2019-07-02: Social Media Postees

SF PRIDE 2019 "One Job Is Enough!" Unite Here Local 2 & Free Chelsea & Assange
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
At San Francisco PRIDE march and rally on June 30, 2019, Unite Here Local 2 workers and leaders talked about why they support PRIDE and also supporters of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange marched and talked about the jailin of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824321.php

Australian media chiefs seek to divert anger over police raids
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
There was no mention of the violent arrest of Julian Assange, which opened the floodgates for a broader assault on free speech.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/raid-j02.html

Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php

Australian PM refused to raise persecution of Assange with Trump
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
At the G20 summit Morrison fawned over Trump, who is seeking to imprison the WikiLeaks founder for life, or execute him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/assa-j02.html

Video: Protesters at SEP (Australia) rally speak out in defence of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
"I came to support Julian because of all the time he has lost to help the poor people and the oppressed around the world."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/sydr-j02.html

Candles for Assange
Bay Action for Assange | indybay.org | 2019-07-02
Meet at Los Gatos Library Lawn 7pm – 9pm…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824331.php

If war breaks out with Iran, it won't be an accident
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-02
Some things are still unclear about US President Donald Trump's recent decision to bomb Iran — and his rapid-fire follow-up decision not to. | We still do not know what he or his bomb-Iran cheerleaders — National Security Adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo — thought the bombing would actually accomplish. We also do not know why Trump decided to recall the bombers. (Trump claimed it was because a general told him 150 people would die in the attack. But given Trump's indifference to civilian cas…
greenleft.org.au/content/if-war-breaks-out-iran-no-accident

UK: GCHQ/MI5 admit illegally spying on millions
wsws.org | 2019-07-02
Their admissions were the result of a court case brought by the civil rights group Liberty.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/02/surv-j02.html

Is CIA Behind Hong Kong Protests?
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-02
RT America's Michele Greenstein joins Rick Sanchez to discuss the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the "National Endowment for Democracy," the US-based NGO funding the protesters.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/is-cia-behind-hong-kong-protests/

The "American Democracy" and the Torture of Julian Assange
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
In a few days July 4th will be upon us. We will hear endless nonsense from insouciant speakers and editorialists about what a great democracy we are, having won our freedom from being a British colony. | One thing the United …
globalresearch.ca/torture-julian-assange/5682315

SF PRIDE 2019 "One Job Is Enough!" Unite Here Local 2 & Free Chelsea & Assange
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
At San Francisco PRIDE march and rally on June 30, 2019, Unite Here Local 2 workers and leaders talked about why they support PRIDE and also supporters of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange marched and talked about the jailin of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824321.php

SEP (Australia) holds Sydney rally in defence of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
"If two million people can come out on the streets of Hong Kong against extradition legislation, then we can surely build such a mass popular movement on a global scale to free Assange and Manning."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/rall-j01.html

Candles for Assange
Bay Action for Assange | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
Meet at Los Gatos Library Lawn 7pm – 9pm…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/30/18824331.php

Watch: Chris Marsden's speech to Paris meeting to demand freedom for Assange and Manning
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2019-07-01
"No one who is seriously committed to the defence of democratic rights can stand on the sidelines. The case of Julian Assange is a critical twenty-first century battleground in the defence of free speech, truth, and the fight against exploitation, dictatorship and war, the basic evils of the world capitalist system."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/06/29/18824301.php

UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer exposes propaganda and censorship in Assange reporting
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
Melzer was offered various reasons by newspaper editors for rejecting an op-ed on Assange: "Some of them said it wasn't high enough on their news agenda, some of them said it wasn't within their core area of interest."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/melz-j01.html

How Sen. Rick Scott Became Big Oil's Point Man on Venezuelan Regime Change
Dan Cohen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
The US oil cartel has given Florida's Rick Scott 500 million reasons to be one of the Senate's most fanatical cheerleaders for toppling Venezuela's leftist government. | *** | While National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, …
globalresearch.ca/how-sen-rick-scott-became-big-oils-point-man-venezuelan-regime-change/5682251

Intel agencies may be reined in after Russiagate fiasco – ex-Trump adviser Papadopoulos
rt.com | 2019-07-01
The "deep state" that helped orchestrate Russiagate is now running for cover, George Papadopoulos told RT's Going Underground, predicting that US intelligence agencies could face new oversight as a result of the scandal. | …
rt.com/usa/463131-deep-state-papadopoulos-russiagate/

Calling Trump's Rationale "Contrived," Supreme Court Halts Citizenship Question
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
In a surprise decision, Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by the four liberal members of the Supreme Court — Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — halted the Trump administration's plans, at least …
globalresearch.ca/calling-trumps-rationale-contrived-supreme-court-halts-citizenship-question/5682247

Urban League President Morial: "We Must Not Let Our Guard Down" Because Supreme Court Temporarily Blocked Trump's Bigoted Census Citizenship Question
Marc Morial | blackstarnews.com | 2019-07-01
National Urban League President Marc Morial: "We must not let our guard down" because Supreme Court temporarily blocked Census citizenship question… | Civil rights groups and advocates for a fair census breathed a sigh of relief this week when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration's "contrived" justification for adding a citizenship question to the 2020 census. | However, the court did not categorically rule out the addition of a question, should the administration eventually provide sufficient justification. | We must not let down our guard. | We have known from the beginning that the additi…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-house/urban-league-president-morial-%E2%80%9Cwe-must-not-let-our-guard-down

The Supreme Court Is in Danger of Again Becoming 'the Grave of Liberty'
Eric Foner | thenation.com | 2019-07-01
The Supreme Court Is in Danger of Again Becoming 'the Grave of Liberty'…
thenation.com/article/eric-foner-supreme-court-john-roberts/

Video: The CIA's Current Stance and Structure. CIA Director Gina Haspel Speaks at Auburn University
Gina Haspel | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-01
This public speech on April 18th by Gina Haspel is one of the first occasions since her appointment as CIA Director a year ago to see and hear Haspel dance around the issues. Her questioner Lieutenant-General Ronald L. Burgess declares …
globalresearch.ca/video-cia-director-gina-haspel-speaks-at-auburn-university/5682264

Interview with Jose "Cha Cha" Jimenez on original Rainbow Coalition
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-01
There are many 50-year anniversaries being celebrated these days, including the founding of the Young Lords on September 23, 1968, and the Rainbow Coalition in April 1969. | Fight Back! interviewed the founder of the Young Lords, Jose "Cha Cha" Jimenez, about the original Rainbow Coalition. The powers ruling Chicago were struck with fear when the Rainbow Coalition came together. The United States government and the FBI repressed the groups of the Rainbow Coalition with the courts and violence in the form of COINTELPRO, the counter-intelligence program. The Rainbow Coalition inspired many activists in the late 196…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/1/interview-jose-cha-cha-jimenez-original-rainbow-coalition

Renewed push towards authoritarian rule in Brazil after exposures in Car Wash probe
wsws.org | 2019-07-01
The publishing of leaked messages concerning the trial of Lula has led to government threats of repression and charges of collusion with Russian intelligence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/01/braz-j01.html

Selected Articles: Demasking the Torture of Julian Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-06-30
Do you value the reporting and in-depth analysis provided by Global Research on a daily basis? | Click to | * * * | | Capitalist Development and Community Demolitions …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-demasking-the-torture-of-julian-assange/5682201

Supreme Court's Shock Decision Is an Indictment of Trump's Racism
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-06-30
The highest court in the land puts a halt to the Trump administration's plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census—for now.
truthdig.com/articles/supreme-courts-shock-decision-is-an-indictment-of-trumps-racism/

The Muslim Ban: A Family Separation Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-30
Just shy of the one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's June 2018 decision allowing the Trump administration to fully implement the Muslim ban for the foreseeable future, the State Department published a report showing the ban's devastating impact on American families. The administration isn't just separating families at…
truthout.org/articles/the-muslim-ban-a-family-separation-policy/

U.S., Taliban Open New Talks to End Afghanistan War
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-06-29
Negotiations resume in Qatar days after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Washington wants an Afghan peace agreement before Sept. 1.
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-taliban-open-new-talks-to-end-afghanistan-war/

State Redistricting a Target for "Dark Money" After Supreme Court Ruling
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-06-29
Redistricting for the next decade will be up to the states after the Supreme Court ruled Thursday that federal courts do not have the power to rule on partisan gerrymandering, the practice by which lawmakers draw maps that flagrantly benefit their own party. | The decision will make the control of state legislatures a priority for both parties in 2020, as — in the majority of states — the state lawmakers in power draw the maps for congressional districts. The ruling could also increase calls for nonpartis…
truthout.org/articles/state-redistricting-a-target-for-dark-money-after-supreme-court-ruling/

From Cyber War to Omnicide?
Paul Atwood | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
Will the Justice Department and all those calling for the heads of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange now demand that the publishers of the hallowed New York Times be punished for their transgression of revealing our government's cyber warfare against Russia? The front page article is titled "U.S. Buries Digital Land Mines To Menace Russia's Power Grid." Many citizens undoubtedly feel that this is just payback for the long decreed turpitude of the Russians for interfering with our "democracy." Of course there is nothing new about this…the cyber warfare that is. One could make the case that such has been ongoing…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/from-cyber-war-to-omnicide/

From Cyber War to Omnicide?
Paul Atwood | counterpunch.org | 2019-06-28
Will the Justice Department and all those calling for the heads of Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange now demand that the publishers of the hallowed New York Times be punished for their transgression of revealing our government's cyber warfare against Russia? The front page article is titled "U.S. Buries Digital Land Mines To Menace Russia's Power Grid." Many citizens undoubtedly feel that this is just payback for the long decreed turpitude of the Russians for interfering with our "democracy." Of course there is nothing new about this…the cyber warfare that is. One could make the case that such has been ongoing…
counterpunch.org/2019/06/28/from-cyber-war-to-omnicide/

Trump Will Stumble Into War Against Iran–Unless We Stop Him
Michael T. Klare | thenation.com | 2019-06-28
Trump Will Stumble Into War Against Iran–Unless We Stop Him…
thenation.com/article/war-iran-bolton-pompeo-pentagon/

Supreme Court Hands GOP Big Victory on Gerrymandering, Ensuring "Massive Election Rigging"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-28
The Supreme Court hands down two major decisions. The first is a victory for Republicans, allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue. The other temporarily blocks the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census. We get response from Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, a reporting fellow at the Type Media Center and author of "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America." He says the ruling that federal courts can't resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is "almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future."
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/supreme_court_hands_gop_big_victory

Silicon Valley Immigration Lobby Group: Supreme Court's Decision To Hear Arguments On Ending DACA "Deeply Disappointing"
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-28
ALBANY, NY — FWD.us New York Immigration Manager Eddie A. Taveras issued the following statement today on the Supreme Court's decision to grant certiorari and hear arguments on the termination of DACA: |…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/justice/silicon-valley-immigration-lobby-group-supreme-court%E2%80%99s-decision

Headlines for June 28, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-28
Supreme Court Says Partisan Gerrymandering Can't Be Challenged in Federal Courts, Trump Threatens to Delay Census After Supreme Court Blocks Adding Citizenship Question, Kamala Harris Takes on Joe Biden over Working with Segregationists and His Opposition to Busing, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Decries New Border Bill as an Unacceptable Betrayal, U.S. Helps Block Progress at German Climate Summit as Europe Sizzles in Record Heat, With a Smile, Trump Tells Putin at G20 Not to Meddle in U.S. Elections, Trump's Chief of Diplomatic Protocol Resigns After Accused of Carrying Whip at Work, Brazilian Air Force Officer…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/headlines

Headlines for June 28, 2019
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-28
Supreme Court Says Partisan Gerrymandering Can't Be Challenged in Federal Courts, Trump Threatens to Delay Census After Supreme Court Blocks Adding Citizenship Question, Kamala Harris Takes on Joe Biden over Working with Segregationists and His Opposition to Busing, Congressional Hispanic Caucus Decries New Border Bill as an Unacceptable Betrayal, U.S. Helps Block Progress at German Climate Summit as Europe Sizzles in Record Heat, With a Smile, Trump Tells Putin at G20 Not to Meddle in U.S. Elections, Trump's Chief of Diplomatic Protocol Resigns After Accused of Carrying Whip at Work, Brazilian Air Force Officer…
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/headlines

'The Damage Has Been Done': Despite Court Ruling, Experts Say Trump Succeeded in Making Immigrant Communities Fearful of Census
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-06-28
Despite the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of the Trump administration's attempt to add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census, rights advocates said Friday, the damage to immigrant communities across the country is likely already done. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-115229094811.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/06/28/damage-has-been-done-despite-court-ruling-experts-say-trump-succeeded-making?cd-origin=rss

Supreme Court Hands GOP Big Victory on Gerrymandering, Ensuring "Massive Election Rigging"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-06-28
The Supreme Court hands down two major decisions. The first is a victory for Republicans, allowing extreme partisan gerrymandering to continue. The other temporarily blocks the Trump administration from adding a citizenship question on the 2020 census. We get response from Ari Berman, senior writer at Mother Jones, a reporting fellow at the Type Media Center and author of "Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America." He says the ruling that federal courts can't resolve claims of partisan gerrymandering is "almost guaranteed to facilitate massive election rigging in the future."
www.democracynow.org/2019/6/28/supreme_court_hands_gop_big_victory

Georgia Tried to Ban Abortion, So We Sued
aclu.org | 2019-06-28
Abortion bans place people in danger, and Georgia's is no exception. | Alabama. Arkansas. Kentucky. Ohio. And today, Georgia. That's the list of states where the ACLU has had to go to court over the last few months to challenge laws banning abortion. | The Georgia law bans abortion at six weeks of pregnancy and is in clear violation of the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade. In fact, that is the whole point of the law. Georgia politicians, including Governor Brian Kemp, emboldened by President Trump's appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court, think this is their chance to get the court to take aw…
aclu.org/blog/reproductive-freedom/abortion/georgia-tried-ban-abortion-so-we-sued

SPLC: Sentencing of James Alex Fields Jr., who killed Heather Heyer at 'Unite the Right,' will not heal victims or their families
Keegan Hankes, Intelligence Project | splcenter.org | 2019-06-28
James Alex Fields Jr., who was sentenced to life in prison today for murdering a woman who was protesting a white supremacist rally two years ago, is a remorseless killer and a domestic terrorist.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/28/splc-sentencing-james-alex-fields-jr-who-killed-heather-heyer-unite-right-will-not-heal

The Military Industrial Complex Loves Left Wing Hawk Adam Schiff
John Kiriakou | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-28
If there was any doubt at all that Adam Schiff is in the grip of the military-industrial complex, one doesn't have to rely just on his stated positions on Iran, Venezuela, and China to make the situation any clearer. Just take a look at his donors.
mintpressnews.com/why-the-military-industrial-complex-loves-left-wing-hawk-adam-schiff/260069/

The Military Industrial Complex Loves Left Wing Hawk Adam Schiff
John Kiriakou | mintpressnews.com | 2019-06-28
If there was any doubt at all that Adam Schiff is in the grip of the military-industrial complex, one doesn't have to rely just on his stated positions on Iran, Venezuela, and China to make the situation any clearer. Just take a look at his donors.
mintpressnews.com/why-the-military-industrial-complex-loves-left-wing-hawk-adam-schiff/260069/

At G20, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin After End of Mueller Inquiry
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-06-28
(ANTIWAR.COM) — President Trump arrived in Osaka, Japan on Thursday evening, and is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday afternoon. This will be their first meeting since last year in Helsinki, and a huge deal, as US and Russia relations have been suffering mightily in recent years. Trump and other officials have …

At G20, Trump Seeks Fresh Start With Putin After End of Mueller Inquiry

Supreme Court Finds that Wilbur Ross Lied To Put Citizenship Question on the 2020 Census
aclu.org | 2019-06-27
The ruling affirms that the Trump administration cannot offer pretextual reasons to cover up its anti-immigrant attacks. | This morning, the Supreme Court told the country what we and our clients have long known: that Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross provided a false reason for his decision to add a citizenship question to the Decennial Census. The court explained that the Trump administration's stated reason for adding a citizenship question–enf…
aclu.org/blog/immigrants-rights/supreme-court-finds-wilbur-ross-lied-put-citizenship-question-2020-census

A loss and a win: Supreme Court OKs gerrymandering, blocks census citizenship question
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-06-27
WASHINGTON–Workers, including African-Americans, Latinos, and other minorities, lost one of the biggest U.S. Supreme Court decisions in years, as the justices, on a party-line 5-4 vote, allowed political gerrymandering to continue. The majority called gerrymandering "a political question" only the states can solve. But those same groups got a split decision on the other key …
peoplesworld.org/article/a-loss-and-a-win-supreme-court-oks-gerrymandering-blocks-census-citizenship-question/

Statements by Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, on Supreme Court's Democracy Rulings
Austyn Ross | naacp.org | 2019-06-27
Statement on Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benisek: "The Court's rulings today upend our democratic principles by allowing party politics to determine the outcomes of our elections. Extreme partisan gerrymandering has infected our electoral process for far too long. Exercise of the franchise, which many fought and even died for, must not be …
naacp.org/latest/statements-derrick-johnson-president-ceo-naacp-supreme-courts-democracy-rulings/

Leaders Hail U.S. Supreme Court's Repudiation of Trump's Bid to add Citizen Question in Census 2020
Special To The Black Star News | blackstarnews.com | 2019-06-27
Egg on his face. Trump is repudiated by SCOTUS in Census ploy. Photo: Gage Skidmore | Elected representatives and activist have praised the move by the U.S. Supreme Court to block the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizen question to the 2020 Census and the president has asked his advisors if the count can be delayed. Opponents of Trump's bid to include a citizenship question feared it would have resulted in gross undercounts. | "The Supreme Court's decision to block the Trump Administration's inclusion of a citizenship question on the U.S. Census is an important win for our count…
www.blackstarnews.com/us-politics/white-house/leaders-hail-us-supreme-courts-repudiation-of-trumps-bid-to

SPLC: Supreme Court decision not to stop politicians from rigging voting maps hurts our democracy
splcenter.org | 2019-06-27
The Supreme Court decided today that federal courts have no role in regulating state legislatures' gross abuses of power when drawing political lines.
splcenter.org/news/2019/06/27/splc-supreme-court-decision-not-stop-politicians-rigging-voting-maps-hurts-our-democracy

Supreme Court's Gerrymandering Decision a Danger to Democracy
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-06-27
Justice Kagan's minority opinion calls out the threat that the decision represents to our right to vote and to our democratic future. Suzanne Almeida of Common Cause discusses the implications…
therealnews.com/stories/supreme-courts-gerrymandering-decision-a-danger-to-democracy

A Whistleblower Pointed to ICE Abuse of Solitary Confinement. Now Pressure Mounts for Congressional Investigation
Maryam Saleh | theintercept.com | 2019-06-27
A government watchdog wants a full accounting for abuses against people detained by ICE — and how an internal whistleblower came to be ignored.
theintercept.com/2019/06/27/ice-solitary-confinement-abuse-watchdog/

Assange and Trump: Real Hero, Fake Villain
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-06-26
The rapid descent of the nation, the system and the planet under the domain of private-profit-first capitalism continues with opposition growing but still far too much acceptance that only agrees to new employees at the level of state rule who represent the same class interests but in more polite forms. This means some benefits for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/06/assange-and-trump-real-hero-fake-villain/