Deep Faith in the Deep State Gives Dems a Set Back
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-31
Our weekly panel discusses the Mueller Report, as the Democrats and their media allies put their eggs in the Russia-Gate basket and handed Trump a PR victory — Jacqueline Luqman, Jeff Cohen and host Paul Jay…
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The Amateur Hour
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2019-03-31
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, senior adviser Jared Kushner, and President Donald Trump at the White House. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kushner_pompeo_trump.jpg…
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CNN didn't get 'anything' wrong in Russiagate reporting, host claims. Did it?
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-31
The host of CNN's 'State of the Union,' Jake Tapper, has tried to defend the network's coverage of 'Russgate', claiming it actually got nothing wrong. The bold claim, however, was challenged by other journalists. | …
rt.com/usa/455221-cnn-defends-mueller-coverage/
Did Felix Sater's 20 Years as an Informant Help Land Him at the Center of the Trump-Russia Story?
Johnny Dwyer | theintercept.com | 2019-03-31
"I wasn't running," Sater told The Intercept. "I don't need to worry about the morality of, 'should a candidate be involved in business?'"
theintercept.com/2019/03/31/felix-sater-trump-russia-mueller-report/
Silencing the Whistle: The Intercept Shutters Snowden Archive, Citing Cost
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-30
The closing of The Intercept's Snowden archive will likely mean the end of any future publications, unless Glenn Greenwald's rather absurd promise of finding "the right partner … that has the funds to robustly publish" is fulfilled.
mintpressnews.com/intercept-snowden-archive/256772/
Syria: Is US Fighting ISIS or Liquidating Assets?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-30
That the "final stronghold" of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIS) resides in US occupied territory in Syria says it all. | From US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) memos dating back to 2012 noting efforts to create a "Salafist" [Islamic] "principality" [State] …
globalresearch.ca/syria-us-fighting-isis-liquidating-assets/5673120
Lost in translation: CIA ad seeking Russian speakers mocked for broken grammar
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-30
An apparent CIA poster appealing to Russian speakers to join US intelligence has been derided for failing to reconcile Russian and English grammar and mismatching fonts.
rt.com/usa/455117-cia-recruitment-poster-error/
Ecuador's Ambassador Tells Assange to 'Shut Up': Watch 22nd Vigil
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-29
The 22nd Unity4J online vigil for Julian Assange was webcast on Friday with guests Tim Canova, Lissa Johnson, Cassandra Fairbanks and more. Watch it here. In addition to journalist Cassandra Fairbanks, who discussed her bombshell report from inside the Ecuadorian… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/29/ecuadors-ambassador-tells-assange-to-shut-up-watch-22nd-vigil/
Republicans are obstructing attempts to get the full Mueller report
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-29
WASHINGTON — Democrats intensified their demands for Robert Mueller's full report Thursday after learning the special counsel's findings from his Trump-Russia investigation run to more than 300 pages, while President Donald Trump boasted of total exoneration based on a four-page summary by his attorney general. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler was told by Attorney General …
peoplesworld.org/article/republicans-are-obstructing-attempts-to-get-the-full-mueller-report/
A socialist orientation: The collapse of the Trump-Russia hoax and the need for an independent movement
Party for Socialism and Liberation | liberationnews.org | 2019-03-29
The Trump-Russia conspiracy hoax promoted by the "liberal" wing of the capitalist establishment has collapsed with the core conclusion of the Mueller investigation that no such conspiracy existed.
liberationnews.org/a-socialist-orientation-the-collapse-of-the-trump-russia-hoax-and-the-need-for-an-independent-movement/
Russia Was Never the Real Scandal
Peter Certo | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Robert Mueller won't be filing any more indictments related to the "Russiagate" investigation. Though the search unearthed ample evidence that Russia wanted Trump to become president — and hints that some members of Trump World were perhaps aware of this — the recent summary declared no concrete findings that the two camps knowingly "colluded." The…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russia-was-never-the-real-scandal/
Russiagate and the 1980s Crack Epidemic
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
The release of the Mueller report and its conclusion that President Donald J. Trump and his top aides did not collude with Russia has prompted some important critical reflection on the American media and its penchant for sensationalism. Sean Davis, a cofounder of The Federalist, published an article in the Wall Street Journal on March 26thtitled…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/russiagate-and-the-1980s-crack-epidemic/
Mueller, Russiagate and the 2020 Elections
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
In horror movies, the monster can usually be dispatched in only one way. A werewolf requires a silver bullet. A vampire will only stay dead with a stake through the heart. The Blob shrivels in contact with the icy cold. For many opponents of Donald Trump, the report by special counsel Robert Mueller was supposed…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/mueller-russiagate-and-the-2020-elections/
Merkley Senate Bill Would Abolish 'Undemocratic' Electoral College
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
Denouncing what he called the nation's "profoundly unfair" system of electing presidents, Sen. Jeff Merkley on Friday said he would introduce legislation to abolish the electoral college along with a number of other pro-democracy reforms. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/merkley_kavanaugh_lawsuit_0.jpg…
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US journalist exposes Julian Assange's prison-like conditions
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-29
Prevented from holding a meeting with the journalist, Assange defiantly protested and condemned Ecuadorian officials for operating as "agents of the US government."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/29/assa-m29.html
Julius Jones's Hail Mary to Avoid a 21st-Century-Style Lynching
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Recently, by filing a petition for certiorari in the Supreme Court of the United States, Julius Jones, a black man condemned to death in Oklahoma, threw the legal equivalent of a Hail Mary pass in football: one last desperate, prayerful attempt imploring our legal system to give him a chance — before he's executed — to…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/julius-joness-hail-mary-to-avoid-a-21st-century-style-lynching/
Roaming Charges: Rachel Maddow and the Muellers of Invention
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-29
Robert Mueller became like a Hollywood green screen that people could project their fantasies upon, none more baroquely than the doyenne of MSDNC Rachel Maddow, who her rode her CGI version of Mueller to the top of the cable ratings. Maddow's Mueller wasn't the man who spread fatal myths about Iraqi WMDs, targeted and infiltrated radical environmental groups, concocted elaborate plots to entrap Muslims in fake terrorism cases and ran roughshod over basic constitutional rights while he was a top federal prosecutor and FBI director. Maddow's Mueller was a man of her own invention. Her Mueller was stoic, fearless an…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/29/roaming-charges-rachel-maddow-and-the-muellers-of-invention/
'Ridiculous bulls**t': Trump unloads on Dems in post-Mueller MAGA victory lap
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-29
US President Donald Trump has come down heavily on Democrats for spinning the Russiagate narrative in his first Make America Great Again rally after the Mueller probe turned up no trace of collusion. | …
rt.com/usa/455024-mueller-probe-ridiculous-bulllshit/
The Partisan Gerrymandering Cases That Could Shape the Future of Southern Politics
Benjamin Barber | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
As the U.S. Supreme Court prepared to hear arguments in two cases related to partisan gerrymandering this week, people rallied outside to call for an end to the practice. (Photo: Victoria Pickering/Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gerrymandering_0.jpg…
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'Truth was the real take-away from Mueller': RT America's Sanchez tackles Russiagate (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2019-03-29
RT America host Rick Sanchez has broken down the true lessons of the Robert Mueller probe and Russiagate, revealing why he believes Russia was pegged as the US's "exclusive boogieman." | …
rt.com/usa/455101-rick-sanchez-response-mueller-probe/
Nadler Demands 'Full and Complete' Mueller Report as Barr Says Redacted Version Coming Mid-April
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-03-29
In a letter to the Senate and House Judiciary Committees on Friday, Trump Attorney General William Barr said a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 400-page page report will be released mid-April and insisted his earlier letter on Mueller's findings was not intended to be a "summary." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/william_barr_2.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/03/29/nadler-demands-full-and-complete-mueller-report-barr-says-redacted-version-coming?cd-origin=rss
A Year of Silencing Julian Assange
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-28
On this date in 2018, the Wikileaks publisher was cut off from the work of journalism, reports Elizabeth Vos. By Elizabeth Vos Special to Consortium News One year ago Thursday, Ecuador's government under President Lenin Moreno silenced Julian Assange. WikiLeaks… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/28/a-year-of-silencing-julian-assange/
What We Should Learn From the Mueller Report
The Nation | thenation.com | 2019-03-28
What We Should Learn From the Mueller Report…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-russiagate-trump/
Don't Trust Barr on the Mueller Report
Start Making Sense, Jon Wiener | thenation.com | 2019-03-28
Don't Trust Barr on the Mueller Report…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-trump-barr-podcast/
Russia Urges US To Publish Full Mueller Report
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-03-28
(ZH) — In addition to virtually every Democrat, not to mention Russiagater, there is one more party that is urging the publication of the full 300+ page Mueller report: Russia itself. On Thursday, Russia called on the U.S. to publish in full Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report, saying this was the best way to clear up allegations …
Gerrymandering — Election Manipulation Tool Reaches Supreme Court (Again)
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-28
The corrupting influence of big money receives much of the focus of voters, but gerrymandering has been the behind-the-scenes way both parties have used to gain an edge over each other in state elections for years. Kathay Feng of Common Cause discusses the cases that recently reached the Supreme Court…
therealnews.com/stories/gerrymandering-election-manipulation-tool-reaches-supreme-court-again
The Media and Political Humiliation from the Mueller Report
Glenn Greenwald | zcomm.org | 2019-03-28
I obviously intended to write about the fallout from Attorney General William Barr's summary of the Mueller report: specifically his definitive finding that "the Special Counsel did not find that the Trump campaign, or anyone associated with it, conspired or coordinated with the Russian government" and that…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-media-and-political-humiliation-from-the-mueller-report/
Forget Mueller. Israel, not Russia, is Trump's real partner in crime
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-03-27
The major conclusions of the 'Mueller investigation' have just come out in the US. Mueller didn't find significant evidence of alleged Russian collusion in … | Read more Forget Mueller. Israel, not Russia, is Trump's real partner in crime. | By Peter Bolton…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2019/03/27/forget-mueller-israel-not-russia-is-trumps-real-partner-in-crime/
Three Lessons From 'Failed' Mueller Inquiry
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-26
Jonathan Cook analyzes what progressives can glean from a major squabble between different wings of the same neoliberal establishment. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/26/three-lessons-from-failed-mueller-inquiry/
Mueller Report Does Not Disprove that Trump Is a Crook
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2019-03-26
The truth is less dramatic, but more sordid.
progressive.org/dispatches/mueller-report-does-not-disprove-trump-is-a-crook-conniff-190326/
Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court Tackles Political Gerrymandering, Again
Bill Blum | progressive.org | 2019-03-26
If the court upholds partisan gerrymandering, it will be a bad day for democracy.
progressive.org/dispatches/unequal-justice-supreme-court-tackles-political-gerrymandering-blum-180326/
Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Coordination, But "Does Not Exonerate" Trump of Obstruction of Justice
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-25
There was no collusion. That was the key finding of special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report into whether President Trump and members of his campaign conspired with the Russian government to win the 2016 election. While the full report on Mueller's 22-month investigation has not yet been made public, Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to congressional leaders on Sunday laying out his interpretation of Mueller's findings. Barr wrote that the report concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 election but that "the Special Counsel's investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyon…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/25/no_collusion_mueller_finds_no_trump
As Mueller Finds No Collusion, Did Press Overhype Russiagate? Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-25
As congressional Democrats call on the Justice Department to release the full Mueller report, we speak to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists who have closely followed the probes into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election: Glenn Greenwald, a founding editor of The Intercept and a leading critic of the media coverage of alleged Russian collusion, and David Cay Johnston, formerly of The New York Times, now founder and editor of DCReport.org, who has written critically about Donald Trump for decades. His most recent book is "It's Even Worse Than You Think: What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America."
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/25/as_mueller_finds_no_collusion_did
VIDEO: Russiagate Implodes: Aaron Maté Buries the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-03-25
Russiagate has imploded after Robert Mueller's investigation found no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. The Grayzone's Aaron Maté explains why the…
thegrayzone.com/2019/03/25/russiagate-aaron-mate-trump-russia-conspiracy-theory/
NAACP Calls for Full Release of Mueller Report, Barr Summary Not Enough
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-03-24
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, made the following statement: Attorney General William Barr's principal conclusions submitted to Congress today raise more questions than answers. The American people deserve to see the full report and findings from the investigation, not just a summary from Trump's hand-picked Attorney General. Robert Mueller stated, "While this report does not conclude …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-calls-full-release-mueller-report-barr-summary-not-enough/
Carpe Diem: Amend the Constitution
Heidi Cuda | millennialpolitics.co | 2019-03-24
by Heidi Cuda and Keith Matthews | Mueller's report is in. Carpe diem. | Now is the time to start thinking about winning, truly winning. And by that we mean, it's time to think like generals and determine a Constitutional amendment wish list. We have this one brief moment where the political will exists to seize the day and make the changes necessary to refound this nation. | We have a game majority and a propitious moment, which gives us a window to act resolutely. | Here are suggested Constitutional changes so that never again do we end up with a proto-dictator actively working to undermine our democracy. | THW…
millennialpolitics.co/carpe-diem-amend-the-constitution/
NAACP Calls for Full Mueller Report to be Released
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-03-23
NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson, released the following statement regarding a recent development in Mueller investigation: "The full Mueller report and all underlying findings must be released. The people of this nation deserve transparency. The integrity of our democracy is at stake. Our country cannot afford anything less than the unvarnished and unedited truth. …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-calls-full-mueller-report-released/
Devin Nunes Lawyers.png
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-03-22
Nunes seems to have no grasp of satire, parody, free speech or, um, intelligence.
progressive.org/dispatches/devin-nunes-lawyers-fiore-190322/
Kushner, Inc.: Vicky Ward on How Jared and Ivanka's Greed & Ambition Compromise U.S. Foreign Policy
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-21
House Democrats are continuing to probe how President Trump's son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner received a top-secret security clearance despite concerns from the CIA. The New York Times recently reported Trump ordered then-Chief of Staff John Kelly to grant Kushner the clearance despite the judgment of intelligence officials. Kushner failed to report over 100 foreign contacts on his initial application for clearance, which was denied by the FBI after a background check into his financial history and contacts with foreign investors. Kushner later revised his application three times, and was ultimately granted…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/21/kushner_inc_vicky_ward_on_how
Supreme Court Maintains Congress Granted Homeland Security Secretary Broad Power To Detain Immigrants Without Bail
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-03-20
Supreme Court ruled Trump administration has broad executive power to detain immigrants with prior convictions and deny bail hearings prior to deportation proceedings.
shadowproof.com/2019/03/20/supreme-court-maintains-congress-granted-homeland-security-secretary-broad-power-to-detain-immigrants-without-bail/
NSA's Domestic Spying Program Needs to End–Permanently
Sarah St.Vincent | progressive.org | 2019-03-18
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly mothballed a large domestic spying program, but discontinuation of is not necessarily permanent. Now's a good time to look at the program's potential for abuse.
progressive.org/op-eds/nsa-domestic-spying-must-end-st.vincent-190318/