VoteVets for Buttigieg: Who's Really Keeping Us in the Dark About Campaign Funding?
Steve Early | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
In a Democratic primary field that once featured four military veterans, only two are still marching toward the White House. Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's anti-war candidacy has sunk nearly out of sight, but Pete Buttigieg, former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, became a top tier contender in Iowa and New Hampshire. Flush with cash from nearly…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/votevets-for-buttigieg-whos-really-keeping-us-in-the-dark-about-campaign-funding/

Class War, the DNC, and the Fight for Our Lives
Erin McCarley | commondreams.org | 2020-02-28
Democratic presidential hopefuls Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg (L), Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren (C) and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (R) participate in the ninth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by NBC News, MSNBC, Noticias Telemundo and The Nevada Independent at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, on February 19, 2020. (Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/sanders_bloomberg_dnc_class_war.jpg …
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No Thinking Please, We're Red-Baiting
Pete Dolack | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
The red-baiting of Bernie Sanders is in full swing. From Democrats. Yes, the silly season is upon us as Senator Sanders was roundly condemned because he believes literacy campaigns are good things. I know the United States is a uniquely anti-intellectual country, but, still, you'd think teaching reading and writing might be thought of as…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/no-thinking-please-were-red-baiting/

Election 2020: Those Meddling Kids
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
According to selected members of the "US intelligence community" ("selected" for their loyalty to, and willingness to promote the line of, the Democratic Party establishment) Vladimir Putin and the Russian government just love them some Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. Can't get enough of 'em. If November is a Trump/Sanders shoot-out, the Kremlin wins either…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/election-2020-those-meddling-kids/

If Bernie Sanders Is Unelectable, Then What The Hell Are The Rest Of You?
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
The New York Times complained in a recent column that Bernie Sanders has not expanded the democratic party in the primaries so far. Apparently the paper wanted him to reach more voters, likely only of the Republican variety. They blasted him as a hypocrite. The press is increasingly hysterical and ridiculous. Ever since the Sanders…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/if-bernie-sanders-is-unelectable-then-what-the-hell-are-the-rest-of-you/

Bloomberg: What Is He Good For?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
After winning big in Nevada and withstanding the efforts of Democratic "moderates" to throw him off track at last Tuesday's South Carolina "debate," Bernie Sanders is now enjoying what George H.W. Bush called "the big Mo." He has the wind at his back. Those moderates

Bernie Sanders and the Socialism Question
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
Wherever Bernie Sanders' campaign goes from here, the left critique of establishment politics is getting empirical backing through popular support for his candidacy. The establishment's response— incredulity that the little people have the temerity to question their betters, is combined with a posture of victimhood, that blameless elites are being demonized by neo-collectivist malcontents who are too stupid to appreciate the blessing that four decades of neoliberalism has bestowed on them.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/bernie-sanders-and-the-socialism-question/

Pete Buttigieg: The Energizer Bunny of Hegemony
Scott Tucker | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
Pete Buttigieg's father, Joseph Anthony Buttigieg II, who died in early 2019, was a prominent scholar of the works of Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist who opposed Mussolini's fascist regime. In 1926, the prosecutor at Gramsci's trial declared, "For twenty years, we must stop this brain from functioning." Yet Gramsci continued thinking and writing in…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/pete-buttigieg-the-energizer-bunny-of-hegemony/

In Dem Debates, Corporate Media Push a Militaristic Foreign Policy: An Interview with Sam Husseini
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-28
MintPress News recently spoke to Sam Husseini about how the media promotes militaristic and even xenophobic approaches to foreign policy during the primary debates.
mintpressnews.com/sam-husseini-media-promote-militaristic-foreign-policy-democratic-debates/265325/

The So-Called Party of the People: From Nevada to South Carolina
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
My thesis on the Democratic Party's corporate-imperialist establishment had been consistent for years: it would rather lose to the right-wing party, even to an increasingly apocalyptic and fascistic right, than to the progressive, moderately social-democratic and environmentalist left wing of its own party. That was the basic story of 2016

How CEOs behave like closet socialists
Paul Adler | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-28
To deal with the many challenges we face today, the democratic principle must be extended from the political realm to the economic.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/28/how-ceos-behave-like-closet-socialists/

Catastrophic Humanitarian Crisis in Idlib as Syrian Troops Advance & Children Freeze to Death
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
In Syria, 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in an airstrike by Russia-backed Syrian forces in rebel-held Idlib in a major escalation on Thursday. Turkey has vowed to respond in kind, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres calls for an immediate ceasefire, saying "the risk of even greater escalation grows by the hour." Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reportedly spoke by phone on Friday to discuss the crisis, as NATO urged rapid deescalation. The all-out offensive by the Syrian government is the single largest displacement in a nine-year war that has forced 13 million t…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/idlib_syria_assad_turkey_russia

Doctors Without Borders: Cheap Coronavirus Diagnostic Kits Needed in War-Torn Areas & Refugee Camps
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Across the U.S., officials report a severe shortage of test kits for coronavirus. New York officials say they're preparing their own kits, after kits distributed by the Centers for Disease Control failed validation tests. Meanwhile, new cases of coronavirus continue to spring up worldwide, with Nigeria reporting its first case and one of Iran's vice presidents testing positive. We discuss how MSF USA, or Doctors Without Borders USA, is responding to coronavirus, with the organization's executive director, Avril BenoàÆt.
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/avril_benoit_msf_usa_coronavirus

No Way Out: Report Finds Central American Asylum Seekers Trapped in Mexico in Dangerous Conditions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
A new report by Médecins Sans Frontières

Elementary School in NJ Latinx Community Fights Displacement by New Cancer Center & Gentrification
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
In New Jersey, hundreds rallied at the New Brunswick Board of Education meeting Tuesday night against plans to demolish a public school to make way for Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and Rutgers University to build a new cancer center. Protesters included families and more than 30 children, who held signs reading "Save our School!" and "Stop Gentrification." If approved, 760 third-through-eighth-graders at Lincoln Annex School would be moved to a former warehouse building on the outskirts of town as they await construction of a replacement school. Even worse, the proposed new school site is located on a "brownfield…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/lincoln_annex_school_new_brunswick_nj

"We Want Democracy!" Mass Protests Continue in Dominican Republic After Local Elections Suspended
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-28
Thousands in the Dominican Republic took to the streets of the capital Santo Domingo Thursday to protest the abrupt suspension of local elections earlier this month and to commemorate the country's Independence Day. Protests have been ongoing since February 16, after the government suspended the municipal elections four hours after voting began, alleging there were "technical glitches" in the electronic ballot machines used. The machines were previously used in October 2019, and they cost the Dominican government $19 million. The Dominican people believe the alleged technical glitch is just an attempt by the ruli…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/28/dominican_republic_elections_suspended

333 Billion Dollar California Working Landscape introduced at 2020 Black Expo
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-02-28
CSUS Planetarium opens eyes toward new possibilities for Black Agriculture in the 333 Billion dollar California Working Landscape…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/27/18831113.php

How Democracy Ends
Karen J. Greenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
In this fast-paced century, rife with technological innovation, we've grown accustomed to the impermanence of things. Whatever is here now will likely someday vanish, possibly sooner than we imagine. Movies and music that once played on our VCRs and stereos have given way to infinite choices in the cloud. Cash currency is fast becoming a…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/how-democracy-ends/

Why Democrats Are Finally Boycotting AIPAC
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-28
What follows is a conversation between journalist Alex Kane and Kim Brown of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…
truthdig.com/articles/why-democrats-are-finally-boycotting-aipac/

The leadership debate in Germany's Christian Democrats and the steady political march to the right
wsws.org | 2020-02-28
There is fundamental agreement on the party's right-wing policies. The dispute is over how they can best be imposed in the face of widespread popular opposition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/28/cdug-f28.html

It's Not Bernie But the So-Called "Moderates" That the Democratic Establishment Should Be Freaking Out About
Robert Reich | commondreams.org | 2020-02-28
Democratic presidential candidate, former New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg speaks during a rally held at the Bricktown Events Center on February 27, 2020 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bloomberg is campaigning before voting starts on Super Tuesday, March 3. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bloomberg_freak_out.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/28/its-not-bernie-so-called-moderates-democratic-establishment-should-be-freaking-out?cd-origin=rss

Australia: Workers and youth call for intensification of Assange and Manning defence campaign
wsws.org | 2020-02-28
Queensland students and workers in Parramatta denounce the escalating government attacks on democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/28/sepi-f28.html

'I firmly believe in my innocence': Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang handed EIGHT YEAR ban for breach of anti-doping rules
rt.com | 2020-02-28
Three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang will miss this summer's Olympic Games after being banned from the sport for eight years for missing a drug test in 2018, in what was the Chinese swimmer's second run-in with drug testers. | The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has co-signed a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) appeal against a decision made by swimming's governing body FINA to clear Sun of a doping offence dating back to 2018. At the time Sun was accused of breaking vials containing his blood following a verbal altercation with FINA drug-testers in September of that year. | The Chinese swimmer had previous…
rt.com/sport/481917-sun-yang-olympic-ban/

Coonerty Appointee Bullies County Health Officer
Santa Cruz News Network | indybay.org | 2020-02-28
Damon Bruder, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Ryan Coonerty's appointee to the County's Syringe Services Program (SSP) Advisory Commission, has made harassing and bullying statements on social media directed at Rachel McCullough-Sanden, an Epidemiologist and HIV Surveillance Coordinator at the County Health Services Agency (HSA). On February 14, a disparaging screen capture of McCullough-Sanden taken from video of a Board of Supervisors meeting was posted to the Santa Cruz, CA: Keepin' It Real Facebook page. The photo was featured on the blog along with criticism of the County Health Department for being late in pos…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/27/18831084.php

'Don't you dare buy these': Sneaker fans warn resellers as Nike releases pics of special edition Kobe 5 'Lakers' basketball shoes
rt.com | 2020-02-28
Sportswear giants Nike are set to release a special edition version of their hugely-popular "Kobe 5" basketball shoes to honor the late NBA superstar, but fans are already worried about the cynical motives of the reseller market. | Images of the "Lakers" edition of the Kobe Bryant-inspired "Kobe 5" sneakers were posted online by noted sneaker-fan Twitter account @J23app. | But, while the fan excitement about the possibility of owning a special pair of tribute sneakers was palpable online, there were also those who warned resellers to steer clear from trying to profit from the NBA superstar's death. | Also on r…
rt.com/sport/481919-nike-kobe-lakers-sneaker-fans-warn-resellers/

Canada To Hold Talks with Indigenous Group About Pipeline
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-28
A Canadian government minister was scheduled to open two days of talks with a major Indigenous group on Thursday in a bid to end three weeks of rail and road blockades across the country. | RELATED: | Canada: 1,000 Rail Employees Laid-off Due to Railway Blockade | Carolyn Bennett, the minister of crown-Indigenous relations, and Scott Fraser, the British Columbia minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation, are due to meet Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs on Thursday and Fr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canada-To-Hold-Talks-with-Indigenous-Group-About-Pipeline-20200227-0025.html

'Must be parody': George W Bush's brother ridiculed online after moaning about 'incredibly rude' BBC bias against BoJo's Tories
rt.com | 2020-02-28
Jeb Bush, younger brother of former US President George W Bush, has been mercilessly mocked on Twitter, after accusing the BBC of being "biased" in their news coverage and "incredibly rude to Conservative MPs." | The former 2016 US Republican presidential candidate took to social media on Thursday night to reveal that he was in the UK capital and wasn't best pleased with the British broadcaster's attitude towards PM Boris Johnson's Tory Party. | Bush insisted that he enjoyed the BBC's world coverage, but questioned the "vitriol" when it came to its UK political coverage. | Every time I visit London, I am amaze…
rt.com/uk/481913-jeb-bush-bbc-bias-tories/

Amy Klobuchar's wrongful convictions, Twitterstorm will demand justice for Myon Burrell
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-28
Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, February 28, activists will be making noise on Twitter and other social media platforms to demand freedom for Myon Burrell and urging voters to reject Amy Klobuchar, who is responsible for his wrongful conviction. The Twitterstorm is being initiated by Twin Cities Coalition for Justice 4 Jamar (TCC4J) using the hashtags #FreeMyon and #NoAmyK to spread their message. | Organizers say presidential hopeful Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar has used Myon's case – a case full of holes – to claim success as Hennepin County attorney and as an example of her work for the African American c…
fightbacknews.org/2020/2/27/amy-klobuchar-s-wrongful-convictions-twitterstorm-will-demand-justice-myon-burrell

American Democracy Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes
Karen J. Greenberg | thenation.com | 2020-02-28
American Democracy Is Unraveling Before Our Eyes…
thenation.com/article/politics/democracy-erosion-trump/

Why Is Bernie So Far Ahead in the California Primary? Organizing
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-02-28
Why Is Bernie So Far Ahead in the California Primary? Organizing.
thenation.com/article/politics/sanders-california-democrats-primary/

Roaming Charges: Knives Out
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-28
In response to criticism from Democratic Party centrists that Sanders didn't do enough to help Hillary in 2016, the Sandernistas are touting the fact that Sanders did 3 times as many campaign events for Hillary as Hillary did for Obama in 2008. I guess that's one way to look at it. The other is: why the hell was Bernie campaigning for Hillary, the walking distillation of every neoliberal policy he purports to loathe, at all?
counterpunch.org/2020/02/28/roaming-charges-get-bernie/

Democrats Are Willing to Blow Up the Party to Stop Sanders
Jacob Sugarman | truthdig.com | 2020-02-27
Superdelegates are openly plotting to deny Bernie Sanders the nomination. If they succeed, they risk reelecting Donald Trump and worse.
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-are-willing-to-blow-up-the-party-to-stop-sanders/

The Important Word in "Democratic Socialism" is Democratic
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-27
fter the Nevada caucuses, Bernie Sanders is now the front-runner in the Democratic presidential race. In South Carolina, the next primary, former Vice President Joe Biden is the favorite, buoyed by his support among African American voters. But Sanders will come into the state with real momentum, having won the popular vote in each of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/27/the-important-word-in-democratic-socialism-is-democratic/

MSM's insatiable anti-Sanders venom forces them to dig through archives & smear veteran American reporter (because Russia!)
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Mainstream outlets are so determined to derail Bernie Sanders' campaign, they've dug up a 2016 interview of his wife with RT's late host Ed Schultz

The New York Times' Fear of a Bernie Nomination
Peter F. Crowley | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-27
The New York Times is one of the most prominent mediums for the Democratic Party establishment's talking points. On Sunday, after Bernie Sanders' landslide victory in the Nevada caucus, here is what two front page articles on the subject are saying. It amounts to a case study of the paper's and the Democratic establishment's fear …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/the-new-york-times-fear-of-a-bernie-nomination/

Sadiq Khan rattles Labour supporters after showing interest in US billionaire Bloomberg over socialist Sanders to beat Trump
rt.com | 2020-02-27
London's Labour mayor Sadiq Khan has infuriated party supporters after seemingly coming out in favor of Michael Bloomberg as his preferred choice over Bernie Sanders in the US Democratic primaries and likely to beat Donald Trump. | In an interview with Politico, Khan appeared to rule out Bernie Sanders

Sanders' Key Adviser Details Economic Plan To Counter Detractors
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-27
A Bernie Sanders presidency could begin modestly with a roughly US$300 billion federal jobs guarantee before pushing for trillions of dollars in new spending on health care, the environment and infrastructure, says a key adviser to the U.S. Democratic front-runner. | RELATED: | Sanders Could Beat Trump in the Race for U.S. Presidency | A jobs guarantee, which would see the federal government ensure employment for anyone who wanted to work, would be a logical first step for the would-b…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sanders-Key-Adviser-Details-Economic-Plan-To-Counter-Detractors-20200227-0015.html

Sanders Supporters Denounce Open Threats by Superdelegates to Steal Nomination
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-27
Nearly 100 Democratic superdelegates told the New York Times in interviews this week that if Sen. Bernie Sanders does not arrive at the party's 2020 convention in July with a majority of pledged delegates, they are willing to thwart the will of the plurality of primary voters

The Red-Baiting Attacks on Bernie Sanders Ignore His Flawed Foreign Policy Record
Dakotah Lilly | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-27
The right needs to stop pretending that Bernie Sanders is a Chavista, Sandinista, or the next Che Guevara, and some elements of the left need to stop doing the same.
mintpressnews.com/pundits-red-baiting-attacks-bernie-sanders-foreign-policy/265287/

Bernie Finally Puts a Number on Cutting Military Spending
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-27
Bernie Sanders' campaign has published a fact sheet on how everything he proposes can be paid for. On that fact sheet we find this line in a list of items that collectively will pay for a Green New Deal:…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/27/bernie-finally-puts-a-number-on-cutting-military-spending/

Bernie Sanders Earns Support From Black Women Activists
Teen Vogue Staff | zcomm.org | 2020-02-27
Black women activists explain their support for Sanders's campaign…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bernie-sanders-earns-support-from-black-women-activists/

'Princess Diana would've been alive in America': Conservative speaker manages to offend both Brits & French in anti-medicare rant
rt.com | 2020-02-27
A speaker at CPAC claimed the late Princess Diana died not because of her tragic car accident, but because France's socialized medicine prevented her from getting proper medical care. | Conservative fears of socialized medicine

Sanders joins Rev. Barber at New Poor People's Campaign
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-27
GOLDSBORO, N.C.–"Until people stand up and say" that rampant poverty and income inequality in the U.S. "is wrong, we won't have fundamental change" here, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., told the New Poor People's Campaign. In a q-and-a with the co-chair of the nationwide drive, the Rev. William Barber II, and campaign members and parishioners in …
peoplesworld.org/article/sanders-joins-rev-barber-at-new-poor-peoples-campaign/

Why Bernie Sanders Is Winning
David Goodner | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
Supporters arrive to attend ahead of the Bernies Back rally in Queens, NY, on October 19, 2019. (Photo: Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_3.png …
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Bernie Sanders and the Military Industrial Complex. Bernie 2.0
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
No one on the left was more critical of Bernie Sanders during his 2016 presidential run than late Black Agenda Report Editor Bruce Dixon. However, after Bernie's speech announcing that he planned to run again this year, Bruce asked me, …
globalresearch.ca/bernie-sanders-military-industrial-complex/5704887

As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-27
To Mayor Pete, a real progressive looks like a nail…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831030.php

Syria: "Moderate Rebels" or "Intelligence Assets"?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
"Moderates" never existed except as an "intelligence" agency narrative to protect and arm all the terrorists. "Rebels" never existed except as an "intelligence" agency ploy to falsely portray a Regime Change war as a "revolution" or a "civil war". | Prof. | …
globalresearch.ca/democracy-infidels/5704649

Don't Equate Russia's Purely Speculative Preference for US President with "Election Meddling"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
Democrats and Republicans alike are weaponizing purely speculative reports about Russia's supposed preference for President by deceptively equating them with imagined so-called "meddling" in support of their opponent, which amounts to nothing more than the American elite waging a sophisticated …
globalresearch.ca/dont-equate-russia-purely-speculative-preference-president-meddling/5704898

India's Waging a State-on-Citizen Hybrid War to Build Modi's Hindu Rashtra
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
New Delhi, the capital of the self-professed "World's Largest Democracy", has turned into a dystopia after anti-government protests during the time of Trump's geostrategically pivotal visit quickly descended into Islamophobic attacks and a state-backed killing spree as a direct result …
globalresearch.ca/india-waging-state-citizen-hybrid-war-build-modi-hindu-rashtra/5704838

Video: "Fake News": "The Shining Forces of Idlib Democracy" = Al Qaeda Terrorists backed by Turkish Army
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
The shining forces of Idlib democracy are crushing the Assad regime's brutal aggression in eastern Idlib dealing blow after blow to the pro-government sectarian militias so cynically backed by Teheran and Moscow… at least according to mainstream media. | Hayat Tahrir …
globalresearch.ca/video-shining-forces-idlib-democracy-crushing-assad-regime/5704873

"Pence Is Not a Medical Expert": Is the Trump Admin Ready to Stop a U.S. Coronavirus Pandemic?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-27
The coronavirus disease that was first diagnosed in China's Hubei province has now spread to at least 47 countries and every continent except Antarctica. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak an international health emergency. President Trump sought to play down the threat from coronavirus and announced Vice President Mike Pence would be his point person to coordinate government efforts to prevent a widespread outbreak. As Trump spoke, a new milestone in the novel coronavirus outbreak was reported, in a possible example of community spread: A person was diagnosed with the virus in Northern Calif…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/27/coronavirus_covid19_us_response

"Dead Bodies Everywhere": Hindu Nationalist Violence Rocks Delhi as Trump Visits Modi in India
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-27
In India, the death toll from anti-Muslim violence in Delhi has risen to at least 34, with police accused of turning a blind eye to assaults on Muslims committed by Hindu nationalist mobs. The violence began Sunday, when groups of Hindus attacked peaceful sit-ins of Muslims protesting against Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new citizenship law, which widely restricts Muslim immigration to India. Modi said nothing as the violence continued for days, instead hosting President Donald Trump on a two-day state visit in which Trump heaped praise on the Indian prime minister. We speak with Neha Dixit, i…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/27/india_antimuslim_violence_modi_trump

How the Climate Crisis Is Making the Spread of Infectious Diseases Like Coronavirus More Common
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-27
Sonia Shah is an investigative science journalist and author of "Pandemic: Tracking Contagions, from Cholera to Ebola and Beyond." Her new book is titled "The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move" and will be published in June. She says the climate crisis is making outbreaks of infectious diseases more common, with the destruction of natural animal habitats and the changes in migration bringing humans and animals into ever-closer contact and making new pathogens more likely. Her latest article, published in The Nation, is titled "Think Exotic Animals Are to Blame for the Coronavirus? Th…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/27/climate_crisis_coronavirus_infections_disease_outbreaks

Frozen out? Deontay Wilder faces heavyweight snub as promoters target Tyson Fury vs Anthony Joshua
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Former WBC heavyweight champion of the world Deontay Wilder could be frozen out of the championship picture after Tyson Fury's promoter Frank Warren hinted that an all-British clash with Anthony Joshua could be next for his man. | Wilder previously held the WBC belt but, despite a very public negotiation with Joshua, the meeting between the two fighters, who between them held all of boxing's major heavyweight titles at the time, never came to fruition. | Fury then went on to first draw with Wilder, then defeat "The Bronze Bomber" in their eagerly-anticipated rematch to capture the famous green WBC belt. | Also…
rt.com/sport/481843-frozen-out-deontay-wilder-tyson-fury-anthony-joshua/

'Defund racist border wall!' Warren's 'solution' to coronavirus crisis causes mass eye-rolling on Twitter
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Senator Elizabeth Warren announced a bill that would use funding for President Donald Trump's "racist border wall" to combat the coronavirus outbreak

Final #Cabeza9 Misdemeanor Charge Against Dr. Scott Warren Dismissed
commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/02/27/final-cabeza9-misdemeanor-charge-against-dr-scott-warren-dismissed?cd-origin=rss

Most US Citizens Support Wealth Tax to Combat Inequality
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-27
Just over two-thirds of United States voters favor a tax on the wealthiest households, which translates in increasing support for a wealth tax to combat persistent inequality, according to a new survey by TheHill/HarrisX. | RELATED: | Sanders Could Beat Trump in the Race for U.S. Presidency | A vast majority of the surveyed public (66 percent), including majorities of Democrats and Independents, said there should be a wealth tax on billionaires as Democratic front-runner Bernie Sander…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-most-citizens-support-wealth-tax-to-combat-inequality-20200227-0011.html

Oregon Republicans Shut Down State Senate and Flee to Block Climate Bill
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-27
Republican state senators in Oregon fled the state capitol on Monday in a stunt intended to derail the passage of a climate change bill supported by a majority of lawmakers for the second time in eight months. | Oregon requires two-thirds of the state Senate's members to be present for a quorum, without which the chamber cannot vote on bills. Eleven of the 12 Republican senators fled the state capitol in Salem on Monday to deny the Democratic supermajority a quorum to prevent a vote on a bill to…
truthout.org/articles/oregon-republicans-shut-down-state-senate-and-flee-to-block-climate-bill/

Centrist Candidates Are Losing the Plot
Bill Boyarsky | truthdig.com | 2020-02-27
I thought I might end up watching an Iowa-style meltdown when my cousin, a precinct chair in Nevada, invited me to Reno to watch the complicated vote counting at the Nevada Democratic caucuses on Feb. 24, less than three weeks after Iowa's disaster. | I hate to admit it, being a cynical correspondent for a skeptical progressive website, but things went pretty well. Those tallying up the votes appeared to be honest and dedicated to doing a good job. | The participants gathered at Swope Middle School on a Sunday morning were in a good mood. Under the direction of chairs like my cousin, they divided up quickly, as t…
truthdig.com/articles/centrist-candidates-are-losing-the-plot/

The NYT's Analysis of Democratic Tax Plans: a Really Big Number Orgy
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-27
I have often gone after the media on printing large numbers that are meaningless to almost all their readers. The point is that when you throw out numbers in the millions, billions, and trillions, very few readers have any idea what these numbers mean. It is possible to make them meaningful by simply adding some…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/27/the-nyts-analysis-of-democratic-tax-plans-a-really-big-number-orgy/

Democracy 21 Files Fifth Justice Department Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump
commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/02/27/democracy-21-files-fifth-justice-department-complaint-against-ag-barr-repeated?cd-origin=rss

The Unfounding Father: Donald Trump and the End of American Democracy
Karen Greenberg | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 21, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/donald_trump_9.jpg …
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Montreal: Demonstration outside US consulate demands freedom for Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-27
Speakers denounced the persecution of Assange as a major threat to democratic rights, exposed the complicity of Canada's ruling elite and stressed the importance of a global mobilization of the working class to secure his freedom.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/mont-f27.html

Water shutoffs continue in Detroit in the face of growing opposition
wsws.org | 2020-02-27
The Democratic administrations of both the city and the state insist that water shutoffs in Detroit remain as a "collection tool of last resort."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/27/shut-f27.html

The Slander Sanders Shout-Fest: The South Carolina Democratic Primary Debate
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
Tonight, February 25, 2020 the Democrats held their 10th debate on the eve of the South Carolina primary this coming weekend. It's also the last debate before next week's Super Tuesday string of primaries held in 14 states. | A lot …
globalresearch.ca/slander-sanders-shout-fest-south-carolina-democratic-primary-debate/5704881

Democratic Socialism: From Fromm to Sanders
John Stanton | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-27
counterpunch.org/2020/02/27/democratic-socialism-from-fromm-to-sanders/

Pants on fire! Joe Biden's campaign says he was never 'arrested' trying to visit Nelson Mandela
rt.com | 2020-02-27
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden claimed he was arrested in the 1970s while trying to visit jailed South African civil rights campaigner Nelson Mandela. After critics called him out, his campaign now denies the claim. | Courting the black vote in South Carolina and Nevada this month, Biden brought up his 1970s visit to South Africa when he was a senator for Delaware. He told a South Carolina crowd that he "had the great honor of being arrested with our UN ambassador on the streets of Soweto trying to get to see [Mandela] on Robben Island." At a black history awards event in Las Vegas last week, he cla…
rt.com/news/481767-biden-not-arrested-mandela/

Top DNC Committee Is Packed With Fossil Fuel and Bank Lobbyists
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-27
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | It's likely that going into the Democratic National Convention in July, none of the presidential candidates will have the outright majority of pledged delegates needed to secure the nomination on the first ballot. If…
truthout.org/articles/top-dnc-committee-is-packed-with-fossil-fuel-and-bank-lobbyists/

Our Democratic Institutions Are Dying as Presidential Power Grows
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-27
In this fast-paced century, rife with technological innovation, we've grown accustomed to the impermanence of things. Whatever is here now will likely someday vanish, possibly sooner than we imagine. Movies and music that once played on our VCRs and stereos have given way to infinite choices in the cloud. Cash currency is fast becoming a thing of the past. Cars will soon enough be self-driving. Stores where you could touch and feel your purchases now lie empty as online shopping sucks up our retail atte…
truthout.org/articles/our-democratic-institutions-are-dying-as-presidential-power-grows/

The Fix Is In: Overseeing the Payouts to Boeing Crash Victims' Families
Bryan Dyne | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-27
Boeing's appointment last week of Kenneth Feinberg to administer the aerospace giant's $50 million Community Investment Fund to compensate the communities affected by the two 737 Max 8 crashes and the resulting 346 deaths leaves little doubt that the account …
globalresearch.ca/kenneth-feinberg-oversee-payouts-boeing-crash-victims/5704879

Democratic Candidates Can Win by Getting Values Right
Simon Greer, Richard D. Kahlenberg | thenation.com | 2020-02-27
Democratic Candidates Can Win by Getting Values Right…
thenation.com/article/politics/bobby-kennedy-progressive-values/

Tom Steyer's South Carolina Support Isn't Just About the Benjamins
Kevin Alexander Gray | thenation.com | 2020-02-27
Tom Steyer's South Carolina Support Isn't Just About the Benjamins…
thenation.com/article/politics/steyer-south-carolina-democrat/

UN dispatches humanitarian aid to war-stricken Syria
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
The UN on Thursday dispatched 26 truckloads of humanitarian aid to the embattled northwestern Syrian province of Idlib.The trucks passed through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey's southern Hatay province.The aid will be distributed among residents in urban areas of Idlib, as well as the surrounding countryside, which have been subject to years of devastating attacks by the Assad regime and its allies, triggering a wave of some 1 million refugees.Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests.Since then, hundreds of thousands…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-dispatches-humanitarian-aid-to-war-stricken-syria-3512889

Situation in Syria's Idlib 'in favor of Turkey'
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-27
"The developments in Idlib are now in favor of Turkey," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said during orientation day of first batch of Diplomacy Academy in his ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party headquarter in Ankara.On Jan. 12, the parties to the conflict in Syria announced a cease-fire in response to a joint call by Turkey and Russia.Syria has been mired in a vicious civil war since early 2011, when the Bashar al-Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protests.Since then, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million others displaced, according to UN figures.Idlib, near Turkey's south…
yenisafak.com/en/news/situation-in-syrias-idlib-in-favor-of-turkey-3512902

Indian Cricketer Shakes A Leg to Bollywood Song In Australia
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): The latest release "Love Aaj Kal" featuring Bollywood stars Kartik Aryan and Sara Ali Khan might not have struck the right chord with moviegoers, but its song "Haan Main Galat" did manage to get some fan following for its peppy beats.
sputniknews.com/viral/202002271078419078-indian-cricketer-shakes-a-leg-to-bollywood-song-in-australia/

"The Public Doesn't Really Decide": MSNBC Guest Under Fire for Saying Voters Won't Choose Dem Nominee
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
Anton Gunn, a longtime South Carolina political operative, is on the board of anti-Bernie Sanders group the Democratic Majority for Israel. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gunn.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/27/public-doesnt-really-decide-msnbc-guest-under-fire-saying-voters-wont-choose-dem?cd-origin=rss

Warren and Schakowsky Introduce Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights to Battle Companies That 'Skimp on Wages and Benefits'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
Progressives in Congress introduced on Thursday the Part-Time Worker Bill of Rights Act, legislation that aims to improve rights and benefits of laborers who often face financial insecurity and poor health issues associated with precarious job conditions and low pay. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/askus1.jpg …
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'Rich People Have Profited Enough': New Poll Shows Two-Thirds of Americans Support Wealth Tax to Combat Inequality
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
Support for a wealth tax to combat persistent inequality in the U.S. is growing, according to a new poll released Wednesday by TheHill/HarrisX. The survey found that just over two-thirds of Americans favor a tax on the wealthiest households, including majorities of Democrats and Independents. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2017-10-11_at_2.17.03_pm_0.png …
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House Democrats and Healthcare Experts Explain Why Medicare for All 'Is a Racial Justice Necessity'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-27
At a Thursday event celebrating the one-year anniversary of House Democrats introducing landmark Medicare for All legislation in the U.S. House, the bill's sponsors and medical and policy experts made the case that establishing a national single-payer healthcare system is essential for racial equity. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jayapal_medicare_for_all_2.jpg …
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Turkey: Tens of thousands attend HDP congress
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-27
Middle East Alex BainbridgeIssue 1255 Turkey Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) AnkaraFebruary 27, 2020More than 20,000 people attended the fourth congress of the left-wing People's Demo…
greenleft.org.au/content/turkey-tens-thousands-attend-hdp-congress

As Alabama primary nears, voter suppression is alive and well
splcenter.org | 2020-02-26
All across this country, the right to vote is under attack. But with your support, we're fighting back in Southern courts and state legislatures with a newly formed team of legal, policy, and grassroots advocates.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/25/alabama-primary-nears-voter-suppression-alive-and-well

Bernie Sanders Can't Win (by as Much) Unless Youth Vote Surges (Like It Recently Has)
Jim Naureckas | fair.org | 2020-02-26
"The first thing is to raise hell," said labor organizer Mary Harris "Mother" Jones. "That's always the first thing to do when you're faced with an injustice and you feel powerless." | That's not exactly the advice of Kevin Drum, who blogs at the website that bears the name of Mother Jones. His guidance is more along the lines of: Be moderate, because that's the only way to be electable. Kevin Drum (Mother…
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Don't Worry, Centrists. Bernie Isn't Radical
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-26
Watching panicky corporate-owned Democrats twist on the devil's fork of Bernie Sanders' "political revolution" is almost as much fun as it must have been for my mom and her fellow villagers to watch Vichy collaborators and Nazi sympathizers being executed by the resistance at the end of World War II. (That, Chris Matthews, is how…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/26/dont-worry-centrists-bernie-isnt-radical/

South Carolina Dem debate reflects different approaches to defeating Trump
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-26
CHARLESTON, S.C.–After they trooped onto the stage in Charleston, S.C., most of the other Democrats jumped on Bernie Sanders over the cost of Medicare For All. Although it's almost impossible to pick a debate "winner" after the heated exchange of barbs against one another it is clear that the biggest tactical difference in the primary …
peoplesworld.org/article/south-carolina-dem-debate-reflects-different-approaches-to-defeating-trump/

The 2020 Election Is a Referendum on Wealth Inequality
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-26
The 10th Democratic presidential debate took place Tuesday in Charleston, South Carolina, and two billionaires were at either end of the stage: Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer. Front-runner Bernie Sanders, who has made attacking the power of the "billionaire class" a central theme of his campaign, stood in the middle. It was a visual representation of the split within the Democratic Party, in which a growing number of people are "rising up against plutocracy," says Anand Giridharadas, editor-at-large at Time magazin…
truthout.org/video/the-2020-election-is-a-referendum-on-wealth-inequality/

Bernie Sanders Gains Support in South Carolina as Billionaire Tom Steyer Draws Votes from Joe Biden
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-26
Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate comes just four days before South Carolina's first-in-the-South primary

"The Billionaire Election": Anand Giridharadas on How 2020 Is a Referendum on Wealth Inequality
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-26
The 10th Democratic presidential debate took place Tuesday in Charleston, South Carolina, and two billionaires were at either end of the stage: Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer. Front-runner Bernie Sanders, who has made attacking the power of the "billionaire class" a central theme of his campaign, stood in the middle. It was a visual representation of the split within the Democratic Party, in which a growing number of people are "rising up against plutocracy," says Anand Giridharadas, editor-at-large at Time magazine and author of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World." His recent piece for…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/26/anand_giridharadas_2020_the_billionaire_election

Bloomberg Campaign Deletes Tweets of Fake Quotes of Sanders Praising Despots
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-26
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's campaign came under fire after posting a series of now-deleted tweets that included fake quotes of 2020 Democratic front-runner Sen. Bernie Sanders praising authoritarianism. | As Common Dreams reported, Sanders' comments praising former Cuban President Fidel Castro for literacy programs in the island nation echoe…
truthout.org/articles/bloomberg-campaign-deletes-tweets-of-fake-quotes-of-sanders-praising-despots/

A new BBC article shows just how much it lives in an establishment bubble
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-02-26
Bernie Sanders is currently dominating the race to be the US Democratic Party's nominee in this year's presidential election. But an absurd new article from the BBC on the contest shows just how much the UK broadcaster lives in an establishment bubble.WTF, BBC?!?: The evidence has long been adding up that the…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/02/26/a-new-bbc-article-shows-just-how-much-it-lives-in-an-establishment-bubble/

Bernie Sanders gains support in South Carolina as billionaire Tom Steyer draws votes from Joe Biden
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2020-02-26
Billionaire Tom Steyer has poured money into outreach to African-American voters, who make up more than half of South Carolina's Democratic electorate.
nationofchange.org/2020/02/26/bernie-sanders-gains-support-in-south-carolina-as-billionaire-tom-steyer-draws-votes-from-joe-biden/

Sanders Gains Support in South Carolina as Steyer Siphons Votes From Biden
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-26
Tuesday night's Democratic presidential debate comes just four days before South Carolina's first-in-the-South primary

How the US Intelligence Community is Interfering in the 2020 Elections
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-26
President Trump's ongoing purge of the intelligence community, along with Bernie Sanders' surge in the Democratic presidential race, has triggered an unprecedented intervention of U.S. intelligence agencies in the U.S. presidential election on factually dubious grounds. Former CIA director John Brennan sees a "full-blown national security crisis" in President Trump's latest moves against the intelligence…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/26/how-the-us-intelligence-community-is-interfering-in-the-2020-elections/

Sanders Could Beat Trump in the Race for U.S. Presidency
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-26
A growing number of Democratic voters see Senator Bernie Sanders as the best chance to prevent President Donald Trump's re-election in November, even though the rest of the party's candidates claim that is impossible. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders To Skip AIPAC Conference On Political Reasons | The growing force of the self-described Socialist Democrat in the race for president, which includes a close victory in Iowa, a narrow victory in New Hampshire and a decisive victory in…
telesurenglish.net/news/sanders-could-beat-trump-in-the-race-for-us-presidency–20200226-0007.html

Anti-Russian Xenophobia Reaches Ridiculous Levels
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-26
Following his resounding defeat in Nevada in the Democratic Party Caucus, Joe Biden blamed the Russians, telling CBS News that the "Russians don't want me to be the nominee, they like Bernie." The intelligence communities a few days earlier accused Russia of favoring Bernie Sanders and Donald J. Trump. Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic Party…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/26/anti-russian-xenophobia-reaches-ridiculous-levels/

Vanderbilt oligarch heir Anderson Cooper worked at CIA in college
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-26
CNN and 60 Minutes host Anderson Cooper, who red-baited Bernie Sanders over old comments praising Fidel Castro's literacy program, worked…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/25/vanderbilt-anderson-cooper-cia-college/

ABC News Suspends Reporter for Identifying as a 'Socialist'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-26
United States ABC News said Wednesday that it suspended veteran correspondent David Wright after he was heard describing himself as a "socialist," and criticizing the outlet's political coverage in an undercover video released by right-wing website Project Veritas. | RELATED: | Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire | "Any action that damages our reputation for fairness and impartiality or gives the appearance of compromising it harms…
telesurenglish.net/news/ABC-News-Suspends-Reporter-for-Identifying-as-a-Socialist-20200226-0021.html

Right wing violence in Germany is met by determined resistance
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-26
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Podcast: Abby Martin Resists Anti-BDS Laws & The Israeli Lobby
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-26
Abby Martin discusses her lawsuit against the state of Georgia over it's anti-BDS law, the Israeli government's heavy hand in pushing anti-free speech laws, the pro-Israel Democratic candidates and…
mintpressnews.com/mintcast-abby-martin-anti-bds-lawsuit-israel-lobby/265220/

Democratic Socialism in the Twenty-First Century
Scott Tucker | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-26
In the previous century I was a regular columnist for The Humanist magazine, and I was fortunate to work for an editor, Rick Szykowny, who was committed to publishing both class conscious and explicitly socialist writers. On March 1, 1994, The Humanist published my article titled…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/26/democratic-socialism-in-the-twenty-first-century/

The Good Die Young
T.P. Wilkinson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-26
Last year was the thirtieth anniversary of the annexation of the German Democratic Republic. It was the seventieth anniversary of the establishment of the People's Republic of China. Shortly after that annexation in 1989 began and was consummated in 1990, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was dissolved and the core of that union, the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/the-good-die-young/