VIPS Pleas for Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-07
Memorandum for: The US Embassies of Ecuador and the United Kingdom, and the U.S. State Department From: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity Subject: Humanitarian Asylum for Julian Assange For six years, WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange has been effectively imprisoned without… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/06/vips-pleas-for-humanitarian-asylum-for-julian-assange/

Army Abducts Ten Palestinians In The West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-07
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, at least ten Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank, during extensive and violent searches of homes and property. The soldiers searched and ransacked at least seven homes Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and interrogated many …

Updated: Army Abducts Ten Palestinians In The West Bank

Toxic Silence: Public Officials, Monsanto and the Media
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-06
Are you being lied to or misled? Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason certainly thinks so and has provided much supporting evidence. She has been campaigning against the agrochemical industry for many years (all her work can be accessed here) and has borne witness to the destruction of her own nature reserve in South Wales, which she argues is due…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/06/toxic-silence-public-officials-monsanto-and-the-media/

Dominicano Vladimir Guerrero, último latino en sumarse a Cooperstown
Prensa Latina | peoplesworld.org | 2018-08-06
El último exjugador latinoamericano y caribeño de las Grandes Ligas de béisbol estadounidense en acceder al Salón de la Fama de Cooperstown, Nueva York, responde al nombre de Vladimir Guerrero, de República Dominicana. | La ceremonia de exaltación en el recinto sagrado se produjo el 29 de julio y estuvieron presentes centenares de aficionados dominicanos. | Guerrero se convirtió en el tercer quisqueyano con el anhelado reconocimiento, sueño de casi todos y realidad de muy pocos, y en el primer otrora pelotero de su país en el llamado Templo de los Inmortales que no se desempeñó como lanzador. | Durante 16 temporadas en el 'Big Show' desde 1996 hasta 2011, las primeras ocho con el desaparecido club canadiense Expos de Montreal, el toletero disparó 449 jonrones, impulsó mil 496 carreras y su promedio ofensivo fue de .318. | Conectó dos mil 590 hits,…
peoplesworld.org/article/dominicano-vladimir-guerrero-ultimo-latino-en-sumarse-a-cooperstown/

Europe Fears Instability As Iran Scrambles To Ready Economy For US Sanctions
Jason Ditz | iranian.com | 2018-08-06
European nations expressed concern on Sunday after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the US is set to start reimposing sanctions on Iran lifted under the P5+1 nuclear deal. Pompeo says the sanctions will be "rigorously enforced." The US withdrew from the P5+1 deal earlier this year, but all other parties remain, and intend to […] | The post Europe Fears Instability As Iran Scrambles To Ready Economy For US Sanctions appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/08/06/europe-fears-instability-sanctions/

Fox News Judicial Analyst Blows Up Right-Wing Claim Mueller Should Investigate Hillary Clinton for Colluding with Russia
Chris Sosa, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-08-06
He wasn't buying into the conservative propaganda line. | Fox News judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano explained during a Fox News discussion on Monday that President Donald Trump is in serious trouble with special prosecutor Robert Mueller but Hillary Clinton can breathe easy. Napolitano cleared up a common right-wing misstatement that "collusion is not a crime. ""The legal term is conspiracy," he said. "Conspiracy doesn't require. . .
alternet.org/news-amp-politics/fox-news-judicial-analyst-blows-right-wing-claim-mueller-should-investigate

Did Trump Break the Law by Ordering Sessions to End the Mueller Probe?
Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2018-08-06
Since the appointment of Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Donald Trump's fury has steadily mounted. Trump has railed against Mueller's investigation, repeatedly calling it a "witch hunt." But last week, as Paul Manafort's trial got underway and Trump expressed fear that his son, Donald Trump Jr., may be criminally implicated, the president's rage boiled over. | Was Trump's tweeted order that Attorney General Jeff Sessions "should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further" permissible under the "unitary executive" doctrine, or is it evidence of obstruction of justice by the president? | On March 2, 2017, after consultation with Justice Department officials, Sessions recused himself from the Russia investigation because of contacts he had with the Russian ambassador to the United States…
truthout.org/articles/did-trump-break-the-law-by-ordering-sessions-to-end-the-mueller-probe/

Pompeo vows to 'enforce' Iran sanctions as 90-day grace period ends
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-06
A part of US sanctions on Iran has kicked in after Washington gave businesses there 90 days to wind down their activities. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said they would be rigorously enforced as the period expired on Monday.
rt.com/usa/435179-iran-sanctions-pompeo-enforce/

The Wrath of Con
Rachel Janik | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
Once upon a time, there was a hero.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/wrath-con

America's Only Coup D'ààtat
Molly McCluskey | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
North Carolina honors an elected black government that was violently overthrown by racist whites 120 years ago.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/americas-only-coup-d%25C3%25A8tat

The Brawler
AIAK | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
The hard-charging neo-Nazi from East Texas known as Azzmador was supposed to take the alt-right's ground game to the next level.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/brawler

What's Next: Confronting Hate
splcenter.org | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
One year after the deadly Charlottesville rally, it's past time to combat all the ways hate morphs into violence and crime in the U.S.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/whats-next-confronting-hate

Intelligence Briefs
splcenter.org | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
The artist who created Pepe the Frog scores a legal win, Harim Vargas imagines himself as a 'martyr' for Trump, and…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/intelligence-briefs

Schools Out
splcenter.org | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
Richard Spencer took universities, protesters by storm; they adjusted and brought his speaking tour to an end.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/schools-out

Intel On Iran Could Be CATASTROPHIC
VIPFS | iranian.com | 2018-08-05
As drums beat again for war — this time on Iran—the VIPS' warning is again being disregarded as it was before the Iraq debacle and this time VIPS fear the consequences will be all-caps CATASTROPHIC. August 1, 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Intelligence on Iran Fails the Smell Test Mr. President: As […] | The post Intel On Iran Could Be CATASTROPHIC appeared first on The Iranian.
iranian.com/2018/08/05/intel-on-iran-catastrophic/

Into Darkness
Brendan Joel Kelley | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
Inside an American white supremacist cult…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/darkness

The Invisible Hate Crime
DMIMT | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
Violence against people with disabilities is more widespread than you think…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/invisible-hate-crime

One Year Later: Leaders from 'Unite the Right' Fall From Grace
RLIAW | splcenter.org | 2018-08-05
As they struggle, others step in and take their place.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/one-year-later-leaders-%25E2%2580%2598unite-right%25E2%2580%2599-fall-grace

Blood & Dishonour
splcenter.org | splcenter.org | 2018-08-04
Greed, guns lead to Aryan Strikeforce's downfall…
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2018/blood-dishonour

Journalists Are All Julian Assange
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-04
As Ecuador threatens to expel Julian Assange, CN Ed. Joe Lauria will speak in a 50-hr. online vigil for Assange on Sat., 8pm EDT. In 2010, Bob Parry, late CN founder & editor, wrote this incisive essay on Assange's vital work. … Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/08/04/journalists-are-all-julian-assange/

Malaysia's Top Intelligence Official Sought Support From the CIA Before Election
Brian Saady | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-03
Last month, a letter sent to CIA Director, Gina Haspel, was leaked publicly and spread across social media. The letter was written by the former leader of the Malaysian External Intelligence Organization (MEIO), Datuk Hasanah Ab Hamid. She wrote the letter on May 4th, which was five days before the national election that resulted in defeat for…
counterpunch.org/2018/08/03/malaysias-top-intelligence-official-sought-support-from-the-cia-before-election/

U.S.-Backed Saudi Airstrike on Family With Nine Children Shows "Clear Violations" of the Laws of War
Iona Craig | theintercept.com | 2018-08-02
Members of the Saudi-led coalition are ignoring their own procedures aimed at minimizing civilian casualties in Yemen, a U.S. intelligence report says. | The post U.S.-Backed Saudi Airstrike on Family With Nine Children Shows "Clear Violations" of the Laws of War appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/02/saudi-airstrikes-yemen-war-laws/

Will Emin sing? Mueller seeks interview with pop star linked to Trump Tower meeting
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-02
Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly requested to interview Russian pop singer Emin Agalarov, who supposedly helped arrange the controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Donald Trump Jr.
rt.com/usa/434975-agalarov-mueller-trump-interview/

Pervasive… just a click away… not yet: US security chiefs fan Russia election-meddling scare
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-02
Russia and unnamed others are still seeking to influence US midterm elections through messaging and sowing division, heads of the ODNI, FBI, DHS, and NSA told reporters, pledging to protect democracy but offering no details.
rt.com/usa/434969-russia-midterm-elections-meddling/

'Not Good for a Democracy'
Bill Lueders | progressive.org | 2018-08-01
James Clapper, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency under George H. W. Bush and Director of National Intelligence under President Barack Obama speaks out against the current President.
progressive.org/magazine/not-good-for-a-democracy-james-clapper/

Virginia State Senator in Rare Support by Politician for Assange
Consortiumnews.com | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-01
Julian Assange's lawyers fear his extradition to the U.S. where they believe a sealed indictment in Virginia is awaiting him. In a rare move by a U.S. politician, a state senator in Virginia has come out in support of Assange…. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2018/07/31/virginia-state-senator-in-rare-support-by-politician-for-assange/

Trump: Sessions must stop Mueller 'right now' before witch hunt 'stains America'
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-01
President Donald Trump again lashed out at Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' investigation via Twitter, warning Attorney General Jeff Sessions to step in and end it "right now."
rt.com/usa/434836-trump-sessions-stop-mueller/

Sale of S-400 to Turkey 'catastrophic for US' — Pompeo's assistant
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-01
If Ankara buys the Russian-made S-400 anti-aircraft system, it would be catastrophic for the US and could imply a break-up with Turkey, a newly-picked assistant secretary of state told US lawmakers during confirmation hearings.
rt.com/usa/434870-s400-turkey-catastrophic-for-us/

'He's on a jihad': Fox News host Lou Dobbs fumes over Mueller's Trump investigation (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Lou Dobbs lashed out at US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Monday, dubbing the probe into Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and alleged involvement with Russia as an "ideologically-inspired jihad" against the POTUS.
rt.com/usa/434731-trump-dobbs-mueller-fox/

'Collusion is not a crime,' says Trump, as Mueller-Manafort trial begins
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter to say that collusion isn't a crime, and that he never colluded with anyone. His tweet came as the first trial from Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' probe begins.
rt.com/usa/434733-trump-no-collusion-mueller/

Headlines for July 27, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
700+ Migrant Families Still Separated as Reunification Deadline Passes, Protests Target President Trump's Family Separation Policy, House Votes 359-54 in Favor of Record Military Spending Bill, Michael Cohen Says Trump Knew in Advance About Meeting with Russians, House Republicans Set to Punish Rod Rosenstein over Mueller Probe, Pakistan: Imran Khan Claims Victory as Opponents Allege Vote Rigging, Gaza: Palestinians Call for Renewed Protests, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier to Be Released from Israeli Jail, Hundreds of African Refugees Scale Border Wall into Spanish Enclave, Laos: Aid Groups Say Death Toll f…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/headlines

Noam Chomsky on Mass Media Obsession with Russia & the Stories Not Being Covered in the Trump Era
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
The New York Times reports special counsel Robert Mueller is scrutinizing President Trump's tweets as part of Mueller's expanding probe into Trump's ties to Russia. This latest revelation in the Mueller investigation is part of a nearly 24-hour stream of headlines about Trump, Russia and the administration's various scandals. But is the mainstream media missing the real stories amid its obsession with "Russiagate"? For more, we speak with world-renowned political dissident, linguist, author and professor Noam Chomsky on media manipulation in the Trump era.
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/noam_chomsky_on_mass_media_obsession