(2019-02-20). Military, Deep State and the American Innocence. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | Incisive and timely article first posted by Global Research on July 22, 2018 | While only 11% of Americans trust Congress, a whopping 74% have a "great deal or quite a lot …
(2019-02-20). Pierre Omidyar's Funding of Pro-Regime-Change Networks and Partnerships with CIA Cutouts. mintpressnews.com 
To [Omidyar] it's … about … integrating things together to give technocrats, business executives and government officials a God's-eye view of the world — to manage and control society more efficiently." — Yasha Levine, author of "Surveillance Valley: The Military History of the Internet"
(2019-02-20). Why Protest Trump When We Can Impeach Him? counterpunch.org While I commend efforts to turn Presidents' Day into a display of outrage over the non-emergency declaration rather than a celebration of non-existent presidential grandeur, I would much rather impeach Trump than protest him. I was on the fence on the merits of pushing impeachment before the long-awaited arrival of the Mueller report, but the More
(2019-02-20). Military Coups, Regime Change…: The CIA Has Interfered In Over 81 Foreign Elections… globalresearch.ca Timely article first posted on Global Research in January 2017, prior to the inauguration of president Donald Trump. | *** | The CIA has accused Russia of interfering in the 2016 presidential election (with absolutely zero evidence) by hacking into Democratic and …
(2019-02-20). PATRICK LAWRENCE: Pompeo, Pence & the Alienation of Europe. consortiumnews.com If the objective was to further isolate the U.S., the two officials could not have done a better job last week, writes Patrick Lawrence. By Patrick Lawrence Special to Consortium News What a job Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary… Read more →
(2019-02-20). Saudis Facing Criminal Charges in the U.S. Keep Disappearing. Is the Kingdom Helping Them Escape? democracynow.org 
A growing number of Saudi students are vanishing while facing serious criminal charges in the U.S. Federal law enforcement officials are now launching an investigation into the suspicious disappearances to probe if the Saudi government was involved and how. We speak with Shane Dixon Kavanaugh, The Oregonian reporter who broke the story about the spate of Saudi student disappearances. He found that in at least four cases the Saudi government paid a defendant's bail and legal fees before he disappeared. In one case, police believe Saudi officials snuck a Saudi national out of the country on a private plane using a…
(2019-02-20). DARPA aims to develop next-generation of mind-controlled tech for US soldiers. rt.com 
The Pentagon has been recruiting teams to develop neural interfaces which will allow humans to control machines with their minds, in a combination of telekinesis and artificial intelligence.
(2019-02-20). GOP Leaders Knew FBI Was Probing Trump. They Didn't Complain. truthout.org I wrote about former acting FBI director Andrew McCabe's new book "Threat" last week after CBS News first teased its big interview with McCabe that aired last Sunday. At the time it seemed as if the big…
(2019-02-20). Cloaks and Daggers vs Pens and Ballots. indybay.org John Kiriakou, on weekly vigil for Julian Assange, outlines how frame up that greeted his truth telling on torture is waiting for any other spies who come in from cold, or any writers out there reporting on it who've escaped the cloaked daggers…(1hr.)…
(2019-02-20). Australian youth defend WikiLeaks and support demonstrations to free Julian Assange. wsws.org "I'm going to come to the rally to defend freedom of speech and freedom of the press"—Adam, University of NSW.
(2019-02-19). Troublesome Possibilities: The Left and Tulsi Gabbard. counterpunch.org 
Tulsi Gabbard's candidacy for president has raised more problematic questions than answers for people on the Left. Many anti-war leftists call her a breath of fresh air in resisting the military industrial complex and the dangerous war duopoly. After she supported a diplomatic solution to Syria and supported Bernie Sanders for president in 2016, she made a name for herself in the left wing of the Democratic Party. More
(2019-02-19). The Twitter Smearing of Corbyn and Assange. Britain's "Integrity Initiative" globalresearch.ca Historian and U.K. analyst Mark Curtis checks out the Twitter accounts of journalists whose names have been associated with the Integrity Initiative, a British "counter disinformation" program. | *** | The U.K.-financed Integrity Initiative, managed by the Institute for Statecraft, is ostensibly …
(2019-02-19). New hate map helps users explore landscape of hate. splcenter.org The Southern Poverty Law Center has introduced an updated, interactive hate map equipped with new features to help people better understand the hate groups operating in their state and across the country.
(2019-02-19). Grand Canyon museum exposed tourists to radiation for YEARS, whistleblower says. rt.com 
Grand Canyon National Park covered up the discovery of a cache of highly radioactive uranium that may have exposed employees and visitors to radiation at up to 4,000 times safe levels, a Parks employee claims.
(2019-02-18). 10 things you need to know about Venezuela's human rights crisis. amnesty.org The human rights crisis that has engulfed Venezuela for the past few years has shattered the lives of millions of people. Here's what you need to know: | 1 – Excessive use of force: | Much of the current unrest in Venezuela can be traced back to 29 March 2017, when the Supreme Court of Justice – backed by President Nicolás Maduro – moved to take over the National Assembly, where the opposition holds a majority. This triggered protests that were repressed by the Maduro administration with the unlawful and disproportionate use of force. Between April and July 2017, more than 120 people were killed, around 1…
(2019-02-17). Can Turkey and Syria actually come to an agreement? uwidata.com 
Ankara, who is now shifting away from the USA and towards the regional powers, is expected to begin negotiations with Damascus. Of course right now a low level exterior politics is underway with Syria. At this situation, intelligence agencies cannot just say "We execute whatever our leader orders.". Many times leaders are off the grid, …
(2019-02-17). What Brett Kavanaugh's Dishonest Anti-Abortion Dissent Reveals About His Supreme Court Agenda. theintercept.com The most obvious thing about the Supreme Court's decision to stay a Louisiana law that would have shuttered two of the state's three remaining abortion clinics is that it was Chief Justice John Roberts who stopped that from happening. Roberts joined the court's four more liberal justices to deliver a 5-4 majority that maintains the status quo, for now, and keeps the clinics open. | What is perhaps less obvious, at least at first glance, is the level of intellectual dishonesty baked into a four-page dissent penned by the court's newest justi…
(2019-02-16). Unequal Justice: Kavanaugh's Vote on Abortion Access Bodes Ill for Roe. progressive.org It hasn't taken Kavanaugh long to show his true colors. The big reveal came on February 7, when he voted against a "stay" that will keep a draconian Louisiana abortion law from taking effect.
(2019-02-15). Watch Webcast of 17th Assange Vigil. consortiumnews.com The 17th vigil for Julian Assange, now a weekly event every Friday, was aired today on Consortium News. Watch the replay here. The Unity4J vigils will continue until Assange is free. The guests were Garland Nixon, James Cogan, Elizabeth Vos,… Read more →
(2019-02-15). Headlines for February 15, 2019. democracynow.org Trump to Use National Emergency Declaration to Build Border Wall, "It's Incredible": Rep. Ocasio-Cortez on Amazon Scrapping NYC Project After Grassroots Protests, Report: Amazon to Pay No Federal Taxes Despite Making $11 Billion in Reported Profits, Denver Teachers Declare Victory After 3-Day Strike, More U.S. Workers Went on Strike in 2018 Than in Any Year in Three Decades, Parkland Shooting Survivor Emma González: "We Fight Our Trauma by Fighting Against Gun Violence", William Barr Sworn In as Attorney General After Senate Confirmation, Former Deputy FBI Director Speaks Out on Launching Counterintelligence Prob…
(2019-02-15). The Supreme Court Will Decide if Census Citizenship Question Is Legal. Democrats Should Also Work to Block It. theintercept.com 
House Democrats should use their oversight power to expose the Trump administration's nefarious reasons for asking about citizenship on the 2020 census.
(2019-02-15). SPLC statement on Supreme Court's denial of Trump administration's request to immediately enforce asylum ban. splcenter.org The U.S. Supreme Court today denied the Trump administration's request to immediately enforce a new policy of denying asylum to migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border between ports of entry.
(2019-02-14). Deadly US Applications of Artificial Intelligence. hrw.org 
| | In the United States and around the world, public concern is rising at the prospect of weapons systems that would select and attack targets without human intervention. | © 2018 Campaign to Stop Killer Robots | As the United States Department of Defense releases a strategy on artificial intelligence (AI), questions loom about whether the US government intends to accelerate its investments in weapo…
(2019-02-13). Venezuela Accuses U.S. of Secretly Shipping Arms After Weapons Found on Plane with Possible CIA Ties. democracynow.org 
A North Carolina-based air freight company has halted flights to Venezuela following a report by McClatchy linking it to possible arms smuggling. Last week, Venezuelan authorities claimed they had uncovered 19 assault weapons, 118 ammunition cartridges and 90 military-grade radio antennas on board a U.S.-owned plane that had flown from Miami into Valencia, Venezuela's third-largest city. The Boeing 767 is owned by a company called 21 Air based in Greensboro, North Carolina. The plane had made nearly 40 round-trip flights between Miami and spots in Venezuela and Colombia since January 11, the day after Venezuelan…
(2019-02-12). What it Really Takes to Secure Peace in Afghanistan. progressive.org Constant military surveillance of Afghans yields almost no real intelligence about the problems they face each day. An unusual group of volunteers uses a far different approach.
(2019-02-08). Generals and Crooks. splcenter.org How Caravan Paranoia Tore the Border Militia Movement Apart…
(2019-02-08). Steve Bannon's (Lonely) European Vacation. splcenter.org 2018 was another bad year for Steve Bannon.
(2019-01-16). Was that the Onion or Reuters Quoting Mike Pompeo on Venezuela? zcomm.org This Reuters article says "The Maduro regime is illegitimate and the United States will work diligently to restore a real democracy to that country," Pompeo told reporters in Abu Dhabi, where he is on a tour of Middle East countries. " [emphasis added] The Onion might have simply changed "countries" above to "dictatorships" or, Read more…
(2019-01-10). Farewell to bblum6. zcomm.org Bill Blum passed away early last month in Virginia. Many Z Net readers will know his canonical book, Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since WWII, or remember his regular newsletter Anti-Empire Report. My first contact with Bill came in 1995 when I wrote him about something he had written on the Cold War. Read more…
(2018-11-29). On Julian Assange and the Political Economy & future of Europe. zcomm.org Interview on the socio-economic transformations taking place within the core of the European Union and how much time is left until it disintegrates…
(2018-11-26). Crucifying Julian Assange. zcomm.org Chris Hedges and Joe Lauria, journalist and editor-in-chief, Consortium, discuss efforts to force #WikiLeaks publisher, #JulianAssange, out of the Ecuador Embassy in London and extradite him to the USA to stand trial.