William Arkin on Homeland Security's Creeping Fascism and Why the CIA & FBI Won't Save Us from Trump
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-01-09
Longtime NBC reporter and analyst William Arkin announced he was leaving the network last week in a blistering letter that took aim at the mainstream media for encouraging perpetual warfare and bolstering the national security state. In his letter, Arkin writes of Trump,…
www.democracynow.org/2019/1/9/william_arkin_on_homeland_securitys_creeping
Trump's Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-09
I'm starting to wonder whether President Trump has any power over US foreign policy at all. Many people believe that the US president is just a figurehead, with actual foreign policy firmly in the hands of the deep state. Trump's … | The post Trump's Neocons Reverse His Syria Withdrawal Plan appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/trumps-neocons-reverse-his-syria-withdrawal-plan/5665051
New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics
Max Blumenthal | grayzoneproject.com | 2019-01-09
The Integrity Initiative has mobilized an international disinformation campaign across Europe. Now, with government and right-wing foundation money, this massive… | The post New Documents Reveal a Covert British Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In American Politics appeared first on Grayzone Project.
grayzoneproject.com/2019/01/08/new-documents-reveal-a-covert-british-military-intelligence-smear-machine-meddling-in-american-politics/
Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller, to leave DOJ soon: reports
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-09
Deputy attorney general, who oversaw Mueller probe, will leave post after new attorney general confirmed, US media say.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/rob-rosenstein-appointed-mueller-leave-doj-reports-190109152413998.html
Iranian FM Slams Bolton, Pompeo's "Psychotic," "Pure Obsession" With Iran
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-09
"While ordinarily it might be flattering, [Secretary Pompeo] and [John Bolton's] pure obsession with Iran is more and more like the behavior of persistently failing psychotic stalkers." – Javad Zarif | The post Iranian FM Slams Bolton, Pompeo's "Psychotic," "Pure Obsession" With Iran appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/iran-fm-slams-bolton-pompeos-psychotic-pure-obsession-iran/253715/
Pompeo says Syria's Kurdish fighters will be protected
aljazeera | aljazeera.com | 2019-01-09
The Secretary of State visits Baghdad and Erbil as part of his trip to reassure allies on planned US troop pullout.
aljazeera.com/news/2019/01/pompeo-meets-iraq-leaders-troops-unannounced-baghdad-visit-190109110213489.html
New Documents Reveal Covert UK Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In US Politics
Mark Ames | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-09
The Integrity Initiative has mobilized an international disinformation campaign across Europe. Now, with government and right-wing foundation money, this massive "political smear unit" is infiltrating the US. | The post New Documents Reveal Covert UK Military-Intelligence Smear Machine Meddling In US Politics appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/new-documents-reveal-covert-uk-military-intelligence-smear-machine-meddling-in-us-politics/253658/
William Barr Helped Build America's Surveillance State
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-09
Senators should ask Barr about his support for unconstitutional spying that endangers our rights. | William Barr, President Trump's nominee for attorney general, has a history of getting it wrong. From designing warrantless surveillance programs to justifying the president's power to disregard acts of Congress, Barr has advanced dubious legal theories that have been rejected by the courts, Congress, and the public. | As Barr begins the confirmation process, senators must question Barr on his record regarding the right to privacy and the Fourth Amendment — which raises serious concerns about his suitability…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/william-barr-helped-build-americas-surveillance
The Case for the Legitimacy of Maduro's Second Term
Martin Varese | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-09
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Moros will be sworn-in for his second mandate (2019-2025) on Thursday, Jan. 10, in front of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) in Caracas. Days before being inaugurated, Maduro has called for unity among Venezuelans and against clear interventionist attempts. "The Bolivarian Revolution is about more that one man: it's about a people that chose to be free," he tweeted. | RELATED: | Consistent, Free, Fair: Venezuela's Election History Analyzed | T…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Case-for-the-Legitimacy-of-Maduros-Second-Term-20190108-0026.html
RBG hits the big screen again in 'On the Basis of Sex'
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-01-09
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has so many fervent admirers, she's practically become a cottage industry in America. Aside from the comprehensive exhibition about her still running at Los Angeles's Skirball Cultural Center through March 10, there was the documentary film Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which helped stoke …
peoplesworld.org/article/rbg-hits-the-big-screen-again-in-on-the-basis-of-sex/
Partisan Gerrymandering Back at the Supreme Court
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2019-01-09
On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral argument in March for partisan gerrymandering cases out of North Carolina and Maryland. The Court's announcement clears a path for the justices to rule on the constitutionality of partisan gerrymandering by the end of June 2019. | How North Carolina and Maryland's Extreme Partisan Gerrymanders Came to Be: | The North Carolina and Maryland congressional maps that are at issue in these cases are among this decade's starkest examples of extreme partisan gerrymanders, which lock in an artificial statewide majority for the political party dra…
truthout.org/articles/partisan-gerrymandering-back-at-the-supreme-court/
Venezuela: Suspected Plotters Tortured
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2019-01-09
| (Washington, DC) — Venezuelan intelligence and security forces have detained a…
hrw.org/news/2019/01/09/venezuela-suspected-plotters-tortured
Venezuelan Ex-Magistrate Flees to Miami, Pledges to 'Collaborate' with US Authorities
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-01-07
Venezuela's Supreme Court claims Christian Zerpa fled a sexual harassment investigation.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14208
A Tough Time to Be a Spy, NPR Reports – Current and former CIA officials are only sources for story on espionage getting harder
Belen Fernandez | fair.org | 2019-01-06
NPR ( 1/3/19) reports on the CIA finding it harder to sneak into other countries to commit espionage. | Imagine, for a moment, that a prominent media outlet in Iran decided to produce a story about the trials of being an Iranian spy in this technological day and age–in which the all-pervasiveness of surveillance mechanisms and social media complicates slightly the process of entering other countries under false identities. | It's safe to assume that the United States would find this…
fair.org/home/a-tough-time-to-be-a-spy-npr-reports/
Watch the 11th Online Vigil for Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-01-04
Consortium News broadcast the 11th Unity4J vigil for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on Friday night. You can watch it here. Ecuador tries to find a legal way out of its commitment to Assange's asylum in its London embassy, while Trump lawyer… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/01/04/watch-the-11th-online-vigil-for-julian-assange-live-on-friday-night/
Rhode Island Supreme Court Allows Unfairly Shut Down Strip Club to Reopen
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-04
Providence's licensing board, we argue, violated the club's rights when it was shut down based solely on allegations of solicitation of prostitution. | Imagine a symphony orchestra barred by the state from performing again because a musician was found to have sold marijuana to a colleague backstage. Imagine a bookstore being shuttered by the government because peace activists planned acts of civil disobedience in a backroom. Imagine a movie theater permanently closed because an employee assaulted a patron. | In Providence, Rhode Island, you don't have to imagine it, because it happened to a strip club c…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/rhode-island-supreme-court-allows-unfairly-shut-down-strip-club-reopen
AI Should Improve Quality of Life, Not Make Capitalists Rich — Lester Earnest on RAI (5/5)
Shared by Jocelyn Dombroski | therealnews.com | 2019-01-04
Artificial Intelligence can make the world better or be a tool for war — says Lester Earnest, founder of the Artificial Intelligence Lab at Stanford, on Reality Asserts Itself with Paul Jay | The post AI Should Improve Quality of Life, Not Make Capitalists Rich — Lester Earnest on RAI (5/5) appeared first on The Real News Network.
therealnews.com/stories/ai-should-improve-quality-of-life-not-make-capitalists-rich-lester-earnest-on-rai-5-5
US Secretary of State Pompeo Enlists Allies to 'Return Democracy' to Venezuela
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-01-03
US allies Brazil and Colombia have repeatedly voiced support for regime change efforts.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14202
Has Trump Been Outmaneuvered on Syria Troop Withdrawal?
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-01-03
Trump's possible backtracking on withdrawal from Syria means he may have been once again outmaneuvered by the Deep State, says Virginia State Senator Dick Black. Following the outcry after President Donald Trump's announcement that he was pulling U.S. troops from Syria,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/01/03/has-trump-been-outmaneuvered-on-syria-troop-withdrawal/
UAE: Rights Defender's Conviction Upheld
Human Rights Watch | hrw.org | 2018-12-31
Ahmed Mansoor speaks to Reuters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 30, 2011. | © 2011 Reuters | The United Arab Emirates Federal Supreme Court, the country's court of last resort in state security cases, on December 31, 2018, upheld a 10-year sentence for Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning human rights activist, Human Rights Watch said today. | In May, an Abu Dhabi court sentenced Mansoor to 10 years in prison for "defaming" the UAE on s…
hrw.org/news/2018/12/31/uae-rights-defenders-conviction-upheld
SPLC statement on Supreme Court's denial of Trump administration's request to immediately enforce asylum ban
Melissa Crow, Senior Supervising Attorney of the SPLC's Immigrant Justice Project | splcenter.org | 2018-12-21
splcenter.org/news/2018/12/21/splc-statement-supreme-court-denial-asylum-ban