Daily Archives: October 20, 2020

2020-10-20: News Headlines

John Feffer (2020-10-20). America's New Policy of Demoting Democracy. counterpunch.org In November 2000, the battle between George W. Bush and Al Gore for the U.S. presidency was deadlocked over the status of a few thousand votes in Florida. Gore had won the popular vote, but the margin of victory in the Electoral College depended on Florida. In that state, Bush held a very slim lead

RT (2020-10-20). 'You're playing selective god': Google 'whistleblower' tells Project Veritas search engine 'skews' results in Democrats' favor. rt.com An alleged program manager at Google Cloud has said the search engine monolith is "playing god" in the US political scene, skewing results to benefit Democrats, according to an undercover interview captured by Project Veritas. | In

RT (2020-10-20). 'I don't care Trump doesn't like black people': Rapper 50 Cent says 'Vote Trump' reacting to Biden's tax hike plan. rt.com Rapper 50 Cent has become an unlikely supporter of Donald Trump's reelection campaign, with the hip hop artist reacting in horror to Joe Biden's tax plan, which hikes rates on high earners, and calling on fans to "vote for Trump." | The 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' star threw his weight behind the president in an Instagram post on Monday, sharing a screencap from a news broadcast showing the top combined state and local tax rates under Biden's proposal along with an outraged caption. | "WHAT THE F**K! (VOTE for TRUMP) I'M OUT. F**K NEW YORK The KNICKS never win anyway," he wrote, adding "I don't care Trump doesn't…

RT (2020-10-20). 'Won't happen under Kamala-Biden ticket': Fox Sports duo caught mocking military flyover in apparent hot mic moment (VIDEO). rt.com Fox Sports casters Joe Buck and Troy Aikman have caused quite a controversy among conservative circles in the US after they were apparently caught on a hot mic poking fun at military flyovers before sports events. | The hot mic moment happened during Fox Sports' coverage of Sunday's NFC game between the Packers and Buccaneers. In a video published by Defector (who said it got it from an unnamed "tipster"), the pair is heard mocking pregame military flyovers, a regular occurrence at US sporting events, as a waste of taxpayer money. | t.co/0IZL6GhmZy pic.twitter.com/…

RT (2020-10-20). 'No escape for Biden': Trump will attend next debate despite 'unfair' rule change & no foreign policy topics. rt.com US President Donald Trump said he will appear at the next debate with Democratic rival Joe Biden, in spite of what he deemed an "unfair" rule change to mute each candidates' mic during parts of the event. | "I'll participate, I just think it's very unfair," Trump told reporters on Monday, adding "I will participate but it's very unfair that they changed the topics and it's very unfair that again we have an anchor who's totally biased." | Trump's campaign also clarified his intentions for the upcoming October 22 debate earlier on Monday, stating the president would show up for the event while blasting the deba…

RT (2020-10-20). Democrats fail to block Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination as proposal to SHUT DOWN Senate falls through. rt.com Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tried to adjourn the Senate until after the election, in order to stop the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court. A Covid-19 relief bill remains nowhere in sight. | "I am forcing a vote tonight to adjourn the Senate until after the November election," Schumer (D-New York) tweeted on Monday, claiming the Republicans are "using an illegitimate process to jam through a Supreme Court nominee to rip away health care from millions." | | I am forcing a vote tonight to adjourn the Sena…

RT (2020-10-20). 'Playing selective god': Google 'whistleblower' tells Project Veritas that search engine 'skews' results in Democrats' favor. rt.com An alleged program manager at Google Cloud has said the search engine monolith is "playing god" in the US political scene, skewing results to benefit Democrats, according to an undercover interview captured by Project Veritas. | In

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-10-20). Sloppy Methodology: Social Media, Censorship and New York Post's Hunter Biden Story. globalresearch.ca It was highly probable. Given the howls of concern that social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook nurse and nurture a bias (every choice on content entails one), a gift was made to critics to show just that. Last …

James Haught (2020-10-20). Will 'Nones' Bring a Progressive Future? counterpunch.org Someday, the coronavirus tragedy will be gone, wiped out by scientific vaccines. And Donald Trump will be just an unpleasant memory, an absurd reminder of what can happen when bigotry contaminates democracy. This part of the 21st century will be remembered chiefly, I predict, as the era when supernatural religion died among intelligent western people. I think it

SRACC (2020-10-20). Houston Racist KPFT Coupster Bill Crosier & Supporters at KPFA & Pacifica. indybay.org Former Pacifica interim executive director Bill Crosier called the police on the Black staff at KPFT and now wants to institute corporate bylaws. He has opposed community Black and Brown programming at Houston and supported racist programmers. He and his corporate racist agenda is being supported by KPFA programmers and other programmers in Pacifica as well as "liberals" like Code Pink leader Jodie Evans. While these people complain about the corporatization of the state, they are supporting the corporatization of the Pacific bylaws and ending democratic governance to a hand picked corporate team that supported t…

yenisafak (2020-10-20). Hashd al-Shaabi head decries attack on KDP office. yenisafak.com The leader of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia in Iraq has decried an attack on the Kurdistan Democratic Party's (KDP) branch office in Baghdad as a criminal act.Falih Alfayyadh told state television that 15 people who stormed the headquarters of the party were arrested.He said that al-Hashd al-Shaabi was not responsible for the occasional missile attacks against the US and other foreign missions in Baghdad."Those who attack foreign representatives are illegal groups that have nothing to do with us," Alfayyadh stressed.Supporters of the Hashd al-Shaabi militia ransacked the KDP headquarters in Baghdad and set it on fi…

Alex Bainbridge (2020-10-20). Thai democracy movement supported in Brisbane. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports on a rally outside the Thai consulate in Brisbane on October 20 to express support for the democracy movement in Thailand.

Susan Price (2020-10-20). From Rebel Teas to marching bands: A year of protest culture in Chile. greenleft.org.au October 18 marked one year of mass protests for systemic change in Chile, and one year of brutal repression, writes Sandra Cuffe. It has also been a year filled with a resurgence of protest art and music, neighbourhood organising, feminist influences, city-specific forms of protest, local experiments in direct democracy, and mutual aid.

Staff (2020-10-19). Jeremy Scahill: Trump's Xenophobia Is Horrific, But U.S. Immigration Policy Has Always Been Racist. democracynow.org In Part 2 of our discussion of the Trump era with The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill about his new seven-part audio documentary "American Mythology," he examines how Trump's xenophobic immigration policies have been a "methodical, surgical operation" to make life miserable for both current and prospective immigrants, including asylum seekers fleeing violence. He also notes that while Trump's policies have been particularly vicious, "this country has had a racist immigration policy for a very long time, and it's bipartisan."

Staff (2020-10-19). Jeremy Scahill on Trump's "Homicidal" Pandemic Response & What's at Stake in November Election. democracynow.org As President Trump campaigns in swing states that are also coronavirus hot spots, The Intercept's Jeremy Scahill argues he is directly responsible for the poor U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed almost 220,000 people in the country so far and sickened millions. "I don't know how else to describe what Trump has done except homicidal," says Scahill, host of a new seven-part audio series that examines the Trump era.

Staff (2020-10-19). Jeremy Scahill: Trump Has Incited White Supremacists & Emboldened Police to Act Outside the Law. democracynow.org As the 2020 presidential campaign enters its final two weeks, we look at the past four years of the Trump presidency with investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill of The Intercept. His podcast "Intercepted" has just released the fourth chapter in a seven-part audio documentary titled "American Mythology," which critically examines the Trump presidency and places it within a larger historical context. Scahill says Trump has empowered white supremacist vigilantes and given permission to law enforcement to act extrajudicially to enforce a racist status quo, but he cautions that "Donald Trump is not an aberration of U…

Brett Wilkins (2020-10-19). Progressives Sign Letter vs a Corporate Cabinet. zcomm.org Many progressive activists, wary of being spurned and burned again as they feel they were by Obama, are nevertheless preparing to—as Noam Chomsky, Medea Benjamin, and other left activists said in a recent letter of their own—"dump Trump, then battle Biden."

Chris Floyd (2020-10-19). Rule Draconia: Tories and Labor Collude in Enabling Act for State Crimes. counterpunch.org The Tory government (with the collusion of the Labour leadership) is ramming through one of the most draconian and tyrannical laws ever seen in an ostensible democracy, a bill that will give a wide and ever-expanding number of state agencies the power to torture, rape and kill citizens without any legal consequences. This is no rhetorical exaggeration; it is the plain fact — as that notoriously far-left commie rag, the Spectator, points out.

Adan Plascencia (2020-10-19). "We've recovered our democracy": Bolivian coup regime humiliated as socialist wins landslide election. liberationnews.org The Bolivian people stood up to vote for sovereignty and regain their democracy. This is a humiliating blow to the far-right regime of coup-installed president Jeanine àÅñez and is being celebrated by the left across Latin America.

MEE staff (2020-10-19). Democrats urge Egypt's Sisi to free dissidents before jail terms 'become death sentences'. middleeasteye.net Democrats urge Egypt's Sisi to free dissidents before jail terms 'become death sentences' | More than 50 lawmakers issued a letter to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi urging him to release prisoners of conscience during the coronavirus pandemic | Mon, 10/19/2020 – 17: 02 | An Egyptian police officer at the entrance of the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo on 11 February (AFP/File photo) | More t…

John Wojcik (2020-10-19). Instead of offering COVID relief, Trump mocks Biden for being pro-science. peoplesworld.org &nbsp…

RT (2020-10-19). Wikipedia says Hunter Biden scandal 'DEBUNKED', as editing war rages & new page emerges calling it a 'conspiracy'. rt.com Allegations of corruption against ex-Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter have apparently been "debunked" and are merely a "conspiracy theory" according to Wikipedia, where editors are battling over the terms. | Hunter Biden was the subject of an explosive report last week as the New York Post published emails alleging that he involved his father in dodgy business dealings in Ukraine and China. | While the story is still unfolding, the Wikipedia page for Hunter Biden simply

RT (2020-10-19). Man 'eats a heart' over burning US flag as anti-Trump protesters face off with the president's supporters in Boston (VIDEO). rt.com Clashes erupted on Sunday in Boston as pro- and anti-Trump protesters faced off. Anti-Trumpers were filmed burning the US flag, Trump effigies, and MAGA hats, while calling for the president to be removed from office. | Two competing rallies were held, totaling roughly 1,000 people between them, in Boston's Copley Square on Sunday. | The 'Peaceful Protest Against Democrat Violence' was organized by the The gro…

RT (2020-10-19). New York Governor Cuomo goes 'full anti-vaxxer' on Covid-19 vaccine, says people should be 'very skeptical'. rt.com Gov. Andrew Cuomo is the latest Democrat to cast doubt on a potential Covid-19 vaccine, saying he is "not that confidant" in the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). | In a Monday morning interview with ABC's 'Good Morning America', Cuomo claimed the CDC and FDA "don't have any credibility" while President Donald Trump is in office and the public should be "very skeptical" of any vaccine pushed out. | "I'm not that confident, but my opinion doesn't matter. I don't believe the American people are that confident," the governor said. "I think it's going to be a…

RT (2020-10-19). DNI Ratcliffe says 'NO EVIDENCE' of Russian interference in Hunter Biden scandal, accuses Schiff of 'politicizing intelligence'. rt.com US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe has refuted claims that alleged emails detailing Hunter Biden's business dealings in Ukraine and China when his father was VP are part of a Russian election interference effort. | "Hunter Biden's laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign," Ratcliffe said during a Monday interview on Fox Business. "The intelligence community doesn't believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that," he added. | Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe blasts Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff for leveraging a political narrative. | "Hunter Biden…

RT (2020-10-19). 'Are you kidding me?' Final presidential debate will NOT feature foreign policy among topics in wake of Hunter Biden scandal. rt.com The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden will not include foreign policy as a topic, a decision for which the president's campaign has slammed the commission, especially after the recent Hunter Biden allegations. | "Good morning to everyone except Presidential Debate Commission members who changed focus of final debate away from foreign policy," the Trump campaign's senior adviser Jason Miller tweeted on Monday morning. | Miller theorized the topics were steered away from foreign policy "so Joe Biden wouldn't have to answer to being compromised by the Chinese Communist Party, supporting endless wars…

RT (2020-10-19). Bolivia's Mesa accepts election defeat after rapid vote count indicates solid victory for socialist Arce. rt.com The Bolivian presidential centrist candidate Carlos Mesa conceded the election on Monday after an unofficial rapid vote count signaled a decisive victory for the socialist candidate Luis Arce. | "The result of the quick count is very strong and very clear," Mesa, the leader of the centrist Comunidad Ciudadana coalition, said during a press conference. | "The difference between the first candidate and the Comunidad Ciudadana is wide and it is up to us, those of us who believe in democracy, to recognize that there has been a winner in this election." | The Movement for Socialism (MAS) candidate, Luis Arce, recei…

MBNJSD (2020-10-19). How Biden Flubbed Town Hall Foreign Policy Question. dissidentvoice.org Toward the end of Joe Biden's October 15 town hall session, a Trump supporter asked Biden the only foreign policy question of the night. "So peace is breaking out all over the world," the questioner claimed. "Our troops are coming home. Serbia is talking to Kosovo. And the Arabs and Israelis are talking peace, which …

Norman Solomon (2020-10-19). Why a Former Green Party Candidate Is on a Very Long Fast—Urging Progressives to Vote for Biden to Defeat Trump. commondreams.org I urge Green Party members in battleground states to do the right thing and vote not for Hawkins but for Biden. (Photo: CNN/Screengrab) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden_1_0.jpg

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2020-10-19). 'Democracy Has Won': Year After Right-Wing Coup Against Evo Morales, Socialist Luis Arce Declares Victory in Bolivia Election. commondreams.org "Brothers and sisters: the will of the people has been asserted," Morales declared from exile in Argentina. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bolivia_democracy_arce.jpg

Paul Dobson (2020-10-19). Venezuela Welcomes 'Return to Democracy' in Bolivia. venezuelanalysis.com Progressive Luis Arce won the elections, putting an end to the de facto presidency of the Washington-backed Jeanine Añez.

WSWS (2020-10-19). The Detroit triple murder: What the media doesn't say. wsws.org The brutal murders of six-year-old Tai'raz Moore and two other victims in the Detroit suburb of Warren, Michigan shocked residents throughout the metropolitan area.

teleSUR (2020-10-19). Luis Arce: 'We Recovered Democracy and Took Back Our Country'. telesurenglish.net The winner of Bolivia's elections Luis Arce Monday celebrated the unofficial results of the quick vote-counting as he said, "we will govern for all, we will redirect the change without hate." | RELATED: | On Sunday night, Bolivian authorities allowed the results of the exit polls to be presented to the public. There it was observed that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) won the elections with 53 percent of the v…

teleSUR (2020-10-19). Evo Morales: 'MAS Fulfilled Its Promise, It Became Millions'. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's former president Evo Morales Monday assured from Buenos Aires (Argentina) that "sooner or later" he will return to his country as he thanked the support of the Latin American progressive governments over the last year. | RELATED: | "Bolivia was never alone. The governments of Mexico, Argentina, Venezuela, and Cuba were a great support in these months of democratic absence in the country. Thanks to them, I…

teleSUR (2020-10-19). US: Biden Gains Latinos Confidence In The Face Of Elections. telesurenglish.net The Pew Research Center (PRC) on Monday published a study showing that Latino voters have growing confidence in Democrat candidate Joe Biden on key issues. | RELATED: | The study was based on a survey of over 11,000 registered Latino voters and found that two-thirds of those interviewed were even more supportive than four months ago of Biden's capacity to manage issues such as the COVID-19 pandemic or the economic crisis. | "The share with confidenc…

Craig Murray (2020-10-19). People Need to Reclaim the Internet. globalresearch.ca No matter how much you dislike Trump, only a fool can fail to see the implications for public access to information of the massive suppression on the internet of the Hunter Biden leaks. | This blog has been suffering a ratcheting …

Robert S. Becker (2020-10-19). Democrats flirt with 'systemic change' as right-wingers get it done—smashing and trashing at will. nationofchange.org When demagoguery scorns simply counting votes, the range of disruption is inexhaustible — that's where countries go to die.

Nauman Sadiq (2020-10-19). The Biden Campaign and China's Oligarchs. globalresearch.ca In two bombshell reports, Emma-Jo Morris and Gabrielle Fonrouge of the New York Post have leveled damning allegations of Hunter Biden's murky financial dealings with Ukrainian and Chinese oligarchs. As expected, $50,000 remuneration paid by Burisma Holdings of Ukraine …

teleSUR (2020-10-19). Bolivia: Political Figures Acknowledge Arce's Victory In The Polls. telesurenglish.net Several important voices of the Latin American's political landscape Monday acknowledged Luis Arce's victory in the Bolivian presidential elections. | RELATED: | Citizens Community Alliance (CCA) presidential candidate Carlos Mesa acknowledged the victory of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and said that "the difference between the first candidate and the CCA is wide and it is up to us who believe in democracy to r…

Michael Barajas (2020-10-19). The Long Tail of Voter Suppression. zcomm.org As the growing number of Black and Latinx voters threaten the GOP's stranglehold on power, attempts to limit safe voting options during the pandemic reveal a deeper sickness in Texas politics…

_____ (2020-10-19). Bolivia Elections Live Blog. popularresistance.org Bolivians go to the polls today, Sunday, October 18, in the first general elections since the last democratically elected president, Evo Morales, was forced out in a military coup last November, two months before his term had ended and despite election results showing he had won another term in a first-round election victory. Today's elections had been postponed twice: first from May to September, and then from September to October. While Jeanine àÅñez, whose party had received just 4 percent of the vote last year, had taken office vowing to be a caretaker president until…

Alliance for Justice (2020-10-19). Wednesday 10/21: Holding Court: Democracy Under Attack, the Role of SCOTUS, & the 2020 Election. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

sputniknews (2020-10-19). Trump Will Raise Hunter Biden Corruption Story in Debate if Moderator Doesn't, Campaign Advisor Says. sputniknews.com Accusations surrounded former Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, Hunter, and his alleged corrupt business deals in Ukraine have become a key topic for the Trump Campaign in the encroaching race for the White House.

sputniknews (2020-10-19). Trump Campaign Accuses Michigan Gov. Whitmer of 'Encouraging Assassination Attempts' Against POTUS. sputniknews.com On Sunday, during an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press', Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer accused US President Donald Trump of "inspiring, incentivizing and inciting domestic terrorism".

Staff (2020-10-19). In Nevada, Trump Mocks Biden for Listening to Scientists. truthout.org Speaking to a largely maskless crowd of supporters on Carson City, Nevada late Sunday, President Donald Trump mocked Democratic nominee Joe Biden for vowing to "listen to the scientists" on the Covid-19 pandemic if elected in November and boasted about his own refusal to heed the advice of experts even as coronavirus cases and deaths continue to surge nationwide. | "If I listened totally to the scientists, we would right now have a country that would be in a massive depression," Trump said, neglecting to mention…

Staff (2020-10-19). Michigan Republican Senate Candidate Has Strong Financial Ties to DeVos Family. truthout.org Michigan Republican Senate candidate James attended a fundraiser at the home of DeVos' brother-in-law, Dan, and his wife, Pamella, last month. Though James was well-dista…

yenisafak (2020-10-19). At least 56 US lawmakers urge Egypt's Sisi to release prisoners. yenisafak.com In a letter being sent to the Egyptian leader on Monday, the 55 Democrats and one Independent — Senator Bernie Sanders — said al-Sisi should free detained lawyers, activists, journalists and other prisoners of conscience amid a COVID outbreak in Egypt's prison system.Led by Democratic lawmakers Ro Khanna, Jim McGovern and Sherrod Brown, the bicameral letter urges Sisi "to immediately and unconditionally release those prisoners whose cases we have cited, and all other prisoners of conscience unjustly detained for exercising their fundamental human rights.""These are people who should never have been im…

yenisafak (2020-10-19). Israel to face pressure from Democrats if Trump loses: advisor. yenisafak.com US President Donald Trump's loss in the upcoming presidential election would put pressure on Israel in the Middle East, one of his advisors said Monday.If Trump loses the election on Nov. 3 to his opponent Joe Biden, Israel will face pressure from the Democrats to make concessions in Judea and Samaria, Mike Evans, senior Evangelical Christian leader and advisor to Trump, told Israel National News in an interview."This is the most pro-Israel president in American history. But he's not doing so well in the polls," said Evans, who is also the founder of the Friends of Zion Heritage Center in Jerusalem.Evans said alt…

yenisafak (2020-10-19). Mayor of Copenhagen steps down over sexual harassment. yenisafak.com Frank Jensen, the mayor of Denmark's capital Copenhagen, told a news conference on Monday he was stepping down after having admitted to several episodes of sexual harassment.Jensen, who also serves as deputy of Denmark's governing Social Democratic Party, has served as Lord Mayor of Copenhagen since 2010.

Andrew Bacevich (2020-10-19). Reframing America's Role in the World. commondreams.org Only by genuinely democratizing the formulation of foreign policy will real change become possible. (Photo: U.S. Army/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghanistanwar_0_1.jpeg

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2020-10-19). With Biden Path to Victory Still Fraught, Senate Democrats Issue All-Hands-on-Deck Warning Against Trump and GOP Election Threats. commondreams.org "The reality is that this race is far closer than some of the punditry we're seeing on Twitter and on TV would suggest," Biden's campaign manager cautioned over the weekend. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_voting_election.jpg

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2020-10-19). Goldman Sachs: Benefits of 'Blue Wave' and $2.5 Trillion Stimulus Outweigh Wall Street Concerns Over Tax Hike on the Rich. commondreams.org "As right-wing hacks predict economic disaster if Biden wins, worth pointing out that private-sector analysts are remarkably bullish." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/biden_harris.jpg

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2020-10-19). 'No Wonder the US Leads the World in Covid Deaths': Trump Mocks Biden for Vowing to 'Listen to the Scientists'. commondreams.org The president also claimed the economy is rising "like a rocket ship," a claim belied by ongoing layoffs and widespread economic suffering. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/donald_trump_coronavirus_5.jpg

Ruwan Subasinghe, Makbule Sahan (2020-10-19). Ending Corporate Impunity Is at the Heart of a Sustainable Post-Pandemic Global Recovery. commondreams.org To ensure that the global economy is not only resilient but also conducive to social progress, governments must restore the social contract by rebuilding trust in democracy and a fair and equitable economy.(Photo: Scott Lewis/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/wemet.jpg

Andrew Emett (2020-10-19). Elizabeth Warren urges SEC to investigate Trump administration for insider trading. nationofchange.org "I want the SEC & CFTC to investigate this textbook case of insider trading."

Robert L. Borosage (2020-10-19). Progressives Won't Wait for Biden to Set the Course. thenation.com Progressives Won't Wait for Biden to Set the Course…

Jeet Heer (2020-10-19). Trump Keeps Slinging Mud, but This Time It's Not Sticking. thenation.com Trump Keeps Slinging Mud, but This Time It's Not Sticking…

Kevin Alexander Gray (2020-10-19). Can Jamie Harrison Really Beat Lindsey Graham? thenation.com Can Jamie Harrison Really Beat Lindsey Graham?

John Nichols (2020-10-19). What Joe Biden Can Learn From Jacinda Ardern. thenation.com What Joe Biden Can Learn From Jacinda Ardern…

Kevin Alexander Gray (2020-10-19). Can Jaime Harrison Really Beat Lindsey Graham? thenation.com Can Jaime Harrison Really Beat Lindsey Graham?

Caitlin Johnstone (2020-10-18). 'The Emails Are Russian' Will Be The Narrative, Regardless Of Facts Or Evidence. thealtworld.com Fight it all you want, but there's nothing you can do. "The emails are Russian" is going to be the official dominant narrative in mainstream political discourse, and there's nothing you can do to stop it. Resistance is futile. | Like the Russian hacking narrative, the Trump-Russia collusion narrative, the Russian bounties in Afghanistan narrative, and any other evidence-free framing of events that simultaneously advances pre-planned cold war agendas, is politically convenient for the Democratic party and generates clicks and ratings, the narrative that the New York Post publication of Hunter Biden's emails is a R…

_____ (2020-10-18). Stepping Back From the Brink. strategic-culture.org As people give up on the state, politics flow out of the system and into the streets. | William LIND | As the elections fall upon us, most people are focused on who wins, Republicans or Democrats. That is an important question, since a Democratic victory would bring a serious assault on freedom of thought and expression. What you see on campuses is what the cultural Marxists want to force on society as a whole. "Cancel" is the new synonym for "liquidate." | There is nonetheless a more portentous question facing our country: do politics stay within the banks of the political system or do they overflow those ban…

RT (2020-10-18). 'Disaster for Joe': As Hunter Biden's lawyers allegedly ask for his laptop BACK, Trump calls its explosive revelations 'REAL DEAL'. rt.com Despite questions over the authenticity of damaging content from a hard drive allegedly belonging to Joe Biden's son, Hunter, Donald Trump has said the data is a "proven fact," with Steve Bannon promising there is more to come. | "Hunter Biden's laptop is a disaster for the entire Biden family, but especially for his father, Joe," the president tweeted on Sunday. | He blasted his Democrat opponent and said the content of the hard drive, first reported on by the New York Post, "makes it impossible" for him to ever assume the office of the presidency. | "It is now a proven fact, and cannot be denied, that all of…

RT (2020-10-18). Pelosi gives White House 48-hour deadline to agree on Covid-19 stimulus, or postpone it until after election. rt.com After giving a deadline to the Trump administration to reach an agreement for a Covid-19 stimulus plan, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) slammed officials for wording changes she says are "unacceptable." | In a "The White House had assured Democrats that they would accept our lan…

RT (2020-10-18). Chicken company targeted by boycotters over Sen. Perdue's 'racist' Kamala remarks despite ZERO affiliation. rt.com Perdue Farms has struggled to distance itself from Sen. David Perdue (R-Georgia) after he 'mispronounced' Kamala Harris' name in a 'racist' way, triggering a wave of outraged calls for a boycott of a totally unrelated firm. | Twitter users have scolded the Georgia senator for his remarks at a Friday Trump campaign rally where he appeared to mock Harris' name, poor humor some are chalking up to racism. | "The most insidious thing that Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden are trying to perpetrate, and Bernie and Elizabeth and Kamala — Kah-ma-la or Kah-mah-la or Kamalamalamala, I don't know…" Perdue said. | Perdue…

Nuala Bishari (2020-10-18). The Socialists and Progressives Working Outside of the Biden Campaign to Oust Trump. zcomm.org These grassroots groups may be reaching people the Biden campaign isn't…

Pepe Escobar (2020-10-18). POTUS Punk vs. Dem Dementia. globalresearch.ca The whole planet is enthralled, appalled, shocked and awed by the spectacle of democracy as enacted under the shadow of messianic imperialism — complete with a slew of slimy, We're in total

Pepe Escobar (2020-10-18). O presidente doidà£o contra o democrata demente. globalresearch.ca O planeta inteiro está estupefato, espantado, chocado e aterrorizado com o espetáculo da democracia desvelado nas sombras do imperialismo messiânico — acrescente um monte de surpresas asquerosas tipo "bala de prata" de outubro. | Estamos dentro do território de Frank Underwood. …

Barbara Madeloni (2020-10-18). Unions Are Beginning to Talk About Staving Off a Possible Coup. zcomm.org "Unions should be at the front lines in defense of American democracy and should be prepared to take decisive action if our democratic traditions are threatened."

Jim Hightower (2020-10-18). Republicans Unleash Their Inner Jim Crow. zcomm.org Endangered GOP incumbents are launching increasingly racialized attacks against their challengers…

_____ (2020-10-18). Whose Great Reset? The Fight for Our Future — Technocracy vs. the Republic. strategic-culture.org People living in the western world are in the greatest fight for the future of pluralist and republican forms of governance since the rise and fall of fascism 75 years ago. As then, society had to be built up from a war. Today's war has been an economic war of the oligarchs against the republic, and it increasingly appears that the coronavirus pandemic is being used, on the political end, as a massive coup against pluralist society. We are being confronted with this 'great reset', alluding to post-war construction. But for a whole generation people have already been living under an ever-increasing austerity regim…

sputniknews (2020-10-18). Donald Trump Jr Calls Joe Biden the 'Most Compromised Person' in US Politics. sputniknews.com As the controversy surrounding Hunter Biden and a laptop that allegedly contains emails of his business dealings begin to build, the Presidential campaign of Donald Trump has claimed the incident as proof of corruption on part of Democratic contender Joe Biden.

Staff (2020-10-18). Trump Is Charging Ahead With Cataclysmic Deregulation in Case of Election Loss. truthout.org With President Donald Trump's re-election very much in doubt, his administration is rushing to ram through regulatory rollbacks that could adversely affect millions of Americans, the environment, and the ability of Joe Biden — should he win — to pursue his agenda or even undo the damage done over the past four years. | Reporting by the New York Times

yenisafak (2020-10-18). Spanish republicans take to streets to call for prosecution of former king. yenisafak.com Waving red, purple and yellow republican flags, demonstrators in 24 Spanish cities on Sunday called for the prosecution of the former king Juan Carlos who left Spain embroiled in controversy.The 82-year-old former monarch has been living in the United Arab Emirates since leaving Spain in August to avoid further embarrassing his son, King Felipe VI."We are here to call for the corrupt former king to be prosecuted and to demand a republic," said Juan Morillo, 74, a retired teacher, who joined hundreds of demonstrators in Seville.While not formally under investigation, Juan Carlos could become a target in two inquir…

Common Dreams staff (2020-10-18). To Avoid Cleaning Up 'Dumpings of This Elephant,' Pelosi Gives White House 48 Hours to Agree on Covid-19 Relief Package. commondreams.org The two-day deadline, which means by the end of day Tuesday, said the Democratic House Speaker, "relates to if we want to get it done before the election, which we do." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/pelosi_9.jpg

Kenny Stancil, staff writer (2020-10-18). 'As American as Apple Pie': #MyNameIs Hashtag Celebrates Beauty of Diversity After David Perdue's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris. commondreams.org "Let's build an inclusive America," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.). | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jayapal_2_1.jpg

Jon Queally, staff writer (2020-10-18). Nearly One Year After 2019 'Right-Wing Coup,' Bolivians Head to the Polls for National Elections. commondreams.org "It is very important that each and every one of us calmly wait for each and every vote to be counted," said Evo Morales, the nation's ousted democratically-elected leader, from exile in Argentina. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bolivia_elections.jpg

Pip Hinman (2020-10-18). Thais want Coalition gov't to sanction Thai dictatorship. greenleft.org.au Thai democracy activists took to streets after the violent police attack on a peaceful mass democracy protest in Bangkok, reports Peter Boyle.

WSWS (2020-10-17). Democratic Socialists of America goes all in for Biden. wsws.org The decision to campaign for Biden violates the decision at the DSA's own convention to not campaign for any Democratic Party candidate other than Bernie Sanders.

Staff (2020-10-17). Amid Climate Crisis, Many Americans Still Don't Know What the Green New Deal Is. truthout.org Americans could be forgiven if the first time they heard about the Green New Deal was during the October 7 vice-presidential debate between Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence. Viewers of Fox News may have heard about the Green New Deal, but the coverage on Fox, according to Media Matters, has, for the last two years, focused on

Juan Cole (2020-10-17). At Townhall, Biden Promises Big Green Infrastructure and Jobs. zcomm.org Spain's Example Suggests he is Right…

Fight Back (2020-10-17). Minneapolis protest demands legalization for immigrants. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 100 people marched through downtown Minneapolis, October 14, from Senator Amy Klobuchar's office to the Hennepin County Jail. The march was part of an ongoing campaign by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) demanding legalization for all immigrants including those eligible for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), TPS (Temporary Protected Status), and DED (Deferred Enforced Departure) status. More than a million immigrants that hold these statuses are in increasing danger of deportation because of recent court rulings that open the door to the Trump administra…

Jeff Bryant (2020-10-17). How online learning companies are using the Pandemic to take over classroom teaching. mronline.org Experts warn the rush to outsource teaching to private companies is bad for students, teachers, and taxpayers.

Anand Naidoo (2020-10-17). The Heat: Trump, Biden participate in town halls. america.cgtn.com No debate. No problem. The two candidates for US president go head to head in separate town halls.

The Canary (2020-10-17). Bangkok shuts down transport systems as pro-democracy protests continue. thecanary.co Authorities in Bangkok have shut down mass transit systems and set up roadblocks as Thailand's capital braced for a fourth straight day of determined anti-government protests. The pro-democracy protesters have been doing their best to elude the authorities, using social media to assemble followers before police have time to block them.The government has announced plans to take legal action against Twitter and Facebook accounts announcing the protests. But fresh calls to action were still posted on 17 October.Pro-democracy protesters flash three-fingers salute against shutting down mass transport system at Ashok B…

Max Parry (2020-10-17). A Warning of the Imminent Danger of a Kamala Harris Presidency. dissidentvoice.org With the 2020 U.S. presidential election less than a month away, there is widespread speculation concerning Democratic nominee Joe Biden's mental and physical fitness at 77 years of age if he were to defeat incumbent Donald Trump on November 3rd. The former Vice President and Senator from Delaware would surpass his opponent as the oldest …

RT (2020-10-17). Giuliani says shop owner who passed Biden laptop to FBI had copied data to friends in case he's 'KILLED'. rt.com President Donald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani is insisting that the hard drive allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden contains such explosive revelations that the shop owner who handed the data to authorities feared for his life. | The repair-shop owner handed the laptop, allegedly left for repair by Biden and then abandoned, over to the FBI some time in December — but not before making four complete copies of the data as insurance, the former New York City mayor claimed, in a recent interview with The Daily Caller. | "He gave two to friends of his in case he was killed," Giuliani, who shared information fro…

_____ (2020-10-17). The U.S. Did Not Defeat Fascism in WWII, It Discretely Internationalized It. strategic-culture.org Gabriel ROCKHILL"The U.S. has established itself as the mortal enemy of all people's government, all scientific-socialist mobilization of consciousness everywhere on the globe, all anti-imperialist activity on earth." | — George Jackson | One of the founding myths of the contemporary Western European and American world is that fascism was defeated in WWII by liberal democracies, and particularly by the United States. With the subsequent Nuremburg trials and the patient construction of a liberal world order, a bulwark was erected—in fits and starts, and with the constant threat of regression—agai…

WSWS (2020-10-17). Democrats let Amy Coney Barrett sail through Supreme Court confirmation hearings. wsws.org In the course of the hearings, the Democrats deliberately downplayed the connection between the rush to confirm and install Barrett on the Supreme Court and Trump's conspiracy to carry out an election coup.

Staff (2020-10-17). Black Civil Rights Leaders Fear Barrett "Invites a Return to a Racist Past" truthout.org After four days of confirmation hearings, Black leaders of five major civil rights organizations are lining up in opposition to the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme court and the "deeply flawed" process Senate Republicans are using to secure her confirmation just weeks ahead of a contentious presidential election. | Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Kristen Clarke, president of the National Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law, said Barrett…

WSWS (2020-10-17). Role of Virginia fascists in conspiracy to kill Northam and Whitmer comes into focus. wsws.org Many questions remain as to the possible role of Virginia Boogaloo members and other fascist groups in the expanding plot against Democratic governors.

WSWS (2020-10-17). Twitter and Facebook censor New York Post report on Hunter Biden. wsws.org The social media platforms Twitter and Facebook blocked and suppressed the sharing of links to a news article from the New York Post on Wednesday in a blatant act of online censorship.

teleSUR (2020-10-17). Trump Says He May Leave the US If Biden Wins. telesurenglish.net U.S. President Donald Trump Saturday suggested that he would "have to leave the country" if he loses against the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the upcoming November election. | RELATED: | Trump made that statement amid a campaign event in Macon, Georgia, where he mocked the social distancing and face masks that Biden urges to his campaign events' attendees. | "Running against the worst candidate in the history…

WSWS (2020-10-17). Alarming spike of COVID-19 infections in Michigan amid ruling class push for "herd immunity" wsws.org Several Republican state senators in the Michigan Senate held an online meeting last Saturday, where they discussed steps towards the lifting of mandates to wear masks indoors despite a clear resurgence of the disease.

Jeet Heer (2020-10-17). Barrett's Evasions Show Why Expanding the Court Is Necessary. zcomm.org The Republican deal with the devil to tolerate Trumpian corruption in exchange for a supermajority deserves both scorn and redress…

_____ (2020-10-17). The US Did Not Defeat Fascism In WWII. popularresistance.org One of the founding myths of the contemporary Western European and American world is that fascism was defeated in WWII by liberal democracies, and particularly by the United States. With the subsequent Nuremburg trials and the patient construction of a liberal world order, a bulwark was erected—in fits and starts, and with the constant threat of regression—against fascism and its evil twin in the East. American culture industries have rehearsed this narrative ad nauseum, brewing it into a saccharine ideological Kool-Aid and piping it into every household, shack and street corner with a TV or smartphon…

_____ (2020-10-17). Bolivia: First Election Since US-Backed Coup Creates Divisions. popularresistance.org Eleven months after a U.S-backed military coup overthrew the democratically elected Evo Morales and his Movement to Socialism (MAS) party, Bolivians will go to the polls on Sunday, offering them a chance to repudiate the coup government of Jeanine Añez, who has ruled the country since last November. | The last year has been a period of constant political struggle, as the self-described "interim government" has fought to impose its rule on a rebellious population, attempting to bring sweeping changes to the Andean state.

Dolores Perez Heilbron (2020-10-17). Saturday 10/24: March for Democracy. indybay.org Rally at Mission High School Steps, 3750 18th Street | Across from Dolores Park | Followed by a march to San Francisco City Hall…

Roland Rottenfuss (2020-10-17). Behavior and body in the sights of capital. indybay.org The proclamation of states of emergency in the spring of 2020, even if not in all countries, helped to consolidate a state crisis management system that overturned constitutions and now completely bypassed democratic decision-making processes. In the name of public health… the measures were presented as without alternative and divergent expert opinions were ignored or defamed.

sputniknews (2020-10-17). Joe Biden Rants About 'Smear Campaign' and Insults CBS Reporter Who Asks About NY Post Story. sputniknews.com Twitter and Facebook have both moved to suppress New York Post reports that the former vice president lied about never talking to his son Hunter about his business dealings in Ukraine, where Biden had the prosecutor general fired.