Manil Suri (2019-04-01). Want to fix gerrymandering? zcomm.org Then the Supreme Court needs to listen to mathematicians…

Margherita Furlan (2019-04-01). The New Arab OTAN — Serving Who? globalresearch.ca "Iran is the main threat in the Middle East, and confronting the Islamic Republic is the key to achieving peace in the entire region". As American Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pronounced these words in Poland, on February 13, Iran …

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-31). Why There'll Be No US-Russia Reset Post-Mueller. popularresistance.org President Donald Trump and his White House team may have been cleared of collusion with the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election. That startling conclusion by Special Counsel Robert Mueller after nearly two years of investigation, might be viewed by some as giving Trump freedom to now get on with normalizing relations with Moscow. Don't bet on it. The fundamental issue for Washington is that Russia is not a vassal for American imperialism. That's why there will be no reset. There will only be reset when American imperialism is replaced by a law-abiding, genuinely democratic US government. Until then, expect…

Christopher Brauchli (2019-03-31). The Amateur Hour. commondreams.org 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…

RT (2019-03-31). CNN didn't get 'anything' wrong in Russiagate reporting, host claims. It didn't? rt.com The host of CNN's State of the Union, Jake Tapper, tried to defend the network's coverage of Russiagate, claiming it actually got nothing wrong. The bold claim, however, was challenged by other journalists.

Johnny Dwyer (2019-03-31). Did Felix Sater's 20 Years as an Informant Help Land Him at the Center of the Trump-Russia Story? theintercept.com "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?'"

Kevin Zeese (2019-03-31). 2019 Sees The Return Of Labor Activism As Workers Strike Back. popularresistance.org National Labor Relations Board data indicate that 2018 marked a huge upsurge in strikes by workers across the U.S. The year saw 21 major work stoppages involving 485,000 workers, compared with 25,000 in 2017. The most obvious takeaway is this: In the year of the Janus Supreme Court decision that prevented unions from charging fees to non-union workers who still benefit from union-negotiated contracts, workers were anything but cowed. Workers struck across the country, including hotel workers, university graduate students, United Steelworkers locals, and staff of the University of California Medical Centers up and…

Whitney Webb (2019-03-30). Silencing the Whistle: The Intercept Shutters Snowden Archive, Citing Cost. mintpressnews.com 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.

RT (2019-03-30). Lost in translation: CIA ad seeking Russian speakers mocked for broken grammar. rt.com 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.

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-03-29). A socialist orientation: The collapse of the Trump-Russia hoax and the need for an independent movement. liberationnews.org 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.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2019-03-29). Russiagate and the 1980s Crack Epidemic. counterpunch.org 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 More

Associated Press (2019-03-29). Republicans are obstructing attempts to get the full Mueller report. peoplesworld.org 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 …

Peter Certo (2019-03-29). Russia Was Never the Real Scandal. counterpunch.org 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 More

Consortiumnews (2019-03-29). Ecuador's Ambassador Tells Assange to 'Shut Up': Watch 22nd Vigil. consortiumnews.com 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 →

Democracy Now! (2019-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2019. democracynow.org NY Sues Sackler Family, Purdue & Other Drug Cos. for Profiting from Opioid Crisis, Dems Press AG William Barr on 300+-Page Mueller Report, HUD Sues Facebook over Discriminatory Housing Ads, Puerto Rico Gov. Rosselló to Trump: "I'll Punch the Bully in the Mouth", Philippines: Rappler Founder Maria Ressa Arrested for 2nd Time, Venezuela: Gov't Bans Opposition Head Guaidó from Running for Office, Saudi Authorities Temporarily Release 3 Women Activists, Somalia: At Least 15 People Killed in al-Shabab Attack, Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Freed After 5 Years in Prison, U.K.: Lawmakers to Vote on Key Text Two We…

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-03-29). Merkley Senate Bill Would Abolish 'Undemocratic' Electoral College. commondreams.org 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…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-03-29). Roaming Charges: Rachel Maddow and the Muellers of Invention. counterpunch.org 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…

RT (2019-03-29). 'Truth was the real take-away from Mueller': RT America's Sanchez tackles Russiagate (VIDEO). rt.com 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."

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-03-29). Nadler Demands 'Full and Complete' Mueller Report as Barr Says Redacted Version Coming Mid-April. commondreams.org 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…

Benjamin Barber (2019-03-29). The Partisan Gerrymandering Cases That Could Shape the Future of Southern Politics. commondreams.org 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…

Consortiumnews (2019-03-28). A Year of Silencing Julian Assange. consortiumnews.com 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 →

The Nation (2019-03-28). What We Should Learn From the Mueller Report. thenation.com What We Should Learn From the Mueller Report…

Glenn Greenwald (2019-03-28). The Media and Political Humiliation from the Mueller Report. zcomm.org 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 "the report does not recommend any further indictments, nor Read more…

Tyler Durden (2019-03-28). Russia Urges US To Publish Full Mueller Report. theantimedia.com (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 …

STAFF (2019-03-28). Gerrymandering — Election Manipulation Tool Reaches Supreme Court (Again). therealnews.com 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…

Janine Jackson (2019-03-27). 'They Had Already Decided They Wanted to Invade Iraq' – CounterSpin interviews with Robert Dreyfuss and Diana Duarte on media and the Iraq War. fair.org The CounterSpin episode for March 22, 2019, reaired classic interviews with Robert Dreyfuss ( 2/27/04) and Diana Duarte ( 3/22/13) about media's Iraq War roles. | Media…

Peter Bolton (2019-03-27). Forget Mueller. Israel, not Russia, is Trump's real partner in crime. thecanary.co 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

Jonathan Cook (2019-03-27). Three Lessons from the "Failed" Mueller Inquiry. dissidentvoice.org Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russiagate is never going to uncover collusion between Donald Trump's camp and the Kremlin in the 2016 presidential election. Painting the pig's face 1. The left never had a dog in …

Democracy Now! (2019-03-26). Headlines for March 26, 2019. democracynow.org Israel Continues Airstrikes in Gaza Amid Fragile Truce, U.S. Officially Recognizes Golan Heights as Israeli Territory, Trump Suggests Probes into "Traitors" in Wake of Mueller Report, Pentagon Authorizes Diversion of $1 Billion to Build Border Wall, Father of 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Victim Dies by Suicide, Parkland Survivors Urge Senators to Pass Background Check Act, DOJ Backs Full Repeal of Affordable Care Act, Mexico: Radio Reporter Killed Amid Spate of Journalist Murders, Venezuela: New Power Outage Hits Residents Amid Political Turmoil, Suspects in College Admissions Scam Plead Not Guilty, Green New Deal Goes…

Ruth Conniff (2019-03-26). Mueller Report Does Not Disprove that Trump Is a Crook. progressive.org The truth is less dramatic, but more sordid.

Bill Blum (2019-03-26). Unequal Justice: The Supreme Court Tackles Political Gerrymandering, Again. progressive.org If the court upholds partisan gerrymandering, it will be a bad day for democracy.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-25). As Mueller Finds No Collusion, Did Press Overhype Russiagate? Glenn Greenwald vs. David Cay Johnston. democracynow.org 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."

Democracy Now! (2019-03-25). Mueller Finds No Trump-Russia Coordination, But "Does Not Exonerate" Trump of Obstruction of Justice. democracynow.org 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…

Aaron Maté (2019-03-25). VIDEO: Russiagate Implodes: Aaron Maté Buries the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory. thegrayzone.com Russiagate has imploded after Robert Mueller's investigation found no evidence of Trump-Russia collusion. The Grayzone's Aaron Maté explains why the…

Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet (2019-03-24). NAACP Calls for Full Release of Mueller Report, Barr Summary Not Enough. naacp.org 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 …

Heidi Cuda (2019-03-24). Carpe Diem: Amend the Constitution. millennialpolitics.co 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…

Vanessa Mbonu@naacpnet (2019-03-23). NAACP Calls for Full Mueller Report to be Released. naacp.org 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. …

Mark Fiore (2019-03-22). Devin Nunes Lawyers.png. progressive.org Nunes seems to have no grasp of satire, parody, free speech or, um, intelligence.

Democracy Now! (2019-03-21). Kushner, Inc.: Vicky Ward on How Jared and Ivanka's Greed & Ambition Compromise U.S. Foreign Policy. democracynow.org 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…

Kevin Gosztola (2019-03-20). Supreme Court Maintains Congress Granted Homeland Security Secretary Broad Power To Detain Immigrants Without Bail. shadowproof.com Supreme Court ruled Trump administration has broad executive power to detain immigrants with prior convictions and deny bail hearings prior to deportation proceedings.

Yanis Varoufakis (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…

Chris Hedges (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.