2020-02-24: Social Media Postees

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Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
Droves of immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, drop social services out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S.
truthdig.com/articles/crackdown-on-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-takes-effect/

\'Every journalist should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine\': Assange\'s extradition case examined in new RT doc
rt.com | 2020-02-24
With Julian Assange\'s US extradition hearing getting under way in London, RTD\'s new film sheds light on why the WikiLeaks founder\'s landmark case may lay the path for future prosecution of journalists. | \"Every journalist in the United States should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine at the charges that had been leveled against this publisher. Because they could be next,\" writer Suelette Dreyfus says about Assange whose project published leaked documents exposing possible US War crimes in Iraq and letters exposing shenanigans against Bernie Sanders in 2016 by bosses within the Democratic Party. | \"
rt.com/news/481402-assange-journalism-rt-doc/

Day 1 of Assange\'s US extradition hearing: What you need to know
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Opening arguments were made on the first day of the US extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with the prosecution claiming his leaks risked lives while the defense argued that his case was politically motivated. | Monday\'s hearing lasted six hours, including breaks, and Judge Vanessa Baraitser heard arguments from James Lewis QC, representing the US government, and Edward Fitzgerald QC, representing Assange. | The journalist\'s supporters amassed outside Woolwich Crown Court, loudly chanting, holding \'free Assange\' placards and blowing vuvuzelas. Inside the courtroom, Assange sat clean-shaven…
rt.com/news/481576-assange-extradition-hearing-begins/

Assange\'s US extradition hearing begins: What\'s it all about and how did we get here?
rt.com | 2020-02-24
A London court is set to begin hearings to determine whether or not jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the US on charges of conspiracy where he faces life in prison. | Assange has languished in London\'s top security Belmarsh Prison since he was dragged from London\'s Ecuadorian Embassy by British police in April last year and subsequently slapped with 18 charges under the US Espionage Act, which could see him sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. | The Australian journalist and whistleblower had, for the seven years prior, been living in the London embassy, where he had sought asylu…
rt.com/news/481432-assange-extradition-hearings-begin/

Assange Extradition Hearing Opens with Scathing Condemnation by Mainstream Media
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
The extradition trial of Julian Assange began with the prosecution reading out a damning statement from five leading mainstream media organizations that once partnered with Wikileaks.
mintpressnews.com/assange-extradition-trail-condemnation-media/265167/

Julian Assange supporters protest outside court ahead of extradition hearing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
Supporters of Julian Assange have gathered outside court as the WikiLeaks founder begins his fight against extradition to the US, where he is accused of helping to leak hundreds of thousands of classified documents.Demonstrators, including Assange\'s father John Shipton, arrived at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, with some holding placards calling for his immediate release.Some said they had arrived as early as 6am, with signs reading: \"Don\'t shoot the messenger, free Assange\" and \"Free Julian Assange, Nobel Peace Prize nominee\". Tents were erected on nearby grass.John Shipton, the father of Julian Assange, speaks…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/24/julian-assange-supporters-protest-outside-court-ahead-of-extradition-hearing/

Assange\'s Trial for U.S. Extradition Begins in London
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
The first day of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange\'s legal battle to prevent his extradition to the United States began on Monday amid strong social protests in support of the Australian journalist. | RELATED: | Jailed Wikileaks Founder Assange\'s Health Improving: Spokesman | The case for Assange\'s extradition to the U.S. was opened at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London as the sound of protest was heard in the distance. The slogans \"Free Julian Assange\", \"Journalism is not…
telesurenglish.net/news/assanges-trial-for-us-extradition-begins-in-london-20200224-0002.html

Palestinian flag, Yellow Vests, Anonymous masks: Wide range of protester groups join demonstration in support of Assange (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Supporters of Julian Assange have staged quite a show outside Woolwich Court in London, throwing their artistic weight behind the embattled WikiLeaks co-founder. | Overlooked by a few policemen, dozens of protesters began amassing near the courthouse earlier on Monday, just as the judges began the closely-watched extradition hearing for Assange. | There was no shortage of conventional placards calling for Assange\'s release, but some activists showed unorthodox creativity. One protester, dressed as a biblical character, stole the show by carrying a yellowish cross, with the words \"The truth will win\" imprinted…
rt.com/news/481552-assange-protest-flags-masks/

\'History will be kind to Julian Assange, not to his corrupt accusers and Judges\' – Kim Dotcom on extradition trial
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Tech entrepreneur and activist Kim Dotcom took to Twitter on day one of the extradition hearing of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, launching a scathing attack on both the US prosecutors and the mainstream media. | Dotcom, aka Kim Schmitz, has long advocated for freedom of the press and criticized government overreach in the digital age. He has also frequently been a vocal champion of Assange and the WikiLeaks cause. | Also on rt.com | | Assange\'s US extradition hearing begins: What\'s it all about and how did we get here? | In hi…
rt.com/news/481561-kim-dotcom-history-kind-assange/

Don\'t Extradite Assange campaign calls on Boris Johnson to intervene
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The struggle to free Julian Assange requires an implacable struggle by the working class against the Johnson and Trump governments now conspiring to silence him forever.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/demo-f24.html

Australian and New Zealand demonstrations demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder and US whistleblower
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The weekend rallies point to growing international support for Assange and Manning and a deeper political understanding and determination to fight by important layers of students, workers and youth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/sepa-f24.html

Socialist Equality Party (UK) holds London rally in defence of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The meeting was attended by more than 130 workers, youth and students who came from all over the UK.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/lond-f24.html

Chile\'s US-backed gov\'t is shooting anti-austerity protesters, blinding and maiming by the thousands
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-24
Chile has responded to anti-neoliberal protests with brutally violent repression. 10,365 people have been detained; 3765 treated for wounds in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/24/chiles-us-backed-shooting-protesters-blinding-maiming-thousands/

As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-02-24
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets supporters as he arrives at a town hall campaign event at the Denver Airport Convention Center February 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Nevada held its presidential caucus earlier today. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/buttigieg_the_tool.jpg …
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Pete Buttigieg\'s Vile Turn as the Anti-Sanders Candidate
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
Soon after his distant third-place finish in the Nevada caucuses, Pete Buttigieg sent out a mass email saying that \"Senator Sanders believes in an inflexible, ideological revolution that leaves out most Democrats, not to mention most Americans.\" The blast depicted \"the choice before us\" in stark terms: \"We can prioritize either ideological purity or inclusive victory. We can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We can either tighten a narrow and hardcore base or open the tent to a new, broad, big-hearted American coalition.\" | The bizarre accusations of being \"narrow\" and not \"in…
truthdig.com/articles/pete-buttigiegs-vile-turn-as-the-anti-sanders-candidate/

Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Palestine on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trump\'s peace plan has no legitimacy. | RELATED: | Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian, Drag His Body With Bulldozer | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian president\'s spokesperson, said that the new maps under the U.S. Mideast peace plan would not give legitimacy to any side, said a statement published by official Palestini…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Blasts-US-Over-West-Bank-Map-Plans-20200224-0001.html

Indian Communists: Trump\'s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-24
Indian Communists have called for huge turnout at rallies opposing President Donald Trump\'s visit to the country, which started today. Protests have taken place in Ahmedabad, Trump\'s first stop on the trip, and a giant rally was organized by the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organization in Delhi, with support from the Communist Party of India-Marxist …
peoplesworld.org/article/indian-communists-trumps-economic-demands-leave-country-vulnerable-to-u-s-corporations/

At Least 120 Families Forcibly Displaced in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
At least 120 families were displaced from the countryside zones of the Ituango municipality on Sunday, in the Colombian state of Antioquia. The displacement affects the resident of zones like Torrentes, San Juanillo, las Arañas, el Cedral, and Santa Ana. | RELATED: | Colombia: Protests Called Against Murders of Ex-FARC Members | Human rights organizations denounced this situation, pointing out the presence of armed groups in the area as the main reason for the movements. These vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/forced-displacement-of-120-families-in-colombia-reported-20200224-0008.html

Tampa students rally for justice for Jamee Johnson
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-24
Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally at the University of South Florida calling for justice and all victims of police brutality, highlighting Jamee Johnson, a Black man who was murdered by officers in Jacksonville. At the February 19 protest, about 15 students promoted the need for community control of the police through police accountability councils. They also demonstrated for their ongoing campaign to increase Black enrollment at USF. | With chants saying, \"USF shame on you! Black lives matter too!\" the students used the rally to reach out to the student body about the wa…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/24/tampa-students-rally-justice-jamee-johnson

Violent Protests As Trump Arrives In India, Negotiates $3B Arms Deal With Modi
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
India is one of the few countries in the world where Trump has a high approval rating, but that didn\'t stop thousands from taking to the streets to protest his visit.
mintpressnews.com/violent-protests-trump-arrives-india-3b-arms-deal-modi/265148/

Brazil Carnival: A Message of Protest Against Jair Bolsonaro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
This weekend saw the start of Brazil\'s Carnival, the world\'s biggest party, which this time had a marked tone of protest against the current government of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Carnival 2019: Brazil Sambas for Lula, Marielle Franco, Against \'Neoliberal Vampires\' | Men, women, and children from the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro and other cities of the country danced to the rhythm of samba while they paid homage to indigenous peopl…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-carnival-a-message-of-protest-against-jair-bolsonaro-20200224-0004.html

Viña Del Mar 2020 Starts in Chile Amid Large Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival, which is held every year in this municipality of the Chilean city of Valparaiso, began this Sunday amid violent demonstrations in the surroundings of the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, home of the most important musical event on the American continent. | RELATED: | 18 Chilean Films to Compete for the \'Golden Bear\' in Berlin | Just minutes before Viña 2020 began, with the presentation of Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin on the Quin…
telesurenglish.net/news/vina-del-mar-2020-starts-in-chile-amidst-protests-20200224-0007.html

Protesters in Silicon Valley Tell Wells Fargo \"Quit the Dirty Energy Business\"
Die-In Inside Bank Branch | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Demonstrators called on Big Oil\'s largest lender, Wells Fargo, to halt its financing of fossil fuels and invest instead in clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. They took their protest of Feb 21 to a branch in Mountain View, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830939.php

Wells Fargo Hit By Climate Protest for Second Consecutive Day
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Silicon Valley Environmental group holds \"visitation\" event at Mountain View branch.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830981.php

Stop Funding Climate Chaos! Big Banks Protest in San Anselmo
350Marin, Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, California 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830955.php

Bloomberg Has Spent Enough to Give a Nickel to Every Person Whose Life He\'s Ever Damaged
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-24
A review of Michael Bloomberg\'s political career should not be limited, I think, to the fact that he has the debating skills of a baked potato. Nor does it matter much that he focuses his sales pitch on being a great \"manager\" but clearly can\'t manage to hire anyone to tell him he has to…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/24/bloomberg-has-spent-enough-to-give-a-nickel-to-every-person-whose-life-hes-ever-damaged/

Paul Krugman and Richard Wolff on Bernie Sanders\'s Democratic Socialism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-24
As Bernie Sanders\'s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described democratic socialist leading the presidential ticket. His opponents have also attacked his ambitious agenda. Last week during the primary debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders addressed misconceptions about socialism. Invoking the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sa…
truthout.org/video/paul-krugman-and-richard-wolff-on-bernie-sanderss-democratic-socialism/

Sanders & Socialism: Debate Between Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman & Socialist Economist Richard Wolff
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-24
As Bernie Sanders\'s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described democratic socialist leading the presidential ticket. His opponents have also attacked his ambitious agenda. Last week during the primary debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders addressed misconceptions about socialism. Invoking the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sanders decried what he called \"socialism for the very rich, rugged individualism for the poor.\" | For more, we host a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/24/paul_krugman_richard_wolff_socialism_debate

There\'s Little Chance for Change in Lebanon, Except for More Suffering
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-24
The freezing Mediterranean squalls that slash across downtown Beirut and the seafront to the west may give the impression this week that Lebanon is lapsing back into its favourite pastime: forgetting history and praying for a return to the good old days. Revolution? Now that the country\'s old parliamentary sectarians have gathered to support Hassan Diab\'s deeply uninspiring government,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/24/theres-little-chance-for-change-in-lebanon-except-for-more-suffering/

US \"Forever War\" in Afghanistan Near Ending?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
Planned months in advance, the Bush/Cheney regime attacked nonbelligerent Afghanistan less than four weeks after the 9/11 attacks. | Afghanistan did not attack America on 9/11. The Taliban and bin Laden had nothing to do with what happened on a day …
globalresearch.ca/us-forever-war-afghanistan-near-ending/5704478

Russia Accused of Campaign Blaming US for Coronavirus Outbreak
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
Russia has been a prime US target since its 1917 revolution, relations between both countries uneasy at best from that time to now. | Propaganda by US officials and establishment media demonizes the country and its leadership, ongoing for over a …
globalresearch.ca/russia-behind-campaign-blame-us-coronavirus-outbreak/5704471

Majority of Venezuelans Against U.S. Sanctions, Poll Reveals
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
More than 80% of Venezuelans disagree with the sanction measures imposed on Venezuela by the U.S government, as Hinteracles pollster indicates. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Heroism Defeated Last Year\'s Invasion: Maduro | The survey, taken between January 29 to February 12, explored the opinion of Venezuelans in relation to the economic blockade imposed against the Bolivarian Republic by Washington. | To the question: \"Who was the most affected by these measures\", 84% of respondents affirme…
telesurenglish.net/news/majority-of-venezuelans-against-u.s.-sanctions-poll-reveals-20200224-0003.html

Bernie Sanders is in pole position with Nevada win. But the establishment push-back will now begin in earnest
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
Bernie Sanders has just solidified his status as the front-runner in the contest to choose who will face Donald Trump in the presidential elections later this year. Though these are exciting times, there\'s also a rocky road ahead. Because the establishment campaign to discredit him in every way possible will now begin in earnest. | Third democratic victory in a row: | On 22 February, Sanders won the state of Nevada in the Democratic presidential primary ra…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/02/24/bernie-sanders-is-in-pole-position-with-nevada-win-but-the-establishment-push-back-will-now-begin-in-earnest/

Geneva: Brazil Faces Accusations of Human Rights Violations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Brazil\'s government will face accusations of human rights violations at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The South American country\'s government is under scrutiny for its violations of Indigenous rights and environmental protection. | RELATED: | Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Mov.: Our Hope Is on Lula | According to Jamil Chade, columnist of the Universo Online portal, \"it is particularly preoccupancy against the significant increase of the Amazonia burnings, after…
telesurenglish.net/news/–geneva-brazils–will-face-accusations–of-human-rights-violations-20200224-0005.html

America\'s Moral Bankruptcy Goes Beyond Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
The impeachment of the president of the United States! Surely such a mega-historic event would reverberate for weeks or months, leaving in its wake no end of consequences, large and small. Wouldn\'t it? Shouldn\'t it? | Truth to tell, the word historic does get tossed around rather loosely these days. Just about anything that happens at the White House, for example, is deemed historic. Watch the cable news networks and you\'ll hear the term employed regularly to describe everything from Oval Office addresses to Rose Garden pronouncements to press conferences in which foreign dignitaries listen passively while their…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-faux-christianity-is-on-full-display/

OECD sounds corporate debt warning
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The OECD pointed to an \"unprecedented build-up of corporate bond debt\" since the financial crisis of 2008 with an increase of $2.1 trillion in 2019 alone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/oecd-f24.html

Love Is Lovelier the Third Time Around, Isn\'t It?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
I sure as hell hope so. I\'ve been going through a rough patch these last few years. My search for true love has been disastrous. I suppose this is not unusual, but for it to be concentrated in just a …
globalresearch.ca/love-lovelier-third-time-around-isnt-it/5704557

Chris Matthews Has Sanders Derangement Syndrome
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | I was watching MSNBC Saturday afternoon during the voting at the Nevada caucuses. I did a little channel surfing, checking in at CNN and at the real news on Al Jazeera. But mostly I had MSNBC on. And I nearly fell off my chair when I saw Chris Matthews compare Bernie Sanders\' victory to the Nazi invasion of France. He said he had been reading about WW II, and told the anecdote of a French general calling Churchill as the war began to tell him \"it is over.\" He said Churchill as…
truthdig.com/articles/chris-matthews-has-sanders-derangement-syndrome/

Elizabeth Warren Is the First Intersectional Candidate for President
Suzanna Danuta Walters | thenation.com | 2020-02-24
Elizabeth Warren Is the First Intersectional Candidate for President…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-intersectional-campaign/

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign
Suzanna Danuta Walters | thenation.com | 2020-02-24
Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-intersectional-campaign/

2021 Pentagon Budget Request Hints at Russia and China as the New Focus of US Empire
Darius Shahtahmasebi | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
As the disastrous US wars in the Middle East begin to wind down, the Pentagon is shifting its strategy, budget and arsenal to focus on a confrontation with Russia and China, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi.
mintpressnews.com/2021-pentagon-budget-request-russia-china/265124/

US defense secretary launches simulated nuclear attack against Russia in Pentagon war game
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The war game took place as more than 20,000 troops and 20,000 military vehicles began to arrive in Europe for the massive \"Defender 2020\" exercise targeting Russia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/nuke-f24.html

Scientists to hunt tornadoes with microphones used to listen for NUKES
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Meteorologists have long-struggled to predict when and where tornadoes will strike, but now scientists testing specialized microphones used to detect illegal nuclear weapons tests believe they may have a way to track the twisters. | Tornadoes can be a scourge, wreaking havoc and misery on populations with little to no prior warning because of how incredibly difficult they are to predict and track with any high degree of accuracy. | But now, Roger Waxler of the University of Mississippi and his team at the National Center for Physical Acoustics think they have the answer: microphones that can hear infrasound, o…
rt.com/usa/481551-scientists-hunt-tornadoes-nuke-microphones/

Afghan Troops say Taliban are Brothers and War is \"Not Really Our Fight.\"
Nicolas J.S. Davies | zcomm.org | 2020-02-24
The U.S. government is so corrupted by powerful military-industrial interests that it clearly has no interest in learning from these studies, any more than from its own long experience of illegal and catastrophic war-making…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/afghan-troops-say-taliban-are-brothers-and-war-is-not-really-our-fight/

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad submits resignation amid political turmoil
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad submitted his resignation to the country\'s king on Monday, as his party exited the ruling alliance. | 94-year-old Mahathir announced he would step down following weekend talks between several coalition members and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude his expected successor Anwar Ibrahim. | It\'s unclear whether Anwar will still seek to take office. The politician is due to meet the king on Monday afternoon, perhaps in an attempt to persuade him that he has enough support from lawmakers to form a government.
rt.com/newsline/481541-malaysia-prime-minister-mohamad-resigns/

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