Freedom for Assange is inseparable from the fight against war and for socialism
wsws.org | 2020-05-08
All those political tendencies and individuals who refused to defend Assange–and who joined in the slander campaign against him–have blood on their hands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/08/thom-m08.html

The Plot to Blame China for COVID-19
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-08
The Trump lot–Steve Bannon, Peter Navarro, Mike Pompeo–and their media cheerleaders are as fanatically anti-China as the Biden crew is anti-Russia. Just like George W. Bush's WMD lies in the early-2000s, there is a developing timeline of Trumpian efforts to bend intelligence on COVID to the administration's anti-China policy. TARGET: CHINA In the 1980s, the…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/08/the-plot-to-blame-china-for-covid-19/

Stir Crazy! Episode #31: Cancel Corporate Media
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-08
On today's show: TRNN climate reporter Aman Azhar, The Progressive Army founder Ben Dixon, and TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-31-cancel-corporate-media

US extends Iraq's sanctions waiver to import electricity from Iran
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-08
TEHRAN, May 08 (MNA)

The Neocons' COVID-19 Fearmongering Won't Derail CPEC
Andrew Korybko | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-07
US "deep state" operative Michael Rubin's recent fearmongering in "The National Interest" about how CPEC will supposedly facilitate the spread of COVID-19 throughout Pakistan is bound to fail because he lacks any credibility as an objective observer due to his professional credentials and thus simply resorts to regurgitating standard talking points aimed against their strategic partnership. | The "Deep State" Speaks | Indian media picked up the rec…
thealtworld.com/andrew_korybko/the-neocons-covid-19-fearmongering-wont-derail-cpec

December 2019 COVID-19 Outbreaks in France, China Rips Pompeo
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-07
Evidence suggests that one or more COVID-19 outbreaks likely first occurred in Hawaii late last summer, what a previous article discussed. | Did outbreaks begin in France before Wuhan, China? | According to a French hospital, a COVID-19 patient was treated on …
globalresearch.ca/december-2019-covid-19-outbreaks-france-china-rips-pompeo/5712122

FBI Finds Evidence Of Israeli Intervention In Trump's 2016 Campaign
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
An Israeli minister met with Roger Stone to provide information that may have benefited the Trump campaign. The discovery implicates Netanyahu in an attempt to distort the 2016 US election result.
therealnews.com/stories/fbi-evidence-israel-netanyahu-roger-stone-intelligence-meeting-2016-campaign

'Never saw any direct evidence': Clapper admission torpedoes Democrat push to revive Trump-Russia conspiracy with transcript dump
rt.com | 2020-05-07
House Intelligence Committee chair Adam Schiff has published all the transcripts of 'Russiagate' interviews he had kept secret, blaming President Donald Trump for the delay, but their content belied his conspiracy narrative. | Schiff (D-California) published on Thursday afternoon more than 50 interviews his committee had conducted over the past three years in pursuit of proof that Trump "colluded" with Russia to win the presidency in 2016. | While it will take time to sift through the thousands of pages, some of the jui…
rt.com/usa/488088-schiff-transcripts-russiagate-clapper/

Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq's new PM, faces tough challenges on economy, foreign soldiers
Abdul Rahman | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-07
After months of political uncertainty, Mustafa al-Kadhimi has been confirmed as the new prime minister of Iraq. However, the former intelligence chief is likely to face a number of challenges, including addressing the demands of protesters…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/07/mustafa-al-kadhimi-iraqs-new-pm-faces-tough-challenges-on-economy-foreign-soldiers/

Colombia raids army command as illegal spying scandal mushrooms
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia's Inspector General said his office had carried out a raid at the country's army command on Wednesday as part of an investigation into reported illegal spying practices. Inspector General…
colombiareports.com/colombia-raids-army-command-as-illegal-spying-scandal-mushrooms/

Exclusive: OPCW chief made false claims to denigrate Douma whistleblower, documents reveal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-06
The Grayzone has obtained documents exposing numerous falsehoods and misleading claims by OPCW Director General Fernando Arias to degrade the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/06/opcw-douma-whistleblower/

Pompeo and the capricious virus
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-05-06
Iran has delivered a devastating blow to the ego of the Trump administration, puncturing it beyond repair, by its announcement Sunday that mosques will start reopening in low-risk areas of the country from May 5.
mronline.org/2020/05/06/pompeo-and-the-capricious-virus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pompeo-and-the-capricious-virus

Muting Justice: Rescheduling Julian Assange's Hearing
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-06
When we think of the repression of journalists, we automatically evoke foreign lands. We rarely, however, evoke or remember our own dissidents.

Sudan's peace talks cross barrier but have a long way to go
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-06
The transitional government of Sudan and the Malik Agar-led faction of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North agreed to integrate the latter's forces into the state's army, police and intelligence services. But there is a long way ahead…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/06/sudans-peace-talks-cross-barrier-but-have-a-long-way-to-go/

Pompeo repeats Chinese lab created coronavirus theory, but we may have to wait a long time for proof
rt.com | 2020-05-06
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said Washington has "significant evidence" that the coronavirus originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. However, don't expect to see proof any time soon. | Speaking at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, Pompeo opened up his press conference with a broadside against Beijing. He repeated the accusations against the Chinese government of "covering up" the initial coronavirus outbreak in December, and of obstructing Western efforts to investigate the virus' origin. | Though American and international intelligence agencies have not supported the theory that the v…
rt.com/usa/487960-pompeo-evidence-china-coronavirus/

Amazon VP Quits In Support Of Fired Whistleblowers
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-06
Senior Amazon engineer Tim Bray said the firings were evidence of "a vein of toxicity running through the company culture." We get a response from Chris Smalls, one of those fired workers.
therealnews.com/stories/amazon-vp-engineer-tim-bray-quits-over-firing-whistleblowers-worker-safety

Amazon VP Quits In Support Of Fired Whistleblowers
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-06
Senior Amazon engineer Tim Bray said the firings were evidence of "a vein of toxicity running through the company culture." We get a response from Chris Smalls, one of those fired workers.
therealnews.com/stories/amazon-vp-engineer-tim-bray-quits-over-firing-whistleblowers-worker-safety

Trump administration 'ignored virus warnings and pushed unproven drug'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-05-06
The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist has alleged in a whistleblower complaint.Rick Bright, former director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, alleges he was reassigned to a lesser role because he resisted political pressure to allow widespread use of hydroxychloroquine, a malaria drug pushed by Donald Trump.He said the Trump administration wanted to "flood" hot spots in New York and New Jersey with the drug.Rick Bright (Health and Human Services/…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2020/05/06/trump-administration-ignored-virus-warnings-and-pushed-unproven-drug/

US refuses to extradite CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-05-05
As the US government hunts Julian Assange, it refuses to extradite a CIA agent who killed UK teen Harry Dunn…
thegrayzone.com/2020/05/05/us-refuses-to-extradite-cia-agent-who-killed-uk-teen-harry-dunn/

FBI Documents Hint at Israeli Collusion with 2016 Trump Campaign
Alison Weir | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-04
Previously sealed FBI documents indicate close contacts between Israel and the Trump campaign and that the Mueller investigation found evidence of Israeli involvement, but largely redacted it.
mintpressnews.com/fbi-documents-israel-collusion-2016-trump-campaign/267212/

Stir Crazy! Episode #25: Schools Out For…Ever?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-30
On today's show: TRNN Executive Producer Lisa Snowden-McCray, "By Any Means Necessary" co-host Jacqueline Luqman, and special guest Center for American Progress Managing Director for K-12 Education Policy Dr. Khalilah Harris. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-25-schools-out-for-ever

Pompeo and the capricious virus
M. K. Bhadrakumar | iranian.com | 2020-05-05
Iran has delivered a devastating blow to the ego of the Trump administration, puncturing it beyond repair, by its announcement Sunday that mosques will start reopening in low-risk areas of the country from May 5. President Hassan Rouhani said mosques would reopen in 132 regions designated as white under a colour-coded system after being consistently …
iranian.com/2020/05/04/pompeo-and-the-capricious-virus/

US Intel, Obama Aides Never Saw Any Direct Proof of Trump-Russia Collusion, Transcripts Reveal
sputniknews.com | 2020-05-08
In late July, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller confirmed in testimony to Congress that his team of investigators had failed to find sufficient evidence of President Trump's collusion with Russia to rig the US 2016 election, basically repeating the conclusions of his report that was released earlier in 2019.
sputniknews.com/us/202005081079240271-us-intelligence-obama-aides-never-saw-any-direct-proof-of-trump-russia-collusion-trancripts-reveal/

Joe Biden Could Sexually Harass Someone in the Middle of Fifth Avenue
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-07
and get away with it. Those who live in eternal fear are only replacing the Orange Man with the Gray Man. | Peter VAN BUREN | Tara Reade says Joe Biden once grabbed her privates and demanded sex. Will that change the election in November? | The Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court hearings were a turning point, when the presumption of innocence was thrown out in favor of a new standard, "credible accusation." Evidence was replaced by #BelieveAllWomen. Praised by Dems and the media as fierce justice…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/07/joe-biden-could-sexually-harass-someone-in-the-middle-of-fifth-avenue/

UK Supreme Court Reverses BDS Ban
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign, the largest British Palestinian solidarity group, successfully petitioned to reverse a 2016 ban preventing local governments divesting from companies involved in the Israeli occupation.
therealnews.com/stories/uk-supreme-court-reverses-bds-ban-palestine-solidarity-campaign

No One, Not Even Trump, is Above the Law
David Cole | aclu.org | 2020-05-07
Next week, on May 12, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in three cases about whether President Trump can block subpoenas issued to his banks and accountant to hand over his personal financial documents in connection with investigations of potential crimes. We argue that Trump, no less than anyone else, has no right to block such subpoenas. No one, not even the president, is above the law. , , Our amicus curiae briefs for the cases, Trump v. Mazars/Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG and…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/no-one-not-even-trump-is-above-the-law

Colombia's great coronavirus heist | Part 4: agriculture minister, 11 governors to court over corruption
Adriaan Alsema | colombiareports.com | 2020-05-07
Colombia's Supreme Court will investigate one minister and 11 governors after the prosecution opened more than 1,200 investigations into alleged corruption with coronavirus emergency funds. The Prosecutor General's Office, the…
colombiareports.com/colombias-great-coronavirus-heist-1-minister-11-governors-to-court-over-corruption/

A red-baiter, an anti-Trumper & a libertarian walk into a bar: Facebook angers conservatives & liberals alike with oversight picks
rt.com | 2020-05-06
Facebook has unveiled its 20-person Oversight Board, a supposedly independent body able to reverse the platform's own content moderation decisions. The names have raised eyebrows all over the political spectrum. | The social media behemoth revealed its 'supreme court' roster on Wednesday, showing off a pedigreed list of legal scholars, human rights advocates, and journalists from around the globe. While the Oversight Board idea was initially presented to the Facebook community back in 2018, as a way for aggrieved users to appeal content take-downs to an independent panel, bylaws unveiled in January suggested i…
rt.com/news/487979-facebook-oversight-board-bipartisan-hate/

Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice Asks if Safer at Home Order Is 'Tyranny'
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-06
The state's conservative justices raise issue of Japanese internment camps while discussing Governor Tony Evers's order.
progressive.org/dispatches/wi-supreme-court-safer-at-home-tyranny-conniff-200506/

Wisconsin Protesters Target 'Tony the Tyrant'
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-05-04
GOP temper tantrum escalates as state Supreme Court prepares to weigh in on restrictions.
progressive.org/dispatches/wisconsin-protesters-target-tony-the-tyrant-conniff-200504/

"Artificial Intelligence Plan" That Became "Coronavirus Plan" & "China Did It" Narrative Is WMDs 2.0
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-22
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/21/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/artificial-intelligence-plan-that-became-coronavirus-plan-china-did-it-narrative-wmds-2-0/

Techno-Tyranny: How The US National Security State Is Using Coronavirus To Fulfill An Orwellian Vision
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-20
Last year, a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country in order to ensure American hegemony in artificial intelligence. Now, many of the "obstacles" they had cited as preventing its implementation are rapidly being removed under the guise of combating the …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/techno-tyranny-how-us-national-security-state-using-coronavirus-fulfill-orwellian-vision/

Meet The Companies Poised To Build The Kushner-Backed "Coronavirus Surveillance System"
Whitney Webb | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-11
The three companies behind the leading proposal to build a "national coronavirus surveillance system", an initiative spearheaded by Jared Kushner, boast deep ties to Google, intelligence-linked venture capital firms as well as one of last year's eerily predictive "pandemic" simulations. On April 7, Politico reported that the President's son-in-law Jared Kushner was spearheading an all-private …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/meet-companies-poised-build-kushner-backed-coronavirus-surveillance-system/