(2018-08-30). Iran Intelligence Chief Acknowledges Having Israeli Spy. iranian.com Iran's intelligence minister has boasted on state television about his country's successful recruitment of a former Cabinet-level official from a "hostile" country, signaling Tehran's first acknowledgment of compromising an arrested Israeli official. Speaking on state TV late Tuesday, Mahmoud Alavi claimed his agency had a "member of the Cabinet of a hostile country" in hand. […]
(2018-08-30). Reality Winner, Russiagate and the Left. counterpunch.org 
Reality hit hard for the left when whistleblower Reality Winner was sentenced to five years, three months in prison with three years of supervision after release and 100 hours of community service. Surely it was another pussy hat liberal Russiagate deep state hoax that is descending on the honorable leftist blogosphere? Actually, it was just More
(2018-08-30). With Reality Winner Sentenced, Does The Intercept Owe Answers? therealnews.com 
Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years for leaking an NSA document to The Intercept alleging a Russian cyber-operation targeting the U.S. voting system. Shadowproof's Kevin Gosztola joins Aaron Maté to discuss major questions surrounding The Intercept's handling of Reality Winner's document.
(2018-08-30). Back-to-Screwed (Video). truthdig.com When the guy who was the student loan ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making news you know there is a problem. Seth Frotman recently resigned to protest what the Trump administration is doing to make it easier for lenders who prey on students. | Couple that with the idiot insanity that is Betsy DeVos and things aren't looking good for education, higher or lower. DeVos wants the federal government to pay for teachers' guns. (Probably just to fend off the grizzlies, of course.) She is also happily doing the bidding of for-profit colleges and shady lenders who take advantage of low income students. Then, when the students default, the Department of Education makes it easier for taxpayers to save the banks through the miracle of taxpayer-backed loans.
(2018-08-30). Good Riddance Warmonger…8-28-18 Mouse Report. indybay.org Nauseated by the press' drooling worship of a fortunate son…demonic glee behind star spangled eyes …ALWAYS sending us off to war..Julian Assange responds to MSM ax murdering vampire zombie mind fork brain surgeons ..after Queen of Peace throws monkey wrench into my horror show (38 min.)…
(2018-08-30). Oppose the ban on Chelsea Manning speaking in Australia! wsws.org The SEP demands that Manning be granted her visa and restates its demand for the unconditional freedom of WikiLeaks editor Julian Assange.
(2018-08-30). Who is Unsubmissive France's "Comrade Policeman" Alexandre Langlois? wsws.org An intelligence agent who read some Marx while in an agency that set up provocations against strikers, Langlois was ideally placed to join the populist pseudo-left.
(2018-08-29). How the Department of Homeland Security Created a Deceptive Tale of Russia Hacking US Voter Sites. globalresearch.ca The narrative of Russian intelligence attacking state and local election boards and threatening the integrity of U.S. elections has achieved near-universal acceptance by media and political elites. And now it has …
(2018-08-29). Can a Sitting US President Be Indicted for a Crime? Why the Framers Intent is Irrelevant to Answering this Question. counterpunch.org 
Possibly within a matter of days or weeks Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller or New York federal prosecutors are going to have to confront an significant question: Was it the intent of the American constitutional framers to allow a sitting president to be indicted for a crime, or was impeachment the only recourse to remedy a More
(2018-08-29). Whistleblowers expose Australian government crimes at Nauru refugee camp. wsws.org Medical professionals have warned that children suffering severe mental illness are at risk of dying at the Australian-operated detention centre.
(2018-08-29). Trump adviser who President 'allowed to cooperate' with Mueller to step down. rt.com 
White House Counsel Don McGahn is to step down this fall, President Trump has announced. News of McGahn's departure comes after it was revealed he was questioned by Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' investigation. |
(2018-08-29). What is FireEye? wsws.org The cyber-security firm FireEye has high-level connections with military intelligence and Wall Street and is working with social media companies to promote censorship.
(2018-08-28). Media Continues Writing Premature Obituaries for the Democratic Left. fair.org 
US News ( 8/8/18): "A band of far-left candidates have suffered a string of defeats in Democratic primaries this year." | The insurgent left wing of the Democratic Party, sometimes self-identified as democratic socialists and exemplified by rising star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and associated with groups like Bernie Sanders' Our Revolution, the Justice Democrats and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), took some losses in primaries on August 7. These included high-profile candidates like Abdul El-Sayed, a candidate for Michigan governor and Brent Welder in Kansas's 2nd district, along with losses by Cori Bush in Missouri's 1st district. Following the losses, corporate media outlets were quick to declare the Democratic left wing dead in the water: | "Bernie and His Army Are Losing 2018" (Politico, 8/8/18) | "Down Goes Socialism" (Politico, 8/8/18) | "Democratic Party's Liberal Insurgency Hits…
(2018-08-28). Facebook & Google Play the Censor: Are our Civil Liberties Endangered? therealnews.com 
Rolling Stone's Matt Taibbi joins us to examine the dangerous juncture our freedom finds itself in when Facebook, Twitter, and Google work with the government and its intelligence services to control what we see and hear
(2018-08-28). Headlines for August 28, 2018. democracynow.org U.N. Accuses U.S.-Backed, Saudi-led Coalition of Possible War Crimes in Yemen, North Korea Warns Denuclearization Talks in Jeopardy, Federal Court Strikes Down North Carolina's Gerrymandered Voting Map, U.S. Student Loan Watchdog Accuses Trump Administration of Siding with Predatory Lenders, Facebook Bans Burmese Army Commander-in-Chief After U.N. Genocide Report, U.S. and Mexico Reach Agreement to Revise Portions of NAFTA | , Trump Breaks Near-Silence on Death of Sen. John McCain, Study Links Air Pollution to Reduction in Intelligence, Bloomberg Reassigns Journalist Who Exposed Wells Fargo's Ties to Gun Industry…
(2018-08-28). How the Department of Homeland Security Created a Deceptive Tale of Russia Hacking US Voter Sites. consortiumnews.com The narrative about Russian cyberattacks on American election infrastructure is a self-interested abuse of power by DHS based on distortion of evidence, writes Gareth Porter. By Gareth Porter Special to Consortium News The narrative of Russian intelligence attacking state and… Read more →
(2018-08-28). 'Appalling politics' & 'phony science' is why Monsanto is still afloat — lawyer suing chemical giant. rt.com 
Monsanto has suppressed the facts about its 'probably carcinogenic' weed killer for years, pouring vast sums of money towards complicit 'democratic regimes', a lawyer suing the chemical giant in 16 cancer cases has told RT.
(2018-08-27). The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump. thenation.com The Transatlantic Alliance Will Survive Trump appeared first on The Nation.
(2018-08-27). Kansas residents drank contaminated water for six years while state sat on damning chemical tests. rt.com 
The state of Kansas failed to act on tests showing that groundwater in a Wichita suburb had been contaminated, allowing hundreds of residents to use tainted water wells for more than six years, before taking action. |
(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 Sen. 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 not…
(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). 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.
(2018-08-25). 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". |
(2018-08-24). 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). 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). 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 Cristina Lopez of Media Matters
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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. |
(2018-08-20). 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). 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…