RT (2019-09-25). As Democrats begin Trump impeachment, key \'Russiagate\' case may be imploding. rt.com President Donald Trump\'s security adviser Michael Flynn was the first casualty of \'Russiagate\' impeachment push, but the case against him seems weaker than ever, after a federal judge voided the conviction of his business partner. | Flynn, a retired general and former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was forced to resign in February 2017, after less than two weeks of serving as national security adviser. He was snared in an FBI perjury trap as part of surveillance of the Trump campaign — which was predicated on claims it was \"colluding\" with Russia during the 2016 presidential election. | Though t…

RT (2019-09-25). Tulsi says impeachment would be \'terribly divisive\' as Trump\'s Republican challengers back the move. rt.com Swimming against the current in her own Democratic Party, 2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard said she does not support impeachment proceedings against President Trump, amid louder calls within the party to remove him from office. | Moments before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry into the president on Tuesday evening, Gabbard warned the move would only deepen existing divides in the country. | \"I think impeachment would be terribly divisive for our already very divided country,\" she told CNN\'s Brooke Baldwin, adding, \"It\'s important Donald Trump is voted out of office by the American people…

Staff (2019-09-25). Trump\'s Impeachment Will Be a Political War That Can Be Won. therealnews.com The Nation\'s Elie Mystal and By The People\'s Alexandra Flores-Quilty look at the political struggle around impeachment as a battle for the soul and future of the nation.

Stephen Lendman (2019-09-25). The Trump Impeachment Inquiry Scam. globalresearch.ca Most all actions by both right wings of the US one-party state are politically motivated. | They\'re united when it comes to unlawfully advancing America\'s imperium by brute force and other hostile means, supporting privileged interests over the general welfare, and …

Staff (2019-09-25). Memo Reveals Trump Pushed Ukraine Leader on Biden Claims. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the House impeachment inquiry (all times local): | 10: 10 a.m. | The memo summarizing President Donald Trump\'s call with the Ukraine leader shows the president\'s lingering fixation on special counsel Robert Mueller\'s Russia investigation. | Trump flippantly refers to the ex-FBI director as a \"man named Robert Mueller\" and says he turned in \"a very poor performance.\" | The memo also shows that the president made reference to the private cybersecurity firm that investigated Russia\'s hack of t…

WSWS (2019-09-25). House Democrats launch formal impeachment inquiry against Trump. wsws.org The action is a major escalation in the factional warfare within the US ruling elite, which revolves largely around differences over foreign policy.

Staff (2019-09-25). Headlines for September 25, 2019. democracynow.org Pelosi Launches Impeachment Inquiry Against President Trump, IPCC: World Must Cut Greenhouse Emissions or Face Catastrophic Sea Level Rise, Bolsonaro Faces Condemnation For Defending Deforestation of Amazon in U.N. Speech, Trump Denounces Iran, Venezuela & Calls for Countries to Embrace Nationalism at U.N., Pakistani PM Demands World to Address Crisis in Kashmir, U.K. Parliament Reconvenes After Court Declares Boris Johnson\'s Parliament Suspension Illegal, Egyptian Authorities Arrest At Least 900 Following Anti-Government Protests, Spain to Exhume Body of Former Dictator Francisco Franco from State Mausoleum, Nig…

Victor Grossman (2019-09-25). The Bidens, Trump, Kiev and Impeachment. counterpunch.org The impeachment drive is quickly gathering steam, and who can have any sympathy for that man in the Oval Office? But I wonder if some enthusiasts may not be digging deeply enough. Has anyone noticed how often the media, in condemning Trump\'s treachery, swiftly and inconspicuously brush off the \"unsubstantiated\" and \"vague\" accusations against Hunter More

Daniel Falcone (2019-09-25). Trump\'s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk. thenation.com Legal scholar Richard Falk on Iran, Saudi Arabia, and American interests abroad.

RT (2019-09-25). Placido Domingo leaves Macbeth production at New York\'s Met as venue pressured to fire him before sexual harassment probe over. rt.com Placido Domingo said the \"climate in which people are condemned without due process\" has cast a shadow over his colleagues, so he\'s dropping out of an upcoming production, vowing to never again perform at the Metropolitan Opera. | Domingo announced the decision on Tuesday, just one day before the opening of \'Macbeth\' at the Metropolitan Opera, in which the renowned tenor-turned-baritone was slated to star in the title role. | While several US venues turned Domingo down when allegations of sexual misconduct first surfaced last month, the Met stood by the singer, waiting for the outcome of the investigations lau…

Zach D. Roberts (2019-09-25). Voices and Stories from the NYC Climate March. nationofchange.org Across the country and the world last Friday, kids and adults marched and rallied in solidarity in a Climate Strike. The NYC Mayors office puts the number of people who marched in Manhattan at 60,000, according to the NTY Times; the organizers say 250,000. This journalist\'s estimate puts the numbers far closer to the cities …

David Underhill (2019-09-25). Reverse Pied Pipering Climacide. counterpunch.org The following remarks were delivered on September 20, 2019 during the Rise for Climate at a downtown square in Mobile, Alabama, the city\'s part in the Global Climate Strike. The Pied Piper played a hypnotic tune and led the children away. But that was long ago. Now the children are calling out and taking the More

Staff (2019-09-25). The Right Attacks Greta Thunberg, But Climate Strike Inspires Humanity. therealnews.com Real News climate correspondents Dharna Noor and Dimitri Lascaris discuss the UN Climate Summit, the past week\'s climate justice demonstrations, Greta Thunberg\'s presence and attacks against her, and the promise of this movement.

Saad Hafiz (2019-09-25). The Boys in the Boots. counterpunch.org Pakistan\'s generals should be happy men. They are the self-appointed guardians of the state with an iron grip on the country. Instead of a social welfare democracy seen by the founding fathers, Pakistan has become a national security state. Sixty years after the coup d\'état that brought General Ayub Khan to power in 1958, the civilian leadership More

George Ochenski (2019-09-25). The Grim Predictions for the Future Have Arrived. counterpunch.org For those who may still believe the drivel spouted by Trump that global warming is a \"Chinese hoax,\" perhaps the release of the latest study showing bird populations in North America have plummeted 29 percent in the last 50 years. In real numbers, that means there are a stunning three billion fewer birds in the U.S. and Canada than the 10 billion that were here in 1970. While insecticides and large-scale habitat destruction for extractive industries are identified as the major cause, the changes wrought by human-caused global warming are also responsible for this unconscionable destruction of the world\'s avian po…

Elliot Sperber (2019-09-25). Sick Cicada Ada\'s Dream. counterpunch.org Sick Cicada Ada\'s Dream Sick Cicada Ada said I had a weird one once again We visited a gallery Where hotdog carts were serving Severed pricks of billionaires Slipped in hotdog buns and slapped With mustard, kraut, or relish for a buck, but Those there thought that was too much They didn\'t sell a thing More

Sabri àñncຠ(2019-09-25). Are We Approaching the End of Super Imperialism? counterpunch.org Congratulating Oldrich Oldrich Vasicek is an old friend. When I started my \"quant\" career in bonds in January 1994 in Walnut Creek, California, Oldrich was there. A recently graduated mathematics Ph.D. was I then, I received my first real-life finance education from him. Oldrich, a statistician by trait, is famous for developing the first theory More

Rev. William Alberts (2019-09-25). From Extinguished to Distinguished. counterpunch.org In 1973, at age 46, my character was assassinated and I was forcibly retired by The United Methodist Church\'s then Southern New England Conference after performing the marriage of two male members of Boston\'s Old West Church, where I had been minister for eight years. On September 18, 2019, forty-six years later, at almost 93 More

Finian Cunningham (2019-09-25). They\'re Murdering My Son: Father of Julian Assange Tells of Pain and Anguish. mintpressnews.com John Shipton, the father of imprisoned whistleblower Julian Assange, says that if his son is extradited to the US, \"They will murder Julian one way or the other.\"

The Canary (2019-09-25). Hinkley nuclear power station costs increase by up to £3bn. thecanary.co The cost of building the new nuclear power station at Hinkley is estimated to increase by between £1.9bn and £2.9bn.French energy giant EDF said the plant in Somerset will now cost between £21.5bn and £22.5bn.The company said the cost increases reflect \"challenging ground conditions\" which made earthworks more expensive than anticipated.Work is well under way at the site, and EDF said it expects the plant to begin generating power at the end of 2025 (Ben Birchall/PA)Action plan targets have been revised and extra costs are needed to implement the completed functional design, which has been…

Staff (2019-09-25). Powerful Forces Cause Fires in Brazil, Beyond the Amazon. therealnews.com The policies of Brazil\'s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are provoking more forest fires and deforestation, not only in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental activists are now trying to counter the trend by engaging in reforestation.

Staff (2019-09-25). Deforestation Is Spreading Beyond the Amazon in Brazil. therealnews.com The policies of Brazil\'s right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro are provoking more forest fires and deforestation, not only in the Amazon rainforest. Environmental activists are now trying to counter the trend by engaging in reforestation.

Aída Chávez (2019-09-25). Public Retirement Funds and Universities Are Financing Empower Texans, a Far-Right Lobbying Group, New Report Reveals. theintercept.com Empower Texans, which receives most of its funding from oil and gas billionaire Tim Dunn, has put over $9 million into Texas electoral politics.

Bill Meyer (2019-09-25). Toronto International Film Festival unveils daring comedy satire \'Jojo Rabbit\'. peoplesworld.org TORONTO—Certainly the hottest ticket at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was the daring comedy satire Jojo Rabbit by New Zealander comedian Taika Waititi. Tickets were sold out well in advance for this \"over the top\" comedy which ended up winning the People\'s Choice Award—in a festival with more than 350 films! The comedy …

The Canary (2019-09-25). Facebook posts by politicians can break usual rules, says Nick Clegg. thecanary.co Facebook posts by MPs can break the usual rules on the social network because they are newsworthy, according to the tech giant\'s communications head Nick Clegg.Speaking at the Atlantic Festival in Washington DC on Tuesday, the former deputy prime minister made clear that \"it is not our role to intervene when politicians speak\".\"We do not submit speech by politicians to our independent fact-checkers and we generally allow it on the platform even when it would otherwise breach our normal content rules,\" he explained.However, Clegg warned that the social network will still evaluate whether the public interest of…

Rashmee Kumar (2019-09-25). The Network of Hindu Nationalists Behind Modi\'s \"Diaspora Diplomacy\" in the U.S. theintercept.com When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump held up their clasped hands on stage in Houston this past weekend, more than 50,000 people who had been awaiting the pair burst into a loud rumble of approval. The crowd at NRG Stadium, brandishing Indian flags and pictures of the prime minister, greeted them with chants of \"Modi\" and \"USA.\" Some attendees were dressed in their finest saris adorned with thick gold necklaces and jingling bangles, while others wore their love for Modi on their sleeves. | Modi gushed profusely about Trump — the president was warm, friendly, energetic, \"fu…

Aaron Maté (2019-09-25). The other Ukraine scandal: US support for neo-Nazis fuels far-right terror at home. thegrayzone.com Aaron Maté speaks with Ben Norton about how a far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb…

UUSF Forum (2019-09-25). Rev. Arlington Trotman on Racism and Immigration. indybay.org First Unitarian Universalist Society of S.F. | 1187 Franklin St. @ Geary | San Francisco…

Mohamed Elmaazi (2019-09-25). Labour pledges to abolish immigration detention centres in historic conference vote. thecanary.co The Labour Party has passed a historic vote on immigration policy at its party conference in Brighton. The second-to-last vote on 25 September included a commitment to \"close all detention centres\", \"reject any immigration system based on incomes\" or a person\'s \"utility to business\", and \"scrap all Hostile Environment measures\". | The Canary was in attendance at the moment conference passed the vote to massive cheers and claps from across the hall. | A break from from Labour\'s \"very awful record\": | Joanna Gowers, a delegate for Finchley and Golders Green CLP, called the vote \"the most radical immigration…

teleSUR (2019-09-25). Glacier on Mont Blanc Close to Collapse. telesurenglish.net A glacier of a quarter of a million cubic meters of ice is at risk of sliding off the Planpincieux glacier on the Grandes Jorasses peak in the Italian portion of the massif of Mont Blanc, Western Europe\'s highest mountain range, BBC reported. | RELATED | Young Climate Activists Held World Leaders Accountable at UN | This Tuesday Stefano Miserocchi, Mayor of the nearby town of Courmayeur, signed an order closing roads and evacuating homes and mountain refuges in the area. He said…

Staff (2019-09-25). Activists Shut Down DC Streets as Climate Activism Heats Up. truthout.org | | Maybe there\'s hope after all. | It was in the mid-80s Monday morning in Washington, D.C., on the first day of autumn. By afternoon, the temperature soared to 93 in this hottest year on record, ominously underlining the urgency of #ShutdownDC\'s climate change protest. | Building on Friday\'s youth-led climate strike, which saw 4 million people protesting worldwide, Monday\'s action was intended to disrupt business-as usual in the nation\'s capital to highlight the climate crisis. Liz Butler from Friends of…

teleSUR (2019-09-25). Young Activists Sue World Leaders due to Climate Change. telesurenglish.net Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg and 15 other young climate activists on Monday filed a complaint with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child alleging that world leaders\' inaction on the climate crisis has violated children\'s rights. | RELATED: | Young Climate Activists Held World Leaders Accountable at UN | The petitioners, who range in age from 8 to 17 and hail from 12 different countries, teared up as they presented their complaint at the United Nations Childre…

Peter Koenig (2019-09-25). Peace versus Climate. dissidentvoice.org Monday, 23 September, the UN in New York hosted a special meeting on Climate Change. There were massive predominantly youth demonstrations of tens of thousands around the globe, many of them in New York, one of them led by Greta Thunberg, the Swedish 16-year-old climate activist, who is sponsored mostly by Soros and his clan …

Staff (2019-09-25). Activists Shut Down DC Streets as Climate Activism Heats Up. truthout.org | | Maybe there\'s hope after all. | It was in the mid-80s Monday morning in Washington, D.C., on the first day of autumn. By afternoon, the temperature soared to 93°F (34°C) in this hottest year on record, ominously underlining the urgency of #ShutdownDC\'s climate change protest. | Building on Friday\'s youth-led climate strike, which saw 4 million people protesting worldwide, Monday\'s action was intended to disrupt business-as-usual in the nation\'s capital to highlight the climate crisis. Liz Butle…

Amy Goodman (2019-09-25). In landmark UN complaint, 16 children accuse nations of failing to protect them from climate change. nationofchange.org Youth climate activists from around the world also attended the U.N. Climate Action Summit Monday, where they spoke at UNICEF about a landmark new climate complaint they filed with the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child. Hailing from countries including Argentina, Brazil, Germany, the Marshall Islands and Tunisia, the young representatives spoke about why …

commondreams (2019-09-25). Activists Disrupt US and Israeli Officials at NYC Event Calling for War with Iran. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Nick Turse (2019-09-25). More U.S. Commandos Are Fighting Invisible Wars in the Middle East. theintercept.com The percentage of commandos deployed to the Middle East is on the rise, according to new statistics provided to The Intercept by U.S. Special Operations Command. On average, more than 4,000 Special Operations forces — Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and Marine Corps Raiders among them — are deployed to the region each week, more than anywhere else in the world. | The increase comes at a time when the United States is apparently planning a troop drawdown in Afghanistan, despite a peace agreement with the Taliban having f…

Jon Rainwater (2019-09-25). Take Action to Avoid War with Iran. peaceaction.org photo credit Dear Groundswell Readers, We have to keep pushing Congress this week if we want to avoid war with Iran. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said recently that the U.K. might join a U.S.-led military effort in the Gulf. When other nations step up to join the \"coalition of the willing\" it\'s often a bad sign. …

United Nations (2019-09-25). Liberian President credits UN for \'16 years of unbroken peace\', outlines plan to reduce poverty, boost growth. un.org \"Liberia is a UN success story\", President George Manneh Weah told the annual United Nations high-level generalral debate in New York on Wednesday.

United Nations (2019-09-25). UN chief urges scaled up response for peace, across troubled Sahel\'s region. un.org Humanitarian and development responses for Mali and Africa\'s wider Sahel region \"are falling short\", and support must be scaled up to ensure a hopeful future for its people, the Secretary-General told world leaders at a special high level meeting inside UN Headquarters on Wednesday.

United Nations (2019-09-25). Central African Republic President says country \'remains fragile\', despite progress on peace deal. un.org President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic (CAR), addressing the UN General Assembly\'s annual general debate, spotlighted \"modest but sure\" progress in implementing the landmark peace agreement signed by his Government and 14 armed groups on 6 February 2019.

Climate Strike NOW! (2019-09-25). Youth Organizers lead 40,000 Marchers Across San Francisco Make Demands for Climate Action. indybay.org On September 20, a crowd of nearly 40,000 demonstrators marched from Nancy Pelosi\'s office at the San Francisco Federal Building to Embarcadero Plaza, calling for immediate climate action. They paused to protest at key climate-movement enemies along the way.

United Nations (2019-09-25). \'Milestone agreement\' paves the way for new UN Human Rights Office in Sudan. un.org \"With this milestone agreement, we are poised to accompany Sudan through an important moment in its history\" — the words of UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Wednesday, as she signed a deal between the UN and the newly-constituted Government of Sudan to open a Human Rights Office in the capital, Khartoum.

Bahman Fozouni (2019-09-25). US-Iran Relations: Bolton\'s \"Maximum Pressure\" Policy Is The Illegitimate Child Of Diplomacy. globalresearch.ca The September 14 strikes against Saudi Arabia\'s Khurais oilfield and Abqaiq processing facility, which the U.S. government quickly pinned on Iran, as well as President Trump\'s decision to substantially increase sanctions against Iran in response, are sobering reminders that the …

WSWS (2019-09-25). European powers endorse US war provocations against Iran. wsws.org Berlin, London and Paris endorsed US allegations that the recent attack in Saudi Arabia was an Iranian act of war, without providing any concrete evidence whatsoever.

South Front (2019-09-25). Why Patriot Missiles Are Useless. globalresearch.ca Missile strikes that shut down a half of Saudi oil production not only marked a new round of escalation in the Persian Gulf, but also revealed the limitations of the Kingdom\'s air defense. Over the past years, Saudi Arabia, the …

Robert J. Burrowes (2019-09-25). The Global Climate Movement is Failing: Why? globalresearch.ca It has been satisfying to note the significant response to two recent climate campaigns: the actions, including the recent Global Climate Strike, initiated by school students inspired by Greta Thunberg and the climate actions organized by Extinction Rebellion. | While delighted …

F. William Engdahl (2019-09-25). Climate and the Money Trail. globalresearch.ca Climate. Now who wudda thought. The very mega-corporations and mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy over recent decades, whose pursuit of shareholder value and cost reduction who have wreaked so much damage to our environment both in the …

Andy Rowell (2019-09-25). Big Polluters Respond to Greta\'s Climate Call With \"Woefully Short\" Ambition. commondreams.org An impassioned and blunt speech by Greta Thunberg urged world leaders to finally understand the urgency of our climate emergency. (Photo: Screenshot/YouTube) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/great.jpeg …

Staff (2019-09-25). Facing Climate Crisis, Senators Have Millions Invested in Fossil Fuel Companies. truthout.org | | This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.As the United States Senate fails to act on catastrophic climate change, dozens of its members are profiting from investments in oil, gas, and coal companies that are fue…