2020-04-18: Social Media Postees

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Bernie's Pivot for Biden Isn't Pleasant. But Trump Must Be Defeated
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-04-18
Magical thinking and politics don't mix…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/04/16/18832423.php

Portland's Rental Crisis Created an Opening for Democratic Socialist Candidates
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-18
When tenant activist Margot Black had her first "no-cause" eviction in which she was forced out of her apartment simply because she was not bound by a lease, she was 19 and a single mother of a 6-month-old daughter. When she saw her second no-cause eviction in 2012, Portland, Oregon, was an even less hospitable place. Housing prices had soared as tech jobs came in, and Portland was branded as the next hip place for urban professionals to relocate to

A call from North Africa: sovereignty over our land, food and destiny
North African Food Sovereignty Network | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
The only solution before us is unity and solidarity in order to build a new world in which people's sovereignty, democracy and social justice prevail…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/a-call-from-north-africa-sovereignty-over-our-land-food-and-destiny/

Trump slams 'rude & nasty' Dems admitting Covid-19 cooperation bad between parties
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Donald Trump slammed Democrats for a "rude and nasty" phone call with the vice president over the Covid-19 pandemic, and theorized nothing will satisfy them as they try to "fool" America in November's election. | "No matter what you do for the Do Nothing Democrats, no matter how GREAT a job you are doing, they will only respond to their Fake partners in the Lamestream Media in the negative, even in a time of crisis," Trump tweeted on Saturday. | He added that his working relationship with Democrats during the Covid-19 pandemic has been "even worse" than before and revealed senators held a "rude and nasty" conf…
rt.com/usa/486230-trump-coronavirus-dems-rude-nasty/

US right-wing protesters, supported by Trump, organize against stay-at-home orders
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-04-18
Different States in the United States are faced with threats of armed resistance from right-wing and conservative groups who are opposing measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. So far, Michigan and a few others States have had or are set to have thousands of protesters defying stay-at-home orders passed by their respective governments. Unsurprisingly, president Donald Trump has come out in support of such dangerous acts. | On April 17, president Donald Trump tweeted in support of these right-wing protests in the States which are led by Democratic governors. The tweets include content like "LIBERATE MICHIGAN",…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/04/18/us-right-wing-protesters-supported-by-trump-organize-against-stay-at-home-orders/

If Trump Thinks It's Safe for Followers to Gather at Protests, Why Won't He Attend One?
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-04-18
From a very safe distance on Friday, Donald Trump urged his supporters to risk infection with the deadly coronavirus by attending in-person protests to "liberate" Minnesota, Michigan, and Virginia from stay-at-home orders issued by their Democratic governors.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-trump-thinks-its-safe-for-followers-to-gather-at-protests-why-wont-he-attend-one/

Philadelphia failure to empty jails causes COVID-19 death
Joe Piette | workers.org | 2020-04-18
The first COVID-19 death in Philadelphia jails occurred on April 14. She was Yvonne Harris, a 48-year-old woman incarcerated at Riverside Correctional Facility. In the meantime, city judges have mocked the danger our incarcerated neighbors face and have only reduced the jail population by 13 percent in the past . . . | Continue reading Philadelphia failure to empty jails causes COVID-19 death at Workers.org…
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'She would have been the best player': Vanessa Bryant praises basketball bosses as daughter who died with Kobe is honored in draft
rt.com | 2020-04-18
Vanessa Bryant has spoken of her pride that her daughter, who died with Kobe in a helicopter crash in January, will become the youngest ever pick when the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) draft honors her next week. | NBA legend Bryant had applied to trademark rising star Gianna's nickname, "Mambacita," just a month before they died alongside two of Gianna's teammates, their parents and the pilot on their way from their home to his basketball academy on January 27. | Known as Gigi, Gianna was the frequent focus of her mother's social media posts, allowing fans to follow her triumphs at youth tour…
rt.com/sport/486221-kobe-bryant-daughter-draft/

Biden Gets Boost From Obama's Endorsement – Will Bernie Supporters Follow Suit?
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-18
On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by, Caleb Maupin, journalist and political analyst who focuses his coverage on US foreign policy.
sputniknews.com/radio_the_critical_hour/202004181079006623-biden-gets-boost-from-obamas-endorsement—will-bernie-supporters-follow-suit/

Bernie Sanders Tests the Limits of the US Political System
Roger Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
The Great Gray Hope has bowed out of the presidential primary race, leaving tottering Joe Biden as the last Democrat standing. What Bernie Sanders accomplished electorally was remarkable, revealing both how far a progressive can venture and the limits proscribing further advancement to the left within the Democratic Party. Sanders pushes the limits of the…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/bernie-sanders-tests-the-limits-of-the-us-political-system/

The Great Gray Hope: Bernie Sanders Tests the Limits of US Political Systems
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-17
For all his remarkable accomplishments, Sanders' legacy in 2020 will likely be that of 2016, which was to be the sheepdog that herded progressives into the Democratic Party and got nothing in return.
mintpressnews.com/great-gray-hope-bernie-sanders-tests-limits-us-political-systems/266724/

Bernie's Political Funeral
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
The end of the Bernie Sanders campaign always had a destination that was not the White House. I'll admit that I anticipated it playing out in a slightly different manner. The wildcard in all of this was COVID-19, but like all good disaster capitalists, the DNC, with the help of the Obama faction, used it…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/bernies-political-funeral-2/

The Social Democratic pipedream
Michael D. Yates | mronline.org | 2020-04-17
Today in the United States, there has been an upsurge in social democracy/democratic socialism (I use these terms interchangeably; I don't see much difference between them, at least in the U.S.) The main current of social democracy is the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), whose overall political perspective can be described as follows.
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Danger Clown and the Return to American Normalcy
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Recently in an online urban studies discussion, a young white man expressed his desire for his fellow Chicagoans and Americans more generally to get over all this COVID-19 trauma and "return to normal life in my great city and country." I was a little surprised and disappointed he didn't use Warren Harding's made-up word "normalcy."
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/danger-clown-and-the-return-to-american-normalcy/

"Gangster in the White House": Noam Chomsky on COVID-19, WHO, China, Gaza and Global Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-17
We continue our conversation with world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky. He responds to President Trump's cuts to U.S. support for the World Health Organization and the surge in deaths in the United States to another record high, and discusses conditions in Gaza, the rise of authoritarianism around the world, and the progressive response. "This is typical behavior of autocrats and dictators. When you make colossal errors which are killing thousands of people, find somebody else to blame," say Chomsky. "In the United States, it's unfortunately the case, for well over a century, centu…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/17/noam_chomsky_coronavirus_trump_gaza_palestine

Frontline Medical Workers Protest New NYC Policy Demanding Doctor's Notes When They Are Sick
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-17
A new policy at New York City's public hospitals requires medical workers who call in sick to produce a doctor's note. "We know that people just need a mental health day," says Sean Petty, a registered nurse at a public hospital in the Bronx who is organizing a protest against the policy. "Thousands of us have been exposed. Health workers are the least tested group of people in this city." Petty is a member of the board of directors of the New York State Nurses Association.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/17/nyc_nurse_sean_petty_doctors_notes

Seeking psychotherapy under capitalism during a pandemic
Sue Harris | workers.org | 2020-04-17
Harris is a clinical psychologist in New York City. To paraphrase Marx, a society's mode of production

A Big Oil Bailout Would Be the Opposite of the Green New Deal We Need
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-17
It's been a wild couple of weeks in the oil markets. Following a price war between major petrostates, the price of oil has tanked. Ever since, Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have been desperately trying to save a deeply indebted oil industry. We can all but expect a Trump-led bailout for Big Oil. Instead, our law and policy makers should let the oil producers fail, and devote resources to stave off the next crisis

Sanders and Palestine: a Post Mortem
Steven Salaita | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Let me start with a story about the Democratic primary. Now, I'm no operative, so this story has nothing to do with voting choices or electability. It's about how Palestine disappears in US electoral discourses, even when people who identify as Palestinian purport to make it visible.
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/sanders-and-palestine-a-post-mortem/

Sanders Is Out, But Socialists Are Still Winning Elections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-17
Micah Uetricht, co-author of "Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism," discusses recent socialist victories in New York and Chicago, and lessons from a failed bid in the East Bay.
therealnews.com/stories/sanders-is-out-but-socialists-are-still-winning-elections

Common Cause Urges Congress to Prioritize Key Democracy Issues in Next COVID-19 Supplemental Funding Bill
commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/04/17/common-cause-urges-congress-prioritize-key-democracy-issues-next-covid-19?cd-origin=rss

Call for cancellation of Africa's public debt
| workers.org | 2020-04-17
Workers World received this petition from Fallou Guéye, a member of the Assembly of African Workers/Confederation for Democracy and Socialism of Senegal (Rtas/ CDS), who requested we republish it for your information. Graffiti artists in Senegal are raising health awareness during the coronavirus outbreak. Fellow Africans, The negative repercussions that . . . | Continue reading Call for cancellation of Africa's public debt at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/04/47807/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=call-for-cancellation-of-africas-public-debt

If Democrats Won't Dump Biden, They Should At Least Keep Him Out of Sight
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-04-17
Spring has sprung, but instead of renewal we have another year or more of social distancing and preposterously incompetent national leadership ahead of us, along with an electoral circus in which the greater evil party's presidential candidate will yet again be the bastard off-spring of Roy Cohn and Norman Vincent Peale, a snake oil salesman…
counterpunch.org/2020/04/17/if-democrats-wont-dump-biden-they-should-at-least-keep-him-out-of-sight/

So, Joe Biden, Here's the Deal
Tom Gallagher | commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
They tend to think of you as a prime example of the Goldman Sachs wing of the Democratic Party, always considering what the Fortune 500 point of view might be before staking out your position. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_biden_1_0_0_0.jpeg …
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Which Bailed Out Industries Have a Shortcut to Biden World?
Eleanor Eagan | cepr.net | 2020-04-17
For the reality-based, Trump's indifference to the tragedy that COVID-19 is spreading across the country might be maddening but not surprising. Trump downplaying the severity of the crisis, tweeting nonsense, and pushing for a $500 billion corporate bailout are entirely on brand. This is to be expected of an administration full of former lobbyists and industry executives. But special interests are coming for Democrats, …
cepr.net/which-bailed-out-industries-have-a-shortcut-to-biden-world/

DNC Needs to Take Biden Sexual Assault Allegation Seriously
Jud Lounsbury | progressive.org | 2020-04-17
Tara Reade's claim against the presidential candidate should be thoroughly investigated–at the insistence of Democrats.
progressive.org/dispatches/take-biden-assault-allegation-seriously-lounsbury-200417/

Republicans try for political leverage over China with bill allowing Americans to sue for 'damage they caused' with coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-04-17
Republican officials Tom Cotton and Dan Crenshaw have introduced a bill sure to stir up tensions between the US and China that would allow American citizens to sue for 'damages' caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. | The senator from Arkansas and the representative from Texas, both vocal critics of the Chinese government, want to amend the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act to create an exception for people to recover "damages caused by China's dangerous handling of the Covid-19 outbreak." | The Immunities Act protects foreign nations and their official agencies from being sued in US courts. | Cotton says China is a…
rt.com/usa/486171-cotton-crenshaw-sue-china-coronavirus/

Texas Atty. General Threatens Criminal Charges for Groups Promoting Mail Voting
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-04-17
A Texas judge said on Wednesday that all voters afraid of contracting the coronavirus should be allowed to cast absentee ballots in the coming election. Republicans immediately vowed to fight the ruling. | Travis County Judge Tim Sulak announced on Wednesday that h…
truthout.org/articles/texas-attorney-general-threatens-felony-charges-for-groups-promoting-mail-voting/

Trump Administration's Stance on China and WHO is Blackmail
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-17
The Trump administration and the Republican's policy towards China and the WHO is nothing short of blackmail. They are trying to pressure China into easing up debts and suppressing the country's growing influence in international institutions.
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/trump-administrations-stance-on-china-and-who-is-blackmail/

WHO Doubts That Antibodies Can Protect Against COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-17
The World Health Organization is not sure whether the presence of antibodies in blood gives full protection against reinfection with the new coronavirus, Mike Ryan, the WHO's top emergencies expert, told a briefing on Friday. | RELATE: | Reopening the US Would Require Thousands Public Health Workers | Ryan also said that even if antibodies were effective there was little sign that large numbers of people had developed them and were beginning to offer so-called "herd immunity" t…
telesurenglish.net/news/WHO-Doubts-That-Antibodies-Can-Protect-Against-COVID-19-20200417-0014.html

A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud
Ross Barkan | thenation.com | 2020-04-17
A Brief History of the Cuomo–de Blasio Feud…
thenation.com/article/politics/cuomo-deblasio-covid-feud/

In Letter to Mnuchin, Harris and 13 Other Senators Demand Stimulus Cash Be Exempt From Debt Collections
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-04-17
"Americans are in dire need of money to pay their rent and put food on the table—this is absurd." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-671305804_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/04/17/letter-mnuchin-harris-and-13-other-senators-demand-stimulus-cash-be-exempt-debt?cd-origin=rss

Lee Camp: Why Sanders is Wrong to Endorse Biden
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-16
While some have applauded Senator Bernie Sanders for endorsing former Vice-President Joe Biden for president, some have criticized the endorsement. Redacted Tonight host Lee Camp joins Rick Sanchez for analysis.
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/lee-camp-why-sanders-is-wrong-to-endorse-biden/

Bernie Sanders Tests the Limits of the US Political System
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-04-16
The Great Gray Hope has bowed out of the presidential primary race, leaving tottering Joe Biden as the last Democrat standing. What Bernie Sanders accomplished electorally was remarkable, revealing both how far a progressive can venture and the limits proscribing further advancement to the left within the Democratic Party. Sanders pushes the limits of the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/04/bernie-sanders-tests-the-limits-of-the-us-political-system/

United States: Sanders suspends campaign
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-16
Elections Kshama SawantIssue 1261 United States Bernie Sanders 2020 US election SeattleApril 16, 2020On April 8, Bernie Sanders…
greenleft.org.au/content/sanders-suspends-campaign-working-people-need-own-party

What's Next For The Democratic Socialist Left?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-16
Micah Uetricht, co-author of "Bigger Than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism," discusses the DSA's refusal to endorse Joe Biden.
therealnews.com/stories/whats-next-for-the-democratic-socialist-left

Pandemic Is a Portal: Arundhati Roy on COVID-19 in India, Imagining Another World & Fighting for It
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-16
Officials in India say six major cities are coronavirus hot spots, including the capital city, New Delhi. We go there to speak with writer and activist Arundhati Roy, who has a new essay on how "The Pandemic Is a Portal." She says, "You have the sense that you're sitting on some kind of explosive substance," and describes how the government of Narendra Modi is using the pandemic to crack down on opponents and dissidents.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/16/arundhati_roy_coronavirus_india

"Pure Baloney": Zoologist Debunks Trump's COVID-19 Origin Theory, Explains Animal-Human Transmission
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-16
With the largest one-day death toll in the U.S. yet

First Person: DR Congo doctor prepares for latest in long line of health crises
news.un.org | 2020-04-16
Health professionals working with the World Health Organization (WHO) in eastern Democratic of Congo (DRC), have been dealing with the deadly Ebola epidemic since August 2018. This experience is helping them to prepare for the latest disease to arrive: COVID-19.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/04/1061852

Controversy over key coronavirus role for Boris 'cycling pal' Andrew Gilligan
graham | truepublica.org.uk | 2020-04-16
By James Cusick: OpenDemocracy has learned that Andrew Gilligan, the controversial journalist and Boris Johnsons' former 'cycling tsar', has been negotiating with private sector pathology laboratories on behalf of the government. His key role appears to directly contradict ministerial claims that the UK's response to coronavirus is being guided

In Coronavirus We Trust: Medical Surveillance State For A Gov That's Experimented On You 239 Times
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-16
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-we-trust-medical-surveillance-state-for-gov-thats-experimented-on-you-239-times/

An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left
FLSFDS | thenation.com | 2020-04-16
Former leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society An Open Letter to the New New Left From the Old New Left…
thenation.com/article/activism/letter-new-left-biden/

Joe Biden Needs to Start Acting Like a Presidential Candidate
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-04-16
Joe Biden Needs to Start Acting Like a Presidential Candidate…
thenation.com/article/politics/biden-coronavirus-action/

Elizabeth Warren officially endorses Democrat Joe Biden for 2020 election
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has joined former President Barack Obama and fellow ex-candidate Bernie Sanders in throwing her support behind Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic Party nominee for the 2020 election. | "In this moment of crisis, it's more important than ever that the next president restores Americans' faith in good, effective government," Warren tweeted on Wednesday morning in her endorsement of Biden. | The senator also tweeted out a video of her talking up Biden's commitment to "public service" and "empathy," admitting she does not agree with the former vice president "100 percent of…
rt.com/usa/485887-elizabeth-warren-endorses-joe-biden/

Should Biden create his own 'SHADOW GOVT, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team' to counter Trump… asks MSNBC host
rt.com | 2020-04-15
MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle went beyond the point of shilling for Joe Biden by asking whether the former vice president should set up a "shadow government" to counter Donald Trump's coronavirus daily briefings. | Biden may be riding the momentum of endorsements from previous competitors Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, as well as from former President Barack Obama, but one MSNBC host thinks he needs to do more to "counter-program" Trump during the Covid-19 pandemic. | "Should he be creating his own shadow government, shadow cabinet, shadow SWAT team, and getting up there on a podium every night saying, 'here's…
rt.com/usa/485933-biden-shadow-government-msnbc/

Sanders has endorsed Biden, but progressives won't join him without a massive policy shift
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-04-15
Bernie Sanders has now endorsed establishment rival Joe Biden for the US presidency. The two had previously clashed during the Democratic Party primary over policy issues like the 'Medicare for All' universal healthcare plan (which Sanders advocated and Biden opposed). But Sanders cited ongoing work between the two camps on several policy matters, and the importance of defeating Donald Trump in November, as key reasons for backing Biden. Hi…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/04/15/sanders-has-endorsed-biden-but-progressives-wont-join-him-without-a-big-policy-shift/

Corporate Media Cover for US Mob Threats Against Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-04-15
The Trump administration unveiled on March 31 a "democratic transition" plan to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from office, in favor of a "council of state" composed of both opposition and ruling party loyalists. | The plan was, however, less an offer to negotiate than a diktat, with the US State Department ( 3/31/20) vowing that "sanctions will remain in effect, and increase, until the Maduro regime accepts a genuine political transition." | Despite the obvious mafioso over…
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"I Want an Apology": Black Doctor Who Tests Homeless for Coronavirus Handcuffed by Miami Police
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
We speak with Dr. Armen Henderson, an African-American doctor who was handcuffed and detained outside his home Friday as he was wearing a mask and preparing for a volunteer shift to test homeless people for COVID-19. "I want the officer held accountable. There's no way that you racially profile me and then you arrest me, detain me, during a pandemic, when you have no mask on, where hundreds of police officers throughout Miami-Dade County have tested positive," says Dr. Henderson, who is an internal medicine physician, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Miami and an organizer with Dream Defenders…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/dr_armen_henderson_arrest_miami

Trump Cuts Funds for World Health Org as Oxfam Warns Pandemic Could Push Half a Billion into Poverty
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-15
As the confirmed cases of coronavirus surpass 2 million around the world, President Donald Trump says he will cut U.S. support for the World Health Organization. Richard Horton, editor-in-chief of The Lancet medical journal, called it a "crime against humanity." Oxfam America said the cuts slash "any hopes for the responsible international cooperation and solidarity that is critical to save lives and restore the global economy." This comes as a new Oxfam report estimates the pandemic's economic fallout could push more than half a billion more people into poverty. We get response from Paul O'Brien, vice president…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/15/oxfam_coronavirus

Pelosi's motives questioned for labeling Zoom a 'Chinese entity' after waving off remote voting for Congress
rt.com | 2020-04-15
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi slammed Zoom over security concerns when talking about Congress remotely voting, mistakenly calling the American firm "Chinese." Both her logic and motives have quickly fallen under suspicion. | "People think we can do Congress by Zoom. Zoom is a Chinese entity that we've been told not to even trust the security of," Pelosi told MSNBC's Chris Hayes this week when questioned about Congress not meeting before the first week of May. | Zoom is a video conferencing app that has been utilized by many companies with employees working remotely and has shot to prominence during the Cov…
rt.com/usa/485927-nancy-pelosi-zoom-chinese-entity/

Trump threatens to dismiss both chambers of Congress over held-up appointments
rt.com | 2020-04-15
US President Donald Trump has said he may force both chambers of Congress to officially adjourn unless they do so voluntarily in a protest over the House and Senate blocking him from recess appointments. | The Senate should "either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees, or formally adjourn so that I can make recess appointments," the president said on Wednesday at a White House press conference. | Both the Republican-majority Senate and the Democrat-majority House continue to gavel in for pro forma sessions while most of the lawmakers have departed Washington DC and do not intend to return until May, Trump…
rt.com/usa/485939-trump-congress-close-appointments/

From Anthrax To Coronavirus: Same 9/11 False Flag Players, New COVID-19 Boogeyman
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-15
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/from-anthrax-to-coronavirus-same-9-11-false-flag-players-new-covid-19-boogeyman/

"Terrified to Go to Work": Hundreds of Workers in Meat & Poultry Plants Test Positive for COVID-19
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
We look at the spike in coronavirus infections at meatpacking plants. In just one case, Smithfield Foods shut down a plant responsible for 5% of U.S. pork production after more than 350 workers at the facility tested positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, deaths of slaughterhouse workers have been reported in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Colorado. Many meat processing facilities employ large numbers of immigrants, including undocumented workers. We speak with Wenonah Hauter, executive director and founder of Food & Water Watch, and with Magaly Licolli, executive director of Venceremos, an advocacy group for poultry plant…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/us_meatpacking_facilities_coronavirus

Essential or Expendable? Farmworkers Condemn Lack of Protection and Economic Help During Pandemic
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
As the coronavirus sweeps through the United States, the country's 2.5 million farmworkers are continuing to go to work every day, often facing crowded and unsanitary conditions without personal protective equipment, for poverty wages. We speak with Gerardo Reyes Chávez, a farmworker leader with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, who describes the conditions farmworkers in Florida are facing and how they are calling on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to protect farmworkers during the COVID-19 crisis, and with Mónica Ramírez, president and founder of Justice for Migrant Women and co-founder of the National Farmwork…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/us_farmworkers_coronavirus

Juan González: My 92-Year-Old Mother's COVID-19 Experience Shows Me How Rotten Our Health System Is
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-14
As the United States leads the world in both reported COVID-19 cases and death toll, hospitals at other coronavirus hot spots around the country are reporting dire conditions as they deal with a surge in critically sick patients. "We have to ask ourselves why, in a country that spends so much money on healthcare, are we still having problems producing the most basic equipment, [such as masks, gowns and tests]," says Democracy Now! co-host, Juan González, who describes how he struggled to get his own 92-year-old mother tested when he took her to the emergency room in New Jersey. "It is just an outrage that this di…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/14/juan_gonzalez

Democracy Wins in Wisconsin
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-04-14
Republicans fail in their effort to win Supreme Court seat by putting lives at risk.
progressive.org/dispatches/democracy-wins-wisconsin-conniff-200414/

Wash Your Hands? Despite Pandemic, Thousands Still Have No Water in Detroit, a Coronavirus Hot Spot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
Water shutoffs continue amid the coronavirus pandemic in Detroit, despite a moratorium and a program to help thousands of residents restore service last month. The lack of water access comes as nearly 1,500 people in Michigan have died from COVID-19, and 40% of those who have died are African-American, despite making up just 14% of the state's population. We speak with community pastor and activist Rev. Roslyn Bouier, who has been working with residents to restore their water.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/detroit_michigan_water_shut_offs

What Trump Knew & When He Knew It: NYT on How Trump Ignored COVID-19 Warnings Until It Was Too Late
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
As the United States surpasses the coronavirus death toll of any country in the world with more than 22,000 dead, we look how President Trump led the country to this point with Eric Lipton, lead author of The New York Times's explosive new exposé, "He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump's Failure on the Virus."
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/trump_coronavirus_response_eric_lipton_nyt

"Reckless and Irresponsible": Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Trump's Promotion of Hydroxychloroquine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-13
The coronavirus hot spot Detroit is the site of the first major U.S. study into whether or not the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine could help prevent the spread of COVID-19. This comes after weeks of President Trump promoting the drug despite warnings from medical experts. "There's been a lot of hype from the president, and that is so problematic, because we know that hydroxychloroquine … has some potential side effects that can be really dangerous," responds Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a physician and epidemiologist who is the former head of Detroit's Health Department.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/13/detroit_hydroxychloroquine_study_coronavirus

Authoritarianism Vs. Democracy: How Will We Fight COVID-19?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-13
Historian Yuval Noah Harari's work shows how to interpret the COVID-19 crisis as part of the global struggle between liberal elites and the rising populist right.
therealnews.com/stories/authoritarianism-democracy-covid-19-coronavirus-harari-pandemic-liberalism-populism

Federal Wardens Must Immediately Flatten the Curve in our Nation's Prisons
Kanya Bennett | aclu.org | 2020-04-13
With 10 deaths and more than 500 positive COVID-19 cases in the nation's federal prisons, wardens must " move with dispatch" to " move vulnerable inmates out of these institutions." These are the words that Attorney General William Barr used on April 3rd when he directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to reduce the federal prison population in the wake of COVID-19…
aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/federal-wardens-must-immediately-flatten-the-curve-in-our-nations-prisons

Climate Crisis: Bye Bye Bernie, Big Oil Secrecy, California Fracking and Wildfires
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-11
California issued 24 new fracking permits as a new study says the state's wildfire season is now twice as long. And the youth climate movement issued demands for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-bye-bye-bernie-big-oil-secrecy-california-fracking-and-wildfires

Voter Suppression in Wisconsin Could Go Nationwide in 2020
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-04-10
We need immediate action to protect the vote in November.
progressive.org/dispatches/voter-suppression-wisconsin-go-nationwide-conniff-200410/

Noam Chomsky on Trump's Disastrous Coronavirus Response, Bernie Sanders & What Gives Him Hope
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-10
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Can Biden/Bernie Wings of the Democrats Come Together To Defeat Trump?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-04-10
Sanders suspending his campaign raises a lot of unanswered and uncomfortable questions for the Democratic Party as they battle Trump's right wing Presidency.
therealnews.com/stories/can-biden-bernie-wings-of-the-democrats-come-together-to-defeat-trump

Emmanuel Barthélemy: A revolutionary who became a tawdry tabloid tale
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-04-10
Books & music History Phil ShannonIssue 1260 AustraliaApril 10, 2020 | The Murderer Of Warren Street: The True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Revolutionary | Marc Mulholland | W F Howes Ltd, 2019 | It is the sad, but not entirely undeserved, fate of Emmanuel Barthélem…
greenleft.org.au/content/emmanuel-barth%C3%A9lemy-revolutionary-who-became-tawdry-tabloid-tale

Naomi Klein: Sanders "Broke the Spell" of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes Coronavirus Capitalism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We talk to journalist and activist Naomi Klein about Bernie Sanders's historic presidential campaign as he suspends his bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination, and about coronavirus capitalism

Noam Chomsky: Bernie Sanders Campaign Didn't Fail. It Energized Millions & Shifted U.S. Politics
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
In a new interview, world-renowned political dissident, linguist and author Noam Chomsky reflects on the significance of the Bernie Sanders campaign, calling it "an extraordinary success" that "completely shifted the arena of debate and discussion" in the United States.
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/noam_chomsky_bernie_sanders_campaign

Suspending the Campaign, Not the Movement: Sanders Pulls Out of 2020 Race But Will Stay on Ballot
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
Senator Bernie Sanders has suspended his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, making former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive nominee to face Donald Trump in November. Sanders says he will stay on the ballot in remaining primary races and continue to assemble delegates. We play highlights from Sanders's speech to supporters in a live stream on Wednesday. "Together, we have transformed American consciousness as to what kind of nation we can become, and have taken this country a major step forward in the never-ending struggle for economic justice, social justice, racial justice and envir…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/bernie_sanders_drops_out_of_race

"Exposing U.S. Racism in a Stark New Way": COVID-19 Kills Disproportionate Number of Black Americans
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-04-09
We speak with family physician and epidemiologist Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones about how the coronavirus is taking a devastating toll on black Americans, who are disproportionately dying from the virus across the country as a result of entrenched racial inequality. Black Americans are more likely to have chronic health problems and less likely to have insurance. They also make up significant numbers of frontline workers that are still going to work amid the pandemic. Jones is the former president of the American Public Health Association. Her recent piece for Newsweek magazine is headlined "Coronavirus Disease Discri…
www.democracynow.org/2020/4/9/camara_phyllis_jones_coronavirus_race_disparities

"COVID-19" Whatever It Is, Was Here Before 2020 & Clear Evidence Death Numbers Are Being Manipulated
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-09
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/9/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/covid-19-was-here-before-2020-clear-evidence-death-numbers-being-manipulated/

US Gov Gives 1M Masks To Israel During Shortage, Coronavirus Censorship & Trump 'Holds' WHO Funding
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-08
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/7/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-gives-1m-masks-israel-during-shortage-coronavirus-censorship-trump-holds-who-funding/

Coronavirus Is Being Covered Up & Suppressed Just Like The 1918 Spanish (Kansas) Flu
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-07
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/6/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-being-covered-up-suppressed-like-1918-spanish-kansas-flu/

US Gov Accused Of 'Hijacking' Coronavirus PPE, Medical Martial Law Is Here & US Uses COVID19 For War
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-05
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/4/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-accused-hijacking-coronavirus-ppe-medical-martial-law-here-us-uses-covid19-for-war/

Amazon on strike: what workers need to know about their rights
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-04-03
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Kevin Gustafson, an organizer with Democracy at Work and host of the Sensible…
thegrayzone.com/2020/04/03/amazon-strike-workers-rights/

The Coronavirus Coverup Using Coronavirus' & A Mystery Pneumonia-Causing Virus Spread In Italy 2019
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-01
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/1/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-coverup-using-coronavirus-mystery-pneumonia-causing-virus-spread-italy-2019/

Coronavirus: Empty Hospitals, Insider Trading, Fake News, Censorship & Impending Martial Law
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-31
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/30/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-empty-hospitals-insider-trading-fake-news-censorship-impending-martial-law/

Australia Traces 80% Of Coronavirus Cases Back To The US & The Fed Merging With The Treasury
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/australia-traces-80-coronavirus-cases-back-us-fed-merging-treasury/

'The universe is collapsing'
Bernie Sanders | zcomm.org | 2020-03-27
Bernie Sanders mocks Republicans over coronavirus aid…
zcomm.org/zvideo/the-universe-is-collapsing/

Trump Quietly Signs 5G Law Under Cover Of Coronavirus & The Next Taxpayer Funded US Bail Out
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-26
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/25/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/trump-quietly-signs-5g-law-under-cover-coronavirus-next-taxpayer-funded-us-bail-out/

Even More Evidence Pointing To Coronavirus Starting In The US & It Being Weaponized
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-26
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/26/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/even-more-evidence-pointing-to-coronavirus-starting-us-being-weaponized/

Alarming US Coronavirus "Continuity Of Government" Plan & Even Italy Now Suggesting China Not Origin
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-24
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/23/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/alarming-us-coronavirus-continuity-government-plan-even-italy-now-suggesting-china-not-origin/

DOJ Seeks To Suspend Constitutional Rights Because Coronavirus & MSM Says Vaping Tied To COVID-19
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-22
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/21/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/doj-seeks-suspend-constitutional-rights-because-coronavirus-msm-says-vaping-tied-covid-19/

US Gov Blames Coronavirus On ANYONE But Itself As Americans STILL Being Refused Testing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/us-gov-blames-coronavirus-on-anyone-but-itself-as-americans-still-being-refused-testing/

Peace Action Supports Wyden-Klobuchar Bill to Protect Democracy and Ensure Safe Elections
Lilly Dragnev | peaceaction.org | 2020-03-20
Statement of Jon Rainwater, Executive Director, Peace Action, on the introduction of the Natural Disaster and Emergency Ballot Act (NDEBA) by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN). This bill would help ensure that elections can take place in a safe and secure way throughout the pandemic and beyond. March 19, 2020 Peace Action …
peaceaction.org/2020/03/20/peace-action-supports-wyden-klobuchar-bill-to-protect-democracy-and-ensure-safe-elections/

Coronavirus Just Became The Next Endless US Government War & Americans Flee Abroad For Testing/TP
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-19
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/18/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/coronavirus-just-became-next-endless-us-government-war-americans-flee-abroad-for-testing-tp/

All Data Points To COVID-19 Starting In The US & Numerous Agendas Kick Off; UBI, Forced Vaccination
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-03-18
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/17/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/all-data-points-covid-19-starting-us-ubi-forced-vaccination/

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