2020-05-16: Social Media Postees

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Missing the Context of De Blasio's 'Jewish Community' Tweet
Ari Paul | fair.org | 2020-05-16
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio's tweet ( 4/28/20) to "the Jewish community." | Time for a Yiddish lesson: Shanda, meaning a shame or disgrace; a scandal. | Right-wing voices throughout the media thought they found one with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's tweet ( 4/28/20) about a Hasidic funeral that violated Covid-19 social-distancing rules. But their shoddy coverage was the real shanda. | The background is this: Some Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn, members of a strictly Ort…
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The Nakba has two narratives, one based on facts, the other on lies
Tayseer Khaled | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-05-16
Tayseer Khaled of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine writes about the Israeli and Palestinian versions of the Nakba. The Israeli version, despite being based on lies, has dominated global understanding of the events of 1948…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/05/16/the-nakba-has-two-narratives-one-based-on-facts-the-other-on-lies/

House Democrats push through $3 TRILLION Covid-19 relief bill as GOP puts up resistance to 'progressive wishlist'
rt.com | 2020-05-16
Democratic lawmakers have passed a massive $3 trillion coronavirus aid package, the largest bill to ever move through Congress, but the Senate is likely to block the law, with Republicans deeming it a progressive "wishlist." | The 1,800-page bill passed 208-199 on Friday in a vote largely along party lines, with all but 14 Democrats voting in its favor, joined by a single GOP rep

Biggest change in 231 years: Citing Covid-19, US House of Representatives adopts proxy votes & remote meetings in party-line vote
rt.com | 2020-05-16
The US House of Representatives will allow members to cast votes for up to 10 others and hold hearings remotely. Billed as temporary due to the coronavirus outbreak, the rule change is the most radical in over two centuries. | The new rules passed on Friday evening in a 217-189 vote, with three Democrats and one Independent joining the Republicans in bipartisan opposition. | Democrats, who currently control the chamber, pushed for the change this week, calling it "a common-sense solution to an unprecedented crisis that demands our ingenuity and adaptability as an institution," in the words of House Majority Le…
rt.com/usa/488835-us-house-democrats-proxy-vote/

US House passes $3 trillion coronavirus "relief" bill
wsws.org | 2020-05-16
In a near party-line vote, the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives passed a fourth stimulus bill that has no chance of being approved by the Republican-controlled Senate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/16/dems-m16.html

Leftists jump the Corporate Democratic ship, leaving Sanders behind
Glen Ford | mronline.org | 2020-05-16
History may record that the corporate duopoly dike was finally broken in the Time of Plague, with the defection of Bernie's former sheep from the Democratic Party.
mronline.org/2020/05/16/leftists-jump-the-corporate-democratic-ship-leaving-sanders-behind/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leftists-jump-the-corporate-democratic-ship-leaving-sanders-behind

Sweden's Coronavirus Strategy Will Soon Be the World's
Nils Karlson | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-16
China placed 50 million people under quarantine in Hubei Province in January. Since then, many liberal democracies have taken aggressive authoritarian measures of their own to fight the novel coronavirus. By mid-March, almost all Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries had implemented some combination of school, university, workplace, and public transportation closures; restrictions on public events; and limits on domestic and international travel. One country, however, stand…
anti-empire.com/swedens-coronavirus-strategy-will-soon-be-the-worlds/

House Passes $3 Trillion Relief Package, But Progressives Say More Must Be Done
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-16
The Democrat majority House of Representatives passed a massive, $3 trillion coronavirus relief stimulus package known as the HEROES Act roughly along party lines on Friday night despite progressive concerns over the bill's provisions. | "The truth is that while a significant step in the right direction, the bill does not go far enough to provide urgently needed economic relief to the millions of people who lost their income and whose families are now standing in food lines," Ana Maria Archi…
truthout.org/articles/house-passes-3-trillion-relief-package-but-progressives-say-more-must-be-done/

Architects Of American Carnage
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-16
Who cares what the Neocons think? They have no moral authority to police the bounds of allowable opinion | John A. BURTKA IV | The banner of principled conservatism is now being carried by the architects of American carnage. By "principled conservatives" all they mean is that they are conservatives who oppose the Republican president. If they have principles–foreign policy interventionism and neoliberal economics–they are bad ones. After The Weekly Standard closed its doors, Bill Kristol and his gang moved on to start new web publications like The Bulwark and The Dispatch. From their new perches, they…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/16/architects-of-american-carnage/

2020 Memorial Day – Negro Bar Cemetery
Adapted from Black Land, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-05-16
At Negro Bar Cemetery and Negro Hill Cemetery, Memorial Day has a different significance, even if the broader California Veterans community no longer remembers why.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833023.php

Should "Slavery in California" be considered in CA Reparations Bill AB 3121
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-05-16
Slavery in California, a hidden secret by design, may be included in the consideration for AB 3121, the trade in human cargo is known to have source documents that predate the year 1450 Spain, Portugal, Danish governments and countless other vessels are raiding the vast African coastal villages for the express purpose of trade in human cargo for economic exploitation.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/14/18833033.php

Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna died instantly in January helicopter crash, says autopsy report
rt.com | 2020-05-16
Basketball icon Kobe Bryant along with eight others died upon impact when the helicopter they were traveling in crashed into a Los Angeles hillside in January, according to the official inquest into the fatal accident. | The autopsy report conducted by the Los Angeles County coroner's office also confirmed that the pilot had no drugs or alcohol in his system at the time of the crash, but goes into grim detail in its determination of blunt force trauma for the loss of all nine souls. | Bryant, the world famous sports star, could only be identified by fingerprints after his body was found. His remains were found…
rt.com/sport/488852-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-autopsy/

Russian amb. rejects reports on Iran, Turkey, Russia agreement on removal of Assad
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-16
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA)

Trump Appoints Gates-Tied Pharma Exec As Vaccine Czar & Florida's Mandatory COVID Vaccination Order
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-16
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 (5/15/19). 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-appoints-gates-tied-pharma-exec-vaccine-czar-floridas-mandatory-covid-vaccination-order/

Russian amb. talks of Iran, Russia bilateral relation, regional developments
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-16
TEHRAN, May 16 (MNA)

Senator Bernie Sanders Says We Must Be "Flexible and Aggressive" to Save Small Businesses
commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
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"The Wuhan of the Americas": U.S. Deports COVID-19-Positive Immigrants to Haiti & Guatemala
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The United States continues to deport thousands during the coronavirus pandemic, causing a dangerous spread of COVID-19 to Central America and the Caribbean. We speak with Haitian American novelist Edwidge Danticat, who says "U.S. deportations to Haiti during coronavirus pandemic are 'unconscionable,'" and go to Guatemala City for an update from reporter José Alejandro García Escobar.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/us_deportations_haiti_guatemala_coronavirus

Democracy At Stake: "Faithless Electors" SCOTUS Case Tests If Electoral College Members Can Go Rogue
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could shape the outcome of future presidential elections. The question at hand was whether Electoral College members can "go rogue" and support candidates who did not win the state's popular vote. In 2016, one of Colorado's nine electors, Michael Baca, attempted to cast his Electoral College ballot for Republican John Kasich instead of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Colorado secretary of state at the time

"Faithless Electors" SCOTUS Case Tests If Electoral College Members Can Go Rogue
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-15
The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that could shape the outcome of future presidential elections. The question at hand was whether Electoral College members can "go rogue" and support candidates who did not win the state's popular vote. In 2016, one of Colorado's nine electors, Michael Baca, attempted to cast his Electoral College ballot for Republican John Kasich instead of Democrat Hillary Clinton. The Colorado secretary of state at the time

'Time to APOLOGIZE!' Orban hits back at critics as he plans to hand back emergency Covid-19 powers that caused major spat with EU
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has said emergency laws granting his government the right to rule by decree during the Covid-19 crisis will be rescinded soon and those who accused him of using it as a power grab should "apologize. | Orban secured open-ended emergency powers from parliament at the end of March, angering the country's opposition and triggering a spat with Brussels. The move predictably ignited a fresh round of condemnation in Western media as the PM was accused of dismantling democracy and taking another step toward "authoritarianism." | Now, having announced that he expects parliament will be able to…
rt.com/news/488800-orban-covid-emergency-powers/

COVID-19 Lockdown Is Liberalism Last Hurrah
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-15
Ode of a Liberal | They passed the USA PATRIOT Act—and I did nothing because I am a patriot. | They passed the USA Freedom Act—and I believe in freedom. | They nominated Hillary Clinton—and I voted for the lesser evil. | They declared medical marshal law—and I didn't want to kill grandma. | They said to wear a facemask—and I passively obeyed. | I believe in Joe Biden—because I am a liberal. | In 2010 Chris Hedges declared the liberal class as dead as a doornail. He was late. Liberalism had died decades earlier. All that remains is the separate components of the body of liberalism. The stinking comp…
ahtribune.com/world/covid-19/4151-lockdown-is-liberalism-last-hurrah.html

Ari Berman on Voter Suppression and Coronavirus
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-05-15
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Democrats' Relief Bill Would Let Lobbying Giants Access Small Business Aid
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-15
House Democrats' newest coronavirus relief proposal would allow influential Washington lobbying groups

"Corona demonstrations" in Germany: Neo-Nazis join hands with Free Democrats, Christian Democrats and Left Party
wsws.org | 2020-05-15
The FDP's leader in Thuringia, Thomas Kemmerich, participated in a demonstration against the measures put in place to restrict the spread of the coronavirus. Like other such mobilisations in Germany, it was dominated by the extreme right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/15/kemm-m15.html

Head of the Hydra: The Rise of Robert Kadlec
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2020-05-15
WASHINGTON DC ( The Last American Vagabond)

DeVos's Channeling of CARES Act Funds Seen as Boosting 'Perennial Goal' of Advancing Voucher Program
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
New reporting on the Education Secretary's directing of the money follows concern by a House Democrat that DeVos may be hampering "the response of public school systems in the states most severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/devos-cares-voucher.jpg …
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"Can Democracy Survive the Pandemic?": Election Hangs in the Balance as Trump Attacks Mail-In Voting
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-15
The coronavirus pandemic poses unprecedented challenges to the November presidential election, as President Trump and the GOP capitalize on the moment to attack voting rights. We speak with Emily Bazelon, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, whose new cover story examines the bureaucratic and political challenges of mobilizing widespread vote-by-mail by November. We also speak with Jena Griswold, secretary of state of Colorado, which already has universal vote-by-mail and the second-highest voter turnout in the country.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/15/securing_2020_election_during_pandemic

MI Legislature Cancels Work as "Reopen" Protesters Call for Whitmer's "Lynching"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-15
The Michigan state legislature called off meetings scheduled to take place on Thursday as demonstrations were set to take place against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home order. | According to state police, 200 individuals took part in a demonstration near the capitol building in Lansing against Whitmer's social distancing measures, which were put in place in order to stem the spread o…
truthout.org/articles/mi-legislature-cancels-work-as-reopen-protesters-call-for-whitmers-lynching/

Declassified Mueller investigation transcripts confirm no evidence WikiLeaks colluded with Russia
wsws.org | 2020-05-15
The "Russian connection" was baldly asserted by the Democratic Party, US intelligence officials and the corporate media…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/05/15/assa-m15.html

MILLIONS of Americans dead from Covid-19? 85k jobs lost? What? Joe Biden commits gaffe after gaffe in confusing broadcast
rt.com | 2020-05-15
Joe Biden has once again caught flak for his creative and often confusing oratory, this time after the former VP and presumptive Democratic nominee struggled to relay how many Americans have died from coronavirus. | Speaking during a "virtual round table," Biden argued that playing the "blame game" during the ongoing health crisis would be counterproductive. But when it came time to relaying exactly what politicians might blame each other for, the presidential candidate faltered. | …
rt.com/usa/488756-biden-millions-covid-deaths-gaffe/

"Truth in America R.I.P.": In America there is only Official Truth, and It's a Lie
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-15
In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist," "anti-semite," or other such name with the …
globalresearch.ca/truth-america-r-i-p/5712999

Tampa students demand COVID-19 relief for undocumented students
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-15
Tampa, FL – On May 14, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a car protest at the University of South Florida (USF) to demand COVID-19 relief funds for undocumented students. USF has offered no financial help for undocumented students during the pandemic and the only COVID-19 aid for students is the CARES Act Fund, for which DACA and undocumented students are ineligible. | Students and SDS members parked near the USF president's mansion on campus for socially-distanced speeches and chants demanding that USF provide relief for undocumented students. Simon Rowe, a member of SDS stated, "DACA stude…
fightbacknews.org/2020/5/15/tampa-students-demand-covid-19-relief-undocumented-students

GOP takes back a California Congressional seat in special election
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-15
LOS ANGELES–In a special election held Tuesday in California's 25th Congressional District, a first-time Republican office-seeker, Mike Garcia, defeated the Democratic hopeful, California Assembly member Christy Smith. This seat opened up on Nov. 3, 2019, when Rep. Katie Hill, elected in 2018 in a historic, though narrow upset of incumbent GOP Rep. Steve Knight, resigned …
peoplesworld.org/article/gop-takes-back-a-california-congressional-seat-in-special-election/

US-Backed Militants Steal a Bank of the Syrian State in Hasakah City then Hand It to US Forces
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-15
Armed groups of the US-backed "Syrian Democratic Forces" have stolen the Syrian Commercial Bank located within the security square of the Syrian state in Hasakah city. | Local sources from Hasaka said that during daylight hours, a large number of "SDF" militants attacked the bank and took control of the entire building after expelling the guards and employees from it and stealing the money and contents there. | The sources pointed out that after controlling the bank, the militants broke the iron fences and the walls surrounding it, then they stole its contents and transferred them to their centers before they…
ahtribune.com/world/north-africa-south-west-asia/syria-crisis/4150-militants-steal-a-bank-in-hasakah.html

We Can and Must Do Better: Why I Will Vote No on the HEROES Act
Pramila Jayapal | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Washington, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing December 12, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Alex Edelman -Pool/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jayapal_cares2_act.jpg …
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HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.
therealnews.com/columns/heroes-act-includes-utility-shutoff-ban-4-billion-for-broadband-access

Vice President Kamala Harris?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-15
The Washington Post and other generally reliable sources of Washington (or is it Wilmington?) scuttlebutt report that Kamala Harris's chances of becoming Joe Biden's running-mate are on the rise. She wiped the floor with that doddering doofus in the debates, but they say that he doesn't care anymore. More likely, he doesn't remember. It could…
counterpunch.org/2020/05/15/vice-president-kamala-harris/

Climate Crisis: KXL Ruling, Unity Task Force, California Pollution, and TRNN's New Climate Reporter
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-15
Climate activists get a big court win on Keystone XL as the Biden and Sanders camps unite. California has delayed air pollution rules at the behest of industry during COVID-19 as polluting oil tankers line its coast.
therealnews.com/columns/climate-crisis-kxl-ruling-unity-task-force-california-pollution-and-trnns-new-climate-reporter

Biden Can't Return Things to Normal, Because Trump Is a Normal US President. That's the Problem
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-15
To be clear, this is not a good thing. Trump has kept the bloodthirsty imperialism, corporate cronyism, Orwellian oppression, neoliberal exploitation and police militarization that holds the US empire together ticking along in basically the same way as his predecessors, in some ways more egregiously and in some ways less so.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/15/biden-cant-return-things-to-normal-because-trump-normal-president/

Sanders, Gillibrand, Booker, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Harris Introduce Emergency Health Care Guarantee Act
commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
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Should "Slavery in California" be considered in CA Reparations Bill AB 3121
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-05-15
Slavery in California, a hidden secret by design, may be included in the consideration for AB 3121, the trade in human cargo is known to have source documents that predate the year 1450 Spain, Portugal, Danish governments and countless other vessels are raiding the vast African coastal villages for the express purpose of trade in human cargo for economic exploitation.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/14/18833033.php

2020 Memorial Day – Negro Bar Cemetery
Adapted from Black Land, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-05-15
At Negro Bar Cemetery and Negro Hill Cemetery, Memorial Day has a different significance, even if the broader California Veterans community no longer remembers why.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/13/18833023.php

The struggle and personal growth
Sue Harris | workers.org | 2020-05-15
What motivates some people to dominate and/or destroy, based on their illusory sense of superiority, even when it is against their own interests? Who are these people who profess to be acting in the name of "freedom and individual liberty," while gathering together and refusing to wear protective masks in . . . | Continue reading The struggle and personal growth at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/05/48641/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-struggle-and-personal-growth

Venezuelan TV Exposed US Mercenaries' Names, Photos and Incursion Plan a Month Before It Happened
Ryan Parry | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-15
The Americans behind the failed Venezuelan coup went ahead with the ill-fated mission even though the country's ruling regime publicly exposed their plan on live TV more than a month earlier. | In footage unearthed by DailyMail.com Venezuelan state television claimed its government had infiltrated the 'mercenaries' and even aired photographs of the coup's US leader, Jordan Goudreau. | They also appeared to have the names of the other two Americans captured and paraded on TV this week, ex Green Berets Luke Denman and Airan Berry. | The revelation, alongside the apparent lack of funding and adequate equipment fo…
anti-empire.com/venezuelan-tv-exposed-us-mercenaries-names-photos-and-incursion-plan-a-month-before-it-happened/

Meet The Bio-Psyop Profiteers Behind The COVID Response & Trump To Mobilize Military For Vaccination
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-15
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 (5/14/19). 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/meet-bio-psyop-profiteers-behind-covid-response-trump-mobilize-military-vaccination/

The Japanese Art of Avoiding Your Relatives (Or Why Covid-19 Flopped in Japan)
Ash Warren | anti-empire.com | 2020-05-15
Let's say you do not get along with your mother-in-law and you do not wish to have contact with her like, ever. | Here are two possible methods you might employ. | The first is to burn down your house, fake your own death and move somewhere else under an assumed identity, or failing that to dig up the entire road between your place and hers, blow up her car and steal all her shoes. | This may discourage the urge to visit. | The other is to just not open the door when she knocks. | In many countries as we all well know, in order to avoid coming in contact with the dreaded Covid-19, which is possibly even more i…
anti-empire.com/the-japanese-art-of-avoiding-your-relatives-or-why-covid-19-flopped-in-japan/

Former Inslee Staffers Urge Biden and House Dems to Embrace $1.2 Trillion Green Stimulus as Part of Covid-19 Recovery
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-05-15
Advisers who helped develop Washington Gov. Jay Inslee's widely-praised climate action plan during his 2020 presidential run are now calling on congressional Democrats to adopt the bold initiatives Inslee proposed in order to include a shift to a renewable energy economy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jay_inslee_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/05/15/former-inslee-staffers-urge-biden-and-house-dems-embrace-12-trillion-green-stimulus?cd-origin=rss

Pelosi Sends a Message
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2020-05-15
Pelosi Sends a Message…
thenation.com/article/politics/heroes-legislation-pelosi-progressives/

Coronavirus Pandemic Prompts Global Mental Health Crisis as Millions Feel Alone, Anxious & Depressed
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
Is the coronavirus pandemic generating a mental illness crisis? Millions face isolation, poverty and anxiety. We speak with psychology professor and author Andrew Solomon, as the United Nations calls on governments to put mental health "front and center" in their response to the crisis.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/andrew_solomon

When Patients Die Alone, How Do Families and Health Workers Cope, Relieve Suffering?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-14
We look at the tremendous emotional toll the coronavirus is taking on families when loved ones are forced to battle COVID alone in hospitals or at home, with Dr. Diane Meier, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care and a professor of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She helped start a 24-hour palliative care hotline for COVID-19 patients in New York City that served nearly 900 people in a four-week period.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/14/diane_meier_palliative_care

'Tyrannical' Wisconsin court ruling puts lives in danger amid pandemic
John Bachtell | peoplesworld.org | 2020-05-14
In a ruthless display of power, the right-wing-dominated Wisconsin Supreme Court threw the state's response to the COVID-19 pandemic into "chaos," putting the lives of millions of residents in danger. The ruling, termed "tyrannical" by one dissenting justice, struck down Democratic Gov. Tony Evers's administration's ability to issue statewide emergency safer-at-home orders during the pandemic, …
peoplesworld.org/article/tyrannical-wisconsin-court-ruling-puts-lives-in-danger-amid-pandemic/

'Unlawful & invalid': Wisconsin Supreme Court strikes down state's stay-at-home order
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Measures purportedly enacted to stop the spread of coronavirus in Wisconsin have been overturned by the state's Supreme Court, which ruled that the orders violate the law and cannot be enforced. | The state's highest court issued a 4-3 ruling describing the restrictions as "unlawful, invalid, and unenforceable." The decision comes after Republican lawmakers sued Department of Health Services Secretary-designee Andrea Palm, after she unilaterally extended the state's "Safer at Home" emergency order in mid-April. The measures were first implemented in March and were set to expire on May 26. | Wisconsin has alrea…
rt.com/usa/488600-wisconsin-supreme-court-lockdown-unlawful/

Head of the Hydra: Ther Rise of Robert Kadlec
Whitney Webb | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-14
A powerful network of political operatives, a global vaccine mafia and their man in Washington, and how it all ties back to what is taking place today. | BY WHITNEY WEBB & RAUL DIEGO: | Last Friday, a group of Democratic Senators " demanded" that the Departme…
thealtworld.com/whitney_webb/head-of-the-hydra-ther-rise-of-robert-kadlec

Head of the Hydra: The Rise of Robert Kadlec
Whitney Webb & Raul Diego | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
A powerful network of political operatives, a global vaccine mafia and their man in Washington. Last Friday, a group of Democratic Senators "demanded" that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) Robert Kadlec, "accurately disclose all his personal, financial and political ties in light of new reporting …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/engineering-contagion-amerithrax/head-hydra-rise-robert-kadlec/

Working class democracy and centralism
Makasi Motema | workers.org | 2020-05-14
Painting shows V. I. Lenin speaking to soldiers and civilians. We are taught in school that the United States is a democracy, but this claim is completely divorced from the reality of class struggle. The wealthy ruling class, which owns the greater proportion of our economy through the stock market . . . | Continue reading Working class democracy and centralism at Workers.org…
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Truth in America R.I.P
Paul Craig Roberts | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-14
In "freedom and democracy" America there is only official truth, and it is a lie. A person or website that speaks real truth is shunted aside as a "conspiracy theorist," "Russian agent," "racist," "anti-semite," or other such name with the purpose of discrediting the message and the messenger. | For example, when I told the truth that Russiagate was a hoax, which it has proved to be, an anonymous website, possibly a CIA or NATO operation called "PropOrNot," included this website among its fake list of 200 "Russian agents/dupes." The Washington Post, a believed long-time CIA asset, hyped the PropOrNot revelation a…
thealtworld.com/paul_craig_roberts/truth-in-america-r-i-p

How dare you… use CHINESE drones!? US lawmakers 'grill' feds over spying on lockdown-violating Americans
rt.com | 2020-05-14
A group of House Republicans has called on federal agencies to shed light on drones used by police across the country to surveil and enforce Covid-19 lockdowns, arguing that Chinese devices could compromise "sensitive US data." | The 14 GOP representatives, all on the House Judiciary Committee, penned two letters to the Departments of Homeland…
rt.com/usa/488593-lawmakers-chinese-drones-spying/

Richard Burr to step down as Senate intel chair during FBI's probe into suspicious stock dumps before Covid-19 market crash
rt.com | 2020-05-14
Republican Senator Richard Burr will step down from his post as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee pending a probe into suspicious stock trades he made before the Covid-19 crisis hit US markets. | Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Burr had contacted him to say he would not remain in the role "during the pendency of the investigation." | McConnell said it had been agreed that the decision was "in the best interests of the committee" and would be effective from the end of the day on Friday. | The decision comes hours after FBI agents seized the North Carolina senator's private…
rt.com/usa/488673-burr-steps-down-intel/

US Uses "Humanitarian Intervention" to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-14
No More War focuses on the one nation in recent times that has been continuously engaged in wars of aggression. In fact, that nation has been engaged in wars or military occupations in all but five years since its founding in 1776. Author and professor of human rights law at the University of Pittsburgh, Dan …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/us-uses-humanitarian-intervention-to-advance-economic-and-strategic-interests/

AI-Powered Medical "Pre-Crime" Is Officially Here To "Fight COVID-19"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-14
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 (5/13/19). 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/ai-powered-medical-pre-crime-officially-here-fight-covid-19/

Screen New Deal: Naomi Klein on How Companies Like Google Plan to Profit in High-Tech COVID Dystopia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
In her new report for The Intercept on the "Screen New Deal," Naomi Klein looks at how the coronavirus pandemic is more high-tech than previous disasters

Naomi Klein: Healthcare Industry Sees "Potential Bonanza" of Profits in COVID-19 Crisis
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-13
As the top infectious disease expert testifies to the Senate that needless death and suffering could result from reopening too quickly, author and journalist Naomi Klein says a "pandemic shock doctrine" is beginning to emerge. "The fact that a large sector of the economy, the healthcare industry, sees a potential bonanza here … that's a win for them."
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/13/naomi_klein_coronavirus_healthcare

Senate votes down anti-surveillance amendment, as both parties back warrantless spying on Americans' browser history
rt.com | 2020-05-13
The US Senate has voted down an amendment that would limit surveillance of Americans' internet records. Apparently, the true divide in Washington is not between Democrat and Republican, but those for or against the police state. | The US Senate met on Wednesday to debate the reauthorization of some provisions of the USA Freedom Act, an expansive domestic surveillance bill that expired in March. As Majority Leader Mitch McConnell brought the Act to the floor, a bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced an amendment that would explicitly bar law enforcement from snooping on Americans' internet browsing and search…
rt.com/usa/488586-senate-blocks-surveillance-amendment/

Biden campaign reacts to Flynn unmasking revelations by attacking journalist & denouncing Republicans
rt.com | 2020-05-13
After Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden was named as one of the Obama administration officials who asked for NSA information on General Michael Flynn, his campaign first targeted the messenger, then lashed out at the GOP. | The bombshell list of more than a dozen officials who asked the US spy agency for information about Flynn between the 2016 election of President Donald Trump and his inauguration included President Barack Obama's chief of staff, as well as Biden. It was a troubling disclosure for the candidate who has just denied any knowledge of the Flynn investigation, in a TV interview on Tuesday.
rt.com/usa/488588-biden-campaign-flynn-unmasking/

Flynn 'unmasking' documents show involvement of senior Obama administration officials, including Joe Biden
rt.com | 2020-05-13
A newly published list of US officials who were interested in National Security Agency (NSA) records on Trump adviser Michael Flynn includes President Barack Obama's chief of staff, as well as Vice President Joe Biden. | Biden is listed as requesting the unmasking on January 12, 2017, the same day the Washington Post published a story claiming that Flynn had misreported his conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, based on leaked NSA information. | Flynn unmasking documents f… by
rt.com/usa/488579-flynn-unmasking-obama-administration/

Stir Crazy! Episode #33: Not Safe For Work From Home
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-13
On today's show: TRNN visual producer Andrew Corkery, political consultant and community organizer Marcus Ferrell, and managing director of K-12 education for the Center for American Progress Dr. Khalilah Harris. Hosted by Kim Brown.
therealnews.com/stories/stir-crazy-episode-33-not-safe-for-work-from

Los New Yorkers: Essential, Underprotected Undocumented Immigrants Struggle to Survive in Epicenter
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
As the coronavirus continues to devastate New York City communities, we hear the voices of undocumented New Yorkers about how they are surviving the pandemic. Their stories are told in a new ProPublica story headlined "Los New Yorkers: Essential and Underprotected in the Pandemic's Epicenter." We speak with one of the story's reporters, Adriana Gallardo.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/los_new_yorkers_essential_undocumented_workers

"Losing the Fabric of the City": COVID-19 Took Chicago Black Lives First & Exposed Structural Racism
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-12
We look at the coronavirus pandemic's disproportionate toll on African Americans through the story of Chicago's first 100 recorded deaths. A report by ProPublica found that 70 of the first 100 people to die were African American. Black people account for 30% of Chicago's population and 72% of COVID-19 deaths. We speak with ProPublica reporter Adriana Gallardo, who contributed to the report "COVID-19 Took Black Lives First. It Didn't Have To." She says the story paints a picture of "sophisticated structural racism" in Chicago.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/12/chicago_70_black_people_dead_first

Joe Biden Suffers Massive Stroke!
Michael K. Smith | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-05-12
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden suffered a massive brain hemorrhage today as he practiced reciting the days of the week for upcoming debates with President Trump. Campaign staff members say it will not affect his work, and insist he has no plans to withdraw from the presidential contest, unless "something serious happens." "We've been through …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/05/joe-biden-suffers-massive-stroke/

Mountains Of Evidence Show COVID-19 Was All Over The World Oct/Nov 2019, Why Is It Being Ignored?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-12
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 (5/12/19). 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/mountains-evidence-show-covid-19-was-all-over-world-oct-nov-2019-why-being-ignored/

"COVID-19 Has Been Racialized": Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking "Trump = Plague"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Black and Brown communities are being disproportionately targeted and policed in New York City's response to the spread of COVID-19. We speak with author and activist Jill Nelson, who was herself arrested by NYPD in April for writing "Trump = Plague" in chalk on an abandoned building in her Washington Heights neighborhood. The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours. Now she is speaking out. The president is "telling us that as people of color, and older people, we should just die," says Nelson. "It's ridiculous."
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/jill_nelson_nypd_arrest_trump_plague

Trump Death Clock: Creator Eugene Jarecki Says "Reckless Mishandling" of COVID-19 Must Be Quantified
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
As the death toll from COVID-19 in the United States surpasses 80,000, an unusual new billboard called the Trump Death Clock in New York City's Times Square keeps tally of lives lost to government inaction. "What we found was that there was an amazing and very dark truth underlying the numbers that spoke to reckless mishandling of a pandemic by the president and his team, and we felt that ought to be quantified," says Eugene Jarecki, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, author and activist behind the project.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/11/eugene_jarecki_trump_death_clock

"Weaponized and Racialized": Police Departments Use COVID-19 to Target Black & Brown Communities
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-11
Viral images have shone a spotlight on uneven policing. Some show police officers distributing masks to White residents in crowded New York City parks

Was the Latest Coup Plot Against Democratic Venezuela Made in the US?
ahtribune.com | 2020-05-11
UN Charter Article 2(4) states the following: | "All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations." | Since US grand theft of half of Mexican territory in the mid 19th century, long before the UN Charter's existence, the US time and again waged wars by hot and other means against nations threatening no one, including countless coups

Doctors Speak Out About COVID 19 & The Violent Suppression Of Your Rights
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-11
The only question, is whether We The People have the courage to stand for what we know to be right, or if we will allow ourselves to be scared into passively accepting the "new normal," a locked down controlled society that was prepped for, planned out, and designed years ago. I for one, will never …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/censorship/doctors-speak-out-about-covid-19-violent-suppression-your-rights/

"Gene-Edited" Future Justified By COVID-19 & France Admits Athletes Infected At Wuhan Military Games
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-09
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 (5/8/19). 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/gene-edited-future-justified-by-covid-19-france-admits-athletes-infected-at-wuhan-military-games/

"A Lynch Mob": After Months of Inaction, 2 White Men Are Charged with Murder of Ahmaud Arbery in GA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
The two white men caught on camera shooting and killing Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African American man, were arrested and charged Thursday with murder. The arrests came two days after video of the attack in February was shared with the public, sparking widespread outrage. Today would have been Arbery's 26th birthday. We speak with civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, who represents the Arbery family and formerly represented Trayvon Martin.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/ahmaud_arbery_murder_benjamin_crump

As States Loosen Pandemic Restrictions, Dr. Leana Wen Warns "We Are Not Ready for a Safe Reopening"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
As more than 40 states begin to reopen, President Trump is downplaying the need for mass COVID-19 testing, even as he himself is now being tested every day for the virus. We speak with emergency physician Dr. Leana Wen, who says, "Widespread testing is so critical. … Why shouldn't this testing be available to all Americans?"
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/dr_leana_wen_covid_19_testing

Trump Death Clock: Times Square Billboard Tallies Lives Lost to COVID-19 Inaction
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
A 56-foot billboard called the Trump Death Clock was unveiled in Times Square in New York City. The tally of lives lost to government inaction was created by filmmaker Eugene Jarecki, who says, "On behalf of all of those who needlessly lost their lives to this failed leadership in a pandemic, we need a symbol, a symbol that cries out not only for accountability, but also for more responsible and responsive stewardship, going forward." As of the Friday morning broadcast, the death toll count was nearly 47,000 and growing.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/times_square_trump_death_clock_covid

"A Terrible Price": Mardi Gras Story Lays Bare How COVID-19 Is Devastating Black America
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-08
We look at the deadly disparate impact of the pandemic on African Americans as told through an in-depth story for The New York Times Magazine by writer Linda Villarosa in her new piece, "'A Terrible Price': The Deadly Racial Disparities of Covid-19 in America," that tells what happened to the Zulu club, a Black social organization in New Orleans, during and after Mardi Gras. She reports that the experience is usually a joy, but the coronavirus made it a tragedy.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/8/coronavirus_racial_disparity_zulu_club_new

Foreign Correspondent: Biden vs. Trump on Foreign Policy
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2020-05-08
The differences are not as great as you might suspect, but there is a clear winner.
progressive.org/dispatches/biden-vs-trump-on-foreign-policy-erlich-200508/

New York State Tries to Suspend Democracy; NYT and WaPo Shrug
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2020-05-08
Blaming health risks due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the New York State Board of Elections announced last week that the state would simply cancel its Democratic presidential primary, leaving former Vice President Joe Biden to be proclaimed the victor without a vote. The response from the country's two most prominent newspapers? Meh. The Washington Post ( 4/27/20) frames the cancellation of dem…
fair.org/home/new-york-state-tries-to-suspend-democracy-nyt-and-wapo-shrug/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-york-state-tries-to-suspend-democracy-nyt-and-wapo-shrug

Sanders Is Back On The NY Primary Ballot
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-05-07
Before the ruling was announced, TRNN spoke with Norman Solomon and Marcus Ferrell about how the split between establishment Democrats and progressives could help hand Trump the November election.
therealnews.com/stories/bernie-sanders-new-york-primary-ballot-ruling-progressives-establishment-split

Profiting from the Pandemic: Will Pharmaceutical Giants Use Patents to Limit Access to COVID Drugs?
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-07
As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide approaches 4 million and the pandemic could be with us for months or years, we look at who can access drugs like remdesivir, being developed by pharmaceutical giant Gilead, which has the patent for the drug and is poised to make massive profits. We look at how much drugs like remdesivir will cost, and who can access them, with writer Achal Prabhala, coordinator of the AccessIBSA project, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil and South Africa.
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/7/remdesivir_gilead_achal_prabhala

How Russia Became the Next COVID-19 Hot Spot: Infection Rate Soars with 10,000 New Cases Each Day
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-05-07
We go to Moscow for an update on the pandemic in Russia, where the coronavirus is spreading rapidly, with at least 10,000 new cases a day and the second-highest infection rate in the world, and more than 100 medical workers have died fighting the virus, and many have reported lack of personal protective equipment. Meanwhile, three Russian healthcare workers mysteriously fell from hospital windows over the past two weeks. Two died, and the one who is hospitalized had posted a video online to note the lack of medical equipment and said he had to keep working despite testing positive. We speak with Joshua Yaffa, Mos…
www.democracynow.org/2020/5/7/russia_spike_in_coronavirus_cases_joshua

A Massive "COVID-19" Cover Up Is Underway & 'US Mercenaries' Caught In Venezuelan Coup Attempt
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
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 (5/5/19). 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/massive-covid-19-cover-up-underway-us-mercenaries-caught-venezuelan-coup-attempt/

Horrifying Glimpse Into How DARPA Will "Save" You From COVID-19 & Venezuela Coup Tied Back To Trump
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-06
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 (5/6/19). 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/horrifying-glimpse-into-how-darpa-will-save-you-from-covid-19-venezuela-coup-tied-back-to-trump/

The FULL Story Behind "Fauci's" 3.7 Million To Wuhan, Flu/CV Overlap & It Was Always Israelgate
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-03
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 (5/2/19). 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/the-full-story-behind-faucis-3-7-million-to-wuhan-flu-cv-overlap-it-was-always-israelgate/

France Says COVID Was Already 'Silently Circulating' & DARPA's "Implantable Nanoplatform" Vaccines
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-05-01
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 (4/30/19). 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/france-says-covid-was-already-silently-circulating-darpas-implantable-nanoplatform-vaccines/

Dismantling The Superficial "China Did It" Narrative (Origin Unknown) & CDC "Suspends" Flu Reporting
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-04-30
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 (4/29/19). 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/dismantling-superficial-china-did-narrative-origin-unknown-cdc-suspends-flu-reporting/

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