(2021-09-03). Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction. zcomm.org By striking down the CDC's eviction moratorium, said one critic, the Supreme Court "sided with rich corporate landlords that are itching to kick out vulnerable families."
(2021-09-03). A CIA Drone Analyst Apologizes to the People of Afghanistan. democracynow.org 
As the United States ends a 20-year occupation of Afghanistan, a former intelligence analyst for the CIA's drone program offers an apology to the people of Afghanistan "from not only myself, but from the rest of our society as Americans." During deployments to Afghanistan, Christopher Aaron says he was able to see "the human toll, the resource toll of these wars, as well as the fact that the policy of dropping 'guided missiles' at people from remote controlled airplanes was not allowing us to actually win the war." We also speak with Eyal Press, who profiles Aaron in his new book, "Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and…
(2021-09-03). "A Real Flood of Bacteria and Germs": Communications Intelligence and Charges of U.S. Germ Warfare During the Korean War. counterpunch.org In February 2013, the CIA posted over 1300 items online as part of their earlier "Baptism by Fire" document release commemorating the 60th anniversary of the start of the Korean War. The bulk of their accompanying narrative material concerned long-time controversies as to whether the CIA had failed to anticipate both the North Korean invasion
(2021-09-03). The Texas abortion ban: A massive assault on democratic rights. wsws.org The US Supreme Court's decision to allow the Texas abortion ban to go into effect September 1 must be opposed by the entire working class. The right to free, safe and legal abortion is a fundamental democratic right.
(2021-09-03). Vote No on Recall vs Supreme Court's Anti-Abortion Decision. indybay.org Taliban Texas was aided by the Taliban US Supreme Court on 9/2/21 with its 5-4 decision supporting banning abortion at 6 weeks and supporting vigilante justice, while California's anti-abortion Republican Party threatens to attack abortion, mandating your NO Vote on the Recall TODAY.
(2021-09-03). 9/11 Cinema: 'The Siege' Foreshadowed America's Dark Transformation. thedissenter.org 
FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard (Screen shot from the promotional trailer for "The Siege" and fair use for the purposes of commentary)[Editor's Note: This is the first in The Dissenter's weekly series on 9/11 and its impact on cinema, which will be published as a companion to our series, "Twenty Years In A Security State."] | Yunis Shokuri, who was a Guantanamo Bay prisoner for over 13 years, once recalled the plot of "The Siege" when he appeared before a military tribunal. "The movie was about terrorists carrying out terrorist attacks in the United States.""The CIA and FBI were no…
(2021-09-03). The Incantational Bewitchment of Propaganda. dissidentvoice.org 
We'll know our disinformation is complete when everything the America public believe is false. — William Casey, CIA Director, February 1981 All propaganda succeeds because it satisfies needs that it has first created. If you follow the daily rat-a-tat mainstream news reports and react to them, you will be caught in a labyrinth that has been …
(2021-09-02). Why the U.S. Still Suffers from Covid. popularresistance.org The United States is as much a failed state now as it was when the pandemic began. Temporary unemployment benefits end in September, and millions of people were denied these funds when republican state legislatures decreed that they wanted people back at work. The Supreme Court struck down the eviction moratorium and 90% of the funds allocated to pay for rent relief remain unspent. Millions of people face the prospect of becoming unhoused.
(2021-09-02). Headlines for September 2, 2021. democracynow.org Supreme Court Refuses to Halt Texas Anti-Abortion Law While Legal Challenges Proceed, Hurricane Ida's Remnants Bring Tornadoes, Flooding and Record Rainfall to Northeast, Gulf Coast Faces Shortages of Food, Water and Energy Days After Hurricane Ida's Landfall, U.N. Says Fivefold Increase in Extreme Weather Events Caused Over 2 Million Deaths Since 1970, Taliban Parade U.S.-Made Military Hardware as Refugees Gather at Afghanistan's Borders, New York Extends Eviction Moratorium Halted by U.S. Supreme Court, Texas School District Cancels Classes After 2 Teachers Die of COVID-19, Colorado Grand Jury Indicts 3 Cops, 2…
(2021-09-02). Snowden says no chance he can win Nobel Peace Prize. tass.com In January 2021, Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize winner, nominated Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning for the prize…
(2021-09-02). U.S.-Ukrainian defense partnership agreement to "counter Russian aggression," prepare Ukraine for NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S.-Ukrainian Defense Partnership Agreement contains specific arrangements — Zavytnevych The agreement on the strategic principles of defense partnership between the United States and Ukraine contains specific arrangements, Head of the parliamentary Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence Oleksandr Zavytnevych…said. **** The MP said the clauses of the agreement "provide for testing of weapons and …
(2021-09-02). Supreme Court Makes "Stunning" Ruling Refusing to Block Texas Anti-Abortion Law. truthout.org 
In a split decision issued late on Wednesday night, the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not place a stay on a Texas law designed to limit abortion in the state to no later than six weeks after a person becomes pregnant. | Chief Justice John Roberts, a conservative,
(2021-09-02). It's Not Just Abortion: Texas GOP Quietly Rolled Back Other Rights on Sept. 1. truthout.org 
While the big news from Texas this week was about the Supreme Court A total of 666 new laws were rolled out on Wednesday. Many of them, if they had been implemented individually, would have r…
(2021-09-02). The Supreme Court Will Not Save Us From the Decimation of Abortion Rights. zcomm.org With Texas all but banning abortion and endorsing a repugnant vigilantism, we need to look for other ways to protect access to abortion…
(2021-09-02). Slamming 'Cowardly' Supreme Court, Pelosi Announces Vote on Abortion Rights Bill. commondreams.org "While I'm so glad for the young people who are fighting this climate crisis," said Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., "I realize that many of us who are now older, in our third act, we're still needed."
(2021-09-02). Justice Sotomayor writes a furious dissent. zcomm.org Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a clearly furious dissent late Wednesday night to the majority's order allowing a Texas law banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy to stay in force…
(2021-09-02). RIP Roe v. Wade? SCOTUS Won't Block Texas Abortion Ban That Is "Clearly an Unconstitutional Law". democracynow.org 
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to let stand a new anti-abortion law in Texas, which bans all abortions in the state after six weeks — before most people even realize they are pregnant — and allows for private citizens to sue anyone who "aids and abets" a person in getting an abortion. Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, says, "It is clearly an unconstitutional law" that must be reversed. "It's absolutely an abomination," says Northup, who urges Congress to pass new legislation protecting reproductive rights as legal challenges to the Texas law continue.
(2021-09-02). The Texas abortion ban is even more extreme than you think. therealnews.com 
Texas just enacted the strictest anti-abortion law in the country. Senate Bill 8, which went into effect at midnight on Sept. 1, effectively bans abortions after six weeks into a pregnancy, before most people who can give birth know they're pregnant. One harrowing feature of the bill is that it deputizes private citizens as vigilante enforcers of the law, enabling them to sue anyone they believe to have "aided or abetted" someone getting an abortion after six weeks. | On Wednesday night, just before midnight, the US Supreme Court declined to block the law based on an emergency application for a writ of inju…
(2021-09-02). Near-total abortion ban goes into effect in Texas. wsws.org The law went into effect after the US Supreme Court declined to act on an emergency request.
(2021-09-02). Sotomayor Rips Right-Wing Justices as Supreme Court Effectively Overturns Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org The Republican from Maine "will forever be the U.S. senator who gaslit a nation and her constituents and voted to install Brett Kavanaugh," said one critic.
(2021-09-02). Supreme Court Attack on Roe Reignites Demand to 'Kill the Filibuster'. commondreams.org Under this law, anyone, anywhere in the United States, can sue anyone who helps a patient in Texas access abortion after six weeks of pregnancy.
(2021-09-02). Supreme Court lets Texas kill Roe v. Wade and abortion rights. peoplesworld.org 
Women banned from accessing abortions before they even know they're pregnant. Bounties of $10,000 paid out of public money for anyone who takes court action to stop an abortion. Those are just a couple of details of a draconian new law attacking women's reproductive health in Texas which the Supreme Court allowed to take effect …
(2021-09-02). Listen To The Sixth Episode Of 'Primary Sources' With Thomas Drake (Exclusive For Paid Subscribers). thedissenter.org 
Image of Thomas Drake from Defending Rights and Dissent's "Primary Sources" website | In the sixth episode of the "Primary Sources" podcast, NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake joins host Chip Gibbons to discuss how he became the United States Justice Department's "signature case" for resurrecting the Espionage Act in the 2000s. | Drake maintained his oath to the U.S. Constitution by challenging post-9/11 surveillance programs, when it was clear they would not adequately protect the privacy of Americans. He filed an internal complaint and ultimately became the target of a leak investigation. &#…