(2024-01-19). Biden Is Everything People Feared Trump Would Be. popularresistance.org Listening to the way people on the inside have been talking about Biden's bull-in-a-China-shop behavior regarding middle east policy lately, one can't help being reminded of the way the liberal press used to talk about the erratic and irresponsible behavior of Donald Trump when he was in office. The mood and tone feels like when Trump was exchanging verbal hostilities with North Korea in the first year of his term, which comedian John Mulaney famously likened to the disorder and discomfort of having a horse loose in the hospital. | We're all just standing here praying that this lunatic doesn't ignite yet another…
(2024-01-19). Biden Is Everything People Feared Trump Would Be. popularresistance.org Biden has turned out to be everything we were warned Trump would be: a genocidal monster fueling racist violence and crimes against humanity while imperiling the world with insanely reckless foreign policy decisions.
(2024-01-19). U.S. is Painting Itself Into a Corner in the Red Sea. covertactionmagazine.com Joe Biden, amidst his mental confusion, must think he is John McCain reincarnated. I bet he is humming, "Bomb, Bomb, Bomb; Bomb, Bomb Iran." You know how it is: Iranians, Yemenis, they all look alike. While the bombs are causing some damage in Yemen, Yemen has seen it before and is unfazed. In fact, the …
(2024-01-19). They Call It Unconstitutional, But Don't Impeach. popularresistance.org In early December, I published "They Call It 'Genocide' — But Don't Invoke the Genocide Convention" about countries which called Israel's slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza a "genocide" but were not invoking the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice. | But by the end of the month, South Africa answered the call, stating that it had a duty to prevent genocide and therefore issued an 84-page application before the ICJ. | And, just as the oral arguments for the case were being heard late last week, we had a case of "interesting timing" with Biden ordering the bombing of Yemen because Ansar A…
(2024-01-19). Then as farce — The Grayzone live. youtube.com 
Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss Biden's acknowledgment that strikes on Yemen are ineffectual but must continue, Blinken's Davos handwringing over Gaza, the political meltdown inside Israel as its military continues its genocidal rampage, and the ongoing collapse of Ukraine's military.
(2024-01-19). Headlines for January 19, 2024. democracynow.org Mexico and Chile Call on ICC to Investigate Israel's Assault on Gaza as Death Toll Nears 25,000, Netanyahu Rejects Palestinian Statehood, Says Israel Must Control Region from the River to the Sea, Biden Says U.S. Will Continue to Bomb Yemen Even Though Strikes Have Not Stopped Houthi Attacks, Congress Sends Stop-Gap Spending Bill to Pres. Biden's Desk, DOJ Report Details "Cascading Failures" in Response to 2022 Uvalde Massacre, Trump Claims Presidents "Must Have Full Immunity," Calls on SCOTUS to Absolve His Legal Woes, Haitian Gangs Besiege Port-au-Prince Neighborhood as Viole…
(2024-01-19). Some House Democrats Reportedly Seeking Ouster of Biden's Middle East Adviser. truthout.org A group of progressive lawmakers in the U.S. House is reportedly planning to ask President Joe Biden to seek the resignation of White House Middle East adviser Brett McGurk, a lesser-known official who has exerted significant influence over the administration's handling of Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip. HuffPost's Akbar Shahid Ahmed, who has detailed McGurk's outsized role in shaping Biden's… |
(2024-01-19). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 105: Israel destroys Gaza's last university as Netanyahu doubles down on rejection of a Palestinian state. mondoweiss.net 
Netanyahu vows there won't be a Palestinian state so long as he's in office, while Joe Biden admits strikes against Yemen's Ansar Allah aren't working.
(2024-01-19). Is a huge war coming? US bombs Yemen, Iraq & Syria. Israel bombs Gaza & Lebanon. Both threaten Iran. geopoliticaleconomy.com The brutal war that Israel is waging on Gaza is increasingly becoming a regional conflict. Since October, the United States and Israel have bombed not only Gaza, but also Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Now, the U.S. government is even threatening Iran with war. President Joe Biden sent the Iranian government a private message while …
(2024-01-19). Trump is the Republican's candidate but the "deep state" has its own plan, says Chronicles editor. infobrics.org Biden loses the lead to Trump in key state Georgia.
(2024-01-19). Asking President Biden to Sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty. pressenza.com 
January 22, 2024, marks the third anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). To date, 70 nations have ratified the treaty. NuclearBan.US, on behalf of 120 national, state, and local organizations, delivered a letter to President Biden urging him to sign the treaty exactly one year ago and is still awaiting a response. | This is a summary of the full letter to President Biden: | It's the right thing to do. According to the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the world stands closer to "doomsday" than at any point even during the darkest days of the Cold War. Even one…
(2024-01-19). Texas Sen. Gutierrez Slams Gov. Abbott Immigration Crackdown After Mom & 2 Children Drown in Rio Grande. democracynow.org 
Texas defied a Biden administration cease-and-desist order this week to dismantle its border barrier near the city of Eagle Pass, where state troopers took over a 2.5-mile stretch and installed fencing, gates and razor wire. Last Friday, a mother and her two children drowned in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass when Border Patrol agents were denied access to the area by state officials acting under orders from Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott. "Day after day after day, people are drowning because of the obstacles that this man put in the river," says Democratic Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez.
(2024-01-19). Biden Admits Yemen Airstrikes Aren't "Working" But Vows to Continue Them Anyway. truthout.org In a stark statement, President Joe Biden has admitted that the widely decried U.S. bombing campaign in Yemen isn't actually having an effect on the Houthi blockade — but vowed to continue the bombings anyway. Outside of the White House on Thursday, a reporter asked Biden if the airstrikes in Yemen have been "working." "Well, when you say 'working,' are they stopping the Houthis? No. |
(2024-01-19). Biden's Attacks on Yemen Are Blatantly Illegal. progressive.org Without Congressional approval, military action against the Houthis violates the Constitution.
(2024-01-19). "Not Wanting" a Wider Middle East War, the U.S. Has Started One. Biden Says, "It's Self Defense". Edward Curtin. globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-19). 'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq. middleeasteye.net 
'Playground of choice': Iran mobilises to drive US troops out of Iraq | The US has the cudgel of the American dollar to prevent its expulsion from Iraq, but will the Biden administration use it? | Fri, 01/19/2024 – 15: 20 | Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) chant slogans ahead of a funeral of the group's slain members at PMF headquarters in Baghdad, on 4 January 2024 (AFP) | W…
(2024-01-19). México y EE. UU. celebran diálogo sobre crisis migratoria. telesurtv.net Joe Biden dice que está de acuerdo en que el sistema de inmigración estadounidense está "roto" y que está dispuesto a hacer concesiones para endurecer los controles en la frontera sur.
(2024-01-19). The Dangerous Myth of the "Indispensable Nation" counterpunch.org 
Biden's decision to expand the war into the Red Sea last week was predictable in view of the naval deployments in the region, but it is unlikely to have any favorable impact on the actions and policies of Yemen and the Houthis. The U.S. and British attacks could lead to a wider war, however, that involves Hezbollah on Israel's northern border. On January 16, Iran's Revolutionary Guards launched missiles at an Israeli intelligence facility in Iraq's Kurdistan region, not far from the U.S. consulate.
(2024-01-19). Staring into the Abyss, Biden Should Consider a New VP — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. counterpunch.org Democrats continue to wring their hands over Joe Biden's rapidly deteriorating poll numbers — as well they should. No incumbent has polled this badly in the history of the U.S. presidency — and Biden's slide may only get worse in the weeks and months ahead. Some White House apologists, most recently Simon Rosenberg, are urging
(2024-01-19). The Great Economy Trump Left Biden. counterpunch.org 
We have been seeing numerous stories in the media about how people support Donald Trump because he did such a great job with the economy. Obviously, people can believe whatever they want about the world, but it is worth reminding people what the world actually looked like when Trump left office (kicking and screaming) and
(2024-01-19). Friday 1/26: Teach-In and Rally for Biden Federal Court Lawsuit. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza | 14th & Broadway | Oakland, CA | Rain location: | First Unitarian Church of Oakland | 685 14th St | Oakland, CA…
(2024-01-19). LC elections to delay for six more months. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local Council elections will have to wait for 180 more days (6months) due to lack of funds. This follows the tabling of the statutory instruments providing for the extension, on the floor of the House in a sitting. While chairing the sitting, Speaker Anita Among tasked the Minister for Local …
(2024-01-19). Roaming Charges: It's in the Bag. counterpunch.org 
Though you may not have heard about it given the minimal press coverage, over 400,000 people converged on DC last weekend to demand an end to the US-financed war in Gaza. That's 300,000 more people than voted in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, many of whom cast their preferences on slips of paper stuffed into paper bags. Still, Trump barely won a majority of his own party's vote. As my friend Michael Colby noted: "In 1980, Carter got 59% of the caucus vote (Kennedy got 32%) and he was considered toast for the general election." Trump won about the same percentage of the Iowa vote as LBJ did in New Hampshire in…
(2024-01-19). The Great Immunity Election Hustle. counterpunch.org 
For a long time, those seeking the presidency did so to promote ideas—be they found among Federalists, Democrats, Whigs, Prohibitionists, Free Soilers, Abolitionists, Know-Nothings, Progressives, Greenbackers, or Bimetallists, to name but a few lodestones. Increasingly the presidency has become a safe house, and those running for high office do so only to wear the invisibility cloak of criminal immunity.
(2024-01-19). US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions. pressenza.com Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional By Roger D. Harris | Led by Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and cosponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Chuy García (D-AZ), and Greg Casar (D-TX…
(2024-01-19). US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions. pressenza.com Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional By Roger D. Harris | Led by Rep. Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) and cosponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Delia Ramirez (D-IL), Chuy García (D-AZ), and Greg Casar (D-TX…
(2024-01-19). At MLK Conference, Unionists Strategize On Organizing The South. popularresistance.org Unionists at the AFL-CIO's annual Martin Luther King conference, held January 12-14 in Montgomery, Ala., tackled what one panelist called a decades-long problem for the labor movement: Organizing the South. | And that means both for more union victories, and members, and politically, too. | The conference, in a birthplace of the modern civil rights movement, preceded the first actual voting of the 2024 presidential campaign: The January 15 Iowa Republican caucuses, pitted former GOP Oval Office occupant Donald Trump—a self-professed authoritarian who'd rip up the U.S. Constitution—against the rest of…
(2024-01-19). Nearly 180 Republicans File Amicus Brief Urging SCOTUS to Deem Trump Eligible. truthout.org Nearly 180 Republican lawmakers in Congress have signed on to an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court, urging justices to bar states from determining for themselves whether former President Donald Trump is eligible to run for office again. The Colorado state Supreme Court, as well as Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, have determined that Trump is in violation of Section 3 of the 14th… |
(2024-01-19). Concourse Contours: Satchmo and the Max Roach Centenary. counterpunch.org 
Louis Armstrong's trumpet sighs and pleads in counterpoint with the airport announcements. The melody is barely audible but still unmistakable above the thunderous whisper of a thousand four-wheeled suitcases rolling across granite floors, the centripetal chorus of cellphone chatter, the irregular cadence of perpetual motion marble contraption's ding, and the breathless hushing of the moving
(2024-01-19). House GOP Committee Advances Bill Targeting Social Security and Medicare. truthout.org The chair of the Senate Finance Committee said legislation advanced Thursday by the GOP-controlled House Budget Committee is a "backroom scheme" to cut Social Security and Medicare outside of the regular political process, a warning that came as Republicans signaled their intention to attach the bill to a must-pass government funding measure. "Republicans in Congress know their plans to gut… |
(2024-01-19). Horrific Traumatic Injuries of Children: British Dr. Witnesses Israel's Destruction of Gaza Hospitals. democracynow.org 
Before Israel's unprecedented assault on Gaza, the territory had 36 functioning hospitals. Now only 16 partially functioning health facilities remain. As Israeli bombs and ground troops approach Nasser Hospital, the largest remaining partially functioning health facility in Gaza, we speak with Dr. James Smith, an emergency medical doctor recently returned from Gaza, where he worked alongside Palestinian healthcare workers to treat patients at Al-Aqsa Hospital. "Every single day, without exception, there were multiple mass casualty incidents at the hospital," says Smith. "They would include…
(2024-01-19). Democracy Now! 2024-01-19 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez Slams Gov. Abbott Immigration Crackdown After Mom & 2 Children Drown in Rio Grande; Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza; Horrific Traumatic Injuries of Children: British Dr. Witnesses Israel's Destruction of Gaza Hospitals | Headlines for January 19, 2024; Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15; Texas Sen. Gutierrez S…
(2024-01-19). Meet Tal Mitnick, 18, the First Israeli Jailed for Refusing Military Service in "Revenge War" on Gaza. democracynow.org 
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue the assault on Gaza, we speak with the first Israeli to refuse mandatory military service since Israel's offensive began over three months ago. Last month, 18-year-old Tal Mitnick announced he would refuse military service in what he called a "revenge war" on Gaza, and was sentenced to 30 days in a military prison. Just released from jail, Mitnick faces another draft summons and says he will refuse "over and over until someone gives up, until the army gives me an exemption." Mitnick says the October 7 Hamas attack on south…
(2024-01-19). Columbia University Could See a Tuition Strike If It Doesn't Divest From Israel. truthout.org As part of their organizing efforts against Israeli apartheid, Columbia University student groups, including Barnard-Columbia Abolition Collective, Student-Worker Solidarity, and Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America announced a tuition strike for the spring 2024 semester. The coalition of student groups is calling for the "university to refuse to invest in ethnic cleansing and… |
(2024-01-19). Uvalde Failure: DOJ Report Finds 377 Officers Waited 77 Mins as 19 Kids, 2 Teachers Killed by 1 AR-15. democracynow.org 
A sweeping Justice Department report exposes the "cascading failures" of the police response to the 2022 Uvalde elementary school mass shooting when 19 children and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman. Despite the presence of close to 400 officers at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, it took 77 minutes for police to confront and kill the shooter. The scathing 600-page report lays out the "haphazard" initial response in which hundreds of law enforcement officers stood by as the massacre unfolded. Democratic Texas state Senator Roland Gutierrez, whose district includes Uvalde,…
(2024-01-19). US House Of Representatives Passes Reporter's Shield Law—Again. thedissenter.org 
The following article was made possible by paid subscribers of The Dissenter. A federal shield for journalists with support from both Democrats and Republicans was unanimously passed by a voice vote in the United States House of Representatives. It was previously passed by the House in 2022. | The Protect Reporters from Exploitative State Spying Act, or the PRESS Act, was re-introduced in 2023. It would "prohibit the federal government from compe…
(2024-01-19). Republican Kicks Barbara Lee Out of Hearing on Cuba Over Pro-Diplomacy Views. truthout.org While making a show of decrying dictators on Thursday, a Republican House member kicked progressive Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California) out of a subcommittee hearing over her calls for diplomacy and normalizing relations with Cuba, spurring criticism over the Republican participating in the same anti-democratic behaviors she was supposedly denouncing. Lee posted a video on social media of her being… |
(2024-01-19). DRC president-elect inauguration set, 18 heads of state to attend. independent.co.ug 
KINSHASA | Xinhua | Eighteen heads of state, mainly from Africa, have confirmed their participation in the inauguration of the president-elect of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi, the president's high representative Serge Tshibangu announced on Thursday. Two vice presidents, four former heads of state, and high-level foreign representatives have also confirmed …
(2024-01-19). The WB assists those in power in a witch-hunting context. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |
(2024-01-19). Parliament asks FDC to back off Ogwal's funeral arrangements. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has asked the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party against organizing parallel funeral arrangements for the Dokolo Woman Member of Parliament, Cecilia Ogwal. Ogwal, 77, who was a member of FDC died on Thursday in India after a short illness. Shortly, FDC issued a tentative funeral programme to run …
(2024-01-19). Museveni blasts West about oppression and lectures on democracy. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has emphasized the need for the free association of nations, people of a common or shared origin interacting for mutual advantage with the Peoples of the World. Museveni made the call at the opening of the Non-Aligned Movement Heads of State and Government Summit in Kampala. Museveni in …
(2024-01-19). US Congressional Resolution Calls For Annulling The Monroe Doctrine. popularresistance.org While the Monroe Doctrine ingenuously claimed to protect hemispheric independence from foreign interference, HR 943 charges that the policy has, in fact, been used as a "mandate" to give the US license to interfere in the internal affairs of other states to promote its own narrow interests. | The resolution forcefully begins with noting the "massive, forced displacement and genocide of Native peoples" by the North American colonialists. | The resolution goes on to enumerate the further progression of the US imperium on the hemisphere. Back in the 1840s, the US took 55% of Mexico.
(2024-01-19). US Congressional Resolution Calls for Annulling the Monroe Doctrine and Ending Sanctions. counterpunch.org 
Now, 200 years after President James Monroe first promulgated his dictate giving the Yankees dominion of the rest of the hemisphere, a congressional resolution calls for annulling the Monroe Doctrine and replacing it with a "new good neighbor" policy. The intent is to "foster improved relations and deeper, more effective cooperation" with our neighbor nations. Led by
(2024-01-19). Saturday 2/17: Fight for Free Speech: Drop the Charges Against the Uhuru 3 & Free Leonard Peltier. indybay.org Tamarack Oakland, 1501 Harrison Street, Oakland…
(2024-01-19). 150 Mennonites Arrested At Capitol For Demanding Gaza Cease-Fire. popularresistance.org The faith-based pro-Palestinian rights group Mennonite Action on Tuesday reported that 150 members and supporters were arrested by U.S. Capitol Police for holding a peaceful occupation of the Cannon House Office Building, demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. | The group displayed signs reading, "Mennonites for a Cease-fire" and, "Let Gaza Live" as they sang hymns and other songs from a "cease-fire songbook" organizers had distributed. | On its Facebook page about two hours after the peace action began, Mennonite Action reported that "all Mennonites in the Cannon building have been placed in police custody, singing hym…
(2024-01-19). Sunday 1/21: Virtual Discussion with Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. indybay.org
(2024-01-19). Uganda Cranes take on Kuwait today. independent.co.ug 
Cairo, Egypt | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will today play their first 2024 International friendly against Kuwait in Cairo, Egypt. The squad, comprised solely of players from the domestic league — the Uganda Premier League, departed on Monday after a week of intensive preparations. This will be Coach Paul Put's third game since assuming …
(2024-01-19). Global 1% Own 43% Of Financial Assets. popularresistance.org The world's richest 1% own 43% of global financial assets, and the wealth of the top five billionaires has doubled since 2020, while 60% of humanity — nearly 5 billion people — collectively got poorer, according to a report by Oxfam, a leading international humanitarian organization. | Oxfam published the study, "Inequality Inc.", to coincide with the World Economic Forum meeting of corporate oligarchs and Western government officials in Davos, Switzerland this January. | The five richest people on Earth in 2023 were Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Jeff Bezos, Larry Ellison, and Warren Buffett. Their comb…