Ryan Devereaux (2019-11-23). Humanitarian Volunteer Scott Warren Reflects on the Borderlands and Two Years of Government Persecution. theintercept.com A jury found Scott Warren not guilty in the government\'s second attempt to lock him up for providing humanitarian aid on the border in Arizona.

Staff (2019-11-23). Colombia President Orders Curfew in Capital Following Unrest. truthdig.com The move follows a massive march that brought tens of thousands to the streets in a message of rejection of his conservative government.

Ryan Grim (2019-11-23). In Three Touchstone Speeches, Elizabeth Warren Grounds Her Campaign in a History of American Protest and Movement Building. theintercept.com Linking with women-led labor struggles is her way of answering those who want to push her away from economic policy and into a \"women\'s issues\" box.

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-23). La CIA ayudó a convertir a la serie \'Jack Ryan\' en una fantasía intolerante sobre un cambio de régimen en Venezuela. thegrayzone.com Un análisis del investigador Tom Secker revela cómo la fantasía de Amazon sobre un cambio de régimen, \"Jack Ryan\", fue…

WSWS (2019-11-23). Trump administration begins deporting asylum seekers to Guatemala. wsws.org Migrants from Honduras and El Salvador will be forced to seek asylum in Guatemala, even if they make it to an official US port of entry.

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Democratic Lawmakers Criticize US Stance Towards Bolivia\'s Coup. telesurenglish.net James McGovern, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and other Democratic lawmakers on Friday criticized President Donald Trump administration for its stance regarding what is happening in Bolivia. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Ilegitimate Government Attempts to Sue Evo Morales | \"We are troubled by statements from administration officials, including President Trump,…

WSWS (2019-11-23). Interviews with Alice Springs workers and youth about public meeting to defend Assange and Manning. wsws.org Popular support in Alice Springs for imprisoned journalist Julian Assange is matched by a deep distrust of government authorities and the major parliamentary parties.

Staff (2019-11-23). Nearly 300 US Cities Will Mobilize to Demand Impeachment on Eve of House Vote. truthout.org As corporate media focus on the dramatic impeachment hearings being conducted in Washington, D.C., another impeachment story is unfolding: Activists around the country are preparing to mobilize on the eve of the U.S. House of Representatives\' vote on impeaching President Trump. As witnesses testify in the nation\'s capital, activists are making signs, getting protest permits and drafting speeches. | On the night before what will be a historic vote, people throughout the country will pick up t…

Elizabeth Woodworth (2019-11-23). JFK, MLK, RFK, 50 Years of Suppressed History: New Evidence on Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy. globalresearch.ca Fifty years of research shows that three humane visions of global peace were thwarted by three covert assassinations. In each case eyewitness accounts were written out of history. In each case the \"lone gunman\" fiction denied society a true understanding of the deep politics of history…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2019-11-23). The Kennedy Assassination, November 22, 1963: 56 Years Later. globalresearch.ca This article was first published on November 21, 2013. | Today November 22, 2019 is the 56th anniversary of the assassination of JFK | Why was he assassinated? | He favored peace over war. | The normalization of relations with the Soviet Union. | ***…

teleSUR (2019-11-23). United Nations Presents a Peace-Building Agreement for Bolivia. telesurenglish.net The United Nations, the European Union (EU) and the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) on Saturday announced an agreement between the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and the Jeanine Añez administration whereby they pledge to pacify Bolivia and ensure credible elections. | RELATED: | Democratic Lawmakers Criticize US Stance Towards Bolivia\'s Coup | The agreement was presented at a press conference by the UN special envoy Jean Arnault, the EU ambassador to Bolivia Leon de la To…

Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center (2019-11-23). 11th Annual Peace and Justice Awards Dinner. indybay.org Diablo Room – Hillside Clubhouse – Rossmoor | 3400 Golden Rain Rd | Walnut Creek, CA 94597…

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2019-11-23). Sheepdogs Sanders & Warren Support Anti-Abortion Democrats. indybay.org Despite the Democratic Party having as part of its party platform that it supports the right to abortion, the Democrats have the two alleged progressives running for president, the Democrats\' sheepdogs Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, stating at the latest Democrats\' \"debate\" that they would support anti-abortion Democrats! See | \"Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders Wouldn\'t Rule Out Supporting Anti-Abortion Democrats\" by Jenavieve Hatch, 11/21/19 at | www.huffpost.com/entry/warren-sanders-abortion-debate_n_5dd6150be4b010f3f1d27940…

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Colombia: Curfew in Bogota On Nationwide Strike\'s Second Day. telesurenglish.net Making noise by banging pots to call for attention, thousands of people gathered on Friday afternoon at the Bolivar Square in Bogota to reject President Ivan Duque and his neoliberal policies. | RELATED: | Colombia: 3 Dead, 122 Civilians Injured At Strike Against Duque | \"We are here to protest against Duque\'s government,\" art student Katheryn Martinez…

Larry Romanoff (2019-11-23). How Does China Evaluate and Choose its Leaders? Understanding China\'s University System. globalresearch.ca Many Westerners have at least a dim awareness of China\'s Gaokao, the system of annual university entrance examinations, taken by about 10 million students each year. This set of examinations is quite stiff and perhaps even harsh, covering many subjects …

Kevin Gosztola (2019-11-23). JFK Files: US Officials Plotted Destruction of Cuban Crops with Biological Agents. globalresearch.ca Today, November 22, 2019, we commemorate the passing of JFK. | Why was he killed? | He opposed the Deep State? | He was opposed to waging war on Cuba. | He favored dialogue rather than war with the Soviet Union. | *** | Several of …

Harald Neuber (2019-11-23). Sanctions Are Like Bombs. indybay.org Venezuela is one of 41 states that depend on external food assistance to avoid a humanitarian crisis. The US government is copying its blockade policy against Cuba since the beginning of the 1960s. There is hardly any criticism of the US sanctions. Six million households, more than 60% of the population, are sustained by the food program.

WSWS (2019-11-23). Leaked audio of top Colombian officials exposes failure of US coup operation in Venezuela. wsws.org The picture that emerges is that of a US vassal state panicking that, amid growing opposition from below, it also faces a civil war within Washington\'s foreign-policy establishment.

Staff (2019-11-23). Documents: Giuliani, Pompeo Had Contacts Before Yovanovitch Ouster. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Newly released documents show Donald Trump\'s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani was in contact with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. | The State Department released the documents Friday to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. They show that Pompeo talked with Giuliani on March 26 and March 29. | Austin Evers, executive director of American Oversight, said the documents reveal \"a clear paper trail from Rudy Giuliani to the Oval Office to Secretary Pompeo to facilitate Giuliani\'s smear…

Staff (2019-11-23). U.S. Judge Awards $180 Million to Post Reporter Held by Iran. truthdig.com The nation is ordered to pay Jason Rezaian after he spent 544 days in captivity and was tortured on still-unexplained espionage charges.

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government\'s Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/22/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Staff (2019-11-23). Brazil\'s Lula Vows to Make Life \'Hell\' for Bolsonaro Government. truthdig.com The ex-president, out of jail for charges he disputes, says at Workers\' Party event he is more willing than ever to fight for the country.

Christine Prat (2019-11-23). Wampanoag Hartman Deetz \'No thanks no giving\' history in Paris. indybay.org As AIM West prepares its annual Un-Thanksgiving dinner in San Francisco, and Native Americans gather for the 50th Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz, Hartman Deetz, Wampanoag, shares the real origin of Thanksgiving, the history of murderers and thieves from the Pilgrims to the Trump administration.

WSWS (2019-11-23). Who decided the US should fight a \"hot war\" with Russia? wsws.org The impeachment inquiry has exposed a US conspiracy to spend billions of dollars to overthrow an elected government in Ukraine and foment a civil war that has killed thousands of people.

Staff (2019-11-23). Pope Denounces \'Evil\' of Nuclear Weapons in Japan Trip. truthdig.com He goes further than any other pontiff, saying merely having atomic bombs is to be condemned, ahead of his visits to Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

WSWS (2019-11-23). Rising seas threaten US Pacific nuclear dump. wsws.org A concrete dome, a relic of the US nuclear testing program, is breaking up and beginning to spill deadly nuclear waste into the Pacific Ocean.

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Uruguay: Far-Right Calls Armed Forces to Vote Against Leftists. telesurenglish.net Uruguay\'s Minister of Defense Jose Bayardi denounced Saturday former army general and far-right presidential candidate Guido Manini for inciting confrontations and rebellion of the military against democratic institutions, through a video on social media. | RELATED: | Uruguay: Martinez, Lacalle Pou Close Campaigns Prior to Ballot | The far-right politician who belongs to the Cabildo Abierto party published a video addressed to members of the armed forces, calling for them…

WSWS (2019-11-23). Netanyahu, indicted on corruption charges, refuses to resign. wsws.org The prime minister\'s aim has been to incite his far-right supporters and encourage them to take to the streets on his behalf.

The Canary (2019-11-23). Young adults urged to sign up to vote in the \'climate election\'. thecanary.co Young adults are being urged by under-18s and celebrities to sign up to vote so they can use the power of the ballot box to tackle the climate and nature crises.The call comes after the Electoral Commission reveals that a third of young people are not registered to vote, with only 66% of 18 to 19-year-olds and 68% of those aged 20-24 correctly signed up.Students who are too young to vote are helping launch #ItsOurTime, a politically neutral campaign which aims to motivate young people concerned about climate change to sign up before the registration deadline on November 26.Celebrities including bands The Foals an…

Staff (2019-11-23). McDonald\'s Employees Are Suing to Win Protection From Violence at Work. truthout.org Last year as Elvira Gonzalez was mopping the floor outside a bathroom in the Chicago-area McDonald\'s where she worked, a customer came in and started yelling at her. Then he picked up the \"Wet Floor\" sign and hit her over the back, an incident that has left her with chronic pain to this day. On another occasion, a customer came into the men\'s bathroom while she was cleaning it, exposed his genitals and groped her. When she ran out screaming and told her manager what happened, she says he laughed and…

Staff (2019-11-23). UK Ignores UN Deadline to End Illegal Occupation of the Chagos Islands. truthout.org The children pictured in the photograph above are from the last generation to inhabit Peros Banhos, an atoll in the Chagos Archipelago, a territory that is currently and unlawfully controlled by the United Kingdom. Today many may have passed away, but those who haven\'t continue to be forced to spend their final days in exile, far from the land of their childhood memories. | Like them, thousands of Chagossians were expelled from th…

Staff (2019-11-23). Dialysis Patients Panic as Financial \"Life Raft\" Becomes Unmoored. truthout.org Russell Desmond received a letter a few weeks ago from the American Kidney Fund that he said felt like \"a smack on the face.\" | The organization informed Desmond, who has kidney failure and needs dialysis three times a week, that it will no longer help him pay for his private health insurance plan — to the tune of about $800 a month. | \"I am depressed about the who…

The Canary (2019-11-23). Jeremy Corbyn offers a vision of \'hope\' and builds support for a \'red Christmas\'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has offered students a vision for \"hope\" as he unveiled a youth manifesto pledging £1 billion investment and votes at 16. | The Labour leader received huge applause when he told supporters at Loughborough University on Saturday of plans to end pay \"discrimination\" and give a £10 minimum wage to all. | And to energise his campaign further, he encouraged the crowd to hit the streets campaigning ahead of the election on 12 December in order to bring a \"red Christmas\". | Addressing the packed student union club lined with red neon lights, he said: This election is all about the future and hop…

People\'s Park Committee & Suitcase Clinic (2019-11-23). Legacy of Past and Present Anti-War Actions: Strategies to Consider for the Future. indybay.org UC Berkeley, Barrows Hall 126…

The Canary (2019-11-23). Corbyn issues clear warning that multinationals must \'pay their fair share\' of tax. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn has vowed to stop multinational companies offshoring their tax bills to \"lower tax regimes\" with measures to force them to pay their fair share in the UK. | The Labour leader met workers at an Amazon depot in Sheffield as he warned big companies they would have to pay taxes on all operations in the UK. | Labour expects the measures would raise £6.3bn for the exchequer in 2024 to help pay for its manifesto plans to nationalise key utilities in a \"green industrial revolution\". | Corbyn and shadow employment rights secretary Laura Pidcock set out plans to clamp down on \"enablers of tax dodging\",…

WSWS (2019-11-23). OECD cuts global growth forecast. wsws.org The chief economist of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned that \"things are not really moving\" and there was a danger that low growth could become \"entrenched.\"

WSWS (2019-11-23). Allegations of racist incidents lead to virtual shutdown of campus at Syracuse University. wsws.org The university has accepted the demands of students, including moves toward the segregation of dorms based on race, but the campus has been effectively closed through the end of the semester.

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Israel: Netanyahu to Give up 4 Ministry Posts Due to Indictment. telesurenglish.net Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reported to relinquish the four ministerial posts he currently holds in the coming days following the indictment against him for bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, according to a report published Saturday by Haaretz. | RELATED: | Israel\'s PM Netanyahu Charged in 3 Corruption Cases | On Thursday Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit indicted the premier for the long-running investigations dubbed Cases 1000, 2000 and 4000. Under Israel\'s law, Neta…

teleSUR (2019-11-23). Argentina: Fernandez Plans To Increase Minimum Wages, Pensions. telesurenglish.net During a meeting with the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) leaders, the next Labor Minister Claudio Moroni mentioned that Argentina\'s President-elect Alberto Fernandez plans to increase wages and pensions when he takes office in December. | RELATED: | Alberto Fernandez Bolsters Plan To Fight Hunger in Argentina | \"Promising a decree to \'level-the-field\' bef…

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-23). \'Nothing But Disdain for Democracy\': Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, and Pressley Join Letter Condemning Trump for Fueling Crisis in Bolivia. commondreams.org \"Rather than supporting a military coup, our government should make it clear that the unconstitutional removal of an elected president is unacceptable.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bolivia1.jpg …

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-23). \"I\'m Disgusted\": Sanders Says Bloomberg\'s $30 Million Ad Purchase Just Latest Example of Billionaire Trying to Buy an Election. commondreams.org \"If you can't build grassroots support for your candidacy, you have no business running for president. The American people are sick and tired of the power of billionaires.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/michael_bloomberg_0.jpg …

RT (2019-11-23). Jesus is a Flamengo fan: Iconic Christ the Redeemer statue lit up in Brazilian team\'s colors ahead of Copa Libertadores final. rt.com Jesus is apparently a fan of Brazilian club Flamengo after donning the Rio team\'s colors ahead of the Copa Libertadores final against Argentina\'s River Plate. | Appearing in their first Copa final in 38 years, Flamengo face defending champions River Plate in a one-off match at Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru, on Saturday night. | The Flamengo marketing team and shirt sponsors adidas made sure the whole of Rio de Janeiro was aware of the monumental nature of the occasion by illuminating the iconic Christ the Redeemer stature which overlooks the city in the famous red and black stripes of their club. | Manto Sa…

RT (2019-11-23). Jesus is a Flamengo fan? Iconic Christ the Redeemer statue lit up in Brazilian team\'s colors ahead of Copa Libertadores final. rt.com Jesus is apparently a fan of Brazilian club Flamengo after donning the Rio team\'s colors ahead of the Copa Libertadores final against Argentina\'s River Plate. | Appearing in their first Copa final in 38 years, Flamengo face defending champions River Plate in a one-off match at Estadio Monumental in Lima, Peru, on Saturday night. | The Flamengo marketing team and shirt sponsors adidas made sure the whole of Rio de Janeiro was aware of the monumental nature of the occasion by illuminating the iconic Christ the Redeemer stature which overlooks the city in the famous red and black stripes of their club. | Manto Sa…

RT (2019-11-23). Pence tells Iraqi Kurdish leader Trump has their backs — weeks after hasty US retreat in Syria. rt.com Iraqi Kurds should rest assured that Washington is firmly backing them — just take it from VP Mike Pence, who made a surprise visit to Iraq weeks after his boss was dragged through the mud at home for abandoning Syrian Kurds.

RT (2019-11-23). 3 killed as car bomb detonates near police station in Colombia amid anti-government unrest. rt.com A truck rigged with explosives detonated outside a police station in Colombia amid mass protests in the country that have been marred by violence and looting. | The blast happened in Santander de Quilichao, a town some 500km from the nation\'s capital, Bogota. | Three police officers were killed and seven more wounded, the government secretary of the Cauca Department, Jaime Asprilla, said. Meanwhile, local media reported that at least 10 people were injured in the explosion. | Defense Minister Carlos Homles Trujillo condemned the \"heinous terrorist attack,\" vowing to identify and punish the perpetrators. | Foot…

RT (2019-11-23). Chinese ambassador warns Canada of \'VERY BAD damage\' to relations if it takes up US line on HK protests. rt.com Beijing\'s new ambassador to Canada has urged Ottawa not to echo American support for ongoing protests in Hong Kong, warning that such a move would be ruinous to relations for the two countries. | While lawmakers have frequently voiced concern about the 300,000 Canadian citizens residing in Hong Kong amid the unrest, Ottawa has yet to formally endorse the territory\'s protest movement. In a press conference on Friday, China\'s freshly appointed envoy, Cong Peiwu, insisted it should refrain from doing so. | \"If somebody here really tries to… have this kind of law like that in the United States, it\'s very dangero…

RT (2019-11-23). Man set on fire by Hong Kong protesters \'can\'t recognize his own daughter\' after 10+ days in coma. rt.com A Chinese man set ablaze by rioters in Hong Kong, seen in a deeply disturbing video that shocked social media users, has woken up after more than 10 days in a coma but faces a long and painful recovery — both in body and mind.

RT (2019-11-23). 'Best assist ever!': Tottenham's Deli Alli performs OUTRAGEOUS flick to set up goal as Mourinho's men beat West Ham (VIDEO). rt.com Dele Alli provided the most memorable moment of the first game of the Jose Mourinho era at Spurs as he acrobatically flicked the ball to a teammate in a move which led to Tottenham\'s second goal of the game. | Despite losing his balance on the touchline, Alli managed to prevent the ball from going out of play by flicking the ball away from West Ham defender Ryan Fredricks into the path of the onrushing Son Heung-min, who in turn squared the ball to Lucas Moura to slide the ball home at the far post. | Alli was also crucial the game\'s opener, laying it on for the South Korean to score the first goal of the Mour…

RT (2019-11-23). \'NUCLEAR INCIDENT\' in South China Sea that no one actually noticed hits the headlines (Fake news 101). rt.com Brewing a solid piece of fake news is tricky — it has to be hot enough to take off and believable enough to not get debunked at once. The scare around a \"radiation incident\" in the South China Sea appears to be almost perfect.

RT (2019-11-23). Pope against NUKES: Francis to deliver anti-nuclear message in Japanese cities where US dropped atomic bombs. rt.com Pope Francis is expected to deliver a staunch anti-nuclear message on his visit to Japan, the only country in the world to have suffered atomic bomb attacks. | Francis touched down in Tokyo on Saturday, becoming the first pope to visit the East Asian country in 38 years. | His four-day trip will include visits to Nagasaki and Hiroshima, cities where over 210,000 people were killed when the United States dropped nuclear bombs on them at the end of the Second World War. | | The nuclear bombing of Nagasaki. © Global Look Press | On Sunday the pontiff will deliver a message about nuclear weapons in a park i…

RT (2019-11-23). Putin could have been \'FIRED\' in 1998 — from top spy job that propelled him to presidency. rt.com Vladimir Putin could\'ve had his career smashed months before becoming Russian president, a former Kremlin official claims. He says an influential PM made two attempts to sack Putin from his top job at the Federal Security Service. | Putin was in charge of the FSB between September 1998 and May 1999. His breakneck career progress then saw him become the first deputy Prime Minister, then PM, and finally Russia\'s caretaker President on December 31, 1999 — after Boris Yeltsin\'s surprise resignation. | But the current president\'s life story might have been quite different, claims the former head of Yeltsin\'s a…

Staff (2019-11-23). Colombia President Orders Curfew in Capital Following Unrest. truthdig.com The move follows a massive march that brought tens of thousands to the streets in a message of rejection of his conservative government.

RT (2019-11-23). Trump & Navy trade blows as confusion, conflicting reports swirl around review to expel SEAL accused of war crimes. rt.com A showdown between President Donald Trump and the US Navy may be shaping up over an attempt to expel a commando from the elite SEAL force. Vague statements and conflicting reports are adding to confusion about the case. | After the Navy announced that it would carry out a Trident review to consider expelling Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher from the SEALs earlier this week, Trump stepped in with a tweet, insisting that nothing of the sort would be happening. | \"The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher\'s Trident Pin,\" the president said on Thursday. \"This case was handl…

Ryan Cristián (2019-11-23). Iran False Flag Prep, US Government\'s Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/22/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Edward Curtin (2019-11-22). Unspeakable Memories: The Day John Kennedy Died. dissidentvoice.org There is a vast literature on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, who died on a November 22nd Friday like this in 1963. I have contributed my small share to such writing in an effort to tell the truth, honor him, and emphasize its profound importance in understanding the history of the last fifty-six …

Mattea Kramer (2019-11-22). Finding Peace Amid the New Opium Wars. counterpunch.org It was evening and we were in a windowless room in a Massachusetts jail. We had just finished a class — on job interview skills — and, with only a few minutes remaining, the women began voicing their shared fear. Upon their release, would someone really hire them? Beneath that concern lurked another one: Would More

Tim Wheeler (2019-11-22). Fiona Hill and Fawn Hall: Witnesses to White House crimes present and past. peoplesworld.org Fiona Hill and Fawn Hall. Similar names, both assigned to the National Security Council. But how different these two women are. In 1987, Fawn Hall and Lt. Col. Oliver North spent hours shredding documents in the basement of the White House scrambling to conceal President Ronald Reagan\'s criminal Iran-Contra conspiracy. Granted immunity in exchange for …

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-11-22). In WWII-Era Fashion, the Saudi-led Coalition is Weaponizing Disease in Yemen. mintpressnews.com TAIZ, YEMEN — Beyond the devastation it has caused on the back of tens of thousands of airstrikes, a crippling blockade and the intentional targeting of civilian infrastructure, the Saudi-led coalition supported by the United States has sparked an outbreak of disease and epidemics in Yemen in a manner not seen since World War II. | Yemeni activist Aseel Sweid told MintPress News how a young boy, Abdulkarim al-Ma\'amari, \"died of dengue fever after it spread with alarming speed in Taiz, threatening many innocents.\" Sweid added that three of his own brothers had been infected with dengue. \"There are a huge amo…

RT (2019-11-22). Saudi-led coalition\'s airstrikes in Yemen down 80 percent in 2 weeks, UN envoy says. rt.com The United Nations\' envoy Martin Griffiths told the UN Security Council on Friday that the number of airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition battling Houthis in Yemen has dropped nearly 80 percent in the last two weeks. | \"In what is perhaps an even more important sign that something is changing in Yemen… in the last two weeks the rate has dramatically reduced: there were almost 80 percent fewer airstrikes nationwide than in the two weeks prior,\" Reuters quoted him as saying. | Earlier this month, Reuters quoted sources as saying that Saudi Arabia was intensifying informal talks with the Houthi movement on a c…

RT (2019-11-22). Model arrested on suspicion of gun-running after taking TOPLESS PHOTOS with assault rifle & pistol. rt.com A teenage Instagram model has found herself behind bars in Brazil after police discovered incriminating photos of her posing and dancing with a range of deadly firearms. | 19-year-old Gabriela Sara Vasconcelos Assunção was arrested on suspicion of arms trafficking on Saturday, after officers came across saucy images showing the teen kissing a pistol and, posing topless, brandishing an assault rifle. | | © Gaby Assunàßà£o/ Instagram | Assunção was first arrested alongside her boyfriend in October when a cache of guns was discovered in the car they were travelling i…

Ed Rampell (2019-11-22). \'The Two Popes\': The god couple. peoplesworld.org Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, who was Oscar-nominated for 2002\'s City of God and Golden Globe-nommed for 2005\'s The Constant Gardener, is back with another topical film, The Two Popes. At a gala in the TCL Chinese Theatre, 81-year-old Anthony Hopkins, who portrays Pope Benedict, told the American Film Institute audience Popes had a \"message\" of …

RT (2019-11-22). Who needs a trial? Just impeach the guy already, says Hillary Clinton. rt.com If all the legalities of finding grounds for impeachment are making your head hurt, Hillary Clinton has got you covered. Trump \"has committed impeachable crimes,\" she says, and needs to be booted already — no trial required. | The ongoing impeachment inquiry against US President Donald Trump is just the first step in a drawn-out process. After gathering information and grilling witnesses, the House Intelligence Committee will send a report to the House Judiciary Committee, which will then draft articles of impeachment accordingly. The house will then vote on these articles and Trump can only then be remo…

RT (2019-11-22). \'I want a Senate impeachment trial\', Trump says in live TV phone call. rt.com President Donald Trump has said that he wants to be tried by the Senate if the House votes to impeach him. Trump told Fox & Friends that he would like to see impeachment democrats like \"nut job\" Adam Schiff testify. | While the Republican-controlled Senate could shoot down any articles of impeachment presented by the House, Trump told the Fox show by phone on Friday that he would like to see the inquiry against him go to a Senate trial. | \"I want a trial,\" the president said. \"I want to see Adam Schiff testify about the whistleblower — who\'s a fake whistleblower,\" he continued, referring to the intelligen…

Staff (2019-11-22). Mystery Grows Over Withholding of Aid to Lebanon. truthdig.com WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is withholding more than $100 million in U.S. military assistance to Lebanon that has been approved by Congress and is favored by his national security team, an assertion of executive control of foreign aid that is similar to the delay in support for Ukraine at the center of the impeachment inquiry. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday congratulated Lebanon as the country marked its independence day but made no mention of the hold-up in aid that State Department and Pentagon officials have complained about for weeks. | It came up in impeachment testimony by David Ha…

RT (2019-11-22). \'Suppressed unfairly\'? John Bolton\'s Twitter comeback raises Resistance hopes for Trump impeachment. rt.com President Donald Trump\'s now-former National Security Advisor John Bolton returned to Twitter promising a \"backstory\" for his two-month absence, sending Trump critics into a frenzy of hope he might testify in impeachment hearings. | \"Glad to be back on Twitter after more than two months. For the backstory, stay tuned,\" the verified account with over 770,000 followers tweeted on Friday, for the first time since Bolton\'s resignation — or firing, depending on who you ask — on September 10. | Glad to be back on Twitter after more than two months. For the backstory, stay tuned……..— John Bolton (…

Julie Hollar (2019-11-22). False Equivalence in the Age of Trump. fair.org Even in the Trump era, corporate media, forever insistent on an \"objective\" approach that always hears out \"both sides,\" continue to exhibit a dangerous blindness to their own biases. | In \"In Primetime, Two Versions of Impeachment for a Divided Nation\" ( 11/16/19), the New York Times\' Michael Grynbaum offered \"a glimpse at the country\'s divided political reality\"

RT (2019-11-22). Stunning explosive bombshell! Impeachment-pushing CNN & MSNBC fire up the crowds with deluge of flashy words in hilarious VIDEO. rt.com The impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump are hardly the epitome of high drama — but count on the mainstream media to hype up the snoozefest, with every witness dropping \"bombshells\" and every statement \"explosive.\" | How many times can you repeat a word before it loses all meaning? Throughout four days of witness testimony before the House Intelligence Committee this week, anchors at CNN and MSNBC did their best to strip all impact from the words \"stunning,\" \"explosive\" and \"bombshell\" to describe the events on Capitol Hill. | SUPERCUT: Media trying their best to hype \"Bombshell!\" \"Explosi…

Jeet Heer (2019-11-22). Fiona Hill\'s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump. thenation.com | But the foreign policy expert was too quick to blame America\'s ills on external forces.

Staff (2019-11-22). YouTube Is Breaking Its Own Rules About State-Sponsored Videos. truthdig.com ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they\'re published. | The hourlong show — not to be confused with the venerable CBS program — airs weeknights on the state-owned Russia 1 television network, which boasts the second-largest viewership in the country. Episodes can also be watched on YouTube, where the channel has 353,000 subscribers. Under a policy YouTube instituted last year, a box sh…

RT (2019-11-22). Hands off: Roman Abramovich 'RULES OUT' rumored Chelsea sale. rt.com Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has ruled out the long-rumored sale of the Premier League side he purchased in 2003, despite his visa woes with the UK government. | \'Close associates\' of the club say it is no longer on the market after they received no serious bids during the 18 months in which Russian billionaire Abramovich was thought to be amenable to selling his stake in the multiple-time Premier League champions, according to The Telegraph. | It is claimed that a Middle…

RT (2019-11-22). Massacre at Moscow\'s top university averted thanks to vigilant students & brave lecturer. rt.com Moscow State University almost became the scene of a school massacre when a man brought a knife and a gun to class, but the students and their professor worked together and stopped a possible tragedy from occurring. | There are almost 300 freshmen attending the Faculty of Journalism at MSU, Russia\'s main university — and having an eye for detail is a paramount quality for any good reporter. So, some students noticed an unfamiliar face among them, even before classes began on a Friday morning. | A strange student: | The man was older than the rest of the group and was acting suspiciously, closely s…

RT (2019-11-22). Drones, robots, lasers, supersonic gliders & other high-tech arms: Putin wants Russian military to be up to any future challenge. rt.com The Russian military will be going all out sci-fi, with Vladimir Putin saying the plan for boosting the Armed Forces until 2033 should focus on AI and weapons based on \'new physical principles.\' | With the introduction of a whole range of state-of-the-art arms in recent years, Russia has been \"able to make a step forward compared to the world\'s other military powers,\" Putin said during a meeting of the Russian Security Council on Friday. | The tally of the newest weapons and hardware in the possession of the country\'s Armed Forces and Navy is currently over 68 percent, he said, adding that they must be increas…

Donald Donato (2019-11-22). Big pharma\'s new opium war: Exporting the addiction crisis to China. peoplesworld.org As the People\'s Republic of China\'s economy grows and integrates more fully into global commerce, so does the risk to its people\'s health. To meet the new demand for cancer and pain medications, China has had to harmonize its pharmaceutical regulatory structures with international ones and beef-up its investment in innovative biotech research and production. …

RT (2019-11-22). Friends with everyone? Trump says US must stand with Hong Kong AND President Xi. rt.com US President Donald Trump is hedging his bets on supporting the Hong Kong \'pro-democracy\' rioters, making clear he is not willing to alienate China in the process. Beijing has slammed a US \'pro-rioters\' bill as massive overreach. | \"We have to stand with Hong Kong, but I\'m also standing with President Xi. He\'s my friend,\" Trump declared on Friday morning, in response to questions about whether he would sign the bills that both chambers of Congress approved unanimously. The move would satisfy both parties in Washington, but Beijing has warned it will halt all trade talks if the bill becomes law. | Also on rt.co…

Medea Benjamin (2019-11-22). They\'re Killing Us Like Dogs: A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help. mintpressnews.com I am writing from Bolivia just days after witnessing the November 19 military massacre at the Senkata gas plant in the indigenous city of El Alto, and the tear-gassing of a peaceful funeral procession on November 21 to commemorate the dead. These are examples, unfortunately, of the modus operandi of the de facto government that seized control in a coup that forced Evo Morales out of power. | The coup has spawned massive protests, with blockades set up around the country as part of a national strike calling for the resignation of this new government. One well-organized blockade is in El Alto, where residents set u…

RT (2019-11-22). Authorities impose curfew in capital of Colombia, deploy 20k police against protesters. rt.com Colombian President Iván Duque instructed the authorities in Bogota to impose an overnight curfew on the entire Colombian capital, as 20,000 uniformed police were deployed to \"establish order\" amid anti-government protests. | \"What we are facing is not a march,\" said Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa, announcing the measure on Friday evening, describing the protesters as a small number of \"criminals, vandals, looting, stealing and wanting to practically end our city.\" | Initially, the curfew was to apply only to Bosa, Kennedy and Ciudad Bolivar — three districts on the south side of the capital, whose…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2019-11-22). The coup in Bolivia has U.S. fingerprints all over it. peoplesworld.org The socialist government of Bolivian President Evo Morales took power in February 2006. He and Vice President àÅlvaro García Linare on Oct. 20 had been elected to their fourth terms in office. A coup culminating on Nov. 10 removed them—a coup that the U.S. government had a big role in bringing it about. A motive …

Bill Meyer (2019-11-22). Latin America at the Toronto International Film Festival. peoplesworld.org TORONTO—Cuba, plagued by endless U.S. boycotts and sanctions, has little money left to sustain and develop their cultural exports. Films coming from Cuba dubbed or subtitled in English are becoming a rarity at film festivals in the U.S., even though there is still world interest in what\'s going on in Cuba. Instead, other countries are …

RT (2019-11-22). 1.2 BILLION people\'s data — including social media profiles and contact info — found on unsecured Google Cloud server. rt.com A massive four-terabyte trove of sensitive personal data belonging to over a billion profiles has been found on an unsecured Google Cloud server – its owner still a mystery – in one of the largest single-source data leaks ever. | The mountain of data, including phone numbers, email addresses, and social media profiles, was sitting unprotected on an anonymous server hosted on the Google Cloud when security researchers Vinny Troia and Bob Diachenko found it while scanning for vulnerabilities last month. After they reported the massive exposure to the FBI, it disappeared within hours. It\'s not clear who accessed…

The Canary (2019-11-22). Plaid Cymru promises \'green jobs revolution\' at manifesto launch. thecanary.co Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has promised a \"green jobs revolution\" in Wales at his party\'s general election manifesto launch.He said plans for a green industrial revolution include significant investment in rail and bus travel, three tidal lagoons, a barrage and a new offshore wind farm.Price said Plaid would invest £20 billion over the next 10 years from a national reconstruction fund, which would include the electrification of all mainline rail lines, creating tens of thousands of jobs.Speaking from Coleg y Cymoedd college in Nantgarw near Cardiff, he said: \"This transformative vision, central to the We…

Don McIntosh (2019-11-22). Jury decision could kill the dockworkers\' union on West coast. peoplesworld.org PORTLAND — In a decision that threatens the survival of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), a federal jury Nov. 4 held the union responsible for economic harm caused by a sustained and intentional dockworker slowdown at Port of Portland Terminal 6, and recommended that the national union and Portland-based Local 8 be ordered …

Noyma Appelbaum (2019-11-22). A campus Communist headed toward a career with the \'Pennsylvania Worker\'. peoplesworld.org This is the fifth in a series of excerpted stories from a memoir by Noyma Appelbaum, \"Where Were You on May Day? Transitions in Red, 1930s-1960s.\" Earlier installments can be read here. During my first year in college, I had little contact with left-wing political activity. My family moved to a new home, a row …

RT (2019-11-22). Bear-faced cheek: Police VIDEO shows hungry bear breaking into car for food. rt.com Law enforcement officers in California discovered a shocking surprise in an unlocked car: A hungry bear scavenging for food. The king of the forest was freed, but not before he destroyed the inside of the vehicle in his search. | In a video posted by the Pacer County Sheriff\'s Office, the brown bear can be seen snuffling and growling through a gap in the steamed-up window of a parked car. The sheriff\'s office said that the creature had managed to open the door of the unlocked vehicle, but couldn\'t figure out how to leave. | With hibernation season approaching, the sheriff\'s office warned locals not to leave…

RT (2019-11-22). Hillary\'s white pantsuit says \'empowerment\' but Tulsi\'s says \'fringe cult leader\': NYT pilloried for two-faced style commentary. rt.com The New York Times has been accused of peddling ridiculous and shamelessly biased punditry, after the Gray Lady took aim at presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard\'s white pantsuit but ended up red-faced. | Style writer Vanessa Friedman argued that the Hawaii congresswoman\'s wardrobe made her look like a \"cult leader\" full of \"combative righteousness.\" The terrifying white fabric has \"connotations of the fringe, rather than the center\" and even undermines \"community building,\" the Times\' writer expertly deduced. | Unfortunately, her completely reasonable fashion analysis came under fire from fringe-loving social…

Chris Wright (2019-11-22). Is Bernie Sanders Electable? dissidentvoice.org In his 2007 classic Deer Hunting With Jesus: Dispatches from America\'s Class War—a book that, in the age of Donald Trump, is more relevant than ever—Joe Bageant makes an observation that cuts to the nub of the matter. America, he says, isn\'t composed of some great middle class; it is an overwhelmingly working-class country. \"If …

Chip Gibbons (2019-11-22). New Report on FBI Spying Shows Need for Congressional Investigation. globalresearch.ca Clearing the FOG (forces of greed) hosts Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers interviewed Chip Gibbons, an expert on Constitutional Law and the legal and policy counsel for Defending Rights and Dissent about a recent right to protest victory in Washington, …

Simon Davis-Cohen (2019-11-22). The H-2A Farmworker Program\'s False \"Compromise\" progressive.org The Trump Administration\'s far-right vision for immigration involves a domestic work program for people facing the threat of deportation and the expansion of an exploitative \"guest worker\" arrangement.

Medea Benjamin (2019-11-22). \"They\'re Killing us Like Dogs\" — A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help. counterpunch.org I am writing from Bolivia just days after witnessing the November 19 military massacre at the Senkata gas plant in the indigenous city of El Alto, and the tear-gassing of a peaceful funeral procession on November 21 to commemorate the dead. These are examples, unfortunately, of the modus operandi of the de facto government that More

Medea Benjamin (2019-11-22). \"They\'re Killing Us Like Dogs\"—A Massacre in Bolivia and a Plea for Help. commondreams.org Bolivian riot police breaks up a massive funeral procession that turned into an anti-government demonstration in La Paz on November 21, 2019. (Photo: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolivia_killing_us_like_dogs1.jpg …

teleSUR (2019-11-22). Greece: 1,200 More Guards To \'Shut The Door\' On Migrants. telesurenglish.net In anticipation of what could be a new wave of migrant arrivals, Greece\'s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday announced that his administration will upgrade its patrolling operations and deploy 1,200 additional border guards to \"shut the door\" to migrants not entitled to stay. | RELATED: | 94 Refugees, Migrants Rescued Off Libya\'s Coast | \"In Greece are welcomed only those we choose. Those who are not welcomed will be returned,\" PM Mitsotakis said and added that doors will remain close…

WSWS (2019-11-22). US activist who sheltered migrants found not guilty in second trial. wsws.org The verdict, after less than two hours of deliberation, reflects the broad support for humanitarian aid for immigrants.

WSWS (2019-11-22). Sydney Morning Herald columnist defends Swedish frame-up of Assange. wsws.org Miller\'s article had the character of a rearguard action, aimed at defending the discredited lies and slanders that have been used to justify the persecution of Julian Assange.

WSWS (2019-11-22). Attend \"Free Assange and Manning\" meetings this weekend in Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org All those who value and uphold core democratic principles, and who support the freedom of Assange and Manning, should attend the meetings this weekend.

Max Blumenthal (2019-11-22). CIA helped shape \'Tom Clancy\'s Jack Ryan\' series into bigoted Venezuela regime change fantasy. thegrayzone.com Analysis by researcher Tom Secker reveals how Amazon\'s regime change fantasy \"Tom Clancy\'s Jack Ryan\" was shaped by CIA and…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-11-22). \"Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map\", 204 Atomic Bombs against 66 Major Cities, US Nuclear Attack against USSR Planned During World War II. globalresearch.ca According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, \"the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against 66 major urban areas.

Ajit Singh (2019-11-22). Hong Kong\'s opposition unites with Washington hardliners to \'preserve the US\'s own political and economic interests\'. thegrayzone.com While claiming to fight for \"self-determination,\" Hong Kong opposition leaders are collaborating with regime-change neoconservatives in Washington to \"preserve the…

Derek Royden (2019-11-22). A return to feudalism? The aftermath of Bolivia\'s coup. nationofchange.org This coup is a disaster, and besides Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, no major North American politician has pushed back against it.

IMEMC News (2019-11-22). Illegal Israeli Colonists Injure Eight Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org A group of fanatic Israeli colonists, illegally squatting on Palestinian lands in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, attacked, on Friday evening, many Palestinians, including children, wounding eight. Palestinian activist Jamal Es\'eifan said the colonists first attacked a shop, owned by Nasser Fahed al-Ja\'bari, and smashed …

Staff (2019-11-22). Racist Stephen Miller Must Go, Activists and Lawmakers Say. truthout.org President Trump may be consumed by impeachment, but White House Adviser Stephen Miller remains laser-focused on executing his racist anti-immigrant agenda. Despite calls for Miller\'s removal by lawmakers and civil rights organizations, his oppressive policies and appointments continue to be rolled out at a frantic pace. | Last week, Hatewatch exposed hundreds of emails Miller sent to th…

Activist Post (2019-11-22). Congress Quietly Unites To Extend \"Temporary\" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction. thelastamericanvagabond.com The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …