WSWS (2021-08-28). Millions face loss of their homes in wake of US Supreme Court ruling overturning eviction moratorium. wsws.org According to data from a Census Bureau survey, 6 percent of renters nationwide—more than 3.5 million people—say they are unable to pay their full rent due to the pandemic and are "likely" or "very likely" to face eviction.
Staff (2021-08-28). Supreme Court Ruling Against Eviction Moratorium Could Facilitate Surge in COVID. truthout.org 
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court overwhelmingly ruled against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) most recent extension of the national eviction moratorium passed on August 3. This ruling will leave potentially millions of working class renters without any protections against eviction, particularly in southern states without statewide moratoriums, where the delta variant is still surging. | Despite the potentially catastrophic nature of the decision, the ruling no…
Katy Ramsey Mason (2021-08-28). CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: Four questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert. nationofchange.org The ruling, by a divided court, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention exceeded its authority in continuing a moratorium on evictions after Congress failed to pass new legislation.
TASS (2021-08-28). US destroys last CIA base in Afghanistan beyond Kabul airport – report. tass.com The US forces destroyed operational documents, computer hard drives and other important equipment in order to prevent it from falling into the Taliban…
ecns.cn (2021-08-28). U.S. Intelligence Community: Instigator of tragedy. ecns.cn According to the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday received a classified report from the intelligence community about the origins of the novel coronavirus, but it might take a few days to declassify elements of the report for potential public release.
Staff (2021-08-28). China slams 'fabricated' US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins, says it's a matter for scientists, not spies. rt.com 
The US intelligence report on Covid-19 origins that didn't rule out the possibility of it coming from a laboratory has nothing to do with science and is aimed at "scapegoating" Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in Washington has said. | In May, US President Joe Biden gave the US intelligence community 90 days to figure out the source of the coronavirus after being left dissatisfied with the findings of the joint probe by China and the World Health Organization (EHO). The first cases of the Covid-19 outbreak were registered in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December 2019, and Washington had been long trying to pin the…
ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China slams U.S. accusations of obstructing international investigation into COVID-19 origins. ecns.cn China is firmly opposed to the report released by the U.S. intelligence community on COVID-19 origins tracing, which accused China of "obstructing international investigations" and "refusing to share information and blaming other countries," the Chinese Embassy in the United States said in a statement on Saturday.
ecns.cn (2021-08-28). China firmly opposes U.S. intelligence community's COVID-19 origins tracing. ecns.cn China firmly opposes the report on COVID-19 origins by the U.S. intelligence community and has lodged stern representations to the U.S. side, Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said on Saturday.
Staff (2021-08-27). 25,000 Baltimore families face eviction after SCOTUS moratorium ruling. therealnews.com 
Baltimore housing advocates say they are "devastated" by the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) eviction moratorium. The reason for the decision, which was announced late Thursday and given by way of an unsigned, eight-page opinion, was that Congress must approve such a measure. | "There are 129,000 Maryland families behind on rent, 25,000 Baltimore City families behind on rent and facing eviction, usually through no fault of their own," Matt Hill, attorney for the Public Justice Center told The Real News. "It's going to force them to live in crowded…
Johanna Kichton (2021-08-27). People's Action on SCOTUS Scrapping Eviction Moratorium: Congress, Act Now to Save Lives. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action today released the following statement by Homes Guarantee Campaign Director Tara Raghuveer in response to the Supreme Court of the United States striking down President Biden's eviction moratorium: "Millions of poor and working class people, Black and brown people, women and families will wake up tomorrow at …
ecns.cn (2021-08-27). U.S. Supreme Court blocks Biden administration's eviction moratorium. ecns.cn The U.S. Supreme Court in a ruling Thursday blocked the Joe Biden administration's eviction moratorium meant to create a buffer for households struggling to pay their rent amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
C.J. Atkins (2021-08-27). Right-wing Supreme Court throws out eviction moratorium. peoplesworld.org 
The 3.5 million people currently being kept in their homes thanks to the federal government's pandemic eviction moratorium may soon be out on the streets thanks to the conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. The right-wing justices' ruling, issued late Thursday, blocks the Biden administration from enforcing the temporary moratorium extension imposed in early …
Staff (2021-08-27). US Supreme Court sides with landlords as it blocks federal eviction moratorium, putting millions at risk of homelessness. rt.com 
The US Supreme Court has vacated a stay on a lower court's decision to end the latest federal eviction moratorium, arguing that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) far overstepped its authority by imposing it. | In a
sputniknews (2021-08-27). US Supreme Court Lifts Federal Eviction Moratorium. sputniknews.com The eviction moratorium was imposed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to prevent landlords from evicting those unable to pay rent as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged across the country.
Staff (2021-08-27). Cori Bush Urges Congress to Act as Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium. truthout.org 
Millions of people across the U.S. are once again at imminent risk of losing their homes after the conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Biden administration's eviction moratorium, siding with a coalition of landlords and real estate companies that challenged the critical lifeline. | In an unsigned opinion, the 6-3 conservative majority
Internationalist 360 ∞ (2021-08-27). US Supreme Court Strikes Down Latest Eviction Ban, Placing 6.5 Million Households at Risk. libya360.wordpress.com Peoples Dispatch Flyers put during a Cancel The Rents campaign against evictions in Washington DC. (Photo: Zeb Habash/Twitter) The United States supreme court on Thursday, August 26, struck down the latest federal eviction moratorium put in place by the administration of president Joe Biden. In a 6-3 decision, the conservative supermajority in the supreme court…
_____ (2021-08-27). 'Congress Must Act,' Says Cori Bush as Supreme Court Ends Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org "We have a responsibility to make a home for the people whose lives have been upended by interventionist U.S. foreign policy."
_____ (2021-08-27). As a Refugee, I Urge the US to Open Its Arms to Those Fleeing Afghanistan. commondreams.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."
Real Progressives (2021-08-27). CDC eviction ban ended by Supreme Court: 4 questions about its impact answered by a housing law expert. realprogressives.org The Supreme Court lifted the CDC's eviction ban. A housing law expert answers questions regarding this decision.
_____ (2021-08-27). Supreme Court Allows Evictions To Resume During Pandemic. popularresistance.org Washington — The Supreme Court's conservative majority is allowing evictions to resume across the United States, blocking the Biden administration from enforcing a temporary ban that was put in place because of the coronavirus pandemic. | The court's action late Thursday ends protections for roughly 3.5 million people in the United States who said they faced eviction in the next two months, according to Census Bureau data from early August. | The court said in an unsigned opinion that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which reimposed the moratorium Aug. 3, lacked the authority to do so under f…
Kevin Gosztola (2021-08-27). Dissenter Weekly: Australian Witness In Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry Was Bombed—Plus, Ag-Gag Laws. thedissenter.org In this edition of "Dissenter Weekly," Kevin Gosztola goes through whistleblower stories from the week of August 26, 2021. | We cover an investigation by the Australia Broadcasting Corporation that found a witness in an Afghanistan war crimes inquiry was relocated after their home was bombed. | The show highlights Representative Ilhan Omar's letter to President Joe Biden urging him to pardon drone whistleblower Daniel Hale. | Toward the end of the show, Kevin goes over the passage of a law backed by Big Agriculture in Iowa that makes audio or video recording in a "trespassing" crime. He also descri…
David Rosen (2021-08-27). Biden's Gambit: A Finger in the Dike. counterpunch.org Is it unclear whether Joe Biden's presidency and the Democratic control of Congress will survive the Afghanistan debacle. Recalling Malcolm X's great warning following John F. Kennedy's assassination, "The chickens are coming how to roost," the U.S.'s military-driven foreign policy may have hit a wall. The systematic failure of the military and intelligence bureaucracies has
Staff (2021-08-27). Afganistán, fracaso anunciado: Experto de la CIA vaticinó la derrota estadounidense en 2009. cubadebate.cu Uno de esos documentos llegó a manos de Hillary Clinton el 12 de noviembre de 2009. Uno de sus principales asesores, Sidney Blumenthal, le remitió un informe con un resumen de la conversación que había mantenido con William Murray, ex jefe de la CIA en Pakistán. Ese oficial, destacaba Blumenthal, "fue uno de los miembros de un pequeño equipo de la CIA" que había dirigido "laresistencia afgana a la ocupación soviética".
_____ (2021-08-27). Scheer Intelligence: What Democrats Did To Welfare Haunts Them. popularresistance.org A recent piece in the Washington Post titled "Welfare rolls decline during the pandemic despite economic upheaval" delves into one of the biggest domestic policy failures of Bill Clinton's presidency: the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which provides financial assistance for the country's poor. TANF, explains reporter Amy Goldstein, is the reason why when the coronavirus spread and shelter-in-place mandates were issued, causing millions of Americans to lose their jobs at rates comparable to the Great Depression, even less people were able to receive needs-based cash assistance than prior…
sputniknews (2021-08-27). US Intelligence Releases Report on COVID-19 Origins, Says Outbreak Was Natural, Not a Bioweapon. sputniknews.com The US intelligence community (IC) has released a brief, unclassified summary of its probe into the origins of COVID-19, saying the virus was unknown to the Chinese government prior to the outbreak in Hubei in late 2019.
Sam Husseini (2021-08-27). Crucial Points in the Pandemic Origin Debate. counterpunch.org With the "intelligence" "community" providing the results of its alleged "investigation" as to the origins of the pandemic, reportedly "inconclusive" — it's important to keep some critical things, and some possibilities, in mind. Among them: * The US Congress can investigate without Chinese involvement. While many are calling for deeper inquiry (an overdue, good thing) they are doing
_____ (2021-08-27). The American Fool: How Provincialism, Arrogance, and Greed Make American Foreign Policy an Exercise in Idiocy. strategic-culture.org By David MASCIOTRA | The jokes regarding the "I" in "CIA" are familiar and predictable. The middle letter in the initialism might stand for imbecility, ignorance, or incompetence — essentially anything other than "intelligence." Because its résumé of war crimes, international terror, and election skullduggery rivals the length of The Bible, most critics of the CIA — and American foreign policy, in general — justifiably focus on moral turpitude. Anyone with a conscience, and not under the spell of red, white, and blue hocus pocus propaganda, will find it difficult to fend off queasiness after lea…
Morning Star (2021-08-27). Indigenous Brazilians converge on Supreme Court ahead of crucial land rights case. peoplesworld.org 
Thousands of Indigenous Brazilians marched to the country's Supreme Court Thursday, calling on judges to confirm their right to their ancestral lands. At least 6,000 demonstrators from 173 different ethnic groups sang and danced on the route from behind the National Theatre, where they have been camping for a week, dressed in traditional outfits including …
WSWS (2021-08-27). Supreme Court orders Biden administration to revive Trump's Remain in Mexico immigration policy. wsws.org The program, which forced immigrants to stay in Mexico while their asylum cases played out in the US, was rescinded by the Biden Administration this year but was ordered to be reinstated by a 6—3 conservative majority of the Supreme Court.
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