Daily Archives: April 25, 2020

2020-04-25: News Headlines

RT (2020-04-23). US media schtum on Assange's plight despite 3 years of 'flamboyant devotion' to protecting press freedom — Greenwald. rt.com Award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald has criticized the US media for its deafening silence on the ongoing persecution of Julian Assange, despite the years it has spent railing against the Trump administration. | Founder of The Intercept and a long-time Assange supporter, Greenwald despaired at the apparent double standards and performative hyperbole of the US media establishment, which has long played up perceived persecution at the hands of US President Donald Trump. | And yet, journalists across the news media spectrum have been largely unwilling to openly defend the WikiLeaks founder, who faces extradit…

Jason Ditz (2020-02-17). DOJ Investigating Former CIA Director's Role in Russiagate. theantimedia.com The Justice Department is investigating the role of John Brennan in the assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman (2020-04-24). How YOU can dump Trump: Let us count the ways. peoplesworld.org Grassroots action's immense recent upset victory in Wisconsin, where voters kicked out a sitting conservative Supreme Court judge and elected a progressive, shows we can overcome even a rigged election. In November, you must do it again. When Trump tries to steal or cancel the election, our informed non-violence must rise to protect and win …

2020-04-25: Social Media Postees

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Iran Launches US Fury
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-23
No wonder the US reacted with fury this week when Iran launched a satellite 465 kilometers into space. In baseball terms, the Iranians just hit the US ball out of the park. | Mike Pompeo, America's top diplomat, is demanding more sanctions against Iran over what he claimed was a violation of UN resolutions outlawing Iranian military missiles in space. He called on the "Iranian regime" to prioritise resources in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and to end its campaign of global terror". | You have to hand it to Pompeo for his tot…
thealtworld.com/finian_cunningham/iran-launches-us-fury

How YOU can dump Trump: Let us count the ways
Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
Grassroots action's immense recent upset victory in Wisconsin, where voters kicked out a sitting conservative Supreme Court judge and elected a progressive, shows we can overcome even a rigged election. In November, you must do it again. When Trump tries to steal or cancel the election, our informed non-violence must rise to protect and win …
peoplesworld.org/article/how-you-can-dump-trump-let-us-count-the-ways/

How YOU can dump Trump: Let us count the ways
Harvey "Sluggo" Wasserman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-04-24
Grassroots action's immense recent upset victory in Wisconsin, where voters kicked out a sitting conservative Supreme Court judge and elected a progressive, shows we can overcome even a rigged election. In November, you must do it again. When Trump tries to steal or cancel the election, our informed non-violence must rise to protect and win …
peoplesworld.org/article/how-you-can-dump-trump-let-us-count-the-ways/

Brazil Justice Minister Quits in Bolsonaro's Worst Crisis Yet
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-24
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro suffered the heaviest blow to his presidency so far as his well-known justice minister quit Friday and accused him of potential criminal meddling in law enforcement, adding to the turmoil of a government struggling to confront a fast-growing coronavirus outbreak. | RELATED: | Brazil: Supreme Court Judges Sergio Moro's Lack of Impartiality | Former judge Sergio Moro, who gained notoriety in the anti-corruption investigation, Lava Jato, resigned a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Main-Minister-Quits-in-Bolsonaros-Worst-Crisis-yet—20200424-0013.html