2020-02-07: Social Media Postees

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The Clinton Machine Will Do Anything to Stop Bernie Sanders
Robert Scheer | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
The botched Iowa caucuses have raised many legitimate questions about the Democratic establishment, but to understand the point we're at now, it's necessary to think back several years. According to Grayzone journalist and editor Max Blumenthal, Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer's guest on the latest installment of "Scheer Intelligence," part of the backlash Bernie Sanders is currently experiencing as he at…
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Democrats seek to suppress Sanders victory in Iowa
wsws.org | 2020-02-07
The effort to conceal or suppress reports of Senator Bernie Sanders' victory in the Iowa caucuses reached a new stage Thursday with DNC Chairman Tom Perez calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to recanvass the state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/iowa-f07.html

Democrats Seek to Suppress Sanders Victory in Iowa
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
The effort by the Democratic Party establishment to conceal or suppress reports of Senator Bernie Sanders' victory in the Iowa caucuses reached a new stage Thursday with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to …
globalresearch.ca/democrats-seek-suppress-sanders-victory-iowa/5703045

Lee Camp: They're Going to Try to Steal California From Sanders (Again)
Lee Camp | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
Californians should be forewarned that if they want to vote for someone outside the centrists

Jacobin's Bhaskar Sunkara on the Iowa caucuses: Don't lose faith in the Democrats
wsws.org | 2020-02-07
Writing in the Guardian, Sunkara claims that "we should have confidence" in the "integrity" of the vote in Iowa, arguing that the DNC will not "steal the election from Bernie Sanders."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/sunk-f07.html

The DNC Can't Slow Bernie Sanders' Momentum
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
Committee Chair Tom Perez is making a big push to prevent the Vermont senator from securing the nomination. It may be too little too late.
truthdig.com/articles/the-dnc-cant-slow-bernie-sanders-momentum/

The Center Cannot Hold
Elizabeth Bruenig | zcomm.org | 2020-02-07
Bernie Sanders's strong showing in Iowa is a turning point in the battle between the party's establishment and left wing…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-center-cannot-hold/

Iowa debacle fueled by anti-Bernie billionaires, Russiagate hucksters, failed DNC elites
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-07
Max Blumenthal breaks down the shadowy network of billionaires, Democratic elites, and Russiagate profiteers behind the Shadow app that ruined…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/07/iowa-debacle-fueled-by-anti-bernie-billionaires-russiagate-hucksters-failed-dnc-elites/

The Game is Rigged
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Let's not beat around the bush. The game is rigged. The fix is in. | I'm not just talking about the neofascistic Donald Trump, the Republican Party, the Republican-controlled United States Senate and the fake-impeachment trial that body just concluded. I'm talking about their neoliberal enablers, the Democrats too.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/the-game-is-rigged/

Sanders Campaign Found More Than a Dozen "Discrepancies" in Iowa Delegate Data
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-07
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and CNN came under fire late Thursday for uncritically boosting the latest batch of Iowa Democratic caucus results, which

Pete Buttigieg Blasted for Declaring Himself 'Official' Victor in Iowa
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
Former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg and CNN came under fire late Thursday for uncritically boosting the latest batch of Iowa Democratic caucus results, which–as documented by news outlets and observers–contained a number of glaring errors that the Iowa Democratic Party has yet to fix. | After CNN anchor Chris Cuomo introduced Buttigieg at a town hall at Saint Anselm College Thursday night as the "leader" of the Iowa caucuses with "100%" of precincts reported, the former mayor declared, "That's fantastic news to hear…
truthdig.com/articles/pete-buttigieg-blasted-for-declaring-himself-official-victor-in-iowa/

Failed Prosecutions: Donald Trump Survives the Senate
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Never undertake a prosecution unless you have good grounds, and prospects, for a solid conviction. In the case against President Donald Trump, there was never a serious prospect that the Senate would cool sufficiently to give the Democrats the …
globalresearch.ca/failed-prosecutions-donald-trump-survives-senate/5703023

Bloomberg becoming Oligarch-in-Chief of Democratic Party
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2020-02-07
If Sanders wins the nomination, Michael Bloomberg and his filthy rich brethren are already preparing to fund and erect an alternative structure of dependable corporate governance. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/07/bloomberg-becoming-oligarch-in-chief-of-democratic-party/

Trump says Democrats should 'expunge' his impeachment
rt.com | 2020-02-07
Still in a celebratory mood after his acquittal in the Senate, US President Donald Trump said Democrats should 'expunge' his impeachment, as their accusations against him were false. | "That's a very good question," Trump said when asked by a journalist whether the Democrats should "expunge" his impeachment in the House. | The president expressed confidence that "they should, because it was a hoax; it was a total political hoax." | He ripped into his Democratic opponents, saying that "they've gone totally crazy" and claiming they suffer from a "bad case" of "Trump derangement syndrome." | There's a lot of evil…
rt.com/usa/480367-trump-democrats-expunge-impeachment/

Laurie Garrett: World Can't Let Racist Attitudes Impact Handling of Coronavirus Outbreak
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
The Chinese doctor who warned the government about a possible coronavirus outbreak has died after contracting the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital. Thirty-four-year-old ophthalmologist Li Wenliang warned his fellow medical workers about coronavirus on December 30. He was then investigated by police and accused of "making false comments." His death has sparked a wave of anger and outrage in China, where the hashtag "We want freedom of speech" went viral on Chinese social media site Weibo this week. The death toll from the coronavirus has now topped 630 people in China, with more than 31,000 confirmed…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/7/laurie_garrett_china_coronavirus_response

Democratic governor gives right-wing response to Trump State of the Union address
wsws.org | 2020-02-07
The Democratic Party rebuttal included hypocritical invocations of democracy, demagogic appeals to struggling workers and falsification of the party's reactionary record.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/07/whit-f07.html

Shadow Coding: the Iowa Caucus and Carl Jung
Ipek S. Burnett | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Political observers, media commentators, politicians, citizens. Everybody seemed to have choice words for the 2020 Iowa caucus: Disaster. Meltdown. Debacle. The Iowa Democratic Party had commissioned a new mobile app, a data synchronization platform, which was supposed to report the voting counts. As we know, what ensued were delays, inconsistencies, chaos, and confusion. Frustrated presidential candidates,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/shadow-coding-the-iowa-caucus-and-carl-jung/

Media, Democratic Establishment Panics as Sanders Predicted to Sweep All 50 States
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-07
No matter how much mainstream media and establishment Democratic pols attempt to spin the results, Iowa has many of those in the establishment very worried, to say the least.
mintpressnews.com/democrats-panic-bernie-sanders-predicted-win-all-50-states/264716/

The Census Is Not Safe From Donald Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-07
When the Supreme Court ruled in June that the Trump administration could not place a citizenship question on the 2020 census, civil rights advocates breathed a sigh of relief. | Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, called the outcome "a victory for democracy." | "The administration deliberately sought to increase the political power of whites at the expense of already underrepresented communities," Johnson said in a statement. | Trump administration officials h…
truthdig.com/articles/the-census-is-not-safe-from-donald-trump/

Risk of Nuclear War Rises as U.S. Deploys a New Nuclear Weapon for the First Time Since the Cold War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
The Federation of American Scientists revealed in late January that the U.S. Navy had deployed for the first time a submarine armed with a low-yield Trident nuclear warhead. The USS Tennessee deployed from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia in late 2019. The W76-2 warhead, which is facing criticism at home and abroad, is estimated to have about a third of the explosive power of the atomic bomb the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) called the news "an alarming development that heightens the risk of nuclear war." We're joined by William Arkin, longtime reporter…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/7/us_new_low_yield_nuclear_weapons

Dems must focus on removing Trump from the White House
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-07
DES MOINES, Iowa

Enemies of Democracy: Neoliberalism and Authoritarian Finance
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Democracy is supposed to mean rule by people. In the West, it means rule by upper classes via periodic representational charades in which candidates represent corporate interests and occasionally throw crumbs to the public to pre-empt full-scale revolution. But now even establishment institutions are worried about the implications of the lack of genuine democracy in…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/enemies-of-democracy-neoliberalism-and-authoritarian-finance/

Election Politics: From Chaos to an Emerging Political Consciousness?
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
The disintegration of Iowa's Democratic caucus before the nation's disbelieving eyes could not be a better metaphor for what some are calling the Evolutionary Shift of the Ages. In a nutshell, a shift in the nature of reality is underway …
globalresearch.ca/emerging-political-consciousness/5702987

J31 "Fare Strike" Protest at New York's Grand Central Station
Coery Eiesbnreg | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-07
Just a few hours before the J31 Fare Strike convened at Grand Central Station, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor de Blasio as a call-in to the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. I alerted the Mayor to the …
globalresearch.ca/j31-fare-strike-grand-central-station/5703059

San Francisco In Nationwide Rejection of Senate Coverup
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-07
Protest on Market Street against Republican Whitewash of Gangster President…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830443.php

Trump May Not be a Dictator, But He Has a Despot's Sense of Impunity
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Now that President Trump has been "acquitted" in a sham trial by the Republican-controlled Senate and given unfettered license to act as he pleases, is there a real danger that he will become a dictator? According to Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and one of the House impeachment managers,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/trump-may-not-be-a-dictator-but-he-has-a-despots-sense-of-impunity/

Targeting Gender Nonconforming Youth
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
The U.S. has been a battlefield over cultural values for nearly 50 years. In states throughout the country, the religious right

To Quit or Not to Acquit, That Was the Question
Thomas M. Magstadt | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
"Wherever law ends, tyranny begins"

The Civilizing Sermon
Peter Harrison | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
Discourse: communication in speech or writing; a speech or piece of writing about a particular, usually serious, subject; spoken or written discussion

Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System
J. Mijin Cha | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Universal Coverage Is Not Only Realistic, It's a Better System…
thenation.com/article/politics/health-care-universal-buttigieg/

Tracking Down Mayor Pete's Black Voter Problem
Darryl Pinckney | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Tracking Down Mayor Pete's Black Voter Problem…
thenation.com/article/politics/buttigieg-south-bend-black/

Sanders Surged in Iowa on a Wave of New Voters
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Sanders Surged in Iowa on a Wave of New Voters…
thenation.com/article/politics/sanders-buttigieg-new-voters/

Live Chat: Watch the 8th Democratic Debate With 'The Nation'
The Nation | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
Live Chat: Watch the 8th Democratic Debate With 'The Nation'…
thenation.com/article/politics/democratic-debate-new-hampshire/

The Erasure of Elizabeth Warren Continues
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-02-07
The Erasure of Elizabeth Warren Continues…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-iowa-caucus/

Former Republican lawmaker Walsh ends bid to challenge Trump for White House
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-07
"I can't stop him in a Republican primary, but I can sure do my level best to try to stop him … by bringing people together," Walsh told CNN in an interview on Friday.
yenisafak.com/en/world/former-republican-lawmaker-walsh-ends-bid-to-challenge-trump-for-white-house-3511509

Joe Walsh Ends Republican Primary Challenge Against Trump: 'No One Can Defeat Him'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-07
The decision comes after Joe Walsh obtained merely one percent of the vote in the 2020 Iowa Republican caucuses on 3 February.
sputniknews.com/us/202002071078255387-joe-walsh-ends-republican-primary-challenge-against-trump-no-one-can-defeat-him/

"The Squad" Joins Town Hall With Grassroots Activists on Critical Issues of 2020
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-07
The live streamed event will proudly feature four of the bravest and most progressive voices for change the U.S. Congress has seen in decades: Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as prominent artists, activists and organizers. | We are pleased to partner with the award-winning team at Democracy Now! To publicize this event. Author and Democracy Now co-host Nermeen Shaikh will moderate. | We will also be joined by activists hosting watch part…
truthout.org/video/the-squad-joins-town-hall-with-grassroots-activists-on-critical-issues-of-2020/

Roaming Charges: When Satan Quotes Scripture
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-07
The caucus system has been fetishized by the political pundit class for decades as an example of small state "town hall" style democracy in action. In fact, they're anti-democratic, often controlled by party bosses, where, lacking secret ballots, people bullied into voting with the mob. Less than 10 percent of registered Democrats turn out for these spectacles, far less than 60 percent you'd expect to vote in a primary. In the last few election cycles, however, Obama, Ron Paul and Sanders figured out how to exploit some of the weaknesses of the caucus system to defeat the bosses, which has resulted in the party t…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/07/roaming-charges-when-satan-quotes-scripture/

Human Rights Watch: 200 Salvadoran Asylum Seekers Killed, Raped or Tortured After U.S. Deportation
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-07
A shocking new report says at least 200 Salvadoran asylum seekers were either killed, raped or tortured after being deported from the United States back to El Salvador. Human Rights Watch found that some 138 people deported to El Salvador were murdered by gang members, police, soldiers, death squads or ex-partners between 2013 and 2019. The report says most of the victims were killed within two years after being deported, by the same perpetrators the asylum seekers had fled from. From Denver, Colorado, we speak to Clara Long, senior researcher for Human Rights Watch. And joining us from El Salvador, we speak to "
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/7/hrw_report_el_salvador_deportations

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/

Sanders declares victory in Iowa as DNC demands a 'recanvass'
rt.com | 2020-02-06
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has declared victory in the Iowa caucus after three days of chaotic counting and recounting, calling the popular vote in his own favor with 97 percent of precincts reporting. | "What I want to do is thank the people of Iowa for the victory they gave us on Monday night," Sanders said in a press conference on Thursday. With some 97 percent of precincts reporting, the Vermont senator is ahead in the popular vote by over 6,000, but still lags slightly in delegates behind South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg. | Thank you Iowa for bringing our campaign to victory! W…
rt.com/usa/480270-sanders-victory-popular-vote-iowa/

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/

Sanders Claims Victory in Iowa With 97 Percent of Precincts In
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
The office of Senator Bernie Sanders reported the victory of the candidate in the caucus of the Democratic Party in Iowa, almost completely wiping out Pete Buttigieg's narrow lead in state delegate equivalents while extending his popular vote lead to more than 2,500 votes. | RELATED: | What's Next Front in Trump's Battle Over Presidential Powers? | After projecting late Wednesday that Buttigieg would "very likely" emerge victorious from the Iowa debacle, the New York Times drastica…
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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/

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

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/

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/

Coronavirus kills 69 more people in China's Hubei as total cases soar beyond 31,000
rt.com | 2020-02-06
China's Hubei province, the epicenter of a lethal viral outbreak, has reported just shy of 2,500 additional cases of the illness and 69 new deaths, bringing the worldwide disease toll to over 31,000, with at least 639 fatalities. | As the spread of the novel coronavirus begins to slow in Hubei, the World Health Organization said on Thursday that it was too early to conclude that the outbreak had reached its peak, with the executive director of the agency's Health Emergencies Program, Mike Ryan, telling a conference in Geneva it was "too early to make predictions on numbers." The day before marked one of the de…
rt.com/news/480272-coronavirus-hubei-death-toll/

'Tim the Tusker Elephant Dies in Kenya, Among Last of Its Kind
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-06
Kenya has lost a celebrated male elephant aged 50 years old that used to roam in the country's southeastern plains neighboring Tanzania, authorities said on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Yangtze Spatula Fish: First Extinct Species of This Decade | Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said the iconic elephant named Tim-the Big Tusker died on Tuesday at Amboseli National Park and its remains will be preserved at the national museums for exhibition and education…
telesurenglish.net/news/Tim-the-Tusker-Elephant-Dies-in-Kenya-Among-Last-of-Its-Kind-20200206-0015.html

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

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/

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/

Of Course Bloomberg's an Oligarch—and He's Coming For Your Social Security
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2020-02-06
Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg speaks during the kickoff of his "Get it Done Express" bus tour as a protester holds up a sign reading "Billionaires Should Not Buy Elections" at the Dollarhide Community Center in Compton, California on February 3, 2020. (Photo: Frederic J. Bown / AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bloomberg_social_security_2020.jpg …
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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

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

The Time Is NOW For The PRO Act To Protect Workers
commondreams.org | 2020-02-06
Jennifer Epps-Addison, Rahna Epting, George Goehl, Leah Greenberg, et al. | "In 2018, Democrats promised working people that they would take action to strengthen our democracy and boost our paychecks," write the authors. "Passing labor law reform is the surest way to deliver on that promise. Working people have never stopped fighting for their rights. Now it's time for Congress to join their fight." (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/workers_0.png …
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'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…
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PRO Act passes; BlueGreen Alliance says green union jobs possible
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-06
WASHINGTON–Turning aside a multitude of Republican "poison pill" schemes, the Democratic-run U.S. House passed the Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act, the nation's most-comprehensive pro-worker labor law reform in decades, 224-194. Five Republicans and 219 Democrats voted for it. And as strenuous worker lobbying by e-mail and toll-free phone preceded the Feb. 6 late-evening …
peoplesworld.org/article/bluegreen-alliance-chief-pro-act-could-create-green-union-jobs/

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

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

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/

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/

Organizers Won't Let Trump Dismantle Medicaid
Dorian Warren | commondreams.org | 2020-02-06
Organizers rally to protect access to affordable health care. (Photo: New Jersey Organizing Project.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/unnamed_1_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/06/organizers-wont-let-trump-dismantle-medicaid?cd-origin=rss

'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/

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/

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

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/

#BernieWonIA Trending as Bernie Supporters Take Messaging Into Their Own Hands Amid Iowa Debacle
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-06
Buttigieg "is not a victim here," said journalist and commentator Krystal Ball. "Pete got three days of saying he was the winner." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/iowa_caucus_shit_show.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/06/berniewonia-trending-bernie-supporters-take-messaging-their-own-hands-amid-iowa?cd-origin=rss

'In Law School They Called This Conflict of Interest': Tlaib Objects to Paid Bloomberg Staffers on DNC Committees
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-06
Rep. Rashida Tlaib accused the Democratic National Committee and two members of its rules committees of having a conflict of interest following reports that the members are also working on former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/rashida_tlaib_4_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/06/law-school-they-called-conflict-interest-tlaib-objects-paid-bloomberg-staffers-dnc?cd-origin=rss

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

'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

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

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/

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/

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/

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/

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/

'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/

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

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

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/

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 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

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