(2020-08-31). Trump And DeJoy's Main Objective: Incapacitate The US Postal Service. popularresistance.org Why in the world would anyone want to do great harm to one of America's oldest and most revered institutions, the USPS? Why? It's the upcoming presidential election, stupid! | Talk about a massive dilemma by which our democracy may very well be destroyed! Americans have watched as Louis DeJoy, the newly appointed Postmaster General testified before the Senate and House committees relative to the current conditions of the U.S. Postal Service; conditions that are now at one of the lowest points in USPS history. | At these hearings, we saw a snide, arrogant DeJoy make statements that almost everyone knew were false…
(2020-08-31). Philippines: Opposition to early release for U.S. Marine who raped, murdered Filipino transgender woman. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Murderer, rapist Pemberton does not deserve early release | U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph Scott Pemberton does not deserve early release from imprisonment. He has not even properly served his sentence having been afforded the privilege of being "detained" in a "special military jail" inside Camp Aguinaldo. | The Party opposes Pemberton's bid for a reduction of his jail term through the so-called "good conduct time allowance" as he has yet to rightfully suffer the consequences of his heinous crime. On the…
(2020-08-31). Health Experts Horrified as New Trump Covid-19 Adviser Pushes 'Herd Immunity' Strategy That Could Kill 2 Million Americans. commondreams.org "It's not edgy, contrarian," one public health expert said of the "herd immunity" approach. "It's dangerous and terrifying." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/scott_atlas.jpg …
(2020-08-31). 'Photo-Op for White Nationalist President Isn't Helpful,' Says Wisconsin Dem as Trump Plans Kenosha Visit Despite Calls to Stay Away. commondreams.org In a letter to Trump on Sunday, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers warned the president's visit "will only delay our work to overcome division and move forward together." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jacob_blake_kenosha.jpg …
(2020-08-31). Trump Embraces the Samson Option. thenation.com Trump Embraces the Samson Option…
(2020-08-31). Jacob Blake Was Shot in Kenosha, a City Adrift in a Moral Desert. thenation.com Jacob Blake Was Shot in Kenosha, a City Adrift in a Moral Desert…
(2020-08-31). Reports of shots fired at pro-Trump caravan in LA suburb, suspect on the run after standoff with police. rt.com 
Police have responded to reports of fire being opened at a pro-Trump parade of cars in Woodland Hills, California, after a tire was slashed by a projectile, probably a bullet. The alleged shooter is at large. | The incident unfolded about 11: 30 a.m. local time in the 20600 block of Ventura Boulevard, as the torrent of cars with Trump supporters was streaming past Woodland Hills, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles, California. | Update: LAPD says they got reports of shots fired on a Woodland Hills street where a large caravan of Trump supporters was passing through and a bullet may…
(2020-08-31). 'The new Babylon Bee?' CNN commentator mocked after downplaying riots in Kenosha, Portland as 'protests' with a FIERY cover photo. rt.com 
CNN's Chris Cillizza became the butt of the joke online after saying that calling the unrest in Kenosha and Portland "riots" is a desperate ploy by Trump. The cover photo seems to be at odds with the spin, however. | CNN political commentator Chris Cillizza faced a torrent of mockery from conservatives accusing him of whitewashing the violence festering in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Portland, Oregon, after he opined that referring to the looting, vandalism, and arson in both cities as 'rioting' is unjustified and a "desperate" political ploy by US President Donald Trump. | | © CNN | "To hear Trump and his a…
(2020-08-31). Russia fuelling Portland & Kenosha violence? CNN turns to Russiagate tsar Schiff with bizarre take on US race tensions. rt.com 
Russia may be responsible for the deadly unrest in American cities, CNN host Dana Bash has implied during an interview with Democrats' top Russiagate figure, Adam Schiff, proving that red-baiting never goes out of vogue. | Schiff, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, came to CNN for a round of Trump-bashing over the President's remarks on how Director of National Intelligence (DNI) John Ratcliffe "got tired of" classified information being leaking from Congress. The DNI wrote last week to the California representative and his Senate counterpart, Marco Rubio, that his office will be informing lawmaker…
(2020-08-31). Suspected Portland shooter called himself '100% Antifa,' was previously arrested, but released and never charged — report. rt.com 
The identity of the man under investigation for the shooting death of a Donald Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon has been revealed. He is reportedly an ex-military Black Lives Matter supporter who calls himself "100% Antifa." | Though he has not been formally named by police, the Oregonian is reporting that Michael Forest Reinoehl, 48, is under investigation for the death of Aaron 'Jay' Donielson, a member of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group who was shot and killed during clashing protests in Portland on Saturday. | Reinoehl's sister was interviewed by the paper and confirmed that screenshots of the suspe…
(2020-08-31). Trump slams 'Radical Left Mayors & Governors' for allowing 'crazy violence' that has forced 'Slow Joe' Biden 'out of basement'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump excoriated the leaders of Democratic cities and states for allowing protests to degenerate into such violent riots that "even" his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has had to condemn the bloodshed. | Trump called out Democrats for having "lost control of their 'Movement'" in a tweet on Monday, pointing out that the rioters wreaking havoc in blue states and cities have done so much damage that even Biden has been forced to come out to condemn them in recent days. | The Radical Left Mayors & Governors of Cities where this crazy violence is taking place have lost control of their "Movement".
(2020-08-31). Russia now also to blame for US protests & Covid-19 disinformation — latest conspiracy from former intel head turned CNN analyst. rt.com 
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper went on CNN to accuse Russia of interfering in US affairs including the Covid-19 pandemic, Portland and Kenosha protests, and election meddling while giving no real evidence. | Clapper, who has previously After bringing…
(2020-08-31). Liberal comedy writer mocked after comparing ISIS caravan to Trump supporters flying US flags from vehicles. rt.com 
A liberal comedy writer was plenty impressed with himself for a tweet showing side-by-side shots of Trump supporters and Islamic State members flying flags from their trucks, but the comparison was quickly mocked on Twitter. | "Vanilla ISIS," Zack Bornstein wrote in the tweet showing a split image of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) trucks and vehicles belonging to Trump supporters — a reference to rapper Vanilla Ice which seemed to suggest Trump fans were a milder, less extreme version of the militant group. | In a follow-up tweet, Bornstein, who has written for shows like Saturday Night Live and Jimmy…
(2020-08-31). 'Blackmail Americans into voting': Biden condemns riots & violence in language Trump supporters say amounts to extortion. rt.com 
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has finally spoken up against the riots and looting occurring across the US, blaming President Donald Trump. A poorly worded tweet has seen Biden's critics accuse the ex-VP of blackmail. | "Rioting is not protesting," Biden said during a speech in Pennsylvania on Monday. "It's lawlessness, plain and simple… Violence will not bring change." | The Democratic nominee's remarks come shortly after a Trump supporter was
(2020-08-31). Mamma Mia! NASA Tracking Asteroid Nearly Double the Diameter of Roman Colosseum Approaching Earth. sputniknews.com The so-called 'Near-Earth Object', classified as such by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), was first discovered by astronomers in 2010, and is set to cross Earth's orbit on Sunday.
(2020-08-31). Mykonos Police Reportedly Say Harry Maguire Was Treated Like 'Just Another Drunk Brit'. sputniknews.com Man United footballer Harry Maguire received a 21-month suspended sentence for punching Mykonos police officers and attempting to bribe them. The brawl reportedly began after what Maguire asserted was an attempt to inject his sister with a "rape drug".
(2020-08-31). FC Barcelona Seeks to Slash Messi's Pay for Not Attending Training, Journo Claims. sputniknews.com The footballer notified Barca about his intent to leave the team last week, with the club later confirming this development.
(2020-08-31). United States: Players strike for racial justice. greenleft.org.au