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« Reply #45 on: May 15, 2019, 07:15:50 am »

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Ukraine Prosecutor Made Up Biden Claim, Kiev Lawmaker Says

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Who Really Gains from the Gulf Ship ‘Sabotage’

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Undermining Trump-Bolton War Narrative, British General Says No Evidence of 'Increased Threat' From Iran

www.commondreams.org - A British general threw a wrench into the Trump administration's narrative that Iran is plotting attacks on American forces in the Middle East by telling reporters gathered at the Pentagon Tuesday th…


History’s Dire Warning: Beware False-Flag Trigger for Long-Sought War with Iran

www.mintpressnews.com - With the beat of Washington’s war drums continuing to grow, particularly following the Monday revelation of a government plan to send as many as 120,000 troops to counter Iran, the threat of an “acci…


PEPE ESCOBAR: Iran Squeezed Between Imperial Psychos and European Cowards

consortiumnews.com - Berlin, Paris and London assumed Tehran could not afford to leave the JCPOA even if it was not receiving any of the promised economic rewards. Now the EU3 are facing the hour of truth, writes Pepe Es…


Of Two Minds - The Economy Has Fundamentally Changed in the 21st Century--and Not for the Better

www.oftwominds.com - The net result is we have an economy that's supposedly expanding smartly while our well-being and financial security are collapsing. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and other metrics of economic activit…


ACTION ALERT: WaPo Must Acknowledge CIA Role in Pakistan Polio Crisis

fair.org - In commenting on what’s holding back the conquest of polio, the Washington Post (5/10/19) didn’t mention the humans at the CIA. If the last three years have taught us anything, it’s that it’s much ea…


Collapse of USS Cole Bombing Case Marks Another Failure for Guantánamo’s Military Courts

theintercept.com - A protracted legal saga at Guantánamo Bay ended last month, when a federal court tossed out two years of rulings by the judge overseeing the military tribunal trial of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the al…


Tulsi Gabbard would drop charges against Assange & Snowden

www.rt.com - Appearing on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Monday, Gabbard said that conspiracy charges against the WikiLeaks co-founder were a “warning call” to all media and Americans in general that their f…


A man wants his 76-year sentence for murder overturned because the eyewitness was legally blind

www.washingtonpost.com - Darien Harris, now 26, is challenging his murder conviction based on the discovery that the prosecution's key eyewitness was blind. (Illinois Department of Corrections) By Marisa Iati Marisa Iati Ema…


China Delivers 71 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to Venezuela

www.telesurenglish.net - The People's Republic of China delivered a large amount of humanitarian aid to Venezuela on Monday, completing their second long haul of cargo to the Bolivarian Republic since March. Desperate Guaido…


Everybody’s Chum | Current Affairs

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Shocking 3M Documents Reveal Company Hid the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals for Decades

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Revisionism Is Winning in American Politics

www.theatlantic.com - In one way, this is PR 101—express regret, focus on the future, set the terms of the discussion to suggest that no one can be a fair critic—but the spin cycle here is cleansing much more than bad pre…


AOC, Sanders, and Warren Are the Real Centrists Because They Speak for Most Americans

theintercept.com - Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez arrives to hear the president deliver his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 5, 2019. Do you know what really annoys me about the me…


Measles and the Anatomy of Containment

undark.org - On an otherwise normal Thursday in November 2018, the doors to the Lowell Community Health Center in Massachusetts opened at 8 a.m., as they always do, and the first of 802 patients who would walk th…


Threats and Sanctions Everywhere – A Chronicle of Disorganized Chaos Foretold | New Eastern Outlook

journal-neo.org - As of May 10, Mr. Trump has arbitrarily increased tariffs on Chinese goods imported into the US, worth about 200 billion dollars, from 10 % to 25%. It is an action without any foundation. An action t…


The Tariff Issue

www.unz.com - Wherever I look at US policy, foreign or domestic, I see only insanity, ignorance, and incompetence. Take the issue of tariffs, which is Trump’s mistaken approach to bringing the jobs back home. The …


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