(2018-08-27). Lufthansa, Austrian And Turkish Airlines Continue Flying To Tehran. iranian.com Lufthansa, Austrian and Turkish airlines along with several other international carriers have no plan yet to halt flying to Iran as news broke that three European airliners are to suspend services to the country. A spokesperson for Lufthansa has recently announced the German airline and its partner, Austrian Airlines, will continue to fly to Tehran […]
(2018-08-27). Trump's Foreign Policy Hand Crippled by Legal Woes. truthdig.com Trump's domestic woes as an unindicted co-conspirator inevitably make him weak on the world stage. Foreign adversaries don't take seriously a president who looks as though he might be impeached. And they know that presidents under siege in the capital do not have the leisure to attend to foreign affairs with any concentration. Even friends and allies of the US will find the temptation, of playing on his weakness, irresistible. | Trump abruptly canceled a trip to North Korea by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday, blindsiding the department, out of pique that N. Korean "denuclearization" wasn't going well. Only in Trump's fevered imagination had that ever been even a prospect. But it seems clear that Pyongyang has no fear of a wounded Trump. | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov demanded Wednesday that all non-invited troops had to leave…
(2018-08-27). NSA leaker Reality Winner sentenced to more than five years in prison. wsws.org Winner is the first person to be tried by the Trump Administration under the Espionage Act, receiving the longest ever sentence for revealing classified documents.
(2018-08-26). Beware the Race Reductionist. theintercept.com 
A hostage situation has emerged on the left. And progressive policies like Medicare for All, a $15 minimum wage, free public education, a Green New Deal, and even net neutrality, are the captives. | The captors? Bad faith claims of bigotry. | According to an increasingly popular narrative among the center-left, a dispiriting plurality of progressives are "class reductionists" — people who believe that economic equality is a cure-all for societal ills, and who, as a result, would neglect policy prescriptions which seek to remedy identity-based disparities. | Of course, race and class are so interwoven that any political project that aims to resolve one while ignoring the other does a disservice to both. As Senator Bernie Sanders I-VT, presumptive leader of the progressive movement, put it this spring when I asked him about the never-ending race versus class debates: "It's…
(2018-08-26). Attorney Alan Dershowitz Admits That Trump's Interests Aren't Aligned with What's Best for America in Mueller Probe. alternet.org 
The president's prominent defender amid the special counsel probe can't spin this any other way. | Civil libertarian Democrat Alan Derschowitz has become infamous for his extensive defense of President Donald Trump about the probe by special prosecutor Robert Mueller, especially his argument that Trump should not be impeached. But even Derschowitz was forced to admit that Trump and the country he's supposed to serve don't have the. . .
(2018-08-25). Monsanto Liable for Agent Orange Damage, Vietnam Reiterates. globalresearch.ca The call comes after a San Francisco jury on August 10 ordered Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Dewayne Johnson, a cancer patient whose …
(2018-08-25). NSA Leaker Reality Winner's 5-Year Term is An Attack on Whistleblowing. therealnews.com 
Reality Winner has been sentenced to over 5 years in behind bars for leaking an NSA document to The Intercept about alleged Russian spearphishing in the US election system. It's the longest ever prison sentence for a media source in US history. We speak to Shadowproof's Kevin Gosztola about the trial and the double-standards in…
(2018-08-25). Poll's 'insane' data shows 64% of Republicans think a 'good president' may still use the N-word. rt.com 
A new Economist/YouGov poll found 64 percent of Republicans think it is "possible that a person who used the 'N-word' while in office can still be a good president of the United States". |
(2018-08-25). Did CIA's Kremlin sources 'go quiet' or is NYT seeking excuses for lack of fresh 'meddling' rumors? rt.com 
US intelligence is 'in the dark' about Russian intentions towards the November midterm elections, the New York Times reports, offering some explanations as to why this might be the case, while ignoring the most obvious one.
(2018-08-24). James Risen: Reality Winner's Sentence Is One of the Worst Miscarriages of Justice in Recent History. democracynow.org 
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner was handed the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media Thursday. She is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Winner was arrested by FBI agents at her home in Augusta, Georgia, on June 3, 2017, two days before The Intercept published an exposé revealing Russian military intelligence conducted a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software company just days before the U.S. presidential election. The exposé was based on a classified NSA report from May 5, 2017, that shows…
(2018-08-24). Kris Kobach's Gubernatorial Campaign Hires White Nationalists. therealnews.com 
Kansas Republican Kris Kobach's Governor's Campaign hires white nationalists, giving momentum to the racist anti-immigrant movement and increasing their power in the GOP. We speak to Christina Lopez of Media Matters
(2018-08-24). "Judensà§cker:" Our Jewish Graveyard. counterpunch.org It is August 1942. I am seven years old and, as usual, I am spending the summer vacations with my beloved Tante Babett in Dettendorf, a village about six kilometers East of my town Neustadt an der Aisch. Late one afternoon my papa called and requested that I to return home for helping out in More
(2018-08-24). Monsanto Trial Exposes Risks of Roundup Herbicide. Thousands of Cancer Patients Suing Monsanto. globalresearch.ca "This case is way bigger than me. I hope it gets the attention that it needs." — Dewayne Johnson, former school groundskeeper awarded $289 million in damages from Monsanto | As …
(2018-08-24). Reality Winner's Sentence Celebrated as Longest Ever for Unauthorized Disclosure. mintpressnews.com Prosecutors claimed Winner's disclosure of the NSA report "caused exceptionally grave damage to national security." However, that was never proven during course of this case and in fact, prosecutors claimed it didn't have to be proven to convict her of violating the Espionage Act.
(2018-08-24). Headlines for August 24, 2018. democracynow.org Yemen: 31 Reportedly Killed in U.S.-Backed Airstrikes, Including 22 Children, National Enquirer Executives Had Safe Containing Dirt on Trump, New York City Prosecutor Opens Criminal Probe into Trump Organization, GOP Senators Give Trump Green Light to Fire AG Jeff Sessions, Rep. Duncan Hunter and His Wife Plead Not Guilty to Looting Campaign Funds, Prison Strike Against "Modern-Day Slavery" Spreads Nationwide, NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison, Hawaii: Flooding and Landslides Reported as Hurricane Lane Strikes, South Africa Rejects Trump Claim of "Large Scale Killing" of Farmers, A…
(2018-08-24). Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was "Nailed to the Door" by the Trump Admin. democracynow.org 
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison—the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media. Twenty-six-year-old Reality Winner is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Her sentencing Thursday came after she pleaded guilty in June to transmitting a top-secret document to a news organization. She had faced up to 10 years in prison. We speak with her mother, Billie Winner-Davis.
(2018-08-24). CIA Whistleblower: John Brennan Is Out For Himself, Not the Resistance. therealnews.com 
Donald Trump's revoking of ex-CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance has re-ignited a bitter public feud. Ex-CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou argues that given Brennan's record and personal ambitions, he is not a trustworthy Resister.
(2018-08-24). The Brennan -Rosenstein -Mueller -Comey -US Media "Witch Hunt" globalresearch.ca Update August 23: Mark Penn writing in The Hill points out that Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign violations that were not campaign violations. Moreover, Cohen himself did not make the hush …
(2018-08-24). Distorting Past and Present: Reuters on Nicaragua's Armed Uprising. fair.org 
From April 18 until late July 2018, an armed insurrection in Nicaragua left hundreds of people dead. The uprising, backed enthusiastically by private media outlets in Nicaragua (in particular one of its largest circulating newspapers, La Prensa, and the TV network 100%Noticias), was also supported by local NGOs funded by the US government through the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The Trump administration and others (the EU parliament, UN officials) publicly backed the opposition's version of events, as did Amnesty international and Human Rights Watch. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his supporters were held responsible for the vast majority of the "protest"-related deaths, and Ortega (who had been re-elected in 2016) was pressured at first to resign outright, and later to hold "early elections." | I examined 45 Reuters news articles
(2018-08-24). Democratic senators ask Pompeo for translator's notes from Trump-Putin meeting. rt.com 
Democratic senators are requesting translation notes and other materials related to Donald Trump's two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July, saying the summit requires "urgent congressional oversight." |
(2018-08-24). Trump: Reality Winner's crimes 'small potatoes' compared to Hillary Clinton. rt.com 
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to bash the Justice Department for sentencing ex-NSA contractor Reality Winner to five years imprisonment, while letting Hillary Clinton off the hook for her email server misuse. |
(2018-08-24). Trump cancels Pompeo's N. Korea trip but sends 'warmest regards' to Kim. rt.com 
President Trump has canceled State Secretary Mike Pompeo's upcoming trip to North Korea, due to take place next week. The President cited a lack of progress towards denuclearization when he announced the cancelation.
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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. |
(2018-08-23). State Dept warns South Africa of 'wrong path' amid land expropriation row. rt.com 
Expropriation of land without compensation "would not be a good thing" and would send South Africa "down the wrong path," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters amid a diplomatic row with Pretoria. |
(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). 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.
(2018-08-22). 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.
(2018-08-21). 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). 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…
(2018-08-17). 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). 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…
(2018-08-17). 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.
(2018-08-16). 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.