(2024-02-14). Biden'dan Trump'ƒ±n NATO ile ilgili sà∂zlerine tepki. aa.com.tr ABD Ba≈ükanƒ± Joe Biden, eski Ba≈ükan Donald Trump'ƒ±n NATO ile ilgili sà∂zlerine tepki gà∂sterdi.
(2024-02-14). María Corina Machado and the Betrayal of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Atilio Borón — 11 Feb, 2024 | Senility is not only a problem for President Joe Biden but for the empire as a whole. Days ago, the United States government announced new sanctions against Venezuela following the decision of Venezuela's Supreme Court of Justice to ratify the disqualification of Mrs. María Corina Machado from running as a candidate in the next presidential elections. | It was enough for the news to be known for the media sewer—the one that completely silences the ongoing genocide in Gaza or the Dina Boluarte massacres in Peru—to immediately lose its temper and begin to launch all ki…
(2024-02-14). US Gives Israel the Green Light to Kill Civilians in Rafah. news.antiwar.com The US has given Israel the green light to kill civilians in Rafah despite public comments from US officials calling for Israel to come up with a plan to protect civilians in the city, which is packed with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians. US officials told POLITICO that the Biden administration was not planning any …
(2024-02-14). Josep Borrell To World Leaders: 'Cut Off Arms To Israel'. popularresistance.org The European Union's top foreign policy official said Monday that the Biden administration and other governments professing concern about the grisly death toll in the Gaza Strip should stop supplying so much weaponry to the Israeli military as it carries out one of the most devastating bombing campaigns in modern history. | Pointing to U.S. President Joe Biden's statement late last week that Israel's war on Gaza has been "over the top," E.U. High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said during a press conference in Brussels, "Well, if you believe that too many people are being kil…
(2024-02-14). Biden Puts One of Most Hated Officials Back Into White House. youtu.be
(2024-02-14). Saturday 2/17: Emergency Forum: A Great Crime in Gaza/Blood is on Biden's Hands. indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2024-02-14). In bipartisan vote, US Senate backs $95 billion for war in Ukraine, genocide in Gaza. wsws.org After passage of the bill, President Biden demanded Speaker of the House Mike Johnson allow an immediate vote in the House of Representatives.
(2024-02-13). The hands of the regional Armageddon clock strike eleven. thealtworld.com Few in Washington seem to little appreciate 'how deep-in' they already are. Or, the extent and speed at which their options are vanishing, and are ineluctably tied to the fortunes of Netanyahu and his far-right coalition government. | They must understand — the Biden Administration can prevaricate, and utter more palliatives about Palestinian States and 'Israeli regional integration', but the Israeli government is leading Biden and his team down the 'primrose path' to a junction where the paths finally diverge where: | Either the US either goes 'all the way' with the 'Great Victory project' — attempti…
(2024-02-13). Biden administration halts approval of liquified gas exports amid review. nationofchange.org The temporary pause will allow the agency to understand the impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, the country's energy security, and the environment.
(2024-02-13). Ignore What Western Officials Say About Israel; Watch Their Actions Instead. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Another fake, stupid story is making headlines in the mass media today about how bad and wrong President Biden secretly believes Israel's actions in Gaza are. NBC News "Biden has grown steadily more frustrated with the rising Palestinian civilian death to…
(2024-02-13). Trump Says Taylor Swift Would Be "Disloyal" to Him If She Backs Biden. truthout.org The leading contenders for the Democratic and Republican nominations for president in 2024 — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, respectively — issued tweets that referenced Taylor Swift on Super Bowl Sunday, indicating that the celebrity singer may also be mentioned by the campaigns in the future. On his Truth Social website, Trump tried to take credit for Swift's wealth by… |
(2024-02-13). Israeli Minister Blocks US Flour Shipments Into Gaza. news.antiwar.com Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is blocking a US-funded flour shipment into Gaza that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously vowed would be allowed into the Strip, Axios reported on Tuesday. Officials said that Netanyahu personally made the commitment to President Biden several weeks ago and that the Israeli war and security cabinets approved the delivery …
(2024-02-13). Biden's Record on Income Growth. cepr.net 
Nate Silver had a piece in the New York Times Monday arguing that people had good reason to be upset about the economy under Biden, and that it was not just perceptions that were out of touch with economic reality. Silver tells us: "But it's a mistake to assume that consumers have just been reacting …
(2024-02-13). Did Trump go too far with his comments on NATO ? america.cgtn.com 
NATO allies reiterated their commitment to collective security on Monday after Donald Trump suggested he'd abandon members who are delinquent in paying their membership dues. Alliance members agreed to pay a minimum amount after being rocked by Trump questioning U.S. participation when he was president due to what he considered an unfair financial burden. But even some fellow Republicans think the presumptive nominee for the presidential election has gone too far. | Owen Fairclough reports from Washington D.C.
(2024-02-14). Pakistan general elections: A vote against IMF policies and state repression. greenleft.org.au 
Pakistan's February 8 general elections resulted in a split vote, with no party securing a clear national majority, writes Farooq Tariq, offering little hope for positive change, as the incoming government is poised to fast-track neoliberal policies, privatise state institutions and deepen class exploitation.
(2024-02-14). Indonesians decide on Jokowi's successor in world's largest single day election. geo.tv 
To win outright, a candidate needs over 50% of votes and 20% of ballot in half of country's provinces…
(2024-02-14). Pakistan: PTI-Backed Candidates Emerge As Largest Bloc. popularresistance.org Independents backed by former Prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have emerged as the largest group in Pakistan's National Assembly, after results for most of the seats were announced on Sunday, February 11. However, uncertainty looms since no party or group has got the majority of seats required to form a government. | The results for some constituencies were put on hold due to stay orders issued by the courts after complaints filed by candidates claiming fraud. | There are 336 seats in Pakistan's National Assembly. However, elections were held only for 265 seats. In one seat, the pr…
(2024-02-14). Protests break out in Karachi over alleged ballot rigging. presstv.ir Despite PTI-backed candidates leading in Pakistan's election race, the party's supporters stage a protest outside the Election Commission in Karachi lamenting state interference in the polling process.
(2024-02-14). Pakistan city shuts down in protest over alleged vote rigging. presstv.ir Shops and public transport services in Pakistan's Quetta came to a standstill on February 13.
(2024-02-14). Police raids against former president Bolsonaro and generals expose coup plot in Brazil. wsws.org The raids stem from investigations into Bolsonaro's plans to overthrow the 2022 presidential elections and remain in power as a dictator.
(2024-02-13). Could Indonesia's Presidential Election Usher In Return to Military Rule? truthout.org Wednesday's presidential election in Indonesia could see the ascendance of General Prabowo Subianto, who has tried for years to seize power after decades of involvement in mass killings, kidnapping and torture across Indonesia, in occupied East Timor and in independence-seeking Western New Guinea. Subianto is a longtime U.S. protégé and the son-in-law of former Indonesian dictator Suharto. |
(2024-02-13). In Europe, Platform Workers Are Winning Limited Protections. popularresistance.org As the European Parliament heads toward fresh elections in June, there's one unresolved file on the desk of Brussels's politicians and technocrats. The European Union (EU) Platform Work Directive, an attempt to establish a unified set of labor standards for workers on digital platforms like Uber and Deliveroo, has turned out to be a thorny issue. | The EU's various institutions have been banging heads over platform work regulation for years now, unable to bridge conflicting interests and ideologies. If passed, the Platform Work Directive would establish a whole set of new rights relating to algorithmic management…
(2024-02-13). Trump Files Request to Supreme Court for Stay on "Presidential Immunity" Ruling. truthout.org Lawyers for former President Donald Trump filed a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court asking for a stay of a recent appellate court ruling against his "presidential immunity" claims in his election subversion case. Trump faces four federal charges in the case relating to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his actions on January 6, 2021, when a mob of his loyalists attacked the… |
(2024-02-13). Democracy Now! 2024-02-13 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for February 13, 2024; Could Indonesia Return to Military Rule? Allan Nairn on the "Massacre General" Running for President; Bombs, Disease, Starvation: Canadian Doctor Describes the Desperate Situation Inside Gaza; Climate Scientist Michael Mann Wins $1 Million Defamation Case Against Right-Wing Climate Deniers; The Climate Election: Mark Hertsgaard on Why 2024 Must Focus More on Climate Crisis | Headlines for February 13, 2024; Could Indonesia Return to Military Rule? Allan Nairn on the "Massacre General" Running for President; Bombs, Disease, Starvation: Canadian Doctor Describe…
(2024-02-13). Throwing Out the Constitution. tomdispatch.com When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Reconstruction Era amendments. The 13th (1865) abolished slavery, while the 15th (1870) gave voting rights to newly freed Black men. However, it was the 14th Amendment, first drafted in 1866 and ratified in 1868, that would prove the most far-reaching and that today sits all too squarely between Donald Trump and his white nationalist and authoritarian dreams. While much attention has…
(2024-02-13). Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos y la descalificación, Trump no es el único. radiohc.cu Washington, 13 feb (RHC) El expresidente estadounidense Donald Trump no es hoy el único funcionario público cuyo pedido de descalificación que llegó a la Corte Suprema de Justicia en virtud de una prohibición en la 14 Enmienda de la Constitución.
(2024-02-13). Trump Isn't Simply Ignorant of the Constitution — He's Outright Hostile to It. truthout.org When the Civil War ended in 1865, the 76-year-old Constitution needed an upgrading and those leading the country did indeed dramatically transform it with the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, known collectively as the Reconstruction Era amendments. The 13th (1865) abolished slavery, while the 15th (1870) gave voting rights to newly freed Black men. However, it was the 14th Amendment… |
(2024-02-13). Trump backs North Carolina GOP chair, daughter-in-law Lara Trump to lead RNC. geo.tv 
Trump has also asked one of his campaign's senior advisors, Chris LaCivita, to assume role of COO at RNC…
(2024-02-13). Selected Articles: Bombshell: Treasury Department Admits Targeting 'MAGA' Finances Without Due Process. "Milking January 6 For All It's Worth" globalresearch.ca 
By The Orwellian censorship regime is nearly beyond parody, as the feds were reportedly interested not just …
(2024-02-14). Why the Marshall Plan ? 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 (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-14). Essential polling shows support for a democratic economy, proportional representation. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-14). How We Can Achieve American Social Democracy. counterpunch.org 
øEl Sueño Español? Why we might need to learn to be more culturally European if we want to achieve American social democracy The trope of the American who goes abroad and falls in love with Europe, sometimes with tragic consequences, has a long history, from the lives of Henry James and T.S. Eliot, both of
(2024-02-14). Spain's PSOE-Sumar government continues arming Israel for Gaza genocide. wsws.org The revelations of the Delà s Center for Peace Studies on continuing Spanish support for Israel exposes the lying denials of the social-democrats and the pseudo-left Sumar party.
(2024-02-13). Senate Passes $95 Billion Military Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The Senate on Tuesday morning passed the $95 billion foreign military aid bill that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan after a rare overnight session where Republican opponents of the legislation argued against it. The bill passed in a vote of 70-29, with 22 Republicans and nearly every Democrat voting to pass the legislation. …
(2024-02-13). SA deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC. sanews.gov.za SA deploys 2900 troops to eastern DRC | South Africa is to deploy at least 2 900 members of the South African National Defence Force to assist in the fight against illegal armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered the deployment in line with fulfilling South Africa's international obligation towards the Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission to support the DRC. | The deployment comes as the DRC battles Tutsi-led M23 rebels whose attacks and advances in recent days, is threatening the North Kivu provincial capital, Goma. | According to medi…
(2024-02-13). Why the Marshall Plan ? 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 (…) | – | / |
(2024-02-13). Tennessee State Legislature Passes Bill to Allow LGBTQ Marriage Discrimination. truthout.org Republican lawmakers in the Tennessee state legislature have advanced a bill to the governor which, if signed into law, would give public officials the ability to deny marriages to LGBTQ or interracial couples. The bill would invariably be challenged by LGBTQ groups as unconstitutional, in violation of standards that were enacted through Supreme Court rulings like Obergefell v. Hodges… |
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