Two Foxes and a Hen: Sexual Assault in the Military
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
This is now a nation governed by thugs, a government in many ways reminiscent of right-wing authoritarian societies throughout history. It\'s a smiling version of authoritarianism unless a person happens to be an immigrant. There aren\'t death camps or gulags here, unless you\'re an immigrant, or in some cases a prisoner in a place like the federal…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/two-foxes-and-a-hen-sexual-assault-in-the-military/

US President Trump proposes tighter gun control tied to immigration reform
rt.com | 2019-08-05
US legislators should pass tougher gun control laws and possibly \"marry\" them to immigration reform, President Donald Trump tweeted. It comes ahead of an announcement on gun violence which he promised to deliver later on Monday. | …
rt.com/usa/465808-trump-tighter-gun-control/

Trump Vows Action After Shootings but Gives Few Details
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-05
The president has suggested a new bill could be paired with immigration reform without explaining how or why the two issues are related.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-vows-action-after-shootings-but-gives-few-details/

The War on Drugs in Mexico is Also a War on Journalists
Susie Day | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
What is press freedom and how do we know what it looks like? While we in the United States are absorbed in Julian Assange-related quandaries about just who is a journalist, and whether leaked information can or should compromise national security, reporters in Mexico are harassed and killed daily for covering a \"drug war\" launched in…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/the-war-on-drugs-in-mexico-is-also-a-war-on-journalists/

The Artist as Prophet
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-08-05
Where is America headed? As the question is endlessly argued, especially during the presidential campaign, potential answers tend to inhabit political realms. However, Chris Hedges, in this column from May 29, 2017, suggests that we also look elsewhere in seeking answers: to our artists. A new article from Hedges will appear next Monday after he returns from vacation. | The Israeli writer and dissident Uri Avnery asked an Egyptian general how the Egyptians managed to surprise the Israelis when they launched the October 1973 war. The general answered: \"Instead of reading the intelligence reports, you should have r…
truthdig.com/articles/the-artist-as-prophet-2/

How Joe Biden\'s Privatization Plans Helped Doom Latin America and Fuel the Migration Crisis
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
On the campaign trail, Joe Biden has boasted of his role in transforming Colombia and Central America through ambitious economic and security programs. Colombians and Hondurans tell The Grayzone about the damage his plans did to their societies. | *** | While …
globalresearch.ca/how-joe-bidens-privatization-plans-helped-doom-latin-america-fuel-migration-crisis/5685639

Lies and buffoonery: How Boris Johnson\'s fantasy world casts dark shadows in the Middle East
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
I\'ve worked out that in the past week, I\'ve been told to wait \"only five minutes\" at least four times. In the Arab world, any interview that is delayed will always be accompanied by the assurance that I will only have to wait for five minutes. Or I will be called back on the phone…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/lies-and-buffoonery-how-boris-johnsons-fantasy-world-casts-dark-shadows-in-the-middle-east/

Trump Regime Aiming to Blockade Iran and Venezuela?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
International law is clear. Blockades are undeclared acts of war. | No nation may legally use this tactic against another state unilaterally or with coalition partners. | UN Charter provisions are binding international law. Article 39 authorizes the Security Council alone to …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-aiming-blockade-iran-venezuela/5685571

Mass Shootings in America. The US is a \"Gun Society\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
They happen with disturbing regularity, two over the weekend. More on them below. | *** | Gun Violence Archive maintains a database of reported shootings in the US, information gotten from law enforcement, media, and government sources. | In 2019, it reported 33,028 …
globalresearch.ca/mass-shootings-america/5685567

Tulsi Gabbard, the Mainstream Media and Treason
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
In case you had not noticed, there is an existential crisis going on within both the MSM and Democratic party that has been on full display during the June and July DNC sponsored presidential debates — and today the DNC …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-mainstream-media-treason/5685583

NPR Shreds Ethics Handbook to Normalize Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration\'s Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted \"a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs\" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as \"too easy on the Sandinistas,\" and…
fair.org/home/npr-shreds-ethics-handbook-to-normalize-regime-change-in-venezuela/

A Syrian Leader Tells His Country\'s Story: An Interview with SAA General Hassan Hassan
Eva Bartlett | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-05
For years, international headlines spotlighting Syria have claimed that the Syrian government, army, and its allies were guilty of a variety of atrocities. Yet as time has passed, many of the accusations levied at government and its allies have been shown to have been either falsified, staged (as in the case of allegations of chemical attacks in eastern Ghouta), or actually committed by the myriad terrorist groups operating in the country. | For their part, Syrian leadership has maintained from the start that the uprising…
mintpressnews.com/syria-interview-with-syrian-arab-army-general-hassan-hassan/261146/

The End of a Cocaine-Fueled Presidency? Juan Orlando Hernandez Faces Regime Change in Honduras
Adrienne Pine | mintpressnews.com | 2019-08-05
Honduras has been the epicenter of the Central American exodus and northward migration since the U.S.-backed coup 10 years ago and the ultra-violent repression by President Juan Orlando Hernandez\'s regime, as well as its ultra-neoliberal policies.
mintpressnews.com/end-cocaine-fueled-presidency-juan-orlando-hernandez-regime-change-honduras/261134/

Nobody Will Stop the US if It Blockades Venezuela
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
The US has full escalation dominance in the Hybrid War on Venezuela, so while it would be internationally illegal and morally wrong, neither Caracas nor its partners in Moscow, Beijing, and Tehran would do anything of substance to stop Washington …
globalresearch.ca/nobody-will-stop-us-it-blockades-venezuela/5685618

El Paso Massacre Galvanizes Accelerationists
Cassie Miller and Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-08-05
The domestic terror incident this past weekend in El Paso has energized the growing \"accelerationist\" bloc of the white power movement, which argues violence is the only way to achieve its goal of creating a white, non-Jewish ethnostate.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/08/05/el-paso-massacre-galvanizes-accelerationists

NPR Has Disgraced Itself in Its Venezuela Coverage
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-05
The Reagan administration in 1982 coerced National Public Radio (NPR) to cover more favorably the US terrorist war then being waged against Nicaragua. | As Greg Grandin writes, Otto Reich, head of the administration\'s Orwellian propaganda outfit known as the Office of Public Diplomacy, informed the public network that his office had contracted \"a special consultant service [to listen] to all NPR programs\" on Central America. Dependent on state funding, NPR promptly buckled under pressure, reassigning reporters viewed as \"too easy on the Sandinistas,\" and hir…
truthdig.com/articles/npr-has-disgraced-itself-in-its-venezuela-coverage/

Mass Shootings, Militarism and Policing Are Chapters in the Same Manifesto
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-05
| This weekend, after two mass shooters killed and injured dozens of people in Texas and Ohio,?Rep. Steve Cohen?tweeted, \"You want to shoot an assault weapon? Go to Afghanistan or Iraq. Enlist!\" | Cohen, a Democrat from Tennessee, apparently did not take issue with the El Paso shooter\'s desire to slaughter people of color — he merely wanted to redirect his bullets toward people of color outside of the United States. His tweet was a chilling reminder of?how the United…
truthout.org/articles/mass-shootings-militarism-and-policing-are-chapters-in-the-same-manifesto/

Rivers of Dust: Water and the Middle East
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
Syria and Iraq are at odds with Turkey over the Tigris-Euphrates. Egypt\'s relations with Sudan and Ethiopia over the Nile are tense. Jordan and the Palestinians accuse Israel of plundering river water to irrigate the Negev Desert and hogging most of the three aquifers that underlie the occupied West Bank.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/rivers-of-dust-water-the-middle-east/

Brazilian Inmate Tries Jailbreak Disguised as Teenage Daughter
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-05
A masked Rio de Janeiro inmate dressed as a woman tried to break out of a Brazilian jail this weekend in a surreal act of derring-do, only to be thwarted on the cusp of freedom by state prison authorities. | RELATED: | Brazil Prison Riot Kills 52, with 16 Decapitated | Clauvino da Silva, a drug dealer from the city of Angra dos Reis, was caught by prison guards at the Bangu jail complex in Rio state on Saturday, as he tried to exit via the front door after visiting hours. The Rio state prison au…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazilian-Gang-Leader-Tries-Jailbreak-Disguised-as-Teenage-Daughter-20190805-0009.html

Is There a Third Way in Libya? What can Break the Deadlock in Libya\'s Civil War?
Richard Galustian | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
What can break the deadlock in Libya\'s civil war? | Ghassan Salame, the UN\'s point man for Libya began his analysis and brief to the Security Council last week by emphasising that the armed conflict in Libya \"shows no signs | …
globalresearch.ca/is-there-a-third-way-in-libya-what-can-break-the-deadlock-in-libyas-civil-war/5685577

Amid Conservative Assault on Organized Labor, Democratic Lawmakers Are Advancing Laws to Expand Workers\' Rights
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-08-05
Nevada and Delaware passed laws this summer giving public-sector workers the right to collectively bargain. Colorado is expected to follow suit next year.
theintercept.com/2019/08/05/unions-collective-bargaining-laws/

We Desperately Need Marianne Williamson\'s Message. It\'s Ominous That We\'re Only Getting It From Marianne Williamson
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-08-05
It\'s alarming that only someone given to wild flights of irrationality believes that America can hear the truth about itself and respond rationally.
theintercept.com/2019/08/05/marianne-williamson-2020-presidential-campaign/

The Dirtbag Magnetism of Phoebe Waller-Bridge\'s \'Fleabag\'
Erin Schwartz | thenation.com | 2019-08-05
The Dirtbag Magnetism of Phoebe Waller-Bridge\'s \'Fleabag\'…
thenation.com/article/the-dirtbag-magnetism-of-phoebe-waller-bridges-fleabag/

Dayton shooter was apparently a self-professed \'leftist,\' Warren & Sanders fan
rt.com | 2019-08-05
Judging by his supposed activity on Twitter, the Dayton shooter appears to have held views opposite to those of the El Paso gunman from hours earlier. A now-suspended account, allegedly his own, implies he was a die-hard leftist. | …
rt.com/usa/465790-dayton-shooter-leftist-antifa/

\'Threat to life\' still priority in Whaley Bridge dam drama, residents warned
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-05
A minority of people refusing to leave their homes amid fears of a damaged dam bursting are \"taking their lives into their own hands\", a police chief has warned.Thirty-one residents, including a \"small number\" who were initially evacuated but have since returned to their homes, remain in 22 properties in the evacuation zone in the town of Whaley Bridge despite warnings of catastrophic consequences if the the dam at Toddbrook Reservoir collapses.On Monday, Derbyshire\'s police and crime commissioner, Hardyal Dhindsa, acknowledged that locals had faced a \"big disruption\" as the around-the-clock operation to return t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/05/threat-to-life-still-priority-in-whaley-bridge-dam-drama-residents-warned/

Stocks Plunge 3% in Worst Loss of Year as Trade War Escalates
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-05
Rattled U.S. investors react to China letting its currency, the yuan, drop to its lowest level against the dollar in more than a decade.
truthdig.com/articles/stocks-plunge-3-in-worst-loss-of-year-as-trade-war-escalates/

More Fake News and US Statistics About Payroll Jobs. The Trend Towards Part-Time Employment
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
Yesterday\'s column referred to a \"falling labor force participation rate.\" | One of the main points of the article is that the number of payroll jobs are not the same thing as the number of employed Americans. Jobs have been trending …
globalresearch.ca/more-fake-news-jobs-part-2/5685519

The Dangerous New US Consensus on China and the Future of US-China Relations
Prof. Mel Gurtov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
The trade war and technological competition with China are symptomatic of a much larger issue: a dangerous gridlock in US-China relations that may become permanent, with dire consequences not just for the two countries\' economies but also for the global …
globalresearch.ca/dangerous-new-us-consensus-china-future-us-china-relations/5685593

Email fraud warning issued to students ahead of A-Level results
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-05
UK students are at risk from email scams because many top universities are not following best practices to block fraudulent emails, new research has claimed. | According to a report by cybersecurity firm Proofpoint, 65% of the UK\'s top 20 universities were not using any form of an industry-recommended email authentication tool. | It says this could enable cybercriminals to imitate the universities in question easily, placing students applying for higher education after receiving their A-Level results at greater risk of email fraud. | The Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) recor…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/08/05/email-fraud-warning-issued-to-students-ahead-of-a-level-results/

The Global Currency War Has Begun. China\'s Yuan Breaks the 7 to $1 Band. Why is The Dollar Rising?
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
Over this weekend, China\'s Yuan currency broke out of its band and devalued to more than 7 to $1. At the same time China announced it would not purchase more US agricultural goods. The Trump-US Neocon trade strategy has just …
globalresearch.ca/china-yuan-breaks-7-1-band-global-currency-war-has-begun/5685617

Trump\'s Trade War Measures Hit the Financial Markets
Nick Beams | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
Financial markets around the world fell on Friday as a result of the shock wave from US President Trump\'s surprise announcement Thursday that he intended to impose a 10 percent tariff from September 1 on a further $300 billion worth …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-trade-war-measures-hit-the-financial-markets/5685597

World War II: US Military Destroyed 66 Japanese Cities Before Planning to Wipe Out the Same Number of Soviet Cities
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
The number of Japanese cities destroyed was the exact figure that the Pentagon compiled when finalizing plans, in mid-September 1945, to eviscerate the Soviet Union. Indeed, 66 Soviet cities were earmarked to be wiped out — with 204 atomic bombs — less than 2 weeks after Japan\'s surrender.
globalresearch.ca/us-military-destroyed-66-japanese-cities-before-planning-wipe-out-same-number-soviet-cities/5680934

Trump Says Fake News, Not His Hate Speech, Behind Shootings
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-05
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his country must \"condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy\" after a gunman killed 20 people in an attack in Texas that authorities said appeared to be a racially motivated hate crime. | Trump did not directly address accusations that his anti-immigrant and racially charged comments have contributed to a rise in hate crimes. | \"These sinister ideologies must be defeated,\" he said in remarks at the White House. \"Hate has no place in America. Hatred warps the mind, ravages the heart and devours the soul.\" | Trump said he was directing the Department of Justice to…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Says-Fake-News-Video-games-Not-His-Hate-Speech-Behind-Shootings-20190805-0005.html

Democracy Threat? Trump Demands \'Realignment of British Politics\'. The Americanization of Britain
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
I said that this moment would come. It has almost arrived. I warned that Britain is to become a European outpost of America (READ: The global alliance taking over Britain) and if ever proof was needed, it is the …
globalresearch.ca/democracy-threat-trump-demands-realignment-of-british-politics-the-americanization-of-britain/5685635

The Case for Socialism
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
Anyone doubting the arguments for socialism, should read Bhaskar Sunkara\'s \"The Socialist Manifesto.\" It presents old rationales in new clothes; the clothes are simple and attractive, while the rationales are sound. They come, however, with a big warning.
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/the-case-for-socialism/

John McDonnell takes new chancellor Sajid Javid to the cleaners with scathing letter
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-08-05
On 5 August, Labour\'s John McDonnell shared a damning letter which takes Boris Johnson\'s new chancellor Sajid Javid to the cleaners. | Javid involved with \"financial weapons of mass destruction\": | The shadow chancellor wrote to Johnson on 31 July calling for \"two investigations into Mr Javid\'s past conduct in matters of financial stewardship and decision-making\". McDonnell said tha…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/08/05/john-mcdonnell-takes-new-chancellor-sajid-javid-to-the-cleaners-with-scathing-letter/

The El Paso Shooter Embraced Eco-Fascism. We Can\'t Let the Far Right Co-Opt the Environmental Struggle
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-08-05
On Aug. 4, 2019, a man places an American flag on a makeshift memorial outside the Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, where a mass shooting occurred the previous day. | The four-page manifesto believed to be written by suspected El Paso mass shooter Patrick Crusius abounds with Trumpian racist nationalism. \"This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas,\" notes the text, published shortly before Saturday\'s massacre. The manifesto, which decries \"race-mixing,\" states, \"some people will blame the president or certain presidential candidates for the attack. This is not the case,\" noting that the autho…
theintercept.com/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-eco-fascism-migration/

The Retainer Solution: the European Union, Libya and Irregular Migration
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-08-05
There is a venom in international refugee policy that refuses to go away: officials charged with their tasks, passing on their labours to those who might see the UN Refugee Convention as empty wording, rather than strict injunction carved upon stone. They have all become manifest in the policy of deferral: humanitarian problems are for…
counterpunch.org/2019/08/05/the-retainer-solution-the-european-union-libya-and-irregular-migration/

Monday\'s Daily Brief: Independent UN experts on Myanmar, UN chief renounces attacks in US, Libyan airport violence, UN spokesperson on Kashmir, and FAO and Italy on development
United Nations | un.org | 2019-08-05
Our main stories today: Myanmar companies bankroll \'brutal operations\' of military; UN chief renounces shootings in the United States; \'Repeated indiscriminate\' shelling of Libyan airport raises concern; UN voices \'concern\' over Kashmir; and new UN agriculture chief reaffirms commitment with Italy on development…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/08/1043731

The Resurgence of the \"Absentee Landlord\" Beast
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-05
No politician from either of the Two Party/One Party imbroglio will ever mention anything about this Absentee Landlord disgrace. Sadly, absentee landlords have been with us since time in memoriam. These people were even mentioned in the story of Jesus …
globalresearch.ca/nature-absentee-landlord-beast/5685580

Trump Administration Ends Long-standing Safeguards Protecting Kids from Dangerous Class of Pesticides

Thoughts, prayers & political agenda: Response to El Paso shooting on left & right
rt.com | 2019-08-04
A shooting at a Walmart in Texas, where 20 people were killed, plunged the US into sorrow but also rekindled a political debate. The incident has become a case in point for gun control advocates, including presidential hopefuls. | …
rt.com/usa/465755-walmart-shooting-gun-control/

Another Failed Ceasefire in Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
Countless ceasefires throughout years of Obama\'s war, now Trump\'s, agreed to by US-supported terrorists, were breached straightaway — government forces falsely blamed for their actions. | This time is following the earlier pattern. Once again, jihadists violated the agreement, surprising no …
globalresearch.ca/another-failed-ceasefire-syria/5685526

Former Bush Administration Insider Reflects on the Failure of the Iraq War
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-04
| \"There was a long history of the CIA\'s incompetence in trying to get rid of Saddam Hussein,\" says retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson. | Looking back at the march to war in Iraq, Colonel Wilkerson, who served as the chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powell from 2002-2005, continues to be unwavering in his criticism of the actors involved. Sixteen years after the invasion, the institutional problems that metastasized then not only predated the George W. Bush administration but conti…
truthout.org/articles/former-bush-administration-insider-reflects-on-the-failure-of-the-iraq-war/

Is the Endless Iraq Conflict Finally Over?
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
The First Gulf War (1990-1991) | How did U.S. military intervention in Iraq–the wealthiest Arab country in the 1970s–begin? The First Gulf War started in August 1990, when Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein\'s army occupied neighboring Kuwait. The Iraqi dictator invaded …
globalresearch.ca/endless-iraq-conflict-finally-over/5685540

Trump Ponders Deadly Blockade of Venezuela
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
President Trump, wandering further afield of his noninterventionist election campaign promise, may soon impose an illegal military blockade on Venezuela. | According to an unnamed Trump administration official, the blockade will continue until Nicolas Maduro abdicates and Juan Guaido becomes …
globalresearch.ca/trump-ponders-deadly-blockade-venezuela/5685529

At Least 29 Dead After Mass Shootings in Texas and Ohio
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-04
| Within 13 hours in two U.S. cities — El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio — at least 29 people were killed in mass shootings on Saturday and Sunday. | Police in Dayton, Ohio were gathering information on Sunday morning about a shooting that took place in the city\'s downtown Oregon neighborhood at about 1: 00am. Nine people were killed by a gunman who used what one eyewitness described as an a…
truthout.org/articles/at-least-29-dead-after-mass-shootings-in-texas-and-ohio/

\'24yo\' Dayton shooter used Kalashnikov-type rifle to shoot dozens, 10 dead
rt.com | 2019-08-04
The Dayton, Ohio mass shooting suspect used a Kalashnikov-type rifle to kill 9 people before being killed by police, the city mayor said. Local hospitals treated 27 people in the aftermath, and some remain in critical condition. | …
rt.com/usa/465772-dayton-shooting-kalashnikov-rifle/

9 killed as gunman opens fire in Dayton bar district, hours after Texas massacre
rt.com | 2019-08-04
Nine people have been killed in a mass shooting in downtown Dayton, Ohio while 26 others were injured. The gunman was taken out by officers responding to the incident. | …
rt.com/news/465758-active-shooter-in-dayton/

20 Dead After Gunman Attacks Texas Shoppers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-08-04
EL PASO, Texas–A gunman armed with a rifle opened fire in an El Paso shopping area packed with as many as 3,000 people during the busy back-to-school season, leaving 20 dead and more than two dozen injured, police said. | Hours later, another shooting in Dayton, Ohio, claimed nine lives. That gunman was killed by police. | Authorities were investigating whether Saturday\'s El Paso attack was a hate crime after the emergence of a racist, anti-immigrant screed that was posted online shortly beforehand. Detectives sought to determine if it was wr…
truthdig.com/articles/20-dead-after-gunman-attacks-texas-shoppers/

Hundreds of people rush to donate blood for victims of deadly El Paso shooting (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-08-04
Residents rushed to medical centers in El Paso, Texas, and stood for hours in long lines to donate blood for victims of the mass shooting at a local Walmart store on Saturday, which killed 20 people. | …
rt.com/usa/465761-texas-shooting-blood-donations/

Mueller time is over, Russia-hate is here to stay
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-04
Stephen F. Cohen says that while Robert Mueller has closed up shop, dangerous U.S. fear-mongering about Russia remains. Guest: Stephen…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/04/mueller-time-is-over-russia-hate-is-here-to-stay/

US-backed Opposition Prime Suspects in Thai Bombings
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
Several small bombs detonated across Bangkok on Friday, August 2, amid a meeting between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) the US, China, and Russia. | There were several injuries reported, but no deaths. | Despite a Western media deliberately feigning …
globalresearch.ca/us-backed-opposition-prime-suspects-thai-bombings/5685525

The World Financial Order: An Instrument of the US Empire
Prof Michael Hudson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
\"So, Canada, the Canadian people unfortunately are deprived of honest representation of provincial desires, provincial needs, by the fact that the financial sector, the banks, are pretty much running the country.\" — Michael Hudson | On the weekend of July 19-21st, …
globalresearch.ca/the-world-financial-order-an-instrument-of-the-us-empire/5685502

More Fake Happy News About Jobs and Employment in America
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-04
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the US economy created 148,000 new private sector jobs during July. The jobs number does not translate into employed people as increasingly Americans hold two or more jobs. For example, the BLS reports …
globalresearch.ca/more-fake-happy-news-jobs/5685518

El Paso shooting being treated as domestic terrorism case — attorney
rt.com | 2019-08-04
The mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, that left 20 people dead at a Walmart store, is being treated as a domestic terrorism case. Investigators say the suspect, who is in custody, likely legally owned the rifle he used to kill. | …
rt.com/usa/465780-el-paso-shooting-domestic-terrorism/

At Least 29 Dead After Shootings In Texas and Ohio, With Police Probing Alleged White Supremacist Views of El Paso Gunman
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-08-04
Within 13 hours in two U.S. cities—El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio—at least 29 people were killed in mass shootings on Saturday and Sunday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11593033411.png …
commondreams.org/news/2019/08/04/least-29-dead-after-shootings-texas-and-ohio-police-probing-alleged-white?cd-origin=rss

The fascist attack in Gilroy and the US epidemic of mass shootings
Patrick Martin, WSWS | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
[August 3: This article is republished here the same day yet another white supremacist has killed at least 20 people in El Paso, Texas, less than a week after the racist attack at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy.]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/03/18825178.php

Western Addition Peace Festival, August 24, 2019
Aurora Jiminez | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
Buchanan Mall between McAllister St. and Golden Gate Ave.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/02/18825165.php

Challenging the Border
Monterey Peace and Justice Center | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
Monterey Peace and Justice Center | 1364 Fremont Blvd. | Seaside, CA 93955…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/03/18825176.php

Doro-Chiba Labor Comm On Growing Threat Of Dictatorship, Xenophobia & War
International Labor Solidarity Committee of D | indybay.org | 2019-08-04
The Labor Solidarity Committee of Japan Railway Workers Union Doro-Chiba statment on the growing threat of dictatorship, xenophobia and imperialist war.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/08/04/18825202.php

Debating Democrats, please, no fighting in the war room
Michael Winship | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-03
I\'m not one of those people who insists that every kid on the T-ball team receive a group participation trophy, sweet as that may be. But equally, my teeth grind when I see a flurry of post-debate articles headlined, \"Winners and Losers.\" They reduce this most important presidential campaign of our lives to a game where a single swing or a miss matters more than the heinous presidency we\'re enduring or any of the issues vital to all of us terrified about the future for our families and ourselves. | I\'m also annoyed by the debate format perpetrated by cable news networks more interested in creating conflict and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/03/debating-democrats-please-no-fighting-in-the-war-room/

Ex-health insurance exec: Industry is using decades-old scare tactics to fight Medicare for All
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-03
The Democratic presidential candidates remain deeply divided on how to expand healthcare to the tens of millions of Americans who are uninsured or underinsured. Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have both pushed for abolishing private health insurance and establishing a Medicare for All system. Their rivals have pushed a number of different, more incremental approaches. During the first night of the latest debates, Sanders pointed out that the country has taken sweeping action before to expand health coverage to millions of Americans, referring to the 50th anniversary of the creation of Medicare and…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/03/ex-health-insurance-exec-industry-is-using-decades-old-scare-tactics-to-fight-medicare-for-all/

The democratic debates need more questions about nuclear war
Lawrence S. Wittner | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-03
There is a remarkable incongruity between the existential danger of nuclear war and the absence of public discussion about preventing it. | This disconnect is all too apparent today, as arms control and disarmament treaties are scrapped, nations embark on vast nuclear weapons buildups, and governments threaten nuclear war against one another. Meanwhile, the mass media routinely avoids these issues but, instead, focuses on movie stars, athletes, and President Donald Trump\'s latest tweeted insults. | Do I exaggerate? Consider the following. | In May 2018, the Trump administration unilaterally withdrew from the l…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/03/the-democratic-debates-need-more-questions-about-nuclear-war/

Weekend Read: The SPLC fights an internal threat to our democracy
splcenter.org | 2019-08-03
In his recent testimony before Congress, Special Counsel Robert Mueller pointedly warned the nation about Russia\'s ongoing attempts to meddle in our nation\'s elections.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/03/weekend-read-splc-fights-internal-threat-our-democracy

Weekend Read: The SPLC fights an internal threat to our democracy
splcenter.org | 2019-08-03
In his recent testimony before Congress, Special Counsel Robert Mueller pointedly warned the nation about Russia\'s ongoing attempts to meddle in our nation\'s elections.
splcenter.org/news/2019/08/03/weekend-read-splc-fights-internal-threat-our-democracy

Reimagining Justice for Immigrant Survivors Through VAWA
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-03
| The immigration-related provisions of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) hold powerful potential to help us reimagine our understanding of diaspora, integration and discrimination. | Among the various purposes of VAWA is to make lawful immigration status a reality for those who have been victims of domestic abuse by spouses, parents or children who are U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents. Beyond this, VAWA-based immigration cases help…
truthout.org/articles/reimagining-justice-for-immigrant-survivors-through-vawa/

\'You don\'t have any rights\': CBP agents interrogate US citizen and seize his phone after Venezuela solidarity trip
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-08-03
The detention of a US citizen returning from Venezuela was an apparent extension of the US government\'s efforts to punish…
thegrayzone.com/2019/08/03/cbp-agents-interrogate-us-citizen-venezuela/

A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM\'s forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto \"lies in enemy territory\". Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…
globalresearch.ca/a-major-conventional-war-against-iran-is-an-impossibility-crisis-within-the-us-command-structure/5682514

Hiroshima: A \"Military Base\" according to President Harry Truman
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
\"The World will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima a military base. That was because we wished in this first attack to avoid, insofar as possible, the killing of civilians..\"(President Harry S. Truman in a radio speech to the Nation, August 9, 1945).
globalresearch.ca/hiroshima-a-military-base-according-to-president-harry-truman-2/5602782

Russian opposition figure detained ahead of Moscow protest
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-08-03
A leading opposition figure has been detained by Moscow police as she was heading to an unauthorised protest against the exclusion of independent and opposition candidates from the city council elections.Lyubov Sobol, who is one of the election hopefuls rejected from the ballot, was detained on Saturday in central Moscow and taken away in a police van.Activists intend to go ahead with the unauthorised protest (AP)The attempted rally comes a week after police detained nearly 1,400 protesters, beating some of them with truncheons.Despite repeated warnings that police would take active measures against a protest on…
thecanary.co/global/2019/08/03/russian-opposition-figure-detained-ahead-of-moscow-protest/

Protest against police violence at Inland Port sit in
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-03
Salt Lake City, UT — \"Protect and serve, that\'s a lie! Speaking up is not a crime!\" chanted protesters, outside the SLCPD Public Health and Safety Building, July 23. More than 60 people had gathered for a Utah Against Police Brutality (UAPB) rally held in response to the excessive police violence used against the peaceful protesters occupying the Chamber of Commerce in downtown SLC on July 9, in response to the proposed Inland Port development. | At the Inland Port protest, police responded to protesters with violence, pushing and shoving community members, including those in the designated ADA section, inj…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/3/protest-against-police-violence-inland-port-sit

The Western Alliance is Falling Apart
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-08-03
Ever since Imran Khan became the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan in August 2018, the winds have changed. While his predecessors, though generally leaning eastwards, have often wavered between the US and the China orbit, Khan is in the process of clearly defining his alliances with the east, in particular China. This is for the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/08/the-western-alliance-is-falling-apart/

Trump escalates trade war with China
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-03
San José, CA – On Thursday, July 31, President Trump tweeted that he would be imposing new tariffs, or taxes, on the $300 billion of Chinese goods not covered by his 25% tariffs. U.S. stocks took an immediate dive, giving up all of their 300-point gain to drop 280 points for the day. They continued to fall on Friday, leading to the worst week for U.S. stocks all year. | Despite what Trump says, tariffs are taxes that are paid by U.S. importers. Up to now, most of the Chinese goods placed under heavy tariffs have not been consumer goods. But the new tariffs mainly hit consumer goods such as cell phones, consumer e…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/3/trump-escalates-trade-war-china

Were the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a War Crime and a Crime Against Humanity?
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
The two most often cited reasons for President Truman\'s controversial decision were to shorten the war and to save the lives of \"between 250,000 and 500,000\" American soldiers.
globalresearch.ca/were-atomic-bombings-hiroshima-nagasaki-war-crime-crime-against-humanity/5683441

When will we start applying the precautionary principle to the chemicals that are killing our kids?
Katherine Paul | nationofchange.org | 2019-08-03
The first car my parents carted me and my siblings around in, in the 1950s, didn\'t even have seatbelts. Not one of us was ever strapped into a car seat. No kid I knew donned a helmet before hopping on her bike. | When I was a kid, there were no government-regulated safety standards for cribs or playpens or strollers. There were no \"choking hazard\" warnings on the packages containing the toys we played with, regardless of how many small, potentially detachable parts came with those toys. | After decades marred by child deaths in car accidents, and what were determined to be preventable deaths if only baby equip…
nationofchange.org/2019/08/03/when-will-we-start-applying-the-precautionary-principle-to-the-chemicals-that-are-killing-our-kids/

\"Greater Israel\": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

War Is Hell. Why Are We Waging an Endless One?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-03
| Friday, August 2, marked the 29th anniversary of Operation Desert Shield, the military action that heralded the onset of the Gulf War in Iraq. That conflict, shifting from one iteration to the next, never ended. | Desert Shield became Desert Storm, which then became a long, violent police action under the Clinton administration. During that period, sanctions against Iraq were responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of children. Smal…
truthout.org/articles/war-is-hell-why-are-we-waging-an-endless-one/

The CIA Takeover of America in the 1960s Is the Story of Our Times. The Killing of the Kennedys and Today\'s New Cold War
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
Sirhan did not kill Robert Kennedy, yet he remains in jail to this very day. Robert Kennedy, Jr., who was 14 years old at the time of his father\'s death, has visited Sirhan in prison, claims he is innocent, and believes there was another gunman.
globalresearch.ca/cia-takeover-america-1960s/5673387

Are U.S. military planes announcing formal aggression against Venezuela?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-03
In less than a month, U.S. air raids into our Maiquetía Flight Information Region (FIR) have multiplied, following a pattern that is admittedly very worrisome. The routes described by its EP-3 Ares II aircraft are revealing, taking into account the nature of this type of aircraft. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/03/are-u-s-military-planes-announcing-formal-aggression-against-venezuela/

Tom Burke of FRSO speaks with Venezuelan Comunas leaders
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-03
Caracas, Venezuela – Under the banner of \"Comuna o nada,\" translated to English as \"Communes or nothing,\" 100 leaders of Venezuela\'s neighborhood groups gathered on July 30. The forum was held at the Ministry of Popular Power for the Communes and Social Movements. This is where the well-respected Minister Blanca Eekhout is in charge. | Popular Power refers to the people\'s organizations that exist across Venezuela that constitute a new type of society. This includes over 3000 communes, tens of thousands of communal councils, housing assemblies and food supply committees and nearly 3 million militia members. | Th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/3/tom-burke-frso-speaks-venezuelan-comunas-leaders

Venezuela\'s President Maduro speaks to the 25th Sao Paulo Forum
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-08-03
Caracas, Venezuela – The closing event of the 25th Foro de Sao Paulo (Sal Paulo Forum) on July 28 began with a speech by Monica Valente, the Executive Secretary of the Foro de Sao Paulo and the International Secretary of the Workers Party of Brazil. The next speaker was Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, leading up to a spirited speech by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. | The event honored the 65th birthday of President Hugo Chavez, who died in 2013. The speakers referenced his ideas and leadership in making the Bolivarian revolution possible. During a video display of the life of Hugo Chavez, women and men…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/8/3/venezuela-s-president-maduro-speaks-25th-sao-paulo-forum

Priti Patel wants criminals to \'literally feel terror\' but her comments should fill all of us with fear
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-08-03
Priti Patel has said she wants criminals to \"feel terror\" at the thought of offending. In her first interview as home secretary, she pledged to get a grip on violent crime after Boris Johnson committed to recruiting 20,000 more police officers. | Se told the Daily Mail: Quite frankly, with more police officers out there and greater police presence, I want (criminals) to literally feel terror at the thought of committing offences. | Be afraid. Be very afraid.: | But as Twitter users pointed out, every single one of us should be scared by Patel\'s comments: | This is basically Priti Patel saying she wants the…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/08/03/priti-patel-wants-criminals-to-literally-feel-terror-but-her-comments-should-fill-all-of-us-with-fear/

20 confirmed killed in El Paso Walmart shooting rampage
rt.com | 2019-08-03
The governor of Texas has confirmed that 20 people have been killed in a shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso. Over two dozen were injured. | …
rt.com/usa/465754-walmart-shooting-fatalities-confirmed/

A $32mn nothingburger: Justice Dept bill comes due for Russiagate costs
rt.com | 2019-08-03
Nearly two years of fruitlessly hunting for collusion between US President Donald Trump\'s campaign and the Russian government cost the country $31.7 million, the Justice Department has revealed. | …
rt.com/usa/465706-mueller-investigation-cost-justice/

Iran\'s Interests in China\'s One Belt One Road Policy
unitedEditor | uwidata.com | 2019-08-03
The Chinese economy has recently boosted its foreign exchange earnings and substantially increased its currency reserves. The increase in China\'s foreign exchange reserves and resources has provided the government with the opportunity to become one of the major actors in the supply of international relations and the global economy. China is one of the emerging …
uwidata.com/4707-irans-interests-in-chinas-one-belt-one-road-policy/

Bioweapons: Lyme Disease, Weaponized Ticks
Makia Freeman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-08-03
Bioweapons, specifically Lyme Disease and bioweaponized ticks, were in the news recently when US Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ) introduced Amendment 116-19 which was subsequently passed by the US House of Congress on July 11th, 2019. The US House ordered an …
globalresearch.ca/bioweapons-lyme-disease-weaponized-ticks/5685429

US Defense Official Wants to Deploy Missiles to Asia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-08-03
U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper stated on stated on Saturday that he is in favor of deploying ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in Asia relatively soon, a day after the United States withdrew from a landmark arms control treaty. | RELATED: | China Vows to Retaliate if Trump Imposes New Tariffs | These comments by Esper come just a day after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap new sanctions against China. | \"Yeah, I would like to,\" Esper said, when asked whether h…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Defense-Official-Wants-to-Deploy-Missiles-to-Asia-20190803-0005.html

As the Far Right Goes Global, So Do Anti-BDS Bills
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-08-03
| Israeli politics have moved into uncharted territory over the past several months, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself unable to form a coalition large enough to claim victory in last spring\'s elections. However, even as the Israeli state enters into political turmoil at home, it is becoming increasingly immune to criticism from the internat…
truthout.org/articles/as-the-far-right-goes-global-so-do-anti-bds-bills/

Seeing Color in Green Spaces: How to Increase Diversity in Conservation
Angelou Ezeilo | commondreams.org | 2019-08-03
Over the last couple of decades working in the environmental space, I\'ve discovered that for many Black people, especially older generations, the outdoors conjures a lot of historical negativity that they\'d rather forget.
commondreams.org/views/2019/08/03/seeing-color-green-spaces-how-increase-diversity-conservation?cd-origin=rss

Live from Nicaragua: Uprising or Coup? A Reader
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-08-03
Behind much opposition violence stood U.S. regime-change NGOs. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/08/03/live-from-nicaragua-uprising-or-coup-a-reader/