(2020-08-24). Responding To Voter Suppression, Understanding Manipulated Elections. dissidentvoice.org 
Stop Voter Suppression from the Union of Concerned Scientists Voter suppression in the 2020 election has become a topic of great concern. In reality, voter suppression has been part of US politics since the founding of the country. The oligarchs who wrote the US Constitution enabled voter suppression by not including the right to vote in …
(2020-08-24). Glitzy Convention Conceals Emerging One-Party Tyranny. globalresearch.ca Here are a few takeaways from the Democratic Convention: | The Democrats are running on the same platform they ran on in 2016. | The Democrats put style above substance, flashy optics above ideas or issues. | The Democrats think that hollow tributes …
(2020-08-24). The Biden Campaign Walks Back its Attack on BDS… Sort Of. mintpressnews.com 
The Biden campaign's attack on BDS and activist Linda Sarsour shows that the DNC is not ready to truly embrace the progressive values it claims to represent.
(2020-08-24). As Democrats Hedge on Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Biden Misleads on Plan. therealnews.com 
Welcome back to TRNN's Climate Crisis News Roundup. We are in the dog days of summer, with record heat waves and extreme weather events happening throughout the United States and the world. Meanwhile, one of the global oil majors has a professed climate solution: powering its oil drilling with wind and solar energy across the…
(2020-08-24). Democrats seek a new language of working-class identity. peoplesworld.org 
Is Trump the 2020 candidate who best represents the American working class? Did the Democratic Party fail to encompass working-class interests, issues, and people at last week's convention? What does the working class think? Washington Post columnist Marc Thiessen seems to think the working class heard nothing of interest from the Democrats and their convention …
(2020-08-24). The Tribulations of Triangulation: Few Options for Belarus Amid a Color Revolution. mintpressnews.com 
Belarus shows that any small state with a mildly socialist system and independent foreign policy invites subversion by the Yankee hegemon and its collaborators.
(2020-08-24). How Communist 'popular front' activism built a labor-community alliance that changed Detroit. peoplesworld.org 
Historian Ryan S. Pettengill's new book, Communists and Community, is a study of the Communist Party's activities in Detroit during the early 1940s through 1956. He demonstrates that the party played a critical role in unifying the labor movement and community organizations to effectuate social, economic, and political change in the city in this crucial …
(2020-08-24). MN demands 'End aid to Israel' during the DNC. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On August 20, activists held banners from five bridges along Interstate 35W to highlight the role the U.S. plays in endorsing and funding the Israeli occupation of Palestine. The protest took place during the Democratic National Convention to draw attention to the need for the Democratic Party to break with the apartheid state of Israel. | Drivers saw banners on the 35th, 36th, 38th and 40th Street bridges on I-35W in South Minneapolis and on a bridge in Lakeville over I-35. The protest was initiated by the MN Anti-War Committee. Many groups signed on and helped make banners and organized their…
(2020-08-24). Democratic Convention: New Faces, Similar Policies. counterpunch.org A national political nominating convention, as the Democrats have just completed, is, to be sure, a mutual admiration event. A steady stream of speakers led to the finale with the acceptance speech by the presidential candidate, Joe Biden. But the Convention has another declared purpose: to show the country what the Democratic Party stands for
(2020-08-24). Democratic Convention: New Faces, Similar Policies but Sharp Contrast with Trumpism. zcomm.org The Democrats presented a contrast to the crazed, bungling, ego-maniacal Trump spewing hate, inciting violence, and emitting hourly lies…
(2020-08-24). Hymn for a Broken Empire: Republican National Security Officials for Biden. globalresearch.ca If fodder is needed for the argument that a Deep State is running wild and determined to depose President Donald J. Trump, this will surely help. In a
(2020-08-24). Biden Put Forward an Image of Decorum and Unity. progressive.org Last week's Democratic National Convention encouraged viewers to vote for Joe Biden, if only to regain a sense of humanity.
(2020-08-24). Biden's Speech Stirs Up Sense of Déjà Vu — Same Old Lies Disguised as New Promises, Little More than a Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. globalresearch.ca One speech, well written and read well, does not a president make. At the end of the day, the Democrats are putting forward a wolf in sheep's clothes, who is peddling the same worn-out lies disguised as new promises. | Joe …
(2020-08-24). Democratic Party leads nationwide purge of Green Party candidates from November ballots. wsws.org State election boards and judges have issued last minute rulings blocking third party candidates from appearing on the ballot…
(2020-08-24). COVID-19: Trigger for a New World Order. Economic Stagnation and Social Destruction. globalresearch.ca I can remember them saying that 'everything changed after 9/11'. It did, but certainly not for the better. I think we can all agree on that. I remember how everyone surrendered their rights and key aspects of democracy, all in …
(2020-08-24). Democrats leave 20 million unemployed in the lurch. wsws.org The House of Representatives convened for a Saturday session to vote on funding…
(2020-08-24). Donald Trump Jr. Pictured at 'We Build the Wall' Event With Neo-Nazi Collaborator Jack Posobiec. splcenter.org Donald Trump Jr., who will serve as the headline speaker at the 2020 Republican National Convention (RNC) Monday, appeared in a photograph with One America News Network (OANN) correspondent Jack Posobiec at a "We Build the Wall" event in July 2019.
(2020-08-24). Bidding for Reelection Amid Crisis and Fear. counterpunch.org President Donald Trump headlines his Republican Party's national convention against a backdrop of a nation in crisis and an older sister who branded him a liar and someone without principles. He plans to take the stage every four nights of the virtual gathering, true to form for the super narcissist, in the face of a
(2020-08-24). Steve Bannon, Former Trump Adviser, Allegedly Stole Funds for Private Border Wall Plagued by Erosion. democracynow.org 
President Trump's former campaign CEO and White House adviser, Steve Bannon, is his sixth close associate to face criminal charges by the Department of Justice. Bannon and three others are accused of defrauding donors to We Build the Wall, a private effort to build a wall along the Mexican border, and redirecting funds to fund their own lavish lifestyles. We follow the money and look at how an investigation last month showed a private wall project the funds were used for is already eroding and could be in danger of falling into the river. We speak with Perla Trevizo and Lexi Churchill, two reporters at the ProPub…
(2020-08-24). Headlines for August 24, 2020. democracynow.org Raging California Wildfires Displace 120,000, Burn 1.2 Million Acres, FDA Approves Blood Plasma Treatment as U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 176,000 , Countries Grapple with Second Wave, as South Korea Warns Country Is in "Grave Situation", House Passes Bill to Halt Changes at USPS as Fears Mount over Mail-in Ballots, House Passes Bill to Provide Emergency Funding for USCIS as Agency Plans Major Staff Cuts, Belarus Protests Continue Demanding Resignation of President Lukashenko, At Least 17 Killed in Colombia Over Deadly Weekend, At Least 14 People Killed in Twin Bombings in the Philippines, U.S. Troops Withdraw fr…
(2020-08-24). QAnon: Trump Embraces Far-Right "Deep State" Conspiracy Theory Deemed a Threat by FBI. democracynow.org 
As the Republican National Convention gets underway this week, we look at how the party has openly embraced the far-right conspiracy theory known as QAnon, which claims, among other things, that President Trump is secretly at war with a deep state cabal of Satan-worshiping elites who run a child sex trafficking operation. Trump has retweeted messages from supporters of the conspiracy theory and recently spoke publicly about it for the first time, describing QAnon believers as "people that love our country." "At this point, it's reached full spread, that we really can't ignore it anymore," says Angelo Carusone, pr…
(2020-08-24). "The Damage Has Been Done": Historian Says Trump's Postmaster Has Undermined Faith in 2020 Election. democracynow.org 
The battle over the future of the United States Postal Service is intensifying, with a record number of mail-in ballots expected to be cast in the 2020 presidential election, and Democrats and Republicans locked in a fight over the future of the agency. Historian Philip Rubio, who teaches at North Carolina A&T State University and worked as a mail carrier for two decades before that, says decades of political interference have caused a "manufactured crisis" at the U.S. Postal Service. "The damage has been done," Rubio says of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's changes. "I think he's discouraged a lot of voters who…
(2020-08-24). Republican Party O.K. with COVID19 Deaths & Economy. indybay.org Some 57% of Republicans believe 180,000 American deaths from COVID19 is acceptable and 75% of Republicans believe the USA is better than 4 years ago. This a death cult. See www.cbsnews.com/news/republicans-economy-coronavirus-opinion-poll-cbs-news-battleground-tracker/…
(2020-08-24). Alt-right Richard Spencer is 'on team Joe' now: Sabotage or strange bedfellows, people wonder. rt.com 
Notorious right personality Richard Spencer has declared he will be voting for the "more competent" Democrat ticket in November, getting a rebuke from team Biden and mass disbelief in response. Yet he has a record of voting blue. | Spencer, a popular speaker with hard-right ideology, was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump in 2016, but this time around his sympathies may be on the other side. He said on Twitter that he plans to vote for the Democrats in November, because "the liberals are clearly more competent people". | I plan to vote for Biden and a straight democratic ticket. It's not based on "accelerationi…
(2020-08-24). 57% of Republicans think US Covid-19 death toll of 175,000 is 'acceptable', 68% of Democrats say it is underreported, poll finds. rt.com 
A majority of Republicans — as opposed to only ten percent of Democrats — said the Covid-19 death toll in the US is at "acceptable" levels, according to a new poll, exposing a deep partisan rift over the handling of the pandemic.
(2020-08-24). 'Indoctrination': Republicans reveal plan to 'teach American exceptionalism' if Trump re-elected, critics slam idea's bankruptcy. rt.com 
President Donald Trump's second term agenda includes a list of 50 points covering a variety of topics, but the goal to "teach American exceptionalism" has his critics especially outraged. | In a bullet-point press release put out just before the Republican National Convention, where Trump will officially accept his party's nomination, education is actually the least focused with only two goals, compared to the many that accompany other areas like "Drain the Swamp" and "End Our Reliance on China." | The two points that will be the administration's objectives for education are: "provide school choice to every ch…
(2020-08-24). Republicans and Democrats Clash for Funds of Wealthy Indian Americans, Professor Says. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): After the Democratic National Convention ended with former vice-president Joe Biden formally accepting the nomination last week, the Republican Convention began on 24 August, with Donald Trump again leading the GOP charge. The 2020 elections are seeing a strong presence of Indian-Americans.
(2020-08-24). House passes postal aid bill as thousands protest to #SaveThePostOffice. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Sally Abrahamson wants Congress to save our democracy by saving the U.S. Postal Service from GOP President Donald Trump and his hand-picked Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy. And so does her 18-month-old son, even if he was too shy to talk. So Abrahamson's son, carried by his mother in a frontal "baby bag," wore a sign …
(2020-08-24). Trump's push to privatize the USPS is a direct threat to democracy. mronline.org 
My maternal grandfather was born in 1914 and served in the Army during World War II. When he returned from the war in 1944, he took a job with the U.S. Postal Service as a "mailman." He worked as a letter carrier, eventually becoming a supervisor, and was an active member of the Association of …
(2020-08-24). Progressives Call on Democrats to 'Do the Opposite' as Rahm Emanuel Advises Biden to Shun Medicare for All and Green New Deal. commondreams.org The two policies are popular with the American public, but the Democratic Party refused to embrace them in its 2020 platform. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/getty-m4a_sign.jpg …
(2020-08-24). RNC 2020: How Trump Will Reinvigorate and Entertain His Base to Narrow & Nix Biden's Lead. sputniknews.com After the virtual Democratic National Convention (DNC) came to an end with Joe Biden formally accepting the party's nomination for president, the Republican event is kicking off on 24 August. American observers have discussed how the RNC show will differ from the one streamed by its competitors.
(2020-08-24). 'China Owns Joe Biden': Trump Warns Beijing Hatching Plan to Meddle in November Polls. sputniknews.com After the US Democratic Convention officially nominated former vice-president Joe Biden to take on Donald Trump in the November election, Trump is reportedly set to travel to Charlotte, North Carolina on Monday to attend in person as delegates to the Republican National Convention renominate him for US president.
(2020-08-24). Postmaster General Denies Democrat Allegations of Slowing Postal Service to Disrupt Mail-in Voting. sputniknews.com The reforms faced by the United States Postal Service have received criticism from Democrats over allegations of "incompetence at best, criminality at worst" by the Trump-appointed postmaster general, Louis DeJoy, accused of deliberately slowing the work of the federal agency in attempts to disrupt voting by mail in the presidential election.
(2020-08-24). The Seven Dangerous Paradoxes of Kamala Harris. strategic-culture.org A lot of theoretical nonsense is already being talked about the multiple meanings of Joe Biden's pick of California Senator Kalama Harris as his vice-presidential running mate: She will be a tool for Israel, she will be an opening for reform, she will signify a new era, she will cunningly allow the neo-conservatives to infiltrate the Democratic Party. | All of it is nonsense, especially the last conspiracy theory. The neo-conservatives have no chance of penetrating either Harris or any possible Biden administration because their rival neoliberals — who hold identical views anyway but genuinely think they ar…
(2020-08-24). Democracy — We've Had the Russia Report, Now Where Is the America Report? strategic-culture.org Rob WOODWARD | The long-awaited Russia report was published with a call for "immediate action" by the government and intelligence services to tackle the threat from just one country — Russia. The reality was that while Russia may have been meddling at the edges of Britain's democracy, America has been actively involved in centrally funding the breakdown of democracy, the rule of law and the British way of life. So where is the America Report? | The Russia Report cited 'open source' studies which pointed to "pro-Brexit or anti-EU stories on RT and Sputnik, and the use of 'bots' and 'trolls', as evidence of R…
(2020-08-24). Postmaster DeJoy Has Undermined Faith in Election, Postal Historian Says. truthout.org The battle over the future of the United States Postal Service is intensifying, with a record number of mail-in ballots expected to be cast in the 2020 presidential election, and Democrats and Republicans locked in a fight over the future of the agency. Historian Philip Rubio, who teaches at North Carolina A&T State University and worked as a mail carrier for two decades before that, says decades of political interference have caused a "manufactured crisis" at the U.S. Postal Service. "The damage has…
(2020-08-24). Pelosi Warns Trump Against "Cutting Corners" on New Unproven Vaccine From UK. truthout.org A new report suggests President Donald Trump may push for an unproven vaccine for coronavirus from the United Kingdom to be made available in the United States just one month before voters are set to decide if he deserves another term in office. |
(2020-08-24). Republican Convention Takes on the Weighty Task of Boosting Trump's Bruised Ego. truthout.org The Republican National Convention (RNC) begins tonight, and I honestly don't know how to The "Audience of One" media phenomenon is perhaps the most vivid, daily available evidenc…
(2020-08-24). Judges Are Buying the GOP's Lie That Mail-In Voting Causes Fraud. truthout.org The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee These high-profile lawsuits make the same argument that Republicans have made in many lesser-known lawsuits that were filed around the country during the primary season. In all of these lawsuits, Republicans argue that voting by ma…
(2020-08-24). Progressive Group Projects Photos of Jobless Workers Onto Hotel Near RNC. truthout.org On the eve of the 2020 Republican National Convention, a progressive advocacy group representing 15,000 unemployed workers on Sunday projected onto a Charlotte, North Carolina hotel the photos and stories of jobless workers struggling to meet basic needs after the GOP allowed the $600-per-week unemployment benefit
(2020-08-24). University Administrations Should Take Responsibility for Potential Campus Outbreaks. commondreams.org Residents of the Somerville and Medford communities protest outside of Tufts University President Anthony Monaco's house in Medford, MA on Aug. 18, 2020. (Photo: David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/collegereopeningprotest.jpg …
(2020-08-24). Eric Posner's Democracy for the Few. thenation.com Eric Posner's Democracy for the Few…
(2020-08-24). The Democrats Just Showed Us a Weakness in Their 2020 Strategy. thenation.com The Democrats Just Showed Us a Weakness in Their 2020 Strategy…
(2020-08-23). Biden campaign team assures everyone that he does not have Covid-19…but has also not been tested. rt.com 
Joe Biden's Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield left many scratching their heads after she insisted he does not have Covid-19, but has also not been tested — despite members of the press being required to. | "He has not had the virus," Bedingfield told ABC's George Stephanopolous on Sunday. "We have put in place really strict protocols as, I think, all of your journalists who attended our convention in Delaware this week saw." | Despite saying with certainty that the 77-year-old Biden does not have coronavirus, she said he has yet to be tested. Part of those "strict protocols" for the press though m…
(2020-08-23). Americans criticizing Biden may be 'unwittingly' spreading 'Kremlin disinformation', top Russiagate peddler warns. rt.com 
US citizens may "unwittingly" become Russian agents and spread "disinformation" about Joe Biden, Senator Mark Warner has warned, urging the intelligence community to be more vocal and tell the public what to do. | According to the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, one should be particularly vigilant about the Russian trolls, lurking around the social media feeds, as Kremlin is allegedly once again seeking to prop up President Donald Trump and help him secure re-election in November. | Speaking to NBC News' "Meet the Press" on Sunday, the Senator warned that if one is not careful enough, he can…
(2020-08-23). CNN's Stelter says network will do live 'fact-checks' of Republican convention, gets blasted for not doing same with Democrats. rt.com 
The news channel's media critic Brian Stelter says CNN will have live "fact-checks" for the RNC, leaving many to wonder where those fact-checks were during the respective Democratic event. | Warning about a possible "stream of disinformation" at the RNC, scheduled to take place from August 24 through August 27, Stelter promised CNN will "fact-check" and "cut away" from the event as needed. | He also blasted rival Fox News network for their coverage of the Democratic National Convention and their conservative bias. | "There is an asymmetry in our media…where Fox is off there on the right in ways that other ne…
(2020-08-23). Trump says federal agents will 'solve problem fast' if mayors of Dem-run cities ask for help with 'antigovernment' riots. rt.com 
President Donald Trump has offered federal assistance to the mayors of cities dealing with violent "antigovernment" protests, saying he can "solve [the] problem fast" if they can't properly police their own communities. | "These riots are an antigovernment movement from the Left that are all in Democrat run cities," the president tweeted on Sunday. "The mayors have got to let their police do what they know how to do. Would be very easy to suppress or, call in the Federal Government. We will solve problem fast!" | These riots are an antigovernment movement from the Left that are all in Democrat run cities. The…
(2020-08-23). Anything goes to spite GOP? Popular British historian draws fire by cheering on hurricanes about to batter 'Trump voting states'. rt.com 
Two potentially devastating hurricanes hitting the United States may actually be a good thing, since they would disrupt next week's Republican convention and stick it to Donald Trump, British historian Dan Snow said. | Tropical Storms Laura and Marco are moving through the Gulf of Mexico towards Texas and Louisiana and are projected to make landfall on Monday and Tuesday, less than 24 hours apart. One might think the destruction and loss of life they could cause is bad news, but not so for Dan Snow, a popular British media personality famous for his historical films. | Snow managed to find dark irony in the po…
(2020-08-23). Trump plans to veto House-approved bill to protect US Postal Service amid election row. thecanary.co 
Legislation that would reverse recent changes in US Postal Service operations has been approved by the House of Representatives in a rare Saturday session. The legislation would also send 25bn USD (£19bn) to shore up the agency ahead of the November election.Speaker Nancy Pelosi recalled lawmakers to Washington over objections from Republicans dismissing the action as a stunt."It is all designed to suppress the vote": President Donald Trump urged a no vote, including in a tweet on Saturday 22 August, railing against mail-in ballots expected to surge in the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. He has said h…
(2020-08-23). Echo Chamber US Politics: The "All About Trump" Democratic National Convention. globalresearch.ca It was hard to stomach. The usual suspects, the usual scripts tatty from overuse. The 2020 Democratic National Convention was a prolonged display of avoidance, evasion and theatrical amnesia. There were moments of formality masquerading as promise: Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez…
(2020-08-23). Senate Voting Record of Kamala Harris. Pro-Big Money, Pro-Israel, Pro-War Dem Foot Soldier. globalresearch.ca The US political season never ends. It'll be in high gear post-conventions this month. | According to the Center for Responsive Politics, US 2020 presidential aspirants, groups working on their behalf, "leadership PACs, super PACs, dark money outlets," and other sources …
(2020-08-23). DNC Featured Native Speakers But Their Issues Remain Under-addressed. popularresistance.org The various caucus meeting speakers repeatedly stated that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be good for Indian Country. Some Native people are skeptical, though. Harris has a record of going against the sovereign interests of California tribal nations. Many Native people haven't forgotten the broken promises made by the Obama-Biden administration. Not only did the administration advance the Keystone XL Pipeline, but it also sat silently for months as Native people, accomplices and media were arrested, brutalized, and physically and sexually assaulted while trying to defeat the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).
(2020-08-23). Voter Suppression Has Haunted The United States Since It Was Founded. popularresistance.org In 1787, the Founding Fathers wrestled over how to address suffrage in the U.S. Constitution. At the time, voting was restricted to wealthy white landowners. The framers debated whether it should be extended to commoners who had joined arms with them in the American Revolution, but who might overrule their interests. Ultimately, the question was punted to the states in Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution, which declares: "The times, places and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law ma…
(2020-08-23). 'Absolutely': Biden Says He Could Serve Two Terms Amid Trump's Jabs Over His Mental Fitness. sputniknews.com The president and members of his campaign have repeatedly asked whether the Democratic nominee for president is fit to serve, pointing to alleged signs of mental decline and his refusal to take a cognitive test.
(2020-08-23). What Underlies Joe Biden's Promise of New –°OVID-19 Lockdown? sputniknews.com President Donald Trump has sought to free the US from pandemic-caused lockdowns, however concerns have mounted that employees could be sent back home again amid a spike of infections over the summer.
(2020-08-23). Two Cheers for Biden/Harris. commondreams.org Joe Biden and Kamala Harris may defeat Trump and that, in itself, will be a goodness, indeed, an existential imperative. But they will not defeat Trumpism. That task will be left to less conventional but more courageous, and imaginative leaders still yet to come. Harris and Biden at the end of the third day of the Democratic National Convention at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware on August 19, 2020. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP) (Photo by OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden-harris-9…
(2020-08-22). New York lawmakers denounce DSA as antisemitic after group challenges junkets to Israel. mronline.org 
At the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) convention in 2017, the group endorsed the BDS movement by an overwhelming majority. That resolution asserted that "socialists have a responsibility to side with the oppressed and are committed to their unconditional liberation."
(2020-08-22). UK Muslim Charity Board to Resign as Director Calls Designated Terrorists 'Great Men', Media Says. sputniknews.com The organisation bills itself as an international aid agency that provides humanitarian relief to over 40 countries in the world irrespective of gender, race, or religious belief. Former Foreign Secretary David Miliband once described the organisation as representing "the values that bind Britain together as a liberal democracy."
(2020-08-22). Freedom Rider: "Feet to the Fire" and other lies. mronline.org 
When the Democratic Party ends its charade of a primary process and spits out the person most closely aligned with neo-liberal policies, the gas lighting begins.
(2020-08-22). The Heat: Biden's Foreign Policy. america.cgtn.com 
It's official. Joe Biden becomes the Democratic Party candidate for U.S. president. But what might change in U.S. foreign policy if he gets elected?>
(2020-08-22). 'Drone bomb me': Rose McGowan clashes with Alyssa Milano & other libs over Dem Party 'making world a better place'. rt.com 
Actress and #MeToo pioneer Rose McGowan has continued an all-out assault on the Democratic Party, sparring with liberal celebrities over 2020 presidential pick Joe Biden and the Dems' progressive bonafides. | McGowan launched a fresh offensive on Friday night, picking up from a rapid-fire tweet session the day prior — in which the actress dubbed the party "frauds," "monsters" and "the lie." She first tangled with Biden backer and fellow actress Alyssa Milano, who responded to McGowan's earlier tweet storm with a thread outlining how the Democrats had "[made] the world a better place." | Milano's thread di…
(2020-08-22). 'DANGEROUS statement': Pelosi slams Trump for tweet claiming 'DEEP STATE' FDA delaying Covid-19 vaccine. rt.com 
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has accused Donald Trump of making a "dangerous statement" by tweeting that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has hindered the US' covid-19 response, including the approval of a vaccine. | In a Saturday "The deep state, or whoever, over at the FDA is making it very difficult for dr…
(2020-08-22). 2020 Election Is a Fight Against Trump, Authoritarianism, Greed, Oligarchy & Bigotry. zcomm.org In his speech to the Democratic National Convention, Sanders urged people to fight "against greed, oligarchy and bigotry" by voting President Trump out of office in November…
(2020-08-22). US Elections: Dissecting the Democrats in 2020. globalresearch.ca "There's a term: 'Good Cop. Bad Cop.' And Trump is the 'bad cop.' Biden is the 'good cop.'" | -Mark Robinowitz, from today's interview. | LISTEN TO THE SHOW | The race that …
(2020-08-22). The Biden campaign and the attempt to "rescue" American hegemony. wsws.org The factions of the state backing the Biden campaign have set out to "reclaim America's place in the world" by "getting tough" with Russia and China.
(2020-08-22). I Participated in the DNC Rules Committee. I Don't Believe the Party Is United. zcomm.org The Democratic Party is not attempting to expand — they merely want enough votes to maintain the status quo.
(2020-08-22). Why Trump's attacks on mail-in ballots are a desperate attempt to undermine democracy. nationofchange.org "It's ugly, and as un-American as you can get."
(2020-08-22). Hundreds march on the DNC in Milwaukee, 'We can't breathe!'. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – In the early evening of August 20, around 500 people gathered in Dontre Hamilton (officially Red Arrow) Park in downtown Milwaukee to mark the final day of the Democratic National Convention. The turnout in spite of the pandemic and the vastly diminished physical presence in the city for the convention was a testament to the hard work and dedication of the organizers with the Coalition to March on the DNC. | "No matter who anybody votes for, no matter who wins, we're always going to be out in the streets. We're always going to be fighting for justice," said Omar Flores, an organizer with the Milwa…
(2020-08-22). The CIA Democrats In The 2020 Elections. popularresistance.org In the course of the 2018 elections, a large group of former military-intelligence operatives entered capitalist politics as candidates seeking the Democratic Party nomination in 50 congressional seats—nearly half the seats where the Democrats were targeting Republican incumbents or open seats created by Republican retirements. | Some 30 of these candidates won primary contests and became the Democratic candidates in the November 2018 election, and 11 of them won the general election, more than one-quarter of the 40 previously Republican-held seats captured by the Democrats as they took control of the House…
(2020-08-22). The Ongoing US Dominance Of The Dominican Republic. popularresistance.org This is an island with two nations that have suffered from foreign intervention and repeated imperialist invasions, and, in our case, a country that has been absolutley captured by the Pentagon after our most recent attempt to change ourselves into a sovereign nation in 1965 (following Cuba's path in our own manner) precisely due to the popular-democratic revolution of 1965 which was blocked by the landing of 42,000 invading US Marines. | Since then we've been unable to break these powerful chains. Every time there are attempts in our country at changes out of the control of the US, the shackles are tightened.
(2020-08-22). Reckoning With Labor Law's Racist Roots. popularresistance.org The maintenance of the racist Southern plantation system was the driving force behind the "compromise" struck by President Roosevelt and the Southern Democrats to exclude agricultural laborers from labor protections. In congressional debates this was clearly articulated. Representative Wilcox of Florida extolled, "You cannot put the Negro and the white man on the same basis and get away with it…" and Representative Cox of Georgia agreed, saying that it would be "dangerous beyond conception" to eliminate racial and social distinctions. Bargaining away racial equality, President Roosevelt and his coalition exclud…
(2020-08-22). Blue Collar Workers and Democracy. strategic-culture.org Even an honest politician can't do everything they want. So why do we vote for "dictatorial" results when we are proud of Democracy? Watch the video and read more in the
(2020-08-22). US House takes on Postal reforms seen as threat to mail-in ballots. yenisafak.com The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Saturday on providing the cash-strapped Postal Service with $25 billion and block policies that have stirred concerns about mail-in balloting ahead of the Nov. 3 election.The Democratic-led chamber is widely expected to pass the bill, dubbed the "Delivering for America Act," at a rare Saturday session called by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the congressional August recess. But it is unlikely to be taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.With mail-in voting expected to surge during the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump has alarmed De…
(2020-08-22). Making Politics Work for You. dissidentvoice.org Winston Churchill, in the British House of Commons on November 11, 1947, made the following statement: Many forms of Government have been tried and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democracy is the worst form of …
(2020-08-22). We Must Be Prepared to Nonviolently Defend a Democratic Election in the Streets. commondreams.org President Donald Trump walks with Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church on June 1, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_milley-esper.jpg …
(2020-08-22). [Editorial] Trump versus Biden: a fight for the health of a nation. thelancet.com With only 73 days until Nov 3, the 2020 presidential election in the US has entered a decisive phase with Democratic candidate Joe Biden's announcement of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. It comes against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic that has revealed a nation of stark inequity, especially in terms of health. Over the past three decades, non-communicable diseases, especially cardiovascular diseases, cancers, neurological disorders, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease have been the predominant causes of death and disability in the US.
(2020-08-21). Carefully Choreographed Convention Confirms Progressive Policies Not Central to Biden Bid. mintpressnews.com The key message from this year's DNC is the emphasis the Biden campaign is putting on reaching out to so-called "moderate Republicans," presenting Trump as an aberration and Biden as the cure.
(2020-08-21). Cornel West & Ben Jealous on the DNC and Whether Progressives Can Push Joe Biden Leftward. democracynow.org 
Harvard professor Cornel West and Ben Jealous, president of People for the American Way and former president of the NAACP, discuss the 2020 DNC, Joe Biden's vow to fight systemic racism and "overcome this season of darkness in America," the historic nomination of Kamala Harris as his partner on the ticket, and how the convention was a showcase for a broad anti-Trump coalition, including prominent Republican figures given plum speaking slots, but few voices from the party's insurgent left wing. "At this moment, with the decline and fall of the American empire, it looks as if the system is unable to generate enough…
(2020-08-21). Virtual 2020 DNC Wraps with Calls for Empathy, Unity & a Broad Coalition to Rally Around Joe Biden. democracynow.org 
The 2020 Democratic National Convention has wrapped up, with speakers on the final night including California Governor Gavin Newsom, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker and 13-year-old Brayden Harrington, who talked about how Joe Biden had personally helped him with his stutter. We air highlights from the evening's addresses.
(2020-08-21). Headlines for August 21, 2020. democracynow.org Joe Biden Accepts Presidential Nomination, Pledging End to "Season of Darkness", CDC Director: Up to 60 Million U.S. Residents Were Infected with Coronavirus, White House Declares Teachers "Essential Workers" as Unions Threaten Strikes over Coronavirus, Stock Markets Surge Even as 1.1 Million U.S. Workers File New Unemployment Claims, Protesters Call on New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to #MakeBillionairesPay, Postmaster General to Face Congressional Grilling over "Sabotage" of Postal Service, Massive California Wildfires Leave 5 Dead, 700,000 Acres Burned, Steve Bannon Arrested, Charged with Pocketing Private Border W…
(2020-08-21). "Light Is More Powerful Than Dark": Biden Vows to Fight COVID, Climate, Racism & Economic Meltdown. democracynow.org 
We air highlights from Joe Biden's highly anticipated speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, in which he formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, focused on the dangers of President Trump's reelection and pledged to address the four simultaneous crises of systemic racism, the pandemic, the economic downturn and the climate crisis. "United, we can and will overcome this season of darkness in America," Biden said. The 25-minute speech was delivered from his home state of Delaware.
(2020-08-21). How to Rig an Election: an Interview With Greg Palast. counterpunch.org 
Greg Palast does not mince words about the 2020 elections. Only the voter fraud he warns about is not by the voters, as President Trump insists. It's by the vote-stealers in the Republican Party. And they've been at it for a long time, unbeknownst to the American people.
(2020-08-21). Roaming Charges: Conventional Weapons at the DNC. counterpunch.org 
I can't recall a GOP convention that was as saturated with religious symbolism, moral posturing and spiritual gaslighting as the one the Democrats just inflicted on us…and they didn't even let Marianne Williamson near a camera.
(2020-08-21). The DNC is over. What's next for progressives? therealnews.com 
DNC member Jim Zogby, who helped run Jesse Jackson's campaign in 1984, joins The Real News Network for historical perspective and analysis of Democrats and the future we face.
(2020-08-21). 1848: Marx's school of revolution. mronline.org 
The revolutionary wave of 1848 began with a joyous struggle for democracy. But it ended with violent struggles between workers and capitalists, liberals and socialists, revolutionaries and reformers. The experience was a decisive influence on the development of Marx's theory of revolution.
(2020-08-21). Biden, Harris Feel The Heat Over Fossil Fuel Subsidies. therealnews.com 
The DNC says the platform statement calling for an end to fossil fuel subsidies was an "error" and that's why it was removed. But climate activist circles smell a rat and are calling for clarification.
(2020-08-21). Infomercial Over: Not Good, But It Could Have Been A Lot Worse. counterpunch.org 
Before long, this year's Democratic Party convention, its infomercial, will be a distant memory. The production values were good. For the most part, I found it watchable, even when the focus was on Biden rather than Trump. In view of what the Democrats are selling, it could have been a lot worse. There was, of
(2020-08-21). Only Medicare For All Can Beat Covid. counterpunch.org 
The horrible irony is that the one candidate, Sanders, who could have done the most good for pandemic victims, lost the race just when he was most needed. Since then his somewhat muted support for Medicare for All and how uniquely helpful it would be at this historic juncture, is dispiriting. The thought that this relative silence originates in a desire not to offend the candidate, Biden, whom he now supports, is downright depressing.
(2020-08-21). Democratic outreach to Jewish voters cites rising anti-Semitism under Trump. peoplesworld.org 
One afternoon breakout session of the Democratic National Convention that took place on the afternoon of August 18, the first full day of the quadrennial nomination ritual, addressed the Jewish American community in support of the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket. A reported 2000 viewers had registered for this livestreamed two-hour-plus session. The Jewish American vote …
(2020-08-21). Teamsters union gives thumbs up to Biden-Harris ticket. peoplesworld.org 
DETROIT (PAI)—The Teamsters board unanimously voted to endorse the Democratic election duo of Joe Biden for president and Kamala Harris for VP, union President Jim Hoffa announced Aug. 20. The endorsement, two days before Biden's acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention, carries a lot of weight. The union has more than a million members …
(2020-08-21). Democratic "convention" shaped by Trump White House. liberationnews.org 
The Democratic National Convention proves exactly how far right the Democrat Party continues to move.
(2020-08-21). Convention: Having squelched left, DNC pivots hard right. liberationnews.org Convention highlights war makers, marginalizes progressives.
(2020-08-21). Democratic convention: $4 trillion infrastructure bank would create 25 million jobs. peoplesworld.org 
Pending legislation to establish a $4 trillion National Infrastructure Bank would rebuild the nation's rusting bridges, roads, and power grid and create 25 million union jobs desperately needed as the nation sinks into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. That was the message from building trades union leaders, economists, and community activists, speaking …
(2020-08-21). Build solidarity with prisoners: Fight for abolition! workers.org 
This slightly edited talk was given at an Aug. 13 Workers World Party webinar, "From Black August to Black Lives Matter," hosted by the WWP Prisoners Solidarity Committee. Texas: Credit: Kavin Rashid Johnson Revolutionary greetings from Houston, Texas, a city that contains the country's third largest jail. The Harris County Jails . . . |
(2020-08-21). The psychological impact of solitary confinement. workers.org 
The following is a slightly edited commentary recorded for "Voices From the Inside" by PrisonRadio.org. The brain and nervous system, or "the mind," cannot function normally without stimulation. Neither can it function normally when given too much stimulus. The brain and the nervous system must be maintained in a "steady . . . |
(2020-08-21). Where's Tulsi? Outsider candidate Gabbard smeared by Clinton not even invited to Democratic convention. rt.com 
The Democratic convention featured senior never-Trump figures from the Republican Party, but Tulsi Gabbard, a primary contestant who won delegates, wasn't invited. Was that due to her anti-war rhetoric or Hillary Clinton's grudge? | This week's Democratic virtual gathering to nominate the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket for the November election was a triumph of party centrism over the progressive wing. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was given a whopping 90 seconds to nominate Bernie Sanders in a technical procedure, and no members of her 'squad' were given the stage. Instead, a parade of speakers from…
(2020-08-21). Joe Biden delivers acceptance speech at DNC virtual convention. rt.com 
Presidential nominee Joe Biden is delivering an acceptance speech on the closing night of the Democratic National Convention.
(2020-08-21). 'You are frauds. You are the lie': Rose McGowan torches the DNC, calls Biden a rapist, inciting a horde of party defenders. rt.com 
Actress Rose McGowan drew fire from Democratic partisans on Twitter, after seemingly continuing her no-compromises approach to public discourse by accusing the US liberals of uselessness, and Joe Biden of being a rapist. | "You are the season of darkness," the MeToo firebrand tweeted on Thursday, referring to Joe Biden and the Democratic Party. "You are monsters," she added. "You are frauds. You are the lie." | You are the season of darkness.
(2020-08-21). As Democrats deliver 4-point poll boost to TRUMP, media spin says convention bounce 'not the point'. rt.com 
While the mainstream media have sought to downplay the impact of 2020 party conventions, polls showing President Donald Trump surging ahead as the Democrats held their virtual rally have them both stumped and spinning. | "Don't be surprised if Biden doesn't get a convention bounce in the polls. That's not the point," declared an early Friday headline in the Washington Post. Post-convention surges are hard when the country is polarized and the parties "stage theirs back to back, as they will this year," argued opinion writer Karen Tumulty. | | © Twitter/screenshot | Except both things were just as true i…
(2020-08-21). Biden tells Trump there's 'no miracle coming,' then vows to stop coronavirus… with 'Covid truth & mandatory masks'? rt.com 
Instead of "waiting for a miracle" like Donald Trump, Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden has vowed to bring Covid-19 under control — starting with a national mandate to wear masks as a "patriotic duty." | Biden gave his official acceptance speech on the last night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, at one point taking shots at US President Donald Trump's coronavirus response. But moments after warning that "no miracle is coming," Biden said his administration would provide just that, promising to roll out a "national strategy" to bring the pandemic under control on "day one." | Joe…