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« Reply #615 on: February 15, 2020, 06:34:00 am »

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Barr Wants to Hide Trump’s Authoritarian Plans, But Trump Keeps Confessing

nymag.com - The smooth and congenial relationship between President Trump and William Barr went through a brief patch of turbulence last night, when Barr complained openly that Trump’s highly public tweets about…

Why Is William Barr Really Criticizing Donald Trump?

newyorker.com - In the spring of 2001, historians interviewed William Barr about his tenure as Attorney General in the George H. W. Bush Administration. The multi-hour discussion was conducted by the University of V…

Trump Just Comes Out and Admits to Entire Ukraine Scam

vanityfair.com - Years after O.J. Simpson was found not guilty for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, he wrote a book called If I Did It, in which he basically explained exactly how the two were kil…

Trump claims he has 'legal right' to intervene in criminal cases

theguardian.com - Donald Trump has ignored a plea from his attorney general, William Barr, to not tweet about ongoing legal cases, by using his Twitter account to say he has a “legal right” to do so. Barr delivered a …

Why the coronavirus outbreak might be much bigger than we know

vox.com - In a remarkably calm and candid tone, Singapore’s prime minister acknowledged something difficult: The new coronavirus disease, Covid-19, was likely spreading in his country, even among people who ha…

Coronavirus: Media and Politicians Take Anti-China Fear Mongering to New Levels

mintpressnews.com - Starting in Wuhan in December, the coronavirus outbreak has spread across China, infecting around 64,000 people and worrying the rest of the world. Fueling the panic, media have been printing alarmis…

The coronavirus outbreak has only heightened Hong Kong’s hostility towards Beijing | Ilaria Maria Sala

theguardian.com - The coronavirus outbreak hit Hong Kong as the territory was still reeling from months of political unrest. Last year, the mass protests that started after the special administrative region’s chief ex…

Ukraine’s Far Right Is Boosting A Pro-Putin Fascist - bellingcat

bellingcat.com - Italian neo-fascist Franco Freda has published and promoted books by Nazis, written that “[we] only have accounts to settle with the Jewish or Judaized Europe,” was convicted of trying to resurrect B…

Trump is sending armed tactical forces to arrest immigrants in sanctuary cities

vox.com - The Trump administration is reportedly sending armed and highly trained law enforcement units to sanctuary cities across the country to support US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in carrying out …

McClatchy files for bankruptcy protection to shed debt and reorganize. Key details remain to be negotiated. - Poynter

poynter.org - McClatchy filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday, seeking relief from an unmanageable debt burden. Its proposed reorganization plan allows all 30 of its regional papers to continue operating as pro…

As impeachment trial ended, federal prosecutors took new steps in probe related to Giuliani, according to people familiar with case

washingtonpost.com - Rudolph W. Giuliani at a White House signing ceremony in July. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) By Rosalind S. Helderman and close Rosalind S. Helderman Reporter focusing on political enterprise …

AIPAC Is Helping Fund Anti-Bernie Sanders Super PAC Ads in Nevada

theintercept.com - In the past, AIPAC enjoyed broad bipartisan support in Congress. But as it’s cozied up to the GOP in recent years and taken a harder right-wing stance on Israel policy, reflecting a rightward drift i…

Pundits Look to Bloomberg as Their Anti-Sanders Savior

fair.org - Coming out of the first two Democratic primary states, with Bernie Sanders leading in votes and Pete Buttigieg leading in delegates, who is “starting to dominate the national political debate like no…

Citing Hostile "Bernie Bros" Shadowy Group Launches Beat Bernie 2020 PAC

mintpressnews.com - A shadowy new PAC calling themselves the “Beat Bernie 2020” movement has launched what it calls a “massive grassroots fundraising haul” among citizens concerned that “Bernie Sanders is creating irrep…

Trump, Barr and the Radical Republicans Are Out for Revenge | DCReport.org

dcreport.org - The disturbing, divisive undercurrents of the impeachment continue to ripple through our political, investigative and legal systems. Even as voters were going to primary polls in New Hampshire, Team …

NYC Taxpayers Spending Millions on Cyber Center with Controversial Ties to Israeli Intelligence

mintpressnews.com - Early last week, the city of New York launched — with little media scrutiny — one of two new massive cybersecurity centers that will be run by private Israeli firms with close ties to Israel’s govern…

AI algorithms intended to root out welfare fraud often end up punishing the poor instead

theconversation.com - President Donald Trump recently suggested there is “tremendous fraud” in government welfare programs. Although there’s very little evidence to back up his claim, he’s hardly the first politician – co…

Mistrial Declared in Kafkaesque D.C. Trial of Venezuela Embassy Protectors

mintpressnews.com - The word “Kafkaesque” is thrown around liberally in the modern era, often without warrant. “The Trial,” a 1925 novel written by Bohemian writer Franz Kafka, tells the story of Josef K., a man arreste…

The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun

vice.com - “It is now too late to stop a future collapse of our societies because of climate change.” These are not the words of a tinfoil hat-donning survivalist. This is from a paper delivered by a senior sus…

Book Review: Probing the Corporate Manipulation of Science

undark.org - Their secrets are out — the tobacco industry’s decades-long campaign to undermine the science linking their products to cancer and other deadly diseases has been the subject of numerous media reports…

Researchers Piece Together What Happened On Rapa Nui Following European Contact

iflscience.com - Located just off the coast of Chile, the island of Rapa Nui holds secrets that continue to mystify archaeologists to this day. Who were its inhabitants and why did they build the enigmatic giant-head…

The world’s biggest phone show has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns

theverge.com - The world’s biggest phone show, Mobile World Congress, is no longer taking place this year. After coronavirus threatened to throw MWC into chaos, the GSM Association (GSMA), which organizes the show,…

China Demands Resumption of Air Travel as Coronavirus Epidemic Rages

breitbart.com - Chinese state media on Wednesday demanded foreign carriers resume air travel even though the coronavirus epidemic is still raging. China’s state-run Global Times insisted the number of coronavirus ca…

London coronavirus patient turned up at hospital in Uber taxi

theguardian.com - The first person diagnosed with coronavirus in London turned up unannounced at a hospital in an Uber taxi after falling ill. Two staff from Lewisham hospital in south London are now in isolation at …

'Climate Despair' Is Making People Give Up on Life

vice.com - In the summer of 2015—the warmest year on record at the time—it was the literal heat that got to Meg Ruttan Walker, a 37-year-old former teacher in Kitchener, Ontario. "Summers have been stressful to…

Preparing For The Slow Collapse Of Society

wholesurvival.com - There are always plenty of disaster based scenarios that get speculated on in the prepper community. I guess it's like any extreme event, it gets our attention even if the chances of any specific dis…

The environment in 2050: flooded cities, forced migration – and the Amazon turning to savannah

theguardian.com - ‘Good morning. Here is the shipping forecast for midday, 21 June, 2050. Seas will be rough, with violent storms and visibility ranging from poor to very poor for the next 24 hours. The outlook for to…

What the Heck Happened to Surprise Billing Legislation? (Or, It’s Never Too Late for the Lobbyists to Win) | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - Yves here. Way too much happening, and the nuking of surprise billing bills haven’t gotten the attention they warrant. We did comment on how proposed California legislation was dispatched by what amo…

Australia's offshore detention is unlawful, says international criminal court prosecutor

theguardian.com - Australia’s offshore detention regime is a “cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment” and unlawful under international law, the international criminal court’s prosecutor has said. But the office of the…

Those Who Forget History

stonekettle.com - Whenever I mention certain subjects, people shout at me to read the Constitution. …The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America… …The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen unite…

Believe It or Not, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Was Even Worse Than Previously Thought | naked capitalism

nakedcapitalism.com - Yves here. We provided a great deal of coverage on Deepwater Horizon, aided considerably by a petroleum engineer who gave detailed explanations. We were on the downbeat side. As too often happens, we…


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