(2018-08-23). Weaponizing the US Dollar Is Accelerating Global De-Dollarization. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has in just over two years abandoned the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), ditched the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), withdrawn the US from the Paris climate agreement, and unilaterally …
(2018-08-23). Statement on the Sentencing of Whistleblower Reality Winner for Disclosing NSA Report on Russian Election Hacking. theintercept.com Reality Winner's courage and sacrifice for the good of her country should be honored, not punished.
(2018-08-23). The Rise of an Anti-Trump Movement at Home and Abroad. truthout.org One thing already seems clear in the Trump era: the world will not turn out to be the American president's playground. His ultra-unilateralist, rejectionist policies on trade, the Iran denuclearization agreement, the costs of defense, and climate change are already creating an incipient anti-Trump movement globally (and in the United States as well). To a remarkable degree, the countries he has targeted are banding together to oppose him and his policies. That still inchoate but gathering opposition assures that, whatever Donald Trump's view of America may be, it is no longer — in the phrase coined 20 years ago by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright — the "indispensable nation." Abroad or even at home, with the president facing increasingly strong headwinds on climate change at the state and local level, we're entering a new world order on the heels of the…
(2018-08-23). Donald Trump Makes the United States More Dispensable Than Ever. thenation.com Donald Trump Makes the United States More Dispensable Than Ever appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-08-23). 'Lunacy': Former Prosecutor Explains Why Trump Is Acting Like A 'Mob Boss' When He Attacks Cohen for 'Flipping'. alternet.org 
Trump effectively said in a new Fox News interview that snitching ought to be illegal. Elie Hoenig was dumbfounded. | One of the most insane moments from President Donald Trump's new interview with Fox & Friends commentator Ainsley Earhardt is when he essentially argued the practice of defendants "flipping" on other defendants in cr. . .
(2018-08-23). Julian Assange and the Fate of Journalism. counterpunch.org 
It should come as no surprise that many governments look upon Wikileaks as a threat to institutional well-being. And so, in an effort to cripple Wikileaks and have their revenge on Assange, the United States and the United Kingdom (UK), with the cooperation of Sweden, first sought to frame Assange (2010) on a sexual assault charge. This having failed, Assange was still left liable for jumping bail in the UK in order to avoid seizure and deportation to the U.S., where he would certainly be put on trial for revealing secrets. (2018-08-23). How Will Iran Respond to Trump's Escalations? therealnews.com 
After re-imposing sanctions, Trump's new "Iran Action Group" is the latest step in his destabilization campaign against Tehran. International Crisis Group President Robert Malley, who helped negotiate the Iran nuclear deal under the Obama administration, discusses the White House's goals and Iran's response. [This is the first part of an extended interview on US policy…
(2018-08-23). South Africa Condemns Trump's Tweet of Racist Farm Attack Conspiracy Theory. alternet.org 
Trump seemingly endorsed a conspiracy theory about South African farm attacks being a plot to exterminate white people. | On Wednesday evening, President Donald Trump stunned political observers when he tweeted a demand for the U. S. government to look into the "large scale killing of farmers" in South Africa. I have asked Secretary of State @SecPompeo to closely study the South Africa land. . .
(2018-08-23). Robert Reich: Trump Won't Go Quietly. truthdig.com Many of the "insiders" I talk with are convinced that Michael Cohen's virtual naming of President Donald Trump as a criminal co-conspirator, combined with other bombshells Cohen can set off, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's likely findings of Trump's collusion with the Russians, his longstanding business fraud and obstruction of justice, will all spell the end. Democrats will take back the House, begin an impeachment, pile up overwhelming evidence of impeachable offenses, and put enough pressure on Republican senators to convict him and send him packing. | I think this is way too optimistic. No president in history has been convicted by the Senate of impeachment. Regardless of what happens to the House, Republicans will almost certainly remain in control of the Senate after November, anyway, and so far they've displayed the integrity of lizards. Fox News and the rest of the right-wing…
(2018-08-23). Trump Keeps Comparing Obama's 'Campaign Violation' to Cohen's Guilty Plea — Here's Why They're Nothing Alike. alternet.org 
There is a world of difference between an honest mistake and admitting to knowingly defrauding the federal government. | President Donald Trump has had much to say about the legal problems of his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who on August 21, pled guilty to eight criminal charges—inclu. . .
(2018-08-23). Trump Denies All Wrongdoing, Suggests 'Flipping' Should Be Illegal. truthdig.com WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump dug in to his denials of wrongdoing as his White House struggled to manage the fallout from allegations that he orchestrated a campaign cover-up to buy the silence of two women who say they had affairs with him. | Before dawn Thursday, Trump tweeted: "NO COLLUSION — RIGGED WITCH HUNT!" — a reference to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. And he accused his former lawyer Michael Cohen of "making up stories" to get a "great deal" from prosecutors. | The president, in a Fox & Friends interview that aired Thursday and was taped the day before, downplayed his involvement with Cohen, who worked for him for a decade, saying he was just a "part-time attorney" who had many other clients. He also suggested that Cohen's legal trouble stemmed from his other businesses, including…
(2018-08-23). Here Are 5 Surprising Facts About Robert Mueller's History. alternet.org 
The special counsel is a conservative Republican who was appointed director of the FBI by President George W. Bush. | Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, who has been overseeing an extensive investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and related scandals, has been in the news a lot this week—especially with two of President Trump's closest associates (his former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and his f. . .
(2018-08-23). The End For Trump, Or A Dead End for Mueller? (Pt 2/2). therealnews.com 
The convictions of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen have led many of Trump's media and political foes to declare the beginning of the end. Yahoo News correspondent and "Russian Roulette" co-author Michael Isikoff discusses the cases and what they mean for Trump
(2018-08-23). The End For Trump, Or A Dead End for Mueller? (Pt 1/2). therealnews.com 
The convictions of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen have led many of Trump's media and political foes to declare the beginning of the end. Yahoo News correspondent and "Russian Roulette" co-author Michael Isikoff joins TRNN's Aaron Maté to discuss
(2018-08-23). Police chopper crashes into parking lot after horrifying take-off malfunction (VIDEO). rt.com 
The pilot of a police helicopter has been seriously injured after his aircraft crashed during take-off in Arkansas. Dramatic video shows the chopper flipping on its side as its propeller smashes against the ground.
(2018-08-23). SF Rally At UK Consulate-Speakout Action "Free Julian Assange NOW!" indybay.org UK Consulate | 1 Sansome St. near Market St. Montgomery BART Station | San Francisco…
(2018-08-23). Trump orders Pompeo to 'closely study' South Africa's land expropriation. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has expressed concern over the fate of white farmers in South Africa, where the extremely controversial land redistribution reform might leave owners without their properties or any compensation. |
(2018-08-22). As Chilean Left Struggles to Preserve Memory, Right-Wing Pinera Government Works to Erase It. mintpressnews.com 
As Chile nears its 45th anniversary since the socialist government of Salvador Allende was overthrown, former National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) and National Information Centre (CNI) agents are being released from prison on parole, despite having been handed multiple lengthy prison sentences.
(2018-08-22). Is Giuliani Correct? Is Truth Not Truth? counterpunch.org Karen Monahan has accused Minnesota Congressman and now attorney general candidate Keith Ellison of what appears to be sexual assault. He denies it. Trump may have colluded with the Russians or obstructed justice, is that true? This is what Robert Mueller is trying to determine. Who is telling the truth—Keith Ellison or Karen Monahan, Donald More
(2018-08-22). Cohen Suddenly Willing to Tell Mueller About Trump's "Conspiracy To Collude" With Russia. mintpressnews.com If there was any doubt whether Michael Cohen had flipped, despite statements that he was not cooperating with the government as part of his guilty plea and refusing to name the "candidate" who instructed him to violate campaign finance law, that was promptly dissolved in the following hours when Cohen's lawyer, Lanny Davis said that his client has "knowledge" about computer hacking and collusion, and is willing to speak with Special Counsel Robert Mueller about a "conspiracy to collude" with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. | Cohen, who pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping President Trump pay hush money to two women, wants to tell Mueller that Trump knew of an infamous 2016 meeting at Trump Tower and the Russian hacking of Democratic institutions before they took place, Davis told MSNBC, deciding that any "attorney client" privilege in this case is strictly…
(2018-08-22). Is Donald Trump Above the Law? theintercept.com 
President Donald Trump chairs a meeting with administration and state officials on prison reform at the Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 9, 2018, in Bedminster, N.J. | Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chair, was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud in a case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who has been investigating whether Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. | Meanwhile, in a New York federal court on Tuesday, Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud, and, most critically for Trump, campaign finance violations. | Both of Tuesday's cases were really bad news for Trump, but the Cohen plea deal presented a more immediate threat to the president. As part of his plea, Cohen directly implicated the president, asserting…
(2018-08-22). Tweets from Assange's mum fuel conspiracy theory on Clinton email leaks. rt.com 
Julian Assange's mother caused excitement on Twitter, saying an ex-DNC worker leaked the Clinton emails. Christine Assange deleted her post after followers concluded that she meant Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016.
(2018-08-22). Proof that Manafort & Cohen are criminals adds no weight to Mueller's Russia collusion probe. rt.com 
What do Paul Manafort's five counts of tax fraud, one count of hiding foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud all have in common? None of them have anything to do with collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
(2018-08-21). Texas firefighters denied workers compensation for cancer. wsws.org More than 90 percent of firefighters in Texas are being refused medical coverage and paid sick leave for cancer caused by on-the-job toxic exposures.
(2018-08-21). First 'Russiagate' trial shaking? Jury slow to reach Manafort verdict. rt.com 
After a bizarre trial that saw no mention of Russia, the jury in former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's fraud trial is still deliberating, spelling bad news for Robert Mueller's "Russiagate" prosecutors.
(2018-08-20). The Road to Disaster? counterpunch.org 
The monotonously endless anti-Russia crusade serves a number of political agendas for Democrats and the Washington power structure. It rationalizes Hillary Clinton's stunning defeat, delegitimizes and weakens the Trump presidency, sets momentum for impeachment, and helps drive up Pentagon (and intelligence) spending. Often forgotten is a yet another, deeper factor: Russia has long been targeted as an intolerable obstacle to U.S. Eurasian supremacy, years before the Trump phenomenon was on the horizon. More
(2018-08-20). Headlines for August 20, 2018. democracynow.org CNN: Bomb That Killed 40 Yemeni School Children Was Made by U.S. | , California: ICE Arrests Man Driving His Wife to the Hospital to Give Birth, ICE Agents Forcibly Reseparate Fathers from Sons at Karnes Detention Center | , Ex-CIA Director John Brennan May Sue Trump over Stripped Security Clearances | , NYT: White House Counsel Donald McGahn Cooperating with Mueller Probe | , Israeli Troops Kill 2 Palestinians and Injure Hundreds More During Friday's Protests, Longtime Israeli Peace Activist Uri Avnery Dies at 94 | , Afghan President Offers Conditional Ceasefire with Taliban | , U.N.: Brazil Can't Bar Lula from…
(2018-08-20). Clapper vs Brennan: Ex-DNI chief says ex-CIA head's attacks on Trump becoming 'an issue'. rt.com 
John Brennan and his inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Donald Trump's "treasonous behavior" are becoming "an issue in and of itself," James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, has said of the ex-CIA chief. |
(2018-08-19). US govt doesn't think people have intelligence to decipher news, hence censorship — Keiser. rt.com 
As Twitter and Facebook are criticized over censorship and constant finger-pointing at Russia, RT's Max Keiser speaks to the senior editor of the Grayzone Project, Max Blumenthal, who sums up the reality of the situation. |
(2018-08-19). Trump calls Mueller probe 'McCarthyism at its worst' lashing out at 'fake' New York Times. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to launch another scathing attack on the New York Times and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe, calling it "McCarthyism at its WORST."
(2018-08-18). NYT reports White House counsel cooperates with 'Russiagate' probe, Trump says he allowed it. rt.com 
White House counsel Don McGahn has cooperated with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' investigation into US President Donald Trump, the New York Times reports. Trump says he allowed it for transparency.
(2018-08-18). Iran Action Group repeats Pompeo's old CIA gimmicks, won't work either — professor to RT. rt.com 
The US' creation of the Iran Action Group is a repeat of Mike Pompeo's tired tactics, Foad Izdi, professor of political communication at the University of Tehran, told RT, adding that the US likely won't achieve regime change. |
(2018-08-18). Senate intel committee head sees no evidence of Russian collusion, says probe 'frustrating as hell'. rt.com 
After 19 months of a "frustrating as hell' probe, the Senate Intelligence Committee has found "no factual evidence" of the Trump campaign colluding with Moscow, the chairman, Richard Burr, says.
(2018-08-17). Have British Spies Been Hacking the EU? consortiumnews.com The European Union has accused British intelligence agencies of disrupting Brexit negotiations—creating a new public dispute that could poison further an already toxic situation, says Annie Machon. By Annie Machon in Brussels Special to Consortium News Just after midnight on… Read more →
(2018-08-17). Monsanto Just Lost a Case Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer. thenation.com Monsanto Just Lost a Case Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-08-17). Angela Davis: Aretha Franklin "Will Forever Animate Our Collective Sense of Desire for Change" democracynow.org 
Aretha Franklin became the voice of the civil rights movement in 1967, when her cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" became an international sensation. Franklin was a steadfast supporter of the civil rights movement throughout her long and remarkable career. She sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral after his assassination in 1968. The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Franklin anonymously helped fund the movement for decades. He said, "When Dr. King was alive, several times she helped us make payroll. … Aretha has always been a very socially conscious artist, an inspiration, not just an entertainer." For more, we sp…
(2018-08-16). Headlines for August 16, 2018. democracynow.org Violence Roils Afghanistan as Taliban Cracks Down on Red Cross, Trump Revokes Security Clearance of Ex-CIA Director, a Major Critic, Security Clearance Flap Comes Amid Mounting White House Scandals, Trump's Lawyer Prepared to "Unload" on Mueller "Like a Ton of Bricks", Hundreds of Media Outlets Condemn Trump's Attacks on the Free Press, Turkish Court Releases Jailed Amnesty International Chair, Brazil: Lula Registers from Prison as Presidential Candidate, Malta Allows Migrant Ship to Dock After 5 Days Stranded at Sea, ACLU Says ICE "Trapped" Immigrant Spouses at Green Card Interviews, CDC Says Record 72,000 Ameri…
(2018-08-15). Headlines for August 15, 2018. democracynow.org Pennsylvania Priests Abused 1,000 Children and Covered Up the Abuse, Christine Hallquist Becomes First Transgender Major-Party Gubernatorial Nominee, In Minnesota, Ilhan Omar Is Poised to Be First Somali American Elected to Congress, Keith Ellison Wins Democratic Primary for Minnesota Attorney General, Jahana Hayes Poised to Be Connecticut's First Black Woman in Congress, Kansas: Jeff Colyer Concedes to Kris Kobach in Republican Primary for Governor, In Sexist & Racist Attack, Trump Calls Omarosa "Crazed" and a "Dog", Italy: 39 Killed in Bridge Collapse in Genoa, Yemen: 13 Reportedly Killed by Airstrikes in Hodei…
(2018-08-14). How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical. democracynow.org 
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of "Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science."
(2018-08-14). Historic Ruling Against Monsanto Finds Company Acted with "Malice" Against Groundskeeper with Cancer. democracynow.org 
California jurors have awarded $289 million in a historic verdict against Monsanto in the case of a school groundskeeper who developed cancer after using its weed killer, Roundup. We speak with Brent Wisner, the lead trial counsel for Dewayne Lee Johnson, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors say he is unlikely to live past 2020. Johnson's was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging glyphosate causes cancer. Filed in 2016, it was fast-tracked for trial due to the severity of his illness.