare Climate Emergency | “We find that the warmest period of the past two millennia occurred during t…
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14th Latin American Film Festival Starts in Sao Paulo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
The 14th Latin American Film Festival of Sao Paulo, one of the largest exhibitions of the region’s film industry, kicked off Wednesday and for seven days, until July 31, will exhibit a record of 148 films from 17 countries. | RELATED: | Brazilian Film Wins Prestigious Award at Cannes, ‘Sends a Message of Hope’ | “This is another important showcase for national cinema, the festival promotes cultural exchange between Brazil and neighboring countries, highlighting the bes…
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Insects Replace Pesticides in Spain’s ‘Sea of Plastic’
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
“They work for me night and day,” smiles Antonio Zamora, standing in his greenhouse. His minuscule employees are bugs that feed on the parasites threatening his peppers. | RELATED: | Brazil Increased Harmful Pesticides Since Bolsonaro Took Power | Zamora, like most of his colleagues, no longer sprays his crops with pesticides, instead hanging small bags of mites on the plants, leaving them to attack parasites while sparing his produce. | He owns two hectares in the so-called ”
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Noam Chomsky: To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Why do so many people in the U.S. today find Trump’s racist rants and authoritarian mindset appealing? What are the political checks and balances — or lack thereof — that can ward off the impact of the Republican leadership’s disastrous policies? Is a constitutional crisis on its way? And how do we face the consequences of an administration that is essentially competing for the title of most dangerous organization in human history? In this exclusive Truthout interview, Emeri…
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Mueller’s testimony was a major anti-climax. Will Democrats finally realize he won’t save them?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Democrats expected Russiagate fireworks from former special counsel Robert Mueller’s long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill, but were once again disappointed, witnessing only the last fizzles of a dying conspiracy theory. | …
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What is the OLC opinion? The policy that forbade Mueller from charging Trump
rt.com | 2019-07-24
With Democrats questioning Robert Mueller on whether he would have indicted President Trump for obstruction were he not elected to the White House, Mueller repeatedly deferred to the OLC opinion. But what does the opinion mean? | …
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WATCH LIVE: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Testifies on Capitol Hill. Then Will Democrats Impeach Trump?
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-07-24
“The #MuellerTestimony matters less than what is done after Mueller testifies. If [Democrats] simply head off for the August recess without acting upon what they have heard, they will destroy any momentum for accountability.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Judge Halts Puerto Rico Bankruptcy for 4 Months
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
In a hearing on Wednesday, US District Court Judge Laura Taylor Swain told Puerto Rico’s government, creditors and a federal oversight board that for 120 days all debt suits will be on hold and sent to mediation. Puerto Rico is attempting to resolve more than $72 billion in debt.
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Rep. Lieu’s Recap During Mueller Testimony Makes Obstruction Case Against Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Amid congressional testimony on Wednesday in which former special counsel Robert Mueller reiterated publicly that President Donald Trump “was not exculpated” of wrongdoing in his report, Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu of California also provided a succinct recap of why the only reason Mueller did not recommend charges against the president was because of an exis…
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Russia Advocates for Integral Peace in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an integral peace agreement, with the mediation of the United Nations, was necessary in Yemen after meeting with a Yemeni delegation. | RELATED: | War in Yemen May Actually Come to an End: UN | The Foreign Ministry added in a statement that such a deal should include the Stockholm agreement reached in December 2018, stressing the need for a peaceful and political option. | He added that urgent measures should be implemented to address the humanitarian…
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California Has Its Faults
Michael Steinberg | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
Two big recent earthquakes shook up all things nuclear in the state, and beyond too…
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ICE agents attempting to arrest Tennessee man repelled by neighbors
wsws.org | 2019-07-24
While ICE was blocked by the brave actions of the man’s neighbors, a Texas born US citizen is being released from custody after having been illegally detained by immigration officials for the last month.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/24/tenn…

Trump threatens to wipe Afghanistan “off the face of the Earth”
wsws.org | 2019-07-24
US President Trump threatened Monday to “kill 10 million” Afghans in “a week” so as to win a quick victory in America’s longest war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/24/pkus…

Fusion who? Mueller doesn’t seem to know the name of firm that compiled infamous ‘Steele Dossier’
rt.com | 2019-07-24
With Republicans questioning the origins of former special counsel Robert Mueller’s ‘Russiagate’ investigation, Mueller claimed he was not familiar with one of the key players behind the whole affair: Fusion GPS. | …
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Trump rejects Mueller testimony, demands he ‘investigates the investigators’
rt.com | 2019-07-24
US President Donald Trump has ridiculed Robert Mueller during the former special counsel’s testimony to Congress, arguing the investigator led a “witch hunt” in his collusion probe and failed to investigate the right officials. | …
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209 Democrats Join GOP to Pass Resolution Condemning Pro-Palestinian Boycott
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Just days after Israeli forces demolished dozens of Palestinian homes in what international observers said amounted to a war crime, the U.S. House of Representatives late Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the non-violent boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement that is working to put an end to Israel’s brutal occupation. | The non-binding re…
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Mueller’s sluggish testimony turns out to be ‘disaster’ for disappointed Democrats
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony to congress was supposed to bring new clarity to the Russiagate drama — but Americans tuning in quickly realized the much-hyped event was turning into a “disaster” for Democrats. | …
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Remember 2016? Don’t Put Your Faith in Political Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| “Averages and relationships and trends and graphs are not always what they seem. There may be more in them than meets the eye, and there may be a good deal less.” –Darrell Huff, How to Lie With StatisticsHuff wrote his famous warning in 1954. Sixty-five years later, political polling somehow still dominates the “mainstream” national discourse. Even after what I call The Great Polling Uberfail of 2016, we still find ourselves mired in the statistical mud; “facts” are as malleable as mood, and clarity has…
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Ted Cruz’s “Antifa Are Terrorists” Resolution Seeks to Stifle the Left
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| The non-binding Senate resolution introduced this week in an effort to label “antifa” as “a domestic terrorist organization” is the product of years of well-publicized lies about antifa propagated by the right-wing press. | Senate Resolution 279 (S.Res. 279) which Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana) introduced on July 18, and which was co-sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), is the most serious attempt so far by the…
truthout.org/articles/ted-cruzs-antifa-a…

The UK Media’s Spurious Campaign Against Labour “Antisemitism”
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
While I was in London recently, the BBC programme Panorama aired a supposed exposé on Labour’s “antisemitism crisis”. In the Panorama programme, titled “Is Labour Anti-Semitic?”, a series of whistleblowers formerly employed by the Labour party accused the party’s leadership of failing to tackle antisemitism within its ranks.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/the-uk-media…

Mueller hearing ‘very big mistake’ for anti-Trump #Resistance, but will they give up?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
President Donald Trump’s Democratic opponents have shot themselves in the foot by forcing Robert Mueller to testify publicly, not realizing he already done his best to make the probe look credible, journalist Aaron Maté told RT. | …
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When Warriors become Saints
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-24
As I sit on the small balcony on the top floor of an old house in the working class neighborhood of Alfama in Lisbon, Portugal, it is early evening, the time for wine and voices wafting on the fragrant breeze through the twisting cobble-stoned streets. The National Pantheon (Panteao Nacional) stares me in the face. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/when-warriors…

Must-see or much ado? Mueller testimony in Congress to rehash ‘Russiagate’
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Americans who somehow missed the ‘Russiagate’ book can now see the movie adaptation, namely former special counsel Robert Mueller’s testimony before two committees of Congress. A must-see event, or much ado about nothing? | …
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Venezuelan food houses: a last trench against the US blockade
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
Food Houses, Casas de Alimentación, are one of the trenches combating the impact of the US economic war on Venezuela. | Luisa Del Valle Baiz and the cooks get up every day at dawn in the neighborhood of Caricuao, Caracas, to set up “Fighters of the Fatherland” — to guarantee food for those in need. | Valle Baiz wakes up every day at 4am. She is 77 years old and has a Caribe [indigenous people] strength attached to her words. She was born in Gàºiria, in the eastern state of Sucre, a land with the smell of the sea, cocoa plantations and sun. From its coastline you can see the islands of Trinidad and Toba…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuelan-food…

Mueller Report ‘mostly just regurgitated press stories’ — Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko
rt.com | 2019-07-24
With Robert Mueller’s report partly relying on media stories to paint a picture of alleged obstruction, Republican Rep. Debbie Lesko asked the special counsel why she couldn’t have got a “$50 cable news subscription” instead. | …
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Trump wanted me fired, Mueller tells Congress
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller told a House Judiciary Committee hearing that President Donald Trump wanted him fired once his investigation shifted towards alleged obstruction of justice. | …
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Resignation of Kosovo’s Prime Minister Might Give Fresh Impetus To “New Balkans” Plan
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The resignation of the NATO-occupied Serbian Autonomous Province of Kosovo & Metohija’s so-called “Prime Minister” in reaction to his unexpected summoning by an international court as a suspect in an ongoing war crimes investigation opens up the possibility of infusing …
globalresearch.ca/resignation-of-kosovos…

Senator Warren warns of US economic “crash”
wsws.org | 2019-07-24
The bogus character of the agenda advanced by Warren, who has described herself as “capitalist to the bone,” is underscored by the measures she advances to meet the signs of a deepening crisis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/24/warr…

Robert Mueller testifies before House Intelligence Committee about ‘Russiagate’ probe (WATCH LIVE)
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former special counsel Robert Mueller is testifying before the House Intelligence Committee about his investigation into alleged collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and the Kremlin. | …
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Brexit, The Tories and the “Irish Question”
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Almost 100 years on since the formation of the Northern Irish state, it is still the Irish question that is bedeviling politics in the United Kingdom. Brexit is not about Europe. It is about the Tories and increasingly about Ireland. …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-the-tories-and-…

Poor Countries Lose Billions from Tax Avoidance, Reveal “Mauritius Leaks”
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-24
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released evidence that laws in the country of Mauritius help corporations avoid taxes globally, including on the continent of Africa.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/23/1882494…

Mueller denies he ever asked to be Trump’s FBI chief
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Former US special counsel Robert Mueller has said he’d never applied to President Donald Trump to be the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, contradicting earlier statements by Trump. | …
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Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
This piece first appeared on Truthout. | Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has effectuated 600 unilateral changes in immigration policy, more than any president in recent memory. | Pursuant to its ” zero tolerance policy,” the administration arrested undocumented immigrants who cross…
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