Trump Regime Pressuring Turkey to Keep Its S-400s Nonoperational
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
Pompeo reportedly warned Turkey that it faces "more (US) sanctions" if its Russian S-400 air defense missiles become operational. | What's the point of them if not able to protect against potential aerial threats. In 2018, US and Ankara officials discussed …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-pressuring-turkey-keep-its-s-400s-nonoperational/5684733

The War on Drugs in Mexico Is Also a War on Journalists
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-27
| What is press freedom and how do we know what it looks like? While we in the United States are absorbed in Julian Assange-related quandaries about just who is a journalist, and whether leaked information can or should compromise national security, reporters in Mexico are harassed and killed daily for covering a "drug war" launched in 2006 by President Felipe Calderón, but abetted by the U.S. governme…
truthout.org/articles/the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-also-a-war-on-journalists/

Highlights: Watch House Republicans Tear Mueller Apart at Hearing
Jamie White | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-27
Former FBI Special Counsel Robert Mueller testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday over the findings of his report into so-called "Russian collusion," and Republicans took him to the woodshed. | Throughout the hearing, Republican members of the committee exposed …
globalresearch.ca/highlights-watch-house-republicans-tear-mueller-apart-hearing/5684705

Supreme Court approves construction of Trump's border wall
wsws.org | 2019-07-27
The ruling is a political victory for Trump and a blow to the separation of powers, dramatically strengthening the power of the executive branch.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/27/wall-j27.html

The Acid-Washed Witch Hunt Hoax Apple
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-07-26
Mueller? Boring! The real story is the psycho lovers . . .
progressive.org/dispatches/the-acid-washed-witch-hunt-hoax-apple-fiore-190726/

Brazil: Minister Moro Seeks Deportation of Glenn Greenwald
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-26
Brazil's Justice Minister Sergio Moro signed a decree Friday limiting the legal stay of foreigners in the country under criminal investigation, or labeled "dangerous" by Brazilian or foreign intelligence services. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro's Phone Hacked, Brazil Police Make Arrests | Coincidentally, decree number 666 can be used against Glenn Greenwald, the U.S. journalist living over a decade in B…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Minister-Moro-Seeks-Deportation-of-Glenn-Greenwald-20190726-0010.html

Witness for the Non-Prosecution: Mueller, Pelosi and Trump's Likely Triumph
Chris Floyd | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-26
Robert Mueller's testimony on Wednesday was the very definition of anti-climax. After months of frantic build-up by the 'Resistance' ("At last, Mueller is going to nail Trump to the wall!") Mueller merely noted — mildly, haltingly but rightly — that his report laid out evidence of obstruction of justice, and that is up to the House of Representatives to decide whether to use this evidence to impeach the president or not. This is precisely what we knew months ago.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/26/witness-for-the-non-prosecution-mueller-pelosi-and-trumps-likely-triumph/

Impeach Trump–A template for writing your member of Congress
Rick Nagin | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-26
Following the testimony of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which again repeated the evidence of Trump's obstruction of justice and other crimes, People's World correspondent Rick Nagin in Ohio wrote to his member of Congress, Marcy Kaptur. He encouraged her to push Congressional leaders to begin impeachment proceedings against the president. We share his letter …
peoplesworld.org/article/impeach-trump-a-template-for-writing-your-member-of-congress/

US House Panel Reaches out to Court To Assess Trump Impeachment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-26
The Democratic-led U.S. House Judiciary Committee asked a federal court on Friday for access to grand jury evidence from the Mueller probe as lawmakers there move one step closer to impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump. | RELATED: | Mueller Hearing: Trump Would be Indicted if He Weren't President | Democratic lawyers from the House of Representatives filed a 53-page petition to the U.S. District Court seeking permission to review evidence involving interaction…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Panel-Reaches-out-to-Court-To-Assess-Trump-Impeachment-20190726-0009.html

US Supreme Court allows Trump to spend $2.5bn in Pentagon funds on border wall
rt.com | 2019-07-26
The US Supreme Court has blocked a ruling by a California judge that would have prevented President Donald Trump from spending $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build a wall along the country's southern border. | …
rt.com/usa/465176-trump-wall-pentagon-supreme-court/

Supreme Court Allows Use of Pentagon Funds for Border Wall
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-26
The court's five conservative justices lift a freeze on the money, allowing the Trump administration to begin work on four contracts.
truthdig.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-use-of-pentagon-funds-for-border-wall/

Big business, academia and the state team up to launch "Cyber NYC" spy program
wsws.org | 2019-07-26
A $100 million "cybersecurity" initiative has been launched to develop New York City as a center of internet censorship and spying.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/26/cybe-j26.html

Robert Mueller Testimony Disappoints Democrats Who Bet on Special Counsel to Help Sink Trump
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-25
Special counsel Robert Mueller gave his much-anticipated testimony on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he spoke for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections. Over the 7-hour hearing, Mueller stressed to the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees that despite Donald Trump's claims, he had not exonerated the president of obstruction of justice. Mueller's report was handed in 124 days ago, but only a redacted version was made available to the public. Ahead of Mueller's testimony, the Justice Department warned Mueller in a letter to "remain within the bound…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/25/robert_mueller_congressional_testimony_impeachment_collusion

Congress and the Press Should Pick Up Where Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Left Off
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2019-07-25
The anticlimactic end of the Trump-Russia investigation is partly due to decades of bitter political battles over what powers to grant special prosecutors.
theintercept.com/2019/07/25/robert-mueller-congress-press/

Mueller hearing is another Russiagate dud
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-25
Aaron Maté recaps Robert Mueller's Congressional appearance, which delivered no new bombshells; more unhinged Russia-baiting; and only more doubts about…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/24/mueller-hearing-is-another-russiagate-dud/

'Algorithms don't write themselves': Google whistleblower on Big Tech merging with politics
rt.com | 2019-07-25
A senior Google software engineer has dismissed the idea that Big Tech can be politically neutral and called out his company as "very biased," joining Project Veritas' growing stable of whistleblowers. | …
rt.com/usa/465000-google-engineer-whistleblower-veritas/

Russiagate devotees bemoan Mueller's deflating testimony… but at least Maddow liked it
rt.com | 2019-07-25
Robert Mueller's testimony to Congress failed to live up to the expectations of many Russiagate-peddling pundits, with one notable exception being MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who had glowing praise for the former special counsel. | …
rt.com/usa/465037-russiagate-maddow-testimony-congress/

Time to forget the word Russiagate & look into FBI-gate instead — Ron Paul
rt.com | 2019-07-25
The Democrats' dream of impeaching President Trump over the Russiagate scandal has "totally failed," its fate confirmed by special counsel Robert Mueller's disastrous showing in Congress, former congressman Ron Paul told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/464996-ron-paul-mueller-russiagate/

Key Moments From Robert Mueller's Congressional Testimony
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Robert Mueller, the former special counsel, testified on Wednesday morning to the House Judiciary Committee and on Wednesday afternoon to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence about his report on Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and President Donald Trump's efforts to obstruct that inquiry. Updates on key moments in the hearings appear below. | Did Mueller's Replies to Rep. Adam Schiff Provide Enough Cover for Democrats to Impeach Trump?: | At the…
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/updates-robert-muellers-congressional-testimony/

Joe Biden's New Foreign Policy Adviser Supported Iraq War and Dubbed Edward Snowden a "Traitor"
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Nicholas Burns worked under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush before leaving public service and becoming a lobbyist.
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/joe-biden-nicholas-burns-foreign-policy/

The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
The Mueller Hearings Are a Preview of 2020 Election Arguments…
thenation.com/article/mueller-hearings-2020-election-arguments/

Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Mueller Has Provided Congress With Everything It Needs to Impeach Trump…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-trump-testimony-impeachment/

Mueller's Seven-Hour Testimony Changed Nothing
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-24
Former FBI Agent Coleen Rowley talks about Mueller's past incompetence and describes how the hearing is the movie following the book and amounted to "Much Ado About Nothing."
therealnews.com/stories/muellers-seven-hour-testimony-changed-nothing

Mueller hearing 'very big mistake' for anti-Trump #Resistance, but will they give up?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
President Donald Trump's Democratic opponents have shot themselves in the foot by forcing Robert Mueller to testify publicly, not realizing he already done his best to make the probe look credible, journalist Aaron Maté told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/464994-mueller-hearing-very-big-mistake/

There is no such thing as a 'green' war
susan_p | greenleft.org.au | 2019-07-24
The military industrial complex is a major contributor to climate change. This calls for a merger of anti-war, climate and refugee solidarity movements, writes Eleanor Goldfield.
greenleft.org.au/content/there-no-such-thing-green-war

Mueller's testimony was a major anti-climax. Will Democrats finally realize he won't save them?
rt.com | 2019-07-24
Democrats expected Russiagate fireworks from former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited testimony on Capitol Hill, but were once again disappointed, witnessing only the last fizzles of a dying conspiracy theory. | …
rt.com/usa/464984-mueller-testimony-democrats-collusion/

'They are a mess': Trump unloads on Russiagate cultists' post-Mueller stress disorder
rt.com | 2019-07-24
US President Donald Trump slammed former special counsel Robert Mueller's long-awaited House testimony, reserving his harshest words for the Democrats who "knew it was a hoax" — and the media who enabled them. | …
rt.com/usa/464990-trump-slams-mueller-democrats/

Google Continues Investments in Military and Police AI Technology Through Venture Capital Arm
Lee Fang | theintercept.com | 2019-07-23
Last year,Google faced internal revolt from many employees over its handling of Project Maven, a secretive contract between the company and the Department of Defense to use artificial intelligence to improve the military's drone targeting capabilities. After a series of internal, worker-led protests and resignations following reporting by The Intercept and Gizmodo, the company said it would wi…
theintercept.com/2019/07/23/google-ai-gradient-ventures/

Mueller mania worsens US-Russia conflict
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-23
As Robert Mueller testifies before Congress, Stephen F. Cohen, professor emeritus at NYU and Princeton, says that Russiagate has not…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/23/mueller-mania-worsens-us-russia-conflict/

Aaron Maté's questions for Mueller
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-23
On the eve of the Robert Mueller hearings, Aaron Maté shares his top questions for the now former Special Counsel…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/23/aaron-mates-questions-for-mueller/

In 2003, This U.K. Whistleblower Almost Stopped the Iraq Invasion. A New Film Tells Her Story
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-19
In 2003, Katharine Gun, a young specialist working for Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, exposed a highly confidential memo that revealed the United States' collaboration with Britain in collecting sensitive information on United Nations Security Council members in order to pressure them into supporting the Iraq invasion. Gun leaked the memo to the press, setting off a chain of events that jeopardized her freedom and safety, but also opened the door to putting the entire legality of the Iraq invasion on trial. ‚Ä®‚Ä®Acclaimed Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsb…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/19/katharine_gun_whistleblower_official_secrets_movie

Venezuela: 'Progress' Reported in Gov't-Opposition Talks as US Sanctions Counter-Intelligence Agency
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-12
The agenda of the talks has not been disclosed but the topic of elections is reportedly being left for last.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14584

Pompeo's New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good
aclu.org | 2019-07-12
The Trump administration appears to be trying to find new moral footing for the president's discriminatory policies. | This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the creation of a "Commission on Unalienable Rights." Its stated purpose, according to a notice published in the Federal Register in May, is to provide "fresh thinking about human rights discourse where such discourse has departed from our nation's founding principles of natural law and natural rights." | Th…
aclu.org/blog/human-rights/pompeos-new-human-rights-commission-no-good

Abrams Welcomes Venezuela's Former Intelligence Chief to the US, Reaffirms Trump's Commitment to Ousting Maduro
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-06-26
The press conference came as the Venezuelan military called for respect from those looking to fracture it.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14559