Ryan Grim (2019-07-26). Ohio Republicans Balked at a Nuclear Bailout, so the Industry Elected New Republicans — and Walked Away with $1.1 Billion. theintercept.com A newly elected state legislature, backed by a dark-money effort linked primarily to the nuclear industry, overcame years of opposition to pass the bailout.

Gareth Porter (2019-07-26). Did John Bolton Light the Fuse of the UK-Iranian Tanker Crisis? globalresearch.ca While Iran\'s seizure of a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz on Friday was a clear response to the British capture of an Iranian tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar on July 4, both the UK and U.S. governments …

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-26). Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence. counterpunch.org Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq\'s photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. Tariq\'s innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, More

The Canary (2019-07-26). Government committee admits the UK is not prepared for climate crisis as travellers face another day of delays. thecanary.co The Government\'s advisory Committee on Climate Change has warned the UK is not prepared for the increase in heatwaves that is expected with global warming.Rail passengers are being urged to avoid unnecessary travel as efforts continue to repair damage to the network caused by record-breaking July temperatures.There are also delays and cancellations at Heathrow, the UK\'s biggest airport because of \"extreme weather conditions across Europe\".Network Rail is urging commuters planning to use the Midland Main Line between St Pancras and Sheffield to check before travelling due to reduced service levels. | ⚠&#6503…

Paul Street (2019-07-26). How the People Change History. counterpunch.org The Electoral College is a far greater obstacle to democracy in the United States than the laughably minor problem of \"Russian interference in our [supposed great] democracy\" — the matter that Democrats and their many media allies sadly chose to roil the nation about, dangling the threat of impeachment, for the last two and half years. More

Jason Hirthler (2019-07-26). Vote Blue for Better Wage Slavery. counterpunch.org Democrats of all stripes continue to funnel workers into dead-end reformism Some night soon, after you\'ve finished clanging your pots and pans in the streets, calling for regime change in Washington, take a stroll through your local chain bookstore. If you look in the right places, you\'ll find quality reading, of political, literary, and spiritual More

Staff (2019-07-26). Judge Halts Trump\'s Asylum Ban That Represents a \"Relentless Attack on the Very Idea of Asylum\" democracynow.org A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked President Trump\'s plan to bar nearly all migrants from seeking asylum in the United States. In his ruling, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of California ordered Trump to continue accepting asylum claims, issuing a preliminary injunction against a rule that would block anyone who passes through a third country before arriving in the U.S. from applying for asylum. The rule would effectively stop people from Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala from seeking refuge in the United States. The preliminary injunction came just hours after a federal judge in Washington…

Andrew Levine (2019-07-26). Trump: the GOP\'s Exterminating Angel. counterpunch.org Anyone with normal sensibilities who does not tune the world out completely cannot help but find the Trump presidency disorienting and upsetting — not only because the fate of the planet is in the hands of an illiberal, willfully ignorant, inept, sleaze ball with a Mussolini smirk, whose modus operandi is to stir up racial More

The Canary (2019-07-26). Dozens of bodies recovered after refugee boats capsize off Libya. thecanary.co Libya\'s coast guard recovered dozens of bodies of Europe-bound refugees who perished at sea as search operations continued on Friday, a day after up to 150 people, including women and children, went missing and were feared drowned after their boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.A top UN official described Thursday\'s shipwreck as \"the worst Mediterranean tragedy\" so far this year.Also on Friday, Libyan authorities transferred dozens of people rescued from the disaster to a detention centre near Tripoli that was hit by an airstrike earlier this month despite UN objections to such a move, the UN refugee agency s…

Staff (2019-07-26). Activists Confront 2020 Candidates in Iowa About Drones and War. truthout.org | | In late July, the MQ-9 Reaper drone, the U.S.\'s foremost killer drone, will enter the Iowa presidential primary contest in a cable TV ad that challenges 2020 Democratic presidential candidates to pledge to end all U.S. drone attacks, close U.S. drone bases and work for a global ban on weaponized drones. | The ad, due to appear on MSNBC, CNN and Fox News, will urge support for the End Drone War Pledge campaign plann…

Michael Barker (2019-07-26). Combatting Surveillance Capitalism: An Orwellian Lesson in History from Ford to Google. counterpunch.org Close scrutinization of the daily lives of workers has always played an important role in enabling capitalists to squeeze greater profits from their workforce. The relentless surveillance of employees, whether it be on the factory floor or in the workers\' homes, was something that the anti-Semitic industrialist, Henry Ford, was proud to have honed to More

Louis Proyect (2019-07-26). Ecological Limits and the Working Class. counterpunch.org In the latest issue of Catalyst Magazine that is published by Bhaskar Sunkara, there is an article titled \"Ecological Politics for the Working Class\" by Syracuse University professor Matt Huber, which argues for the need to abandon the \"middle class\" orientation of the ecologists whose worldview was shaped by the 1960s radicalization. (I guess that More

David Swanson (2019-07-26). Southeast Asia Was Hit by a Record-Breaking Disaster; It Was Called the United States. globalresearch.ca In my town in the United States — as is not especially unusual — we have big memorials in prominent public places marking some of the most catastrophically immoral actions of the past. Unfortunately, all five of these major monuments …

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-26). Hong Kong and Puerto Rico: Two Colonies Doomed to 2nd-Class Status and Remote Central Government Control. counterpunch.org Two photos speak volumes about the striking similarity between Hong Kong and Puerto Rico, one an island and peninsular former colony of Britain, which conquered and held onto it since the Opium War in 1841, now returned to China, but still existing in a kind of neo-colonial relationship to that country, the other an island More

Reese Erlich (2019-07-26). Foreign Correspondent: Elizabeth Warren on War and Peace. progressive.org Warren\'s troubling foreign policy history includes uncritical support of Israel, supporting sanctions on Venezuela, and vilifying Russia and China as national security threats. But her views are also evolving.

Ricardo Vaz (2019-07-26). Venezuela recovers from blackout as Guaido \'approves\' military treaty reincorporation. mronline.org Caracas blamed the blackout on an \"electromagnetic attack\" while recovery was faster than before. | Source

Dave Lindorff (2019-07-26). Corporate Media\'s Trashing of Bernie Sanders Starts Anew. counterpunch.org In 2016, we learned that the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton Campaign, even before the primary season began, conspired to sabotage the campaign of her leading opponent for the presidential nomination, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). The conspiracy, that ranged from obtaining campaign debate questions in advance for Clinton and front-loading primaries in states More

T.J. Coles (2019-07-26). The Tragic Inevitability of Boris Johnson PM. counterpunch.org Boris Johnson (BoJo) is an MP for Uxbridge. Born into wealth and privilege, the millionaire once described his £250,000 a year salary as a columnist for The Telegraph as \"chicken feed.\" In his role as Brussels correspondent, he spread what one Telegraph editor described as fake news about the European Union. More

Mark Fiore (2019-07-26). The Acid-Washed Witch Hunt Hoax Apple. progressive.org Mueller? Boring! The real story is the psycho lovers . . .

Eric Draitser (2019-07-26). Records Show Palantir Made $60 Million Contracting with ICE for Mobile App. counterpunch.org Palantir Has Made More than $60 Million Collaborating with ICE on Just One Product Palantir\'s $60 Million ICE Profit Is Just the Beginning Palantir-ICE Partnership Worth More than $60 Million US Government Records Show Palantir Made More than $60 Million Contracting with ICE for Just One Mobile App By Eric Draitser Palantir, the secretive data More

Staff (2019-07-26). Headlines for July 26, 2019. democracynow.org Trump Administration to Bring Back Federal Executions After 16-Year Hiatus, 44-Year-Old Mexican Immigrant Dies in ICE Custody, Trump Threatens to Impose Travel Ban on Guatemalans, Oklahoma Suspends Plans to Jail 1,600 Migrant Children at Fort Sill, 150 Migrants Feared Dead in Shipwrecks Off Libyan Coast, Five Dead as Europe Swelters Under Record-Setting Heat, \"Unprecedented\" Wildfires Scorch Over 1 Million Acres of Alaskan Forest, California and Automakers Agree to Fuel Efficiency Targets Opposed by Trump, Rep. Ilhan Omar Introduces Zero Waste Act as Part of Green New Deal, GOP Blocks Election Security Bills as S…

Daoud Kuttab (2019-07-26). Birthright Does Not Apply to Palestinians in Jerusalem. globalresearch.ca Life has been difficult as a stateless person in Jerusalem for Mustafa Kharouf. He had the unfortunate case of being born to Jerusalem parents while they were in Algiers. His parents brought him back to Jerusalem but the Israelis …

Philip Weiss (2019-07-26). It\'s About the Benjamins — Trump\'s Smearing of Congresswomen Demonstrates Israel\'s Influence in US Politics. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump has brought up Israel again and again in his racist tweets aimed at the four Congresswomen he says should leave the country. He says that \"the Radical Left Congresswomen\" \"hate\" Israel and the United States and should \"apologize\" …

True Publica (2019-07-26). Britain Watches as Europe Braces for Trump Trade War. globalresearch.ca Brussels is once again bracing itself for a new round of U.S. tariff threats. And Britain is in the trade war firing line. | Just under a year after U.S. President Donald Trump and European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker struck a …

Craig Murray (2019-07-26). Johnson\'s Westminster Cabinet Is Far to the Right of Thatcher. globalresearch.ca I can only imagine that the media people who are saying this is the most right wing cabinet since the 1980\'s were not sentient in the 80\'s. Thatcher never had a Home Secretary remotely as illiberal as Pritti Patel, …

Sampath Perera (2019-07-26). With Pakistan\'s Prime Minister at His Side, Trump Threatens to Wipe Afghanistan \"Off the Face of the Earth\" globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump threatened to \"kill 10 million\" Afghans in \"a week\" so as to win a quick victory in America\'s longest war, at a joint White House press conference Monday with Imran Khan, Pakistan\'s prime minister. | The US …

Michael Parenti (2019-07-26). The Demonization of Slobodan Milosevic. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published in 2003. | U.S. leaders profess a dedication to democracy. Yet over the past five decades, democratically elected governments—guilty of introducing redistributive economic programs or otherwise pursuing independent courses that do not properly fit into the …

Microwave News (2019-07-26). The Dogma that 5G Wireless Radiation is Absolutely Safe. globalresearch.ca Last Tuesday (July 16), the New York Times devoted most of the front page of its science section to Bill Broad\'s latest attack on those who challenge the dogma that wireless radiation is absolutely safe. | \"The 5G Health Hazard …

Ron Jacobs (2019-07-26). Genocide from Kissinger to Trump. counterpunch.org Donald Trump\'s statement earlier this week that he could win the US war in Afghanistan but he doesn\'t want to kill ten million Afghans was both revealing and appalling. Like so many other of Trump\'s statements, his remark revealed the genocidal nature of US foreign policy. It is a policy that considers human lives as More

Victor Grossman (2019-07-26). A Fateful Tug of War. counterpunch.org Tug-of-war is an innocent sport and, if there\'s no heat wave such as now in the USA and Europe, it can be fun for all the players. But in world politics it may be a dangerous game, especially if played like some old Vikings did — across a fiery pit awaiting the losers. On the More

The Canary (2019-07-26). Jeremy Corbyn backs Mersey tidal power project. thecanary.co A Labour government will invest £3.5 billion in a major project to harness the power of the River Mersey to generate electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes, Jeremy Corbyn has promised. | The Labour leader will confirm his support for the Mersey Tidal Power Project during a visit to Liverpool on Friday. | The scheme aims to utilise the power of the Mersey and Liverpool Bay to produce clean, renewable energy for up to a million homes while creating thousands of jobs | Labour said its support for the project was part…

Ellen Brown (2019-07-26). The Cheapest Way to Save the Planet Grows Like a Weed. dissidentvoice.org Planting billions of trees across the world is by far the cheapest and most efficient way to tackle the climate crisis. So states a Guardian article, citing a new analysis published in the journal Science. The author explains: As trees grow, they absorb and store the carbon dioxide emissions that are driving global heating. New …

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-07-26). Extinction is Stalking Humanity. dissidentvoice.org I have previously written a summary of the interrelated psychological, sociological, political-economic, military, nuclear, ecological and climate threats to human survival on Earth which threaten human extinction by 2026. Rather than reiterate the evidence in the above article, I would like to add to it by focusing attention on three additional threats — geoengineering, medical …

David Rosen (2019-07-26). ERA Back From the Grave? counterpunch.org \"It\'s been an especially rough few years for women in America,\" John Oliver began his HBO show, Last Week Tonight, on Sunday, June 10th. \"Yeah, no shit, Zazu.\" In his highly-charged rant, Oliver reminded viewers that Pres. Donald Trump\'s two-plus years in office have been a terrible period for women. He and his administration have led the charge More

Patrick Howlett-Martin (2019-07-26). Germany and France: Old Demons. counterpunch.org The suspension of arms sales is a classic instrument of diplomacy. It has been wielded on a number of occasions against nations whose governments and armed forces are accused of flagrant human rights violations. In May 1977, the U.S. administration under Jimmy Carter suspended arms sales to the Argentine military junta after the coup of More

John G. Russell (2019-07-26). By Any Other Name: American \"Frustrationism\" counterpunch.org \"C\'mon, of course the President\'s not racist, but he\'s frustrated like so many Americans are.\" — Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) Well, I certainly do not think the President\'s a racist. I believe the President shares a lot of American\'s frustration with Congress, particularly those four women congressmen….\" —Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky). \"There\'s nothing that is More

Coco Das, Sarah Roark (2019-07-26). The Empty Gaze of Mike Pence. counterpunch.org When people are not seen as human beings, but as a \"storage\" problem, the final solution becomes the \"logical\" solution. Are we going to let that happen? In the 2001 movie, The Conspiracy, Nazi officials gather at a stately home to discuss what to do about the Jewish population, which for the most part has More

Jill Richardson (2019-07-26). Coming Out in Rural America. counterpunch.org I went to graduate school thinking I was straight. Then I realized I wasn\'t. I came out of the closet almost two years ago, right after deciding to do my graduate research in Montana. Suddenly, I had an extra consideration on my plate: What would it be like to be gay in Montana? What will More

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-07-26). My First Cousin Odysseus. counterpunch.org When I first started reading to my young daughter Corinna in the late 1970s, I said to her, \"I am the first cousin of Odysseus.\" Homer and Odysseus This was more than bragging to a little girl. I love Homer and Odysseus. They have been my heroes. They speak to me and they speak to More

Binoy Kampmark (2019-07-26). Boris Johnson as British PM: Olive Reincarnations and Elvis on Mars. counterpunch.org The BBC World Service took its listeners to the English cathedral town of Ely, set in picturesque Cambridgeshire, during the course of a hot July 23 in an effort to take the pulse of the country. Well, at least that particular, erratic pulse. It found, for the most part, a certain enthusiasm for Boris Johnson, More

Brasil Solidarity Network & others (2019-07-26). Rally: Defend the Amazon & Support Brasil\'s Indigenous Women\'s March! indybay.org Brazilian Consulate, 300 Montgomery St, San Francisco 94104-1901…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-07-26). \'Unprecedented, Wasteful, and Obscene\': House Approves $1.48 Trillion Pentagon Budget. commondreams.org \"Wanna know how broken and captured Washington is by the Pentagon and the corruption of our nation's 'defense' budget? Well, look no further than the soon to be enacted budget 'deal.'\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_house_pentagon.jpg …

Patrick Cockburn (2019-07-26). Brexit, Britain and the Permanent Crisis in the Gulf. counterpunch.org What on Earth were the British politicians and officials thinking who gave the go-ahead for the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 off Gibraltar on 4 July? Did they truly believe that the Iranians would not retaliate for what they see as a serious escalation in America\'s economic war against them? The British More

Staff (2019-07-26). At City Hall, Debates Over Water Affordability Measures Rage On. therealnews.com After a ransomware attack that shut down the city\'s billing system, Baltimoreans are bracing themselves to receive three months of bills. Affordability advocates are continuing to push for income-based billing…

WSWS Repost (2019-07-26). Lessons of Nashville: The working class and the defense of immigrants. indybay.org In this commentary from the World Socialist Web Site, Patrick Martin describes how a recent viral video helps expose fundamental lies behind doomsday predictions of an America on the brink of race war.

WSWS (2019-07-26). Electrical worker killed at pipe mill in Western Pennsylvania. wsws.org Forty-six-year-old David Bupp was electrocuted last Wednesday while repairing a piece of equipment at a small steel pipe manufacturing plant north of Pittsburgh.

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2019-07-26). AIPAC\'s Anti-BDS Resolution Easily Wins Bipartisan Support. indybay.org Palestine remains the litmus test issue and once again, the Democrats showed their true colors on July 23, 2019 with 209 Democrats joining 189 Republicans in voting for pro Zionist Israel AIPAC\'s HRes 246, Roll Call 497 opposing the Boycott Divest Sanctions Movement of the Palestinian Liberation Struggle. See https: //clerk.house.gov/evs/2019/roll497.xml. The bill may be found at www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/246/all-actions?overview=closed&q=%7B%22roll-call-vote%22%3A%22all%22%7D…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2019-07-26). Roaming Charges: And Then There Were Three. counterpunch.org + Trump wants to make AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Than Omar the faces of the Democratic Party. The Democrats, whose current faces of the party are Schumer, Pelosi, Hoyer and Biden, should say, thank you very much, Mr. President, for doing what we should\'ve done ourselves. (Curiously, they haven\'t shown such gratitude.) + More

WSWS (2019-07-26). Despite Mueller debacle, Democrats step up call for crackdown on \"foreign meddling\" wsws.org Wednesday\'s testimony by former Special Counsel Robert Mueller before Congress, staged by the Democrats in the hope of reviving their discredited anti-Russia campaign, blew up in their faces.

Tom Clifford (2019-07-26). Northern Ireland and Brexit: Where History and Fantasy Collide. counterpunch.org Almost 100 years on since the formation of the Northern Irish state, it is still the Irish question that is bedeviling politics in the United Kingdom. Brexit is not about Europe. It is about the Tories and increasingly about Ireland. First the Tories. Ironically the term for members of the Conservative and Unionist Party, to More