SEPTEMBER
1 THROUGH 11
 September
11, 2019 The
Best Movie Ever Made About the Truth Behind the Iraq War Is “Official Secrets”
Intercept
 The
Madness of James Mattis. TruthDig
“These
Negotiations Have Not Been About the Afghan People”: Trump Calls Off Peace
Talks with Taliban. DemocracyNow
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BAIT Trump
Attempts To Ease Tensions With Jewish Community By Noting He Also Would've Murdered
Christ. >
Go Democrats
Launch New ‘Listen Up, Hayseeds’ Campaign To Connect With Rural Voters.
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Go Pentagon
Awards Oscar Mayer $102 Million Contract For New Military-Grade Hot Dog With All
The Fixings >
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Unqualified
And Ideological: A Guide To Trump’s Worst Judges. ... If you care about women’s
rights, LGBTQ rights or voting rights — or about judges being fit to serve
— you oughta read this. HuffPost
Predator
of Our Public Lands. CounterPunch
CAP
Scraps ThinkProgress Relaunch After Firing Union Staffers. ... Center for American
Progress accused of union busting. Washington
Free Beacon Chris
Hedges on What it Takes to be a Rebel in Modern Times. YouTube
Why
western liberals have long picked the wrong historical hero. ... A newly discovered
text shows how the battles of the past are still being fought today. Guardian
The
Debates Are Too Important To Be in the Hands of Corporate Media and the DNC. ...
We need independently run debates that put substantive policy discussion first.
In
These Times Treasure
Island: Leak Reveals How Mauritius Siphons Tax From Poor Nations to Benefit Elites.
... Based on 200,000 files, Mauritius Leaks exposes a sophisticated system that
diverts tax revenue from poor nations back to the coffers of Western corporations
and African oligarchs. ICU
September
10, 2019 The
Capitalists Are Afraid. ... Capitalists seek to maximize profits and reduce the
cost of labor. This sums up capitalism at its core. It is defined by these immutable
objectives. It is not about democracy. It is not, as has been claimed, about wealth
creation for the working class. It has nothing to do with freedom. TruthDig/Hedges
The
Most Consequential Whistleblower Who Wasn't. TruthDig
Joe
Biden’s New Foreign Policy Adviser Supported Iraq War and Dubbed Edward Snowden
a “Traitor”
Intercept US
'Complicit in This Nightmare,' Says Sanders, After Trump-Backed Saudi Coalition
Kills Over 100 in Bombing of Yemeni Prison. ... "Congress has declared this
war unconstitutional. We must now stand up to Trump and defund all U.S. involvement
in these horrors." CommonDreams
Related:
'Endemic Impunity': UN Report on Yemen Says United States, France, and
Britain May Be Complicit in War Crimes .... "Five years into the conflict,
violations against Yemeni civilians continue unabated, with total disregard for
the plight of the people and a lack of international action to hold parties to
the conflict accountable."
CommonDreams
No Joe:
On Character, Quality and Authenticity. CounterPunch
We
Are Living in the Wreckage of the War on Terror . TruthDig
Ohio
Set To Remove More Than 200,000 People From Its Voter Rolls. ... Voting rights
groups want the state to pause the removals, noting that thousands of eligible
voters are at risk of having their voter registrations canceled. HuffPost
Secret
Terrorism Watchlist Found Unconstitutional in Historic Decision. Intercept
FBI
Tracking of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo Foreshadowed Future Abuses. TruthOut
Two
states admit bulk interception practices: why does it matter? Privacy
International
September
9, 2019 Mugabe
and the Continuing White Supremacist Narrative. Craig
Murray Progressives
Can't Play Nice With Democrats Anymore. TruthDig
Embassy
insider exposes CNN lies about Julian Assange. The
Gray Zone
Ralph
Nader: Chuck Todd Is Everything Wrong With U.S. Media. TruthDig
Climate
deniers get more airtime than experts. ... There's fairness, and then there's
craziness.
Big
Think Trump
Silences Tlaib and Omar for Revealing Human Toll of Occupation. TruthOut
Here’s
How Much the Democratic Party Charges to Be on Each House Committee. Intercept
Koch’s
America: the Rule of the New Robber Baron. CounterPunch
Petition
for Official International Observers for Next Scottish Independence Referendum. Craig
Murray After
Climate Forum, Biden Heads to a Fundraiser Co-Hosted by a Fossil Fuel Executive.
Intercept
Donald
Trump is Marching America Towards Fascism. ... nd Republicans Remain in
Lockstep with Their Leader Use
Journal Nearly
2 Million People in India Could Lose Citizenship in Biggest Disenfranchisement
in History. DemocracyNow
Weekend
of September 6-8, 2019 War
Is A Racket: Original Edition - by General Butler ... a marine
general, Butler's classic treatise on why wars are conducted, who profits from
them, and who pays the price. Few people are as qualified as General Butler to
advance the argument encapsulated in his book's sensational title. When "War
is a Racket" was first published in 1935, Butler was the most decorated American
soldier of his time. He had lead several successful military operations in the
Caribbean and in Central America, as well as in Europe during the First World
War. Despite his success and his heroic status, however, Butler came away from
these experiences with a deeply troubled view of both the purpose and the results
of warfare. Amazon
Report
Reveals That 'Like Everything Else' About GOP Tax Scam, Program Purported to Help
the Poor Really 'Just Another Handout to the Rich' ... "But we always knew
that this was going to happen," noted one urban policy expert. "It's
how the bill was written." CommonDreams
Climate
deniers get more airtime than experts
Think
Big Texas’
New Firearms Laws Are a Gift to the Gun Industry. TruthDig
'That
Corruption Needs to End': Biden Urged to Cancel Fundraiser With Fossil Fuel Executive
Day After Climate Crisis Forum. ... "If Biden is serious about taking on
the power of the fossil fuel lobby, why is he going to a fundraiser hosted by
the co-founder of a natural gas company?" CommonDreams
Here’s
How Much the Democratic Party Charges to Be on Each House Committee. Intercept
Revealed:
Georgia Republicans use power of state to suppress minority vote. ... Top Republicans
Brad Raffensperger and David Emadi are issuing subpoenas to opponents without
showing evidence of wrongdoing. Guardian Tennessee
Voting Rights Activists Fight New Registration Restrictions. TruthOut
School
District ‘Secession’ Is Segregation By Another Name. ... Communities
around the country are creating new, whiter districts. HuffPost
U.S.
Journalist & Activist Brandon Lee Shot in Philippines After Being Called “Enemy
of the State”.
DemocracyNow
Inside
al-Hawl camp, the incubator for Islamic State's resurgence. ... Camp for Iraqis
and Syrians fleeing caliphate flooded by families of Isis fighters, brewing deeper
problems. Guardian
How
the U.S. Shattered the Middle East. TruthDig
Pentagon
Begins Plan To Fund Border Wall By Delaying Military Projects. ... About 127 military
construction projects within the U.S. and abroad will be affected by this diversion
of funds to build Trump’s wall along the Mexico border.
HuffPost
Pilots,
Pedophiles, a Lingerie Model, & ‘The Pirate of Prague. Hopsicker
The
Neoliberal Scam: Public Money for Private Playgrounds. TRNN
September
5, 2019 'Always
About the Con': Ocasio-Cortez Says 'Virtually Every' Trump Policy Designed to
Loot Public Coffers and Enrich His Cronies. ... "Since corruption isn't popular
policy, racism works as the cover for the con. That's why addressing racism isn’t
a 'distraction'—it's key to understanding the hustle against working people."
CommonDreams
Wall
Street's Worst Nightmare for 2020 Is Coming True. TruthDig
Yet
Another Trump Tax Scam Has Been Exposed, TruthDig
ENVIRONMENT
UPDATE True
Crimes - Why it’s important to name names when discussing the climate catastrophe.
Wen
Stephenson The
Real Politics of the Planetary Crisis
We are all locked in a battle between
disruptive climate action and predatory delay.
The
Nearly Now Climate
Emergency with Roger Hallam, Extinction Rebellion. RT
video Chris
Hedges on What it Takes to be a Rebel in Modern Times. YouTube
How
Larry Fink, Joe Biden’s Wall Street Ally, Profits From Amazon Cattle Ranching,
a Force Behind Deforestation. Intercept
How
This Brazilian City Became Ground Zero For The Amazon’s Deforestation Crisis
Rampant
corruption, environmental indifference and a thirst for growth helped Brazil ignore
a brewing crisis in Altamira. HuffPost
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US
Sanctions Are Designed to Kill. Jacobin
America’s
Forgotten Bullshit Bombing of Serbia. CounterPunch
Probe
of Missing Georgia Votes Finds Extreme Irregularities in Black Districts. TruthOut
Related: Revealed:
Georgia Republicans use power of state to suppress minority vote. ... Top Republicans
Brad Raffensperger and David Emadi are issuing subpoenas to opponents without
showing evidence of wrongdoing. Guardian
Rami
Khouri: The U.S. Is Erasing “The Palestinian National Reality from Our World”. DemocracyNow
(2018)
Jair Bolsonaro’s Guru. ... Olavo de Carvalho might be the most important
voice in Brazil’s incoming government. And he doesn’t even live there.
Americas
Quarterly
DeVos
Denounced for Student Debt Relief Rule Change That Critics Say 'Takes a Scythe
to Defrauded Borrowers' ... "With this policy overhaul, Secretary DeVos has
cemented her legacy as best friend to predatory colleges and enemy to the students
they rip off." CommonDreams
Texas
Loosens Gun Restrictions One Day After Odessa Mass Shooting. ... Several new laws
going into effect on Sunday will make it easier to carry firearms in public places,
like schools and churches. HuffPost
September
4, 2019 Boris
Johnson Suffers Major Defeat As Conservative MPs Stall No-Deal Brexit. ... Conservative
members of Parliament on Tuesday risked their careers to form a “rebel alliance”
and take the Brexit timetable out of the party leader’s hands. HuffPost
The
Most Important Article You’ll Never Read? How Western Media Support State
Terror, While Millions Die, and How this Article was Killed.
Project
Censored Real
News or Fake News?. ... You can’t make shit like this up. Well, sometimes
you can make shit like this up.... CounterPunch
Border
Patrol Has Killed At Least 97 People Since 2003. Hear Some of Their Victims’
Stories. DemocracyNow
CLICK
BAIT Trump
Disavows Supporters Who Could Barely Keep Racist Chant Going For 10 Seconds.
>
Go Tyson
Foods Sends Cease-And-Desist To Trump For Using Slaughterhouse Recordings As Pump-Up
Anthem At Rallies. >
Go Angela
Merkel pissing herself laughing after sending new boy Boris on errand to get some
elbow grease. >
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From
El Paso to Sarajevo. ... How White Nationalists Have Been Inspired by the Genocide
of Muslims in Bosnia. Intercept
Violent
White Supremacists Threaten Basic Civil Rights - and Our Lives. CounterPunch
How
Animal Researchers Stay Out of the News. CounterPunch
ACTION
ALERT: NYT Presents Murder of a Palestinian Boy as ‘National Trauma’—for
Jewish Israelis FAIR
September
3, 2019 War
Is a Racket. Jacobin
CONCENTRATION
CAMP UPDATE DHS
Blocks House Oversight Staff From Visiting Migrant Detention Centers. ... Oversight
Committee Chair Rep. Elijah Cummings said DHS is blocking staff from visiting
facilities after previous inspections revealed mistreatment of migrants. HuffPost
How
Solitary Confinement Kills: Torture and Stunning Neglect Ends in Suicide at Privately
Run ICE Prison. Intercept
“All-Out
Attack”: Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Policies Target Children, Cancer Patients
& Servicemembers. DemocracyNow
Justice
for José Antonio: Family Demands Accountability for Mexican Teen Killed
by U.S. Border Agent. DemocracyNow
Over
1,100 Congregations Have Agreed to Provide Sanctuary to Migrants. TruthOut
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The
Death of Arms Control TruthDig/Ritter
Bankrupt
and Irrelevant: the Presidential Debates and Four Recent Studies on Pentagon Spending.
CounterPunch NYT
Steers Dems Away From the Obvious Formula for Defeating Trump. FAIR
White
Supremacy Is as American as Apple Pie TruthDig/Sheer
"Scariest
Thing You'll Read All Day": Report Sounds Alarm Over Brain-Reading Technology
and Neurocapitalism. ... "Your brain, the final privacy frontier, may not
be private much longer." CommonDreams
Monsanto
Emails Show Employees Wanted to “Beat the Shit” Out of Concerned Moms. TruthOut
Is
it Cynical to Believe the System is Corrupt?
TRNN
September
2, 2019 Just
Ahead of Labor Day, Trump Floats Tax Cut Condemned as 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy'.
... "Apart from
just sending millionaires checks, it's hard to think of a tax cut more targeted
to the ultra-rich." CommonDreams
Russiagate
skeptics are vindicated, but conspiracy theorists are rewarded (w/ Glenn Greenwald).
Greenwald on Robert Mueller’s disappearance; how Andrew McCabe has become
the latest former US intelligence official to join either CNN and MSNBC; and the
absence of accountability for those behind the “moronic, irrational, baseless,
conspiracist narrative” of Donald Trump as a Russian asset.
The
Gray Zone ENVIRONMENT Cattle
Grazed on Deforested Amazon Land Fatten BlackRock. ... How Larry Fink, Joe Biden’s
Wall Street Ally, Profits From Amazon Cattle Ranching, a Force Behind Deforestation.
Intercept
Tipping
Point: UN Biodiversity Chief Warns Burning of Amazon Could Lead to 'Cascading
Collapse of Natural Systems'. ... "If we don't work together, we are going
to die together." CommonDreams
Trump
Administration To Undo Limits On Methane, Ignoring Environmental Concerns. ...
Even some oil and gas companies oppose the EPA plan to loosen regulation of the
potent greenhouse gas. HuffPost EPA
Moves to Loosen Methane Rules as Trump Opens Alaskan Rainforest TruthOut
Related:
(2018) Unexpected future boost of methane possible from Arctic permafrost
Climate-NASA
Outlook
For The Great Barrier Reef Is Now ‘Very Poor,’ Australian Government
Says
Climate change remains the greatest threat to the Australian natural treasure,
and things are not looking good.. HuffPost
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'Even
Worse Than the DCCC Blacklist': Schumer Accused of Effort to Hamstring Progressives
Trying to Unseat GOP Senators. ... "Schumer is blackballing progressives
in open primaries for GOP-held seats."
CommonDreams
Racial
Inequality Is Rooted in Denial of Home and Land Ownership... The racial wealth
gap in the US is directly linked to the ways in which Blacks were prevented from
home and property ownership, while the government gave whites many opportunities
for such ownership. We discuss the issue with Mehrsa Baradaran, author of "The
Color of Money" TRNN
How
Slavery Shaped American Capitalism. ... The New York Times is right that
slavery made a major contribution to capitalist development in the United States
— just not in the way they imagine.
Jacobin
Trump’s
Corruption Is Now More Brazen Than Ever. ... From his G-7 Doral heist to Bill
Barr’s Christmas Party to steering wall-building contracts to GOP cronies,
it’s grift all the way down. The
Nation For
Incarcerated Workers, Summer Heat Can Be a Death Sentence. In
These Times
Weekend
of August 30 - September 1, 2019 Weekend
Read: American
Nightmare: Facing the Challenge of Fascism - by Henry A. Giroux. As
white supremacy, ultra-nationalism, rabid misogyny and anti-immigrant fervor coalesce,
a new and uniquely American form of fascism looms. Could our current moment actually
bring about the end of democracy in the United States? Are Americans willing to
surrender their freedom and dignity, along with their ongoing struggle for equality,
justice and mutual respect in the face of the rising tide of political and ideological
extremism? Amazon
The Queen’s
Active Role in the Right Wing Coup. Craig
Murray When
Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It’s News. When a Republican Smears
Muslims, There’s Silence. Intercept
Boris
Johnson Crosses the Rubicon: We Must React Now. Craig
Murray The
New Politics of the White (Supremacist) Evangelical Republican Party. CounterPunch
Related:
Conservative Evangelicals Aren’t Hypocrites, They’re Sadists.
Rewire 
THE
KOCH “Kochland”:
How David Koch Helped Build an Empire to Shape U.S. Politics & Thwart Climate
Action. DemocracyNow
The
Koch brothers tried to build a plutocracy in the name of freedom ... The Kochs
have always believed that rich people had the right to rule over everyone else,
democracy be damned.
Guardian
Death
and destruction: this is David Koch's sad legacy. ... Anarcho-capitalism
was the real cancer plaguing the billionaire libertarian. And it spread across
universities, halls of Congress and the White House. Guardian
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Viral
Video of Mississippi Voting Machine Changing Man's Vote Prompts Calls for Paper
Ballots and Election Security Reformiral Video of Mississippi Voting Machine Changing
Man's Vote Prompts Calls for Paper Ballots and Election Security Reform. CommonDreams
How
Bolsonaro’s Climate Change Denial & Anti-Indigenous Policies Led to Massive
Fires in the Amazon. DemocracyNow
CEOs
Say Shareholders Won’t Be No. 1 Anymore. Turns Out They Already Weren’t.
CounterPunch
How
Joe Biden’s privatization plans helped doom Latin America and fuel the migration
crisis.
The
Gray Zone Beto
O’Rourke Built His Career on Driving Out Low-Income Mexican Communities.
TruthOut
Incoming
Harvard Freshman Deported After Visa Revoked. The
Crimson Land
transfer advocate and longtime agency combatant now leads BLM. ... William Perry
Pendley has been tasked with overseeing 245 million acres of public lands he’s
argued the federal government shouldn’t own. High
Country News
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