2019-07-31: Social Media Postees

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DNC Won\'t Create Oversight Panel to Review the Millions It Spends
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
This article was produced by Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute. | A proposal to bring unprecedented oversight to the way that the Democratic National Committee spends the billion dollars it raises between presidential elections was rejected by the DNC Rules and Bylaw Committee Tuesday, after a spirited debate highlighting that there is no independent oversight reporting back to the DNC\'s 450 members. | The decision did not come without some Rules Committee members saying that the oversight issue was legitimate. But they di…
truthdig.com/articles/dnc-wont-create-oversight-panel-to-review-the-millions-it-spends/

On Direct Action and Trump\'s Immigration Agenda
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| We are nearing the tail end of the latest round of reports of (and subsequent righteous uproar at) the ongoing crisis at the U.S./Mexico border and all things immigration. At different points over the last several weeks, folks have wondered aloud online about where was the immigrant rights movement? What could be done? | Speaking for myself, it\'s been difficult to produce a convenient answer (or even an inconvenient one that will work). I have felt pena ajena when I see that the only action step for people is to do…
truthout.org/articles/on-direct-action-and-trumps-immigration-agenda/

Pakistani Journalists Protest Media Blackout, Censorship
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Pakistani opposition parties and journalists have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a \'Terrorist\' Organization…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pakistani-Journalists-Protest-Media-Blackout-Censorship-20190731-0011.html

Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren Tear Apart Liberal Rivals
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offered an unabashed defense of their progressive policies during a Democratic presidential debate Tuesday when their liberal, pro-establishment rivals criticized the proposals as unrealistic and politically untenable. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders, Cardi B Film US Presidential Campaign Video | Defying all guesses of Sanders and Warren turning on each other, the progressive candidates teamed up to take down the right-wing tendencies in their Democr…
telesurenglish.net/news/united-states-democratic-debate-bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-against-liberal-democrats-20190731-0002.html

Sanders, Warren Clash With Cautious Rivals Over \'Big Ideas\'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
DETROIT–The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. | Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against their more cautious rivals who ridiculed \"Medicare for All\" and warned that \"wish-list economics\" would jeopardize Democrats\' chances for taking the White House in 2020. | \"I don\'t understand why anybody g…
truthdig.com/articles/sanders-warren-clash-with-moderates-over-medicare-for-all/

Warren Backs \"No First Use\" Nuclear Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| While most of Tuesday\'s debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her \"no first use\" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war. | TRANSCRIPT: | AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, de…
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Sanders and Warren Defend Medicare for All From Moderates and Media
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
The two progressives team up to raise alarm at corporate advertising in America\'s media as well as combat attacks from fellow Democrats.
truthdig.com/articles/sanders-and-warren-defend-medicare-for-all-from-moderates-and-media/

Bolsonaro Announces Greater Budget Cuts in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Brazil\'s president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Wednesday a cut to the federal budget of 82.5 million dollars, representing the largest reduction in recent years in the country. | The new economic policy mainly affects education and social welfare programs, whose resources will be blocked by an unofficial decree of the Executive. | RELATED: | Brazilians Protest Bolsonaro\'s Threats Against Glenn Greenwald | Between 2016-2019 Brazil has experienced a reduction in its gross domest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Announces-Greater-Budget-Cuts-in-Brazil-20190731-0021.html

CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn\'t Happen
D.D. Guttenplan | thenation.com | 2019-07-31
CNN Tried to Pit Sanders and Warren Against Each Other. That Didn\'t Happen.
thenation.com/article/democratic-debate-warren-sanders-2020/

On Direct Action and Trump\'s Immigration Agenda
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| We are nearing the tail end of the latest round of reports of (and subsequent righteous uproar at) the ongoing crisis at the U.S./Mexico border and all things immigration. At different points over the last several weeks, folks have wondered aloud online about where was the immigrant rights movement? What could be done? | Speaking for myself, it\'s been difficult to produce a convenient answer (or even an inconvenient one that will work). I have felt pena ajena when I see that the only action step for people is to do…
truthout.org/articles/on-direct-action-and-trumps-immigration-agenda/

#DemDebate: Conquering Race-and-Red-Baiting Moderators and Moderates
Jud Lounsbury | progressive.org | 2019-07-31
In a show of progressive promise versus the status quo, it was Warren/Sanders versus the Four Horsemen of the Pale, Stale, and Male.
progressive.org/dispatches/democratic-debate-race-socialist-baiting-lounsbury-190731/

Maduro Personally Thanks Embassy Protection Collective From US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro reiterated Tuesday his gratitude to United States\' activists who were members of the Protection Collective of Venezuela\'s embassy in Washington. | RELATED: | Presidents of Venezuela and Cuba Close 25th Sao Paulo Forum | \"Our gratitude and eternal recognition to the Protection Collective of our diplomatic headquarters in Washington. Their performance reflects high morals for the defense of the dignity and sovereignty of the Venezuelan people,\" t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Personally-Thanks-Embassy-Protection-Collective-From-US-20190731-0017.html

Sanders, Warren Clash With Moderates Over \'Medicare for All\'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-31
DETROIT–The signature domestic proposal by the leading progressive candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination came under withering attack from moderates Tuesday in a debate that laid bare the struggle between a call for revolutionary policies and a desperate desire to defeat President Donald Trump. | Standing side by side at center stage, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren slapped back against their more cautious rivals who ridiculed \"Medicare for All\" and warned that \"wish-list economics\" would jeopardize Democrats\' chances for taking the White House in 2020. | \"I don\'t understand why anybody g…
truthdig.com/articles/sanders-warren-clash-with-moderates-over-medicare-for-all/

Bernie Sanders sets the bar for radical healthcare reform with strong performance in latest TV debate
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2019-07-31
10 of the candidates running in the Democratic Party primary race went on stage on 31 July for the latest televised debate. Facing off against several establishment figures who argued for traditional centrist proposals, Bernie Sanders made waves with h…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/07/31/bernie-sanders-sets-the-bar-for-radical-healthcare-reform-with-strong-performance-in-latest-tv-debate/

Iran simply won\'t let itself be hemmed in by the U.S. and UK
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-31
The United States is leading a process to create a naval force that would patrol the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has said it will send \"command and control\" ships to coordinate the escort naval vessels from different countries. But there are cracks in the coalition. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/30/iran-simply-wont-let-itself-be-hemmed-in-by-the-u-s-and-uk/

United, Warren and Sanders Show What a Left-Wing Democratic Party Looks Like
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| Late in the first night of the second round of the 2020 Democratic debates on Tuesday, CNN moderator Jake Tapper asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren a serious question in an unserious way. \"Senator Warren, you want to make it U.S. policy that the U.S. will never use a nuclear weapon unless another country uses one first,\" Tapper said. \"Why should the U.S. tie its own hands with that policy?\" | Warren\'s response was clear, direct, and morally and strategically sound. \"Because it makes the world…
truthout.org/articles/united-warren-and-sanders-show-what-a-left-wing-democratic-party-looks-like/

As US Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf, Yemen\'s Houthis Turn to Russia for Support
Ahmed AbdulKareem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Houthi attempts to engage the UN to broker a peaceful solution to the war on Yemen have stalled. Now, out of options, the movement may have found a willing partner in Moscow. | *** | Yemen\'s Houthi movement has reacted with concern …
globalresearch.ca/us-beefs-up-military-presence-gulf-yemen-houthis-turn-russia-support/5685195

Killing Democracy: US Imperialism, Civil War and Genocide in Guatemala 1954-1996
Edward B. Winslow | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
\"This ideology of [United States corporatism] embraces a belief that societies and cultures can be regenerated through violence…. This belief that [the US has] a divine right to resources, land and power, and a right to displace and kill to …
globalresearch.ca/killing-democracy-united-states-imperialism-civil-war-genocide-guatemala-1954-1996/5685144

\"We Don\'t Want Another Obama\": Immigration Activist Urges Democrats to Be Bold
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| Democratic candidates sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services. | TRANSCRIPT: | JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We\'re also joined by Erika Andiola of RAICES. Erika, I wanted to…
truthout.org/video/we-dont-want-another-obama-immigration-activist-urges-democrats-to-be-bold/

Publishing Stolen Material: WikiLeaks, the DNC and Freedom of Speech
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
It may well be a finding of some implication should Julian Assange find his way into the beastly glory that is the US justice system. In its efforts to rope in President Donald Trump\'s election campaign, Wikileaks, Assange and …
globalresearch.ca/publishing-stolen-material-wikileaks-dnc-freedom-speech/5685156

Pakistani Journalists Protest Media Blackout, Censorship
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Pakistani opposition parties and journalists have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of intimidating broadcasters into a blackout on television coverage of his critics after several TV channels were briefly taken off-air and opposition protests and news conferences passed unreported. | RELATED: | US Labels Anti-Pakistan Baloch Army a \'Terrorist\' Organization…
telesurenglish.net/news/Pakistani-Journalists-Protest-Media-Blackout-Censorship-20190731-0011.html

CNN Tried to Derail Sanders and Warren Last Night. It Failed
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-31
| Tuesday night\'s Democratic debate was a CNN-engineered center-right ambush of Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that was so ham-fisted in its conception and execution, it could have been drawn up by Donald Trump himself. | \"Is Bernie Sanders Too Extreme?\" was an actual discussion topic. Zero-polling candidates like Rep. John Delaney and Sen. Amy Klobuchar were encouraged to take swipes at Medicare for All, student debt forgiveness, and other big-box ideas put forth by the two progressive fro…
truthout.org/articles/cnn-tried-to-derail-sanders-and-warren-last-night-it-failed/

Tulsi Gabbard vs Google Goliath
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Introduction | The Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign has filed a major lawsuit against Google. This article outlines the main points of the lawsuit and evidence the the social media giant Google has quietly acquired enormous influence on public perceptions and has …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-vs-google-goliath/5685139

Warren Backs \"No First Use\" Nuclear Policy as Buttigieg Calls for Withdrawal from Afghanistan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
While most of Tuesday\'s debate focused on domestic issues, Democratic candidates were briefly asked about nuclear weapons policy and the war in Afghanistan. Senator Elizabeth Warren defended her \"no first use\" policy on nuclear weapons, despite criticism from Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Meanwhile, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg and former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sparred on whether the U.S. should withdraw from Afghanistan after 18 years of war.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_debate_foreign_policy_mehdi_hasan

Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders Dominate Democratic Debate Set Up to Ambush Them
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-07-31
The most progressive candidates on stage at the Democratic debate in Detroit, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, dominated an event framed like an ambush.
theintercept.com/2019/07/30/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-dominate-democratic-debate/

Last Night\'s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-31
Last Night\'s Debate Produced a Clear Winner: Medicare for All…
thenation.com/article/dnc-debate-2020-medicare-sanders-warren-cnn/

12th Round of Sino/US Trade Talks Falls Flat. US Rage for Global Dominance
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Over a year of Sino/US trade talks failed to resolve major differences because of unacceptable Trump demands. | On matters of statecraft, China, Russia, Iran, and other countries have outwitted the US. | Sino/US disagreements have little to do with the trade …
globalresearch.ca/12th-round-of-sinous-trade-talks-falls-flat-us-rage-for-global-dominance/5685174

81 Venezuelans Return Home From Ecuador With Gov\'t Program
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
A total of 81 Venezuelans returned from Ecuador Tuesday, as part of the \'Return to the Homeland\' program that has been promoted by President Nicolas Maduro\'s administration. | RELATED: | 180 Venezuelans Return Home from Peru | According to the Venezuelans returning their decision is mainly based on the unfulfilled expectations when migrating, lack of opportunities in the host countries, suffering from xenophobia and/or not having the resources to return by their own means. | The migrants were residing…
telesurenglish.net/news/81-Venezuelans-Return-Home-From-Ecuador-With-Government-Program-20190731-0014.html

\"We Don\'t Want Another President Obama\": Activist Urges Democrats to Reframe Immigration Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
Democratic candidates also sparred on immigration policy, from decriminalizing border crossing to providing healthcare to undocumented immigrants. We hear excerpts of Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as Montana Governor Steve Bullock. Plus we speak to Erika Andiola, chief advocacy officer for RAICES, the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_democratic_debate_immigration_erika_andiola

Trump Replaces Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats with Right Wing Extremist Rep. John Ratcliffe
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-31
Most often when White House officials step down, they were sacked, usually allowed to submit a resignation letter — likely the fate of former senator/Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Dan Coats. | His departure is effective on August 15, right-wing …
globalresearch.ca/trump-replaces-director-of-national-intelligence-dan-coats-with-right-wing-extremist-rep-john-ratcliffe/5685178

Sanders & Warren Fight \"Republican Talking Point\" That Medicare for All Is About Reducing Coverage
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-31
Ten Democratic presidential candidates took to the stage in Detroit, Michigan, on Tuesday night for the first of a two-night debate hosted by CNN. The debate began with an extended discussion on healthcare, where progressive candidates Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren defended their platforms of Medicare for all against more moderate candidates who argued this stance is political suicide. We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, former Michigan gubernatorial candidate.
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/31/cnn_debate_healthcare_abdul_el_sayed

We Fall, Divided
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
On Sunday July 28th\"the world\'s greatest summer food fair\" came to a tragic end. A \"really angry\" 19 year-old-white-supremacist snuck into the Gilroy Garlic Festival and committed a mass shooting, killing three people and injuring 15 more. I followed closely as the events were reported; I had flashbacks to the worst mass shooting in recent…
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The Centrists Did Not Hold
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-07-31
Both the moderators and centrist Democratic candidates failed in their attempts to gang up on Sanders and Warren during Tuesday\'s debate.
thenation.com/article/john-delaney-retire/

48 hours of overpolicing in NYC
Karla Reyes | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-31
Recording the police or offering Metrocards will not end the criminalization of poverty, it will not end police terror.
liberationnews.org/48-hours-of-overpolicing-in-nyc/

Alleged 9/11 Mastermind Could Blow Saudi Arabia\'s Role in Attacks Wide Open
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-31
He\'s reportedly ready to spill the beans on Saudi Arabia\'s involvement in the worst terror attack to ever take place on American soil.
theantimedia.com/9-11-mastermind-saudi-arabia-role/

Bolivia: Oil and Gas Revenue Increases in 2019\'s First Semester
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Bolivia\'s Hydrocarbon Minister, Luis Alberto Sanchez, revealed Tuesday the rise of oil revenues in the first half of 2019, which reached US$ 1.1 billion | RELATED: | Bolivia: Evo Announces MAS-IPSP Candidates Around the Country | The income is higher than what was reported last year for the same period when it registred just a little more than US$ 1 billion, Sanchez told local media. | Concerning the current production of gas, he said that it represented 58 million cubic meters…
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Bolivia: Oil and Gas Revenue Increases in 2019\'s First Semester
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-31
Bolivia\'s Hydrocarbon Minister, Luis Alberto Sanchez, revealed Tuesday the rise of oil revenues in the first half of 2019, which reached US$ 1.1 billion | RELATED: | Bolivia: Evo Announces MAS-IPSP Candidates Around the Country | The income is higher than what was reported last year for the same period when it registred just a little more than US$ 1 billion, Sanchez told local media. | Concerning the current production of gas, he said that it represented 58 million cubic meters…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Petroleum-and-Gas-Revenue-Rises-for-First-Semester-20190730-0028.html

\'Secret Embargo\': Saudi Arabia Stops Turkish Exports From Entering Kingdom
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-31
Saudi authorities blocked 80 Turkish trucks which were transporting textile products and chemicals into Saudi Arabia.
theantimedia.com/saudi-arabia-stops-turkish-exports/

With Criticism Crushed in the West, Israel Can Enjoy Its Impunity
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Recent events have shone a spotlight not only on how Israel is intensifying its abuse of Palestinians under its rule, but the utterly depraved complicity of western governments in its actions. The arrival of Donald Trump in the White House two-and-a-half years ago has emboldened Israel as never before, leaving it free to unleash new…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/with-criticism-crushed-in-the-west-israel-can-enjoy-its-impunity/

Permissible Deviance: Facebook\'s FTC Fine
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world\'s largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming it had violated its 2012 order. The FTC order also requires the company…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/permissible-deviance-facebooks-ftc-fine/

Notes From a Caribbean Colony in Turmoil
Manuel Otero | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
From what I gather from the US press coverage, the recent events here have been portrayed as something close to a popular insurrection that got rid of an arrogant, inept and corrupt colonial governor. A note is added to the effect, a kind of wishful thinking, that if only Trump could be dispatched via similar methods.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/notes-from-a-caribbean-colony-in-turmoil/

Darkness Bringing Us Down
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
If you dare enter the door of Tanya Talaga\'s Massey Lectures of 2018, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, be prepared to face some dark truths. These terrible truths explode in our faces like mines buried on a battlefield as we traverse the disconsolate pages. An accomplished and honoured journalist (author of Seven Fallen…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/darkness-bringing-us-down/

Monsters With Human Faces
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
\"But these weren\'t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around–they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don\'t recognize them for what they are until it\'s too late.\" ‚Äï Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/monsters-with-human-faces/

The Way Forward in Hong Kong
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
I am in Hong Kong, never having been there before. But having been to mainland China several times a year in the past decade, the urge to draw comparisons is irresistible. Of course, unlike the mainland which never was a part of the British empire, the vestiges of Hong Kong\'s colonial past are everywhere–from the…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/the-way-forward-in-hong-kong/

Hong Kong\'s Crisis as Microcosm of the World\'s Future
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Hong Kong, with its Sino-Western heritage, lies on the fault line of the intensifying confrontation between the Western Empire and China. The conflict is likely to be the defining international affair of our time. That\'s a fundamental reason the former British colony and current Chinese special administrative region has been wracked by turmoil the past…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/hong-kongs-crisis-as-microcosm-of-the-worlds-future/

What\'s Wrong with Corey Stapleton?
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Three shocking events concerning foreign interference in state and national elections were revealed last week. The Senate Intelligence Committee released a report detailing \"unprecedented\" Russian efforts to influence the 2016 election in all 50 states; Robert Mueller testified before two House committees that Russia and other foreign nations were…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/whats-wrong-with-corey-stapleton/

Darkness Bringing Us Down
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
If you dare enter the door of Tanya Talaga\'s Massey Lectures of 2018, All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward, be prepared to face some dark truths. These terrible truths explode in our faces like mines buried on a battlefield as we traverse the disconsolate pages. An accomplished and honoured journalist (author of Seven Fallen…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/darkness-bringing-us-down/

Hong Kong\'s Crisis as Microcosm of the World\'s Future
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Hong Kong, with its Sino-Western heritage, lies on the fault line of the intensifying confrontation between the Western Empire and China. The conflict is likely to be the defining international affair of our time. That\'s a fundamental reason the former British colony and current Chinese special administrative region has been wracked by turmoil the past…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/hong-kongs-crisis-as-microcosm-of-the-worlds-future/

Monsters With Human Faces
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
\"But these weren\'t the kind of monsters that had tentacles and rotting skin, the kind a seven-year-old might be able to wrap his mind around–they were monsters with human faces, in crisp uniforms, marching in lockstep, so banal you don\'t recognize them for what they are until it\'s too late.\" ‚Äï Ransom Riggs, Miss Peregrine\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/monsters-with-human-faces/

Venezuela: Disturbing Echoes of History
Maria Paez Victor | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-31
Amidst the cacophony of misinformation about Venezuela there are three key questions that need answers: 1) What is really happening in Venezuela, 2) Why is it happening, and 3) What will happen next? What is really happening in Venezuela? There is a Political Campaign against the Venezuelan Government The United States, Canada and Europe are…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/31/venezuela-disturbing-echoes-of-history/