Sex-scandal hoaxer Jacob Wohl accused of trying to smear presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg
rt.com | 2019-04-30
Jacob Wohl, who became notorious after his attempt to set up special counsel Robert Mueller on fake rape charges imploded, has been accused of targeting Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg with a similar stunt. | …
rt.com/usa/457871-jacob-wohl-rape-hoax-buttigieg/
White House correspondents' tribute to press freedom silent on Assange and Manning
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2019-04-30
The White House Correspondents' Association Dinner was a miserable and cowardly spectacle that reflected the deeply right-wing character of the American media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/29/18823019.php
SF Action At UK Consulate To Defend Assange, Manning and All Journalists & Whistleblowers
BAAFJA | indybay.org | 2019-04-30
SF UK Consulate | #1 Sansome St | San Francisco | with march to | San Francisco Federal Building | 90 7th St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/04/29/18823022.php
Participants in SEP (Australia) rally demand freedom for Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-04-30
Attendees passionately defended the WikiLeaks publisher for exposing the war crimes, anti-democratic conspiracies and mass surveillance conducted by the US and its allies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/30/ints-a30.html
Free Julian Assange, Free Chelsea Manning!
wsws.org | 2019-04-30
The SEP (UK) is hosting a public meeting in London on May 12 to demand the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, held in Belmarsh prison, and the release of Chelsea Manning, who has been imprisoned for refusing to testify against Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/30/adve-a30.html
Dear Judges on Social Media: Don't Forget the Fundamentals of a Fair Trial
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-30
Julian Assange's Australian lawyer says his client should not be tried in social media and must be given a fair hearing in court. By Greg Barns and Lisanne Adam Special to Consortium News On Thursday this week WikiLeaks founder Julian… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/30/dear-judges-on-social-media-dont-forget-the-fundamentals-of-a-fair-trial/
A Military Uprising is Unfolding in Venezuela
Venezuelanalysis | mintpressnews.com | 2019-04-30
A military coup attempt is underway in Venezuela on Tuesday, April 30, with imprisoned right wing leader Leopoldo Lopez, and self-proclaimed "Interim President" Juan Guaido and some members of the armed forces blocking a highway in Caracas and calling on the military to rise up. | According to reports, a group from Venezuela's Sebin intelligence service freed Leopoldo Lopez from house arrest early Tuesday morning. Lopez then joined Guaido and a handful of members from different branches of the armed forces in the Altamira highway in eastern Caracas close to La Carlota airbase. Lopez and Guaido published videos on…
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-coup-attempt-military/257980/
ICE Is Monitoring and Targeting Immigration Activists
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-04-30
Internal documents made public on Monday reveal that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) monitored hundreds of local protests against the Trump administration's zero tolerance immigration policy as public anger over family separation reached a boiling point last summer. | The DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis circulated a detailed list of more than 600 planned protests against family separation during a national day of action in June 2018, according to agency records released to immigration and refugee righ…
truthout.org/articles/ice-is-monitoring-and-targeting-immigration-activists/
Mike Pence Confirms: 'We Are With' Coup Plotters in Venezuela
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-04-30
The Vice President's affirmation of U.S. support was echoed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/guaido_pence.jpg…
commondreams.org/news/2019/04/30/mike-pence-confirms-we-are-coup-plotters-venezuela?cd-origin=rss
Pompeo's talk of 'Russian meddling' is not about democracy, but about power
rt.com | 2019-04-30
The 'Russian meddling' conspiracy theory was hatched by Democrats in 2016 as a way to defeat Donald Trump. Now the Trump administration is invoking it to justify massive military spending, spying, coups and censorship. | …
rt.com/usa/457867-pompeo-russian-meddling-elections/
Google Tracks Your Location and Shares It With Police, Even When Your Phone is Off
Derrick Broze | theantimedia.com | 2019-04-29
Even if you disable GPS, deactivate phone location tracking, and turn off your phone, it's still possible for Google and the NSA to monitor your every move. (TMU) — Over the last two decades, cell phone use has become an everyday part of life for the vast majority of people around the planet. Nearly without question, …
Google Tracks Your Location and Shares It With Police, Even When Your Phone is Off
Why mainstream media can't let go of Mueller report: RT host who provoked Maddow's rage explains
rt.com | 2019-04-29
After MSNBC's Rachel Maddow flipped out over YouTube algorithms promoting RT content on the Mueller report, the host of that content, Chris Hedges, explains how her anger indicates serious problems with corporate news networks. | …
rt.com/usa/457829-hedges-rt-mueller-maddow/
The Politics of Impeachment May Be Debatable, but Congress's Duty Is Clear
Joshua Holland | thenation.com | 2019-04-29
The Politics of Impeachment May Be Debatable, but Congress's Duty Is Clear…
thenation.com/article/donald-trump-impeachment-mueller-pelosi/
The Malignant Nature of the Mueller Report and 2020 Election
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-29
The publication of the Mueller report more than anything else confirmed that the working people in America are facing deeply divided and antagonistic "leadership" in Washington. The consequence of the 1% family feud over the Mueller report will be disastrous. …
globalresearch.ca/mueller-report-2020-election/5676002
'I'm f***ed': Twitter facepalms as Clinton impersonates Trump's Mueller report quote (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-04-29
Hillary Clinton impersonating US President Donald Trump while reading excerpts from the Mueller report has sparked an outpouring of groans across the internet. | …
rt.com/usa/457817-clinton-impersonates-trump-mueller-report/
Corporate media outlets 'part of the US power structure,' journalist Ben Norton tells RT
rt.com | 2019-04-29
From attacking whistleblower Julian Assange, to doggedly supporting Washington's foreign policy lines, to beating the dead horse on Russiagate, journalist Ben Norton tells RT the corporate media isn't designed to tell the truth. | …
rt.com/usa/457858-mainstream-media-needs-russiagate-norton/
Assange's Defense Sue Ecuadorean Diplomats for Espionage
telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-29
WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange's defense lawyer filed a complaint Monday before Ecuador's Attorney General against several members of its diplomatic mission in the United Kingdom (U.K.) for alleged espionage inside the embassy during his asylum in London. | RELATED: | Assange Was Put Through 'Hell' At Ecuadorean Embassy: Narvaez | According to Carlos Poveda, Assange's lawyer, crimes were committed and about 10 people are connected to an alleged extortion case which emerged from…
telesurenglish.net/news/Assanges-Defense-File-Complaint-on-Ecuadorean-Diplomats-for-Espionage-20190429-0015.html
On Australian TV, Julian Assange's father calls for son's freedom
wsws.org | 2019-04-29
John Shipton warned that his son's persecution was "to demonstrate that publishers and whistleblowers will be destroyed."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/assa-a29.html
Campaign Against Criminalising Communities condemns arrest and potential extradition of Julian Assange
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-04-29
The Campaign Against Criminalising Communities (CAMPACC) has issued a statement condemning the arrest and potential extradition of journalist and publisher Julian Assange. The statement says: Assange is a publisher facing trial for publish…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/04/29/campaign-against-criminalising-communities-condemns-arrest-and-potential-extradition-of-julian-assange/
SEP (Australia) candidates demand freedom for Assange and Manning at Sydney rally
wsws.org | 2019-04-29
The protest, in Sydney's western suburbs, underscored the working-class opposition to Canberra's role in the persecution of Assange and Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/04/29/aspa-a29.html
Assange: So Where Is the Swedish Warrant?
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-04-29
If the Swedish allegations against Julian Assange were genuine and not simply a ruse to arrest him for extradition to the United States, where is the arrest warrant now from Sweden and what are the charges? | Only the more minor …
globalresearch.ca/where-swedish-warrant/5676006
How Movement To Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Prevailed Over Obstruction Of A Progressive Prosecutor
Jared Ware & Miles Quarles | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-29
A late December ruling by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas Judge Leon Tucker re-opened pathways for long-time political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal to litigate his freedom. | "Progressive prosecutor" Larry Krasner's appeal of the ruling stood in the way until Wednesday, April 17. At issue was whether Ronald Castille–a former Philadelphia District Attorney, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice, and Krasner transition team member–had a constitutional duty to recuse himself from Mumia's appeals of…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/29/how-movement-to-free-mumia-abu-jamal-prevailed-over-obstruction-of-a-progressive-prosecutor/
FBI: The greatest danger comes from Beijing
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-29
Recently, FBI Director Christopher Wray declared that the greatest danger to the US is from Beijing, not Moscow. Director Wray: No country poses a broader, more severe intelligence collection threat than China. China has pioneered a societal approach to stealing innovation in any way it can, from a wide array of businesses, universities, & organizations. …
uwidata.com/3230-fbi-the-greatest-danger-comes-from-beijing/
Consortium News and the Establishment
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-29
Consortium News stands outside the extreme partisan thinking that now dominates American politics. Consortium News is completely funded by its readers. It has no relationship with corporations, intelligence agencies, political parties, the Pentagon, nor major think tanks and universities that… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/29/consortium-news-and-the-establishment/
Homeland Security Used a Private Intelligence Firm to Monitor Family Separation Protests
Ryan Devereaux | theintercept.com | 2019-04-29
The calls for action were mounting. It was mid-June, and the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy, which saw thousands of migrant children separated from their parents, was producing waves of outrage. By the end of the month, hundreds of protests were planned in towns and cities across the country. As the plans moved forward, others took notice. | In the days leading up to the protests, a private intelligence company that works with the Department of Homeland Security was monitoring the activity on the ground. Documents shared with The Intercept by the American Immigration Council, obtained through a fr…
theintercept.com/2019/04/29/family-separation-protests-surveillance/
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US Moves on Iran's Oil Market as an Expression of an Irrational Foreign Policy
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-29
Patrick Lawrence gauges the backfiring potential of Pompeo's withdrawal on Thursday of U.S. sanction waivers from eight major importers. A Decisive Defeat in Long-Running Battle with Foreign Policy Minders By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News Secretary of State Mike… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/29/patrick-lawrence-the-us-moves-on-irans-oil-market-as-an-expression-of-an-irrational-foreign-policy/
UAE Spy Suspect Committed Suicide in Istanbul Prison: Turkey
telesurenglish.net | 2019-04-29
A man held by Turkey on suspicion of spying for the United Arab Emirates has committed suicide by hanging himself in prison, the Istanbul prosecutor's office said Monday. | RELATED: | Killers of Saudi Journalist Khashoggi Trained in US: Report | The suspect, named as Zaki Y. M. Hasan, was found hanging from the bathroom door in his one-person cell in Silivri prison, west of Istanbul, when guards arrived to give him food on Sunday morning, the prosecutor's office statement said.
telesurenglish.net/news/UAE-Spy-Suspect-Committed-Suicide-in-Istanbul-Prison-Turkey-20190429-0010.html
Lies, Damn Lies, and Abortion
Jordan Smith | theintercept.com | 2019-04-28
For a long time, when people would ask me what subjects I covered as a journalist, I would jokingly say, "Criminal justice and reproductive rights — and hoping the two never intersect." It's not funny anymore (if it ever really was). | Opponents of reproductive rights have become emboldened, pumped up by a reconstituted, decidedly conservative U.S. Supreme Court and the appointment of a fleet of radical judges to the lower benches. Meanwhile, in a race to see who can be first to directly challenge abortion rights before the high court, their proxies in state houses across the country gleefully file legislat…
theintercept.com/2019/04/28/abortion-laws-reproductive-rights/
Consortium News' Record on Russiagate–How CN Covered the 'Scandal': No. 7: 'Russiagate Is No Watergate or Iran-Contra'
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-26
Many comparisons have been made between Russiagate and the earlier scandals of Watergate and Iran-Contra, but the similarities are at best superficial, explained Robert Parry on June 28, 2017. On CNN last week Carl Bernstein astonishingly said that the Mueller… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/26/russia-gate-is-no-watergate-or-iran-contra/
View 27th Vigil, a Fortnight After Assange's Arrest
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-26
Consortium News brought live coverage of the 27th Vigil. Watch the replay of a spirited discussion about the importance of public protest and the fate of Assange's extradition here. Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/26/view-27th-vigil-a-fortnight-after-assanges-arrest/
Assange's Imprisonment Arguably Reveals Even More Corruption Than WikiLeaks Did
consortiumnews.com | 2019-04-26
By locking up Assange, the U.S, its allies and corporate media have inadvertently exposed themselves for what they are, and we're now able to point that out for everyone to see, writes Caitlin Johnstone. By Caitlin Johnstone CaitlinJohnstone.com Consortium News has launched… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/04/26/assanges-imprisonment-arguably-reveals-even-more-corruption-than-wikileaks-did/
Letter from the US: Stop the persecution of Julian Assange
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-04-26
When the world saw the video of beefy police dragging Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, it was clear that the media had been alerted to film the spectacle. | Ecuador had granted Assange asylum in its embassy since 2012, to block his threatened extradition to the United States at the time. | Media outlets such as CNN declared he looked crazy in the video. One CNN reporter said that one of the reasons the embassy called the police was that Assange had allegedly smeared faeces on walls inside the Embassy. | The real smears, however, have been by the press against the WikiLeaks founder. | The ac…
greenleft.org.au/content/letter-us-stop-persecution-julian-assange
Free Advice for Democrats
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-04-25
Now that the redacted Mueller report lays out what appears to be evidence of a president obstructing justice, it's up to Congress.
progressive.org/dispatches/free-advice-for-democrats-fiore-190425/
From Crime Bill to Iraq War Vote, Biden's Legislative History Under Scrutiny as He Enters Race
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-25
Former Vice President Joe Biden has entered the 2020 race for the White House, becoming the 20th Democrat to seek the nomination in the largest and most diverse field of Democratic candidates ever to run for president. Biden will face scrutiny for his long and checkered record in the coming weeks, including his 1994 crime bill, that helped fuel mass incarceration with financial incentives to keep people behind bars, and his handling of Anita Hill's sexual harassment allegations against Supreme Court justice nominee Clarence Thomas in 1991. Biden is also known for close ties to the financial industry and voting to…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/25/from_crime_bill_to_iraq_war
Unequal Justice: As the Next Census Approaches, Will the Supreme Court Side with Trump in his War on Immigrants?
Bill Blum | progressive.org | 2019-04-25
The idea for reinstating the citizenship question came from discussions including White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, both of whom have long histories as proponents of anti-immigrant policies.
progressive.org/dispatches/unequal-justice-census-supreme-court-voting-blum-190425/
Leaked Report: Western Arms Are Essential to Saudi Arabia's War in Yemen
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-04-25
A French intelligence report reveals that Saudi Arabia and UAE depend on Western support for their war in Yemen. Just Foreign Policy co-director Hassan El-Tayyab speaks about the report and the need to override Trump's veto of the Yemen War Powers resolution…
therealnews.com/stories/leaked-report-western-arms-are-essential-to-saudi-arabias-war-in-yemen
A Dangerous global trend (part two)
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-25
The Belgian intelligence service (VSSE) had earlier warned that members of a far-right racist group, mainly based in Austria and Belgium, were "actively arming themselves." According to the VSSE, the far-right in Western Europe began to "call on their members to learn to shoot and acquire weapons both legally and illegally." This information, alongside a …
uwidata.com/3213-a-dangerous-global-trend-part-two/
An Indictment in All But Name
aclu.org | 2019-04-24
The report dispassionately lays out the facts, which are an indictment in all but name. | Special Counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited report, released to the public in a redacted version on April 18, lays out in meticulous detail both a blatantly illegal effort by Russia to throw the 2016 presidential election to Donald Trump and repeated efforts by President Trump to end, limit, or impede Mueller's investigation of Russian interference. Trump's efforts included firing or attempting to fire those overseeing the investigation, directing subordinates to lie on his behalf, cajoling witnesses not to cooperate, and…
aclu.org/blog/executive-branch/indictment-all-name
'Pod Save The World' And Their Awful Discussion Of Case Against Julian Assange
shadowproof.com | 2019-04-24
President Donald Trump's Justice Department will need the rhetorical support of liberal Democrats to succeed in prosecuting WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange. Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, and Tommy Vietor, former national security spokesperson and special assistant to the president, worked in President Barack Obama's administration.
shadowproof.com/2019/04/24/former-obama-official-ben-rhodes-assange-justify-trump-doj-prosecution/
Supreme Court Appears Set to OK Census Citizenship Question Despite Risk of Undercounting Millions
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-04-24
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case challenging the Trump administration's plans to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census. Voting rights activists fear that adding the question will deter immigrants from participating in the census and lead to a vast undercount in states with large immigrant communities. Census officials have estimated 6.5 million people will not respond to the census if the citizenship question is added. This undercount could affect everything from the redrawing of congressional maps to the allocation of federal funding. The case centers on whether Commerce Secre…
www.democracynow.org/2019/4/24/a_threat_to_democracy_justices_appear
Daniel Ellsberg Speaks Out on the Arrest of Julian Assange
Dennis J. Bernstein | progressive.org | 2019-04-23
"Without whistleblowers we would not have a democracy. And there have to be people to distribute work and publish it."
progressive.org/dispatches/daniel-ellsberg-on-arrest-of-julian-assange-bernstein-190423/
QAnon Conspiracy Increasingly Popular with Antigovernment Extremists
Brendan Joel Kelley and Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-04-23
Antigovernment extremists, including some who've committed violent acts, are increasingly subscribing to and propagating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which asserts that pro-Trump forces will soon take down the so-called deep state.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/04/23/qanon-conspiracy-increasingly-popular-antigovernment-extremists
Supreme Court Takes Cases of People Fired for Being LGBTQ
aclu.org | 2019-04-22
The court will consider whether to take anti-discrimination protections away from LGBTQ people. | Can a business fire someone because they're LGBTQ? The Supreme Court will soon tell us. | After a funeral home outside Detroit fired Aimee Stephens because she is transgender, Aimee won a federal appeals court ruling that the firing violated the federal law barring sex discrimination in the workplace. After Don Zarda was fired from his job as a skydiving instr…
aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/lgbt-nondiscrimination-protections/supreme-court-takes-cases-people-fired-being
On WikiLeaks Email Releases, Mueller Team Ignored Findings Of Former US Intelligence Officials
Kevin Gosztola | shadowproof.com | 2019-04-19
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on an investigation into alleged Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election does not confirm, without a doubt, that Russian intelligence agents or individuals tied to Russian intelligence agencies passed on emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign to WikiLeaks. | Mueller's team highlighted statements from WikiLeaks on Twitter about former Democratic National Committee (DNC) staff member Seth Rich, which seemed to relate to the alleged source of emails and documents the organization published. Yet, more explicit claims from WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Ass…
shadowproof.com/2019/04/19/on-wikileaks-email-releases-mueller-team-ignored-findings-of-former-us-intelligence-officials/
The Mueller Report Shows How Bad Trump Is. Now What?
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2019-04-19
To get too caught up in Russian interference and the unfairness of the American electoral system is to overlook Trump's power, and to risk not learning the lessons of his popularity.
progressive.org/dispatches/mueller-report-conniff-190419/
What we know so far from the Mueller Report
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-04-19
On Thursday, Special Attorney Robert Mueller's report on alleged "Russian interference" in the 2016 US elections was finally published, albeit partially censored. The report contains information on an investigation into the Donald Trump campaign's alleged connection with Russian authorities, as well as the possible methods of Russian influence in the elections. The document was submitted …
uwidata.com/3154-what-we-know-so-far-from-the-mueller-report/
Barring the Mueller Report
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-04-18
Barr does know we're talking about President Trump, right?
progressive.org/dispatches/barring-the-mueller-report-fiore-19418/
NAACP BLASTS WOEFULLY DEFICIENT RELEASE OF MUELLER REPORT
Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet | naacp.org | 2019-04-18
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 18, 2019 CONTACTS: NAACP@sunshinesachs.com BALTIMORE — Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, issued the following statement regarding U.S. Attorney General William Barr's release of the redacted version of Special counsel Robert Mueller's report: "The report released today by Attorney General William Barr falls woefully short of what is owed to Congress and …
naacp.org/latest/naacp-blasts-woefully-deficient-release-mueller-report/
Foreign Correspondent: Can Wikileaks' Julian Assange Get a Fair Trial?
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-04-18
"I'm sure he's going to get a kangaroo court. I don't see the government allowing Assange to put on a vigorous defense."
progressive.org/dispatches/can-julian-assange-get-a-fair-trial-erlich-190418/
What the Supreme Court ruling could mean for civil asset forfeiture
Emily Early, Staff Attorney, Economic Justice Project | splcenter.org | 2019-04-16
As the U.S. Supreme Court pointed out on Feb. 20, the constitutional clause that protects Americans from having to pay "excessive fines" traces its lineage to the Magna Carta, which set forth certain rights in England more than 800 years ago.
splcenter.org/news/2019/04/16/what-supreme-court-ruling-could-mean-civil-asset-forfeiture