Will Constitutional Outlaw Trump Implode With Lies Before He is Impeached?
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
Donald Trump said he believes the Constitution lets him do \"whatever I want as President.\" In over two and a half years, Trump has been a serial violator of the Constitution, unmatched by any president in American history. Just about …
globalresearch.ca/constitutional-outlaw-trump-implode-lies-impeached/5690461

Why Isn\'t Congress Impeaching Trump for War Crimes?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| With a new scandal rocking the White House and a formal impeachment inquiry underway in the House, President Trump\'s self-serving illegal behavior is once again at the center of our political universe. Two huge questions now loom over Congress, and House Democrats in particular: Do the facts about Trump\'s actions warrant impeachment, and how will voters react as the process plays out? | These questions have led to a broader discussion of impeachment itself. Impeachment is not a criminal process, but a political…
truthout.org/articles/why-isnt-congress-impeaching-trump-for-war-crimes/

America\'s Founders: Removal from Office Is Not the Only Purpose of Impeachment
Clark D. Cunningham | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
As Congress moves toward a possible formal impeachment of President Donald Trump, they should consider words spoken at the Constitutional Convention, when the Founders explained that impeachment was intended to have many important purposes, not just removing a president …
globalresearch.ca/removal-office-not-only-purpose-impeachment/5690464

The Untold Story of the Trump-Ukraine Scandal
Consortium News | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-29
The impeachment offensive against Donald Trump is another symptom of a partisan disease that ignores an even greater malignancy.
theantimedia.com/trump-ukraine-scandal/

Annals of Impeachment: From Nixon\'s \"Smoking Gun\" Tape to Trump Zelensky Summary
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
On August 5, 1974, Nixon was forced by the Supreme Court to release the smoking gun tape in which he and his chief of staff H. R. Haldemann had a conversation, in the course of which Nixon could be heard …
globalresearch.ca/trump-zelensky-summary/5690469

That Impeachment Inquiry? Now is the time to take to the streets
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
1590 Bryant (at 15th Street), San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826888.php

Selected Articles: Trump\'s Impeachment
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/trump-impeachment/5690483

Poultry Workers and Allies Organize in the Wake of Anti-Immigrant Raids
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| This piece was originally published at Labor Notes.On August 7 the poultry towns of central Mississippi suffered the largest workplace raid in the U.S. since 2006. Some 680 chicken-processing workers from seven factories were detained and incarcerated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). | Ten percent of the population in Morton, Mississippi, was either incarcerated or fired. Parents were detained the same day they had dropped their children…
truthout.org/articles/poultry-workers-and-allies-organize-in-the-wake-of-anti-immigrant-raids/

Scores of distressed refugees rescued after Mediterranean ordeal
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-29
Libya\'s coast guard has rescued about 70 Europe-bound refugees after days in distress in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the UN refugee agency. | UNHCR said the people have disembarked back in Libya. | The previous day, it said a boat carrying at least 50 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean. | Update on boat in distress: Some 70 persons have disembarked back in Libya by the coast guards, after days in distress at sea. UNHCR partner @IMC_Worldwide at the port to provide support. 2…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/09/29/scores-of-distressed-refugees-rescued-after-mediterranean-ordeal/

Mike Pompeo on the U.S. Victory in Afghanistan
Gary Leupp | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-29
The U.S. appears about to announce a peace agreement with the Taliban trading the withdrawal of U.S. forces for a Taliban commitment to exclude al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups from the country. (Presumably the Taliban themselves will be removed from the State Department\'s terror list.) It has been under discussion for at least several years, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/mike-pompeo-on-the-u-s-victory-in-afghanistan/

Afghanistan Elections: Low Voter Turnout Amid Taliban\'s Threat
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-29
Afghanistan\'s presidential election turnout is unofficially estimated at just over 2 million people or about 20 percent of registered voters, an official said Sunday, solidifying fears that a low participation rate could marr the vote. | RELATED: | \'Afghan Election a Threat to Peace\': Former President Karzai | The figure is a sharp drop from the roughly…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Elections-Low-Voter-Turnout-Amid-Talibans-Threat-20190929-0001.html

The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Defeats Tulsi Gabbard
Christian Sorensen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-29
The military-industrial-congressional complex (MIC) is the noxious alliance comprised of the Pentagon, the war industry, and Capitol Hill. U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard has spoken out against U.S. military interventions in such sovereign nations as Iraq, Syria, and Libya. While Gabbard\'s public discussion of the costs of war rankles some within the MIC, she does not …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/the-military-industrial-congressional-complex-defeats-tulsi-gabbard/

Afghanistan: The Wounds of War
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan\'s largest cash crop remains opium. Yet farmers there do grow other crops for export. Villagers in the Wazir Tangi area of Nangarhar province, for example, cultivate pine nuts. As a precaution, this year at …
globalresearch.ca/wounds-war/5690458

iPhone Workers Are 25 Times More Exploited Than 19th Century Textile Workers
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| A recent report by the International Labour Organisation shows that the total global labour force is now measured at 3.5 billion workers. This is the largest size of the global labour force in recorded history. Talk of the demise of workers…
truthout.org/articles/iphone-workers-are-25-times-more-exploited-than-19th-century-textile-workers/

Green New Deal and the Climate Movement. Trojan Horses for the Billionaire Class?
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
\"As the oligarchs financed, shaped and largely managed the climate movement — it\'s only natural that they alone benefit from it. The power-elites repackaged our oppression as revolution and sold it back to us. By exploiting the innocent youth, which …
globalresearch.ca/green-new-deal-and-the-climate-movement-trojan-horses-for-the-billionaire-class/5690415

SDS strengthens at 14th annual national convention
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-09-29
Jacksonville, FL — On September 20, New Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapters from across the United States convened at the University of North Florida to reaffirm their commitment to student organizing and to discuss ways to, \"Stop Trump, Stop Racism, Stop U.S. Military and Police Terror.\" The conference peaked at over 80 students with a dozen chapters represented. | Speeches and applause rang through the halls all weekend. Students opened the conference chanting, \"Dare to struggle, dare to win!\" The conference ended with, \"It is our duty to fight for each other, it is our duty to win!\" | On Sat…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/9/29/sds-strengthens-14th-annual-national-convention

rudy the zero
ALETH | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
rudy giuliani was one of the September 11 terrorists…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/29/18826901.php

Berkeley Students Say System Change Needed, Rally and Walk Out from Campus on Global Climate Strike Day
To the Streets | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
Three days before the international Climate Strike of September 20 in which students at UC Berkeley participated on a grand scale, the University of California committed to urgent action to address the climate crisis. Students expressed despair, worry, and shock about the state of the climate already. | [Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/27/18826828.php

Climate Strike Santa Cruz 9-27-2019
AutumnSun | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
This last week has been Climate Strike Week with the youth demonstrating and striking around our country and all around the world!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826838.php

Toronto Climate Strike: Let a Hundred Posters Bloom. Corporate Society Gone Mad
Eric Walberg | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
The culmination of Toronto\'s Global Climate Strike on Friday September 27, 2019 made history. 20,000 demonstrators flooded downtown Toronto with a dazzling array of colourful, often witty, some devastating posters, vowing to stay the course in the battle with corporate …
globalresearch.ca/toronto-climate-strike/5690452

Climate Strike Highlights Opposition to Restarting ExxonMobil Offshore Oil Platforms Off Santa Barbara
Center for Biological Diversity | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., September 26, 2019 — California Central Coast residents will march and call for climate action Friday as part of the global Climate Strike Week of Action. The Center for Biological Diversity, one of more than 30 participating organizations, will use the occasion to highlight opposition to ExxonMobil\'s proposal to restart its dormant offshore drilling platforms off Santa Barbara County.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/26/18826776.php

Yemen\'s Houthis Claim Invasion of Saudi Arabia, Capture of Thousands of Troops in Najran
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-09-29
If the Houthi claims are even partially true, it underlines the weakness of Saudi security yet again, in the wake of the drone attacks on their Abqaiq petroleum processing plant in the Eastern Province, which initially knocked out about half of their petroleum exports. (Image: Screenshot / via Al-Jazeera) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/yemens-houthis-say-they-invaded-750×422.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/29/yemens-houthis-claim-invasion-saudi-arabia-capture-thousands-troops-najran?cd-origin=rss

Why Detroit Could Be the Engine for the Green New Deal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| In Detroit, more than 8,000 residents live in what has been called one of the most polluted ZIP codes in the state. Located in the city\'s southwest corner, 48217 is known for its persistently poor air quality, where hundreds suffer from asthma, cancer, and other related health issues. The surrounding area has 26 industrial sites whose greenhouse gas emissions are being monitored by Michigan\'s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy. And one of the largest polluters, Marathon Petroleum Corporation,…
truthout.org/articles/why-detroit-could-be-the-engine-for-the-green-new-deal/

San Jose Students Demonstrate, Ready to Act for Climate Justice
On the Move | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
An estimated 1,000 students expressed their commitment to a clean climate and a more just world…not only that, they have plans to make that happen. | [Photos: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826866.php

Greta Thunberg and Big-Biz\' Climate Charade
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
A 16 year old girl is obviously not behind a \"global movement\" demanding \"climate action\" from governments. | The massive corporate Western media is. And anything the corporate media is behind certainly cannot be described as \"grassroots.\" | It is the Western …
globalresearch.ca/greta-thunberg-big-biz-climate-charade/5690434

The Climate Action Summit Fiasco
Dr. Arshad M. Khan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
No one could fail to be touched by the fear (for the future) and urgency in Greta Thunberg\'s young voice as she broke down while addressing world leaders on the last day of the UN Climate Summit. The IPCC (Intergovernmental …
globalresearch.ca/climate-action-summit-fiasco/5690445

\'Lift U.S. sanctions off Zimbabwe\'
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2019-09-29
The Brooklyn-based December 12th Movement and Friends of Zimbabwe organized a march from 53rd Street and Lexington Avenue to the United Nations on Sept. 21 and demanded an end to the deadly economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Zimbabwe in southern Africa. The organizers repeatedly chanted \"Sanctions kill.\" . . . | Continue reading \'Lift U.S. sanctions off Zimbabwe\' at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/09/29/lift-u-s-sanctions-off-zimbabwe/

The Twin Threats of Nuclear War and Global Warming
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
There are now far fewer nuclear weapons than at the height of the Cold War, the five major nuclear powers — US, Russia. China, France and UK -having all signed-up to the principle of eventual nuclear disarmament. | But there are …
globalresearch.ca/threats-nuclear-war-global-warming/5690450

Is Greece Becoming a Weaponized Anti-Russian Small Power?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
According to an exclusive report published by Greek online media Rizospastis this week, within the framework of the \" Greece-USA Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement,\" Washington and Athens have agreed to expand and increase U.S. military installations in the Mediterranean …
globalresearch.ca/greece-weaponized-anti-russian-small-power/5690432

Annexation of Kashmir: Pakistan Just Warned the World About the 21st Century\'s Munich Moment
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
Pakistani Prime Minister Khan warned the world that India\'s annexation of Kashmir is akin to Nazi Germany\'s annexation of the Sudetenland and might even lead to a nuclear war if New Delhi proceeds to follow in the Fuhrer\'s footsteps and …
globalresearch.ca/pakistan-warned-21st-century-munich-moment/5690437

Public Notices, Private Questions, Musical Dreams
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
Two women out walking do not stop talking. An elderly man and woman out dining do not start talking. | Who says the most? | \"Hello in There,\" John Prine | Every morning at sunrise, a simple, mild, and gentle man, seemingly somehow | …
globalresearch.ca/public-noticesprivate-questionsmusical-dreams/5690455

Heroes, Villains and Establishment Hypocrisy: Trump and Johnson Populism
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-29
Trump and Johnson\'s populism have shaken the old Establishment, and raised some very interesting questions about who is and who is not nowadays inside the Establishment and a beneficiary of the protection of the liberal elite. Yesterday two startling examples …
globalresearch.ca/heroes-villains-establishment-hypocrisy/5690472

Democratic Senators Orchestrated Infamous Caning of Slavery Opponent, According to New Book
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-09-29
Sidney Blumenthal\'s \"All the Powers of Earth: 1856-1860,\" dives deep into the greatest act of physical violence ever perpetrated on the U.S. Senate floor.
theintercept.com/2019/09/29/sidney-blumenthal-book-all-powers-earth/

Yemen\'s Houthis Claim to Have Captured Thousands of Saudi Troops
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-29
The Houthis of Yemen claimed they completed a successful assault near the southern region of Najran, Saudi Arabia on Saturday.
theantimedia.com/yemens-houthis-captured-thousands-saudi-troops/

Journalist alleges Boris Johnson sexually assaulted her and her colleague
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-09-29
Journalist Charlotte Edwardes has revealed allegations of sexual misconduct against PM Boris Johnson. She described the incident in a column for the Times. | \"Under the table\": | Edwardes said the incident took place while she was sat next to Johnson…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/09/29/journalist-alleges-pm-boris-johnson-sexually-assaulted-her-and-her-colleague/

playin ¥ dead
ALETH | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
I argue that the U.S. establishment has been inflating the 9-11 death toll wildly for warmongering purposes.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/29/18826902.php

It\'s Not Free Speech Radio Anymore
reposted by Virginia B | indybay.org | 2019-09-29
Hypocritical attempt to dislodge vigilant Pacifica board member. I do hope you can get through this, and especially the last 3 or 4 paragraphs – then go back and read about the sausage-making if that\'s easier. Please forward to any you think care about Pacifica. I don\'t agree with this newsletter always, but I think this is important. I hope others will write to the board as article suggests – if nothing else, for the record. They may not be able to ignore thousands of emails.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826887.php

Sanders Tied for First With Biden in Nevada While Warren Edges Bernie for Second in Carolina: Poll
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-09-29
New figures help confirm Democratic primary race solidifying into three-way contest. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/democratic_debate_winship.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/29/sanders-tied-first-biden-nevada-while-warren-edges-bernie-second-carolina-poll?cd-origin=rss

Sanders Tied for First in Nevada, Warren Second to Biden in South Carolina
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| New CNN polls from two key early states released Sunday solidify the notion that the Democratic Party presidential primary has largely become a three-way race between Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren. | The new polling figures show that Sanders and Biden are tied for first place in Nevada (both receiving 22%), while a third-place Warren trails slightly at 18% — just fou…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-tied-for-first-in-nevada-warren-second-to-biden-in-south-carolina/

Thomas Cook staff prepare to be out of pocket on first payday since collapse
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-29
Thomas Cook staff left in limbo are preparing to go without their wages on Monday — which should have been their payday — following the collapse of the travel giant.Around 9,000 staff in the UK were left jobless in the early hours of Monday morning after the business failed to secure a last-ditch rescue deal.Cabin manager Blakey Jones, who has worked for Thomas Cook in Bristol for six years, said staff were unaware of the troubles plaguing the firm until last week.\"On Monday morning, we received an email to say they tried everything they could but the talks had failed, and that was all we got,\" the 36-y…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/09/29/thomas-cook-staff-prepare-to-be-out-of-pocket-on-first-payday-since-collapse/

Documentary Exposes Wall Street Power Behind Global Gentrification Boom
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-29
| PUSH, a new documentary that had its world premiere at the CPH: DOX film festival in Copenhagen in March, where it won the festival\'s Audience Award, is coming to the U.S., and not a moment too soon. With a large majority of Americans in favor of making the issue o…
truthout.org/articles/documentary-exposes-wall-street-power-behind-global-gentrification-boom/

Trump: Will He Implode with Lies Before He is Impeached?
Ralph Nader | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-09-28
Donald Trump said he believes the Constitution lets him do \"whatever I want as President.\" In over two and a half years, Trump has been a serial violator of the Constitution, unmatched by any president in American history. Just about every day he is a constitutional outlaw. Constitutional scholar Bruce Fein has documented twelve categories …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/trump-will-he-implode-with-lies-before-he-is-impeached/

Will Constitutional Outlaw Trump Implode With Lies Before He is Impeached?
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-09-28
U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, United States on September 27, 2019. (Photo: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_impeachment_lies_lies_lies.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/28/will-constitutional-outlaw-trump-implode-lies-he-impeached?cd-origin=rss

Trump\'s envoy to Ukraine resigns as impeachment gathers pace
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-28
Kurt Volker, a former US ambassador to NATO caught in the middle of a whistleblower complaint over President Donald Trump\'s dealings with Ukraine, has resigned from his post as special envoy to the Eastern European nation.The move came as House Democrats took their first concrete steps in the impeachment investigation of Trump, issuing subpoenas demanding documents from Mike Pompeo and scheduling legal depositions for other State Department officials.A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Volker told Secretary of State Pompeo on Friday of his decision to leave the job.The move followed disclosur…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/09/28/trumps-envoy-to-ukraine-resigns-as-impeachment-gathers-pace/

Subpoenas Mark First Concrete Steps for Trump Impeachment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-28
House Democrats ask Mike Pompeo and others in State Department to appear and turn over documents; Speaker Pelosi sets no deadline on probe.
truthdig.com/articles/subpoenas-mark-first-concrete-steps-for-trump-impeachment/

\'This is war\': Trump\'s critics & backers trade blows as Washington braces for impeachment showdown
rt.com | 2019-09-28
With impeachment the talk of the town in Washington, President Donald Trump\'s most fierce critics and defenders are squaring off, reacting to a Democratic initiative to remove him from office over an alleged abuse of power. | On Tuesday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said the House was \"moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry,\" unifying ongoing investigations in six congressional committees under the umbrella of an impeachment probe. Citing a July phone call between President Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, Pelosi argued that the president abused his authority and bro…
rt.com/usa/469803-trump-backers-critics-impeachment-showdown/

The cringe is strong with this one! NYT tries its hand at Trump memes, falls flat on face & gets MEMED in return
rt.com | 2019-09-28
The New York Times tried its hand at a Star Wars meme to celebrate the launch of impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump — and proved what conservatives have been saying for years: the Left can\'t meme. | \"A long time coming for a White House far from reality,\" the clip reads, before launching into scrolling text designed to mimic the opening to the Star Wars films. Titled \"Episode 45,\" the meme features two and a half minutes of every misdeed — real and imagined — committed by Trump during his presidency, heavy on the Russiagate conspiracy theorizing. | \"The president has launche…
rt.com/usa/469799-times-meme-carpe-star-wars/

Will This Be the Scandal That Finally Prompts Republicans to Defect From Trump?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-09-28
| Donald Trump has made it clear throughout his presidency that when he\'s put in a corner, he\'ll throw his own staff under the bus in order to save himself. As the Ukraine scandal deepens, Trump\'s strategy will be to implicate as many people as possible; protecting Trump now becomes inextricable with protecting themselves. If Republicans circle the wagons now, they\'re doing so around a stick of lit dynamite. | One day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a formal impeachment inve…
truthout.org/articles/will-this-be-the-scandal-that-finally-prompts-republicans-to-defect-from-trump/

Impeachment Firestorm Scorches William Barr
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-28
WASHINGTON–As Washington plunges into impeachment, Attorney General William Barr finds himself engulfed in the political firestorm, facing questions about his role in President Donald Trump\'s outreach to Ukraine and the administration\'s attempts to keep a whistleblower complaint from Congress. | Trump repeatedly told Ukraine\'s president in a telephone call that Barr and Trump personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani could help investigate Trump\'s Democratic rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript of that summertime conversation. Justice Department officials insist Barr was unaware of Trump\'s comments at the t…
truthdig.com/articles/impeachment-firestorm-scorches-william-barr/

Details of Donald Trump\'s calls with foreign leaders \'often concealed\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-09-28
The White House severely restricted distribution of memos detailing President Donald Trump\'s calls with foreign leaders, including Russia\'s Vladimir Putin and Saudi Arabia\'s Mohammed bin Salman, after embarrassing leaks of his conversations early in his tenure, a former White House official said. | The White House\'s handling of Mr Trump\'s calls with foreign leaders is at the heart of House Democrats\' impeachment inquiry. | A whistleblower alleges the White House tried to \"lock down\" Mr Trump\'s July 25 phone call with Ukraine\'s new president because officials were worried about his request for help investigating h…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/09/28/details-of-donald-trumps-calls-with-foreign-leaders-often-concealed/