Daily Archives: May 17, 2021

2021-05-17: News Headlines

commondreams (2021-05-17). ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case Challenging Roe v. Wade. commondreams.org ______________________________…

commondreams (2021-05-17). Supreme Court Sends Baltimore Climate Damages Case Back to Appeals Court. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Juan Cole (2021-05-16). "Making the enemy blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military's cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, which housed media offices of AP and al-Jazeera, and where dozens of journalists were based. Israel maintains that there was a Hamas intelligence unit in the building that was targeting …

Staff (2021-05-16). How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground. orinocotribune.com Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…

_____ (2021-05-16). Support Jailed Whistleblower Daniel Hale. popularresistance.org Hale is a veteran of the US Air Force. During his military service from 2009 to 2013, he participated in the US drone program, working with both the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. After leaving the Air Force, Hale became an outspoken opponent of the US targeted killings program, US foreign policy more generally, and a supporter of whistleblowers. He publicly spoke out at conferences, forums, and public panels. He was featured prominently in the award-winning documentary National Bird, a film about whistleblowers in the US drone program w…

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2021-05-17: Social Media Postees

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Supreme Court Sends Baltimore Climate Damages Case Back to Appeals Court
commondreams.org | 2021-05-17
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/17/supreme-court-sends-baltimore-climate-damages-case-back-appeals-court?cd-origin=rss

ACLU Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Case Challenging Roe v. Wade
commondreams.org | 2021-05-17
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commondreams.org/newswire/2021/05/17/aclu-statement-supreme-court-decision-hear-case-challenging-roe-v-wade?cd-origin=rss

How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-16
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…
orinocotribune.com/how-el-nacional-building-was-found-after-executive-embargo-meanwhile-al-jazeera-and-ap-offices-in-gaza-bombed-to-the-ground/

How El Nacional Building was Found After Executive Embargo — Meanwhile Al Jazeera and AP Offices in Gaza Bombed to the Ground
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-05-16
Diosdado Cabello, Venezuelan National Assembly deputy, posted two images on his Twitter account, showing the completely empty building of the newspaper El Nacional, in Caracas, "without workers or equipment," and there were even some offices given on rent to other companies. | This came just a few hours after the notice by poster delivered to the owners of the newspaper this Friday afternoon, informing of the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) to proceed with an executive embargo of the main headquarters of the national daily, resulting from a defamation trial initiated by Cabello against the news out…
orinocotribune.com/how-el-nacional-building-was-found-after-executive-embargo-meanwhile-al-jazeera-and-ap-offices-in-gaza-bombed-to-the-ground/

"Making the enemy blind": Did Israeli AF destroy Highrise housing AP and Al-Jazeera to Hide War Crimes?
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-05-16
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Associated Press is flatly denying the Israeli military's cover story for why it bombarded the al-Jala tower in Gaza, which housed media offices of AP and al-Jazeera, and where dozens of journalists were based. Israel maintains that there was a Hamas intelligence unit in the building that was targeting …
juancole.com/2021/05/israeli-highrise-housing.html

Support Jailed Whistleblower Daniel Hale
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-05-16
Hale is a veteran of the US Air Force. During his military service from 2009 to 2013, he participated in the US drone program, working with both the National Security Agency and the Joint Special Operations Task Force at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. After leaving the Air Force, Hale became an outspoken opponent of the US targeted killings program, US foreign policy more generally, and a supporter of whistleblowers. He publicly spoke out at conferences, forums, and public panels. He was featured prominently in the award-winning documentary National Bird, a film about whistleblowers in the US drone program w…
popularresistance.org/support-jailed-whistleblower-daniel-hale/

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