House Democrats Hoarding Cash to Ward Off Progressive Upstarts
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-08
WASHINGTON–Somewhere out there, the next Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lurks. So wary House Democrats are amassing campaign war chests to scare off progressive upstarts from challenging them in primaries — or trounce them if they try. | A look at 41 incumbent House Democrats who face potential 2020 party primary opponents shows 16 have already stockpiled over $1 million in campaign funds. The figures from Federal Election Commission reports for the first six months of this year show that 20 raised over $500,000 during that period alone. | Th…
truthdig.com/articles/house-democrats-hoarding-cash-to-ward-off-progressive-upstarts/

The Squad vs. Trump and Pelosi
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-08
In the past couple weeks, President Trump has gone on a racist, red-baiting rampage against four congresswomen elected in 2018. The four women of color–Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, and Ayanna Pressley–are now collectively known in the media as the \"squad.\" | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/08/the-squad-vs-trump-and-pelosi/

SPLC statement on Mississippi immigration raids
splcenter.org | 2019-08-08
Southern Poverty Law Center Attorney Julia Solórzano, with the SPLC\'s Immigrant Justice Project, issued the following statement on today\'s workplace raids in Mississippi:…
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/07/splc-statement-mississippi-immigration-raids

ICE rounds up nearly 700 immigrants in sweep through Mississippi poultry plants
wsws.org | 2019-08-08
The Trump administration has given its real response to the fascist massacre in El Paso, Texas by carrying out the largest immigration raid since Trump entered the White House.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/08/immi-a08.html

Immigrant workers terrorized in Mississippi raids while Trump was in El Paso
Special to People\'s World | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-08
While President Trump was forcing himself on El Paso, a city that wanted no part of him yesterday, he sent his immigration officials to several Mississippi food processing plants where they terrorized thousands of workers. The raids were some of the biggest ever conducted by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. A U.S. Immigration and …
peoplesworld.org/article/immigrant-workers-terrorized-in-mississippi-raids-while-trump-was-in-el-paso/

\'They Called Us Enemy\': Star Trek\'s George Takei pens graphic novel memoir
Anthony Mangos | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-08
What does it mean to be an American? Who gets to decide? When the world is against you, what can one person do? These are the questions that emanate from George Takei\'s new graphic novel account of life as a child in two Japanese internment camps during World War II. Takei, well-known for his inspiring …
peoplesworld.org/article/they-called-us-enemy-star-treks-george-takei-pens-graphic-novel-memoir/

Trump\'s America: Gun Violence and the War on Immigrants
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-08
The country was rocked by two mass killings this past weekend. The first was in El Paso, Texas. The slaughter of 22 people in El Paso\'s Cielo Vista Walmart was an act of a white supremacist. A manifesto he allegedly posted online shortly before the massacre echoed President Donald Trump\'s anti-immigrant and anti-Latino rhetoric. \"This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,\" the alleged shooter wrote. | Late that night in Dayton, Ohio, throngs of people were enjoying the Oregon entertainment district when another white man in his 20s opened fire, killing nine people in about 30 seconds before poli…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-america-gun-violence-and-the-war-on-immigrants/

Italy: Salvini Says Governing Coalition Splits, Wants Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
The leader of Italy\'s ruling North League party, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, declared the governing coalition to be unworkable Thursday after months of internal bickering, announcing that the only way forward is to hold fresh elections. | RELATED: | Italy Senate Passes Salvini\'s Security Decree Against Migrants | In a statement, Salvini told Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, who belongs to neither coalition party, that the North League alliance with 5-Star (M5S) had colla…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Salvini-Says-Governing-Coalition-Splits-Wants-Elections-20190808-0016.html

The Danger of Nancy Pelosi\'s Bad Attitude Toward Progressives
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-08-08
From left, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., gather in the Capitol before a rally with House Democrats on their first 200 days of the 116th Congress on Thursday, July 25, 2019. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pelosi_hoyer_omar_2020_democrats.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/08/danger-nancy-pelosis-bad-attitude-toward-progressives?cd-origin=rss

7 Colombian Soldiers Sentenced For Extrajudicial Killing
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
Seven members of Colombia\'s armed forces were sentenced Thursday, to 34 years in prison for carrying out an extrajudicial killing. The sentence overturned a ruling last year that absolved the troops of responsibility. The killing was part of the \'false positives\' scandal, whereby civilians were murdered and then dressed in guerilla uniforms so that soldiers could claim rewards. | RELATED: | One Sector Blocks Peace in Colombia: Ex-FARC Guerrilla Leader | In 2006, seven soldiers k…
telesurenglish.net/news/7-Colombian-Soldiers-Sentenced-For-Extrajudicial-Killing-20190808-0009.html

Visions of Peace: Dreams of a New Way
Chelli Stanley | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-08
After Medgar, Malcolm, and then Martin were killed, people realized there were forces in America that would keep Black people from achieving true freedom \"by any means necessary.\" When the Black Panther Party started to feed children at no cost, opened free health clinics, engaged in free public education, and tried to prevent the police…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/08/visions-of-peace-dreams-of-a-new-way/

Protesters condemn Trump as he visits cities rocked by gun massacres
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-08
Donald Trump has paid visits to two cities reeling from mass shootings that left 31 dead and dozens wounded, but his divisive words preceded him and prompted large protests and biting political attacks. | The president and first lady Melania Trump flew to El Paso, Texas, late on Wednesday after visiting the hospital in Dayton, Ohio, where many of the victims of Sunday\'s attack in that city were treated. | For most of the day, the Republican president was kept out of view of the reporters travelling with him, but the White House said the couple met hospital staff and first responders and spent time with wounded su…
thecanary.co/us/us-news-us/2019/08/08/protesters-condemn-trump-as-he-visits-cities-rocked-by-gun-massacres/

Emergency Doctor to Trump: You Are Wrong, Mental Illness Is Not to Blame for Gun Violence Epidemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-08-08
President Trump went to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, Wednesday, where he was met by hundreds of protesters condemning his presence after the mass shootings over the weekend, which killed at least 32 people. Prior to his visits, Trump hinted at the need to strengthen background checks for gun purchases, and doubled down on what some healthcare professionals say is dangerous rhetoric linking illness to mass shootings. Numerous other political figures have pointed to mental illness as a contributing factor in mass shootings. From Montreal, we speak with Dr. Megan Ranney, an associate professor of emergency medi…
www.democracynow.org/2019/8/8/mental_illness_gun_violence_suicide_risk

Gaza Journalists Target of Israeli Snipers
Mahmoud Barakat | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Palestinian journalists covering the weekly protests against the decades-long Israeli occupation are complaining of being the target of Israeli snipers stationed along the border of the blockaded territory. | Since the protests began in March of last year, two journalists have …
globalresearch.ca/gaza-journalists-target-israeli-snipers/5685918

Obama, Biden, Mattis and Clapper Expressed Skepticism on Syria, so Why Is Gabbard Singled Out?
Ali A. Taj | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-08
Why must Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard be smeared and attacked for questioning the mainstream narrative on Syria when even Barack Obama has done the same?
mintpressnews.com/skepticism-syria-why-tulsi-gabbard-singled-out/261257/

Foreign Correspondent: The U.S. Trade War with China is Not Going So Well
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-08-08
For the past year, the U.S. has escalated economic warfare with grudging acceptance by high-level Democrats and Republicans.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-u-s-trade-war-with-china-erlich-190808/

\"Economic Terror\": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst of its predecessors. Based on …
globalresearch.ca/economic-terror-trump-regime-aims-to-starve-venezuelans-into-submission/5685937

\"Economic Terror\": Trump Regime Aims to Starve Venezuelans into Submission
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Venezuela Vice President Delcy Rodriguez | Under both extremist right wings of the US war party, the incremental Nazification of America may become full-blown in our lifetimes if not strongly challenged by the world community. | The Trump regime exceeds the worst …
globalresearch.ca/economic-terror-trump-regime-aims-to-starve-venezuelans-into-submission/5685937

Escalating US War on China by Other Means. Undermining Stability in Asia-Pacific Region
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
The US is hostile toward all nations it doesn\'t control, waging war on them by naked aggression and other means, including against China. | Pressuring and bullying the country to bend to its interests failed, what Trump and hardliners surrounding him …
globalresearch.ca/escalating-us-war-china-other-means/5685952

NPR shreds ethics handbook to normalize regime change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2019-08-08
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the U.S. terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/08/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela/

Venezuelan Gov\'t Suspends Dialogue as EU Criticizes US Embargo
Lucas Koerner and Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-08-08
The European Union objected to the \"extraterritorial application of unilateral measures.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14619

Quincy Who? Another New Washington Think Tank Tests the Waters
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Think tanks sprout like weeds in Washington. The latest is the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, which is engaged in a pre-launch launch and is attracting some media coverage all across the political spectrum. The Institute is named after …
globalresearch.ca/quincy-who-another-new-think-tank-tests-waters/5685928

Iran on the Precipice
Jonathan Power | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-08
There\'s never been a full-scale war between two nuclear-armed states. If Iran one day did cross the nuclear threshold the same deterrence will apply. No one rational would want to provoke their own incineration. Columbia University professor, Kenneth Waltz, the distinguished theorist on the conduct of war, wrote in Foreign Affairs that with Israel possessing…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/08/iran-on-the-precipice/

Why SAA Resumed the Military Operation against Al Qaeda to Clean Idlib
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
The latest 13th round of talks in Astana between the Syrian state with Russia and Iran as its guarantors on one side, and Al-Qaeda and the Turkish regime as it guarantor on the other side, would have slowly but steadily …
globalresearch.ca/saa-resumed-military-operation-clean-idlib-post-astana-talks/5685773

Video: Quitting Cold Turkey
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-08
Until literally a couple of years ago, courtesy of its enviable position in Asia Minor positioned in direct proximity of USSR (during the Cold War), Iran (after the Islamic Revolution), Iraq, and of course Syria in most recent years, Turkey …
globalresearch.ca/video-quitting-cold-turkey/5685875

Iranian War Veteran Gives Advice to Trump
Habib Ahmadzadeh | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-08
Dear President Trump, In a recent Tweet, you claimed that \"Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.\" As a world citizen and a veteran of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, I have firsthand experience with the bitterness of war, and I have a few suggestions and responses for you. First, I would advise you against …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/iranian-war-veteran-gives-advice-to-trump/

\"Global Hawk\" drone: evidence of Iran\'s advanced defensive capability
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-08
The recent downing of an American \"Global Hawk\" drone by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards is evidence of Iran\'s advanced defensive capability. Iran has proven that it can answer a direct military threat, even from a global power like the US. The same can be said for the UK, whose international immunity provided by world authorities …
uwidata.com/4788-global-hawk-drone-evidence-of-irans-advanced-defensive-capability/

Oil Rises More Than 2%, Expectations of More OPEC Cuts
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-08
Oil jumped more than 2 percent on Thursday on expectations that falling prices could lead to production cuts, coupled with a steadying of the yuan currency after a week of turmoil spurred by an escalation in U.S.-China trade tensions. | RELATED: | US Renews Chevron License in Venezuela Despite Trump Sanctions | Prices rebounded after tumbling nearly 5 percent to their lowest since January on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected build in U.S. crude stockpiles after nearly t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Oil-Rises-More-Than-2-Expectations-of-More-OPEC-Cuts-20190808-0018.html

To Flee or Not to Flee? In Honduras, A Child Braves Tear Gas to Sell Vinegar Bags
Adrienne Pine | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-08
Public education and job opportunities have been stolen from Honduran youth by a U.S.-backed narco-state bent on privatizing the whole of society. Youth face the choice of suffering violence and repression at home or risking the dangerous journey to the United States.
mintpressnews.com/flee-honduras-child-braves-tear-gas-sell-vinegar-bags/261243/

In Afghanistan, U.S. Faces Formidable Foes–Its Own Allies
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2019-08-08
As the war approaches the end of its second decade, U.S. officials show no signs that they are willing to address the fundamental power dynamics that have fueled the war for so long. Meanwhile, innocent people die.
progressive.org/dispatches/US-fights-allies-in-afghanistan-hunt-190808/

Steps taken to end Saudi \'guardianship\' system for women, \'encouraging\' start
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-08
Allowing Saudi women to apply for passports and travel without their guardians\' permission is \"an encouraging move\" towards the \"complete abolition of the \'guardianship\' system,\" independent United Nations rights experts said on Thursday, but more action is needed to fully dismantle these restrictions.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043941

Mobilizing Muslim Resistance to the War in Yemen
Huzaifa Shahbaz | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-08
Right now, the people of Yemen are suffering through the world\'s worst humanitarian disaster. The Saudi-led coalition, backed by the United States, continues to bomb Yemen and launch unlawful airstrikes that have hit homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques. This violence has left millions at risk of starvation and death due to repeated outbreaks of diseases…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/08/mobilizing-muslim-resistance-to-the-war-in-yemen/

Judge Won\'t Reconsider $1,000-Per-Day Fines for Chelsea Manning
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-08
| A federal judge denied Chelsea Manning\'s motion to reconsider fines imposed against her for refusing to testify before the grand jury investigating WikiLeaks. He also undermined due process and refused to hold a hearing. | \"Manning has the ability to comply with the court\'s financial sanctions or will have the ability after her release from confinement,\" Judge Anthony Trenga ruled. \"Therefore, the imposed fines of $500 per day after 30 days and $1,000 per day after 60 days is not so excessive as to re…
truthout.org/articles/judge-wont-reconsider-1000-per-day-fines-for-chelsea-manning/

El Paso shooter\'s mother warned police about her son weeks before massacre
rt.com | 2019-08-08
The Dallas-based mother of the El Paso mass shooter who killed 22 people, claims she called the police weeks prior to the shooting to share her concerns about his ownership of an assault rifle. | …
rt.com/usa/466046-elpaso-shooters-mother-warned-police/

Motivating Climate Action: A Review of Per Espen Stoknes \"What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming.\"
Cynthia Kaufman | commondreams.org | 2019-08-08
We need to paint a picture of an inclusive sustainable world we are trying to build; remind people that the work is already underway and that millions of people are doing important work. (Photo: Beth Scupham/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/rationalthinking.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/08/motivating-climate-action-review-espen-stoknes-what-we-think-about-when-we-try-not?cd-origin=rss

Look after land to help tackle the climate emergency, experts urge
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-08
The world must \"look after the land\" to help tackle climate change, experts warn as rising temperatures put food supplies at risk. | Global warming will increasingly lead to extremes such as drought, heatwaves and wildfires and threaten food security, reducing yields, pushing up food prices and disrupting supply chains, a new UN report said. | But sustainable farming, eating more plant-based foods, replanting forests and protecting habitats such as peatland and mangroves can cut climate emissions and deliver other benefits such as securing food supplies. | Land is already under pressure, with around 70% of the wo…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/08/look-after-land-to-help-tackle-the-climate-emergency-experts-urge/

Campaigners welcome \'forward-looking\' NHS review on medical cannabis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-08
Concerns about both the potential harm to mental health and effectiveness of medical cannabis \"is a major hurdle to prescribing\", according to an NHS England review.It said more clinical trials need to be carried out and a \"UK-wide paediatric specialist clinical network\" should be created to help doctors by providing expert advice on complex cases.The \"forward-looking and positive review\" was welcomed by the Medical Cannabis Clinicians Society (MCCC), whose executive director is Hannah Deacon. | Her eight-year-old son Alfie Dingley, who suffers from severe epilepsy, was the first of just two patients in the UK to…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/08/08/campaigners-welcome-forward-looking-nhs-review-on-medical-cannabis/

Death by Police is Now the 6th Leading Cause of Death Among Young Men
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-08
It was once believed that police killings were the 14th leading cause of death among young people. However, a new Rutgers University study by Frank Edwards, which used federal statistics and journalistic investigation found that the death rate is far higher now. We discuss the research with Frank Edwards…
therealnews.com/stories/death-by-police-is-now-the-6th-leading-cause-of-death-among-young-men

\'Human rights crisis\': Amnesty issues US travel warning, pushes for gun control after mass shootings
rt.com | 2019-08-08
Amnesty International has dived headlong into the US gun control debate, urging travelers to be cautious amid a \"human rights crisis\" they blame on \"ubiquity of firearms\" and government reluctance to confiscate them. | …
rt.com/usa/466022-amnesty-international-crisis-gun-violence/

The green new deal must be global
William Minter | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-08
June 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide, as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100degrees. Unless new action is taken to curb emissions driving the climate crisis, warns the Union of Concerned Scientists …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/08/the-green-new-deal-must-be-global/

World food security increasingly at risk due to \'unprecedented\' climate change impact, new UN report warns
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-08
More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043921

Currency war: A new stage in capitalist breakdown
wsws.org | 2019-08-08
A global currency conflict will take the economic warfare being waged by the US against \"strategic competitors\" such as China as well as its nominal allies to a new level.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/08/curre-a08.html

The War on White Supremacist Terror
C. J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-08
If you enjoyed the global corporatocracy\'s original War on Islamicist Terror, you\'re going to love their latest spinoff, The War on White Supremacist Terror. It\'s basically just like the old War on Terror, except that this time the bad guys are all white supremacists, and Donald Trump is Osama bin Laden … unless Putin is …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-war-on-white-supremacist-terror/

Australian spy and police chiefs say raids on journalists must continue
wsws.org | 2019-08-08
In a blunt intervention, Director-General of National Intelligence Nick Warner used the language of war to defend the targeting of journalists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/08/poli-a08.html

Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan move closer to war after Kashmir annexation
Sweta Choudhury | peoplesworld.org | 2019-08-08
Kashmir is back on a knife edge with the Indian government\'s outrageous unilateral decision to scrap article 370 of the Indian Constitution that has given Indian-administered Kashmir its special status since May 14, 1954. This catastrophic and unconstitutional decision taken under right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi\'s leadership will have far-reaching consequences and spark civil unrest …
peoplesworld.org/article/nuclear-armed-india-and-pakistan-move-closer-to-war-after-kashmir-annexation/

Buffaloed by the Climate in Kolhapur
Sanket Jain | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-08
How and why does a full acre of jowar disappear from your fields at short notice? \"It was the first time in two years that I left my village for a week during the season. In that time, they devoured all of it,\" says Ananda Salvi. \'They\' is a herd of gaur (bos gaurus, also…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/08/113911/

U.N. Climate Report Warns About Impact on Food Supply
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-08
Global warming is already degrading land, but changes in the way people eat, grow food and manage forests could prevent a more dire future.
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-climate-report-warns-about-impact-on-food-supply/

Neoliberalism Has Met Its Match in China
Ellen Brown | truthdig.com | 2019-08-08
When the Federal Reserve cut interest rates last week, commentators were asking why. According to official data, the economy was rebounding, unemployment was below 4% and gross domestic product growth was above 3%. If anything, by the Fed\'s own reasoning, it should have been raising rates. | Market pundits explained that we\'re in a trade war and a currency war. Other central banks were cutting their rates, and the Fed had to follow suit in order to prevent the dollar from becoming overvalued relative to other c…
truthdig.com/articles/neoliberalism-has-met-its-match-in-china/

Pennsylvania is discharging radioactive fracking waste into rivers as landfill leachate, impacting the Chesapeake Bay & Ohio River watersheds
Joshua B Pribanic and Talia Wiener | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-08
Edited by Melissa Troutman Joey Bacon, 13, stands ready under the Lance Corporal Abram Howard Memorial bridge in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, with his fishing pole cast into the West Branch of the Susquehanna River. Joey spends a lot of time around the River swimming, fishing, and cannon-balling from the bridges that crisscross the water. He hasn\'t …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/08/pennsylvania-is-discharging-radioactive-fracking-waste-into-rivers-as-landfill-leachate-impacting-the-chesapeake-bay-ohio-river-watersheds/

Amid Turkish war threats, Ankara and Washington to build \"safe zone\" in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-08-08
The Turkish government is seeking US approval to invade Syria and target Kurdish nationalist militias that serve as key US proxies in the Middle East.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/08/08/turk-a08.html

On Medicare\'s 54 Birthday
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Act. Within a year, and without the aid of computers, the United States provided more than 19 million seniors with health coverage. Before the law existed, over half of the elderly in the United States did not have health insurance. Medicare, which now includes people with disabilities,…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/on-medicares-54-birthday/

The New Politics of the White (Supremacist) Evangelical Republican Party
David Schultz | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
No matter what Donald Trump does or says, most Republicans and white evangelicals are not going to criticize or break from him in 2020. It is a fantasy if Democrats think that they can sway them, hoping that perhaps talking about jobs, prescription drug prices, or immigration reform will move these voters. It is also…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/the-new-politics-of-the-white-supremacist-evangelical-republican-party/

Trump Campaign Ran Over 2,000 Ads Warning of Immigrant \"Invasion\" Before El Paso
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-07
| Before a white gunman targeted dozens of Latinos in response to what he believed was an immigrant \"invasion,\" President Donald Trump\'s 2020 re-election campaign ran more than 2,000 Facebook ads calling immigration an \"invasion.\" | Although Trump rejected white supremacy after the alleged gunman killed 22 people and injured dozens of others Saturday at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the gunman echoed the president\'s own rhetoric w…
truthout.org/articles/trump-campaign-ran-over-2000-ads-warning-of-immigrant-invasion-before-el-paso/

In the Face of McConnell\'s Inaction, Progressives Call for Gun Reform
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-07
| As the nation calls for gun control in the wake of two mass shootings in 14 hours over the weekend, Democrats and activists are taking aim at Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for refusing to take action on the continuing gun violence crisis. | McConnell has refused to move forward on a number of bills from the Democratic Party-controlled House that currently sit on his desk awaiting a Senate vote. | \"This is actually, literally in the hands of one person in terms of this legisl…
truthout.org/articles/in-the-face-of-mcconnells-inaction-progressives-call-for-gun-reform/

Trump Regime \"Maximum Pressure\" High Crimes Against World Peace. Illegal Embargo against Venezuela
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Maximum pressure is a Trump regime euphemism for unlawful political, economic and financial collective punishment against a sovereign state, its leadership and population — for not bending to Washington\'s will. | Binding international law Fourth Geneva\'s Article 33 prohibits it, stating: …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-maximum-pressure-high-crimes-against-world-peace-illegal-embargo-against-venezuela/5685826

This Iran War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don\'t Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess
Habib Ahmadzadeh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-07
War is not our business, but negotiations and diplomacy are. War is not our purpose. Peace is our mission. Peace is our philosophy in life, and you are right, diplomacy is our art.
mintpressnews.com/iran-war-vet-advice-trump-dont-play-checkers-grandmasters-chess/261160/

Will Mercenaries Fight America\'s Wars? Private Mercenary Army on Behalf of Venezuela \"Opposition\"
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
President Donald Trump\'s pre-election pledge to end America\'s useless wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan just might turn out to be somewhat less than what was promised if some political allies of the president have their way. For …
globalresearch.ca/will-mercenaries-fight-americas-wars/5685769

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the spies who prevented a criminal US with a nuclear monopoly from making more of them
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-07
Seventy-four years ago yesterday, the U.S. dropped the first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, a non-military target of several hundred thousand, instantly vaporizing some 70,000 people, mostly civilians, and causing the painful, slower death of another 70,000 who died of burns and radioactive damage to their bodies over the next four months. Another …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/07/hiroshima-nagasaki-and-the-spies-who-prevented-a-criminal-us-with-a-nuclear-monopoly-from-making-more-of-them/

China Just Went Nuclear in the Trade War, and There Is No Turning Back Now
Michael Snyder | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
When will Americans start to wake up and realize what is happening? At the end of last week, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be imposing a 10 percent tariff on 300 billion dollars worth of Chinese imports, and …
globalresearch.ca/china-just-went-nuclear-trade-war-no-turning-back-now/5685836

Opponents Delay $1.25 Billion Plastic Complex in Louisiana
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-07
| \"Look at what is coming into the Parish, instead of saying \'Yeah, yeah, yeah\'– it is time to say \'No,\'\" Pastor Harry Joseph told the St. James Parish Council on July 24. He implored councilmembers to consider freshly unveiled public health and economic concerns before they reaffirmed a permit allowing yet another petrochemical plant in a southern Louisiana community fed up with its already rapid industrialization. | Joseph, pastor of Mount Triumph Baptist Church in St. James, is one of the plaintif…
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No Cause Has Achieved Combination of Deranged Views and Raw Power as the Modern American Right-Wing
Mike Lofgren | commondreams.org | 2019-08-07
Republican presidential hopefuls Donald Trump (L) and Jeb Bush high five during the Republican Presidential Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on September 16, 2015. Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump stepped into a campaign hornet\'s nest as his rivals collectively turned their sights on the billionaire in the party\'s second debate of the 2016 presidential race. (Photo: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_jeb_bush_deranged_gop.jp…
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The Promise of Offshore Wind
Karl Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed off on the largest offshore wind agreement–so far–off the United States. What has been named the Empire Wind Project–to consist of 88 wind turbines if 10 megawatt turbines are used–would rise in the ocean south of New York City, adjacent Nassau County and western Suffolk County on…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/the-promise-of-offshore-wind/

Don\'t Let Mass Shooters and the New York Times Destroy Freedom of Speech
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
\"Online communities like 4chan and 8chan have become hotbeds of white nationalist activity,\" wrote the editors of the New York Times on August 4 in the wake of a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas. Then: \"Law enforcement currently offers few answers as to how to contain these communities.\" Wait, what? Is the Times really…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/dont-let-mass-shooters-and-the-new-york-times-destroy-freedom-of-speech/

Cheering a New Arms Race: The End of the INF
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
US President Donald Trump is a master of the withdrawal method. That said, it is often forgotten that the United States remains that most fickle of creatures, joining, or abandoning international regimes that might be seen to jar with the national interest. Initial preparations for such global arrangements tend to be initially optimistic, even rosy.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/cheering-a-new-arms-race-the-end-of-the-inf/

Steve Bullock\'s Attacks on Vitally-Needed Progressive Policies
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
\"Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.\" –Robert Kennedy Montana\'s Gov. Steve Bullock got his moment on the debate stage with the host of other Democratic presidential hopefuls last week and played his part of the \"moderate\" to the hilt. But…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/steve-bullocks-attacks-on-vitally-needed-progressive-policies/

The Rise of the American Gestapo
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
Despite the finger-pointing and outcries of dismay from those who are watching the government discard the rule of law at every turn, the question is not whether Donald Trump is the new Adolf Hitler but whether the American Police State is the new Third Reich. For those who can view the present and past political…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/the-rise-of-the-american-gestapo/

More Money, Fewer Jobs: the Stubborn Truth About Employment and the Defense Industry
Nia Harris, Cassandra Stimpson and Ben Freeman | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
A Marilyn has once again seduced a president. This time, though, it\'s not a movie star; it\'s Marillyn Hewson, the head of Lockheed Martin, the nation\'s top defense contractor and the largest weapons producer in the world. In the last month, Donald Trump and Hewson have seemed inseparable. They \"saved\" jobs at a helicopter plant.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/more-money-fewer-jobs-the-stubborn-truth-about-employment-and-the-defense-industry/

The \"Feel Better\" President: Making Racism Fashionable Again
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
Recently, after complaints from consumers, so-called \"feel better\" rag dolls reminiscent of sambo dolls and other picaninny kitsch were recalled. This has not been the first time that such products have been removed from the market. The list includes Pradamalia, Prada\'s own line of kitschy blackface collectibles, Gucci\'s blackface wool balaclavas, Burberry\'s noose hoodie, and H&M\'s \"coolest monkey in the jungle\" hoodie ad.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/the-feel-better-president-making-racism-fashionable-again/

White Supremacy Goes Prime Time
Chandra Muzaffar | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-07
A number of commentators have linked the killing of 20 people at a Walmart store in El Paso in the United States of America on Saturday 3rd August 2019 to the rising tide of White Supremacism. White Supremacism is a belief that whites are superior to others and therefore have a right to dominate them.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/07/white-supremacy-goes-prime-time/

Watch common sense get poured on Sky News as it tries to link Labour to US mass-shooting
John Shafthauer | thecanary.co | 2019-08-07
Novara editor Eleanor Penny appeared on Sky News on 6 August. During the segment, presenter Jayne Secker suggested the UK \"far left\" are \"in no way innocent\" in a discussion of the recent mass-shootings in America. Penny quickly dismantled this ridiculous claim. | I went on to Sky News to discuss the horrific shootings in the USA by far right terrorists. Presenter then implied that the \'far left are in no way innocent here\'. We need to combat these aston…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/07/watch-common-sense-get-poured-on-sky-news-as-it-tries-to-link-labour-to-us-mass-shooting/

Will Germany Become the Military Power it Once Was?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-07
Annette Groth discusses the three demands by the U.S to Germany to increase its military power and presence overseas, and the new right-wing minister of defense Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer. For now Germany is loathe to send troops or ships to Syria or Hormuz, but Kramp-Karrenbauer has already announced her intention to increase military spending to 2%…
therealnews.com/stories/will-germany-become-the-military-power-it-once-was

Video: Collapse of Ceasefire, Syrian Military Vows to Resume Operations Against Al Qaeda Militants
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The new ceasefire agreement designed to cease hostilities in northwestern Hama and southern Idlib has just collapsed. | On August 3, the leader of Hay\'at Tahir al-Sham (formerly Jabhat al-Nusra), Abu Mohammad al-Julani, announced that his group would not withdraw …
globalresearch.ca/video-collapse-of-ceasefire-syrian-military-vows-to-resume-operations-against-al-qaeda-militants/5685745

Erdogan Announces Military Operation East of Euphrates River to Push Back Kurds, US Urges Him to Reconsider
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
In what would be Turkey\'s third cross-border military operation in Syria since the war began, in as many years, Erdogan announced on Sunday that he would be launching a military operation east of the Euphrates river, to push back Kurdish …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-announces-military-operation-east-euphrates-river-push-back-kurds-us-urges-him-reconsider/5685820

Syrian Security Confiscates Armored Vehicles, Weapons, Captagon, Drugs
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Syrian security units and Syrian Arab Army units operating in Hama northern countryside, northwest of Syria, and Daraa countryside, south of Syria, had a busy day busting, discovering, and confiscating large stashes of weapons, munition, gears, armored vehicles, illicit drugs …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-security-confiscates-armored-vehicles-weapons-captagon-drugs/5685732

Future of Amazon Deforestation Data in Doubt as Research Head Sacked by Bolsonaro
Karla Mendes | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
After a month of intensifying criticism from far-right President Jair Bolsonaro concerning data revealing a spike in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon over recent months, the Brazilian President has fired the head of the government agency in charge of tracking …
globalresearch.ca/future-amazon-deforestation-data-doubt-research-head-sacked/5685832

EU Opposes Recent US Total Blockade Against Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-07
The European Union said Wednesday it rejected new moves by the White House to impose a total blockade on Venezuela. Though the EU has also placed sanctions on the elected government of Venezuela, they oppose U.S. attempts to extend the sanctions \'extraterritorially\'. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces the \'Imperialist\' Total Blockade by US | \"We oppose the extraterritorial application of unilateral measures,\" said EU spokesperson Carlos Martin Ruiz de Gordejuela, spokesperson for the…
telesurenglish.net/news/EU-Opposes-Recent-US-Total-Blockade-Against-Venezuela–20190807-0006.html

This Iranian War Vet Has Some Advice for Trump: Don\'t Play Checkers with the Grandmasters of Chess
Habib Ahmadzadeh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Dear President Trump, | In a recent Tweet, you claimed that \"Iranians never won a war, but never lost a negotiation.\" As a world citizen and a veteran of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, I have firsthand experience with the bitterness of …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-war-vet-has-some-advice-trump-dont-play-checkers-grandmasters-chess/5685775

Caught in the Strait. Britain\'s Confrontation with Iran
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
It is clear that the United Kingdom could not have thought this through. Was it a touch of the Suez jitters, the haunting syndrome of 1956 leaving a false impression that the Old Empire still had it? To taunt a …
globalresearch.ca/caught-strait/5685794

Wired\'s Gee-Whiz High-Tech Militarism
Julianne Tveten | fair.org | 2019-08-07
by Julianne Tveten | A deluge of major Western publications stated last month that the US destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman (e.g., New York Times, 7/18/19; NPR, 7/19/19; NBC News, 7/18/19). Citing unproven reports from Don…
fair.org/home/wireds-gee-whiz-high-tech-militarism/

Dossier 19: Iranians will not forget. The hybrid war against Iran
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2019-08-07
It is impossible to predict what will happen in West Asia. Impossible to know whether the United States will conduct a military strike against Iran, which has already faced the full brunt of a U.S.-driven hybrid war against it for the past seven decades. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/07/dossier-19-iranians-will-not-forget-the-hybrid-war-against-iran/

UN Afghan Mission \'outraged\' by deadly Taliban attack in Kabul, as hardline group threatens election violence
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-07
The UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has expressed outrage at a Taliban attack in Kabul, that led to \"scores\" of civilians casualties on Wednesday. In a Tweet, the Mission said that such \"indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks in heavily populated civilian areas must stop\".
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India\'s Tryst with Destiny: Freedom Struggle from Exploitation and Degradation Is Global
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Today, we are in the grip of a globalised system of capitalism which drives narcissism, domination, ego, anthropocentrism, speciesism and plunder. A system that is using up oil, water and other resources much faster than they can ever be regenerated. …
globalresearch.ca/indias-tryst-destiny-freedom-struggle-exploitation-degradation-global/5685759

\"Pre-Emptive Arrest\": An Open Invitation to Tyranny
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The FBI has published a document that concludes that \"conspiracy theories\" can motivate believers to commit crimes. | Considering the growing acceptance of pre-emptive arrest, that is, arresting someone before they can commit a crime that they are suspected of planning …
globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-arrest-an-open-invitation-to-tyranny/5685816

Britain\'s Flagship Drone Projects: UK Government Spending Watchdog Highlights \"Significant Issues\"
Peter Burt | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
The Ministry of Defence\'s two flagship drone projects — the \'Protector\' programme to introduce the Certifiable Predator B drone into service with the Royal Air Force, and the Army\'s Watchkeeper surveillance drone — continue to face \'significant issues\' according to …
globalresearch.ca/government-spending-watchdog-highlights-significant-issues-uk-drone-projects/5685822

The Skripal Poisoning: Anonymous\' Revelations Point to UK Intelligence Motives
Karin Brothers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Sergei Skripal was a former Russian double agent for Britain. After a high-profile spy swap in 2010, he lived in Salisbury, England, near his former MI6 handler, Pablo Miller, who he reportedly kept in touch with. | Late in the …
globalresearch.ca/skripal-poisoning-anonymous-revelations-point-uk-intelligence-motives/5685778

Trade War: China Suspends Purchases of US Agricultural Products
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
China\'s Commerce Ministry announced Tuesday that the Asian country will suspend the purchase of U.S. agricultural goods in response to the recent announcement that the President Donald Trump administration will increase tariffs to Chinese exports. | \"It has been agreed that | …
globalresearch.ca/trade-war-china-suspends-purchases-us-agricultural-products/5685799

Assessing President Diaz-Canel\'s Commitment to the Ideals of the Cuban Revolution
Dr. Birsen Filip | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Fidel Castro was an unparalleled leader. Although some of his adversaries had hoped that the ideals and objectives of the Cuban Revolution would die with him, they have in fact persevered, thereby supporting Fidel\'s view that \'a combatant may die, …
globalresearch.ca/assessing-president-diaz-canels-commitment-ideals-cuban-revolution/5685751

U.K. Breakup? New Poll Sets the Scene for Scottish Independence Referendum
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has hailed as \'phenomenal\' a new poll which shows majority support for Scottish Independence. The survey, which was carried out by Lord Ashcroft in the wake of Prime Minister Boris Johnson\'s visit to Scotland …
globalresearch.ca/new-poll-sets-scene-scottish-independence-referendum/5685771

India\'s Finding Out the Hard Way that It Isn\'t \"America\'s Exclusive Ally\"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
India hitherto thought that the US needed it more than the reverse and that\'s why took its nascent military-strategic alliance with it for granted by trying to play \"hardball\" in pressing for a better trade deal, yet it\'s now finding …
globalresearch.ca/india-finding-out-hard-way-it-isnt-us-exclusive-ally/5685793

Hiroshima Unlearned: Time to Tell the Truth About US Relations with Russia
Alice Slater | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
August 6th and 9th mark 74 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where only one nuclear bomb dropped on each city caused the deaths of up to 146,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 people in Nagasaki. Today, …
globalresearch.ca/hiroshima-unlearned-time-tell-truth-about-us-relations-russia/5685824

\"On a Scale of 1-10, It\'s an 11\" — Wall Street Reacts to China\'s Retaliation
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
One day after China finally snapped, and demonstratively refused to intervene and keep the CNH above 7.00 vs the dollar, escalating the trade war into a currency war, stocks are tumbling and Wall Street analysts — all of whom had …
globalresearch.ca/scale-1-10-its-11-wall-street-reacts-china-retaliation/5685801

We\'re All Enemies of the State: Draconian Laws, Precrime and the Surveillance State
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
\"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.\"–H.L. Mencken | We\'ve been down this road many times before. | If …
globalresearch.ca/we-all-enemies-state-draconian-laws-precrime-surveillance-state/5685762

Why Oliver Stone\'s Latest Film on Ukraine Is Must-watch
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
Oliver Stone is afraid. Afraid of war. That was the stark message conveyed by his latest film on the Ukraine crisis, \'Revealing Ukraine\' which picked up the Grand Prix at the Taormina film festival in Italy last month. The documentary, …
globalresearch.ca/why-oliver-stones-latest-film-ukraine-must-watch/5685676

Can the Progressive-\"Conspiracy\" Divide be Bridged?
John Kirby | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-07
People from a variety of advocacy communities who tackle issues ranging from the assassinations of the 1960\'s to vaccine safety are rightly upset by a recent NBC News.com op-ed authored by Lynn Parramore, a progressive journalist known for her …
globalresearch.ca/can-progressive-conspiracy-divide-bridged/5685749

Explosions in three states highlight dangers of aging fossil fuel infrastructure
Sharon Kelly | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-07
On August 1, for the third time in as many years, Enbridge\'s Texas Eastern Transmission gas pipeline exploded. This tragic incident in central Kentucky killed a 58-year-old woman, Lisa Denise Derringer, and injured at least five others. Flames towered 300 feet high when the 30-inch diameter pipe ruptured at 1 a.m. and forced at least 75 people to evacuate. \"We …
nationofchange.org/2019/08/07/explosions-in-three-states-highlight-dangers-of-aging-fossil-fuel-infrastructure/

One \"Little\" Legislative Crime that Keeps on Giving
Paul Haeder | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-07
NOVA: If this region–New Orleans, the wetlands, and all–were a patient in the hospital, how would you describe them? At what stage are they? IVOR VAN HEERDEN: Close to death. […] There is the potential for extremely high casualties–people not only killed by flying debris, drowning in the soup, but also just imagine, how do …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/one-little-legislative-crime-that-keeps-on-giving/

Russia Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders
Nadezhda Azhgikhina | thenation.com | 2019-08-07
Russia Needs Its Own Bernie Sanders…
thenation.com/article/russia-bernie-sanders/

Is Justin Trudeau Pro-Nukes?
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-07
Justin Trudeau presents himself as \"progressive\" on foreign affairs. The Liberals claim to have brought Canada \"back\" after the disastrous Harper Conservatives. But their nuclear weapons policy demonstrates the emptiness of this rhetoric. Reducing the chance nuclear weapons are used again should be a priority for any \"progressive\" government. But, powerful Canadian allies oppose nuclear …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/is-justin-trudeau-pro-nukes/

Trump\'s China Trade War Increases Risk of Recession
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-08-07
Trump accuses China of currency manipulation because their currency devalued in the wake of his tariffs. However, as Bill Black explains, this accusation has no basis in fact. Instead, Trump\'s trade war only increases the likelihood of a recession…
therealnews.com/stories/trumps-china-trade-war-increases-risk-of-recession

Brazil\'s PT Warns Lula Prison Transfer Is Political Persecution
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-07
The substitute judge of the 12th Federal Court of Curitiba Carolina Lebbos decided Wednesday morning to transfer former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a federal jail in Curitiba to a prison in the state of Sao Paulo. | RELATED: | \'Resistance Caravan\' Travels Brazil in Support of Lula | A few minutes after this information was released, the Worker\'s Party (PT) president Gleisi Hoffmann explained that such ruling did not respect the request made by Lula\'s lawyers, who had asked…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-PT-Warns-Lula-Prison-Transfer-Is-Political-Persecution-20190807-0002.html