Leaked Docs Show Border Patrol Collecting Info on Journalists
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-09
Several in-depth reports have shed light on intimidating practices experienced by journalists, lawyers and immigration activists who are dedicated to covering the migrant crisis at the southern United States border with Mexico. | RELATED: | 25 Central American Migrants Killed in Freight Truck Accident | Documents leaked Wednesday by NBC 7 link inter…
telesurenglish.net/news/Leaked-Docs-Show-US-Border-Patrol-Gathering-Intelligence-on-Journalists-Covering-Caravan-20190309-0007.html
Blowback? QAnon book becomes best-seller as deplatforming 'strengthens' conspiracy theorists (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-09
A book alleging a "deep state" plot against Donald Trump has become a best-seller on Amazon, leaving some to speculate that attempts at shaming and silencing 'QAnon' followers have only galvanized the conspiracy theorists. | …
rt.com/usa/453389-conspiracy-qanon-book-trump/
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusal to testify against WikiLeaks
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-09
The courageous whistleblower has already been imprisoned for seven years and subjected to solitary confinement and torture for exposing US war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/09/mann-m09.html
Liberals Are Digging Their Own Grave With Russiagate
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2019-03-08
"This new Cold War [is] more dangerous than the preceding Cold War," Professor Stephen Cohen tells Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer in the latest installment of "Scheer Intelligence." Cohen, a professor emeritus of Russian studies at Princeton University and New York University, has a new book out that addresses the possibility of a U.S.-Russia armed conflict in the near future. Part of the current rejection of the Kremlin that has brought the two nations to this dangerous brink, according to Cohen, is rooted in the U.S. political elites' desire to maintain their ability to determine the world order. When V…
truthdig.com/articles/liberals-are-digging-their-own-grave-with-russiagate/
As Manning Goes to Jail, Watch the 19th Vigil for Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-08
As Chelsea Manning is jailed for refusing to testify against Julian Assange, watch the discussion on 19th online vigil for Julian Assange. The guests included Greg Palast, Brian Becker, Lee Stranahan, John Kiriakou, George Szamuely and hosts Elizabeth Vos and… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/08/as-manning-goes-to-jail-watch-the-19th-vigil-for-assange/
Chelsea Manning Jailed for Refusing to Testify on WikiLeaks
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-08
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has been sent to jail for refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. | U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton ordered Manning to jail for contempt of court on Friday after a brief hearing in which Manning confirmed she has no intention of testifying. She told the judge she "will accept whatever you bring upon me." | Manning has said she objects to the secrecy of the grand jury process, and that she already revealed everything she knows at her court martial. | The judge said she will remain jailed until she testifies or until the…
truthdig.com/articles/chelsea-manning-jailed-for-refusing-to-testify-on-wikileaks/
Michael Cohen Scooped by Julian Assange
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-08
Press and citizenry continue to discuss former Trump attorney and fixer Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress on February 27. | Russiagate skeptics and supporters of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange are taking particular note of what Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massie said …
globalresearch.ca/michael-cohen-scooped-julian-assange/5670722
Refusing to "Snitch," Whistleblower Chelsea Manning Becomes Two-Time Political Prisoner
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-08
"I will not participate in a secret process that I morally object to, particularly one that has been historically used to entrap and persecute activists for protected political speech." — Chelsea Manning…
mintpressnews.com/refusing-to-snitch-whistleblower-chelsea-manning-becomes-two-time-political-prisoner/256031/
Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the Bomb
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-08
On February 19, the Democratic majority of the House Oversight and Reform Committee released an eye-opening interim report. Based on testimony from "multiple" whistleblowers, the report reveals that the Trump Administration is engaged in a frenzied dash to push through a sale of nuclear reactors to Saudi Arabia without consulting Congress. Several of the individuals…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/08/saudi-arabia-pakistan-and-the-bomb/
Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify on WikiLeaks
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-08
US army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been taken into custody for contempt of court after refusing to testify in front of a grand jury in what's believed to be the case against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange. | …
rt.com/usa/453352-chelsea-manning-custody-assange/
John Pilger: The prisoner says no to Big Brother
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-08
Whenever I visit Julian Assange, we meet in a room he knows too well. There is a bare table and pictures of Ecuador on the walls. There is a bookcase where the books never change. The curtains are always drawn and there is no natural light. The air is still and fetid. | This is Room 101. | Before I enter Room 101, I must surrender my passport and phone. My pockets and possessions are examined. The food I bring is inspected. | The man who guards Room 101 sits in what looks like an old-fashioned telephone box. He watches a screen, watching Julian. There are others unseen, agents of the state, watching and listening…
greenleft.org.au/content/john-pilger-prisoner-says-no-big-brother
US government spies on journalists! (Who track migrant caravans, so this time it's news)
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-08
Journalists, activists, lawyers and "organizers" involved with last year's Central American migrant caravans were tracked by US government agencies, leaked documents reveal — but Homeland Security has been doing this for a while. | …
rt.com/usa/453307-homeland-security-spying-journalists-migrants/
International Women's Day 2019: We have had enough of Trump and the war on women
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-03-08
Enough is enough. Trump, his administration, and his backers are waging war on women, and millions of women are making it clear that we are not going to be pushed backwards. From the massive Women's Marches, to the midterm elections, to the constant, everyday resistance, women are standing up against Trump's reactionary agenda. | Trump and his supporters in the Senate want to pack the Supreme Court and roll back reproductive rights, and they have gotten a start by appointing the drunken misogynist Brett Kavanaugh. Accompanying the administrations outrageous policy of placing immigrants in detention, Trump's Justi…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/3/8/international-women-s-day-2019-we-have-had-enough-trump-and-war-women
Chelsea Manning Is Jailed After Refusal to Answer Questions
Shared by Cherise | truthout.org | 2019-03-08
Editor's Note: Manning has since been taken into police custody.Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning expressed no regrets Thursday when she revealed that she faces a contempt hearing — and possible jail time — after declining to answer a grand jury's questions. | Manning appeared before a grand jury Wednesday after being subpoenaed, apparently to discuss her 2010 disclosure of government and military documents about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to Wikileaks.
truthout.org/articles/chelsea-manning-faces-contempt-hearing-after-refusal-to-answer-questions/
Trump Is Nervous. He Should Be
Shared by Merula Furtado | truthout.org | 2019-03-08
"Robert Mueller put 13 of the angriest Democrats in the history of our country on the commission," Donald Trump told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) crowd this past weekend, lying once again. "Now, how do you do that? These are angry, angry people. You take a look at them. One of them was involved with the Hillary Clinton Foundation, running it. Another one has perhaps the worst reputation of any human being I've ever seen. All killers." | Le…
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-nervous-he-should-be/
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning jailed for refusing to testify against Julian Assange
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-08
A federal judge ordered Manning to prison Friday on contempt charges for refusing to provide testimony against WikiLeaks and its publisher Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/08/mann-m08.html
Russia-gate Grand Wizard Deceives Audience About Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-07
Obsessed Russia-gaters just can't accept that the Assange indictment has nothing to do with the 2016 election, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone Caitlinjohnstone.com When it was first revealed in November that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is under secret charges by the Trump administration,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/06/russiagate-grand-wizard-deceives-audience-about-assange/
Chelsea Manning Jailed for Not Testifying Against WikiLeaks
teleSUR | telesurenglish.net | 2019-03-07
Wikileaks whistleblower, Chelsea Manning, was jailed Friday after refusing to testify to a secret grand jury two days earlier in an on-going investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | RELATED: | Chelsea Manning Challenges Subpoena to Testify Against Assange | On Friday Manning returned to a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia for a closed contempt hearing where U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton told Manning that she would remain in federal custody "until she pu…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chelsea-Manning-Jailed-for-Not-Testifying-Against-WikiLeaks-20190307-0031.html
SPLC joins civil rights groups in friend-of-the-court brief urging Supreme Court to uphold fair, non-partisan redistricting principles
splcenter | splcenter.org | 2019-03-07
The U.S. Supreme Court this month will hear oral arguments in two cases that will test the court's readiness to tackle the issue of partisan gerrymandering.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/07/splc-joins-civil-rights-groups-friend-court-brief-urging-supreme-court-uphold-fair-non
Manafort gets 4 years in prison for financial crimes unrelated to Russia
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-07
Former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison for fraud and other financial crimes entirely unrelated to Russia, in the only trial so far to emerge from Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' probe. | …
rt.com/usa/453298-manafort-sentenced-mueller-russiagate/
Ending the NSA's Massive Phone Spying Program Would Be a Good Start — But There's a Lot More to Do
ACLU | aclu.org | 2019-03-05
The successor to the NSA's bulk surveillance program revealed by Snowden is reportedly being abandoned. Congress needs to make sure it stays dead. | We may be one step closer to putting the final nail in the coffin of the National Security Agency's massive phone records surveillance program, if a New York Times report bears out. Ending this program is a good first step, but as Congress debates expiring Patriot Act provisions this year, it needs to do much more to protect individual rights, including eliminating t…
aclu.org/blog/national-security/privacy-and-surveillance/ending-nsas-massive-phone-spying-program-would-be
The Prisoner Says 'No' to Big Brother
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-04
The refusal by Australia's foreign ministry to honor the UN's declaration that Julian Assange is the victim of "arbitrary detention" is a shameful breach of the letter and spirit of international law, says John Pilger. By John Pilger in Sydney,… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/04/the-prisoner-says-no-to-big-brother/
SPLC Action Fund: Grand jury investigation of school officials into alleged 'school safety' crimes erodes democracy, politicizes tragedy
Bacardi Jackson, Senior Supervising Attorney for SPLC Action Fund | splcenter.org | 2019-03-01
The Florida Supreme Court recently ordered a statewide grand jury to investigate school officials in light of last year's mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people. The high court's order was in response to a request from Gov. Ron DeSantis.
splcenter.org/news/2019/03/01/splc-action-fund-grand-jury-investigation-school-officials-alleged-%25E2%2580%2598school-safety%25E2%2580%2599-crimes