Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2018-08-26
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four young Palestinian men, from their homes in the al-'Isawiya town, in occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers invaded and ransacked several homes in the town, and abducted Tareq Firas Mustafa, Adam Kayed Mahmoud, Mahmoud Kayed Abu al-Hummus and Mahmoud Abu …
Monsanto Liable for Agent Orange Damage, Vietnam Reiterates
Khanh Lynh | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-25
The call comes after a San Francisco jury on August 10 ordered Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million in punitive and compensatory damages to Dewayne Johnson, a cancer patient whose …
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NSA Leaker Reality Winner's 5-Year Term is An Attack on Whistleblowing
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-25
Reality Winner has been sentenced to over 5 years in behind bars for leaking an NSA document to The Intercept about alleged Russian spearphishing in the US election system. It's the longest ever prison sentence for a media source in US history. We speak to Shadowproof's Kevin Gosztola about the trial and the double-standards in… | The post NSA Leaker Reality…
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Did CIA's Kremlin sources 'go quiet' or is NYT seeking excuses for lack of fresh 'meddling' rumors?
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-25
US intelligence is 'in the dark' about Russian intentions towards the November midterm elections, the New York Times reports, offering some explanations as to why this might be the case, while ignoring the most obvious one.
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Poll's 'insane' data shows 64% of Republicans think a 'good president' may still use the N-word
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-25
A new Economist/YouGov poll found 64 percent of Republicans think it is "possible that a person who used the 'N-word' while in office can still be a good president of the United States".
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James Risen: Reality Winner's Sentence Is One of the Worst Miscarriages of Justice in Recent History
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-24
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner was handed the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media Thursday. She is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Winner was arrested by FBI agents at her home in Augusta, Georgia, on June 3, 2017, two days before The Intercept published an exposé revealing Russian military intelligence conducted a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software company just days before the U.S. presidential election. The exposé was based on a classified NSA report from May 5, 2017, that shows…
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Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was "Nailed to the Door"
Shared by Samantha Borek | truthout.org | 2018-08-24
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison — the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media. Twenty-six-year-old Reality Winner is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Her sentencing Thursday came after she pleaded guilty in June to transmitting a top-secret document to a news organization. She had faced up to 10 years in prison. We speak with her mother, Billie Winner-Davis. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison — the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media. The 26-year-old Reality Winner is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Her…
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"Judensà§cker:" Our Jewish Graveyard
Hans-Armin Ohlmann | counterpunch.org | 2018-08-24
It is August 1942. I am seven years old and, as usual, I am spending the summer vacations with my beloved Tante Babett in Dettendorf, a village about six kilometers East of my town Neustadt an der Aisch. Late one afternoon my papa called and requested that I to return home for helping out in…
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Mother of NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner: My Daughter Was "Nailed to the Door" by the Trump Admin
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-24
NSA whistleblower Reality Winner has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison–the longest sentence ever imposed in federal court for leaking government information to the media. Twenty-six-year-old Reality Winner is the first person to be sentenced under the Espionage Act since President Trump took office. Her sentencing Thursday came after she pleaded guilty in June to transmitting a top-secret document to a news organization. She had faced up to 10 years in prison. We speak with her mother, Billie Winner-Davis.
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Kris Kobach's Gubernatorial Campaign Hires White Nationalists
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-24
Kansas Republican Kris Kobach's Governor's Campaign hires white nationalists, giving momentum to the racist anti-immigrant movement and increasing their power in the GOP. We speak to Christina Lopez of Media Matters | The post Kris Kobach's Gubernatorial Campaign Hires White Nationalists appeared first on The Real News N…
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Reality Winner's Sentence Celebrated as Longest Ever for Unauthorized Disclosure
Kevin Gosztola | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-24
Prosecutors claimed Winner's disclosure of the NSA report "caused exceptionally grave damage to national security." However, that was never proven during course of this case and in fact, prosecutors claimed it didn't have to be proven to convict her of violating the Espionage Act. | The post Reality Winner's Sentence Celebrated as Longest Ever for Unauthorized Disclosure appeared first on MintPress News.
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Monsanto Trial Exposes Risks of Roundup Herbicide. Thousands of Cancer Patients Suing Monsanto
Lois Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-24
"This case is way bigger than me. I hope it gets the attention that it needs." — Dewayne Johnson, former school groundskeeper awarded $289 million in damages from Monsanto | As …
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CIA Whistleblower: John Brennan Is Out For Himself, Not the Resistance
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-24
Donald Trump's revoking of ex-CIA Director John Brennan's security clearance has re-ignited a bitter public feud. Ex-CIA torture whistleblower John Kiriakou argues that given Brennan's record and personal ambitions, he is not a trustworthy Resister. | The post CIA Whistleblower: John Brennan Is Out For Himself, Not the Resistance appeared first on
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'Grave Mistake': Trump-Supporting Manafort Juror Warns the President Against Pardoning His Ex-Campaign Chair
Matthew Chapman, AlterNet | alternet.org | 2018-08-24
Paula Duncan is a hardcore Trump supporter. But she found Manafort guilty and doesn't want the president to intervene. | Paula Duncan is a steadfast supporter of President Donald Trump. She considers Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation to be a " witch hunt. " When she was selected as a ju. . .
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The Brennan -Rosenstein -Mueller -Comey -US Media "Witch Hunt"
DPCR | globalresearch.ca | 2018-08-24
Update August 23: Mark Penn writing in The Hill points out that Cohen pleaded guilty to campaign violations that were not campaign violations. Moreover, Cohen himself did not make the hush …
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Trump: Reality Winner's crimes 'small potatoes' compared to Hillary Clinton
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-24
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to bash the Justice Department for sentencing ex-NSA contractor Reality Winner to five years imprisonment, while letting Hillary Clinton off the hook for her email server misuse.
rt.com/usa/436763-trump-reality-winner-clinton/
Trump cancels Pompeo's N. Korea trip but sends 'warmest regards' to Kim
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-24
President Trump has canceled State Secretary Mike Pompeo's upcoming trip to North Korea, due to take place next week. The President cited a lack of progress towards denuclearization when he announced the cancelation.
rt.com/usa/436785-trump-cancels-pompeo-north-korea/
Democratic senators ask Pompeo for translator's notes from Trump-Putin meeting
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-24
Democratic senators are requesting translation notes and other materials related to Donald Trump's two-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in July, saying the summit requires "urgent congressional oversight."
rt.com/usa/436782-democrats-letter-trump-putin-translator/
Donald Trump Makes the United States More Dispensable Than Ever
Dilip Hiro | thenation.com | 2018-08-23
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Statement on the Sentencing of Whistleblower Reality Winner for Disclosing NSA Report on Russian Election Hacking
Betsy Reed | theintercept.com | 2018-08-23
Reality Winner's courage and sacrifice for the good of her country should be honored, not punished. | The post Statement on the Sentencing of Whistleblower Reality Winner for Disclosing NSA Report on Russian Election Hacking appeared first on The Intercept.
theintercept.com/2018/08/23/reality-winner-sentenced-nsa-russia-election-hacking/
The End For Trump, Or A Dead End for Mueller? (Pt 1/2)
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-23
The convictions of Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen have led many of Trump's media and political foes to declare the beginning of the end. Yahoo News correspondent and "Russian Roulette" co-author Michael Isikoff joins TRNN's Aaron Maté to discuss | The post The End For Trump, Or A Dead End for Mueller? (Pt 1/2) appeared first on
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Trump orders Pompeo to 'closely study' South Africa's land expropriation
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-23
US President Donald Trump has expressed concern over the fate of white farmers in South Africa, where the extremely controversial land redistribution reform might leave owners without their properties or any compensation.
rt.com/usa/436626-trump-south-africa-land-seizure/
Police chopper crashes into parking lot after horrifying take-off malfunction (VIDEO)
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-23
The pilot of a police helicopter has been seriously injured after his aircraft crashed during take-off in Arkansas. Dramatic video shows the chopper flipping on its side as its propeller smashes against the ground.
rt.com/usa/436671-police-helicopter-crash-arkansas/
State Dept warns South Africa of 'wrong path' amid land expropriation row
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-23
Expropriation of land without compensation "would not be a good thing" and would send South Africa "down the wrong path," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert told reporters amid a diplomatic row with Pretoria.
rt.com/usa/436694-south-africa-wrong-path-trump/
Is Donald Trump Above the Law?
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2018-08-22
President Donald Trump chairs a meeting with administration and state officials on prison reform at the Trump National Golf Club on Aug. 9, 2018, in Bedminster, N.J. | Paul Manafort, Trump's former campaign chair, was found guilty on eight counts of tax and bank fraud in a case brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who has been investigating whether Trump and his campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. | Meanwhile, in a New York federal court on Tuesday, Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion, bank fraud, and, most critically for Trump, campaign finance violations. | Both of Tuesday's cases were really bad news for Trump, but the Cohen plea deal presented a more immediate threat to the president. As part of his plea, Cohen directly implicated the president, asserting…
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Proof that Manafort & Cohen are criminals adds no weight to Mueller's Russia collusion probe
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-22
What do Paul Manafort's five counts of tax fraud, one count of hiding foreign bank accounts and two counts of bank fraud all have in common? None of them have anything to do with collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
rt.com/usa/436602-manafort-cohen-trump-collusion/
Tweets from Assange's mum fuel conspiracy theory on Clinton email leaks
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-22
Julian Assange's mother caused excitement on Twitter, saying an ex-DNC worker leaked the Clinton emails. Christine Assange deleted her post after followers concluded that she meant Seth Rich, who was killed in 2016.
rt.com/usa/436588-assange-wikileaks-seth-rich/
First 'Russiagate' trial shaking? Jury slow to reach Manafort verdict
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-21
After a bizarre trial that saw no mention of Russia, the jury in former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort's fraud trial is still deliberating, spelling bad news for Robert Mueller's "Russiagate" prosecutors.
rt.com/usa/436499-manafort-trial-jury-deliberation/
Clapper vs Brennan: Ex-DNI chief says ex-CIA head's attacks on Trump becoming 'an issue'
RT | rt.com | 2018-08-20
John Brennan and his inflammatory rhetoric aimed at Donald Trump's "treasonous behavior" are becoming "an issue in and of itself," James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence, has said of the ex-CIA chief.
rt.com/usa/436387-clapper-brennan-rhetoric-treason-trumo/
Have British Spies Been Hacking the EU?
Eric Ortiz | consortiumnews.com | 2018-08-17
The European Union has accused British intelligence agencies of disrupting Brexit negotiations–creating a new public dispute that could poison further an already toxic situation, says Annie Machon. By Annie Machon in Brussels Special to Consortium News Just after midnight on… Read more ?…
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Monsanto Just Lost a Case Linking Its Weed Killer to Cancer
Rene Ebersole | thenation.com | 2018-08-17
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Angela Davis: Aretha Franklin "Will Forever Animate Our Collective Sense of Desire for Change"
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-17
Aretha Franklin became the voice of the civil rights movement in 1967, when her cover of Otis Redding's "Respect" became an international sensation. Franklin was a steadfast supporter of the civil rights movement throughout her long and remarkable career. She sang at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s funeral after his assassination in 1968. The Rev. Jesse Jackson said Franklin anonymously helped fund the movement for decades. He said, "When Dr. King was alive, several times she helped us make payroll. … Aretha has always been a very socially conscious artist, an inspiration, not just an entertainer." For more, we sp…
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How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-14
As Monsanto comes under scrutiny for allegedly hiding the dangers of its weed killer Roundup, we talk to a reporter who says the company attempted to censor and discredit her when she published stories on their product that contradicted their business interests. Carey Gillam is a veteran investigative journalist and author of "Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science."
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/how_monsanto_plants_stories_suppresses_science
Historic Ruling Against Monsanto Finds Company Acted with "Malice" Against Groundskeeper with Cancer
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-14
California jurors have awarded $289 million in a historic verdict against Monsanto in the case of a school groundskeeper who developed cancer after using its weed killer, Roundup. We speak with Brent Wisner, the lead trial counsel for Dewayne Lee Johnson, who has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Doctors say he is unlikely to live past 2020. Johnson's was the first lawsuit to go to trial alleging glyphosate causes cancer. Filed in 2016, it was fast-tracked for trial due to the severity of his illness.
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