(2019-12-27). \'Bombshell\' Glosses Over the Horrors of Fox News. truthdig.com \"You will be muzzled,\" the lawyer for Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) warns her at the end of \"Bombshell,\" as the former Fox News anchor signs a $20 million settlement of a sexual harassment suit against her former boss, ex-Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. The lawyer could have been speaking about the movie. | Carlson sued Ailes in 2015, which led other women, including fellow anchor Megyn Kelly, to reveal that he assaulted them too. \"Bombshell\" unfolds over late 2015, in the…
(2019-12-27). \'Climate tariffs\' on fracked \'molecules of freedom\': German think tank wants to punish US for sanctions against Nord Stream 2. rt.com ![](\"https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.12/thumbnail/5e0550ef85f540222d7e38bb.jpg\")
US sanctions against the \'Russian\' Nord Stream 2 pipeline have caused widespread anger in Germany, with even critics of the project now ironically seeking to slap the American \'molecules of freedom\' with an eco-tax in reprisal. | The prospect of \"crushing sanctions\" included in the funding the US military, signed by President Donald Trump last week, has already compelled the Swiss-Dutch company Allseas to halt construction on the last remaining portion of the pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea, from Russia to Germany.
(2019-12-26). Michael Moore: Republicans Who Oppose Impeachment Are \"Dying Dinosaurs,\" But Trump Could Win in 2020. democracynow.org ![](\"https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/17/50617/w320/SEG1-Impeachment.jpg\")
As the Senate attempts to set rules for President Trump\'s impeachment trial, at least one Republican is expressing concern about the proceedings. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in an interview Tuesday that she was disturbed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\'s promise of \"total coordination\" with the White House. Murkowski\'s comments mark a rare instance of dissent for the Republican Party, which has been unified behind President Trump until now. McConnell needs 51 votes to set the rules for the hearing. Republicans have a thin majority of 53 seats in the Senate. Last week, Oscar-winning…
(2019-12-26). Michael Moore: Americans Pay More for Healthcare Than Others, But \"We Don\'t Call It a Tax\" democracynow.org ![](\"https://www.democracynow.org/images/story/18/50618/w320/SEG2-Healthcare.jpg\")
We continue our interview with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore about election 2020 and some of the major issues for voters. Long before Medicare for All became a rallying cry in the Democratic Party, Moore\'s 2007 film \"Sicko\" diagnosed the shortcomings of the for-profit American healthcare system and called for a system of universal healthcare. \"The real question never gets asked. They always want to pin them on how much is it going to cost in taxes,\" Moore says of debate moderators who ask whether Democratic presidential candidates will raise taxes to pay for Medicare for All.
(2019-12-26). The Left Case for Fertility Awareness. thenation.com ![](\"https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/birth-control-stock-image-gt-img-275x173.jpg\")
No pill, intrauterine device, or ultra-ribbed piece of rubber could provide the sexual liberation I experience practicing a method associated with anti-choice religious zealots: the fertility awareness method of birth control.
(2019-12-26). After Democrats Push Bill to Send Fracked Gas to EU, Trump Includes in Budget. therealnews.com ![](\"https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/fracking-150x150.jpg\")
The European Energy Security and Diversification Act, legislation offering $1B to promote sending U.S. fracked gas to EU countries, was inserted into the federal budget bill signed into law by President Donald Trump. Democrats invoked \"Russiagate\" in their PR push for the bill.
(2019-12-26). A Feminist Alternative to Trump\'s Chest-Pounding on Iran. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/12/30964478675_d129ce8bce_b.jpg\")
President Trump\'s foreign policy has led the U.S. on a perilous course with Iran, resulting in a dangerous moment for U.S.-Iran relations. Yet rather than threatening obliteration — or sympathizing with Iranian protesters only when it is politically expedient — the U.S. should pursue a civilian focused, diplomatic strategy informed by feminist foreign policy principles More
(2019-12-26). Burning States, Secret Travels and Scott Morrison. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/12/Swifts_creek_14-12-2006_1600_-2.jpg\")
The bush fire situation in Australia is now deemed catastrophic. And it started early, with a relentless ferocity that has seen thousands of volunteers stretched across the states and a slow but assured rise in the number of deaths. Currently, there are fires raging at emergency level across New South Wales, and major incendiary activity More
(2019-12-26). The Yiddish Art of Suicide. counterpunch.org ![](\"https://www.counterpunch.org/wp-content/dropzone/2019/12/71sD7bcdT2L.jpg\")
If today\'s Incels had a sense of humor and a real flair for decadence like Zalman Schneour, they might be able to tell us something about how paranoia can dance. But contemporary Underground Man rarely goes out; content in his chat rooms, squinty-eyed, immobile and listless. The solitary\'s terror now consists of a mania for More
(2019-12-26). Year in Climate Crisis: Fossil Fuels Expansion, Scary Science and Global Activism. therealnews.com ![](\"https://therealnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/climate-150x150.jpg\")
The Real News Network\'s Steve Horn and Dimitri Lascaris talk about the 2019\'s biggest climate stories.
(2019-12-26). We Can\'t Obtain Immigration Justice in a World of Borders and Nations. truthout.org We can\'t reckon with the extreme inequalities and inherent injustices of immigration policy without an analysis of how borders, the state and capitalism function to create them. | Current liberal immigration news is often centered on reducing current harm — resisting Trump\'s \"border wall\" and expansion of concentration camps, advocating for immigration reform and countering attacks on the asylum process. All of these efforts are critical to preventing more unnecessary death and suffering and sh…
(2019-12-26). Global War on Humanity: America\'s Unceasing Pursuit of Hegemony. globalresearch.ca Essentially what we\'re looking at is a broader historical perspective on how the US de facto supported Nazi Germany with a view to destroying the Soviet Union as well as weakening the British Empire and competing empires including of course France, Belgium, Holland, etc. And those countries today are no longer colonial powers.
(2019-12-26). Colombia: Farmer Leader Shot to Death in Front of His Family. telesurenglish.net The National Association of Farmer Users (ANUC) activist Reinaldo Carrillo was killed at dawn on Wednesday by hitmen who entered his house and shot him in front of his family in Pitalito town, Department of Huila, Colombia. | RELATED: | Violence in Colombia Continues As Social Leader Assassinated | \"We reject the murder of Reinaldo Carrillo. He was a member of a group of people which expected the government to grant them the ownership title of a vacant land called La Conaca,\" sai…
(2019-12-26). All the Political Revolts America Ignored in 2019. truthdig.com ANN ARBOR, Mich. — In 2019, the Middle East was shaken by a new round of street revolts. As the year began, Abdelaziz Bouteflika had announced a fifth run for the presidency of Algeria. Then the peaceful \"revolution of Smiles\" broke out and by April he had resigned. A small elite has for decades monopolized Algeria\'s oil resources and has rewarded its supporters while marginalizing everyone else. On December 12, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected president, amid continued massive demonstrations in major cities and a protester boycott of the election itself. The crowds are clearly unconvinced that switching ou…
(2019-12-26). Iraq President Offers to Quit After Rejecting PM Nominee. truthdig.com BAGHDAD — Iraq\'s president refused on Thursday to designate a prime minister candidate nominated by the Iran-backed parliamentary bloc and offered to resign, plunging the country into further political uncertainty amid nearly three months of unprecedented mass protests. | President Barham Salih said in a statement issued by his office that he would not name the governor of the southern Basra province, Asaad al-Eidani, as the country\'s next prime minister \"to avoid more bloodshed and in order to safeguard civil peace.\" | Al-Eidani\'s name was proposed on Wednesday by the Fatah bloc, which includes leaders ass…
(2019-12-26). A Brief Introduction to Tibet. globalresearch.ca Westerners appear to have a willful blindness about Tibet, with strong opinions often held by those who haven\'t been there. The Western media have imposed on our imaginations an image of a fabled theocracy where a reincarnated god rules over a peaceful people spinning prayer wheels in a pastoral idyll.
(2019-12-26). Trump Warns Syria, Russia, Iran Over Idlib Campaign. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump took a shot at the governments of Syria, Iran, and Russia on Thursday, warning them against renewing their assault on the Idlib province. | RELATED: | Syria: Trump Administration Builds Military Base in Oil Field | Trump, who praised Turkey in the tweet, was relatively silent during Ankara\'s \"Operation Peace Spring\" in northeastern Syria, despite the fact it displaced thousands and killed and wounded many civilians. | \"Russia, Syria, and Iran are kill…
(2019-12-26). Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf Orders Mass Arrest of Housing Justice Village Protesters. indybay.org An inspirational day of solidarity with unhoused Oaklanders turned into a traumatic night after mayor Libby Schaaf directed a small army of police and DPW workers to smash a housing rights protest held on the doorstep of City Hall. For daring to challenge the Oakland\'s never ending war against the homeless — the city\'s encampment demolitions and evictions, the towing of residential vehicles, and a lack of earnestness and urgency in addressing the housing crisis — twenty-two people were arrested and sent to Santa Rita jail, some for over two days.
(2019-12-26). Housing Justice Village Arrestees Respond to Jailing by City of Oakland. indybay.org In a political show of force, the city of Oakland directed a small army of police to mass arrest and jail 22 housing rights demonstrators on November 24, for nothing more than setting up tents in front of city hall to protest the city\'s never ending war against the homeless. Most arrestees spent at least 24 hours in Santa Rita, and some remained jailed for over two days, on what would otherwise be a citable infraction. On December 2, arrestees held a press conference to address the city\'s attack and why they protested in the first place.
(2019-12-26). Americans are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons. counterpunch.org Although today\'s public protests against nuclear weapons can\'t compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration\'s nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia, and More
(2019-12-26). A Feminist Alternative to Trump\'s Chest-Pounding on Iran. counterpunch.org President Trump\'s foreign policy has led the U.S. on a perilous course with Iran, resulting in a dangerous moment for U.S.-Iran relations. Yet rather than threatening obliteration — or sympathizing with Iranian protesters only when it is politically expedient — the U.S. should pursue a civilian focused, diplomatic strategy informed by feminist foreign policy principles More
(2019-12-26). \'Blinding the Truth\': Israeli Snipers Target Gaza Protesters in the Eyes. globalresearch.ca Media coverage and social media posts went wild when Palestinian photojournalist Muath Amarneh was blinded in his left eye after he was hit by a rubber bullet while covering a protest in the West Bank. | However, Amarneh was far from …
(2019-12-26). Impeachment Is a Distraction: Heavily Scripted Vote Demonstrates that Democracy Really Is Dead. globalresearch.ca Watching the impeachment \"vote\" was hard work. With only a few exceptions, each Congressman rose for roughly 90 seconds and provided a prearranged, almost completely scripted-along-party-lines explanation of how he or she was casting one\'s ballot. After four grueling hours …
(2019-12-26). Israel Preparing for War on Iran? globalresearch.ca Israel\'s longtime goal is unchallenged Middle East dominance partnered with Washington. | Achieving it depends on transforming independent regional nations into US/Israeli vassal states by war or other hostile means, Iran most of all. | Along with Turkey, it\'s the only regional …
(2019-12-26). Who Is Winning the Arms Race? Russia\'s \"Super-Weapons\" globalresearch.ca Russia\'s defense budget is a small fraction of what the US spends for militarism and warmaking. Yet Russia\'s super-weapons exceed the best in the West because of efficient and effective use of its resources. | Meeting with Russia\'s Defense Ministry Board …
(2019-12-26). Video: Turkish-based \'Syrian Government\' Threatens Damascus with Military Action. globalresearch.ca Late on December 23, the Turkish-based \"Syrian Interim Government\" (an entity funded by Turkey in an attempt to legalize its actions in Syria) threatened the real Syrian government with a military action. | In a released statement, it claimed that forces …
(2019-12-26). Erdogan\'s Adventurism in Syria and Libya Has Left Turkey Weaker and Isolated. globalresearch.ca Still featured on the Turkish Ministry of Affairs website is the \"Zero Problems With Our Neighbors\" policy that was launched in 2010 with the aim of diffusing Turkey\'s many issues with all of its neighbors. However, less than a year …
(2019-12-26). Remembering The Invasion Of Panama. globalresearch.ca Panama marked the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion with an official day of mourning for the first time this year: | Panama declared a day of national mourning for Friday, the 30th anniversary of the U.S. invasion that ousted dictator …
(2019-12-26). Mexico Reiterates Demand that Bolivia End Siege on Embassy. telesurenglish.net The Mexican government, under the leadership of Andrés López Obrador (AMLO), reiterated its complaint about the \" harassment \" and \"intimidation\" of its embassy staf at the official mission\'s residence in La Paz, Bolivia. Since the coup d\'etat in Bolivia, at least nine people have taken refuge at the embassy in La, Paz. | RELATED: | Mexico Under Alert for Popocatépetl Volcano Eruption | In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the \"intimidation\" by Bolivian…
(2019-12-26). The Afghanistan Papers Are a Case Study in Colonial Propaganda. truthdig.com In an earlier article (FAIR.org, 12/18/19) regarding the Washington Post\'s Afghanistan Papers ( 12/9/19), I discussed how…
(2019-12-26). McDonald\'s Franchise Violated Safety Laws: Peruvian Watchdog. telesurenglish.net Peru ¥s labor watchdog has found McDonald\'s Corp ¥s Latin America franchisee Arcos Dorados guilty of six \"very serious\" violations of local safety and health laws following the deaths of two employees in a restaurant kitchen. | RELATED: | Peru: McDonald\'s Shuts for Inspection After Employee Deaths | The Labor Ministry\'s regulating body (Sunafil) prop…
(2019-12-26). Colombian Attorney Asks to Stop Murder of Social Leaders. telesurenglish.net The Colombian attorney general, Fernando Carrillo, urged the government of Colombia led by Iván Duque to stop the systematic murder of social leaders in that country. | RELATED: | Colombia: Farmers Leader Shot to Deat in Front of His Family | The official urged the Government, through his Twitter account, to convene the National Security Guarantees Commission \"immediately and ensure its operation.\" | He added that the threat against social leaders in Colombia \"is latent and must…
(2019-12-26). Bolsonaro Says He Had Partial Memory Loss From Bathroom Fall. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro said on Tuesday night that he briefly lost his memory after falling at his presidential residence in Brasilia, the capital, earlier this week. | RELATED: | Brazil: Comedians Attacked by Militia After Film on \'Gay Jesus\' | The president\'s office disclosed on Monday that Bolsonaro, 64, had suffered a fall and was taken to a hospital Monday night for a brain scan, which detected no abnormalities. Bolsonaro spent the night in the hospital a…
(2019-12-26). Brazil: Comedians Attacked by Militia After Film on \'Gay Jesus\'. telesurenglish.net Brazil\'s far-right militia \"Command of the People\'s Nationalist Insurgency\" launched Molotov cocktails to the headquarters of the comedy group Porta dos Fundos in Rio de Janeiro on Christmas Eve, an action which represents a retaliation to a Netflix film depicting Jesus as gay. | RELATED: | UN Accuses Brazil\'s Bolsonaro of Violating Anti-Torture Pact | \"The Command of the People\'s Nationalist Insurgency attacked the headquarters of Porta dos Fundos‚Äã‚Äã…
(2019-12-26). Michael Moore on Republicans Opposing Impeachment, Possible Trump 2020 Win. truthout.org As the Senate attempts to set rules for President Trump\'s impeachment trial, at least one Republican is expressing concern about the proceedings. Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska said in an interview Tuesday that she was disturbed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\'s promise of \"total coordination\" with the White House. Murkowski\'s comments mark a rare instance of dissent for the Republican Party, which has been unified behind President Trump until now. McConnell needs 51 votes to…
(2019-12-26). Nancy Pelosi\'s Scripted Impeachment Failure. Or, …Leading the Dems from Blue… to Yellow! globalresearch.ca For the voter, the Democratic Party no longer has any interest in performing its function as an opposition party. The charade of purported constitutional jurisprudence seen in the US House impeachment hearings should forever confirm this. This degradation of political …
(2019-12-26). In Mountain View, Seasonal and Humorous Signs at Eve of Impeachment Demo on Four Corners. indybay.org Demonstrators leaned in toward passing traffic to show off their creative signs on Impeachment Eve at a major intersection in the heart of Silicon Valley.
(2019-12-26). In SF, Music Punctuates Enthusiastic Chanting at Rally and March on Eve of Historic Impeachment Vote. indybay.org In San Francisco, lyrics were rewritten to rock classics calling for impeachment and a crowd of thousands chanted for \"Trump Pence Out Now!\"
(2019-12-26). China\'s Huawei Continues to Move Around US Sanctions. globalresearch.ca By establishing facilities in Europe to produce components, Chinese telecom giant Huawei is continuing the process of circumventing US sanctions amid a wider US-led trade war aimed at artificially quelling the growing trend of foreign companies outcompeting long-entrenched US monopolies….
(2019-12-26). Criminal War Monger Pelosi & Demos Appropriate Millions For War On Venezuela. indybay.org Criminal war monger Demo leader Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats joined Trump in supporting tens of millions of dollars to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
(2019-12-26). Michael Moore: US Pays More for Health Care, Doesn\'t Call It a Tax. truthout.org We continue our interview with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore about election 2020 and some of the major issues for voters. Long before Medicare for All became a rallying cry in the Democratic Party, Moore\'s 2007 film \"Sicko\" diagnosed the shortcomings of the for-profit American healthcare system and called for a system of universal healthcare. \"The real question never gets asked. They always want to pin them on how much is it going to cost in taxes,\" Moore says of debate moderators who ask whe…
(2019-12-26). Greatness Comes to Those Who Want It. counterpunch.org We know there are always; at the very least three sides to every object. Our world can be seen as an object and we must understand, we live in a multi-dimensional world. Our conversations however sometimes seem to lack this understanding as we push one point of view or another forward to promote a certain More
(2019-12-26). West Coast Fishery Rebounds in Rare Conservation \'Home Run\'. truthdig.com WARRENTON, Ore. — A rare environmental success story is unfolding in waters off the U.S. West Coast. | After years of fear and uncertainty, bottom trawler fishermen — those who use nets to scoop up rockfish, bocaccio, sole, Pacific Ocean perch and other deep-dwelling fish — are making a comeback here, reinventing themselves as a sustainable industry less than two decades after authorities closed huge stretches of the Pacific Ocean because of the species\' depletion. | The ban devastated fishermen, but on Jan. 1, regulators will reopen…
(2019-12-26). Michael L. Cantor mocks the artwork of the Yacht Sequoia Cruise Certificates. indybay.org In a shocking email further below, Michael L. Cantor, director of FE Partners LLC, the owner of the former Presidential Yacht Sequoia, mocks the artwork of the Yacht Sequoia Cruise Certificates with condescension and derision towards the much coveted historical Yacht Sequoia Cruise Certificates!
(2019-12-26). Fireworks Instead of Mortar Shells: Syrian Christians Flood the Streets in Spiritual Unity of Christmas Celebrations. globalresearch.ca Mainstream media perpetrates huge deceptions and promulgates criminal war propaganda as policy. Often the omission is worse than the direct lie. Regularly, mainstream messaging omits context and ROOT CAUSES of events that it claims to be describing. The root cause …
(2019-12-26). Kwanzaa our \"California Grown\" Global Celebration, \"Matunda ya Kwanza\" indybay.org Imani (Faith) reminds us of the indispensable foundation of confident, righteous and rewarding belief, calling on us \"to believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our leaders, our teachers and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.\" In remembrance of Khalid Al Mansour…
(2019-12-26). Tenant screening companies wage war on tenants with blacklists. indybay.org Tenant screening companies and landlords depend on Experian, Equinox, and TransUnion to get the information they depend on to be able to blacklist tenants all across the nation, resulting in tenants becoming homeless and living in tent cities!
(2019-12-26). A Star Is Always Born. globalresearch.ca It is no different now. | The yearning still gnaws. | The night dark, utterly silent, | Sky stretched endlessly back | Into an infinity beyond reach. | And the fears, the tears | Are they any different? | It is no different now. | Joy sometimes, hope …
(2019-12-26). German Politician: \"Ami Go Home!\"… The US is waging bloody economic wars against the entire world. globalresearch.ca Oskar Lafontaine is a German politician, candidate for Chancellor in the German federal election of 1990, Chairman of the Social Democratic Party from 1995 to 1999, Minister of Finance from 1998 to 1999, leader of The Left in Saarland since …
(2019-12-26). Boris Johnson Has Changed His Mind on \'Reset\' with Russia. globalresearch.ca Recently Boris Johnson was quoted as saying he had \'changed his mind\' on whether there could be a \'reset\' in relations between Britain and Russia. Interviewed when on a visit to Estonia, he said that despite remaining an optimist and …