Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-01-14
US forces came to Syria, Iraq, elsewhere in the region, and virtually everywhere else worldwide to stay. Bolton and Pompeo made similar comments on Syria, indicating no timeline for withdrawal. | US forces will stay indefinitely — on the phony pretext … | The post Grim Middle East Reality. Permanent US Occupation. American Forces will Stay Indefinitely appeared first on Global Research.
globalresearch.ca/grim-middle-east-reality-permanent-us-occupation-american-forces-will-stay-indefinitely/5665399
The Twitter Smearing of Corbyn and Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-01-14
Historian and U.K. analyst Mark Curtis checks out the Twitter accounts of journalists whose names have been associated with the Integrity Initiative, a British "counter disinformation" program. By Mark Curtis British Foreign Policy Declassified The U.K.-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/01/14/the-twitter-smearing-of-corbyn-and-assange/
US Playing Blame Game With Saudis Over Khashoggi
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-14
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week called for Saudi Arabia to be held accountable for the barbaric murder of Washington-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed and allegedly dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. | RELATED: | Pompeo's Middle East Visit Contradicts Trump Admin Policy | Pompeo was en route to Doha, Qatar to meet with…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Playing-Blame-Game-With-Saudis-Over-Khashoggi-20190114-0006.html
US: Pentagon Outlines Options for Military Strike in Iran
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-14
For the first time a request made by the White House on "military options to strike Iran" was reported on Sunday by the Wall Street Journal. | RELATED: | Pompeo's Middle East Visit Contradicts Trump Admin Policy | The request was initiated by President Trump's National Security Council which asked the Pentagon to produce the report, a move which seemed unusual, "It definitely rattled people," stated a former senior U.S. administration official describing the hawkish intentions behind t…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Pentagon-Outlines-Options-for-Military-Strike-in-Iran-20190114-0002.html
Where Abortion Fights Will Play Out in 2019
Shared by candice | truthout.org | 2019-01-14
With Democrats now in control of the US House of Representatives, it might appear that the fight over abortion rights has become a standoff. | After all, abortion-rights supporters within the Democratic caucus will be in a position to block the kind of curbs that Republicans advanced over the past two years when they had control of Congress. | But those on both sides of the debate insist that won't be the case. | Despite the Republicans' loss of the House, anti-abortion forces gained one of their most sought-after victories in decades with the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Now,…
truthout.org/articles/where-abortion-fights-will-play-out-in-2019/
'Not Qualified': Critics Decry Bigoted Views of Trump's Pick to Replace Kavanaugh on DC Circuit Court
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-14
President Donald Trump is hoping to fill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's former seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit with a former law professor whose early writings on the government and justice betrayed misogynist and bigoted views—leaving critics concerned on Monday that the president is remaking the country's second-highest court in his own image. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-01-14_at_3.25.43_pm.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/14/not-qualified-critics-decry-bigoted-views-trumps-pick-replace-kavanaugh-dc-circuit?cd-origin=rss
CO Supreme Court Hands Another Victory to Oil and Gas Industry
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-01-14
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/01/14/co-supreme-court-hands-another-victory-oil-and-gas-industry?cd-origin=rss
Poland: Mayor of Gdansk Dies After Stabbing
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-01-14
The mayor of Gdansk, Pawel Adamovicz, was stabbed Monday while participating in a charity event attended by thousands. | RELATED: | Poland Reverses Anti-Democratic Supreme Court Reform | Adamovicz died in the hosptial from the abdominal injuries he sustained after several hours of surgery trying save him failed. The assailant stabbed the mayor, seriously wounding him in the heart, diaphragm, and other major organs said the surgeon who who treated him. | Pawel Adamowicz has become a well-kn…
telesurenglish.net/news/Poland-Mayor-of-Gdansk-Dies-After-Stabbing-20190114-0003.html
'Shameful': Colorado Supreme Court Denounced for Siding With Big Oil Profits Over Public Health in Youth-Led Suit
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-14
The court's ruling was condemned by one environmentalist as "hard proof that the law is written against the best interests of the people, and in favor of oil and gas industry profits" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/colorado.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/14/shameful-colorado-supreme-court-denounced-siding-big-oil-profits-over-public-health?cd-origin=rss
Concord committee discussing military research partnership
Rogue One | indybay.org | 2019-01-14
Concord's campus visioning committee is contemplating military industrial partnerships for research and development labs. The public has the ability to speak at the next meeting against such a proposal. | January 17, 2019, 6: 00PM — 9: 00 PM | Concord Senior Center, 2727 Parkside Circle (Concord)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/01/14/18820371.php
Israel to Deport Human Rights Watch Director for Supporting BDS
Middle East Monitor | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-13
(MEMO) — Israel will deport the Director of Human Rights Watch (HRW)'s regional office, Omar Shakir, refusing a Supreme Court petition. On Thursday the Israeli government submitted its response to a Supreme Court petition previously filed by Shakir in a bid to fight the deportation order against him. The response stated that: "[Shakir] promoted the boycott of …
Israel to Deport Human Rights Watch Director for Supporting BDS
Durbin Calls for Senate Hearings to Probe 'Serious Questions' About Why Trump Is 'So Chummy' With Putin
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-01-13
The senator's remarks follow a series of recent reports that sparked alarm over the relationship as Mueller's investigation continues | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2018-07-31_at_3.33.06_pm_0.png…
commondreams.org/news/2019/01/13/durbin-calls-senate-hearings-probe-serious-questions-about-why-trump-so-chummy-putin?cd-origin=rss
Mike Pompeo Touts US Goodness and Threatens More of It
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-01-11
Pompeo's speech seems to have been a not-so-subtle means of putting the entire Mideast region and world on notice that the U.S. is poised to initiate a new era of military intervention in the Middle East in order to "liberate" nations that continue to resist U.S. influence and regional hegemony. | The post Mike Pompeo Touts US Goodness and Threatens More of It appeared first on MintPress News.
mintpressnews.com/mideast-fact-meets-fiction-mike-pompeo-touts-us-goodness-and-threatens-more-of-it/253803/
William Barr's Unsolicited Memo to Trump About Obstruction of Justice
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-11
Barr's critique of the Mueller investigation raises serious questions about his views of presidential power. Senators should demand answers. | Last month, news broke that in June 2018, President Trump's current nominee for attorney general, William P. Barr, sent an unsolicited 20-page memo to the Justice Department critiquing special counsel Robert Mueller's current investigation into Russian election interference. | Barr, who previously served as attorney general under Preside…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/william-barrs-unsolicited-memo-trump-about-obstruction-justice
Watch the 12th Vigil for Julian Assange Here
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-01-11
Consortium News broadcast the 12th Unity4J online vigil for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange on Friday, hosted by Consortium News Editor Joe Lauria. Julian Assange is a wanted man because he published classified information that revealed the crimes and corruption of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/01/11/watch-the-12th-vigil-for-assange-here-live-at-4-pm-today/
Who or What Brought Down Dag Hammarskjà∂ld?
Joseph Majerle III — Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2019-01-11
If you believe that Dag Hammarskjà∂ld was the victim of a plot, it can be concluded that the truth about his death has been covered up to shift the blame away from the usual suspects, including the CIA and various mercenary organizations that were then arming themselves across southern Africa. Hammarskjà∂ld and his liberal internationalism were getting in the way of corporate profits, if not Cold War politics, and it was decided–somewhere, somehow–to cut him down to size. Maybe the plotters did not intend to kill him? Maybe they simply wanted to scare him away? But the facts about the Hammar…
counterpunch.org/2019/01/11/who-or-what-brought-down-dag-hammarskjold/
Mike Pompeo Lied About the U.S. and the Middle East. Here's the Truth
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-01-11
Trump's secretary of state gave a speech in Cairo that obscured the U.S. role in the Middle East. America has not been a force for good. | The post Mike Pompeo Lied About the U.S. and the Middle East. Here's the Truth. appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2019/01/11/mike-pompeo-speech-cairo/
"We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-11
(ZH) — Contrary to assurances from Trump's National Security Advisor, neocon John Bolton, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who suggested earlier this week that US troops would remain in Syria for at least a little while longer, the Associated Press reported on Friday that the US has begun the process of removing the 2,000 soldiers based in northeastern …
"We Don't Take Orders From Bolton": US Withdrawal From Syria Begins
Pompeo Calls for Continued US Military Intervention in Middle East
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-01-11
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Some ten years after President Obama's Cairo speech, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in the city at American University presenting his own speech trying to contrast President Obama's policies to the Trump Administration's more heavily interventionist intentions in the Middle East. Pompeo argued that every instance in which President Obama ended a US …
Pompeo Calls for Continued US Military Intervention in Middle East
Farewell to bblum6
Dave Markland | zcomm.org | 2019-01-10
Bill Blum passed away early last month in Virginia. Many Z Net readers will know his canonical book, Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII, or remember his regular newsletter Anti-Empire Report. My first contact with Bill came in 1995 when I wrote him about something he had written on the Cold War. Read…
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What Are Federal Employees' Rights to Protest the Government Shutdown?
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-10
People don't lose their First Amendment rights if they work for the government. | Standing up for your First Amendment right to protest can be challenging — especially if you're a government employee. | Since Dec. 22, nearly 800,000 government employees nationwide have been affected by the partial federal government shutdown, putting a stop to work and paychecks. Despite President Trump's claim that federal workers " agree 100 percent with what I'm doing," many have wond…
aclu.org/blog/free-speech/employee-speech-and-whistleblowers/what-are-federal-employees-rights-protest
Pennsylvanians Should Know How the State Police Is Monitoring Social Media
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-01-10
The Pennsylvania State Police is blocking access to its social-media-monitoring policy by claiming it could harm "public safety." | "Sunshine is the best disinfectant.", , That's a line that is used so much that it's become almost trite. But it's oft-repeated because it is so true. And here in the Keystone State, the Pennsylvania State Police is doing everything in its power to block access to its policy on monitoring social media. So we're headed to the state Supreme Court to get it. | The ACLU of Pennsylvania's attempt to obtain the st…
aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/surveillance-technologies/pennsylvanians-should-know-how-state-police
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/
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
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/
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
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