2019-07-30: Social Media Postees

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No, YOU are \'Russian asset\': Meme war turns tables on Washington Post
rt.com | 2019-07-31
With the Washington Post stuck in a mud-slinging meme war with Senate Republicans and President Donald Trump, the capital\'s paper of record has found itself on the receiving end of internet trolls\' meme-cannons. | …
rt.com/usa/465431-trump-washington-post-russian-asset/

Trump Administration, Democrats Make Progress on New NAFTA
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats appear to be moving from \"no way\" to \"maybe\" on President Donald Trump\'s rewrite of a trade pact with Canada and Mexico. House Democrats have met four times with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, most recently on Friday, and both sides say they are making progress toward a deal that would …
truthdig.com/articles/trump-administration-democrats-make-progress-on-new-nafta/

Bolivia: Evo Announces MAS-IPSP Candidates Around the Country
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
In events around the country on Monday, Bolivia\'s ruling leftist party, \'Movement Towards Socialism\', announced their candidates for the upcoming general elections on October 20th. Morales attended events in two regions to inaugurate the candidates. | RELATED: | Bolivian Opposition Plan Protests to Destabilize Elections | On Monday, President Morales spoke in the Amazon region of Pando, and in the capital La Paz. Speaking in Pando at a local labor union building, Morales welcomed…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Evo-Announces-MAS-IPSP-Candidates-Around-the-Country-20190730-0016.html

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart…
truthout.org/video/four-immigrants-have-died-at-stewart-ice-facility-in-georgia/

Four Immigrants Have Died at Stewart ICE Facility in Georgia. Advocates Want It Shut Down
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
A 44-year-old immigrant from Mexico died last week at Stewart Detention Center, one of the largest immigration jails in the United States and one that has been plagued by allegations of neglect and abuse for years. Pedro Arriago-Santoya was the fourth person to die at Stewart in just two years and the seventh person to die while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement since October. An immigration judge had ordered Arriago-Santoya be deported in June. Instead, he was transferred to Stewart on July 10 as his removal proceedings continued. Two weeks later he was pronounced dead at a Georgia hospital.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/pedro_arriago_santoya_ice_custody_death

More Than Three Eco-Activists Killed Every Week in 2018: Study
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
While calls to save the planet are growing every day, the people who fight to protect their lands and the environment are being silenced. In 2018, on average three environmental defenders were murdered each week, according to a study published Monday by the international human rights group Global Witness. | RELATED: | Peru: Protestors Demand Definitive End of Open-Pit Mining Project | More than 160 land an…
telesurenglish.net/news/More-Than-Three-Eco-Activists-Killed-each-Week-in-2018-Study-20190730-0025.html

Greece: Students Protest to Keep Universities Police Free
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Greek students are protesting against a proposal to scrap academic sanctuary, a law that was designed to protect protesting students and freedom of ideas but which the new government says is used as a cover for lawlessness. | RELATED: | Greece: Refugees, Activists on Alert Amid New Migration Acts | A couple of thousand students marched through Athens against repealing asylum last week. \"I personally believe the free movement of ideas means that no institution of the state can inter…
telesurenglish.net/news/greece-university-students-protest-no-police-academic-asylum-20190730-0014.html

India: Rape Victim of BJP Lawmaker Injured in Shady Accident
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Protesters stepped up demands Tuesday for India\'s far-right ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to sack a state lawmaker accused by a young woman of raping her, holding several demonstrations just days after the survivor was critically injured in a highway collision. | RELATED: | India: 49 Intellectuals Write to PM Modi, Condemns Lynching of Minorities…
telesurenglish.net/news/india-unnao-rape-case-victim-car-crash-bjp-narendra-modi-20190730-0012.html

Israel Has \"the Most Moral Army in the World\"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Eight days ago eleven Palestinian buildings containing seventy family apartments located in the illegally Israeli occupied East Jerusalem village of Wadi al-Hummus were demolished in a military-led operation by more than 1,000 Israeli soldiers, policemen and municipal workers using bulldozers, …
globalresearch.ca/israel-has-most-moral-army-world/5685063

One Sector Blocks Peace in Colombia: Ex-FARC Guerrilla Leader
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Rodrigo \"Timochenko\" Londoño, the leader of the demobilized Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group, said in an interview with EFE that one economic power sector was blocking the peace achieved after half a century of war in Colombia. | RELATED: | Colombian Social Leader Shot a Day After Global March Against Activists\' Killings | Despite signing the peace agreement on Nov. 24, 2016, he said it did not achieve \"a complete peace and, unfortunately, there still…
telesurenglish.net/news/One-Sector-Blocks-Peace-in-Colombia-Ex-FARC-Guerrilla-Leader-20190730-0022.html

How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-30
For over ten years, Wikipedia has been a key focus of right-leaning, pro-Israel groups that have effectively weaponized the online encyclopedia as a means of controlling the narrative when it comes to the state of Israel\'s more than 50-year-long military occupation of Palestine.
mintpressnews.com/pro-israel-activists-blacklist-mintpress-wikipedia/261022/

Bassam Shakaa: The Making of a Palestinian \'Organic Intellectual\'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
It would be unfair to claim that Palestine has not produced great leaders. It has, and Bassam Shakaa, the former Mayor of Nablus, who passed away on July 22 at the age of 89, was living proof of this. The supposed deficit in good Palestinian leadership can be attributed to the fact that many great…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/bassam-shakaa-the-making-of-a-palestinian-organic-intellectual/

Media Propaganda Creates \"Know-Nothing Americans\". Majority In Favor of War
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Americans are the most over-entertained, uninformed citizens on planet earth — despite around 80% of US households having Internet access, making it easy to stay informed with minimal effort. | Manipulated by the power of state-sponsored and go-along establishment media propaganda, …
globalresearch.ca/media-propaganda-creates-know-nothing-americans-majority-in-favor-of-war/5685060

DOJ Guts Asylum Protections for Members of Families Threatened With Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-30
| In a decision immigrant rights advocates said could have horrific consequences for thousands of people fleeing violence in Central America, Attorney General William Barr ruled Monday that being an immediate member of a persecuted family is not sufficient grounds to seek asylum in the United States. | According to immigration experts, Barr\'s move rewrites years of law and represents the Trump administration\'s…
truthout.org/articles/doj-guts-asylum-protections-for-members-of-families-threatened-with-violence/

Exterminating the Future: World Outcry Grows as Brazil Rapidly Expands Deforestation of Amazon
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-30
New government data in Brazil shows that deforestation in the Amazon has dramatically increased since the far-right former military officer Jair Bolsonaro became president in January. Brazil has lost more than 1,300 square miles of forest cover this year, and the pace of deforestation is increasing. One report claims that the equivalent of three soccer fields are being deforested every minute in the Amazon. In June, deforestation increased by 88% over the same month last year. The drastic spike is due to Bolsonaro\'s rolling back of regulations and allowing illegal land invasions, logging and burning. Climate scie…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/30/bolsonaro_amazon_deforestation_indigenous_leader_murdered

Costa Rican Teachers Protest Against Privatization of Education
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Hundreds of teachers affiliated with the Association of Secondary School Teachers APSE marched Monday in the capital toward the National Assembly, protesting against the neoliberal policies affecting the public sector. | RELATED: | Chile\'s Teachers Vote to End Second-Longest Strike | APSE President Melida Cedeño told reporters that the protest aimed to show the public that the government and most of the Parliament attempt to criminalize strikes with…
telesurenglish.net/news/Costa-Rican-Teachers-Protest-Against-Privatization-of-Education-20190730-0024.html

Baltimore residents: Trump\'s attacks on the city are rooted in \"racism and white supremacy\"
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-30
President Trump is facing widespread outrage after describing Baltimore as a \"disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess\" in tweets attacking Congressmember Elijah Cummings, one of the most prominent African-American lawmakers in Washington. Trump tweeted that Cummings\'s district is \"considered the Worst in the USA,\" and said \"no human being would want to live there.\" Trump\'s initial tweets came after Fox News ran a story about Baltimore and after Cummings criticized the conditions of immigration jails along the Mexican border. Officials across Baltimore and Maryland denounced the president\'s remarks, and The Ba…
nationofchange.org/2019/07/30/baltimore-residents-trumps-attacks-on-the-city-are-rooted-in-racism-and-white-supremacy/

Trump\'s Intelligence Pick Is \'Least Qualified … Ever,\' Senator Says
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-30
Sen. Ron Wyden issued a scathing statement late Monday warning that President Donald Trump\'s pick to serve as director of national intelligence is so unqualified that he could put lives at risk. | Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-Texas), an ardent Trump loyalist, \"is the most partisan and least qualified individual ever nominated to serve as director of national intelligence,\" said Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon and a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-intelligence-pick-is-least-qualified-individual-ever-nominated-says-senator/

Dear Moderators of the Presidential Debates
Lawrence Wittner | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
You mass media folks lead busy lives, I\'m sure. But you must have heard something about nuclear weapons — those supremely destructive devices that, along with climate change, threaten the continued existence of the human race. Yes, thanks to popular protest and carefully-crafted arms control and disarmament agreements, there has been some progress in limiting …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/dear-moderators-of-the-presidential-debates/

Can Biden or Any Democrat Avoid a Brokered Convention?
Doug Johnson Hatlem | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
My #10at10 2020 Democratic Primary Model is now live. It includes delegate projections down to the state and Congressional District level (State Senate District in Texas) for every state voting from the Iowa Caucus on February 3rd through to Super Tuesday, when thirteen states vote a month later. The Model uses a variety of factors in…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/can-biden-or-any-democrat-avoid-a-brokered-convention/

Labor movements of the world support Bolivarian Venezuela
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-07-30
Caracas, Venezuela – On July 26, the delegation from the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) participated in a gathering of trade unionists from around the world with the leaders of the Central of Bolivarian Socialist Workers (CBST), the largest labor federation in Venezuela. | Taking place as part of the 25th Sao Paolo Forum, the purpose of the meeting was to debate the current conditions – both internationally and nationally – in the anti-imperialist struggle, and how the working classes of the world can support the Bolivarian Revolution. The gathering was chaired by Carlos López, the national coordinato…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/7/30/labor-movements-world-support-bolivarian-venezuela

Go Back Where You Came From: A Coincidence
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2019-07-30
Go Back Where You Came From: A Coincidence…
thenation.com/article/trump-immigration-queens/

US Stealing Syrian Oil. Controls About 30% of Syrian Territory
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Imperial adventurism is grand theft on a global scale — seizing, controlling, and looting the resources of targeted nations, along with exploiting their people. | Operating from illegally constructed military bases in northern and southern parts of Syria, platforms for war …
globalresearch.ca/us-stealing-syrian-oil-controls-about-30-of-syrian-territory/5685056

More Than 160 Environmental Defenders Were Killed in 2018, and Many Others Labeled Terrorists and Criminals
Alleen Brown | theintercept.com | 2019-07-30
Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, was disturbed to learn that her name had been included on a list of \"terrorists\" allegedly affiliated with the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing, the New People\'s Army. | Authoritarian President Rodrigo Duterte had imposed martial law on the island of Mindanao in May 2017, when ISIS sympathizers attacked the predominantly Muslim city Marawi. By October, ISIS had been ousted, but martial law remained in p…
theintercept.com/2019/07/30/criminalization-environmental-activists-global-witness-report/

Standing room only at Nashville immigrant and refugee rights forum
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-30
\"I am a woman. I am a Mexican. My family lives in fear every single day\"- Veronica Zavaleta NASHVILLE — Veronica Zavaleta, a homeowner, a business owner, mother, and immigrant gave a moving account of her feelings of terror at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Her narrative was given at a public …
peoplesworld.org/article/standing-room-only-at-nashville-immigrant-and-refugee-rights-forum/

Information Warfare: Iran\'s \"B-Team\" Branding Is Effective in Putting a Lot of Pressure on Bolton
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif\'s recent branding of US National Security Advisor Bolton, \"Israeli\" Premier Benjamin \"Bibi\" Netanyahu, and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) as part of a so-called \"B-Team\" of anti-Iranian hawks has been very successful in putting …
globalresearch.ca/irans-b-team-branding-effective-putting-pressure-bolton/5685052

Venezuela: Six Farmers Killed by Colombian Paramilitary Forces
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Diosdado Cabello, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), lamented Monday the killing of six Campesinos by far-right paramilitaries in the Barinas state at the Colombia-Venezuela border area. | RELATED: | Colombian Cartel Kills Woman Community Leader, Son Witnesses | \"We want to alert you to what happened in the Bari…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Six-Farmers-Killed-by-Colombian-Paramilitary-Forces-20190730-0008.html

Nearly 4,000 Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan This Year: UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
A new report released by the United Nations on Tuesday revealed that nearly 4,000 civilians have been killed during the first half of 2019. | RELATED: | At Least 20 Killed in Suicide Bombing in Afghanistan | According to the United Nations report, at least 3,812 Afghan civilians have killed or wounded in the first half of 2019 in the war against militant groups, including a big increase in the number of casualties caused by government and NATO-led troops, the United Nations said on Tuesd…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nearly-4000-Civilian-Casualties-in-Afghanistan-This-Year-UN-20190730-0002.html

Venezuela: Six Chavista Militants Killed in Fresh Rural Violence
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-30
Landowner violence continues to plague the Venezuelan countryside.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14607

Why is Education Being Corporatized and Human Life Being Devalued?
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-30
In the southern Indian state of Telangana at least 23 teenagers have killed themselves since the scores of their school-leaving exam results, processed by a private software firm, Globarena Technology, were announced in April. The state education board of Telangana has impersonalized education by outsourcing the job of conducting the school-leaving exam, processing the scores,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/30/why-is-education-being-corporatized-and-human-life-being-devalued/

Most civilian deaths in Afghanistan at hands of coalition and regime forces, says UN report
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-30
More civilians were killed by Afghan and international coalition forces in Afghanistan in the first half of this year than by the Taliban and other militants, the UN mission said in a report.The report apparently refers to civilians killed during supposed Afghan and US military operations against insurgents, such as airstrikes and night raids on militant hideouts. Insurgents often hide among civilians.The US formally ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2014 but still provides extensive air and other support to Afghan forces.The UN report published on Tuesday said 403 civilians were killed by Afghan forces…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/07/30/most-civilian-deaths-in-afghanistan-at-hands-of-coalition-and-regime-forces-says-un-report/

\"It\'s nothing but intimidation tactics\": On the border in El Paso, Texas
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-30
\"I come from Honduras, I left on April 22nd, I brought my daughter with me, because in Honduras they killed my brother, they had already killed my dad, there is no safety, two years later they killed my cousin just because. My daughter was studying and already those of the organized crime had told us …
peoplesworld.org/article/its-nothing-but-intimidation-tactics-on-the-border-in-el-paso-texas/

New UN report shows record numbers of children killed and maimed in conflict
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-30
A new UN report has found that 2018 was the worst year on record for children caught up in armed conflict; the year saw the highest numbers killed or maimed since the United Nations began monitoring the violation.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1043441

Trump\'s Coalition Commits New Massacre in Syria\'s Deir Ezzor Countryside
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The illegal coalition led by the United States of America outside the United Nations and without the approval of the Syrian state added a new massacre to its long list of ugly crimes against the Syrian people today by bombing …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-coalition-commits-new-massacre-deir-ezzor-countryside/5685015

Bolsonaro-Legalized Toxic Pesticides Endanger People Worldwide
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Brazil President\'s Jair Bolsonaro\'s environmental deregulation and new free trade deals would see the world consuming toxic pesticides that are banned in most countries, Oliver Tickell of the Green Economic Institute warned Tuesday in an interview with RT. | RELATED: | Awa Tribe Contact in Brazil Shows Increased Amazon Logging | \"This is not just a probl…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Legalized-Toxic-Pesticides-Endanger-People-Worldwide-20190730-0011.html

Brazil\'s Massive Crime Against Humanity. Bolsonaro has Decided to Destroy the Amazon
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
The corrupt Brazilian government installed by Washington has decided to destroy the Amazon Rain Forest. This will adversely affect the Earth\'s climate by eliminating a massive carbon sink. | The beneficiaries of the destruction of the rain forest are the timber …
globalresearch.ca/brazils-massive-crime-against-humanity-bolsonaro-has-decided-to-destroy-the-amazon/5685023

Brazil\'s Bolsonaro Says No Evidence Indigenous Leader Murdered
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Brazil\'s President Jair Bolsonaro Monday said there was no evidence that the death of Emyra Wajapi, a 68-year-old Amazonian indigenous chief, was caused by illegal miners who invaded traditional Indigenous lands. | RELATED: | Gold Miners Kill Indigenous Leader in Brazilian Amazon | \"There is no solid evidence as of now that such Indian wa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Bolsonaro-Says-No-Evidence-Indigenous-Leader-Murdered-20190730-0009.html

Russia To \'Abstain\' Attending Int\'l Talks on Venezuela in Lima
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Russia will not be participating in international talks on the political crisis in Venezuela due to be held in Peru next month, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Cuba: International Community Should Stop US Attacks | It said it declined the invitation as one was not extended to representatives of the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, among other concerns. | \"We doubt that a meeting focusing on the situation in Venezuela without inviting Venezuelans, repr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-To-Abstain-Attending-Intl-Talks-on-Venezuela-in-Lima-20190730-0020.html

In Venezuela, the Right to Housing is Made Possible by the Revolution
Alex Anfruns | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-30
In the Antímano neighbourhood of the capital district of Caracas, a very special block of flats has been built. Its inhabitants built it with their own hands. In 2011, on the initiative of President Hugo Chávez, a little less than one hectare of land was expropriated from the Polar company. The idea was to rescue …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/in-venezuela-the-right-to-housing-is-made-possible-by-the-revolution/

Book Review: \"The Plot to Overthrow Venezuela: How the US is Orchestrating a Coup for Oil\" by Dan Kovalik
John Rachel | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-30
In one concise statement, Dan Kovalik sums up the criminal — if self-serving and for now effective — foreign policy of the U.S. across the planet: \"The US appears to be intentionally spreading chaos throughout strategic portions of the world, leaving virtually no independent state standing to protect their resources, especially oil, from Western exploitation. And, this goal is …
nationofchange.org/2019/07/30/book-review-the-plot-to-overthrow-venezuela-how-the-us-is-orchestrating-a-coup-for-oil-by-dan-kovalik/

Space Lunacy: $ Trillion Space Games and False Prophecies by Billionaires While Rome Burns
Dr. Andrew Glikson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-30
History testifies to powerful rulers\' aspirations for the position of gods, including the Pharaohs and Roman Emperors such as Caligula or Nero, nowadays mimicked by false messianic prophecies of \"intergalactic civilization\" made by billionaires and their followers in public and …
globalresearch.ca/space-lunacy-trillion-space-games-false-prophecies-billionaires-while-rome-burns/5685019

Trump Claims Iran has Never Won a War in New Twitter Rant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted on Monday evening that Iran had never won a war, adding that they had also \"never lost a negotiation. | RELATED: | US Senate Fails to Overturn Trump\'s Veto on Saudi Weapons Ban | \"Just remember, the Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation!\" | Trump\' would not elaborate after this bizarre tweet, but his remarks seem to follow U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\'s latest rant about Iran\'s unwillingness to hold talks with the Ameri…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Claims-Iran-has-Never-Won-a-War-in-New-Twitter-Rant-20190730-0004.html

Saudi Forces Kill 13 in \'Massacre\' at Yemen Market
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-30
Saudi forces launched Monday airstrikes at a busy market in Yemen\'s northern province of Saada, killing 13 and injuring 26, along with destroying much of the market produce, as the country suffers one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. | RELATED: | Yemen World\'s Worst Humanitarian Crisis: Human Rights Report | The attack has been called the \'Al Thabet Market Massacre\' by Yemeni media outlet Almasirah. Though the confirmed death toll is 13, the number is likely to rise according to a He…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudi-Forces-Kill-13-in-Massacre-at-Yemen-Market-20190730-0006.html

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