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- ● Josh Hawley proves appalling politicians can get a 'fundraising and media boost' from their infamy: journalist
Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri, one of the Trumpiest Republicans in the U.S. Senate, has been slammed by countless Democrats — as well as many Never Trump conservatives — for objecting to Congress' January 6 certification of Joe Biden's Electoral College victory in the 2020 presidential election and promoting former... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 3:11 pm - ● Conservative group defends Georgia's voter suppression law with $1 million ad buy aimed at businesses
Georgia's so-called Election Integrity Act of 2021, the voter suppression bill that Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law on March 25, has drawn vehement criticism from Delta Airlines, Coca-Cola and other Georgia-based companies — and Major League Baseball voiced its opposition by moving its 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 3:02 pm - ● Defense expert claims George Floyd should have been 'resting comfortably' with knee on his neck
The defense in the murder trial of ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin began building its case this week, and unfortunately but predictably attorneys seem to be trying to convince the jury that George Floyd was responsible for his own death. Barry Brodd, a use-of-force expert called by the defense on... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 2:42 pm - ● Missouri's biggest newspaper tears into GOP for latest 'irresponsible and heartless' stunt
Props to legislature Republicans, who have found a way to make their dismissal of democracy and refusal to fund the voter-approved Medicaid expansion even worse!The party's fringe-right, emboldened by the unconstitutional anti-expansion gambit, is now trying to ban regular Medicaid recipients from using the program to purchase contraception. That, however,... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 2:21 pm - ● Biden Justice Department refuses to disclose certain family separation documents
The Biden administration had until April 2 to decide whether or not it would disclose documents relating to the previous administration's family separation policy, including from a reported White House meeting where former aide and noted white supremacist Stephen Miller and other officials from that administration allegedly voted on the... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 2:14 pm - ● How GOP voter suppression bills could help Republicans steal elections with a 'shameless power grab': law professor
The voter suppression bills that Republicans have introduced in state legislatures all over the U.S. have been drawing a great deal of criticism for the many ways in which they propose making voting more difficult. University of Baltimore law professor Kimberly Wehle, in an article published by the conservative website... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 2:08 pm - ● Missouri GOP lawmaker resigns after his children publicly accuse him of sexual abuse
As embattled Rep. Rick Roeber (R-Mo.) prepares to move out of state amid allegations of sexual abuse, Missouri House leaders have expressed concern about him posing a risk to other children. According to KMBC, House Speaker Rob Vescovo (R-Mo.), and the leader of Missouri's House Ethics Committee, released a joint... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 2:05 pm - ● Florida GOP Senate crafts bill seeking to override CDC's no-sail order for cruise ships
Florida's Republican-led Senate introduced proposed legislation on Tuesday to push back against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) extended no-sail order blocking cruise ships from resuming operations. According to the Sun-Sentinel, Sens. Rick Scott and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are proposing the Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements, also... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 1:20 pm - ● Watchdog group sues DOJ for records to determine if Erik Prince probe was 'influenced' by 'officials seeking to accommodate' Trump
A government watchdog organization on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Justice alleging that the federal executive department violated the government's public records law and failed to disclose non-exempt documents. According to Law & Crime, the documents focused on a probe into whether or not former President... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 1:18 pm - ● 'Another 9/11': Lindsey Graham launches an attack on Biden — and Twitter returns the favor
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday launched an attack on President Joe Biden as he suggested his leadership may lead to an incident similar to the tragic 9/11 attacks that claimed the lives of thousands of Americans. When Graham appeared on Fox News on Tuesday, April 13, he aired his... Read more »
Source: Alternet.org | Published: April 14, 2021 - 11:23 am
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- ● Israel Rejects ICC Investigation: What Are the Possible Future Scenarios?The Israeli government’s position regarding an impending investigation by the International Criminal Court of alleged war crimes committed in occupied Palestine has been finally declared by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "It will be made clear that Israel is a country with rule of law that knows how to investigate... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 14, 2021 - 4:00 am
- ● President Joe Biden Set for Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide SugaTokyo’s boosters call Japan America’s most important ally. Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe forged a close relationship with President Donald Trump, playing to the latter’s vanities. In response, Trump seemed to go easier on Tokyo, a longtime Pentagon cheap rider, than South Korea or Europe. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 14, 2021 - 4:00 am
- ● Keep Ukraine Out of NATOThe Biden administration risks creating a crisis with Russia with its ill-considered shows of support for the Ukrainian government. President Biden expressed his "unwavering support" for Ukraine in a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskiy, and there are reports that U.S. ships may be sent into the Black Sea to... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 14, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Could the Philippines Drag the US Into War with China?Tensions are rising again between the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) over rival claims to small islands and their surrounding waters in the South China Sea. The latest incident began in late March when more than 200 Chinese "fishing vessels" arrived at Whitsun Reef, which Manila calls... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 13, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Putin and Xi Have Red Lines, TooIn recent days, Russian tanks, artillery, armor, trucks and troops have been moving by road and rail ever closer to Ukraine, and Moscow is said to be repositioning its 56th Guards Air Assault Brigade in Crimea. Military sources in Kyiv estimate there are now 85,000 Russian troops between six and... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 13, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Cold War Fever in BrusselsIn recent months it has not been just Covid that raised the temperature in Europe’s hotheads: Cold War fever has set in among the Brussels leadership, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel rallying the troops against public enemy number one, the Russian... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 13, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Iraq Daily Roundup: Nine KilledNine people were killed across Iraq. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Nine Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 13, 2021 - 3:30 am
- Secretary of State Blinken Throws Down the Gauntlet to China and Russia… AgainAmerica began a new week with Secretary of State Antony Blinken appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with Chuck Todd. One might forgive a traveler from another land or time forming the impression that almost all U.S. television news, cable and network alike, consisted of different channels of Voice of... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 12, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Push Saudi Arabia To End the Assault on YemenMore than six years ago Saudi Arabia attacked Yemen. The goal was to reinstall a friendly president to do Riyadh’s bidding. The royal regime assumed the campaign would be over in six weeks. Yet again the gods punished hubris and made the vainglorious pay a terrible price. The Kingdom of... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 12, 2021 - 4:00 am
- Pentagon Campaign to Recruit Vietnam as Military Ally Against China Exposed Delusions of US War StrategyReprinted from The Grayzone with the author’s permission. When the Pentagon began gearing up for a future war with China in 2018, Defense Department officials quickly realized that they needed access to Vietnamese territory for troops armed with missiles to hit Chinese ships in a US-China conflict. So they initiated... Read more »Source: Antiwar.com Original | Published: April 12, 2021 - 4:00 am
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- Opposition to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons–and What Could Help to Overcome ItGiven the fact that nuclear war means the virtual annihilation of life on earth, it’s remarkable that many people continue to resist building a nuclear weapons-free world. Is the human race suicidal? Before jumping to that conclusion, let’s remember that considerably more people favor abolishing nuclear weapons than oppose it. ... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: March 28, 2021 - 6:08 pm
- The U.S. Government Should Promote the General WelfareAn event revealing a great deal about the kind of government Americans want occurred this March, when members of the U.S. Congress voted on the American Rescue Plan. This legislation, staunchly supported by the Democrats, provided federal funding for the provision of life-saving vaccines, the re-opening of public schools, expanded... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: March 14, 2021 - 6:29 pm
- Maria Páez de Victor: Eight Years Without President ChávezThis superb speech by Venezuelan-Canadian scholar Maria Páez de Victor should soon be up on www.NoSanctions.org , but I decided to post it here so I can spreading it around right away. **** Talk given in Webinar: US/Canada: HANDS OFF VENEZUELA, END SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA NOW! March 5th 2021 Today is the... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: March 7, 2021 - 6:20 pm
- A Rapidly Globalizing World Needs Strengthened Global GovernanceThe world is currently engulfed in crises—most prominently, a disease pandemic, a climate catastrophe, and the prevalence of war—while individual nations are encountering enormous difficulties in coping with them. These difficulties result from the global nature of the problems. An individual nation is unable to institute adequate measures to safeguard... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: February 26, 2021 - 9:28 pm
- The Great EvasionTwo related events—the 75th anniversary of the January 24, 1946 UN General Assembly Resolution 1 (which established a commission to plan for the abolition of nuclear weapons) and the January 22, 2021 entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (designed to finally implement that... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: January 17, 2021 - 5:41 pm
- Trump’s coup attempt: dangerous for the US and the rest of the world UPDATEDTrump incited his supporters to violently storm the Capitol Building in Washington DC in an attempt to revive his failed efforts to overturn the results of the election. Five people are dead as a direct result of the attack, including one police officer (ironically a Trump supporter) who was beaten... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: January 13, 2021 - 6:02 am
- UN agencies not above playing politics with statisticsIt’s clear that technical departments within the UN sometimes have their work corrupted by the US government and its allies. Consider recent reporting by the Grayzone on OPCW whistleblowers who exposed manipulation of an investigation into alleged chemical weapons use in Syria in 2018. Or recall an example from further... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: December 24, 2020 - 2:18 am
- Reassessing the Leopoldo López trial of 2014-15One of the reasons people may get duped into seeing Venezuelan politician Leopoldo López as a victim is his trial which began in 2014, when he finally went to jail after supporting a fourth US-backed attempt to violently overthrow Venezuela’s democratically elected government. Overthrowing the late Hugo Chavez (who was... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: December 20, 2020 - 8:01 pm
- Review of Hensman’s ‘Indefensible’Defense of the Easily Defensible By Dave Markland In 2018 Haymarket Books published Rohini Hensman’s Indefensible: Democracy, Counter-revolution and Anti-imperialist Rhetoric. Its focus is on left journalists and analysts like John Pilger and the late Edward S. Herman who have committed the inexcusable sin of being overly suspicious of United... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: December 6, 2020 - 10:55 pm
- The Impossibility Conjecture of Humanoid Artificial Intelligence and the Non-Benign SingularityAbstract [A Rough Draft of a Work-in-progress.] The idea of machines which are almost identical to human beings has been so seductive that it has captured the imaginations of the best minds as well as laypeople for at least a century and half, perhaps more. Right after Artificial Intelligence (AI)... Read more »Source: Z Blogs | Published: November 8, 2020 - 5:48 pm