Random Political Thoughts

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not my fault
i belive there was a mention mods auto correct when/if they come across anything untoward

THANKS

 

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we will see,or will we
another toothless UN style coverup,no doubt
to partially appease
with a gutless semi result in about uhmmm 5 years time


WHO: 'Independent evaluation' of pandemic response will follow

18.05.2020 | 16:15 UTC

NEWS

WHO: 'Independent evaluation' of pandemic response will follow
In a video address, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the coronavirus crisis would be overcome if the world works together. The WHO director said the group would investigate its pandemic response as soon as possible.

Coronavirus: Italy carefully reopens for business
Restaurants, shops and museums are now allowed to reopen in Italy, under certain conditions. For many business owners, the new rules remain too difficult to operate under.
WORLD

Coronavirus vaccine: India could play decisive role in distribution
The Serum Institute of India (SII) is ramping up production of the Oxford University candidate vaccine in anticipation of it passing trials. DW spoke with Serum's CEO Adar Poonawalla about when a vaccine could be ready.

How Sri Lanka successfully curtailed the coronavirus pandemic
The island nation's high testing rate coupled with its established healthcare and surveillance system has kept COVID-19 mortality at bay. However, it seems the country's Muslims are not equally reaping benefits.

Burundi's tense election campaign sparks fears of further violence
Burundians are heading to the polls to elect a new president and parliament. The election campaign has been marred by deadly clashes. Experts have said that the vote stands no chance of being free and fair.
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TRNN Daily | Monday May 18, 2020

How Democracy Falls In East Europe And The Balkans
Freedom House says Eastern European and Balkans democracies are in danger. COVID-19 has opened the door to surveillance, and threatens democracies from Hungary to India to Israel.

Climate Music To Soothe And Terrify You
A team of scientists, a composer, and a string quartet came together to produce a data-driven musical call to climate action.

COVID-19 Exposes The Generational Injustices That Demand Reparations
Generations of racism created the conditions that made African Americans more susceptible to COVID-19, and reparations are the way to address that injustice.

Stir Crazy! Episode #36: Slaves To The Economy
On today’s show: Incoming TRNN Executive Director John Duda, PERI Gender and Care Work Program economist Katherine Moos, and Economic Update host and founder of Democracy at Work Richard Wolff. Hosted by Kim Brown.

Checkpoint Closure By South Dakota Governor An Attack On Tribal Sovereignty
Governor Kristi Noem publicly issued a letter to the Cheyenne River and Oglala Sioux Tribes on May 8 ordering them to remove health checkpoints on roads crossing their reservations but did not directly deliver it to OST—“a sign of “disrespect,” according to OST President Julian Bear Runner.

Climate Crisis: KXL Ruling, Unity Task Force, California Pollution, and TRNN’s New Climate Reporter
Climate activists get a big court win on Keystone XL as the Biden and Sanders camps unite. California has delayed air pollution rules at the behest of industry during COVID-19 as polluting oil tankers line its coast.

Stir Crazy! Episode #35: America, Land of Broken Promises
On today’s show: Journalist, organizer, and founding executive director of Crushing Colonialism Jen Deerinwater, Miwok journalist and community organizer Desiree Kane, and journalist and community builder Johnnie Jae. Hosted by Kim Brown.

HEROES Act Includes Utility Shutoff Ban, $4 Billion For Broadband Access
Republicans oppose the HEROES Act provision to expand broadband, but students and educators say lack of internet access is a major roadblock to learning in low income and rural communities.

The Secretive Police Commission The Justice Department Doesn’t Want You To Notice
PAR learns about life under lockdown with COVID-19 from a guest just released from 10 months of incarceration, and examines the secretive police commission created by Attorney General Barr.

Stir Crazy! Episode #34: Can Anyone Police the Police
On today’s show: Rattling The Bars host Eddie Conway, Executive Director for the Law Enforcement Action Partnership Neill Franklin, and Police Accountability Report host Taya Graham. Hosted by Kim Brown.

 

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geuss
there is a world out there,despite


How are COVID-19 deaths counted?



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real clever people in the world huh

Despite a lack of evidence that the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine can prevent Covid-19, President Trump said he had been taking it.
Monday, May 18, 2020 5:35 PM EST

The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety warning in April about hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, malaria prevention drugs that have been repeatedly promoted by Mr. Trump and widely used to treat virus patients despite the lack of evidence that they work.

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2. accine Front-Runners Emerge From Pack[/paste:font]
   Out of hundreds of efforts to create a coronavirus vaccine, at least eight are in the human trials stage — but health officials warn that even on an accelerated timeline, there's unlikely to be enough for everyone until at least 2021. That's an economic issue too, said U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell yesterday, since some sectors of the global economy are unlikely to recover at all until a vaccine is ready. Meanwhile, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned there may never be a vaccine and other methods to control the virus must be put into place.
   
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1. Coronavirus Overwhelms Brazil[/paste:font]
   The health system in São Paulo is threatening to collapse completely, the mayor says, with 90 percent of beds filled as Brazil became the country with the fourth-highest number of infections worldwide over the weekend. It now trails only the U.S., Russia and the United Kingdom. But President Jair Bolsonaro — who is under investigation, as is his senator son — still hasn't named a replacement health minister since the previous one resigned Friday after less than a month on the job. Brazil now has the world's worst-performing currency and stock market, which may be contributing to Bolsonaro's sliding approval rating
   

PDB for May 18, 2020 | OZY

 

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threaten yet again
because they can
boring/pathetic
shows whats supposedly important t that govt huh

1. INTRIGUING
   Soccer Team Sorry for Sex Doll Incident
   

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1. US Threatens to Cut Off WHO Funding[/paste:font]
   In a letter to the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said he would withdraw U.S. funding permanently unless the group can "demonstrate independence from China." Trump already suspended funding over what he deemed an inadequate response to COVID-19, which has killed more than 317,000 people. While the U.S. has long been a huge source of WHO funding, China pledged a $2 billion donation Monday. Some see this as China stepping into a global leadership role as the U.S. steps back — while others call it Beijing's attempt to distract from its early missteps in handling the pandemic.
   
   CUTTING TIES
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2. Trump Says He's Taking Dubious COVID-19 Drug[/paste:font]
   While there's no evidence it prevents coronavirus — and doctors have warned of deadly side effects — President Trump said yesterday that he's taking malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, despite testing negative for COVID-19. China's Global Times taunted that it's "witchcraft" while U.S. politicians expressed concerns given Trump's age and physical health. Meanwhile, U.S. company Moderna reported encouraging results from early human vaccine trials, and the Trump administration is expected to announce a $354 million contract for new Virginia company Phlow to manufacture COVID-19 medicines, an industry now largely based overseas.
   
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3. India, Bangladesh Evacuate Ahead of Cyclone[/paste:font]
   More than 2 million people are packing up and leaving their homes as a super cyclone bears down on the Bay of Bengal. State governments have been asked to offer temporary shelter to tens of thousands of displaced Indian migrant workers who've been returning to their home states, largely on foot, due to the coronavirus lockdown. Forecasters say Cyclone Amphan is expected to weaken by the time it makes landfall on Wednesday, but that could still mean winds of up to 124 mph.
   
   Find out about the history of India's hydroxychloroquine
   

PDB for May 19, 2020 | OZY

 

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your sub human leader speaketh
no 'mental problems' with it, only others


Evening Update: Trump calls Nancy Pelosi a 'sick woman' with 'mental problems'
MAY 19, 2020

Trump calls Nancy Pelosi a 'sick woman' with 'mental problems'
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Texas' 'Go Topless Jeep Weekend' news report becomes instant classic
Not even the coronavirus pandemic could stop Texas’ annual “Go Topless Jeep Weekend” — a wild party that resulted in nearly 200 arrests and...

Matt Lauer fires back at Ronan Farrow after NY Times questions his reporting
"I was shaken, but not surprised, that few in the media were willing to thoroughly challenge the accusations against me, or the person making...

Aaron Judge's girlfriend Samantha Bracksieck busted for 'extreme DUI'
Court records show Bracksieck was charged with "extreme DUI" for an alleged blood alcohol concentration level between .15 and .19, as well as a...

Wall Street banker blasts employees for not responding to 3 a.m. email
If you can’t answer my email at 3 a.m., don’t bother showing up for work at 5 a.m.! A workaholic Wall Street banker blasted...

What commuting in NYC will look like after the coronavirus
New York City’s mass transit system has kept running throughout the coronavirus pandemic — but it is a ghost of its former self. Ridership...

Joe Rogan's podcast is moving exclusively to Spotify
Joe Rogan’s podcast is getting a new home at Spotify.

 

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and
how many millions of American citizens will weep,lay flowers and cry foul if ...

Hydroxychloroquine increasingly linked to deaths
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Ariana Eunjung Cha and Laurie McGinley
President Trump told reporters Monday that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week and a half to protect against coronavirus.

He has repeatedly pitched the drug as a safe and effective treatment, asking would-be patients “What the hell do you have to lose?”

Growing evidence shows that, for many, the answer is their lives.

Clinical trials, academic research and scientific analysis indicate that the danger of the Trump-backed drug is a significantly increased risk of death for certain patients. Evidence showing the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating covid-19 has been scant. Those two developments pushed the Food and Drug Administration to warn against the use of hydroxychloroquine outside of a hospital setting last month, just weeks after it approved an emergency use authorization for the drug.

 

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See which states still have increasing rates of COVID-19

Many of the areas that are reopening haven’t even beaten the first wave of the virus.

 

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and
how many millions of American citizens will weep,lay flowers and cry foul if ...

Hydroxychloroquine increasingly linked to deaths
By Toluse Olorunnipa, Ariana Eunjung Cha and Laurie McGinley
President Trump told reporters Monday that he has been taking hydroxychloroquine for about a week and a half to protect against coronavirus.

He has repeatedly pitched the drug as a safe and effective treatment, asking would-be patients “What the hell do you have to lose?”

Growing evidence shows that, for many, the answer is their lives.

Clinical trials, academic research and scientific analysis indicate that the danger of the Trump-backed drug is a significantly increased risk of death for certain patients. Evidence showing the effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine in treating covid-19 has been scant. Those two developments pushed the Food and Drug Administration to warn against the use of hydroxychloroquine outside of a hospital setting last month, just weeks after it approved an emergency use authorization for the drug.

.... bottoms up.

'Wash it down with Lysol': Ana Navarro 'fine' with Trump taking drug with 'serious side effects'

GOP strategist Ana Navarro said she is "fine" with ... Trump taking a drug with potentially dangerous side effects.

Navarro, a CNN political commentator, responded to Trump's claim that he was taking hydroxychloroquine in consultation with the White House physician, saying she would be fine if [Trump] wanted to "wash" the drug down with Lysol.

"Trump says he’s taking Hydroxychloroquine. It’s a leading story today. He often acts like a toddler, but he’s an adult. If he wants to take a drug w/serious side effects, including causing heart and kidney issues, let him!" Navarro tweeted. "If he wants to wash it down with Lysol, that’s fine too."

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.... bottoms up.

'Wash it down with Lysol': Ana Navarro 'fine' with Trump taking drug with 'serious side effects'

GOP strategist Ana Navarro said she is "fine" with ... Trump taking a drug with potentially dangerous side effects.

Navarro, a CNN political commentator, responded to Trump's claim that he was taking hydroxychloroquine in consultation with the White House physician, saying she would be fine if [Trump] wanted to "wash" the drug down with Lysol.

"Trump says he’s taking Hydroxychloroquine. It’s a leading story today. He often acts like a toddler, but he’s an adult. If he wants to take a drug w/serious side effects, including causing heart and kidney issues, let him!" Navarro tweeted. "If he wants to wash it down with Lysol, that’s fine too."

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the worst thing/or dare i say it a best thing is
'many million supporter/followers will diligently/blindly
believe and follow its every move/word/action
- go figure,as ya'all say
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The STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS is far from over. In fact it's only JUST BEGUN.
You can lead a horse to water, but not an ass.
#10671b.c., Yesterday at 10:36 PM

 

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i imagine its a chlorine derivative

an fyi
cult,rings a bell,jonestown and similar etc

when i was on island living 30 plus years ago i searched out one of those health frteak/alternative life stylists prevalent over there as thats what i wanted to believe in/experiment with,at the time

she had stumbled on an ancient American who insisted on a concoction of
'a little drop of bleach/chlorine,1/2 a lemon,1/2 a cup of water x 3 weekly

i tried maybe 3 times,violently ill,retching etcetc

phoned her she said GREAT,its working

i never continued or went back

idea
was cleanse you body of all junk food/impurities

THEN
after thats achieved,east supposedly healthy shit
as well as a variety of weird contraption uses,moon/staretc

leave them to there own devices

 

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CONGRATULATIONS GREECE and ITALY
do believe its time
someone had to make the move
criticism may well happen but

and
there will still be deaths,no matter what
hang in there,persevere

 

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nothing wrong with innovative thought/action in this age
not 1800s constitution and amendments forever
cling on to aged/wealth

Could The 4-Day Work Week Be the Way to Recover From Coronavirus? New Zealand Thinks So.
"It certainly would help tourism all around the country,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

By Paul Blest
May 21 2020, 2:18am
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern suggested that the country should consider moving to a four day work week in order to encourage domestic tourism as the country looks beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ardern said in a Facebook Live video earlier this week that the decision “sits between employers and employees,” but that shortening the work week could ultimately boost productivity and help stimulate the country’s economy.

Could The 4-Day Work Week Be the Way to Recover From Coronavirus? New Zealand Thinks So.


youthful spirit

people first

How New Zealand Got Its Coronavirus Cases Down to Zero in Seven Weeks
“I think the critical success factors in New Zealand were good science and great leadership working together, and you can't succeed if you have one without the other."

 

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Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.

(Matt McClain/The Washington Post)

Let the coronavirus break up the ‘Super Zips’
Working remotely could redistribute the wealth of a handful of elite Zip codes.

By Ian Marcus Corbin ● Read more »


Yes, we miss professional sports. But it’s the amateur athletes who are suffering.
Movement and play are crucial to our physical and mental health.

By Diana Nyad ● Read more »


Ronan Farrow admits he ‘misspoke’ about his Weinstein reporting. How many times?
What he said about his reporting differs a bit from his actual reporting.

By Erik Wemple ● Read more »


I am a simple potato guardian who needs my Second Amendment rights
Trump says it's a real thing!

By Alexandra Petri ● Read more »

My congregant bought a gun to end her life. She shouldn’t have been able to get one so easily.
Short waiting periods and "essential" gun shops can be a deadly combination in a pandemic.

By Daniel Cotzin Burg ● Read more »



Texas’s Republican leaders are fighting to keep voting unsafe
The state is doing its best to make democracy less fair.

By Editorial Board ● Read more »


Trump has trapped us in a dark satire of American decline
It will take years and a monumental effort to undo the damage he has caused.

By Paul Waldman ● Read more »


The voters aren’t buying Trump’s snake oil
Reopening the economy probably won't improve Trump's chances.

By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more »

Trump sends us a message about the election
The president tweets threats to withhold federal funding from Michigan and Nevada over their plans for mail-in voting.

By Ann Telnaes ● Read more »


The pandemic shows that Putin is not a strong leader
The coronavirus has exposed the fundamental weakness of the Russian state.

By Michael McFaul ● Read more »


The sticker price of college can mislead students. Covid-19 might make it worse.
A mandate to disclose more transparently what schools are already reporting to the government could change the way college admissions work.

By Ian Ayres and Martin Skladany ● Read more »

The last days of a covid-19 prisoner
Charles Hobbs was sick for weeks. The staff at his Miami jail did little to help. He died alone.

By Radley Balko ● Read more »


How Iranian hackers tried to phish me
The hack attempts were relentless and sophisticated. America should be on its guard.

By Holly Dagres ● Read more »


Trump just said the corrupt part out loud
Trump is now using disaster aid money to openly extort governors.

By Greg Sargent ● Read more »

Gosh, what could be behind the right’s hatred of Stacey Abrams?
Racism is never far below the surface.

By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more »


The E.U. has realized it is on its own — and is acting accordingly
Fiscally conservative member states should get on board Merkel and Macron’s plan.

By Editorial Board ● Read more »


It would be a shame to go back to ‘normal’
"Normal" does not seem to be good enough after all we have been through.

By Jennifer Rubin ● Read more »

Trump suggests opening another bottle of questionable medicine
The idea goes viral.

By Tom Toles ● Read more »

 

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1. Deaths in Brazil, Sweden Raise Alarms[/paste:font]
   
   Brazil's daily death toll from COVID-19 hit a new record of 1,179 yesterday as President Jair Bolsonaro promised new guidelines recommending the use of unproven malaria drug hydroxychloroquine. It's also a favorite of President Donald Trump, who is taking the drug himself and called a study questioning its efficacy "a Trump enemy statement." Elsewhere, Sweden's unorthodox anti-lockdown approach has raised eyebrows, especially since it has the highest per capita death toll of any country at its stage of the epidemic. Other Nordic countries looking to establish a local travel bubble may wind up excluding Sweden, fearing contagion.
   
   
2. Firms Chop Hazard Pay for Essential Workers[/paste:font]
   So much for "heroes." Companies like Amazon, Kroger and Rite Aid extended small pay raises to workers continuing to clock in during the pandemic in recognition of the increased risk they face — but now they're rescinding those raises. While COVID-19 is still raging, the firms have incurred new costs, like disinfecting and safety gear, and skyrocketing unemployment means there's more competition even for dangerous jobs. Amazon, owned by world's richest man Jeff Bezos, will cease the $2 hourly increase in June, with a spokeswoman explaining that it was an incentive rather than "hazard pay."
   
   
   
   
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4. Super Cyclone Could Displace 1.4 Million[/paste:font]
   Cyclone Amphan is the first super cyclone to hit the Bay of Bengal since 1999, when 9,000 people were killed. Now authorities say evacuations are being slowed by people who fear they'll catch COVID-19 in shelters, which can hold fewer evacuees than usual due to social distancing rules. The storm's 115-mph winds are comparable to a Category 5 hurricane, forecasters say, and aid agencies warn the devastation could displace 1.4 million people in India and Bangladesh as Amphan smashes into land today, causing heavy rainfall and potential tidal waves.
   
   Find out how storms are changing as the climate does.
   

PDB for May 20, 2020 | OZY

 

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Federal Government Buys Riot Gear, Increases Security Funding, Citing Coronavirus Pandemic
Lee Fang
The orders are for disposable cuffs, gas masks, ballistic helmets, riot gloves, and equipment for federal police assigned to Veterans Affairs facilities.

READ MORE →

Ben Smith’s NYT Critique of Ronan Farrow Describes a Toxic, Corrosive, and Still-Vibrant Trump-Era Pathology: “Resistance Journalism”
Glenn Greenwald
The ex-BuzzFeed News editor’s criticisms of Farrow are debatable, but his diagnosis of what is destroying U.S. journalism is dead-on.

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In Its Zeal to Blame China for Coronavirus, the Trump Administration Is Thwarting Investigations Into the Pandemic’s Origins
Mara Hvistendahl
The administration’s claim that the virus spread from a Wuhan lab has made the notion politically toxic, even among scientists who say it could have happened.

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Alarm and Confusion at Fox News as Trump Says He Takes Hydroxychloroquine
Robert Mackey
Fox News viewers were warned not to take medical advice from the president, following Donald Trump’s announcement that he takes the drug hydroxychloroquine.

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Defense Workers, Deemed “Essential,” Protest Conditions as Overseas Weapons Sales Continue
Akela Lacy
Thanks to industry lobbying, weapons manufacturing plants are open amid the coronavirus pandemic to fulfill billions of dollars in weapons sales.

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A Detainee at Rikers Island Was Cleared for Release Because of the Coronavirus. Six Weeks Later, He’s Still in Jail.
Natasha Lennard
The same district attorney that locked David Campbell up has consented to his release amid the coronavirus pandemic. So why is he still in jail?

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Swing-District Democrats Link With Progressives to Back Paycheck Bill Pelosi Rejected
Ryan Grim
Ten “front-line” Democrats, who represent swing districts and are valued by party leadership, co-sponsored Pramila Jayapal’s Paycheck Recovery Act.

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Racism, Rather Than Facts, Drove U.S. Coronavirus Travel Bans
Joe Penney
Experts say ingrained racism informed media and policymakers’ favorable views toward European countries, clouding their judgment on public health.

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Redirecting Asylum-Seekers From U.S. to Guatemala Was a Cruel Farce, Report Finds
Cora Currier
Nearly 1,000 Hondurans and Salvadorans seeking asylum in the U.S. were sent to Guatemala instead, where they face threats similar to those they fled.

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Long Island Protest Praised by Trump Featured Anti-Vaxxer Call to “Hang Fauci”
Robert Mackey
Donald Trump praised protesters who harassed a journalist on Long Island this week at a rally where one man called for the execution of Dr. Anthony Fauci.

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By South Front, May 20, 2020

The escalated tensions even led to a military incident on the M4 highway, near the town of Nayrab, when the Turkish Army and militant groups directly controlled by Ankara clashed with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its supporters. At least 11 members and supporters of the al-Qaeda-linked group were killed by live fire from Turkish troops and strikes by Turkish unmanned combat aerial vehicles.


China Updates Its ‘Art of Hybrid War’
By Pepe Escobar, May 20, 2020

Unrestricted Warfare was essentially the PLA’s manual for asymmetric warfare: an updating of Sun Tzu’s Art of War. At the time of original publication, with China still a long way from its current geopolitical and geo-economic clout, the book was conceived as laying out a defensive approach, far from the sensationalist “destroy America” added to the title for US publication in 2004.


Washington’s Tell Tale of Iranian-Al Qaeda Alliance Based on Questionably Sourced Book ‘The Exile’
By Gareth Porter, May 20, 2020

The U.S. assassination of Qassem Soleimani in January touched off a new wave of disinformation about the top Iranian major general, with Trump administration allies branding him a global terrorist while painting Iran as the world’s worst state sponsor of terrorism. Much of the propaganda about Soleimani related to his alleged responsibility for the killing of American troops in Iraq, along with Iran’s role in Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen.


The Case of General Michael Flynn: The Use of Law as a Political Weapon
By Dr. Paul Craig Roberts, May 20, 2020

US Department of Justice (DOJ) documents that the department was forced to turn over to General Michael Flynn’s attorney reveal that the FBI found no wrongdoing by Flynn in its investigation of him and recommended the investigation be closed. Corrupt FBI official Peter Strzok, a leader of the anti-Trumb cabal in the FBI, intervened. Strzok convinced the official managing the investigation not to close the case as it was the wishes of the “7th floor” (top FBI officials) to keep the case open. In the absence of evidence against Flynn, released FBI documents prove that the FBI leadership decided to frame General Flynn. The documents reveal that the FBI’s plan is “to get him (Flynn) to lie so we can prosecute him or get him fired. . . . we should try to frame them in a way we want.” General Flynn was forced to incriminate himself with a guilty plea. Otherwise, the corrupt DOJ prosecutors threatened to indict Flynn’s son.

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By Mike Whitney, May 19, 2020

Donald Trump calls the media “the enemy of the people”, but it’s much worse than that. The media is a national security threat. Just look at the way they’ve handled the coronavirus. The hysterical 24-7 coverage has people so terrified they’ve locked themselves in their homes inflicting catastrophic damage on the economy. That disaster never would’ve taken place if the media hadn’t focused all their energy on scaring people to death. Now the damage is done, millions of people have lost their jobs, tens of thousands of small and mid-sized businesses are facing bankruptcy, and the world’s biggest economy has been reduced to a smouldering wastelands. And what was gained? Nothing.


Another U.S Bank Bailout Under Cover of a Virus
By Ellen Brown, May 19, 2020

Many economists in the US and Europe argued that the next time the banks failed, they should be nationalized – taken over by the government as public utilities. But that opportunity was lost when, in September 2019 and again in March 2020, Wall Street banks were quietly bailed out from a liquidity crisis in the repo market that could otherwise have bankrupted them. There was no bail-in of private funds, no heated congressional debate, and no public vote. It was all done unilaterally by unelected bureaucrats at the Federal Reserve.


The Warp Speed Push for Coronavirus Vaccines
By F. William Engdahl, May 19, 2020

The US White House has appointed a coronavirus “Vaccine Czar” from Big Pharma to oversee something dubbed Operation Warp Speed. The goal is to create and produce 300 million doses of a new vaccine to supposedly immunize the entire US population by year-end against COVID-19. To be sure that Big Pharma companies give their all to the medical Manhattan Project, they have been fully indemnified by the US government against liabilities should vaccine recipients die or develop serious disease as a result of the rushed vaccine. The FDA and NIH have waived standard pre-testing on animals in the situation. The US military, according to recent remarks by the US President, is being trained to administer the yet-to-be unveiled vaccine in record time. Surely nothing could go wro