Jon Schwarz (2019-09-28). Nixon\'s Revenge: This Time, Republicans Are Ready to Fight Impeachment. theintercept.com The right has patiently spent decades creating a system to make sure no Republican president is ever forced from office again, no matter what he does.

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

Staff (2019-09-28). Subpoenas Mark First Concrete Steps for Trump Impeachment. truthdig.com House Democrats ask Mike Pompeo and others in State Department to appear and turn over documents; Speaker Pelosi sets no deadline on probe.

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

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

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

RT (2019-09-28). Trump told Russians their \'bad\' meddling is the same as \'good\' US meddling — WaPo\'s fresh Russiagate resurrection attempt. rt.com With the US president facing a Ukraine-linked impeachment probe, the Washington Post has delivered a fresh \'bombshell.\' Not only does Trump think nothing of Russian interference in 2016, he even said as much to the Russians! | The newspaper of record found a new way to flog the dead horse of collusion, treating its readers to outrageous details about a \"now-infamous\" m…

The Canary (2019-09-28). Chris Packham joins woodland protest outside HS2 base. thecanary.co Chris Packham and climate protesters have set up a woodland outside the headquarters of HS2 to campaign against the destruction of trees to create the high speed rail line.The naturalist was joined by around 200 people carrying flags and placards saying \"Stop ecocide\" and \"Save our countryside\", while some chanted \"HS boo\".The protesters, including a pair dressed as a badger and a tree, brought an array of small trees and saplings to set up the woodland near Euston Station in central London on Saturday.Packham said HS2 involves one of the \"largest deforestation programmes since the First World War\", damaging more…

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-28). The Wounds of War in Afghanistan. dissidentvoice.org Recovering from a broken hip, peace activist Kathy Kelly reflects on her experiences with people disabled and traumatized by war. ***** Its economy gutted by war, Afghanistan\'s largest cash crop remains opium. Yet farmers there do grow other crops for export. Villagers in the Wazir Tangi area of Nangarhar province, for example, cultivate pine nuts. …

The Canary (2019-09-28). Julian Assange\'s father to receive award on behalf of his son. thecanary.co Julian Assange\'s father is to receive an award on behalf of his son on 28 September, after launching a fresh attack on the continued imprisonment of the WikiLeaks founder.John Shipton said Assange was still being kept in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day at top security Belmarsh prison in London, even though he was due to be released earlier this month.He had served time for a bail violation after he was dragged out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London, where he lived for almost seven years as he fought moves to ex…

RT (2019-09-28). NRA was a \'foreign asset\' of Russia in 2016 election, claims report by Senate Democrats. rt.com Injecting new life into the \'Russiagate\' conspiracy theory, Senate Democrats produced a report claiming that the largest US gun rights organization acted like a \'foreign asset\' for the Kremlin and should lose tax-exempt status. | The 77-page document, published Friday by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), insinuates that the National Rifle Association (NRA) abused its tax-exempt status by working with the gun rights activist Maria Butina — branded a \"Russian agent\" &#150…

Staff (2019-09-28). Immigration Officials Have Used Google Translate to Vet Refugees. truthout.org | | That\'s why many experts — even Google itself — caution against relying on the popular Google Translate for complex tasks. Google advises users that its machine translation service is not \"intended to replace human translators.\" | Yet the U.S. government has decided that Google Translate and other machine translation tools are appropriate for one task: helping to decide whether refugees should be allowed into the United States…

WSWS (2019-09-28). 170,000 join climate change protests in New Zealand. wsws.org School students were joined by tens of thousands of workers and university students to demand action to prevent catastrophic climate change.

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

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

Kathy Kelly (2019-09-28). The Wounds of War in Afghanistan. commondreams.org People disabled by war are a common site in Kabul. Here a man arrives in a wheelchair to receive duvets given out to help families survive the cold winter. (Photo: Kathy Kelly) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wheelchair-bound_copy.jpg …

Mark Petrakis (2019-09-28). What to Do About All Those Infernal Accusations of Cynicism and Negativity. dissidentvoice.org In addition to the unprecedented giveaway of the people\'s assets to multi billionaires that is outlined in the green new deal, when can I expect regime change for climate, bombing for climate, imperialist words for climate compulsory sterilization for climate, etc. — A 9.21.19 tweet from @cordeliers I hesitated today in posting this rather \"ungloved\" …

Negin Owliaei (2019-09-28). No one should have to bargain for health care. nationofchange.org Nearly 50,000 members of the United Auto Workers began striking earlier this month, demanding that General Motors pay them their fair share of the billions in profits the company raked in last year. | The response from General Motors was shocking. The automaker, which accepted billions in government bailouts during the last recession, cut off its payment of insurance premiums for the striking workers. | As the news broke, former Vice President Joe Biden was at an AFL-CIO event…

WSWS (2019-09-28). Steven Soderbergh\'s The Laundromat—on the Panama Papers—and The Goldfinch—the aftermath of a terror attack. wsws.org Soderbergh discards his generally non-committal stance in The Laundromat, offering a fairly withering critique of global corporate tax evasion and the financial elite generally.

The Canary (2019-09-28). Corbyn: Labour would scrap \'unmitigated disaster\' of Universal Credit. thecanary.co Universal Credit would be scrapped under Labour plans to replace the Tories\' flagship welfare reforms with a social security system to support jobseekers with \"dignity and respect\". | Jeremy Corbyn called the much-criticised reforms an \"unmitigated disaster\" as he outlined proposals to depart from a system designed to \"punish and police\". | The benefit cap and two-child limit would be immediately ditched, which Labour says would bring 300,000 children out of poverty. | The punitive sanctions regime criticised for forcing people to use food banks would also be scrapped if Labour won a general election. | \"Universa…

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

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

WSWS (2019-09-28). CIA sets terms for Democrats\' impeachment inquiry into Trump\'s crimes. wsws.org Both factions in the political warfare that has erupted in Washington are hostile to the democratic and social rights of the working class.

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

Chris Winters (2019-09-28). Impeachment won\'t save our democracy. nationofchange.org So it\'s official: The U.S. House of Representatives, led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is moving toward impeaching President Trump. In announcing this, Pelosi finally did what many on the left thought should have been a no-brainer. Her reluctance to move the process along has been frustrating for many eager to try to stop Trump\'s trampling on the rule of law. | The actual announcement doesn\'t mean much in terms of how Congress operates. It only provides a semantic umbrella under which we can now group the numerous investigations of President Trump\'s behavior already underway. (U.S. House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold…

WSWS (2019-09-28). Solomon Islands and Kiribati cut ties with Taiwan, shift to China. wsws.org The diplomatic shifts underscore the deepening geo-strategic confrontation in the Pacific amid the intensifying US-led trade war.

Bryan Dyne (2019-09-28). Millions March against Climate Change, Capitalism and War. globalresearch.ca Four million people participated in the global climate strike across every continent on Friday, many of them students who skipped school on that day. Demonstrations at more than 5,800 locations in 161 countries began in Australia and the Pacific, moved …

Staff (2019-09-28). We Can Save the Planet by Defunding the Pentagon. truthout.org | | The environmental justice movement that is surging globally is intentionally intersectional, showing how global warming is connected to issues such as race, poverty, migration and public health. One area intimately linked to the climate crisis that gets little attention, however, is militarism. Here are some of the ways these issues — and their solutions — are intertwined. | The U.S. military protects Big Oil and other extractive industries. | The U.S. military has often been used to ensure that U.S.

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

United Nations (2019-09-28). At UN, Sudanese Prime Minister says \'great revolution has succeeded,\' country will rebuild, restore values. un.org The \"great revolution\" of Sudan has succeeded and the Government and people and will now rebuild and restore the values ‚Äã‚Äãof human coexistence and social cohesion in the country as they try and turn the page on three decades of \"abhorrent oppression, discrimination and warfare,\" Prime Minister Abdullah Adam Hamdok told the United Nations on Friday evening.

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

David Solnit, Julie Searle (2019-09-28). San Francisco Climate Strike Street Murals Take Over Wall Street West. commondreams.org Over two city blocks, lined by some of SF\'s biggest banks, eleven community groups this week painted their visions of solutions to climate chaos. (Photo: Anesti Vega/Maluco Studios) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate_strike_wall_street_west_san_francisco_murals.jpg …

To the Streets (2019-09-28). Berkeley Students Say System Change Needed, Rally and Walk Out from Campus on Global Climate Strike Day. indybay.org Three days before the international Climate Strike of September 20 in which students at UC Berkeley participated on a grand scale, the University of California committed to urgent action to address the climate crisis. Students expressed despair, worry, and shock about the state of the climate already. | [Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…

Center for Biological Diversity (2019-09-28). Climate Strike Highlights Opposition to Restarting ExxonMobil Offshore Oil Platforms Off Santa Barbara. indybay.org SANTA BARBARA, Calif., September 26, 2019 — California Central Coast residents will march and call for climate action Friday as part of the global Climate Strike Week of Action. The Center for Biological Diversity, one of more than 30 participating organizations, will use the occasion to highlight opposition to ExxonMobil\'s proposal to restart its dormant offshore drilling platforms off Santa Barbara County.

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

Photos and Text (2019-09-28). Montgomery Street Banks Besieged, Arrests In Major Climate Action. indybay.org Wells Fargo, Chase, Citibank and Brasilian consulate blocked…

Fred_F (2019-09-28). Liberals squirm as South Australia's parliament declares climate emergency. greenleft.org.au climate action Renfrey ClarkeIssue 1239 Australia South Australia AdelaideSeptember 28, 2019For the first time in Australia, a house of parliament has voted to declare a climate emergency. | Sout…

United Nations (2019-09-28). Syrian crisis is \'clearest example\' of foreign investment in terrorism, Deputy Prime Minister says at UN. un.org Although terrorism is a \"global nightmare which haunts everyone\", some countries have invested in terrorism as a tool to impose their \"insidious agendas\" on other nations, Syria\'s Deputy Prime Minister Walid Al-Moualem told the UN General Assembly on Saturday.

United Nations (2019-09-28). Guinea-Bissau spotlights threats of organized crime, Sahel terrorism in speech to UN Assembly. un.org Organized criminal networks continue to pose a threat to Guinea-Bissau and undermine stability in the West African nation, Foreign Minister Suzi Barbosa said in her speech on Saturday to the UN General Assembly.

Trevor Aaronson (2019-09-28). A New Satire of FBI Terrorism Stings Draws Its Characters From Real Cases. theintercept.com It\'s a sunny day in Miami Beach as pretty young men and women dance by a pool. A disc jockey stands in a poolside booth, playing music. | Nearby, an FBI informant named Nura and another man, Malik, train their eyes on a drink cart being pushed through the crowd. Malik believes there\'s a bomb on the cart. All he has to do is dial the number on the phone Nura is holding. | \"The bomb will only take out the men, right?\" Malik asks, suddenly unsure if he wants to move forward in the attack. | \"What?\" Nura replies, baffled by the question. | \"The men are the soldiers. The women are not the soldiers. Only the men.\" | \"Y…

The Canary (2019-09-28). Labour\'s priority is to block no-deal Brexit — Jeremy Corbyn. thecanary.co Labour remains determined to cut off the prospect of a no-deal Brexit before pressing for a general election, Jeremy Corbyn has said.A senior SNP MP said the opposition parties could stage a vote of no-confidence in the Government as early as next week in a bid to oust Boris Johnson.It follows talks at Westminster by party leaders aimed at thwarting any attempt by the Prime Minister to push through a no-deal break on October 31 against the will of Parliament.Speaking to reporters at a rally in Chingford, Essex, Mr Corbyn said he stood ready to lead an interim government if Mr Johnson was forced from No 10. | Howe…

The Canary (2019-09-28). Boris Johnson \'could face no-confidence vote next week\'. thecanary.co Opposition parties could stage a vote of confidence in the Government next week in a bid to thwart a no-deal Brexit, a senior SNP MP has said.Stewart Hosie said the plan — to put in place an interim government to secure a Brexit extension — appeared to be the only way to ensure Britain did not \"crash out\" of the EU on October 31.However, he acknowledged that in order to succeed, it would require all the opposition parties to get behind it.But while the SNP have indicated they could support a temporary government led by Jeremy Corbyn, the Liberal Democrats and many of the Tory rebels who had the whip wit…

Peter Dreier (2019-09-28). Can Quarterback Pelosi Bring the Democratic Team an Impeachment Victory? commondreams.org US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, announces a formal impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump on September 24, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nancy_pelosi_democrats_impeach_0.png …

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-09-28). MSNBC Pundit Who Accused Those Who Prefer Sanders to Warren of \'Sexism\' Sparks Viral Outcry From #WomenforBernie. commondreams.org \"Not here to be vote shamed by the 1%. I am supporting the only candidate who will always put the needs of people first.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/women_for_bernie.png …

RT (2019-09-27). \'They lost the election, now they want to STEAL this one\': Trump targets Democrats in impeachment ad. rt.com US President Donald Trump is blasting Democrats and \"their media lapdogs\" in a new campaign ad, claiming they seek to impeach him for wanting to investigate corruption in Ukraine involving former Vice President Joe Biden. | The 30-second ad that Trump tweeted out Friday afternoon opens with Biden boasting about getting a Ukrainian prosecutor fired after he threatened to withhold $1 billion from Kiev. The footage is from the former vice-president\'s January 2018 appearance at the Council on Foreign Relations. | I AM DRAINING THE SWAMP! pic.twitter.com/U7WxKrO6Kx— Donal…

Janine Jackson (2019-09-27). \'The Remedies That Were Proposed Weren\'t About Ending the List\' – CounterSpin interview with Maha Hilal on 'terrorist watchlist'. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed Justice for Muslims\' Maha Hilal about the \"terrorist watchlist\" for the September 20, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Chauncey K. Robinson (2019-09-27). Review: \'The Day Shall Come\' exposes joke of \"war on terror\" peoplesworld.org The term Theatre of the Absurd deals with what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down. The new film The Day Shall Come explores this idea in relation to our current political terrain. It\'s a movie that uses comedy to address the very real chaos, corruption, and …

Brian Cloughley (2019-09-27). Trump and the Kashmir Catastrophe. counterpunch.org India\'s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump have much in common, not least extensive use of Twitter to communicate their thoughts, policies and intentions. The arrangement for a Modi-Trump meeting on September 22 in Houston Texas, at a rally of Indian-Americans, known as \"Howdy Modi!\" was greeted enthusiastically by India\'s leader (\"The special gesture of President More

Peter Certo (2019-09-27). The Case for Impeachment Goes Far Beyond Ukraine. counterpunch.org \"Has Trump finally gone too far?\" There\'s a headline you\'ve seen a thousand times. At last, Speaker Nancy Pelosi says he has. A whistleblower says Trump withheld foreign aid to Ukraine to pressure the country\'s new president into investigating Joe Biden\'s son Hunter\'s past business there. Trump doesn\'t even really deny it. Pelosi has long More

Staff (2019-09-27). \'Impeachment Is Good For Our Political Future\'. therealnews.com The Nation\'s national correspondent John Nichols says that history shows impeachment has changed the political future, and thinks it is part of a struggle we should not shy away from.