As Nation Transfixed by Impeachment, Trump Quietly Provides Offshore Drilling Industry \'Sweetheart Giveaway\'
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-12-04
Former lobbyist turned Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, says critic, probably assumed gift \"to his former oil and gas client would slip by unnoticed.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernhardt-giveaway.jpg …
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For Corporate Media, It\'s \'Anybody But Sanders or Warren\'
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
Anyone who\'s been paying attention should get the picture by now. Overall, in subtle and sledgehammer ways, the mass media of the United States — owned and sponsored by corporate giants — are in the midst of a siege against the two progressive Democratic candidates who have a real chance to be elected president in…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/for-corporate-media-its-anybody-but-sanders-or-warren/
For Corporate Media, It\'s \'Anybody But Sanders or Warren\'
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-12-03
Journalism that can\'t stand progressive populism…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/02/18828555.php
Trump Was Right: NATO Should Be Obsolete
Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are \"NATO is obsolete.\" His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was \"the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.\" Now that Trump has been in power, the White House parrots the same worn line that NATO is…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/trump-was-right-nato-should-be-obsolete/
Morales Accuses Bolivian Gov\'t of Blocking His Migratory Status
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-03
President Evo Morales accused the de facto government of Bolivia for creating obstacles to his immigration legal procedures and his vice president àÅlvaro García Linera before the Bolivian consulate in Mexico. | RELATED: | Morales Vows To Do What\'s Best for Bolivia, Not Afraid of Jail | Morales through his account on the social media network of Twitter said that for a week they began with the steps and have requested collections that did not exist. | \"Last week we started…
telesurenglish.net/news/Morales-Accuses-Bolivian-Govt-of-Blocking-His-Migratory-Status-20191203-0006.html
Opposing NATO and Trump means fighting to free Julian Assange!
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
The aim of Trump and Boris Johnson is to either send Assange to the US, lock him up and throw away the key, or subject him to such psychological and physical cruelty that he dies in prison.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/asuk-d03.html
CIA spying on Assange\'s lawyers exposes criminal operation against WikiLeaks founder
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
The surveillance violates the centuries-old right to attorney-client privilege and exposes the prosecution and extradition effort as an illegal frame-up.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/pers-d03.html
WikiLeaks editor Kristinn Hrafnsson: \"If Julian is taken to that Devil\'s Island across the Atlantic, his life is lost\"
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
In an interview with the WSWS, Hrafnsson stated: \"The case of Julian Assange is, in all senses, the turning point. It is the biggest and the most serious attack on journalism and the free press in decades, if not 100 years.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/hraf-d03.html
\'Not Halting Climate Change Means Punishing Millions\' XR Says
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-03
Environmental activists from around the world on Tuesday remain gathered and protesting in Madrid to demand that the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) take concrete and effective actions to halt global climate change. | RELATED: | There Can Be No Climate Justice Without Social Justice: Maduro | \"We\'re a global movement trying to raise the climate emergency through direct action. We have to get people to pause and understand, especially our leader…
telesurenglish.net/news/Not-Halting-Climate-Change-Means-Punishing-Millions-XR-Says-20191203-0003.html
Greta Thunberg Has Sailed Back to Europe for Climate Talks
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-03
From Stockholm, Sweden, we\'re covering the 40th Anniversary of the Right Livelihood Awards, widely known as the \"Alternative Nobel Prize.\" This year\'s recipients include 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, who arrived Tuesday in Lisbon, Portugal, after traveling for three weeks across the Atlantic in the 48-foot catamaran La Vagabonde, refusing to fly because of the high carbon footprint of air travel. Thunberg was on her way to attend COP25 in Santiago, Chile, when the conference was abruptly re…
truthout.org/video/greta-thunberg-has-sailed-back-to-europe-for-climate-talks/
National Climate Strike in Livermore
Student Activists | indybay.org | 2019-12-03
Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore, CA 94551…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/02/18828546.php
Honduras: 7 Sentenced in Murder Case of Environmental Activist
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-03
Honduras\' Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) on Monday sentenced seven people to more than 30 years in prison for the murder of Berta Caceres, an internationally recognized environmental activist who was killed at home by a hitman on March 2, 2016. | RELATED: | President of Energy Company Linked to Berta Caceres Murder | Four of the material authors were sentence…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-7-Sentenced-in-Murder-Case-of-Environmental-Activist-20191203-0001.html
Miami activists unite against U.S. imperialism in Latin America
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-03
Miami, FL – On December 1, immigrant groups representing several different countries in the Caribbean and South America rallied together at the Torch of Friendship to show unity and strength against U.S imperialism and far-right political violence in Latin America. Various groups of immigrant activists united in what they said was just the beginning of a new movement in South Florida to bring together the various struggles in Latin America against neo-liberalism and neo-colonialism. | Activists representing Chile, Bolivia, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Brazil spoke out against neoliberal policies, U.S militarism, and…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/2/miami-activists-unite-against-us-imperialism-latin-america
Army Demolishes A Water Reservoir In Tubas
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-03
Israeli soldiers demolished, earlier Tuesday, a water reservoir in the Tubas meadows, in northeastern West Bank. Palestinian human rights activist Aref Daraghma said several army jeeps, and bulldozers invaded the area, and demolished the reservoir, owned by Adnan Sawafta. Daraghma added that the destroyed water reservoir, located in Einoun area, …
imemc.org/article/army-demolishes-a-water-reservoir-in-tubas/
US carries out fresh massacre in Afghanistan, killing entire family with drone strike
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
The bloody attack came in the wake of Trump\'s claim that peace talks with the Taliban had resumed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/afgh-d03.html
South Sudan: UN calls for end to inter-communal clashes, attacks against aid workers
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-12-03
Peacekeepers have been sent to the northern Lakes region in South Sudan in a bid to deter further violence between communities there, the UN Mission in the country, UNMISS, said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1052701
Pompeo Says US Will \"Help Prevent\" Protests For \"Legitimate\" Governments & US Bombs Afghan Family
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-03
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/2/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Pompeo: US Will Prevent Cuba, Venezuela From \'Hijacking\' Protests in Latin America
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-12-03
Pompeo positioned the US as in favor of \"democratic\" protests in the region, while accusing Cuba and Venezuela of trying to \"hijack\" them.
theantimedia.com/pompeo-us-will-prevent-cuba-venezuela-from-hijacking-protests-in-latin-america/
Iranian government kills hundreds in bid to suppress the worst protests in decades
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
There is no doubt that the US, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf monarchies and Israel are seeking to exploit the escalating crisis confronting Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/iran-d03.html
Failed Action on the Climate Crisis Makes Resistance Imperative. Worldwide Protest against Neoliberalism
Margaret Flowers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
On December 2, the 25th two-week long United Nations climate conference begins in Madrid, Spain. The stated task of the conference, referred to as COP 25 (Conference Of Parties), is to make sure there are plans to meet the goals …
globalresearch.ca/failed-action-climate-crisis-makes-resistance-imperative/5696602
Talking About Ecuador\'s Political Prisoners: an Interview With Marcela Aguiñaga
Joe Emersberger | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
In October, eight protesters were killed during eleven days of demonstrations against a decree by Ecuadorian president Lenin Moreno to eliminate fuel subsidies in order to comply with a structural adjustment loan he signed with the IMF. Other articles and interviews on Counterpunch have discussed how Moreno ditched his left wing campaign platform as soon…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/talking-about-ecuadors-political-prisoners-an-interview-with-marcela-aguinaga/
Why the Resignation of Iraq\'s Prime Minister May Not Stop the Mass Uprising on the Horizon
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
Protesters in Iraq have won their first big success by forcing the resignation of the Iraqi prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, after the killing of 45 unarmed protesters by the Iraqi security forces in a single day. As the news spread, the crack of celebratory fireworks replaced that of gunshots in Baghdad\'s Tahrir Square, which has…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/why-the-resignation-of-iraqs-prime-minister-may-not-stop-the-mass-uprising-on-the-horizon/
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eight Palestinians In Hebron, Nablus And Jericho
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-03
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Tuesday at dawn, eight Palestinians in Hebron, Nablus, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank, in addition to invading homes in Shu\'fat refugee camp, in Jerusalem, and attacking protesters. The Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) in Hebron, in southern West Bank, said the soldiers invaded and searched …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-eight-palestinians-in-hebron-nablus-and-jericho/
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-03
The main union that promotes protests against the economic and social policies of the Colombian President, Iván Duque, rejected the possibility of suspending the national strike that was called for this Wednesday, December 4 and insisted on a direct dialogue with the government to seek an agreement. | Speaking to RCN News, the president of the Colombian Federation of Education Workers (Fecode), Nelson Alarcón, said that the leaders of the strike will answer the call of the government to begin the negotiation process based on the specifications submitted last week to President Duque. | Alarcón commented that t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Main-Colombian-Union-Refuses-to-Call-Off-National-Strike-20191203-0004.html
Companies Planning 5G Satellites. Global Day of Protest against 5G: January 25, 2020
IASEIS | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
So far, groups in the following countries have announced that they are organizing events on January 25, 2020 as part of the Global Day of Protest against 5G: | . | . | Australia | Austria | Canada | Croatia | Czech Republic | Denmark | France | Germany | Ireland…
globalresearch.ca/companies-planning-5g-satellites-global-day-of-protest-against-5g-january-25-2020/5696474
Lebanon Protesters: Ensure a Unified \'B-Team\' Runs Any New, Responsive Government
Dr. Barbara G. Ellis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
As Lebanon\'s massive, countrywide, anti-government demonstrations continue, the vacuum provides time for those ardent, long suffering protesters to create the most responsive anti-austerity government in the Middle East. If any populace in that region could do it, it\'s Lebanon\'s well-educated, …
globalresearch.ca/lebanon-protesters-ensure-a-unified-b-team-runs-any-new-responsive-government/5696469
Protests and civil unrest show \'renewed sense of patriotism\' in Iraq, UN envoy tells Security Council
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-12-03
After decades of sectarian strife and conflict, \"a renewed sense of patriotism has taken hold\", the head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) told the Security Council on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1052641
Israel\'s Unfinished \'Coup\'
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
This time, nothing seems to work. Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has tried every trick in the book to save his political career and to avoid possible prison time. But for Israel\'s longest-serving leader, the honeymoon is certainly almost over. It is an \"attempted coup\", is how Netanyahu described his indictment on charges of fraud,…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/israels-unfinished-coup/
The DSA on impeachment or: How the DSA learned to stop worrying and love Bolton
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
The Democratic Socialists of America has given its full support to the impeachment campaign, lining up behind John Bolton and the other reactionaries promoted by the Democratic Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/bolt-d03.html
Reporting Syria: I Talked to Everyone, Except Assad
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
I\'ve spent months these past eight years in Syria\'s amputated cities. They are a scar on all our lives — the Russians, the Syrians, the armed Islamists, the western powers that spent more time trying to destroy Syria than the Syrian regime. The bodies buried deep within these heaps of concrete, the survivors, and those invisibly…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/reporting-syria-i-talked-to-everyone-except-assad/
China Retaliates Against Hostile US Legislation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
In late November, House and Senate members unanimously passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) of 2019. | Trump signed the measure into law, along with a companion bill, restricting exports of US crowd control devices to …
globalresearch.ca/china-retaliates-against-hostile-us-legislation/5696675
After His Mysterious Death, the Media Scrambles to Get its Story Straight About White Helmets Founder James Le Mesurier
Vanessa Beeley | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-03
Almost immediately after Le Mesurier\'s alleged plunge to his death, reports began to emerge of tampering and the removal of details about the controversial \"private security\" operative\'s career.
mintpressnews.com/mysterious-death-media-scrambles-white-helmets-founder-james-le-mesurier/263142/
Betraying the US Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
\"It is the responsibility of the patriot to protect his country from its government.\"–Thomas Paine | While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a …
globalresearch.ca/who-will-protect-us-from-unpatriotic-patriot-act/5696607
Think You\'re Tired of the Ukraine Scandal? So Are the Ukrainians!
Brendan Oswald | progressive.org | 2019-12-03
Biden, Burisma, and the US impeachment hearings have crowded out media coverage of pressing domestic issues in Ukraine.
progressive.org/dispatches/think-youre-tired-of-the-ukraine-scandal-oswald-191203/
Betraying the Constitution: Who Will Protect Us from an Unpatriotic Patriot Act?
John W. Whitehead | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-03
While Congress subjects the nation to its impeachment-flavored brand of bread-and-circus politics, our civil liberties continue to die a slow, painful death by a thousand cuts. Case in point: while Americans have been fixated on the carefully orchestrated impeachment drama that continues to monopolize headlines, Congress passed and President Trump signed into law legislation extending …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/betraying-the-constitution-who-will-protect-us-from-an-unpatriotic-patriot-act/
Trump Impeachment Report Released by Dem. House Panel
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-03
The United States House Intelligence Committee released Tuesday the report documenting the impeachment case against President Donald Trump, laying out the conclusions of its inquiry into allegations that he abused his power by pressuring Ukraine to investigate Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden. | RELATED: | White House Won\'t Participate In Next Trump Impeachment Hearing…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Impeachment-Report-Released-by-Dem.-House-Panel-20191203-0009.html
House Democrats begin next phase of impeachment drive
wsws.org | 2019-12-03
The White House is refusing to participate in the first formal impeachment hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, set for Wednesday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/03/impe-d03.html
Syria\'s Post-War Reconstruction: 600 Establishments Resume Work at Aleppo Industrial City, Sheikh Najjar
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
Aleppo, Syria\'s second-largest city and the region\'s economic power horse is getting back on its feet again, despite all the efforts by the US and its NATO stooges and terrorists. | It\'s moving forward slowly but steadily, with over 600 establishments …
globalresearch.ca/600-establishments-resume-work-aleppo-industrial-city-sheikh-najjar/5696467
Video: Syrian Army Repels Major Attack by Idlib Al Qaeda Affiliated Mercenaries
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
Last weekend, the province of Idlib once again turned into the main hot point in Syria. | On November 30, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation and several foreign Jihadi groups, including the Turkistan Islamic Party and Ajnad …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-repels-major-attack-idlb-militants/5696605
Syria Slams US Meddling in the Syrian Constitution Committee Talks
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
The Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs slammed the regime of Donald Trump for its attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries after the US State Department issued a statement to interfere in the works of the Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/syria-slams-us-meddling-syrian-constitution-committee-talks/5696527
Moral Injury and America\'s Endless Conflicts
Arnold R. Isaacs | commondreams.org | 2019-12-03
By the time the campaign was over, Raqqa, like a number of other Syrian and Iraqi cities, was in almost complete ruins. (Photo: Youtube Screenshot/Gabriel Chaim) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/raqqa_destroyed.jpg …
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Syria\'s Pharmaceutical Industry Rebuilds Following the Defeat of US-NATO Sponsored Terrorists
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
The first factory of its kind in Syria and the Arab world opened November 21, 2019, in Damascus. Central Pharmaceutical Industries Company, \'Mainpharma\', celebrated the opening of its factory for the manufacturing of anticancer drugs at Adra Industrial City, in …
globalresearch.ca/syrias-pharmaceutical-industry-rebuilds-following-the-defeat-of-us-nato-sponsored-terrorists/5696647
Can\'t Get No Satisfaction?
Kay Sather | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-03
Sometimes I can\'t, either. But today was satisfying. A couple of weeks ago my partner sliced a pretty big branch off our mesquite tree. I mean, held upright it made a nice young shade tree on its own. Where he cut it–the diameter of its pretty little tree-ringed circle–was a full five inches. So you…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/03/cant-get-no-satisfaction/
Members of Argentine Delegation in Bolivia tell the horror they recorded (Coup Repression)
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-12-03
Disappearances, murders, arbitrary detentions, rapes, torture and hospitals that refuse to take care of those wounded by the repression were some of the events recorded during the first day of work. They were held and kicked at the airport by a pro-coup mob. Then the Minister of Government of Añez, Arturo Murillo, came out to […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/12/03/members-of-argentine-delegation-in-bolivia-tell-the-horror-they-recorded-coup-repression/
Rollback of the Elite
Otto Konig and Richard Detje | indybay.org | 2019-12-03
The opposition senator Jeanine Anez appointed herself the new \"president.\" The trigger for the coup was the election on October 20. President Evo Morales was declared the winner with 47% of the vote and a difference of 10 points from ther conservative candidate. The per capita income of the 11 million Bolivians doubled during Morales\' term of office.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/02/18828545.php
How Loan Companies Prey on an Unsuspecting Public
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-03
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they\'re published. | All four were arrested by an armed constable, handcuffed and booked into jail. They spent anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days behind bars before being released after paying a few hundred dollars in bail or promising to appear in court. | None of the four, who live in northern Utah and were detained last year, had committed a crime. They had each borrowed money at high interest rates from a local lender called L…
truthdig.com/articles/how-loan-companies-prey-on-an-unsuspecting-public/
Israeli Minister of Defense to Impose Sanctions on Palestinian \'Militants\' Abroad
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-03
Israeli Minister of Defense, Naftali Bennett, on Tuesday, issued a written order imposing international economic sanctions on Palestinian militants abroad, The Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. Hebrew media outlets broadcast Bennett\'s decision, pointing out that this move has never been attempted before. Bennett issued his first order against Jamil …
imemc.org/article/israeli-minister-of-defense-to-impose-sanctions-on-palestinian-militants-abroad/
Bilateral Trade Relations Between Iran and EU Suffer Under Harsh US Sanctions
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-03
Trade between the European Union (EU) and the Islamic Republic of Iran has dropped roughly 74.92% percent this year from January to September compared to last year during the same timeframe, due to US-imposed sanctions, according to the European statistical …
globalresearch.ca/bilateral-trade-relations-iran-eu-suffer-harsh-us-sanctions/5696599
The Hottest Years
Emily Beament | commondreams.org | 2019-12-03
\"On a day-to-day basis, the impacts of climate change play out through extreme and \"abnormal\" weather. (Photo: U.S. Forest Service) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/forestfire_0.jpeg …
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Middle America: The Danger for Democrats
Ruth Conniff | commondreams.org | 2019-12-03
It\'s too late to turn back the page to the soft, centrist, consensus politics of the era before Trump. (Photo: Ethan Miller/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden-climate-draft-policy-panned_0.jpg …
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