Trump 'Trade War' Hides Military Industrial Agenda
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-13
In geopolitics events are rarely what they seem to be. This is especially true when we look more closely at the otherwise bizarre "war" launched this spring under the guise of trade war, supposedly redressing America's huge annual balance of … | The post Trump 'Trade War' Hides Military Industrial Agenda appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trump-trade-war-hides-military-industrial-agenda/5659773
Alamedans Say Protect Mueller's Investigation
TRPLL | indybay.org | 2018-11-13
On November 8, a rapid response action in Alameda called for the protection of Special Counsel Robert Mueller who is overseeing the investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Photos by Lynn LaRocca, please credit the photographer.
indybay.org/newsitems/2018/11/11/18818996.php
President Trump's Iran Policy — Is It 'Normal'?
Ron Paul | iranian.com | 2018-11-13
It's not often that US Government officials are honest when they talk about our foreign policy. The unprovoked 2003 attack on Iraq was called a "liberation." The 2011 US-led destruction of Libya was a "humanitarian intervention." And so on. So, in a way, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was refreshingly honest last week when, speaking […] | The post President Trump's Iran Policy — Is It 'Normal'? appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/11/13/president-trumps-iran-policy-is-it-normal/
The Kavanaugh Hearings: Text and Subtext
Ed Meek | counterpunch.org | 2018-11-13
When OJ was acquitted the reactions of white Americans and black Americans illustrated how divergent our world views were. White America was appalled that someone who seemed so obviously to be guilty had gotten off, where black America saw an African-American finally beating a justice system that was rigged against them. The Kavanaugh hearings provided…
counterpunch.org/2018/11/13/the-kavanaugh-hearings-text-and-subtext/
Veteran's Day. The Military Industrial Empire's Chess Game
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2018-11-12
Each and every year at this time in November our nation remembers those who fought and died wearing a US military uniform. But only a few of what they named 'Wars' were ones in which our young military were rightfully … | The post Veteran's Day. The Military Industrial Empire's Chess Game appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/veterans-day/5659552
CIA Whistleblower: Brennan and Clapper Should Not Escape Prosecution
John Kiriakou | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-12
Recently declassified documents show that the former CIA director and former director of national intelligence approved illegal spying on Congress and then classified their crime. They need to face punishment, writes John Kiriakou. | The post CIA Whistleblower: Brennan and Clapper Should Not Escape Prosecution appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/cia-whistleblower-brennan-clapper-not-escape-prosecution/251720/
James Clapper and John Brennan Should Not Escape Prosecution
Consortium News | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-11
Recently declassified documents show that the former CIA director and former director of national intelligence approved illegal spying on Congress and then classified their crime. They need to face punishment, writes John Kiriakou. (CN Opinion) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made a dramatic announcement this month that almost nobody in America paid any attention to. Grassley released …
James Clapper and John Brennan Should Not Escape Prosecution
Brennan and Clapper Should Not Escape Prosecution
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-11
Recently declassified documents show that the former CIA director and former director of national intelligence approved illegal spying on Congress and then classified their crime. They need to face punishment, writes John Kiriakou. By John Kiriakou Special to Consortium News… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/11/john-brennan-and-james-clapper-should-be-prosecuted-for-breaking-the-law/
Snowden: Saudi Arabia Used Israeli Spyware to Target Khashoggi
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2018-11-11
(MEMO) — US whistle-blower Edward Snowden yesterday claimed that Saudi Arabia used Israeli spyware to target murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Addressing a conference in Tel Aviv via a video link, Snowden claimed that software made by an Israeli cyber intelligence firm was used by Saudi Arabia to track and target Khashoggi in the lead up to his murder on …
Snowden: Saudi Arabia Used Israeli Spyware to Target Khashoggi
Spanish law on trial as Catalan leaders face jail
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
In recent weeks, senior judges in the loftiest halls of the Spanish legal system — the Supreme Court, the National High Court and the Constitutional Court — have been exposed as subverters of a fair legal process, lackeys of Spain's almighty banking elite and bumbling incompetents, writes Dick Nichols from Barcelona. | The revelations of their unfitness to judge guarantees the Spanish legal establishment's impending show trials of Catalan political leaders and law officers will be the most politically explosive since the transition from the Franco dictatorship in the late 1970s. | Next January, 18 for…
greenleft.org.au/content/spanish-law-trial-catalan-leaders-face-jail
If Trump and Whitaker Undermine the Mueller Investigation, That's an Impeachable Offense
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2018-11-09
If Trump and Whitaker Undermine the Mueller Investigation, That's an Impeachable Offense…
thenation.com/article/trump-whitaker-mueller-impeachment/
Post-MidTerm Democrats Raise Jeff Sessions to the Level of a Mueller-Style "Hero"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2018-11-09
Coverage of the Mueller probe and the closely related "Russiagate" controversy has been central to the Democrats' strategy of casting themselves as the antithesis to Trump. | The post Post-MidTerm Democrats Raise Jeff Sessions to the Level of a Mueller-Style "Hero" appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/from-resist-to-assist-post-midterm-democrats-raise-jeff-sessions-to-the-level-of-a-mueller-style-hero/251680/
Civil rights under threat in name of national security
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2018-11-09
One of the usual threats trotted out by governments proposing what would otherwise be considered radical attacks on civil liberties is national security. | The Australian newspaper reported on June 8 that Attorney-General Christian Porter was demanding urgent passage of two separate espionage and foreign interference bills following "intelligence advice of an accelerated escalation in hostile foreign activity over the past 12 months". | The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security had just published a 400-page report containing 60 recommendations, giving the green light to the first bill, the Es…
greenleft.org.au/content/civil-rights-under-threat-name-national-security
Trump Fires AG Sessions, Installs New Loyalist Whitaker to Oversee Mueller Probe
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-11-08
President Donald Trump has fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions, replacing him with a Trump loyalist who has called special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation a "witch hunt." Matthew Whitaker, formerly Jeff Sessions's chief of staff, will now take charge of the Russia inquiry, prompting questions about the future of the Russia investigation and whether Trump will target Robert Mueller next. Some experts are raising questions about the legality of putting Whitaker in charge rather than Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who had been overseeing the Russia probe. The ACLU wrote in a statement, "Jeff…
www.democracynow.org/2018/11/8/trump_fires_ag_sessions_installs_new
Jeff Sessions Replaced by Aide Who Said Mueller Should Be Barred From Probing Trump Finances
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2018-11-07
Donald Trump replaced Jeff Sessions with an acting attorney general who has argued that Robert Mueller should be barred from investigating Trump's finances. | The post Jeff Sessions Replaced by Aide Who Said Mueller Should Be Barred From Probing Trump Finances appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/11/07/jeff-sessions-replacement-matthew-whitaker-mueller-trump-finances/
The Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Maryland Can Display a 40-Foot Latin Cross
aclu | aclu.org | 2018-11-06
The case could drastically alter longstanding precedent protecting the separation of church and state and send a devastating message to non-Christians | Last Friday, the Supreme Court announced that it will decide whether a state government's display of a gigantic, 40-foot Latin cross as a war memorial in Bladensburg, Maryland, violates the separation of church and state. | On the surface, the case appears to be about one religious monument located at one busy intersecti…
aclu.org/blog/religious-liberty/government-promotion-religion/supreme-court-will-decide-whether-maryland-can
The West is Failing Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-06
While the media focused on Julian Assange's cat rather than his continuing arbitrary detention, evidence shows that Britain worked hard to force his extradition to Sweden where Assange feared he could then be turned over to the U.S., as Stefania… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/06/the-west-is-failing-julian-assange/
Break-in Attempted at Assange's Residence in Ecuador Embassy
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
An attempt was made on Oct. 29 to break into the Ecuadorian embassy, where security has been removed and apparently new surveillance devices installed, reports Joe Lauria. Break-in Attempted at Embassy; Fears Raised of Abduction By Joe Lauria Special to… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/11/03/break-in-attempted-at-assanges-residence-in-ecuador-embassy/
LIVE: Assange Emergency Meeting
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2018-11-03
Watch live an emergency meeting being held on new threats to Julian Assange. Read more ?…
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