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« Reply #570 on: January 13, 2020, 07:48:13 am »

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The Trump administration is still struggling to get its story straight on why it killed Soleimani

vox.com - The Trump administration has given ever-changing answers about its reasons for deciding to kill Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, first claiming that the leader posed an “imminent threat” to …

Esper Says He Saw No Evidence Iran Targeted 4 Embassies, as Story Shifts Again

nytimes.com - Mr. Trump himself has made clear in other circumstances that he does not trust the intelligence agencies that he is now citing to justify his decision to eliminate General Suleimani. Moreover, given …

Did Pompeo Dupe Trump into the Soleimani Hit? - Global Research

globalresearch.ca - Donald Trump is under the illusion that the fracas with Iran is over. He thinks that Iran’s pinprick missile strikes on US bases in Iraq have assuaged Tehran’s thirst for revenge. But he’s wrong. The…

Trump Says He Supports Freedom of Press in Iran, Contrary to Record at Home

nymag.com - One of the many curiosities of the first Twitter presidency is Trump’s direct outreach to the Iranian people online. After an apparent de-escalation of the conflict with Iran following retaliatory st…

Iran agrees de-escalation 'only solution' to solve crisis with US

news.yahoo.com - Tehran (AFP) - Iran has signalled it favours a de-escalation after 10 days of heightened tensions with the United States during which both sides fired missiles and Tehran accidentally shot down a pas…

Ari Fleischer comes out against resurrecting White House briefings — and blames press ‘hostility’ to Trump

rawstory.com - In so-called normal times and under business-as-usual administrations the job of White House Press Secretary doesn’t lead to renown or infamy. Those terms — normal, business as usual — don’t apply to…

Iran's only female Olympic medallist defects

bbc.com - Iran's only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, says she has defected. Alizadeh, 21, posted on social media that she had left Iran because she didn't want to be part of "hypocrisy, lies, injust…

Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Administration's Weakening of Major Environmental Law | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - By Dana Drugmand, a freelance writer and attorney who writes about climate issues. Originally published at DeSmog Blog Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on t…

Australia ablaze: Up close and in your face | Climate News Network

climatenewsnetwork.net - 13 January, 2020: One of today’s most respected climate scientists is Michael Mann. On 1 January The Guardian published his eyewitness account of what Australia’s catastrophic bushfires are doing, an…

How to Survive a Nuclear Bomb

vice.com - So you’re worried about dying in a nuclear war. Given recent world events, it’s a perfectly reasonable concern. Iran said on Sunday it would no longer abide by most of the restrictions on uranium enr…

Capitalism is turning us into addicts

vox.com - Capitalism is great at making people want things they don’t need. And of course this is what we should expect from a system that runs on production and consumption. Companies make and sell products a…

Senior administration officials struggle to explain intelligence behind killing of Soleimani

washingtonpost.com - Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper in Florida on Dec. 29. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) By Karen DeYoung close Karen DeYoung Associate editor and senior national security correspondent Email EmailBio BioFollow …

Taal volcano eruption forces thousands to seek safer ground in the Philippines

washingtonpost.com - By Regine Cabato close Regine Cabato Email EmailBio BioFollow Follow January 13, 2020 at 6:04 AM EST MANILA — An erupting volcano spewed lava into the air and spread ash across the Philippines on Mon…

Revealed: US listed climate activist group as ‘extremists’ alongside mass killers

theguardian.com - A group of US environmental activists engaged in non-violent civil disobedience targeting the oil industry have been listed in internal Department of Homeland Security documents as “extremists” and s…

'Like a bomb going off': why Brazil's largest reserve is facing destruction

theguardian.com - Deep in the Yanomami indigenous reserve on the northern reaches of the Brazilian Amazon, the ruins of an illegal goldminers’ camp emerge after an hour in a small plane and two in a boat. No roads rea…

Video: Iran police shoot at those protesting plane shootdown

washingtonpost.com - In this image made from video, protesters carry an injured woman to the sidewalk’s edge near Azadi Square, in Tehran, Iran. Iranian demonstrators defied a heavy police presence Sunday night to protes…

'Cowardice': Olympics Committee Slammed for New Guidelines Barring Athletes From Kneeling, Raising Fists | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - By Andrea Germanos, staff writer at Common Dreams. Originally published at Common Dreams The International Olympic Committee drew sharp criticism from rights advocates Thursday after the organization…

Under US pressure, social media companies censor critical content and suspend Venezuelan, Iranian, and Syrian accounts

thegrayzone.com - The Donald Trump administration is ramping up its information war against Venezuela, Iran, and Syria. And it has enlisted social media platforms as weapons in its assault on these top regime-change t…

Portuguese rider Paulo Goncalves killed after Dakar crash

sports.yahoo.com - Paulo Goncalves suffered a fatal crash in the Dakar Rally's seventh stage (AFP Photo/Juan MABROMATA) Wadi ad-Dawasir (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Portuguese motorbike rider Paulo Goncalves has died after a…

‘The Outsider’ Is HBO’s Latest Addictive Murder Mystery

thedailybeast.com - The phenomenal hook of Stephen King’s 2018 novel The Outsider is that it presents a case that is, in a very literal sense, impossible. In small-town USA, an 11-year-old boy is found brutally **** an…

New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Just about every days brings yet more grim news about t…


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