Daily Archives: January 10, 2020

2020-01-10: News Headlines

Staff (2020-01-10). "Democracy For Sale": Cambridge Analytica & Big Tech's History of Manipulating Elections. democracynow.org A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth referenced the role of the shadowy data firm Cambridge Analytica but downplayed its significance. However, a new Oscar-shortl…

Staff (2020-01-10). Pelosi: House Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. | In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their "courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president. | "In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do 'impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws," Pelosi wrote. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to t…

RT (2020-01-10). 'Pelosi caved': After 3-week delay seeking leverage, Democrats to finally send impeachment to Senate. rt.com Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that articles of impeachment will be transmitted to the Senate next week, after Republican leadership rejected her conditions and moved to dismiss the charges unless they were sent over. | "I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate," Pelosi (D-California) wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Friday. | "Pelosi caves," declared Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), who authored the motion to change the Senate rules so the charge…

RT (2020-01-10). 'Love will prevail': Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson drops out of 2020 election race. rt.com Self-help author and activist Marianne Williamson has dropped out of the race to be the next US president, after running a longshot campaign advocating an "agenda for peace" and a "spiritual awakening" for America. | In a statement posted to her website on Friday, Williamson said she had run for president to "forge another direction" for the country and to bring topics to the agenda which otherwise would not be discussed. | The 67-year-old self-help guru and proponent of a more "mindful politics" was polling at a…

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-10). House majority heeds demands that Trump stop his war on Iran. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—By a 224-194 vote, the U.S. House heeded mass anti-war sentiment and invoked the War Powers Act to stop GOP President Donald Trump's escalation against Iran. Eight Democrats voted with Trump, while 220 voted against his war on Iran. So did three Republicans. The 186 others stuck with Trump. Independent Justin Amash of Michigan switched …

Norman Solomon (2020-01-10). War with Iran Is at Stake — and Democrats' High Jumps Over Low Standards Aren't Helping. indybay.org Bowing down to the military-industrial complex…

WSWS (2020-01-10). Teachers condemn union's sell-out agreement in New South Wales. wsws.org The New South Wales Teachers Federation held anti-democratic mass meetings last month, which did nothing to resolve the pay and workload crisis facing teachers.

WSWS (2020-01-10). The Democrats pass Pelosi's phony antiwar resolution. wsws.org On Thursday, House Democrats backed a meaningless binding "concurrent" resolution that places no meaningful restrictions on Trump's ability to launch a war against Iran.

Daniel Warner (2020-01-10). Where's the Message? Who's the Messenger? counterpunch.org Progressives need to sharpen their message. The left — be it Socialist, Democrat or Labour — lacks a clear voice. The messages of an Orbà n, Erdogan, Kaczynski, Johnson and Trump have captured the times with few convincing countervailing forces. How to respond? Images are supposed to be the modern way of communicating. The photo of More

Staff (2020-01-10). House Democrats Send Loud 'No War With Iran' Message to Trump. truthdig.com The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a non-binding War Powers Resolution that would prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Iran without first gaining congressional approval. | The resolution—officially House Concurrent Resolution 83—was passed 224-194, largely along party lines with just three Republicans and one Independent joining with Democrats in favor of the measure. While eight Democrats voted against the resolution, four other…

Staff (2020-01-10). A New American Rebellion Has Been Sparked. truthdig.com The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don't like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people. | They pay lip service to our right to protest, but they mean we should send polite emails, letters, and phone calls to our congress critters — about as effective as screaming "stop it" at a category 5 hurricane. But Americans are innately rebellious, so ultimately they push back against the stupidity and avarice of eli…

Staff (2020-01-10). The American People Are Revolting Against Their Elites. truthdig.com The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don't like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people. | They pay lip service to our right to protest, but they mean we should send polite emails, letters, and phone calls to our congress critters — about as effective as screaming "stop it" at a category 5 hurricane. But Americans are innately rebellious, so ultimately they push back against the stupidity and avarice of eli…

Register Peace & Freedom or Green (2020-01-10). S.F. Rep Pelosi Postponed Vote on War Powers Act. indybay.org San Francisco Representative Nancy Pelosi postponed the urgently needed vote on a War Powers Resolution to prevent a US war against Iran. And Top House Democrats want to abandon any vote on a War Powers Resolution. See | www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/08/kicking-can-next-week-irresponsible-progressives-rebuke-pelosi-delaying-iran-war

Staff (2020-01-10). Headlines for January 10, 2020. democracynow.org House Approves Resolution Aimed at Limiting Trump's War Powers, NYT: Video Appears to Show Iranian Missile Hitting Jet Before Tehran Crash, Internal Emails Show Boeing Workers Mocked Regulators & 737 MAX Jet Designers, Trump Seeks to Exempt Large Projects from Some Environmental Review, Mexican Asylum Seeker Dies by Suicide After Being Denied Entry into U.S., Six Democratic Candidates Will Debate in Iowa Next Week, Ahead of Caucus, Transport Workers' Strike Becomes Longest in French History, Health and Human Services Declares Public Health Emergency for Puerto Rico, Grand Jury Indicts Hanukkah Attack Suspect on M…

Moveon (2020-01-10). No War with Iran! Castro Valley Protest. indybay.org Intersection of Castro Valley Blvd. and Redwood Road, Castro Valley 94546…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-10). Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (1/9/19). 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 …

Julia Conley (2020-01-10). US House Sends Loud 'No War on Iran' Message to Trump With War Powers Resolution. theantimedia.com (CD) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a non-binding War Powers Resolution that would prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Iran without first gaining congressional approval. JUST IN: House passes Iran war powers resolution, 224-194. Eight Dems opposed: Brindisi, Cunningham, Gottheimer, Horn, Luria, McAdams, Murphy, Rose Three Republicans …

Staff (2020-01-10). Mitch McConnell Backs Effort to Quash Impeachment Entirely. truthdig.com Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday signed on to a constitutionally dubious GOP resolution that would alter Senate rules to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before the House even sends them to the upper chamber. | The measure, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and backed by 12 other Republicans, would change more than two dozen Senate rules in order…

Staff (2020-01-10). Missouri Republican Bill Aims to Have Cops Stop Abortions. truthout.org A Missouri Republican legislator has introduced so-called fetal personhood legislation that could mandate law enforcement to stop people from having abortions. | House Bill 1799 was introduced by state Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove)…

Staff (2020-01-10). McConnell Backs Resolution to Change Senate Rules and Dismiss Trump Impeachment. truthout.org Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday signed on to a constitutionally dubious GOP resolution that would alter Senate rules to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before the House even sends them to the upper chamber. | The measure, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and backed by 12 other Republicans, wou…

Andrew Levine (2020-01-10). On the Issue of "Electability" counterpunch.org The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself. More

Sara Luterman (2020-01-10). Democratic Candidates Finally Embrace Disability Rights. thenation.com Democratic Candidates Finally Embrace Disability Rights…

Sara Luterman (2020-01-10). Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign. thenation.com Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign…

Susan Price (2020-01-10). US: What Trump's impeachment shows about the Democratic establishment. greenleft.org.au US politics Barry SheppardIssue 1248 United States Donald Trump impeachment Jim Crow San FranciscoJanuary 10, 2020The…

Jon Queally, staff writer (2020-01-10). House Democrats Send Loud 'No War With Iran' Message to Trump With Passage of War Powers Resolution. commondreams.org "Congress has been silent for too long," said Rep. Mark Pocan. "It's time we reclaim our Constitutional authority over military action from presidents intent on fight forever wars." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/no_war_with_iran_resolution.jpg

Olivia Arigho-Stiles (2020-01-10). Period of Calm Obscures Deepening Crisis of Democracy in Bolivia. zcomm.org The streets may now be peaceful in La Paz but as developments unfold which steadily erode the democratic foundations of the state, Bolivian democracy is more imperiled than at any time since the dictatorships of the last century…

Lucas Koerner (2020-01-10). For Western Press, the Only Coup in Venezuela Is Against Guaidó. fair.org The Washington Post ( 1/5/20) described Venezuelan lawmakers voting against someone other than Washington's chosen candidate to head the assembly as "sedition within the opposition." | The international corporate media have entered crisis mode following the replacement of Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as head of the country's National Assembly. | In headline after headline, Venezue…

Julie Hollar (2020-01-09). Steady Hand Joe – Turning Biden's support for Iraq War into foreign policy 'experience'. fair.org Election Focus 2020: Despite Democratic candidate Joe Biden's prominent role in leading the US into the disastrous Iraq War, and his recent stream of lies and equivocations about why he supported it and when he began to reverse his position, many pundits continue to uncritically paint Biden as "mature" or a "steady hand" on foreign policy.

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-09). Uber and Postmates sue to block California law protecting gig workers. peoplesworld.org SACRAMENTO (PAI)—Two big "gig economy" firms, "ride share" giant Uber and the courier company Postmates, are battling California's new labor-backed law banning the company misclassification of workers, especially Uber and Lyft drivers and other "gig" workers, as "independent contractors." And Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state AFL-CIO, pro-worker groups, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) …

Staff (2020-01-09). Andrew Bacevich: Trump Sparked "Unnecessary Crisis" by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War. democracynow.org President Trump vowed on Wednesday to hit Iran with new sanctions but appeared to pull back from taking any new military action. Tension between the two countries soared after the U.S. assassinated Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad International Airport last week. Early on Wednesday, Iran retaliated by firing 22 ballistic missiles at military bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces, but no one was injured in the attack. Iran had warned the Iraqi government about the strike in advance. Two small rockets also later hit the Green Zone near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. During a televised address on Wednesda…

Staff (2020-01-09). Andrew Bacevich: The U.S. Needs to Abandon "Militarized Approach" to Middle East and Build Peace. democracynow.org We continue our conversation with Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is a retired colonel, Vietnam War veteran and author of, most recently, of "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory." Bacevich says the crisis with Iran, sparked by President Trump's assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani, is just the latest in a long series of ill-advised American actions in the Middle East. "The only conceivable way for us to begin to extricate ourselves from this terrible mess in the region … is to abandon this militarized approac…

Staff (2020-01-09). Uyghurs & Other Muslim Minorities Forced into Labor Programs to Work in Chinese Factories. democracynow.org In China, a shocking new exposé has revealed that Chinese authorities are systematically forcing Muslims — mostly Uyghurs and Kazakhs — into labor programs to supply Chinese factories with a cheap and compliant workforce. The New York Times investigation, based on official documents, interviews and visits to the far-western region of Xinjiang, reveals a sweeping program to push poor farmers, villagers and small traders into sometimes months-long training courses before assigning them to low-wage factory work. The programs work in tandem with indoctrination camps where an estimated 1 million adults fro…

Michael Arria (2020-01-09). 'The assassination of Qasem Soleimani was an act of war'. mronline.org On January 5, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Barbara Lee announced that they are introducing a War Powers Resolution in the House. The legislation would remove U.S. forces from any conflict with Iran that hasn't been granted congressional approval and is a companion to a Senate resolution that was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine […] | Source

Staff (2020-01-09). Headlines for January 9, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Appears to Pull Back from New Military Action Against Iran, Mitch McConnell Met with Trump at White House & Discussed Impeachment Trial, Investigators Probe Cause of Fatal Boeing Plane Crash in Tehran, Youth Climate Group the Sunrise Movement Endorses Bernie Sanders, More Than 1 Billion Animals Killed in Climate-Fueled Wildfires in Australia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Says She's Cancer-Free, Guatemalan President Says U.S. Cannot Send Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala, Spanish Socialist Party Leader Pedro Sánchez Sworn In as Prime Minister, Facebook Doubles Down on Its Policy of Allowing Lies in Political Ads…

Gary Olson (2020-01-09). The Serious Left and Bernie Sanders in 2020. dissidentvoice.org Taking down the Democratic Party is the most important task of the new year. — Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report In a recent piece, Ryan Grim poses the question "Can the Bernie Sanders' Campaign Alter the Course of the Democratic Party?" (The Intercept,1/3/2020). Citing evidence from economist Thomas Piketty's new book "Capital and Ideology," it's …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-01-09). Sheep-dogging on Steroids: The New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists. dissidentvoice.org In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the latest insult to the intelligence of the people is the Democrats who are posturing as Anti-war champions in reaction to the Trump Administration's assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the possibility of further attacks on Iran. We are supposed to buy that the …

Ajamu Baraka (2020-01-09). Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: America's New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists. globalresearch.ca The rhetoric of the Democratic "progressives" only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war — with congressional approval. | In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the …

Ralph Nader (2020-01-09). Democrats Need to Rip Off the Mask of Timidity and Impeach Trump on All Counts. commondreams.org A child participant seen during the rally. Dozens of protesters take part in a rally called "Swarm the Senate" in the Hart Senate Office Building urging action to "impeach, remove, indict and jail" President Trump. (Photo: Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_trump_for_all_of_it.jpg

Prof. Vijay Prashad (2020-01-09). India's Democracy Is Facing an Existential Threat. asia-pacificresearch.com

Staff (2020-01-09). Democrats Move to War Powers Vote as Iran Tensions Escalate. truthout.org As the Trump administration on Wednesday reportedly pressured lawmakers behind closed doors to not debate or even discuss the legality of unilateral military action against Iran, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will vote Thursday on a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's ability to attack Iran without congressional approval.

teleSUR (2020-01-09). House Approves Limiting Trump's Ability to Wage War on Iran. telesurenglish.net The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump's ability to engage in military conflict against Iran, days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander. | RELATED: | Iranian Commander Says Iran Will Take 'Harsher Revenge Soon' | As voting continued, the tally was 224-194, largely along party lines, reflecting the deep divide in Congress between Democrats, who accused Tru…

Andre Damon (2020-01-09). The US Propaganda Machine Justifies the Assassination of Qassem Suleimani. globalresearch.ca Over the past two days, millions of people have marched in cities throughout Iran and Iraq to condemn the killing of Qassem Suleimani. The response to the assassination contradicts the narrative constructed by the Trump administration, the Democratic Party …

IMEMC News (2020-01-09). Israel Forms Committee To Boost Colonialist Activities In Occupied West Bank. imemc.org Israeli Defense Minister, Neftali Bennet, has formed a special committee tasked with boosting and strengthening the colonialist activities on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that Naftali's "Task Force" aims at legalizing the colonialist outposts, which were built on Palestinian …

teleSUR (2020-01-09). Yangtze Spatula Fish: First Extinct Species of This Decade. telesurenglish.net The Yangtze spatula fish (Psephurus gladius) has been declared extinct, according to a study recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. | RELATED: | Number of Fires in Brazilian Amazon Increased 30% in 2019 | This species, often dubbed "the Yangtze River panda" because of its large size, which could reach 7 meters long, was the only one of the genus Psephurus and fed on other fish and crustaceans. | According to scientists at the Yangtze River Fisheries Rese…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-09). ROCKETS Fired At US In Iraq, US Contractor Was 'Counterintelligence' & US/Iran Gov Coordination? thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (1/8/19). 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 …

Staff (2020-01-09). The Pentagon Is the Only Winner in the "Global War on Terror" truthout.org Yes, our infrastructure stinks, our schools are failing, this country's a nightmare of inequality, and there's a self-promoting president in the White…

Prof Rodrigue Tremblay (2020-01-09). Donald Trump's Reckless Gamble with Iran Distracts from His Domestic Political Problems. globalresearch.ca "Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected. —Be careful Republicans! Donald Trump (1946- ), 45th American president and hotel and casino owner, (statement made in a tweet, on Mon., …

Jerad W. Alexander (2020-01-09). How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now? thenation.com How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now?

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-01-09). As Puerto Rico Reels After Earthquake, Democrats Demand Trump End 'Illegal' Withholding of $18 Billion in Disaster Funds. commondreams.org With about two-thirds of Puerto Rico without power and hundreds of thousands of people without running water following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined calls Thursday for the Trump administration to release $18 billion in disaster aid to the island more than two years after the money was appropriated. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11924105621.jpg

Norman Solomon (2020-01-09). War with Iran Is at Stake. zcomm.org

2020-01-10: Social Media Postees

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'Love will prevail': Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson drops out of 2020 election race
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Self-help author and activist Marianne Williamson has dropped out of the race to be the next US president, after running a longshot campaign advocating an "agenda for peace" and a "spiritual awakening" for America. | In a statement posted to her website on Friday, Williamson said she had run for president to "forge another direction" for the country and to bring topics to the agenda which otherwise would not be discussed. | The 67-year-old self-help guru and proponent of a more "mindful politics" was polling at a…
rt.com/usa/477973-marianne-williamson-drops-out-democrats/

'Love will prevail': Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson drops out of 2020 election race
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Self-help author and activist Marianne Williamson has dropped out of the race to be the next US president, after running a longshot campaign advocating an "agenda for peace" and a "spiritual awakening" for America. | In a statement posted to her website on Friday, Williamson said she had run for president to "forge another direction" for the country and to bring topics to the agenda which otherwise would not be discussed. | The 67-year-old self-help guru and proponent of a more "mindful politics" was polling at a…
rt.com/usa/477973-marianne-williamson-drops-out-democrats/

War with Iran Is at Stake — and Democrats' High Jumps Over Low Standards Aren't Helping
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-10
Bowing down to the military-industrial complex…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/09/18829589.php

War with Iran Is at Stake — and Democrats' High Jumps Over Low Standards Aren't Helping
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-10
Bowing down to the military-industrial complex…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/09/18829589.php

"Democracy For Sale": Cambridge Analytica & Big Tech's History of Manipulating Elections
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-10
A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth referenced the role of the shadowy data firm Cambridge Analytica but downplayed its significance. However, a new Oscar-shortl…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/10/2020_election_digital_manipulation_cambridge_analytica

Teachers condemn union's sell-out agreement in New South Wales
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
The New South Wales Teachers Federation held anti-democratic mass meetings last month, which did nothing to resolve the pay and workload crisis facing teachers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/educ-j10.html

House majority heeds demands that Trump stop his war on Iran
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-10
WASHINGTON–By a 224-194 vote, the U.S. House heeded mass anti-war sentiment and invoked the War Powers Act to stop GOP President Donald Trump's escalation against Iran. Eight Democrats voted with Trump, while 220 voted against his war on Iran. So did three Republicans. The 186 others stuck with Trump. Independent Justin Amash of Michigan switched …
peoplesworld.org/article/house-majority-heeds-demands-that-trump-stop-his-war-on-iran/

S.F. Rep Pelosi Postponed Vote on War Powers Act
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-01-10
San Francisco Representative Nancy Pelosi postponed the urgently needed vote on a War Powers Resolution to prevent a US war against Iran. And Top House Democrats want to abandon any vote on a War Powers Resolution. See | www.commondreams.org/news/2020/01/08/kicking-can-next-week-irresponsible-progressives-rebuke-pelosi-delaying-iran-war
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829556.php

The Democrats pass Pelosi's phony antiwar resolution
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
On Thursday, House Democrats backed a "concurrent" resolution that places no meaningful restrictions on Trump's ability to launch a war against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/pers-j10.html

Where's the Message? Who's the Messenger?
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
Progressives need to sharpen their message. The left — be it Socialist, Democrat or Labour — lacks a clear voice. The messages of an Orbà n, Erdogan, Kaczynski, Johnson and Trump have captured the times with few convincing countervailing forces. How to respond? Images are supposed to be the modern way of communicating. The photo of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/wheres-the-message-whos-the-messenger/

House Democrats Send Loud 'No War With Iran' Message to Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a non-binding War Powers Resolution that would prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Iran without first gaining congressional approval. | The resolution–officially House Concurrent Resolution 83–was passed 224-194, largely along party lines with just three Republicans and one Independent joining with Democrats in favor of the measure. While eight Democrats voted against the resolution, four other…
truthdig.com/articles/house-democrats-send-loud-no-war-with-iran-message-to-trump/

The American People Are Revolting Against Their Elites
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don't like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people. | They pay lip service to our right to protest, but they mean we should send polite emails, letters, and phone calls to our congress critters — about as effective as screaming "stop it" at a category 5 hurricane. But Americans are innately rebellious, so ultimately they push back against the stupidity and avarice of eli…
truthdig.com/articles/a-new-american-rebellion-has-been-sparked/

Pelosi: House Moving to Send Impeachment to Senate Next Week
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday the House will take steps next week to send articles of impeachment to the Senate ending Democrats' blockade of President Donald Trump's Senate trial. | In a letter to her Democratic colleagues, Pelosi said she was proud of their "courage and patriotism" and warned that senators now have a choice as they consider the charges of abuse and obstruction against the president. | "In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to do 'impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws," Pelosi wrote. "Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to t…
truthdig.com/articles/pelosi-house-moving-to-send-impeachment-to-senate-next-week/

The Democrats pass Pelosi's phony antiwar resolution
wsws.org | 2020-01-10
On Thursday, House Democrats backed a meaningless binding "concurrent" resolution that places no meaningful restrictions on Trump's ability to launch a war against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/10/pers-j10.html

Where's the Message? Who's the Messenger?
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
Progressives need to sharpen their message. The left — be it Socialist, Democrat or Labour — lacks a clear voice. The messages of an Orbà n, Erdogan, Kaczynski, Johnson and Trump have captured the times with few convincing countervailing forces. How to respond? Images are supposed to be the modern way of communicating. The photo of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/wheres-the-message-whos-the-messenger/

"Democracy For Sale": Cambridge Analytica & Big Tech's History of Manipulating Elections
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-10
A longtime Facebook executive has admitted the company's platform helped Donald Trump win the 2016 election, and it may happen again this year. In an internal memo, Facebook Vice President Andrew Bosworth wrote, "So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes." Bosworth, who was a backer of Hillary Clinton in 2016, went on to write that the company should not change its policies in an effort to hurt Trump's re-election chances. In his memo, Bosworth referenced the role of the shadowy data firm Cambridge Analytica but downplayed its significance. However, a new Oscar-shortl…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/10/2020_election_digital_manipulation_cambridge_analytica

'Pelosi caved': After 3-week delay seeking leverage, Democrats to finally send impeachment to Senate
rt.com | 2020-01-10
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that articles of impeachment will be transmitted to the Senate next week, after Republican leadership rejected her conditions and moved to dismiss the charges unless they were sent over. | "I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate," Pelosi (D-California) wrote in a letter to House Democrats on Friday. | "Pelosi caves," declared Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), who authored the motion to change the Senate rules so the charge…
rt.com/usa/477977-pelosi-impeachment-trump-senate/

A New American Rebellion Has Been Sparked
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
The awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don't like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police power to control people. | They pay lip service to our right to protest, but they mean we should send polite emails, letters, and phone calls to our congress critters — about as effective as screaming "stop it" at a category 5 hurricane. But Americans are innately rebellious, so ultimately they push back against the stupidity and avarice of eli…
truthdig.com/articles/a-new-american-rebellion-has-been-sparked/

No War with Iran! Castro Valley Protest
Moveon | indybay.org | 2020-01-10
Intersection of Castro Valley Blvd. and Redwood Road, Castro Valley 94546…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829547.php

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
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 (1/9/19). 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 …
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On the Issue of "Electability"
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-10
The hardcore Trump base is vile in many of the ways that bona fide fascists were, and as is Trump himself. Even so, calling it "fascist," though tempting, inasmuch as the word is still a term of abuse, is ahistorical and misleading. "Rightwing nationalist" or "rightwing populist" are more exact and to the point. Unlike true fascists, Trump's supporters have no coherent ideology, only a vague attachment to white supremacism, and they have no organizational structure other than the Republican Party itself.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/10/on-the-issue-of-electability/

Missouri Republican Bill Aims to Have Cops Stop Abortions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-10
A Missouri Republican legislator has introduced so-called fetal personhood legislation that could mandate law enforcement to stop people from having abortions. | House Bill 1799 was introduced by state Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove)…
truthout.org/articles/missouri-republican-bill-aims-to-have-cops-stop-abortions/

US House Sends Loud 'No War on Iran' Message to Trump With War Powers Resolution
Julia Conley | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-10
(CD) — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a non-binding War Powers Resolution that would prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action against Iran without first gaining congressional approval. JUST IN: House passes Iran war powers resolution, 224-194. Eight Dems opposed: Brindisi, Cunningham, Gottheimer, Horn, Luria, McAdams, Murphy, Rose Three Republicans …

US House Sends Loud ‘No War on Iran’ Message to Trump With War Powers Resolution

Mitch McConnell Backs Effort to Quash Impeachment Entirely
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-10
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday signed on to a constitutionally dubious GOP resolution that would alter Senate rules to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before the House even sends them to the upper chamber. | The measure, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and backed by 12 other Republicans, would change more than two dozen Senate rules in order…
truthdig.com/articles/mitch-mcconnell-backs-effort-to-quash-impeachment-entirely/

McConnell Backs Resolution to Change Senate Rules and Dismiss Trump Impeachment
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-10
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday signed on to a constitutionally dubious GOP resolution that would alter Senate rules to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump before the House even sends them to the upper chamber. | The measure, sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and backed by 12 other Republicans, wou…
truthout.org/articles/mcconnell-backs-resolution-to-change-senate-rules-and-dismiss-trump-impeachment-2/

Democratic Candidates Finally Embrace Disability Rights
Sara Luterman | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Democratic Candidates Finally Embrace Disability Rights…
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Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign
Sara Luterman | thenation.com | 2020-01-10
Elizabeth Warren Has Made Disability Rights Central to Her Campaign…
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US: What Trump's impeachment shows about the Democratic establishment
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-10
US politics Barry SheppardIssue 1248 United States Donald Trump impeachment Jim Crow San FranciscoJanuary 10, 2020The…
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House Democrats Send Loud 'No War With Iran' Message to Trump With Passage of War Powers Resolution
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-10
"Congress has been silent for too long," said Rep. Mark Pocan. "It's time we reclaim our Constitutional authority over military action from presidents intent on fight forever wars." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/no_war_with_iran_resolution.jpg
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Period of Calm Obscures Deepening Crisis of Democracy in Bolivia
Olivia Arigho-Stiles | zcomm.org | 2020-01-10
The streets may now be peaceful in La Paz but as developments unfold which steadily erode the democratic foundations of the state, Bolivian democracy is more imperiled than at any time since the dictatorships of the last century…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/period-of-calm-obscures-deepening-crisis-of-democracy-in-bolivia/

The Serious Left and Bernie Sanders in 2020
Gary Olson | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-09
Taking down the Democratic Party is the most important task of the new year. — Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report In a recent piece, Ryan Grim poses the question "Can the Bernie Sanders' Campaign Alter the Course of the Democratic Party?" (The Intercept,1/3/2020). Citing evidence from economist Thomas Piketty's new book "Capital and Ideology," it's …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-serious-left-and-bernie-sanders-in-2020/

Sheep-dogging on Steroids: The New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-09
In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the latest insult to the intelligence of the people is the Democrats who are posturing as Anti-war champions in reaction to the Trump Administration's assassination of Qassem Soleimani and the possibility of further attacks on Iran. We are supposed to buy that the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/sheep-dogging-on-steroids-the-new-democratic-party-anti-war-activists/

Sheep-Dogging on Steroids: America's New Democratic Party Anti-War Activists
Ajamu Baraka | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
The rhetoric of the Democratic "progressives" only gives cover to the ongoing criminality of the U.S. state and its commitment to permanent war — with congressional approval. | In the cynical spectacle that is called politics in the United States, the …
globalresearch.ca/new-democratic-party-anti-war-activists/5700074

'The assassination of Qasem Soleimani was an act of war'
Michael Arria | mronline.org | 2020-01-09
On January 5, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Barbara Lee announced that they are introducing a War Powers Resolution in the House. The legislation would remove U.S. forces from any conflict with Iran that hasn't been granted congressional approval and is a companion to a Senate resolution that was introduced by Sen. Tim Kaine […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/09/the-assassination-of-qasem-soleimani-was-an-act-of-war/

Democrats Need to Rip Off the Mask of Timidity and Impeach Trump on All Counts
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2020-01-09
A child participant seen during the rally. Dozens of protesters take part in a rally called "Swarm the Senate" in the Hart Senate Office Building urging action to "impeach, remove, indict and jail" President Trump. (Photo: Michael Brochstein / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_trump_for_all_of_it.jpg
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India's Democracy Is Facing an Existential Threat
Prof. Vijay Prashad | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-01-09
asia-pacificresearch.com/india-democracy-facing-existential-threat/5629007

Steady Hand Joe – Turning Biden's support for Iraq War into foreign policy 'experience'
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2020-01-09
Election Focus 2020: Despite Democratic candidate Joe Biden's prominent role in leading the US into the disastrous Iraq War, and his recent stream of lies and equivocations about why he supported it and when he began to reverse his position, many pundits continue to uncritically paint Biden as "mature" or a "steady hand" on foreign policy.
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Andrew Bacevich: The U.S. Needs to Abandon "Militarized Approach" to Middle East and Build Peace
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-09
We continue our conversation with Andrew Bacevich, president and co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. He is a retired colonel, Vietnam War veteran and author of, most recently, of "The Age of Illusions: How America Squandered Its Cold War Victory." Bacevich says the crisis with Iran, sparked by President Trump's assassination of top general Qassem Soleimani, is just the latest in a long series of ill-advised American actions in the Middle East. "The only conceivable way for us to begin to extricate ourselves from this terrible mess in the region … is to abandon this militarized approac…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/9/andrew_bacevich_trump_iran

House Approves Limiting Trump's Ability to Wage War on Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-09
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on Thursday to rein in President Donald Trump's ability to engage in military conflict against Iran, days after he ordered a drone strike that killed a top Iranian commander. | RELATED: | Iranian Commander Says Iran Will Take 'Harsher Revenge Soon' | As voting continued, the tally was 224-194, largely along party lines, reflecting the deep divide in Congress between Democrats, who accused Tru…
telesurenglish.net/news/House-Approves-Limiting-Trumps-Ability-to-Wage-War-on-Iran-20200109-0011.html

John Kerry Did It
Ann Garrison | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
The Democratic National Committee's scapegoating began early in 2016, months before wall building, climate change denying, health care abolishing, tax dodging, spewing demagogue Donald Trump surprised everyone including himself by taking the White House. First Wikileaks elected Trump by releasing …
globalresearch.ca/john-kerry-did-it/5700068

Uyghurs & Other Muslim Minorities Forced into Labor Programs to Work in Chinese Factories
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-09
In China, a shocking new exposé has revealed that Chinese authorities are systematically forcing Muslims — mostly Uyghurs and Kazakhs — into labor programs to supply Chinese factories with a cheap and compliant workforce. The New York Times investigation, based on official documents, interviews and visits to the far-western region of Xinjiang, reveals a sweeping program to push poor farmers, villagers and small traders into sometimes months-long training courses before assigning them to low-wage factory work. The programs work in tandem with indoctrination camps where an estimated 1 million adults fro…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/9/china_uyghurs_muslim_minorities_workers

Andrew Bacevich: Trump Sparked "Unnecessary Crisis" by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-09
President Trump vowed on Wednesday to hit Iran with new sanctions but appeared to pull back from taking any new military action. Tension between the two countries soared after the U.S. assassinated Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad International Airport last week. Early on Wednesday, Iran retaliated by firing 22 ballistic missiles at military bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces, but no one was injured in the attack. Iran had warned the Iraqi government about the strike in advance. Two small rockets also later hit the Green Zone near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. During a televised address on Wednesda…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/9/andrew_bacevich_iran_iraq_qassem_soleimani

The US Propaganda Machine Justifies the Assassination of Qassem Suleimani
Andre Damon | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
Over the past two days, millions of people have marched in cities throughout Iran and Iraq to condemn the killing of Qassem Suleimani. The response to the assassination contradicts the narrative constructed by the Trump administration, the Democratic Party …
globalresearch.ca/us-propaganda-machine-justifies-assassination-qassem-suleimani/5700107

Democrats Move to War Powers Vote as Iran Tensions Escalate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-09
As the Trump administration on Wednesday reportedly pressured lawmakers behind closed doors to not debate or even discuss the legality of unilateral military action against Iran, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House will vote Thursday on a War Powers Resolution aimed at curbing President Donald Trump's ability to attack Iran without congressional approval.
truthout.org/articles/democrats-move-to-war-powers-vote-as-iran-tensions-escalate/

Andrew Bacevich: Trump Sparked "Unnecessary Crisis" by Killing Soleimani, Barely Avoiding War
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-09
President Trump vowed on Wednesday to hit Iran with new sanctions but appeared to pull back from taking any new military action. Tension between the two countries soared after the U.S. assassinated Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani at the Baghdad International Airport last week. Early on Wednesday, Iran retaliated by firing 22 ballistic missiles at military bases in Iraq housing U.S. forces, but no one was injured in the attack. Iran had warned the Iraqi government about the strike in advance. Two small rockets also later hit the Green Zone near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. During a televised address on Wednesda…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/9/andrew_bacevich_iran_iraq_qassem_soleimani

Uber and Postmates sue to block California law protecting gig workers
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-09
SACRAMENTO (PAI)–Two big "gig economy" firms, "ride share" giant Uber and the courier company Postmates, are battling California's new labor-backed law banning the company misclassification of workers, especially Uber and Lyft drivers and other "gig" workers, as "independent contractors." And Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, the state AFL-CIO, pro-worker groups, state Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) …
peoplesworld.org/article/uber-and-postmates-sue-to-block-california-law-protecting-gig-workers/

Israel Forms Committee To Boost Colonialist Activities In Occupied West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2020-01-09
Israeli Defense Minister, Neftali Bennet, has formed a special committee tasked with boosting and strengthening the colonialist activities on Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that Naftali's "Task Force" aims at legalizing the colonialist outposts, which were built on Palestinian …
imemc.org/article/israel-forms-committee-to-boost-colonialist-activities-in-occupied-west-bank/

Yangtze Spatula Fish: First Extinct Species of This Decade
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-09
The Yangtze spatula fish (Psephurus gladius) has been declared extinct, according to a study recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment. | RELATED: | Number of Fires in Brazilian Amazon Increased 30% in 2019 | This species, often dubbed "the Yangtze River panda" because of its large size, which could reach 7 meters long, was the only one of the genus Psephurus and fed on other fish and crustaceans. | According to scientists at the Yangtze River Fisheries Rese…
telesurenglish.net/news/yangtze-spatula-fish-first-extinct-species-of-this-decade-20200109-0019.html

ROCKETS Fired At US In Iraq, US Contractor Was 'Counterintelligence' & US/Iran Gov Coordination?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-09
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 (1/8/19). 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 …
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Donald Trump's Reckless Gamble with Iran Distracts from His Domestic Political Problems
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-09
"Don't let Obama play the Iran card in order to start a war in order to get elected. –Be careful Republicans! Donald Trump (1946- ), 45th American president and hotel and casino owner, (statement made in a tweet, on Mon., …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-reckless-gamble-iran-distract-domestic-political-problems/5700070

How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now?
Jerad W. Alexander | thenation.com | 2020-01-09
How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now?
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How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now?
Jerad W. Alexander | thenation.com | 2020-01-09
How Supportive of a Democratic Iraq Can We Claim to Be Now?
thenation.com/article/democratic-iraq-protests/

As Puerto Rico Reels After Earthquake, Democrats Demand Trump End 'Illegal' Withholding of $18 Billion in Disaster Funds
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-09
With about two-thirds of Puerto Rico without power and hundreds of thousands of people without running water following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined calls Thursday for the Trump administration to release $18 billion in disaster aid to the island more than two years after the money was appropriated. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11924105621.jpg
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Fresh Calls to #RaiseTheWage After Study Shows $1 Increase Could Prevent Thousands of Suicides
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-09
A new study that suggests raising the minimum wage could prevent thousands of suicide deaths in the United States sparked fresh calls for relief from federal lawmakers and cast a spotlight on Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's legislative graveyard. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/women_worker_wages.jpeg
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War with Iran Is at Stake
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-01-09