Time to forget the word Russiagate & look into FBI-gate instead — Ron Paul
rt.com | 2019-07-25
The Democrats\' dream of impeaching President Trump over the Russiagate scandal has \"totally failed,\" its fate confirmed by special counsel Robert Mueller\'s disastrous showing in Congress, former congressman Ron Paul told RT. | …
rt.com/usa/464996-ron-paul-mueller-russiagate/

\'Algorithms don\'t write themselves\': Google whistleblower on Big Tech merging with politics
rt.com | 2019-07-25
A senior Google software engineer has dismissed the idea that Big Tech can be politically neutral and called out his company as \"very biased,\" joining Project Veritas\' growing stable of whistleblowers. | …
rt.com/usa/465000-google-engineer-whistleblower-veritas/

In Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The US government\'s indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of The New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/in-crisis-of-democracy-we-must-all-become-julian-assange/

It\'s Trump Who Needs to be Deterred From War Not Iran
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
It\'s about time we wised up to what is going on in this utterly farcical \"crisis\" in the Gulf, this charade of lies and pomposity which Trump and his doggies in London are presenting to us. An American president who is a racist, misogynist, dishonest and psychologically disturbed man — assisted by two vicious…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/its-trump-who-needs-to-be-deterred-from-war-not-iran/

Global Research: Information and Analysis for Societal Change
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change.With tensions mounting all over the world, we are more committed than ever to the struggle for Peace and the …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-information-and-analysis-for-societal-change/5684443

\"Brand Boris\": Britain\'s Clown Prince New Prime Minister
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Boris Johnson succeeded Theresa May as new Tory prime minister — chosen by Britain\'s power elite, ordinary Brits having no say over their new leader. | UK democracy in action resembles America\'s — pure fantasy, not the real thing. | Johnson is …
globalresearch.ca/brand-boris-britains-clown-prince-new-prime-minister/5684498

In Crisis of Democracy, We Must All Become Julian Assange
Nozomi Hayase | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The US government\'s indictment against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange marked the worst attack on press freedom in modern history. Assange has been charged with 18 counts, including 17 violations of the Espionage Act. James Goodale, former general counsel of The New York Times, who urged the paper to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Nixon…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/in-crisis-of-democracy-we-must-all-become-julian-assange/

WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society\'s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy of strewn dunces and the ongoing compromised, is ripe for analysis. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/wikileaks-julian-assange-and-decoding-the-national-security-commentariat/

Russia Advocates for Integral Peace in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an integral peace agreement, with the mediation of the United Nations, was necessary in Yemen after meeting with a Yemeni delegation. | RELATED: | War in Yemen May Actually Come to an End: UN | The Foreign Ministry added in a statement that such a deal should include the Stockholm agreement reached in December 2018, stressing the need for a peaceful and political option. | He added that urgent measures should be implemented to address the humanitarian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Advocates-for-Integral-Peace-in-Yemen-20190724-0015.html

Peace in Ukraine?
Stephen F. Cohen | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Peace in Ukraine?
thenation.com/article/peace-in-ukraine/

AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: New York City…
thenation.com/article/aoc-queens-immigration-ice-queens/

Russia Advocates for Integral Peace in Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said an integral peace agreement, with the mediation of the United Nations, was necessary in Yemen after meeting with a Yemeni delegation. | RELATED: | War in Yemen May Actually Come to an End: UN | The Foreign Ministry added in a statement that such a deal should include the Stockholm agreement reached in December 2018, stressing the need for a peaceful and political option. | He added that urgent measures should be implemented to address the humanitarian…
telesurenglish.net/news/Russia-Advocates-for-Integral-Peace-in-Yemen-20190724-0015.html

Canada Must Condemn Israeli Demolition of Palestinian Homes
CFJPIME | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is deeply concerned by Israel\'s demolition of Palestinian housing units in East Jerusalem. Yesterday, Israeli Occupation Forces entered the Palestinian East Jerusalem village of Sur Bahir in the middle of …
globalresearch.ca/canada-must-condemn-israeli-demolition-of-palestinian-homes/5684456

The U.S.-Iran standoff can only end when the U.S. accepts Iran\'s right to have a nuclear energy program
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-07-24
The U.S. objection to Iran is not based on international law, but merely based on its political objectives. This is clearly illustrated by open U.S. support for nuclear energy and nuclear weapon development in India; and nuclear weapon stockpiling in Israel, which the U.S. has always fully backed. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/23/the-u-s-iran-standoff-can-only-end-when-the-u-s-accepts-irans-right-to-have-a-nuclear-energy-program/

It\'s Trump Who Needs to be Deterred From War Not Iran
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
It\'s about time we wised up to what is going on in this utterly farcical \"crisis\" in the Gulf, this charade of lies and pomposity which Trump and his doggies in London are presenting to us. An American president who is a racist, misogynist, dishonest and psychologically disturbed man — assisted by two vicious…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/its-trump-who-needs-to-be-deterred-from-war-not-iran/

AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: Queens
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta | thenation.com | 2019-07-24
Celisa Calacal, Acacia Handel, Molly Minta AOC Went Back to Where She Came From: Queens.
thenation.com/article/aoc-queens-immigration-ice-queens/

Suicide Attack in Somalia: Mayor Wounded, Officials killed
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
At least six people were killed and the mayor of Mogadish, Abdirahman Omar Osman, wounded Wednesday in a suicide bomb attack, during a meeting in the mayor\'s office, according to officials. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on \'Black Hawk Down\' Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media\'s Lies | \"The mayor was wounded in the b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Suicide-Attack-in-Somalia-Mayor-Wounded-Officials-killed–20190724-0024.html

Ghana: Wildcat Gold Miners Perish From Mercury Seeking Riches
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Mercury is killing the wildcat miners in Ghana to feed the need in the UAE (United Arab Emirates). | RELATED: | Ghana: May Day Protesters Plead for Pension Reform | A Reuters special report finds that since 2003, the UAE has importing about US$10.6 billion worth of illicitly-mined Ghanaian gold, meaning it was excavated by wildcat miners who, as they go for gold (and a decent wage) they poison the environment and themselves. | Mercury takes over: | Miners inhale fumes from explosives use…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ghana-Wildcat-Gold-Miners-Perish-From-Mercury-Seeking-Riches–20190724-0028.html

Noam Chomsky: To Make the US a Democracy, the Constitution Itself Must Change
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Why do so many people in the U.S. today find Trump\'s racist rants and authoritarian mindset appealing? What are the political checks and balances — or lack thereof — that can ward off the impact of the Republican leadership\'s disastrous policies? Is a constitutional crisis on its way? And how do we face the consequences of an administration that is essentially competing for the title of most dangerous organization in human history? In this exclusive Truthout interview, Emeri…
truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-to-make-the-us-a-democracy-the-constitution-itself-must-change/

WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society\'s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble, and, as a confederacy of strewn dunces and the ongoing compromised, is ripe for analysis. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/wikileaks-julian-assange-and-decoding-the-national-security-commentariat/

Global Research: Information and Analysis for Societal Change
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
Global Research is a small team that believes in the power of information and analysis to bring about far-reaching societal change.With tensions mounting all over the world, we are more committed than ever to the struggle for Peace and the …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-information-and-analysis-for-societal-change/5684443

Trump Will Soon Obliterate the Right to Asylum
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
This piece first appeared on Truthout. | Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has effectuated 600 unilateral changes in immigration policy, more than any president in recent memory. | Pursuant to its \" zero tolerance policy,\" the administration arrested undocumented immigrants who cross…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-will-soon-obliterate-the-right-to-asylum/

Ghana: Wildcat Gold Miners Perish From Mercury Seeking Riches
teleSUR-EF-mrs | telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Mercury is killing the wildcat miners in Ghana to feed the need in the UAE (United Arab Emirates.) | RELATED: | Ghana: May Day Protesters Plead for Pension Reform | A Reuters special report finds that since 2003, the UAE has importing about US$10.6 billion worth of illicitly-mined Ghanaian gold, meaning it was excavated by wildcat miners who, as they go for gold (and a decent wage) they poison the environment and themselves. | Mercury takes over: | Miners inhale fumes from explosives use…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ghana-Wildcat-Gold-Miners-Perish-From-Mercury-Seeking-Riches–20190724-0028.html

Joe Biden\'s New Foreign Policy Adviser Supported Iraq War and Dubbed Edward Snowden a \"Traitor\"
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-07-24
Nicholas Burns worked under presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush before leaving public service and becoming a lobbyist.
theintercept.com/2019/07/24/joe-biden-nicholas-burns-foreign-policy/

Eventually, We Will All Be Climate Refugees
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| While I was in Iraq reporting on the occupation from 2003 to 2013, the man who was my primary interpreter was named Harb. Harb\'s son miraculously managed to escape war-torn Baghdad and move to the U.S. with his wife and children. Both doctors, the courageous couple has managed to create a safe home and life for themselves and their children, along with Harb\'s wife. (Harb is now deceased.) They live in Tampa, Florida. | My head swims while pondering the multilayered irony of Harb and his family. They all had to flee Bag…
truthout.org/articles/eventually-we-will-all-be-climate-refugees/

Trump Says He Could Kill 10 Million People, Wipe Afghanistan Off Face of the Earth
Jake Johnson | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-24
\"I have plans on Afghanistan that, if I wanted to win that war, Afghanistan would be wiped off the face of the Earth.\"
theantimedia.com/trump-kill-10-million-people-afghanistan/

Trump\'s Demented Foreign Policy: How to Kill Ten Million Afghans and Not Win
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
\"We\'re like policemen. We\'re not fighting a war. If we wanted to fight a war in Afghanistan and win it, I could win that war in a week. But I don\'t want to kill 10 million people. Afghanistan could be …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-demented-foreign-policy-how-to-kill-ten-million-afghans-and-not-win/5684477

14th Latin American Film Festival Starts in Sao Paulo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
The 14th Latin American Film Festival of Sao Paulo, one of the largest exhibitions of the region\'s film industry, kicked off Wednesday and for seven days, until July 31, will exhibit a record of 148 films from 17 countries. | RELATED: | Brazilian Film Wins Prestigious Award at Cannes, \'Sends a Message of Hope\' | \"This is another important showcase for national cinema, the festival promotes cultural exchange between Brazil and neighboring countries, highlighting the bes…
telesurenglish.net/news/14th-Latin-American-Film-Festival-Starts-in-Sao-Paulo-20190724-0017.html

14th Latin American Film Festival Starts in Sao Paulo
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
The 14th Latin American Film Festival of Sao Paulo, one of the largest exhibitions of the region\'s film industry, kicked off Wednesday and for seven days, until July 31, will exhibit a record of 148 films from 17 countries. | RELATED: | Brazilian Film Wins Prestigious Award at Cannes, \'Sends a Message of Hope\' | \"This is another important showcase for national cinema, the festival promotes cultural exchange between Brazil and neighboring countries, highlighting the bes…
telesurenglish.net/news/14th-Latin-American-Film-Festival-Starts-in-Sao-Paulo-20190724-0017.html

Insects Replace Pesticides in Spain\'s \'Sea of Plastic\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
\"They work for me night and day,\" smiles Antonio Zamora, standing in his greenhouse. His minuscule employees are bugs that feed on the parasites threatening his peppers. | RELATED: | Brazil Increased Harmful Pesticides Since Bolsonaro Took Power | Zamora, like most of his colleagues, no longer sprays his crops with pesticides, instead hanging small bags of mites on the plants, leaving them to attack parasites while sparing his produce. | He owns two hectares in the so-called \"
telesurenglish.net/news/Insects-Replace-Pesticides-in-Spains-Sea-of-Plastic-20190724-0022.html

Maduro Declares Army Drills to Defend Venezuelan Sovereignty
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
To mark the birthday of Simon Bolivar, President Nicolas Maduro announced the start of new military exercises so as to strengthen the country\'s efforts to defend their sovereignty, amid increasing U.S. aggression. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces New Incursion by US Aircraft | \"I give the order for the start of the Simon Bolivar Liberation Campaign Military Exercises 2019, operations for the defense of our seas, our rivers, our airspace and the entire territory of the Bolivarian Republic of…
telesurenglish.net/news/On-Simon-Bolivars-Birthday-Maduro-Announces-Military-Exercises-to-Defend-Venezuelan-Sovereignty-20190724-0009.html

The Arctic has been burning for nearly two months and, yes, it\'s because of climate breakdown
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-07-24
The Arctic is on fire. Forests and peatland are burning across Siberia, Greenland and Alaska. And the cause of these \"unprecedented\" events is clear. | Years of carbon within months: | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said wildfires began at the start of June. And b…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/07/24/the-arctic-has-been-burning-for-nearly-two-months-and-yes-its-because-of-climate-breakdown/

Russiagate: the Cherry on Top
Michael Doliner | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
How about Russiagate, dude? It doesn\'t get much better than that. The whole thing is a carpet of smoke under which to kick the contents of the purloined DNC e-mails. If just one so-called MSM journalist took a gander at those digital pearls he might have twigged that the DNC took a dump on its…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/russiagate-the-cherry-on-top/

The US-NATO Military Alliance Continues Confrontation Along Russia\'s Borders
Brian Cloughley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
The Pentagon and its sub-office in Brussels, HQ NATO, in its new billion dollar building, are intent on maintaining military pressure around the globe. The US itself is much more widely spread, having bases tentacled from continent to continent, with …
globalresearch.ca/the-us-nato-military-alliance-continues-confrontation-along-russias-borders/5684493

Mueller Hearing: Trump Would be Indicted if He Weren\'t President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday told a U.S. congressional hearing he had not exonerated President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and indicated he would have sought his indictment were it not for a Justice Department policy against bringing charges against a sitting president. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | Democratic Representative Ted Lieu asked Mueller if the reason he did not bring a criminal indictment agains…
telesurenglish.net/news/united-states-mueller-congress-hearing-donald-trump-impeachment-20190724-0011.html

Losing Military Supremacy: The Myopia of American Strategic Planning
Bryant Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-24
At a time when Russiaphobia is increasing in the United States, the thought that the US could be losing the arms race is far from what most Americans believe. Their dramatic game day fly pasts, hand over the heart anthems …
globalresearch.ca/losing-military-supremacy-the-myopia-of-american-strategic-planning/5684449

WATCH: Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Testifies on Capitol Hill
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-07-24
| Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller is testifying on Capitol Hill today for the first time about his investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential elections.
truthout.org/video/watch-former-special-counsel-robert-mueller-testifies-on-capitol-hill/

Mueller: I Did Not Clear Trump of Obstruction of Justice
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — Robert Mueller on Wednesday bluntly dismissed President Donald Trump\'s claims of total exoneration in the federal probe of Russia\'s 2016 election interference. The former special counsel told Congress he explicitly did not clear the president of obstructing his investigation. | The televised Capitol Hill appearance, Mueller\'s first since wrapping his two-year Russia probe last spring, unfolded at a moment of deep divisions in the country, with many Americans hardened in their opinions about the success of Donald…
truthdig.com/articles/mueller-i-did-not-clear-trump-of-obstruction-of-justice/

Russiagate: the Cherry on Top
Michael Doliner | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
How about Russiagate, dude? It doesn\'t get much better than that. The whole thing is a carpet of smoke under which to kick the contents of the purloined DNC e-mails. If just one so-called MSM journalist took a gander at those digital pearls he might have twigged that the DNC took a dump on its…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/russiagate-the-cherry-on-top/

Democrats to Seek More Russia Probe Information
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-24
WASHINGTON — The Latest on former special counsel Robert Mueller\'s congressional testimony on the Russia probe (all times local): | 6: 35 p.m. | House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says his panel will file lawsuits this week to obtain more information about special counsel Robert Mueller\'s report and to enforce a subpoena against former White House counsel Donald McGahn. | Democrats have been preparing the lawsuits for weeks and were waiting until after Mueller\'s testimony on Wednesday. They will seek to obtain secret grand jury…
truthdig.com/articles/mueller-raises-alarm-on-russian-interference/

Mueller Hearing: Trump Would be Indicted if He Weren\'t President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller Wednesday told a U.S. congressional hearing he had not exonerated President Donald Trump of obstruction of justice and indicated he would have sought his indictment were it not for a Justice Department policy against bringing charges against a sitting president. | RELATED: | Chomsky: Fixation on Russia May Have Handed Trump a 2020 Win | Democratic Representative Ted Lieu asked Mueller if the reason he did not bring a criminal indictment agains…
telesurenglish.net/news/united-states-mueller-congress-hearing-donald-trump-impeachment-20190724-0011.html

Local is Our Future
Helena Norberg-Hodge | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
For our species to have a future, it must be local. The good news is that the path to such a future is already being forged. Away from the screens of the mainstream media, the crude \'bigger is better\' narrative that has dominated economic thinking for centuries is being challenged by a much gentler, more…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/local-is-our-future/

The UK Media\'s Spurious Campaign Against Labour \"Antisemitism\"
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
While I was in London recently, the BBC programme Panorama aired a supposed exposé on Labour\'s \"antisemitism crisis\". In the Panorama programme, titled \"Is Labour Anti-Semitic?\", a series of whistleblowers formerly employed by the Labour party accused the party\'s leadership of failing to tackle antisemitism within its ranks.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/the-uk-medias-spurious-campaign-against-labour-antisemitism/

A Whale of a Time on the California Coast
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
With stones, rocks, flowers, chants, songs and their own bodies, about 200 mourners gathered on a recent Saturday morning at Dillon Beach–near the border that separates Marin from Sonoma Counties–to commemorate the death this year of at least 70 Gray Whales, all stranded on the shore and visible at low tide. At Dillon Beach, the…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/a-whale-of-a-time-on-the-california-coast/

Why Indigenous Lives Should Matter
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
In the United States, we live in a \"post-genocide\" society, whether or not we are cognizant of this fact or not. What do I mean by that? In order for the United States to have fulfilled its so-called \"Manifest Destiny\"–the divine right to conquer the lands west of the Mississippi River–we needed to wipe out…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/why-indigenous-lives-should-matter/

Democratic Party Dilemmas
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The rise to power of Donald Trump destroyed the traditional Republican Party. Most of the moderate conservatives fled into the ranks of the independents and were replaced by a radical right amalgamation of racists, misogynists, conspiracy theorists, assorted \"tea party\" types and warmongers. In the background also exists support from religious fundamentalists yearning for Armageddon.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/democratic-party-dilemmas/

The Parable of the Flax Seed
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
The Parable of the Flax Seed Slick, black flax seed In your teeth — get your toothpick pick it free And stick it in a small, wet hole — In deep black loam to bloom and grow In purple flowered fields of flax And strip and weave these into slacks — For linen\'s coolest these…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/the-parable-of-the-flax-seed/

A Discomforting Letter From a Comfortable Town
Marc Levy | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
Once, on a good day in a bad war, as we lay in wait, four young men, unsuspecting of what lay ahead, walked into the perfect ambush, and we took no casualties. After we scavenged the bodies for souvenirs, silently, we marched away. An hour later, a colonel had eight gallons of ice cream flown out to us by chopper, and like children, we sheltered beneath the jungle canopy and devoured the rare treat, knowing the enemy could not harm us.
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/a-discomforting-letter-from-a-comfortable-town/

Why Indigenous Lives Should Matter
J.P. Linstroth | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
In the United States, we live in a \"post-genocide\" society, whether or not we are cognizant of this fact or not. What do I mean by that? In order for the United States to have fulfilled its so-called \"Manifest Destiny\"–the divine right to conquer the lands west of the Mississippi River–we needed to wipe out…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/why-indigenous-lives-should-matter/

This London Firm Helps the Wealthy Hide Assets — or Steal Them. Luckily We Have 15 Years of Their Client Communications
Barrett Brown | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-24
It is my cheerful duty to announce the acquisition of around 85 gigabytes of leaked emails, phone calls, faxes, and other documents originating from the London-based tax shelter firm Formations House, best known to the public for the assortment of often colorful scandals involving such figures as former Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych, and best known to the global kleptocracy as a cheap and discreet option by which to avoid taxes or steal them altogether. These materials, which cover fifteen years from the company\'s founding in 2001, were recently obtained by Distributed Denial of Secrets, the transparency o…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/24/this-london-firm-helps-the-wealthy-hide-assets-or-steal-them-luckily-we-have-15-years-of-their-client-communications/

Whitewashing American History: the WPA Mural Controversy in San Francisco
Jack Heyman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
There has a been a controversy percolating the last couple of years over protests against the \"Life of Washington\" murals painted in 1935-36 by Works Progress Administration (WPA) artist Victor Arnautoff that are on display at George Washington High School in San Francisco. These murals dared to challenge the patriotic stereotype of Washington, instead portraying…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/whitewashing-american-history-the-wpa-mural-controversy-in-san-francisco/

Why Boris Johnson is Even More Dangerous Than Trump
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Is the rise of Boris Johnson to be the next prime minister the product of a soft coup? Does Donald Trump\'s racist demonisation of four non-white congress members prove him to be a \"fascist\" leader like Mussolini and Hitler? The two questions should be answered together because political developments in Britain tend to emulate those in the US,…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/why-boris-johnson-is-even-more-dangerous-than-trump/

Minnesota, White People, Lutherans and Ilhan Omar
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Interesting that Trump\'s current opportunistic vilification campaign focuses on a congresswoman from Minnesota. My late mother was from Minnesota. Daughter of an immigrant Swedish father and a mother born of Norwegian immigrants, she had a kind of Ingrid Bergman look. The hospital record describes her as \"comely\" (as though this were a technical term) at…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/minnesota-white-people-lutherans-and-ilhan-omar/

Assange and His Wiki Wicked leaks
John Kendall Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
\"But all the same,\" insisted the Savage, \"it is natural to believe in God when you\'re alone–quite alone, in the night, thinking about death…\" \"But people never are alone now,\" said Mustapha Mond. \"We make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it\'s almost impossible for them ever to have it.\" Brave…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/assange-and-his-wiki-wicked-leaks/

US Sanctions Chinese State-Run Energy Company Over Iranian Oil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
The Trump administration announced on Monday that they were sanctioning the Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd. for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran\'s oil sector. | RELATED: | Iran Says Arrested 17 CIA Spies, Some Sentenced to Death | The announcement, which was made by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, addressed the prohibition of Iranian oil without a waiver provided by Washington. | \"We\'ve said that we will sanction any sanctionable behavio…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Sanctions-Chinese-State-Run-Energy-Company-Over-Iranian-Oil-20190723-0003.html

How John Bolton Tricked Clueless UK Tories Into Confrontation With Iran
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-07-23
National security advisor John Bolton has tricked London into an adversarial posture toward Iran, with ratcheting tensions. And that is a big win for Iran War hawks around Trump. (Photo: Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/oil_0_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/07/23/how-john-bolton-tricked-clueless-uk-tories-confrontation-iran?cd-origin=rss

Trump Cannot Declare War–Especially on Iran–Without Congress
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
Trump Cannot Declare War–Especially on Iran–Without Congress…
thenation.com/article/khanna-trump-war-iran-congress/

Non-Aligned Movement Condemns US Sanctions Against Venezuela
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
The 120-member movement held a ministerial meeting in Caracas as a US spy jet reportedly violated Venezuelan airspace.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14596

Nationwide Blackout in Venezuela, Third since March — VA\'s on the Ground Coverage Affected
venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-07-23
A government communique states that the probable cause was an \"electromagnetic attack.\"
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14595

\"Electromagnetic Attack\" Sparks Massive Blackouts Across Venezuela
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-07-23
(ZH) — Widespread power blackouts were first reported on Monday evening across 15 Venezuelan states and Caracas, as per a report from Reuters Caracas newsroom. Central #Caracas (#Chacao) right now #apagón #blackout #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/6Pvp3QdPPW — Adriano Mérola Marotta (@AdrianoMerola) July 22, 2019 Venezuelan information minister Jorge Rodrigues said an \"electromagnetic attack caused the nationwide blackout\" and power companies along with …
theantimedia.com/electromagnetic-attack-blackouts-venezuela/

Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law
Tim Weiner | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
Mueller Gave Congress All It Needs to Defend the Rule of Law…
thenation.com/article/mueller-report-congress-barr/

Peckerwood Populism is About Political Strategy, Not Personal Belief
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
The controversy around President Donald Trump\'s recent tweets targeting \"The Squad\" — four Democratic members of Congress who are all women, all people \"of color,\" and all of whom Trump seems to think aren\'t \"from America\" (one came from Somalia as a young woman and became a US citizen at 17; the rest are…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/peckerwood-populism-is-about-political-strategy-not-personal-belief/

Lunar Narratives: Landing on the Moon, Politics and the Cold War
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Anniversaries are occasions to distort records. The intoxicated recounting of the past faces a record in need of correction. Couples long married hide their differences before guests. Creases are covered; the make-up is applied generously. Defects become virtues, if, indeed they were ever there to begin with. In historical commemoration, the same is true. The…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/lunar-narratives-landing-on-the-moon-politics-and-the-cold-war/

The American West as Judeo-Christian Artifact
Christopher Ketcham | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
I. It is fair to say that most people in the modern world regard nature as a collection of \"resources\" that exist solely for our aggrandizement. Even the foremost putative \"progressives\" now on the national stage (Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, et al.) argue that we should continue to exploit resources to keep the capitalist growth…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/the-american-west-as-judeo-christian-artifact/

What Has Happened to the U.S. Since the Kids Left Woodstock?
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
A next-door neighbor recently said that she can\'t remember much about being at Woodstock, although she was there. I watched from afar at a camp for disabled kids near New London, Connecticut. I was a kind of cultural voyeur, looking on jealously at the photographs on the covers of major weekly magazines. For many of…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/what-has-happened-to-the-u-s-since-the-kids-left-woodstock/

Free La Donalda!
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
The Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about, and shouting, \"Off with his head!\" or \"Off with her head!\" about once in a minute. For whom sleep is possible comes a measure of solace, only to awaken each day to a nightmare that far exceeds anything our dreamscapes can manufacture. It\'s not…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/free-la-donalda/

The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Aidan Smith | thenation.com | 2019-07-23
The Overlooked Difference Between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren…
thenation.com/article/the-overlooked-difference-between-bernie-sanders-and-elizabeth-warren/

U.S. economic warfare and likely foreign defenses
Saul Foster | mronline.org | 2019-07-23
Keynote Paper delivered at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, July 21, 2019. Today\'s world is at war on many fronts. The rules of international law and order put in place toward the end of World War II are being broken by U.S. foreign policy escalating its confrontation with countries that […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/23/u-s-economic-warfare-and-likely-foreign-defenses/

Through the Climate Looking Glass into Grizzly Wonderland
David Mattson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Strangely enough, grizzly bear researchers and managers seem to have integrated a faith-based version of climate-change-denial into their collective world view. In fact, these ostensibly well-educated men and women bring to mind well-schooled ecclesiastics professing a belief system:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/through-the-climate-looking-glass-into-grizzly-wonderland/

\"How Could They?\" Why Some Americans Were Drawn to the Communist Party in the 1940s
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-23
Kevin Baker, reviewing \"A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father\" by David Maraniss for the New York Times, asks \"…what were his parents, and especially his father, doing in the Communist Party in the first place?…\" This moved me to ask myself the same question: How in the world could I too…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/23/how-could-they-why-some-americans-were-drawn-to-the-communist-party-in-the-1940s/

Black helicopters over DC? Pentagon accidentally reveals \'classified\' domestic Black Hawk mission
rt.com | 2019-07-23
The US Army apparently plans to swarm the nation\'s capital region with Black Hawk helicopters as part of an ongoing \"classified flight mission\" that the Pentagon accidentally exposed while requesting funds from Congress. | …
rt.com/usa/464805-pentagon-reveals-black-hawk-dc/

March of the Uyghurs
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-23
Important note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great majority of followers of Sunni Islam are peaceful people. This work is addressing terrible problems related to extremism and terrorism, most of them crafted and then fueled …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/march-of-the-uyghurs/

How the pharmaceutical companies, Congress and the DEA made the opioid epidemic a billion-dollar industry
wsws.org | 2019-07-23
Previously undisclosed government information shows how drug manufacturers and distributors responded to the emerging opioid epidemic by pumping more pills into the hardest-hit regions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/23/pers-j23.html

Uncertainty Looms Over Boris Johnson\'s Response to Iranian Seizure of British Tanker
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-23
Could Trump and Bolton push Britain out of the Iran nuclear treaty? Eksandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi discusses whether Boris Johnson could act as the U.S.\'s errand boy if he assumes power as prime minister…
therealnews.com/stories/uncertainty-looms-over-boris-johnsons-response-to-iranian-seizure-of-british-tanker

Iran accuses 17 of spying for CIA as tensions escalate
wsws.org | 2019-07-23
Iran\'s arrest of 17 alleged CIA agents follows weeks of intense US pressure that brought the Trump administration within 10 minutes of bombing raids.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/07/23/iran-j23.html

India Denies Trump\'s Claim About Mediating Kashmir Dispute
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-23
India has firmly denied U.S. President Donald Trump\'s claims that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had asked him to help mediate with Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir, saying there could be no talks until Pakistan ended cross-border terrorism. | RELATED: | India Flood Victims Hungry, Desperate: \'Nobody Cares About Us\' | Trump said on Monday that Modi had asked him to help resolve the decades-old dispute over the Himalayan region that has been the heart of two of three wa…
telesurenglish.net/news/India-Denies-Trumps-Claim-About-Mediating-Kashmir-Dispute-20190723-0001.html

Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty in Mozambique Loan Scandal
Kate Zeller | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
On Friday, former Credit Suisse banker Andrew Pearse pled guilty in US Federal Court for accepting millions of dollars in a fraud scheme that led to a $2 billion Mozambique loan scandal and debt crisis in the East African country.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/22/18824914.php

Peace Strike for Climate & Amazon Rainforest in State Capital
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
California State Capitol Museum, West Steps | 1315 10th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/19/18824857.php

California Has Its Faults
Michael Steinberg | indybay.org | 2019-07-23
Two big recent earthquakes shook up all things nuclear in the state, and beyond too…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/22/18824915.php

Cuba witnesses Nation\'s first transgender marriage
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-23
Cuba witnessed the nation\'s first transgender legal union this week when a couple was married at the Palace of Marriages of San Francisno de Paula in Havana, the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) reports. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/23/cuba-witnesses-nations-first-transgender-marriage/

A powerful protest highlights the ongoing tragedy of DWP deaths
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-07-22
On 22 July, disability rights activists staged a peaceful protest outside the head office of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) in London. The action drew attention to the rising number of deaths as a result of DWP benefit cuts. Ahead of the protest, artist and activist Dolly Sen wrote to Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt to draw attention to this situation. Both failed to respond. | \"Broken Hearts for the DWP\":…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/22/a-powerful-protest-highlights-the-ongoing-tragedy-of-dwp-deaths/

U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
The First Gulf War back in 1990 was a big huge success. One of the things it accomplished was a major U.S. troop presence in Saudi Arabia. Muslims around the world were outraged. Bombs were repeatedly set off at Khobar Towers where troops were stationed. In 1998 Osama Bin Laden declared:…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/22/u-s-troops-back-in-saudi-arabia-what-could-go-wrong/

Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
\"If there isn\'t justice for the people, there won\'t be peace for the governor.\" Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/rising-resistance-and-solidarity-in-the-americas/

Trump Expands Fast-Track Deportation Authority Across U.S
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-07-22
SAN DIEGO — The Trump administration announced Monday that it will vastly expand the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without allowing them to appear before judges, its second major policy shift on immigration in eight days. | Starting Tuesday, fast-track deportations can apply to anyone in the country illegally for less than two years. Previously, those deportations were largely limited to people arrested almost immediately after crossing the Mexican border. | Kevin McAleenan, the acting Homeland Security secretary, portrayed the nationwide extension of \"expedited removal\" authority as…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-expands-fast-track-deportation-authority-across-u-s/

Anglo-Persian Confrontation. Britain\'s Impounding of Iran\'s Grace Supertanker. Former UK Foreign Minister on Britain\'s \"Mistreatment of Iran\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
On Sunday, former Labor Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote a London Daily Mail op-ed on why Iranians will never trust Brits. | The same goes for their US counterparts Straw didn\'t address in his opinion piece. More on this below. | ***…
globalresearch.ca/former-uk-foreign-minister-britains-mistreatment-iran/5684286

WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and Decoding the National Security Commentariat
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
The Fourth Estate, that historical unelected grouping of society\'s scrutineers, has become something of a rabble. An essential premise in the work of WikiLeaks was demonstrating, to a good, stone-throwing degree, how media figures and practitioners had been bought by …
globalresearch.ca/wikileaks-julian-assange-decoding-national-security-commentariat/5684300

Never Again: What about the Palestinians?
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
concentration camp: a guarded compound for the detention or imprisonment of aliens, members of ethnic minorities, political opponents, etc., especially any of the camps established by the Nazis prior to and during World War II for the confinement and persecution of prisoners.1 The people seeking a new life in the United States are mainly an …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/never-again-what-about-the-palestinians/

\"You a U.S. Citizen?\": Traveling under the watchful eye of the Border Patrol
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
People\'s World correspondent Al Neal is in the field reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump\'s \"border crisis.\" You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration\'s immigration policies as well as U.S. foreign …
peoplesworld.org/article/you-a-u-s-citizen-traveling-under-the-watchful-eye-of-the-border-patrol/

Popular Chilean Mayor Questions Omissions in Bachelet Report
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
One of Chile\'s most popular politicians and the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue, questioned the report from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on Venezuela because the former Chilean President \"said nothing about the coup attempts that she supported.\" | \"Both in her first and second government, the foreign ministers of President Bachelet attempted against democracy and against the Venezuelan process. Nothing different could be expected from a report from the commissioner, \"Jadue said in an interview with La Tercera newspaper. | REL…
telesurenglish.net/news/Popular-Chilean-Mayor-Questions-Omissions-in-Bachelet-Report-20190722-0021.html

Pentagon Angst over China-Russia Strategic Unity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Sino/Russian unity represents a vital anti-imperial alliance. A DOD/Pentagon white paper called Russia a strategic US threat, especially united with China. | NYT editors addressed the issue, falsely calling both countries \"adversaries.\" Indeed they\'re \"growing closer,\" both nations portrayed as strategic …
globalresearch.ca/dod-pentagon-angst-sino-russian-unity/5684282

The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster
Dave Zirin, Jules Boykoff | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
The 2020 Olympics Are Likely to Be a Disaster…
thenation.com/article/tokyo-okotowari-olympics-protest/

\'Close the camps!\': Protesters march against Trump\'s plan to imprison migrant kids at site of Japanese, Indigenous incarceration
Andrea Germanos | nationofchange.org | 2019-07-22
Fort Sill was the site of one of the nation\'s Japanese American internment camps during World War II, decades after it was the site of imprisoned native communities.
nationofchange.org/2019/07/22/close-the-camps-protesters-march-against-trumps-plan-to-imprison-migrant-kids-at-site-of-japanese-indigenous-incarceration/

Powerful Explosion Hits Somalian Capital, Gunfire Reported
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
A powerful explosion was heard inside the Somalian capital city of Mogadishu on Monday morning, prompting local civil defense units to quickly emerge on the scene. | RELATED: | Ilhan Omar Was Right on \'Black Hawk Down\' Events in Somalia Despite Right-wing Media\'s Lies | Following the explosion, the Mogadishu police forces told the Reuters News Agency that heavy gunfire was heard in the vicinity of the explosion. | No one immediately claimed responsibi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Powerful-Explosion-Hits-Somalian-Capital-Gunfire-Reported-20190722-0003.html

Protests Called Against Murder of Colombian Social Leaders
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-22
The Defenders of Peace Movement said Monday that in the last one month at least 10 social leaders were killed in Colombia and called for an international march on July 26 in protest of the murders. | RELATED: | Colombia: Revered Social Leader and Activist Killed in Colombia | \"We invite all citizens to walk with us and make a presence in the events scheduled for that day for the life of those who defend life and peace in the territories,\" the organization said in a statement.
telesurenglish.net/news/Worldwide-Protests-Called-Against-Murder-of-Colombian-Social-Leaders-20190722-0010.html

UN peacekeeping in Mali boosted with addition of 250 UK troops
United Nations | un.org | 2019-07-22
The United Kingdom is to send a contingent of 250 troops to Mali next year, to support the UN\'s peacekeeping operation in the country, MINUSMA.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/07/1042991

American Visitors to the Gestapo Museum Draw Their Own Conclusions
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
The words would melt a heart of stone — save for those of the Gestapo torturers upstairs. The prisoners wrote their stories, their poems, their last pre-execution laments on the walls of their cells — which you can still read in the basement of the old Nazi secret police headquarters in Cologne. I spent hours…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/22/american-visitors-to-the-gestapo-museum-draw-their-own-conclusions/

The \"Battle of Seattle\" and the Anti-globalization Movement
Rossen Vassilev Jr. | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-22
Next November will mark the 20th anniversary since the so-called \"Battle of Seattle.\" It refers to the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference held at Seattle, WA, in late 1999, which became the scene of widely-reported protest …
globalresearch.ca/the-battle-of-seattle-and-the-anti-globalization-movement/5684265

Omar and Trump
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-22
\"Send her back! Send her back! Send her back!\" What preceded the now-infamous 13 seconds in which the president, frowning and nodding, listened to the mob chant? \"Ilhan Omar,\" Trump had thundered, \"has a history of launching vicious anti-Semitic screeds!\" Well, then, thought the North Carolina rabble, Get her out of here! Send her back…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/22/omar-and-trump/

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\'s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance
Samuel Thrope | thenation.com | 2019-07-22
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad\'s Bizarre Bid for Political Relevance…
thenation.com/article/ahmadinejad-iran-trump-antisemitism-nuclear/

Iran says Britain acts at U.S. behest in ship seizure standoff
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-22
The ongoing standoff in the Persian Gulf witnessed a significant escalation this weekend after Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards targeted two vessels in the area around the Strait of Hormuz. The events come five days after the MT Riah, a Panamanian-flagged and UAE-based tanker, was detained after straying into Iranian waters. It has transpired that the vessel …
peoplesworld.org/article/iran-says-britain-acts-at-u-s-behest-in-ship-seizure-standoff/