2020-02-06: Social Media Postees

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Republican and Democratic Parties in Turmoil
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
Stumbling into February, both major political parties in the U.S. are in disarray as they face uncertain, unplanned and uncontrollable futures going into a crucial election year. For Republicans, it's the dangerous and perhaps foolish choice to acquit a corrupt president who has been impeached. For Democrats, it's looking like Bernie Sanders, the Independent senator…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/republican-and-democratic-parties-in-turmoil/

Democrats Mistakenly Award Iowa Delegates for Bernie Sanders to Deval Patrick
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-06
Results from Monday's Iowa caucuses continue to trickle in, with 97% of precincts reporting as of Thursday morning. Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg are now in a virtual tie. Sanders maintains a lead in the popular vote, but Buttigieg has a slight advantage in what's known as the "state delegate equivalent" race. Buttigieg has 26.2% of state delegate equivalents, while Sanders is at 26.1%. The New York Times is now predicting Sanders has a greater chance of winn…
truthout.org/video/democrats-mistakenly-award-iowa-delegates-for-bernie-sanders-to-deval-patrick/

Chaos Continues in Iowa as Democrats Mistakenly Award Delegates for Bernie Sanders to Deval Patrick
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-06
Results from Monday's Iowa caucuses continue to trickle in, with 97% of precincts reporting as of Thursday morning. Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg are now in a virtual tie. Sanders maintains a lead in the popular vote, but Buttigieg has a slight advantage in what's known as the "state delegate equivalent" race. Buttigieg has 26.2% of state delegate equivalents, while Sanders is at 26.1%. The New York Times is now predicting Sanders has a greater chance of winning overall, in part because of the Vermont senator's overwhelming strength in satellite caucuses. Responding to widespre…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/6/iowa_caucuses_bernie_sanders_shadow_app

With 97 Percent of Iowa Results in, Sanders Leads Buttigieg in Popular Vote
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-06
A new batch of Iowa Democratic caucus results released in the early hours of Thursday morning showed Sen. Bernie Sanders almost completely wiping out Pete Buttigieg's narrow lead in state delegate equivalents while extending his popular vote lead over the former South Bend, Indiana mayor to more than 2,500 votes. | With 97% of precincts reporting, Sanders trails Buttigieg by just three state delegate equivalents [mdash…
truthout.org/articles/with-97-percent-of-iowa-results-in-sanders-leads-buttigieg-in-popular-vote/

Bernie Sanders Reports Massive January Haul After Iowa Debacle
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced Thursday that it raised a staggering $25 million in the month of January alone, by far the biggest fundraising month of the senator's campaign and a larger haul than his 2020 Democratic rivals posted in any full quarter of 2019. | The campaign said over 219,000 of the total 648,000 January donors were new, and the average donation was just over $18. Teacher was the most common profession of January donors and the most common employers were Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, the United States Postal Service, and Target. | More than 99.9% of Sanders' donors have not max…
truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-reports-massive-january-haul-after-iowa-debacle/

Super Political Sunday
Pat Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-06
West Marin meets in support of Bernie Sanders…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/04/18830357.php

How California Will Be Stolen From Bernie Sanders (Again)
Lee Camp | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
Given what just unfolded at the Iowa caucuses, not to mention in 2016, voters in the Golden State need to look out on Super Tuesday.
truthdig.com/articles/how-california-will-be-stolen-from-bernie-sanders-again/

Iowa Fiasco Raises the Stakes for New Hampshire, Where Sanders Could Win Big
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-06
Corporate Democrats are ready to escalate…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/04/18830356.php

Video: Syrian Army Advance in Idlib Province. Netanyahu and Erdogan to the Rescue of Al Qaeda
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
In Greater Idlib the defences of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other favorites of the foreign powers supporting 'Syrian democracy' are collapsing. | On February 5, the Syrian Army, supported by Russian airpower, took control of a number of villages in southeastern …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-captured-saraqib-netanyahu-n-erdogan-rescue/5702958

PHONY liberal media turns Republican Romney into HERO for sticking it to Trump (just like it did McCain & Bush)
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Mitt Romney is the latest token Republican being hoisted up on the shoulders of the mainstream media thanks to his "courageous" decision to defy Donald Trump by voting with Democrats to impeach the president. | You would think the Utah senator single-handedly defeated Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and then rescued a few kittens out of trees on his way home the way the media is writing about him. | The New Yorker declared that the former presidential candidate "seized" a chance to "rewrite his own place in history" with his impeachment vote. | An opinion piece in the Washington Post deemed the decision "cou…
rt.com/usa/480263-mitt-romney-trump-impeachment-vote/

Republicans Have Weakened Congress in Order to Protect Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-06
In the United States, money is synonymous with merit. There is a presumption at the core of capitalism's narrative that if you are wealthy, you earned it through virtue and "hard work," not theft or nepotism. This mythology helped fuel the deregulation that led to the financial crisis, and it is also part of President Trump's rise. Trump's wealth earned him prestige in the eyes of millions, who in turn handed him the power of the presidency. And Trump's wealth and power has now led Congress to declare him ab…
truthout.org/articles/republicans-have-weakened-congress-in-order-to-protect-trump/

Historian: With Impeachment Acquittal, the GOP Has Given Trump a Blank Check to Do Anything He Wants
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-06
The U.S. Senate has acquitted President Trump of two impeachment charges in just the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Trump was accused of abusing power and obstructing Congress to aid his re-election campaign by pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Every Democratic senator voted to remove President Trump from office, but they were joined by just one Republican: Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, who supported impeaching Trump on abuse of power. Romney became the first senator ever to vote against his own party's president in an impeachment trial. President Trump respond…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/6/impeachment_trial_donald_trump_acquitted

San Francisco In Nationwide Rejection of Senate Coverup
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-06
Protest on Market Street against Republican Whitewash of Gangster President…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830443.php

What's Next Front in Trump's Battle Over Presidential Powers?>
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Both in Federal courts and in the Senate, U.S. President Donald Trump's lawyers have argued that the Constitution confers on a president broad protection from scrutiny by Congress, prosecutors, and the judiciary for his actions. | RELATED: | Trump Gets Away With It: Senate Votes Against Impeachment | This expansive view of presidential powers may have helped the Republican president win acquittal, and for now, he is the first impeached president to seek re-election. | The final verd…
telesurenglish.net/news/Whats-Next-Front-in-Trumps-Battle-Over-Presidential-Powers-20200206-0004.html

Trump slams Romney & Pelosi for faith-based hypocrisy during impeachment
rt.com | 2020-02-06
US President Donald Trump took a veiled swipe at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the sole Republican senator to vote for his removal, Mitt Romney, slamming those who use their faith to justify "doing what they know is wrong." | Trump avoided calling the sanctimonious pair out by name during the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, but everyone listening seemed to know which "very dishonest and corrupt people" he was referring to with his accusations of rank religious hypocrisy. | President Trump: "I don't like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong. Nor do I like…
rt.com/usa/480250-trump-slams-pelosi-romney-faith-hypocrisy/

An American Drama: Republican Senators Sabotaged Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
The die is cast. –History will record that Republican senators in the U.S. Senate used their majority to sabotage the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and, in so doing, de facto exonerated him of abuse of power and of obstruction …
globalresearch.ca/american-drama-republican-senators-sabotaged-donald-trump-impeachment-trial/5702917

BlueGreen Alliance chief: PRO Act could create green union jobs
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-06
WASHINGTON–Turning aside a multitude of Republican "poison pill" schemes, the Democratic-run U.S. House stands poised to pass the Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act, the nation's most-comprehensive pro-worker labor law reform in decades. As strenuous worker lobbying by e-mail and toll-free phone preceded the vote, the head of the labor-environmentalist BlueGreen Alliance said he …
peoplesworld.org/article/bluegreen-alliance-chief-pro-act-could-create-green-union-jobs/

Trump slams Romney & Pelosi for faith-based hypocrisy during impeachment
rt.com | 2020-02-06
US President Donald Trump took a veiled swipe at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the sole Republican senator to vote for his removal, Mitt Romney, slamming those who use their faith to justify "doing what they know is wrong." | Trump avoided calling the sanctimonious pair out by name during the annual National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, but everyone listening seemed to know which "very dishonest and corrupt people" he was referring to with his accusations of rank religious hypocrisy. | #NationalPrayerBreakfast pic.twitter.com/79XCLpD7GP– CSPAN (@cspan)
rt.com/usa/480250-trump-slams-pelosi-romney-faith-hypocrisy/

Trump's 'Red Meat' SOTU Speech: US Political Crisis Now Deepens
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
If anyone thinks the recent impeachment and Senate trial was the high point of the growing conflict between the two political parties, Republican (correct that: Trumpublicans now) and Democrat, they haven't seen anything yet. The worst, much worse is yet to come in the months leading up to the November 2020 elections.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/trumps-red-meat-sotu-speech-us-political-crisis-now-deepens/

How Corporate Media Make Pete Look Like He's Winning
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-02-06
by Jim Naureckas | If you turn to the New York Times for an update on the excruciatingly and inexplicably slow counting of the votes from the Iowa caucuses, you find what looks like a bar chart showing that South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg did approximately 50 times better than any of his next closest rivals: | On closer examination, it turns out that that is…
fair.org/home/how-corporate-media-make-pete-look-like-hes-winning/

DNC Calls for a 'Recanvass' of Iowa Results After Delays
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
"Enough is enough," party leader Tom Perez writes on Twitter, after days of chaos; Buttigieg and Sanders are nearly tied for first.
truthdig.com/articles/dnc-calls-for-a-recanvass-of-iowa-results-after-delays/

Corporate Media Is Trying to Manufacture a Pete Buttigieg Win
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
The way media outlets are reporting the still incomplete Iowa caucus results to put the former South Bend mayor on top is confounding.
truthdig.com/articles/how-corporate-media-make-pete-buttigieg-look-like-hes-winning/

How Corporate Media Make Pete Look Like He's Winning
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-02-06
If you turn to the New York Times for an update on the excruciatingly and inexplicably slow counting of the votes from the Iowa caucuses, you find what looks like a bar chart showing that South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg did approximately 50 times better than any of his next closest rivals: | On closer examination, it turns out that that is not a bar chart…
fair.org/home/how-corporate-media-make-pete-look-like-hes-winning/

Biden's and Buttigieg's Top Fundraisers Come From the Finance Sector
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-06
Beginning in the fall, the Revolving Door Project was one of a handful of voices drawing attention to Democratic primary candidates' failure to release the names of their most important fundraisers. In op-eds, newsletters, and across other forums throughout the fall we repeatedly made the case that this consequential information could not stay hidden. | Why were we so insistent? A candidate's list of top fundraisers, or bundlers, provides clearer insight than perhaps any other piece of campaign materia…
truthout.org/articles/bidens-and-buttegiegs-top-fundraisers-come-from-the-finance-sector/

Corporate Media Is Trying to Manufacture a Pete Buttigieg Win
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-06
The way media outlets are reporting the still incomplete Iowa caucus results to put the South Bend mayor on top is confounding.
truthdig.com/articles/how-corporate-media-make-pete-buttigieg-look-like-hes-winning/

'Must have studied theology at Trump University': Donald Jr. schooled after trying for Pelosi diss with Bible reference
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Donald Trump Jr. got an unexpected Bible lesson when going after Nancy Pelosi with a Satan reference and learned that he didn't know the holy text well enough. | Don Jr. has plenty of reasons to insult Pelosi, but his latest diss didn't really hit the mark. | "Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trump is about the same as the likelihood of Satan running around quoting the Scriptures," Trump Jr. tweeted in response to a video of his father at the National Prayer Breakfast criticizing people who "use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong." | Likelihood of Nancy Pelosi praying for Trum…
rt.com/usa/480264-donald-trump-jr-satan-pelosi/

Biden's and Buttegieg's Top Fundraisers Come From the Finance Sector
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-06
Beginning in the fall, the Revolving Door Project was one of a handful of voices drawing attention to Democratic primary candidates' failure to release the names of their most important fundraisers. In op-eds, newsletters, and across other forums throughout the fall we repeatedly made the case that this consequential information could not stay hidden. | Why were we so insistent? A candidate's list of top fundraisers, or bundlers, provides clearer insight than perhaps any other piece of campaign materia…
truthout.org/articles/bidens-and-buttegiegs-top-fundraisers-come-from-the-finance-sector/

Erasing History: The National Archives is Destroying Records About Victims of Trump's ICE Policies
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-06
Last month, the National Archives and Records Administration apologized for doctoring a photo of the 2017 Women's March to remove criticisms of President Trump. The shocking revelation that the agency had altered the image was first reported in The Washington Post. In an exhibit called "Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote," the National Archives had displayed a large image of the first Women's March. But signs referencing Trump had been blurred to remove his name

Why are Democratic Candidates Taking Money From Union-Busting Lawyers?
Andrea Beaty | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
The Iron Workers Union endorsed Joe Biden last week, citing his dedication to "defend rights and jobs of American workers", and calling him "a friend to union ironworkers". The union endorsement marks one of many that Democratic candidates are fighting for by unveiling detailed labor plans and promising to overturn "right-to work laws" that weaken…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/why-are-democratic-candidates-taking-money-from-union-busting-lawyers/

'Measles Has Killed 4,500 Children in DR Congo' MSF Recalls
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Thursday reported that around 4,500 children died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2019 as a result of the worst measles outbreak of the last decade. | RELATED: | DR Congo Suffers World's Largest Measles Outbreak Ever: WHO | Three of four deaths of minors occurred due to a contagious di…
telesurenglish.net/news/Measles-Has-Killed-4500-Children-in-DR-Congo-MSF-Recalls-20200206-0006.html

'Shame on you': Protests in Germany after surprise election of Thuringia's chief with AfD's support sparks uproar
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Demonstrations were staged in German cities after the head of the state of Thuringia was elected with the backing of the anti-migrant AfD party. The vote created a fresh dent in the ruling coalition in Berlin. | Protesters gathered for a vigil outside the State Chancellery in Thuringia's capital Erfurt on Thursday to denounce pro-business Free Democratic Party's (FDP) Thomas Kemmerich, who was unexpectedly elected the region's Minister-President (MP) with the support of the Alternative for Germany (AfD). | The Left party and antifa groups began marching and rallying in front of the State Chancellery and region…
rt.com/news/480245-thuringia-germany-protests-vigils/

The Shambles of English Votes for English Laws
Mike Small | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-06
The idea of Scotland as a valued member of a Union based on consensus is in tatters. The idea of a parliament representing the whole of the United Kingdom is no longer credible. In a week in which Westminster democracy …
globalresearch.ca/shambles-english-votes-english-laws/5702926

'Taboo gone': Ruling coalition in Germany shaken by fresh crisis after Merkel's CDU breaks ranks on not cooperating with AfD
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Germany's Christian Democrats

The Divided States of Trumpistan?
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
With the end of the Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump the partisan divide is deepened and acquittal a mere formality. Mitch McConnell promised to quickly acquit Trump of the charges, he did so with no witnesses or evidence provided. It leaves me wondering what this leaves of American democracy, the Constitution, and where is the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/the-divided-states-of-trumpistan/

Trudeau Government's Effort to Overthrow Venezuelan Government
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-06
What's more likely to shape Canadian policy in the Hemisphere: human rights and democracy or bankers' bottom-line? Last week Venezuelan politician Juan Guaidó was fêted in Ottawa. The self-declared president met Canada's Prime Minister, international development minister and foreign minister. Trudeau said, "I commend Interim President Guaidó for the courage and leadership he has shown …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/trudeau-governments-effort-to-overthrow-venezuelan-government/

The Democrats and Iowa
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-06
The Iowa caucuses are over, sort of, and as of this writing, results are finally being announced, incrementally. This delay is causing great amounts of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. 'Oh, no!', the pundits proclaim. "This shows that the Democrats are in disarray, and it's like handing a gift to President Donald Trump, a mere nine months prior to the next presidential election."
counterpunch.org/2020/02/06/the-democrats-and-iowa/

Emergency legislation for terror law offenders in UK sets anti-democratic precedent
wsws.org | 2020-02-06
Whatever measures are used initially against terrorists will be deployed more widely against workers and youth who defy the class war offensive of the ruling elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/sent-f06.html

Trump emerges strengthened after Democrats' impeachment debacle
wsws.org | 2020-02-06
From the beginning of the Trump presidency, the Democrats have worked to channel mass popular opposition to Trump behind their own right-wing, militarist agenda.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/pers-f06.html

PM of Germany's Thuringia resigns, calls for dissolution of state parliament after scandalous vote brought him to power
rt.com | 2020-02-06
The PM of the German state of Thuringia has called for the regional parliament to be dissolved after his election unleashed a massive scandal when Chancellor Angela Merkel's CDU joined forces with right-wing AfD to support him. | A vote for Thuringia's new prime minister in the regional legislature sent shockwaves across Germany as an unlikely candidate was elected through a alliance of the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) and anti-establishment forces from Alternative for Germany (AfD), something widely considered taboo. | Last October's polls left Thuringia in a sort of limbo since the previous broad l…
rt.com/news/480241-thuringia-germany-dissolution-parliament/

Democrats cover up extent of hexavalent chromium poisoning at public meeting in Detroit suburb
wsws.org | 2020-02-06
At an informational meeting Monday evening in the Detroit suburb of Madison Heights officials sought to contain growing public anger over chemical contamination by a local industrial operator.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/06/hexa-f06.html

Trump, Racism, and Fascism: More than Just Personality Disorders
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-06
After the supposedly post-racial presidency of Barack Obama, what passes for the liberal punditry discovered racism had arisen in the homeland. They never felt so good feeling bad about racism, denouncing what they identified as its primal cause

A Neoliberal Legacy: America's Fascism Problem Runs Much Deeper Than Trump
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-06
In recent years, the press reports of racist young whites attracted to far-right persuasions including flirting with fascism. But are they the cause or the consequence?
mintpressnews.com/neoliberal-legacy-america-fascism-problem-runs-deeper-trump/264692/

Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire
Michael Tracey | thenation.com | 2020-02-06
Tulsi Gabbard in New Hampshire…
thenation.com/article/politics/tulsi-gabbard-new-hampshire-primary/

Impeachment Trial: A Timeline of How Democrats Tried and Failed to Remove Trump
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-06
From a dramatic beginning to a predictable end, the Trump impeachment saga has been a sight to behold. But if Capitol Hill is just outside your news bubble, you might have missed a thing or two about the biggest crisis of Trump's presidency. Sputnik has followed the story closely and is ready to fill in the gaps.
sputniknews.com/us/202002061078244633-impeachment-trial-a-timeline-of-how-democrats-tried-and-failed-to-remove-trump/

'Bad Day for Democracy': Merkel Slams Free Democrats Over AfD Backing in Thuringia Vote
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-06
On Wednesday, Thomas Kemmerich of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) beat incumbent Left party candidate Bodo Ramelow 45 to 44 to become Thuringia state premier, gaining votes from the right-wing AfD.
sputniknews.com/europe/202002061078245197-bad-day-for-democracy-merkel-slams-free-democrats-over-afd-backing-in-thuringia-vote/

Northern Syria's two wars
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-06
Turkey's war on Rojava Chris SleeIssue 1252 Northern Syria Syrian Democratic ForcesFebruary 6, 2020There are currently two wars being fought in northern Syria. | First, is the war in Idlib province between the Bashar al-Assad dictatorship and va…
greenleft.org.au/content/northern-syrias-two-wars

Sanders & Buttigieg Lead in Early Iowa Results After Faulty App Leads to Catastrophe at Caucus
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-05
The final results of Monday's Democratic Iowa caucuses remain unknown, with 71% of precincts reporting the final tallies of the first 2020 presidential contest. Senator Bernie Sanders is leading in the popular vote, while former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a narrow lead of 26.8% of precincts

After Iowa, Does Bernie Have What It Takes?
Peter A. LaVenia | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
For Bernie Sanders supporters, the true debacle of the Iowa caucus meltdown was not the failure of the Shadow app, but rather their candidate's failure to claim victory when he had the chance. Instead he unwisely ceded that role to the corporate candidate extraordinaire, Pete Buttigieg. It stands in stark contrast to Donald Trump, who for all his faults would not have hesitated to declare victory, and who would have energized his supporters with the statement and cowed the party establishment.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/after-iowa-does-bernie-have-what-it-takes/

Developer of Faulty Iowa Caucus App Was Entrenched in Democratic Establishment
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
The final results of Monday's Democratic Iowa caucuses remain unknown, with 71% of precincts reporting the final tallies of the first 2020 presidential contest. Senator Bernie Sanders is leading in the popular vote, while former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a narrow lead of 26.8% of precincts

'Pete Buttigieg is the Juan Guaido of America': Lee Camp calls out conspiracy of 'intentional chaos' by Dem establishment
rt.com | 2020-02-05
Democratic Party insiders bankrolled the defective vote-counting app that has delayed the reporting of Iowa caucus totals so as to deny likely winner Bernie Sanders a 'bump' and let Pete Buttigieg claim victory, Lee Camp told RT. | The party's establishment wing and its mainstream media stenographers are colluding to memory-hole the disastrous Iowa caucus vote and prop up their preferred candidates, muscling Sanders out of the way to position Buttigieg as the front-runner, Camp said on his Moment of Clarity podcast on Tuesday. | Describing the exhaustive establishment links to the faulty vote-reporting app…
rt.com/usa/480083-camp-sanders-buttigieg-democrats-rigging/

Roberto Lovato: Dems & GOP Share Same Playbook on Immigration, Foreign Policy & Corporate Domination
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-05
President Trump delivered his 2020 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The speech reprised many of the themes of Trump's 2016 campaign, including demonization of immigrants. We continue our discussion with Lee Fang, investigative journalist at The Intercept, and Roberto Lovato, author of the forthcoming book "Unforgetting: A Memoir of Revolution and Redemption." About 10 Democrats skipped the speech and a few more walked out while it was in progress, but Lovato says the Democratic establishment doesn't differ with Trump on many key issues. "Nancy Pelosi may have ripped the speech…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/5/roberto_lovato_state_of_the_union

Dems and GOP Draw From Same Playbook on Immigration and Foreign Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
President Trump delivered his 2020 State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday. The speech reprised many of the themes of Trump's 2016 campaign, including demonization of immigrants. We continue our discussion with Lee Fang, investigative journalist at The Intercept, and Roberto Lovato, author of the forthcoming book Unforgetting: A Memoir of Revolution and Redemption. About 10 Democrats skipped the speech and a few more walked out while it was in progress, but Lovato says the…
truthout.org/video/dems-and-gop-draw-from-same-playbook-on-immigration-and-foreign-policy/

Democrats' Wimpy Impeachment Has Made Trump Stronger Than Ever
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
"Many Democrats fear that Trump may be laying an impeachment trap," Stephen Collins wrote for CNN last May.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/democrats-wimpy-impeachment-has-made-trump-stronger-than-ever/

In State of the Union, Trump Celebrates Hate & Xenophobia While Touting "Great American Comeback"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-05
President Trump delivered his third State of the Union address Tuesday night, just a day before the Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote to acquit him in the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. Trump's speech, which focused heavily on the economy and immigration, sounded at times like a campaign rally, with Republican lawmakers chanting "Four more years!" He never once mentioned his impeachment trial. Prior to the speech, Trump refused to shake House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's hand, and once the speech was over, Pelosi was seen on television ripping up her copy of Trump's remarks. She la…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/5/trump_sotu_2020

SOTU: Democratic "Resistance" Give Trump's Venezuela Aggression a Standing Ovation
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-05
Perhaps the loudest applause heard during Trump's State of the Union Address was reserved for Venezuala's Juan Guaidó, as Democrats and Republicans rose as one to salute the self-declared president.
mintpressnews.com/state-of-the-union-democrats-applaud-guaido-venezuela/264678/

Impeachment Is Over, But Don't Despair
Diallo Brooks | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
Senate Republicans chose to stage a shameful cover-up and protect a lawless, corrupt president. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/whitehouse_2.jpeg …
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Sweet revenge? WATCH Pelosi tear up Trump's State of the Union speech after he snubs handshake
rt.com | 2020-02-05
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tore up President Donald Trump's SOTU speech after fuming through the well-applauded yearly address. The gesture was met with cheers and jeers, divided along the usual partisan lines. | Pelosi looked barely able to contain her rage as she tore up what the White House has confirmed was Trump's 78-minute speech. While her supporters cheered the gesture of defiance

Senate Republicans Vote for Coverup of Trump Abuses of Power Denying Americans the Truth
commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/02/05/senate-republicans-vote-coverup-trump-abuses-power-denying-americans-truth?cd-origin=rss

The facts about Ukraine that no one mentioned during the impeachment trial
David Cavendish | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-05
As the Senate impeachment trial comes to its preordained conclusion, we need to keep a number of points in mind that no Democrat or Republican has been talking about during all these weeks and months of political drama–points related to the matter of Ukraine. The overwhelming majority of Americans would not question the competence, honesty, …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-facts-about-ukraine-that-no-one-mentioned-during-the-impeachment-trial/

Impeachment acquittal proves the Republican Party is guilty
C.J. Atkins | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-05
Before the impeachment trial even began, the Republican leadership in the Senate made clear that the whole affair would be a sham. Evidence and witness testimony? Hearsay. The reports from the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees' extensive investigations? Irrelevant. The "transcript" of Trump's call with Ukrainian President Zelensky? A "perfect" call. In short, the verdict …
peoplesworld.org/article/impeachment-acquittal-today-proves-the-republican-party-is-guilty/

Trump Gets Away With It: Senate Votes Against Impeachment
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
President Donald Trump was acquitted on Wednesday in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial, saved by fellow Republicans who rallied to protect him nine months before he asks voters in a deeply divided America to give him a second White House term. | RELATED: | Guaidó, Soleimani and the Middle East: Trump State of the Union | The businessman-turned-reality tv star-turned-politician, 73, survived only the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history – just lik…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Gets-Away-With-It-Senate-Votes-Against-Impeachment-20200205-0011.html

The Senate Has Spoken: US Presidents Can Abuse Power Without Consequence
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
Trump was acquitted Wednesday on a largely party-line vote not because the Senate believes he didn't conspire to withhold aid to Ukraine in exchange for political favors, but because the Republicans have now explicitly decided they don't care that he did this. Having decided to block the testimony of any witnesses who might make it too politically uncomfortable for such a cavalier attitude to sta…
truthout.org/articles/the-senate-has-spoken-us-presidents-can-abuse-power-without-consequence/

280+ Protests Planned Across US as Senate GOP Prepares to Acquit Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-05
With the Senate expected to vote largely along party lines to acquit President Donald Trump on Wednesday, thousands of people are planning to take part in demonstrations at more than 270 locations across the U.S. to condemn Republican senators for turning what was supposed to be a trial into a "cover-up" by refusing to allow witnesses and additional documentary evidence. | The "Reject t…
truthout.org/articles/280-protests-planned-across-us-as-senate-gop-prepares-to-acquit-trump/

Sanders & Buttigieg lead in early Iowa results after faulty app leads to catastrophe at caucus
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-05
It is unclear when full results will be released and how the reporting problems will impact the Democratic race.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/05/sanders-buttigieg-lead-in-early-iowa-results-after-faulty-app-leads-to-catastrophe-at-caucus/

Unleash the meme war! Pompeo mocks Pelosi's speech-tearing stunt with 'Simpsons' screenshot
rt.com | 2020-02-05
The grandstanding between President Trump and Speaker Pelosi during the State of the Union address has triggered an avalanche of memes online, with Mike Pompeo taking part among others. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo posted a 'Simpsons' meme showing a tearful Lisa Simpson tearing papers into shreds in season 3 of the popular series. | pic.twitter.com/AaopLt8f9f– Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) February 5, 2020 | The obvious dig at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who tore in half her…
rt.com/usa/480107-pompeo-mocks-pelosi-meme/

Pelosi the paper (ripping) tiger: Pro-wrestling theatrics at SOTU fail to pull the wool in latest divide & conquer move
rt.com | 2020-02-05
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's speech-ripping performance at President Donald Trump's SOTU isn't fooling disaffected Democrats, who want a leader who actually stands up to the president, rather than #Resistance theatrics. | Pelosi's if-looks-could-kill glare and paper-tearing finale at the president's yearly address to Congress on Tuesday may have dominated the discussion on social media through the night, but for every blue-check cheering for "Nancy the Ripper," there was a jaded progressive wondering what happened to genuine opposition. | Democrats handed Trump a blank check to make war, a massive military bud…
rt.com/usa/480162-pelosi-ripper-theatrics-wrestling-fail/

Former leader of Germany's Social Democrats Sigmar Gabriel cashes in at Deutsche Bank
wsws.org | 2020-02-05
Joining the Supervisory Board of the most powerful German bank is the logical step for Gabriel since he has always advanced the interests of German capital as SPD chair and as a minister.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/05/gabr-f05.html

Why House Democrats Passed Bills Reining in Trump's War Machine
Erica Fein | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
Two of the most outspoken proponents of a more restrained U.S. foreign policy in the current House are Reps. Barbara Lee and Ro Khanna. (Photo: Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-02-05_at_11.22.52_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/05/why-house-democrats-passed-bills-reining-trumps-war-machine?cd-origin=rss

Trump's State of the Union breaks his lies-per-minute record
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-05
WASHINGTON–Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., had a great evaluation of GOP President Donald Trump's State of the Union address, even before he gave it. "I think we're going to hear lies," the Democrat from Chicago's North Side and adjoining suburbs said. She was right. Analysis of Trump's speech shows it was filled with omissions, slurs against …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-state-of-the-union-breaks-his-lies-per-minute/

Coalition of Green Groups Calls on Congress to Pass Pro-Labor PRO Act
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-05
More than 60 environmental groups on Wednesday urged Democratic lawmakers to support the sweeping pro-union PRO Act as a bold step towards advancing an economy supportive of "both people and the planet." | Signed by organizations including ActionAid USA, NRDC, and Sunrise Movement, a new letter (pdf) supporting the legislation– set for a vote in the Ho…
truthdig.com/articles/coalition-of-green-groups-calls-on-congress-to-pass-pro-labor-pro-act/

Left Election Strategy: Lesser Evil or Independent Left?
Howie Hawkins | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
A Response to Michael Albert's "Battle Strategically Everywhere" Michael Albert's safe states strategy says the Green presidential candidate should go into the battleground states to campaign for the Green program but then say vote for the Democratic ticket. Most people who hear that will wonder why the Greens are even bothering to campaign if they…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/left-election-strategy-lesser-evil-or-independent-left/

Live From the Iowa Caucuses: In Search of Lost Time and Votes
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-05
One of quirks of the caucuses is that the locations of the votes can and do change, even at the last minute. Talk to a group of Iowans about their "voting experience", and the first thing they will describe is how at the last minute the location of their caucus changed–American democracy as a variation on Three-card Monte.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/05/live-from-the-iowa-caucuses-in-search-of-lost-time-and-votes/

Elections 2020: Iowa Dems release partial Caucus results
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-05
Across the nation, all eyes and ears piqued with curiosity for the Monday night, Feb. 3, Iowa Democratic caucus results. The results itself would be either a bellwether for change, showing voters supporting more progressive presidential candidates, or a continuation of the status quo–a "traditional" liberal, center-left, "safe" candidate. This year's caucuses were slightly different …
peoplesworld.org/article/elections-2020-iowa-dems-release-partial-caucus-results/

Publisher Agrees to Boost Latinx Representation After Backlash to Whitewashed Novel "American Dirt"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-05
We look at the massive backlash and criticism against the novel "American Dirt" as a movement led by Latinx writers declares victory, demanding more representation in the publishing industry. Dignidad Literaria, or literary dignity, formed in response to the controversial immigration novel "American Dirt." The author, Jeanine Cummins, who is not Mexican, received a seven-figure advance for the book, and it was chosen for Oprah's Book Club. But its critics say "American Dirt" exploits and misrepresents Mexico and the experience of Mexican migrants. Critics also say the novel completely erases the voices of Central…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/5/american_dirt

Trump's SOTU 'Red Meat' Speech: US Political Crisis Now Deepens
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union speech that revealed his election 2020 strategy, designed to roil and mobilize his political base, and to declare to the Democrats that his political war with them …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-sotu-red-meat-speech-us-political-crisis-now-deepens/5702882

Guaido, Soleimani and the Middle East: Trump State of the Union
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
From immigration policies to the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan… U.S. President Donald Trump's main talking points on international policy during his third annual presidential report, known as "The State of the Union," were part of his narcissistic speech to kick off his reelection campaign. | US President Trump Impeached By Democratic-led House of Reps | Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address on Tuesday in front of Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of t…
telesurenglish.net/news/guaido-soleimani-and-the-middle-east-key-points-from-trumps-speech-to-congress-20200205-0003.html

Sea of salty memes from Troll-in-Chief Trump & his Twitter army adds insult to #Resistance post-impeachment injury
rt.com | 2020-02-05
With the Senate voting down both articles of impeachment against US President Donald Trump, he and his supporters had a lot to celebrate on Wednesday and they did so in expected fashion

Russians did it! Democratic congresswoman finally says what Russiagaters have all been thinking about Iowa caucus fail
rt.com | 2020-02-05
A Texas congresswoman has suggested that Russians were responsible for the problems with the Democratic Party's Iowa caucus app and suggested the party call in the FBI to investigate. How did this take so long? | Rep. Sheila Jackson (D) called on Iowa Democrats to bring the FBI in to investigate Russian involvement in the malfunctioning of the vote-reporting app that threw the first vote of the 2020 election season into disarray. She made the comment during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight on Wednesday, but shrewd observers of Democratic behavior had predicted it almost immediately after th…
rt.com/usa/480176-democratic-congresswoman-blames-russia-iowa/

The Democratic Party's "Civil War": Socialists vs. Centrists. Sabotaging Sanders
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-05
The shady developments surrounding the Iowa Caucus prove beyond any reasonable doubt that there's a civil war raging in the Democrat Party between socialists and centrists, one that's so fierce that it recently saw party insiders indirectly sabotaging what could …
globalresearch.ca/the-democratic-partys-civil-war-socialists-vs-centrists-sabotaging-sanders/5702880

Impeachment over: Senate votes to acquit Trump
rt.com | 2020-02-05
The US Senate has voted to acquit President Donald Trump of impeachment charges brought by the House Democrats, ending the attempt to oust him from the White House ahead of the November 2020 elections. | The final vote on the first charge (abuse of power) was 52-48, with Mitt Romney (R-Utah) crossing the aisle to vote "guilty" alongside the Democrats. The vote on the second charge (obstruction of Congress) was 53-47, with Romney returning to the fold. It would have taken 67 votes to convict Trump on either count. | "Donald John Trump, president of the United States, is hereby acquitted," Chief Justice of the U…
rt.com/usa/480169-senate-acquits-trump-impeachment/

Ecuador: CNE Starts Planning 2021 General Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
The National Electoral Council of Ecuador (CNE) introduced the new Democracy Code ahead of 2021 general elections for both President and assembly. | RELATED: | 'Protecting TeleSUR Is Protecting the Peoples' Voice' Villegas | Among the main changes in the code, there is gender parity in the formulation of electoral lists and the creation of a new computer system for the control of campaign spending. | Furthermore, the Contentious Electoral Tribunal does not have the power to dismi…
telesurenglish.net/news/ecuador-cne-started-planning-general-elections-20200205-0024.html

'The best is yet to come'? Defiant Trump doubles down in campaign rally-style State of the Union speech
rt.com | 2020-02-05
Teased as "low key," US President Donald Trump's annual address to Congress was anything but, with several unprecedented symbolic gestures and a powerful assertion of American triumphalism that put his critics on the back foot. | Trump did not mention impeachment once in the 90-minute speech on Tuesday evening. Instead, he turned his persuasion skills up to eleven, painting a picture of America with a booming economy and infinite opportunities brought about by his administration, and contrasting that with Democrat proposals such as socialized healthcare and sanctuaries for illegal immigrants. | Amid the sta…
rt.com/usa/480089-trump-state-union-address/

People With HIV Are "an Expense" for Brazil: Bolsonaro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said Wednesday that citizens with HIV are a severe problem, and generate a high "expense" for the country, sparking outrage among the popular sectors of the South American nation. | RELATED: | Bryant's Death Sparks Brazilian Campaign Against Homophobia | "A person with HIV, in addition to having a serious problem, is an expense for everyone here in Brazil," the far-right president of Brazil said. | The head of state expressed his discriminatory c…
telesurenglish.net/news/People-With-HIV-Are-an-Expense-for-Brazil-Bolsonaro–20200205-0027.html

The US Is 'in Denial' About Levels of Poverty: Ocasio-Cortez
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-05
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) testified Wednesday before her House committee about the United States government's intentional denial to acknowledge how many U.S. citizens are living in poverty. | RELATED: | 500M People Worldwide Struggle to Find Adequate Work: Study | AOC joined several anti-poverty campaigners in testifying at a hearing on the effects of U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on child poverty, hunger, homelessness, and healthcare. | She called on the…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-US-Is-in-Denial-About-Levels-of-Poverty-Ocasio-Cortez-20200205-0021.html

Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-02-05
Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy…
thenation.com/article/politics/senate-acquits-trump/

How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Neighbors
Karen Rothmyer | thenation.com | 2020-02-05
How I Learned to Stop Worrying About My Neighbors…
thenation.com/article/politics/rural-america-catskills-democrats/

Senate Republicans Acquit Trump in 'Cowardly and Disgraceful Final Act to Their Show Trial'
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
"Make no mistake about it, this was nothing more than an attempted partisan coverup for the shameless and illegal conduct of Donald Trump." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_acquitted.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/05/senate-republicans-acquit-trump-cowardly-and-disgraceful-final-act-their-show-trial?cd-origin=rss

'Trumpian': Biden Campaign Under Fire for Questioning Legitimacy of Iowa Results Showing Candidate in Distant Fourth Place
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
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'America in a State of Denial About the Level of Poverty in This Country,' Says Ocasio-Cortez
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-05
Calling on her fellow lawmakers to pass legislation she put forward last year to fully recognize poverty in the U.S. and work to eradicate it, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testified before her own House committee Wednesday about the U.S. government's willful failure to understand how many Americans are living in poverty. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12028253271.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/05/america-state-denial-about-level-poverty-country-says-ocasio-cortez?cd-origin=rss

'Why are you voting for Putin?' Tulsi Gabbard supporters harassed at Iowa caucuses
rt.com | 2020-02-04
A Tulsi Gabbard supporter was physically attacked with a Sharpie marker and called a Russian terrorist after voicing support for the candidate at an Iowa caucus, one of several reports of Gabbard supporters being "abused." | Caucusing for the Hawaii congresswoman can be hazardous to one's health, if reports from Monday's botched vote in Iowa are any indication. Journalist Dack Rouleau accidentally triggered a supporter of billionaire candidate Tom Steyer into a full-on Jekyll-and-Hyde transformation culminating in physical attack when he casually mentioned that he would be voting for Gabbard. | The man on the…
rt.com/usa/480080-tulsi-gabbard-caucus-abused-iowa/

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