Reps introduce New Way Forward Act to fight criminalization of immigrants
World Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-10
WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Trump administration\'s surveillance dragnet
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
The massive breach of the right to privacy, first justified by President Bush in the guise of the \"war on terror,\" then expanded under President Obama, is now being utilized in Trump\'s fascistic war on immigrants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/pers-f10.html

What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2020-02-10
The global security state, which is not bound by the rule of law, will target all who defy it.
truthdig.com/articles/what-is-happening-to-assange-will-happen-to-the-rest-of-us/

The Truth About Julian Assange
Nils Melzer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
A made-up rape allegation and fabricated evidence in Sweden, pressure from the UK not to drop the case, a biased judge, detention in a maximum security prison, psychological torture

Australian pseudo-left seeks to cover up its abandonment of WikiLeaks\' Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
Socialist Alternative\'s article, \"The betrayal of Julian Assange,\" is a crude attempt to cover up its own role in the \"betrayal\" of the WikiLeaks publisher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/salt-f10.html

Journalist Abby Martin Sues State of Georgia Over Law Requiring Pledge of Allegiance to Israel
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-10
\"This censorship of my talk based on forced compliance to anti-BDS laws in Georgia is just one level of a nationwide campaign to protect Israel from grassroots pressure.\"

DNC in Disarray While the Sanders Campaign Gains Momentum
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
As a center of elite power, the Democratic National Committee is now floundering. Every reform it has implemented since 2016 was the result of progressive grassroots pressure. But there are limits to what DNC Chair Tom Perez is willing to accept without a knock-down, drag-out fight. And in recent weeks, he has begun to do…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/dnc-in-disarray-while-the-sanders-campaign-gains-momentum/

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830596.php

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out These Medicare for All Fliers
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-02-10
US Presidential Candidate and former South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks at a Town Hall event in Keene, New Hampshire. – US Presidential Candidates are in the state for the upcoming 2020 New Hampshire Democratic primary who will take place on February 11, 2020. (Photo: Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/buttigieg_new_hampshire.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/09/why-buttigieg-campaign-tried-have-me-arrested-handing-out-these-medicare-all-fliers?cd-origin=rss

Libya is Being Torn Apart By Outsiders
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
Ghassan Salamé is the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. He took over this job in 2017, six years after the catastrophic NATO war on Libya. What Salamé inherited was a country torn into shreds, two governments in place–one in Tripoli and one in Tobruk–and one civil war that had too many…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/libya-is-being-torn-apart-by-outsiders/

Libya is Being Torn Apart By Outsiders
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
Ghassan Salamé is the head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. He took over this job in 2017, six years after the catastrophic NATO war on Libya. What Salamé inherited was a country torn into shreds, two governments in place–one in Tripoli and one in Tobruk–and one civil war that had too many…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/libya-is-being-torn-apart-by-outsiders/

Climate Change and Rebellion: an interview with John Molyneux
Leo Zeilig | mronline.org | 2020-02-10
In an interview with the socialist writer and activist, John Molyneux, ROAPE\'s Leo Zeilig asks him about climate change, capitalism and socialist transformation. In an important initiative John has recently founded the Global Ecosocialist Network (GEN) which brings together activists and researchers from across the Global North and South. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/10/climate-change-and-rebellion-an-interview-with-john-molyneux/

Brazilian Police Kill Suspect in Marielle Franco\'s Murder
teleSUR-age | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
Adriano da Nóbrega, the notorious hitman whose gang of hired killers was allegedly involved in the murder of Brazilian councilor, Marielle Franco, was gunned down by police on Sunday in the northeastern state of Bahia, where the suspect had been hiding from authorities. | RELATED: | Paris Will Have a Public Space Named After Activist Marielle Franco | The former special forces police captain, who also had close ties to the family of the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro,…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilian-police-kill-suspect-for-marielle-francos-murder–20200210-0006.html

At least eight shot dead in southern Iraq
Qassim Abdul-Zahra | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and activists said.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/08/18830535.php

At least eight shot dead in southern Iraq
Qassim Abdul-Zahra | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and activists said.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/08/18830535.php

West Virginia Legislation: The Criminalization of Peaceful Protests against Oil and Gas \"Critical Infrastructure\". Anti-protest Bills
Connor Gibson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
2020 HB 4615 | Introduced and referred to House Judiciary Committee on January 30, 2020 | ICNL analysis: | Would heighten the penalties for protests near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Under the bill, knowingly trespassing on property containing a | …
globalresearch.ca/west-virginia-oil-gas-critical-infrastructure-anti-protest-bills/5703279

On V-Day: Vigil for Love Not War
Friday Peace Vigil, SJPJC, and others | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
In front of Martin Luther King, Jr Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830561.php

Democrats vs Bernie in 2020, Repeat of 2016
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
In Iowa, Bernie won the popular vote but a corporate candidate most of us never heard of, Peter Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind (mayors of small towns do not usually run for president) supposedly won the delegate vote. Now in California, Los Angeles County voters are receiving incorrect ballots.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830564.php

Democrats vs Bernie in 2020, Repeat of 2016
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
In Iowa, Bernie won the popular vote but a corporate candidate most of us never heard of, Peter Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind (mayors of small towns do not usually run for president) supposedly won the delegate vote. Now in California, Los Angeles County voters are receiving incorrect ballots.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830564.php

Developing Belonging in a Time of Othering
WILPF San Jose | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
San Jose Peace and Justice Center | 48 S 7th Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830560.php

Indian politician calls for burqa ban claiming \'terrorists\' use them to hide from police
rt.com | 2020-02-10
The state of Uttar Pradesh\'s labor minister Raghuraj Singh has called for an outright ban on women wearing burqas, suggesting that terrorists have been using them to elude authorities. | In an apparent reference to the recent violent protests against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) which have swept India, Singh claimed that criminals and \"terrorists\" were using the burqa to conceal their identities. | Also on rt.com | | Indian women\'s college bans burqas as part of dress code crackdown | The poitician from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Par…
rt.com/news/480483-indian-politician-burqa-ban-terrorism/

Oakland Protesters Insist Senate Trial Was a Cover-Up, Not an Exoneration
R.R. | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
After the Senate voted to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, protesters took to the streets in Oakland, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/08/18830521.php

Sh*t-can Perez and the DNC
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
Hooray for Bernie Sanders! He waited until he had the numbers and now he\'s calling it. He won Iowa! Maybe the same corporate media that have been touting Pete Buttigieg as the \"presumptive winner\" in the messy Iowa Caucus, now that their story is collapsing are unwilling to call it for Bernie. Sanders, in a…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/sht-can-perez-and-the-dnc/

Growing attacks on socialism in Democratic presidential race
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
With polls showing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders the likely first-place finisher in tomorrow\'s Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, Sanders\' opponents have focused their attacks on his public identification as a \"democratic socialist.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/elec-f10.html

Growing attacks on socialism in Democratic presidential race
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
With polls showing Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders the likely first-place finisher in tomorrow\'s Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire, Sanders\' opponents have focused their attacks on his public identification as a \"democratic socialist.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/elec-f10.html

The Vengeful, Lawless, Corporate Toady Trump Explodes
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
The day after his acquittal by the Republican Party in a trial that banned witnesses, the unhinged Donald Trump gloated for over an hour on all the television networks. Trump flattered his courtiers, one by one, and fulminated against his Congressional adversaries, Hillary Clinton and ex-FBI chief James Comey. Donald Trump\'s speech degraded his office…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/the-vengeful-lawless-corporate-toady-trump-explodes/

The Vengeful, Lawless, Corporate Toady Trump Explodes
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
The day after his acquittal by the Republican Party in a trial that banned witnesses, the unhinged Donald Trump gloated for over an hour on all the television networks. Trump flattered his courtiers, one by one, and fulminated against his Congressional adversaries, Hillary Clinton and ex-FBI chief James Comey. Donald Trump\'s speech degraded his office…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/10/the-vengeful-lawless-corporate-toady-trump-explodes/

Despite Iowa Caucus Fiasco, Nevada Democrats Plan to Use New Software \"Tool\"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-10
Though the fallout from the Iowa Caucus is still fresh, it appears that the technology-driven chaos and corruption seen in Iowa have not served as a warning to the Nevada Democratic Party.
mintpressnews.com/nevada-democrats-caucus-new-software-despite-iowa-app-problems/264777/

GOP \"Climate Plan\" Calls for Planting Trees But No Emissions Reduction
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
When it comes to climate, it\'s quite easy for the right to use the media as a spin machine. The media, starving for plans to \"counteract\" the progressive Green New Deal to fulfill the everlasting need for a false dichotomy, laps up any spurious climate plan that conservatives might come out with. The most recent media grab by the GOP on climate

Climate Manipulation and Murdoch\'s PR Machine
Thomas Klikauer | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-10
Western democracies and their respected societies appear to be incapable or unwilling of solving global warming. At least partly, this might be because voters in most countries have been lied to by the corporate media for decades on end. Much of this is due to one very rich and very old man

Clinging to Normalcy Is Killing Us. How Do We Break Free?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Truthout is very excited to announce the launch of its first-ever podcast \"Movement Memos\" hosted by our very own Kelly Hayes. Look out for a new episode every Monday! | An overwhelming political climate has left many Americans frozen in a state of uncertainty. Unable or unwilling to fully process the enormity of climate change or the tragic circus of Trumpism, many are going through the motions of normalcy while the world burns. In this episode, Kelly talks with UndocuBlack organizer Aly Wane about how fear and anx…
truthout.org/audio/clinging-to-normalcy-is-killing-us-how-do-we-break-free/

Trump Puts Rejected Budget Cuts Back on the Block
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-10
WASHINGTON

CALL AGAINST THE TECHNOLOGIES OF THE DEVASTATION, AGAINST THE MOBILE INDUSTRY, AGAINST THE
anarquistes contra la devastacio | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
1-English | 2-Franàßais | 3-Castellano | 1- | Since 24 till 27 of February the featured event of the ICT industry- the MWC is going to be held in Barcelona. This gathering is arranged by GSMA, one of the most important organization in the world and more powerful than many governments. This year more than hundred thousand of CEOs and businessmen will attend MWC. All of them are ready to pay around the 800 -5000 euros for each access ticket. | On the one hand, this lucrative industry is a part of world\'s GDP with more than 3,9 trillion dollars. On the other hand, behind all that great profit are destruction,…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830556.php

Trump Budget Would Slash Medicare and Social Security While Boosting Pentagon
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Just two days after vowing the White House \"will not be touching your Social Security or Medicare\" in its budget proposal for fiscal year 2021, President Donald Trump on Monday is expected to unveil a $4.8 trillion blueprint that includes hundreds of billions in combined cuts to those programs over the next decade, deep reductions in safety-net spending, and a major increase in Pentagon funding. | The president\'s pl…
truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-would-slash-medicare-and-social-security-while-boosting-pentagon/

Call Against The Technologies Of The Devastation, Against The Mobile Industry, Against The
anarquistes contra la devastacio | indybay.org | 2020-02-10
1-English | 2-Franàßais | 3-Castellano | 1- | Since 24 till 27 of February the featured event of the ICT industry- the MWC is going to be held in Barcelona. This gathering is arranged by GSMA, one of the most important organization in the world and more powerful than many governments. This year more than hundred thousand of CEOs and businessmen will attend MWC. All of them are ready to pay around the 800 -5000 euros for each access ticket. | On the one hand, this lucrative industry is a part of world\'s GDP with more than 3,9 trillion dollars. On the other hand, behind all that great profit are destruction,…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830556.php

Lindsey Graham Seems Willing to Degrade Every US Institution to Keep Trump Happy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told Fox News\' Brian Kilmeade last week \"When I go to meet God at the pearly gates, I don\'t think he\'s going to ask me, \'Why didn\'t you convict Trump?\'\" He may be right about that, but only because he\'s likely to first be asked to explain what he did afterward. Graham has become Trump\'s instrument of revenge in the Senate, and he isn\'t making any bones about it. | Appearing on Judge Jeanine Pirro\'s Fox News show on Saturday night, Graham made it clear…
truthout.org/articles/lindsey-graham-seems-willing-to-degrade-every-us-institution-to-keep-trump-happy/

Charles Koch\'s Political Operation Gears Up to Attack 2020 Democrats
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Charles Koch\'s Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) has reported receiving nearly $6 million this quarter, bringing the total raised in 2019 to $14.16 million. AFP Action is the super PAC of the Koch political network\'s astroturf group: Americans for Prosperity (AFP.) | AFP Action was launched months before the 2018 midterms as \"a new tool to build broad policy coalitions in Congress to help adva…
truthout.org/articles/charles-kochs-political-operation-gears-up-to-attack-2020-democrats/

Brazilians Mobilize to Clean Up Massive Oil Spill and End the Fossil Fuel Era
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
A major oil spill, coming from a mysterious source in the South Atlantic Ocean, has been contaminating Brazil\'s coastline since Aug. 30. The oil has already reached a 1,500-mile stretch of the coast across 11 Brazilian states. It\'s contaminated beaches, coral reefs, estuaries, mangroves, and at least 14 nature conservation areas. And it has been impacting the health of traditional coastal communities, including the liv…
truthout.org/articles/brazilians-mobilize-to-clean-up-massive-oil-spill-and-end-the-fossil-fuel-era/

Facebook Ads Should Face the Same Libel Law as Media Outlets
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Will Facebook run ads calling Donald Trump a \"money launderer?\" This is an interesting question to consider. If an individual or group proposed to run television or newspaper ads describing Trump as a money launderer, the outlet would almost certainly refuse to take it. In spite of the strong probability that the charge is true, these outlets would be afraid of a major lawsuit from Trump. Facebook has no such concerns, and that is a big problem. | Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made a big point…
truthout.org/articles/facebook-ads-should-face-the-same-libel-law-as-media-outlets/

Trump\'s Social Security Changes Pose Dire Threat to Rural Disabled People
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-10
Changes to the Social Security Disability Insurance program proposed in January by the Trump administration could make it harder for over 8 million Americans with disabilities to maintain federal benefits. | That\'s particularly true for those in rural communities, where we have worked and studied for the past 35 years. |
truthout.org/articles/trumps-social-security-changes-pose-dire-threat-to-rural-disabled-people/

Russian \'anarchists\' jailed for planning FIFA World Cup and presidential election terrorist attacks
rt.com | 2020-02-10
A court in the central Russian city of Penza has handed down prison sentences of between six and 18 years to seven anarchists convicted on terrorism charges. | The men, all members of the group \'Network (\'Set,\' in Russian), were accused of possession of weapons and drugs, and of planning attacks during the FIFA World Cup and presidential election in 2018. They were arrested in 2017, in Penza and St. Petersburg. The Federal Security Service (FSB) claims that \'Network\' also operated \'cells\' in Moscow, Omsk and the capital of Belarus, Minsk. | Investigators asserted that Dmitry Pchelintsev and Ilya Shakursky were…
rt.com/russia/480500-anarchists-jailed-terrorist-attacks-fifa/

China, Russia to Defy US Sanctions Over Support to Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-10
The Russian government rejected on Monday the U.S. threats to impose new sanctions against several Russian companies for their cooperation with Venezuela in the oil sector. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Terrorist Attack Against Cantv, Movilnet Telecom Warehouse | Last week, the United States special representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, warned Russia that its support for Venezuela will cost them econmically as Washington is looking to sanction them.
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Russia-to-Defy-US-Sanctions-Over-Support-to-Venezuela-20200210-0005.html

German Ruling Class Commemorates Liberation of Auschwitz by Planning New Wars and New Crimes
Johannes Stern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
On Wednesday, a neo-fascist party helped form a regional government in Germany for the first time since the end of Nazi rule. | Despite the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) receiving just five percent of the vote in the regional election …
globalresearch.ca/german-ruling-class-commemorates-liberation-auschwitz-planning-new-wars-new-crimes/5703234

It\'s No Big Deal that There Are Some Limits to Russia-Israel \"Cooperation\" in Syria
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Russia\'s condemnation of the \"Israeli Air Force\'s\" recklessness in once again hiding behind a civilian aircraft to deter anti-air fire by the Syrian Arab Army during their latest bombing operation against Damascus isn\'t contradictory to the principles of the unofficial …
globalresearch.ca/no-big-deal-some-limits-russian-israeli-co-op-syria/5703255

Being a Democrat–Ugh
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Notwithstanding the impotent Senate Minority. Not those ill-fated bills championed as victories by House Democrats only to be spurned by the upper chamber; not smug, elitist party fundraisers; not funding strategists and millionaire celebrity donors; not even bumbling Iowa Democratic …
globalresearch.ca/being-democrat/5703227

The American Empire Mistakenly Believes the Shale Oil-Gas Revolution Will Continue Until 2050 and Beyond
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Trump regime never tires of trumpeting the myth of American \'energy independence\'. The foreign policy establishment in Washington sees America\'s emergence as the worlds largest oil exporter as giving a huge boost to the achievement of U.S. geo-political goals. …
globalresearch.ca/american-empire-mistakenly-believes-shale-revolution-continue-until-2050-beyond/5703191

From Pétain to Macron, from the Resistance to the Yellow Vests…: 1944-1945, France\'s Fake Purge of \"The Collaborators\"
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
In her most recent book, La Non-épuration en France de 1943 aux années 1950 (\"France\'s Non-Purge from 1943 to the 1950s\"), historian Annie Lacroix-Riz challenges a view of the Liberation of the country in 1944-1945

Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations.
globalresearch.ca/israel-charged-with-war-crimes-and-genocide-complete-judgment-of-kl-tribunal/5359433

Step to Nuclear Doomsday: US Puts Low-yield Nukes on Submarines to Counter Made-up Russian \'Strategy\'
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The US has deployed \"low-yield\" nuclear missiles on submarines, saying it\'s to discourage nuclear conflict with Russia. The move is based on a \"Russian strategy\" made up in Washington and will only bring mass annihilation closer. | In a statement released | …
globalresearch.ca/step-nuclear-doomsday-us-puts-low-yield-nukes-submarines-counter-made-up-russian-strategy/5703215

Hassan Diab Files Civil Claim Regarding His Extradition
Hassan Diab Support Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
On Friday February 7, Hassan Diab\'s civil lawyer filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice regarding Hassan\'s extradition in 2014. At a press conference that day, Hassan stated: | \"Since my release in 2018, we have | …
globalresearch.ca/hassan-diab-files-civil-claim-regarding-extradition/5703236

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-02-09
You\'d think that a presidential campaign backed by 40 billionaires and untold numbers of bundled rich people wouldn\'t worry about just one leaflet on Medicare for All…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-the-buttigieg-campaign-tried-to-have-me-arrested/

At least eight shot dead in southern Iraq
Qassim Abdul-Zahra | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
At least eight anti-government protesters were shot dead and 52 were wounded in clashes with followers of a radical Shiite cleric in southern Iraq on Wednesday, Iraqi medical officials and activists said.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/08/18830535.php

Oakland Protesters Insist Senate Trial Was a Cover-Up, Not an Exoneration
R.R. | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
After the Senate voted to acquit President Trump on both articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, protesters took to the streets in Oakland, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/08/18830521.php

Western China Bashing vs. Western Biowarfare?
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-09
On 29 January WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that there was no reason to declare the outbreak of the coronavirus 2019-nCoV in China a pandemic risk. On 30 January, he declared the virus an international emergency, but made clear that there was no reason for countries to issue travel-advisories against travelling to China. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/western-china-bashing-vs-western-biowarfare/

Inside Iowa\'s Irregularities
Nigel Clarke | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-09
There are few things in life more surreal than being on the ground when election fraud is taking place, feeling that knot in the stomach growing as tales of intrigue trickle in like slow-drip coffee on a particularly rough morning. I was in Georgia in 2018, when the gubernatorial race between Republican Brian Kemp and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/inside-iowas-irregularities/

A Green New Deal Must Offer Farmers a Way to Transition to Regenerative Agriculture
Mackenzie Feldman and John Ikerd | zcomm.org | 2020-02-09
Because we rely on our farmers to be on the forefront of the fight to mitigate climate change, we need to find a way to make this change economically feasible for farmers. That\'s exactly what a Green New Deal should be all about…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-green-new-deal-must-offer-farmers-a-way-to-transition-to-regenerative-agriculture/

Meditation & Prayer for Climate
Extinction Rebellion South Bay | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
Intersection of S. Market and W. San Carlos streets, San Jose, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830486.php

Iran Attack on Two US Bases, The \"Evil Empire\" Strikes Back. The Casualties?
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
After their excessive and macabre display of delight and satisfaction, and even celebration, over the killing of Solemani, the White House was tight-lipped about Iran\'s almost immediate retaliatory missile attack on two US bases in Iraq, with Donald Trump soon …
globalresearch.ca/new-star-wars-trilogy-evil-empire-strikes-back/5702528

Unpleasant surprise for Washington? US oil sanctions on Iran force India to look to Russia
rt.com | 2020-02-09
Escalating US pressure on Iran, including sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports, may have had an unexpected consequence

Western States Petroleum Association Tops CA Lobbying Expenses with $8.8 Million in 2019
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
The Western States Petroleum Association and Chevron together spent a total of $14.7 million on lobbying in California in 2019.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/07/18830500.php

Major disruption as \'exceptional\' Storm Ciara hits UK
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-09
Storm Ciara is sweeping across the UK, with heavy rain and severe gales disrupting flights, trains and ferries.Met Office weather warnings are in force, with gusts of more than 80 miles per hour battering parts of the country as forecasters warned flying debris could lead to injuries or endanger lives.Met Office meteorologist Helen Roberts said \"quite exceptional\" gusts of between 60 and 70mph would be seen in inland areas, with the worst of the weather likely to hit before 6pm, although warnings are in place until 9pm.\"As well as the strength of the wind there is the rain to come today,\" she said.\"So far, we hav…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/09/major-disruption-as-exceptional-storm-ciara-hits-uk/

US military confirms 2 troops killed & 6 injured in Afghanistan by \'individual in Afghan uniform\'
rt.com | 2020-02-09
At least two US service members were killed and six others injured after an individual in \"Afghan uniform\" armed with a machine gun opened fire on a joint patrol in Afghanistan, the US military has confirmed. | The incident took place in Nangarhar province earlier on Saturday as a combined US and Afghan force was returning from a \"key-leader engagement,\" a spokesman for US forces in Afghanistan said in a late-night statement. | NEW, statement from US Forces-Afghanistan spox Col. Leggett: | 2 US troops killed and six injured in Afghanistan after \"an individual in an Afghan uniform opened fire on the combined U.
rt.com/news/480419-us-afghanistan-killed-injured/

The 2019 China Wuhan Coronavirus & (BSL-4) Biotech Warfare Labs with Dr. Francis Boyle
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-02-09
Dr. Frances Boyle talks about the Wuhan Coronavirus and how in his view it is a genetically engineered bioweapon that was accidentally released from the Wuhan Biosafety (BSL-4) laboratory.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830488.php

Indian pharma threatened by coronavirus outbreak that could lead to shortage of Chinese drug imports
rt.com | 2020-02-09
India\'s pharmaceutical industry has warned that the ongoing coronavirus epidemic could impact the supply of ingredients and drugs imported from China. | The possibility that drug imports could be slashed due to the outbreak is being \"closely monitored\" and the government is working with pharmaceutical companies \"in an integrated way to deal with the situation,\" Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance Secretary General Sudarshan Jain told local media. | A shortage of Chinese drugs would have an immediate effect on India\'s pharmaceutical industry, as China accounted for some 68 percent of total imports for bulk drugs and…
rt.com/business/480424-india-pharma-china-coronavirus-shortages/

Stones thrown by SECT rioters as police arrest rabbi accused of rape & \'HEALING\' for money (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-09
Members of a cult-like sect tried everything to prevent officers from bringing to custody a controversial Israeli rabbi thought to have taken advantage of gravely ill people and convicted of sexual assaults on women. | Israeli police have arrested Rabbi Eliezer Berland early on Sunday morning, along with his wife and other top members of his ultra-Orthodox Shuvu Bonim sect. Shortly afterwards, the sect\'s followers thronged the nearby street, trying to seal it off and stop the vehicle carrying Berland. | Stunning footage from the arrest shows them hurling stones at officers and banging fists on the passing car.
rt.com/news/480428-israel-orthodox-rabbi-arrest/

US envoy warns Washington could pull support as Israel unilaterally starts drawing map for West Bank annexations
rt.com | 2020-02-09
Unilateral action by Israel to annex land in the West Bank would endanger US support for a proposed blueprint for the region, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has said. | \"Israel is subject to the completion [of] a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee. Any unilateral action in advance of the completion of the committee process endangers the Plan & American recognition,\" Friedman said, in a message posted on Twitter. | Israel is subject to the completion a mapping process by a joint Israeli-American committee. Any unilateral action in advance of the completion of the committee process end…
rt.com/news/480437-us-envoy-support-israel-annexation/

\'Warsaw is closer to Moscow than to Washington\': Ex-president Walesa vows to break ice in Poland-Russia ties
rt.com | 2020-02-09
It is imperative to improve Russia-Poland relations, outlive the troubled past and move forward, ex-president Lech Walesa has said, adding that only a \"third party\" benefits from the discord. | While the relationship between Poland and Russia wasn\'t particularly warm throughout recent decades, it can be unfrozen if both sides do their part, Walesa told Russia\'s Sobesednik weekly.
rt.com/news/480427-walesa-poland-russia-ties/

African Union Summit Opens in Ethiopia Amid Libyan Conflict – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
African Union leaders are set to discuss a broad peace and security agenda, ways to operationalise the African Continental Free Trade Area as well as African candidacies in international bodies.
sputniknews.com/africa/202002091078265475-african-union-summit-opens-in-ethiopia-amid-libyan-conflict/

Taliban Ready to Enter Direct Talks With Kabul Only After Signing Deal With US – Moscow
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Taliban* express readiness to enter direct talks with Kabul only after signing a peace deal with the US, the possibility of a temporary truce for the period of such negotiations is being discussed, the Russian presidential envoy for Afghanistan and the head of the Foreign Ministry\'s Second Asian Department said.
sputniknews.com/asia/202002091078265907-taliban-ready-to-enter-direct-talks-with-kabul/

Mayor Cheat or Master Teaser? Buttigieg Under Fire for Editing Speech Clips With Fake Cheers
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
Since former mayor of South Bend, Indiana and contender for the presidential nomination from the Democratic Party Pete Buttigieg emerged as the winner of the Iowa Caucus, he has been under even closer scrutiny by the American public and his Democratic rivals.
sputniknews.com/us/202002091078265852-mayor-cheat-or-master-teaser-buttigieg-under-fire-for-editing-speech-clips-with-fake-cheers/

Watch Airbus-320 With 172 Passengers Land at Hmeymim Airbase Trying to Avoid Israeli Strike on Syria
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
The Russian Defence Ministry stated on 7 February that a civilian Airbus-320 with 172 passengers on board was nearly destroyed amid Israeli airstrikes near Damascus in the early hours of 6 February.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202002091078265677-watch-civilian-plane-land-at-hmeymim-airbase/

Netizens Enraptured by Saturday Night Live Sketch Mocking Democratic Debate in New Hampshire
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
From Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan to Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, it seems that Saturday Night Live has never overlooked any president or government official throughout its history. The show\'s creators frequently take jabs at President Donald Trump, but this time they apparently decided to focus on Democrats…
sputniknews.com/viral/202002091078267057-netizens-enraptured-by-saturday-night-live-sketch-mocking-democratic-debate-in-new-hampshire/

Pentagon\'s \"Pivot\" to Russia, China Faces Trouble as Its Troops \'Stuck in Sand\', Need Money
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
The two countries were named the biggest potential challenges and possible \"near-peer adversaries\" in the Trump administration\'s defence documents in a contrast to years of focusing on countering the terrorist threat by previous administrations.
sputniknews.com/military/202002091078267415-pentagons-pivot-to-russia-china-faces-trouble-as-its-troops-stuck-in-sand-need-money/

China\'s Ambassador to UK Slams Senior Tories\' Anti-Huawei Stance as \'Witch-Hunt\'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
Earlier, the Financial Times reported that top Conservative lawmakers wrote a letter expressing concern over Huawei\'s participation in the construction of the UK\'s 5G network, referring to the company as an \"untrusted and high-risk vendor.\"
sputniknews.com/uk/202002091078267140-chinas-ambassador-to-uk-slams-senior-tories-anti-huawei-stance-as-witch-hunt/

Watch Boeing-737 With 94 People on Board Dramatically Crash Land in Russia\'s Usinsk
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
According to preliminary reports, all people on board the Utair Boeing-737 are safe, however, it is not clear how heavily the aircraft has been damaged. Firefighters arrived at the scene as fuel started leaking from the plane.
sputniknews.com/russia/202002091078267192-watch-boeing-737-with-94-people-on-board-dramatically-crash-land-in-russias-usinsk/

Utair Flight Crash Lands in Usinsk in Northern Russia – Photos
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
According to emergency services, the plane en route from Moscow hit the runway with its tail, the 94 people on board were unharmed. In the meantime, the Usinsk Airport is continuing to operate under its regular schedule.
sputniknews.com/russia/202002091078266148-utair-flight-crash-lands-in-usinsk-in-northern-russia/

Junior Swimming Champion Belonogoff Switching From British to Russian Sport Nationality
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
British swimmer Tatiana Belonogoff, gold medal winner in the women\'s 50m breaststroke at the 2018 European Junior Championships, has been living and training in Saint Petersburg for some time now and is currently on track to only compete under the Russian flag from now on.
sputniknews.com/sport/202002091078266183-junior-swimming-champion-belonogoff-switching-from-british-to-russian-sport-nationality/

Fellowship of Siberia\'s Baikal Rings: Cause of Puzzling Ice Circles in World\'s Biggest Lake Revealed
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-09
There have been diverse theories attempting to crack open the mystery of the so-called \"ice rings\" in Russia\'s Lake Baikal, some of which may even reach 7 kilometres in diameter. The most popular concept, focusing on methane outbursts, was eventually disproven due to objective geological reasons.
sputniknews.com/science/202002091078267486-fellowship-of-siberias-baikal-rings-cause-of-puzzling-ice-circles-in-worlds-biggest-lake-revealed/

Unilateral Israeli annexations would endanger US support: envoy
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Unilateral Israeli steps to annex West Bank land would endanger U.S. support for such plans, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Sunday.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday Israel had begun drawing up maps for annexing land in the West Bank, which Palestinians seek for a state, in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump\'s proposed peace plan.\"President Trump\'s Vision for Peace is the product of more than three years of close consultations among the President, PM Netanyahu and their respective senior staff,\" Friedman said on Twitter.\"Israel is subject to the completion (of) a…
yenisafak.com/en/world/unilateral-israeli-annexations-would-endanger-us-support-envoy-3511614

Indian Kashmir hit by general strike called by separatists
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Indian-held Kashmir was hit by a general strike on Sunday called by the separatist Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) to mark the anniversary of the death of a Kashmiri man who was executed for his part in an attack on India\'s parliament in 2001.The JKLF on Thursday called for strikes on Feb. 9 and Feb. 11 to observe the anniversary of the death of Afzal Guru, and then that of its founder Maqbool Bhat.Shops and businesses were shut on Sunday, while there was little traffic on the roads in Srinagar and other parts of Indian-held Kashmir.Indian troops have erected iron barricades and laid concertina wire in part…
yenisafak.com/en/world/indian-kashmir-hit-by-general-strike-called-by-separatists-3511616

Turkey ready to act after reinforcing Syria\'s Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Turkey has sent major reinforcements to Syria\'s northwestern Idlib region and \"all options are on the table\", a senior official said on Sunday, as Ankara tries to stem rapid advances by Syrian regime forces.The regime offensive in Idlib, the last major enclave of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad, has driven more than half a million people from their homes towards the closed Turkish border, threatening a new humanitarian crisis in Syria.Turkey, which already hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, says it cannot absorb any more and has demanded Damascus pull back in Idlib by the end of the month or face Turkish…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-ready-to-act-after-reinforcing-syrias-idlib-3511619

Pope calls for respect of humanitarian law in Syria\'s Idlib amid escalation
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Pope Francis called on Sunday for respect of humanitarian law in Syria\'s Idlib province, amid an escalation of a Syrian government offensive that has displaced more than half a million in two months.He told tens of thousands of people in St. Peter\'s square that the reports from Idlib were \"painful … particularly regarding the conditions of women and children, of people forced to flee from a military escalation.\"Turkey has reinforced its military presence in the area, saying the advances by Russian-backed Syrian troops and their allies threaten a fresh humanitarian disaster.The crisis risks driving another wave…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pope-calls-for-respect-of-humanitarian-law-in-syrias-idlib-amid-escalation-3511618

Syrian regime forces recapture 600 square km of territory in Idlib campaign
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Syrian regime forces have recaptured more than 600 square kilometres of territory so far in a campaign to seize control of the last opposition strongholds of Idlib and the Aleppo countryside, a statement from Syria\'s armed forces said on Sunday.Syria\'s armed forces have taken control of dozens of towns and villages in recent days as part of the campaign, the statement said.
yenisafak.com/en/world/syrian-regime-forces-recapture-600-square-km-of-territory-in-idlib-campaign-3511617

One week into virus quarantine, Turkish evacuees bullish
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
A week since Turkey flew out dozens of its citizens from Wuhan, China, morale is high, as none of the evacuees has shown any symptoms of the deadly coronavirus.On Feb. 1 Turkey sent a cargo plane to evacuate 42 people, including 32 Turks, six Azerbaijanis, three Georgians, and one Albanian, as the virus spread both in and outside China\'s borders.Right after the plane landed in the Turkish capital Ankara, the evacuees, along with medical staff, military personnel, and media who accompanied them, were taken to a hospital to be held in a two-week precautionary quarantine in separate rooms to allow healthcare officia…
yenisafak.com/en/news/one-week-into-virus-quarantine-turkish-evacuees-bullish-3511610

Turkey\'s nationalist party urges TRNC leader to resign
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Turkey\'s Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader on Saturday urged the current president of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to resign over his \"shameless\" remarks in an interview he made with a British daily.Devlet Bahceli\'s statement came after Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci talked to The Guardian about the long-standing reunification efforts in Cyprus island.\"If this failed to happen, he [Akinci] said, the north [TRNC] would grow increasingly dependent on Ankara and could end up being swallowed up, as a de facto Turkish province,\" the daily cited Akinci as saying.Referring to Tayfur Sokmen…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkeys-nationalist-party-urges-trnc-leader-to-resign-3511607

Quit smoking while there\'s still time: Doctor
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
National No Smoking Day in Turkey is celebrated Feb. 9, to draw attention to the dangers of tobacco.Tobacco use is an important risk factor for developing cancer, the disease that kills eight million people worldwide each year.To mark the occasion, Anadolu Agency spoke with doctors about what happens to the body of smokers and how it recovers when one stops the habit.\"Smoking is the most important cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the fourth most common disease of death in the world,\" said Dr. Ece Yigit of Pendik Medipol University Hospital in Istanbul.COPD is a disease that can be controlle…
yenisafak.com/en/life/quit-smoking-while-theres-still-time-doctor-3511612

Storm Ciara disrupts more than 100 flights at Amsterdam\'s Schiphol
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Around 120 flights to and from Amsterdam\'s Schiphol airport, one of Europe\'s largest, were cancelled or delayed on Sunday as a powerful storm blew in off the Atlantic Ocean with gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour (62 miles per hour).The Netherlands Meteorological Institute issued an amber alert for Sunday afternoon as storm Ciara began to batter the Dutch coast after crossing Britain overnight.All professional Dutch soccer matches were cancelled, along with most outdoor sporting events.Winds of 100 kilometres per hour were registered just after midday in the Netherlands and gusts were expected to pick yup…
yenisafak.com/en/world/storm-ciara-disrupts-more-than-100-flights-at-amsterdams-schiphol-3511620

Anti-Huawei UK lawmakers conducting \'witch-hunt\': Chinese ambassador
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-09
Senior members of Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s Conservatives who have demanded Chinese telecoms giant Huawei must not have a role in Britain\'s 5G mobile network are conducting \"a kind of witch-hunt\", China\'s ambassador to London said on Sunday.Last month the government said \"high-risk vendors\" such as Huawei would be allowed into the non-sensitive parts of the 5G network, although their involvement will be capped at 35%.Asked about a letter to Conservative lawmakers by several former ministers expressing concern over Huawei, Liu Xiaoming told the BBC: \"They are totally wrong, I think what they are doing is a ki…
yenisafak.com/en/world/anti-huawei-uk-lawmakers-conducting-witch-hunt-chinese-ambassador-3511615

How Kirk Douglas helped to beat the anti-communist blacklist
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-09
films history civil liberties Peter FrostIssue 1253 United States Kirk DouglasFebruary 9, 2020Award-winning film maker and Hollywood star…
greenleft.org.au/content/how-kirk-douglas-helped-beat-anti-communist-blacklist

Montreal SEP Canada meeting demands freedom for Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-02-08
Assange and Manning are the targets of a legal vendetta meant to intimidate and silence all those who would seek to expose the crimes of US imperialism and its allies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/08/asca-f08.html

Three Extraordinary Australian Journalists: Burchett, Pilger, Assange
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
Australia has produced extraordinary journalists across three generations: Wilfred Burchett (deceased in 1983), John Pilger (80 years old but still active) and Julian Assange (48 years old, currently in London\'s Belmarsh prison). Each of these journalists made unique contributions to our understanding of the world. Although Australia is part of the western world, each of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/three-extraordinary-australian-journalists-burchett-pilger-assange/

Media darling Pete Buttigieg was in unit that worked with the CIA in Afghanistan
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-08
While Pete Buttigieg\'s campaign denies online allegations that he was a CIA asset, military records reveal that Buttigieg was in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/pete-buttigieg-cia-afghanistan/

Did Washington use a false pretext for its bloody escalation in Iraq?
Helena Cobban | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-08
Iraqi officials indicate that ISIS

Activist challenges climate crisis deniers at Irish polling station
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-08
An activist dressed up as a giant stick of celery targeted two Irish politicians at a polling station as they prepared to cast their votes. | She brandished a sign outside Kilgarvan Central School in Co Kerry saying: \"Climate change is real, it\'s an emergency, and we can all fight it by going vegan.\" | Danny and Michael Healy-Rae were targeted over their views around the issue of climate breakdown. | Michael previously said that he feels farmers are unfairly blamed for the climate crisis, while his brother Danny stated that he does not \"subscribe to the idea that man can influence climate\". | Peta has called on t…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/02/08/activist-challenges-climate-crisis-deniers-at-irish-polling-station/

Colombia: Paramilitary Black Eagles Threaten Social Activists
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
In the last few hours, in the capital of the country, a threatening pamphlet by the self-styled \'Black Eagles\' began to circulate threatening the promoters and defenders of the marches supporting the national strike. | RELATED: | US and Colombia Carrying out Military Exercises in Cartagena | The person in charge of denouncing the situation was Senator Antonio Sanguino, who said he was threatened along with other political leaders and journalists for their positions in favor of th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Paramilitary-Black-Eagles-Threaten-Social-Activists-20200207-0005.html

US Deploys \'Mini-Nukes\' in Deplorable Threat to World Peace
Strategic Culture | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-08
These so-called \"mini-nukes\" represent–despite the diminutive-sounding name–an increased risk of nuclear war.
theantimedia.com/us-deploys-mini-nukes-in-deplorable-threat-to-world-peace/

Israel\'s Palestinian Minority has Good Reason to Fear Trump\'s Plan
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-08
The Trump administration\'s decision to green-light Israel\'s annexation of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank grabbed headlines last week. But US support for a related proposal

Ontario Teachers Are Strongly United to Defend Public Education
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
Over the last week, Canadian elementary school teachers have intensified their protest against Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford\'s policies, which seek to cut the number of teachers and increase the number of students per classroom. | RELATED: | Canada: Court Dismisses Challenge to Trans Mountain Pipeline | Instead, Canadian teachers demand more resources to serve students with special needs, the protection of the preschool education program, and fairer wages. | Despite having br…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ontario-Teachers-Are-Strongly-United-to-Defend-Public-Education-20200208-0001.html

Chile: Harsh Protests Against the Return of the Santiago Mayor
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-08
Thousands gathered Friday at the Dignity Square to reject a recent decision of the Chilean Senate, which did not dismiss Santiago Metropolitan Mayor Felipe Guevara, a right-wing politician who had been provisionally removed from office as a result of legal charges against him. | RELATED: | Chile: Mayor of Santiago City to Face Constitutional Accusation | Dozens of military police entered the iconic square at 6 pm (local time) to try to disperse thousands of citizens who were pr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Harsh-Protests-Against-the-Return-of-the-Santiago-Mayor-20200208-0004.html

U.S. uneasy as Iraq gets new prime minister
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-02-08
The protest movement in Iraq, which is now entering its fourth month, has come to be the principal instrument for Washington to surreptitiously advance the broader geopolitical confrontation with Iran that is being played out within the country. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/07/u-s-uneasy-as-iraq-gets-new-prime-minister/