Politics & environs articles - May 18, 2018

[umbertino]

Omarosa says Trump is a racist who uses N-word – and claims there's tape to prove it

 

Former Apprentice contestant and ex-White House adviser writes in new memoir that she witnessed ‘truly appalling things’

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 12.00 BST

David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump and Omarosa Manigault (now Manigault Newman) attend a church service in Detroit in September 2016

Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/omarosa-trump-book-the-apprentice-memoir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melania Trump's parents become citizens through 'chain migration'

 

Donald Trump has suggested ending most family-based immigration, the path to citizenship the first lady’s parents used

 

Associated Press

Fri 10 Aug 2018 01.01 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 14.55 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/melania-trumps-parents-become-citizens-through-chain-migration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Texas to investigate reports migrant child died after leaving Ice custody

 

Reports of a child dying after being released from an Ice family detention facility have further inflamed the debate over Trump’s immigration crackdown

 

Associated Press

Fri 10 Aug 2018 01.24 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 14.50 BST

 

 

 

Reports that a child died after being released from an Ice detention facility have brought more criticism of Trump’s immigration crackdown one month after thousands protested the administration’s immigration policies

Photograph: Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/texas-investigate-reports-migrant-child-died-after-leaving-ice-custody

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Millions of government workers paid 'poverty' wages, study says

 

The federal government pays millions of contractors less than $15 an hour, and the Trump administration has further cut wages

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 13.41 BST

By  Mike Elk

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/millions-of-government-workers-paid-poverty-wages-study-says

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My friend Rashida: far more than the first Muslim American congresswoman

 

Tlaib’s commitment to social justice and grassroots organizing is what fueled her to knock down the ultimate door, and make history

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 13.41 BST

Khaled A Beydoun

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/10/my-friend-rashida-far-more-than-the-first-muslim-american-congresswoman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LeBron's radically different vision for public education is what we need

 

The Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for programs that can provide all children, not just the rich and a lucky few, the education they deserve

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

Nikhil Goyal

 

 

 

 

LeBron James addresses the media after the opening ceremonies of the I Promise School

Photograph: Jason Miller/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/10/lebrons-radically-different-vision-for-public-education-is-what-we-need

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The far right hails ‘Unite the Right’ a success. Its legacy says otherwise

 

The rally’s goal to reunite the extreme ‘alt-right’ with the radical ‘alt-light’ has failed as they grow further apart

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 17.25 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 17.49 BST

By Cas Mudde

 

 

 

 

‘Whether 500 or 1,500 people attended, Unite the Right was undoubtedly one of the largest explicitly extreme right rallies in recent US history.’

Photograph: Michael N/Pacific/BarcroftImages

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/10/unite-the-right-rally-alt-right-demise

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump's tactic to attack black people and women: insult their intelligence

 

Analysis shows Trump consistently targets African Americans and women with ‘dumb’ and ‘low IQ’ jibes

 

 

Fri 10 Aug 2018 16.54 BST

By  David Smith in Washington

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/trump-attacks-twitter-black-people-women

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkey's economic crisis deepens as Trump doubles tariffs

 

US president has tweeted that ‘our relations with Turkey are not good at this time!’

 

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

Fri 10 Aug 2018 15.09 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/turkeys-economic-crisis-deepens-as-trump-doubles-tariffs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bloomberg eyes 2020 presidential run as a Democrat, but can a centrist unite the party?

 

The former mayor is again considering a bid for the presidency, and spending $80m in midterm elections to flip the Republican-controlled House

 

Edward Helmore

Fri 10 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 13.41 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/bloomberg-eyes-2020-presidential-run-as-a-democrat-but-can-a-centrist-unite-the-party

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attack ads, lawsuits, insults and fights: Trump's charged history with race

 

A racial discrimination lawsuit and the Central Park Five case show Trump’s views on race predate his foray into politics

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 10 Aug 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

Donald Trump with his father Fred in the 1980s. In the early 1970s, the US justice department sued Trump Management for racial discrimination against African Americans

Photograph: Bernard Gotfryd/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/trump-omarosa-book-history-race

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‘We just bombed a school bus’: U.S. role in Yemen condemned

 

August 10, 2018 12:36 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/we-just-bombed-a-school-bus-u-s-role-in-yemen-condemned/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The way to rebuff President Trump’s Hate Holiday Weekend

 

August 10, 2018 2:54 PM CDT By John Wojcik

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-way-to-rebuff-president-trumps-hate-holiday-weekend/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faith floods the desert: Humanitarian aid is never a crime

 

August 10, 2018 12:03 PM CDT By Rabbi Brant Rosen

 

 

 

 

Rabbi Brant Rosen

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/faith-floods-the-desert-humanitarian-aid-is-never-a-crime/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nuclear abolition: Protesters confront Livermore Lab on Hiroshima anniversary

 

August 10, 2018 10:36 AM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel

 

 

 

 

Anti-nuclear demonstrators stage a die-in outside Livermore Lab as part of their commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. | Marilyn Bechtel / PW

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/nuclear-abolition-protesters-confront-livermore-lab-on-hiroshima-anniversary/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Militarism marches on: Congress defense budget bigger than Trump requested

 

August 9, 2018 12:46 PM CDT By Martin Hart-Landsberg

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/militarism-marches-on-congress-defense-budget-bigger-than-trump-requested/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Philadelphia announces plans to cancel contract with ICE

 

August 8, 2018 2:16 PM CDT By Ben Sears

 

 

 

 

A demonstration against ICE in Philadelphia. | Ben Sears / PW

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/philadelphia-announces-plans-to-cancel-contract-with-ice/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ALEC scheme to have lawmakers pick their own voters exposed

 

August 7, 2018 12:49 PM CDT By Mary Bottari And Arn Pearson

 

 

 

 

The American Legislative Exchange Council is trying to protect right-wing efforts to expand gerrymandering. | Bill Clark / CQ Roll Call via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/alec-scheme-to-have-lawmakers-pick-their-own-voters-exposed/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump Justice Dept. immigration judges take on…Trump Justice Dept.

 

August 10, 2018 1:49 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/trump-justice-dept-immigration-judges-take-on-trump-justice-dept/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A year after Charlottesville, white nationalist views creep into politics

 

The far right movement may seem all but dead, but a crop of political candidates are introducing ideas into the mainstream

 

Vegas Tenold

Sat 11 Aug 2018 09.00 BST

 

 

 

Peter Cvjetanovic along with neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Virginia on \ in Charlottesville, Va.

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/a-year-after-charlottesville-white-nationalist-views-creep-into-politics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlottesville on edge on anniversary of deadly white nationalist rallies

 

More than 1,000 police called in as Virginia city prepares to honor killed counter-protester

 

Lois Beckett in Charlottesville, Virginia

Sat 11 Aug 2018 14.56 BST

 

 

Police officers walk past a statue of Confederate leader Robert E Lee in Market Street Park as they set up a perimeter to prevent a repeat of last year’s Unite the Right rally in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/charlottesville-on-edge-on-anniversary-of-deadly-white-nationalist-rallies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Banned 21 years ago, yet still the world stands by as chemical attacks go unchecked

 

Sanctions have been slapped on Russia over the Salisbury attack but atrocities are spiralling out of control elsewhere

 

Simon Tisdall

Sat 11 Aug 2018 18.57 BST First published on Sat 11 Aug 2018 13.00 BST

 

 

 

The aftermath of a car bomb in Idlib this month: Syria and its allies are poised to storm the rebel stronghold

Photograph: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/chemical-weapons-syria-russian-us-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump’s N-word tape is going to be Pxxxygate all over again

 

Claims that Trump is captured on tape being indefensibly bigoted brings on a grim sense of deja vu

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Sat 11 Aug 2018 13.09 BST

Arwa Mahdawi

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump speaks beside Omarosa Manigault New man during a meeting at the White House on 10 August

Photograph: MICHAEL REYNOLDS / POOL/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/trumps-n-word-tape-is-going-to-be-pussygate-all-over-again

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan calls on Turks to back lira by selling their dollars and euros

 

Turkey’s currency has plummeted as relations with the US have worsened

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 15.09 BST Last modified on Sat 11 Aug 2018 18.30 BST

Nadia Khomami

 

 

 

 

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, addresses crowds in Ünye, north-eastern Turkey

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/erdogan-urges-turks-to-sell-dollars-and-euros-to-support-lira

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conservatives call for constitutional intervention last seen 230 years ago

 

Lawmakers push for ‘constitutional convention’ to restrict federal government – and it’s not as far fetched as it sounds

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 17.25 BST

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/conservatives-call-for-constitutional-convention-alec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘We don’t have a single friend’: Canada’s Saudi spat reveals country is alone

 

As Saudi officials lashed out at Canada this week, the US remained on the sidelines, signaling a blatant shift in the relationship

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 10.00 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/canada-saudi-arabia-support-us

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to stay in EU

 

Study for the Observer shows most constituencies now have majority who want to Remain

 

Michael Savage Observer policy editor

Sat 11 Aug 2018 21.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/11/more-than-100-pro-leave-constituencies-switch-to-remain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior member of European far-right group quits over neo-Nazi link

 

Briton Tom Dupré leaves Generation Identity camp in France after being told by Observer of member linked to racist attacks

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 21.30 BST Last modified on Sat 11 Aug 2018 21.40 BST

By  Mark Townsend

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/generation-identity-leader-quits-neo-nazi-links

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump calls Omarosa 'a lowlife' after memoir claims racial slurs

 

Former White House aide’s tell-all, which claims Trump used the ‘N-word’, prompts backlash from president

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 22.08 BST

Ben Jacobs in Washington

 

 

 

 

The president made his first public comments on the book at a photo-op with the group Bikers for Trump

Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/trump-responds-omarosa-memoir-racial-slur-claim

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hundreds injured in Romania protests as emigrants return to fight corruption

 

Riot police in Bucharest use tear gas and water cannon on Friday night

 

Reuters

Sat 11 Aug 2018 02.24 BST Last modified on Sat 11 Aug 2018 04.30 BST

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/hundreds-injured-in-romania-protests-as-emigrants-return-to-fight-corruption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We like to mock Trump, but Britain’s Russia stance is even worse

 

When it comes to evidence of Russian intervention in the 2016 referendum, Theresa May is unaccountably relaxed

 

 

Sat 11 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

By  Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/11/trump-britain-russia-referendum-intervention-theresa-may

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EPA staff opposed agency’s new rules on asbestos use, emails reveal

 

Emails obtained by New York Times show workers worried that companies could get away with using asbestos in ways the EPA did not list

 

Erin Durkin

Fri 10 Aug 2018 21.20 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/10/epa-staff-agency-new-rules-asbestos-emails

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nike hit with lawsuit from four women who allege gender discrimination

 

Ex-employees say firm violated state and US equal-pay laws and fostered work environment that allowed harassment

 

 

Edward Helmore in New York and agencies

Fri 10 Aug 2018 18.28 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/10/nike-lawsuit-women-gender-discrimination

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Avenatti says Democrats must 'fight fire with fire' as he eyes presidential run

 

Lawyer who rose to fame with the Stormy Daniels case creates scene in Iowa compared to Barack Obama’s visit

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Clear Lake, Iowa

Sat 11 Aug 2018 07.37 BST

 

 

Testing the waters of a presidential run, attorney Michael Avenatti speaks in Iowa

Photograph: Brian Cahn/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/michael-avenatti-says-democrats-must-fight-fire-with-fire-as-he-eyes-presidential-run

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‘Morally empty’ Johnson is courting fascism, says peer as Tory crisis mounts

 

Ex-Cameron aide and Muslim leaders join condemnation over the former foreign secretary’s burqa comments

 

Mark Townsend and Toby Helm

Sun 12 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/12/boris-johnson-courting-fascism-says-peer-tory-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emboldened Viktor Orbán cracks down on friend turned foe

 

 

Hungarian PM has moved to neutralise threat posed by Lajos Simicska’s media empire

 

 

Shaun Walker in Budapest

Sun 12 Aug 2018 13.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/orban-tightens-grip-on-hungary-as-oppositions-power-wanes

 

He's best friends with Italian Interior affairs minister Matteo Salvini....What unites them is their unconditional love for fascism (and consequent hate for Democracy).......Wow.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

US ambassador says UK should join Trump and put pressure on Iran

 

Woody Johnson urges Britain to rethink its position after recent criticism of US policy

 

Press Association

Sun 12 Aug 2018 10.32 BST Last modified on Sun 12 Aug 2018 11.43 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/us-ambassador-says-uk-should-join-trump-and-put-pressure-on-iran-sanctions-woody-johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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More than 100 US newspapers plan editorials decrying Trump media attacks

 

Boston Globe rallies outlets across the country for 16 August action, saying president’s ‘dirty war on free press must end’

 

Kate Lyons

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.55 BST Last modified on Mon 13 Aug 2018 14.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/13/more-than-100-us-newspapers-plan-editorials-decrying-trump-media-attacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally

 

Hundreds gather to demonstrate against ‘white civil rights’ rally on anniversary of violence in Charlottesville

 

 

Lois Beckett in Washington DC

Mon 13 Aug 2018 04.26 BST

 

 

White supremacist Jason Kessler, center, and members of the alt-right march to the White House on the anniversary of last year’s ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Washington DC.

Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics & vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/white-supremacist-rally-unite-the-right-washington-dc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN human rights chief: Trump's attacks on press 'close to incitement of violence'

 

Exclusive: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president’s rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th century

 

 

Julian Borger in New York

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/united-nations-human-rights-nearly-impossible-to-defend-zeid-raad-al-hussein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish lira crisis: Erdoğan says 'attacks will continue' against the economy - live updates

 

All the day’s economic and financial news, as Turkey’s lira crisis hits shares and currencies around the globe

 

 

Graeme Wearden

Mon 13 Aug 2018 16.00 BST First published on Mon 13 Aug 2018 07.47 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 4h ago Erdoğan: We must prepare for more attacks
• 6h ago Turkey blames 'fake news' for financial crisis
• 7h ago European bank shares hit by contagion worries
• 7h ago A bad day for emerging currencies
• 8h ago European stock markets open in the red
• 8h ago Turkish central bank announces measures
• 9h ago The agenda: Turkish currency crisis rattles markets

 

 

 

Live feed

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/aug/13/turkey-financial-crisis-contagion-fears-hit-markets-as-central-bank-takes-action-business-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers

 

Ruslan Vakhapov says ‘desire for revenge in a legal way’ led him to expose brutality in prison system

 

Andrew Roth from Moscow

Mon 13 Aug 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

Prison guards from a Yaroslavl prison in Russia are on trial for the torture of an inmate

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/beaten-ex-russian-inmate-covers-torture-trial-of-former-jailers-prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-CIA officer faces arrest over alleged Montenegro coup plot

 

Prosecutors accuse Joseph Assad of conspiring to bring down government

 

Julian Borger in Washington Shaun Walker in Budapest

Sun 12 Aug 2018 19.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/ex-cia-officer-faces-arrest-over-alleged-montenegro-coup-plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vermont primary could pave way for first transgender governor in US

 

Christine Hallquist tells the Guardian about running for governor: ‘I tell people this isn’t the hardest thing I ever did. I think after transitioning everything else looks pretty easy’

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in Burlington, Vermont

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Christine Hallquist, 62, former CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative, is one of four Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for Vermont governor in the 14 August primary election

Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/vermont-primary-christine-hallquist-candidate-governor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-attacks

 

Officials have been slow to update machines and secure data – and the political climate could hurt voter confidence

 

Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles

Mon 13 Aug 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/us-election-cybersecurity-hacking-voting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bizarre spat with Canada shows Mohammed bin Salman’s true colours

 

The Saudi crown prince has been feted as a moderniser. But his petulant foreign policy should set alarm bells ringing

 

 

Sun 12 Aug 2018 18.43 BST

By  Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

 

‘Saudi Arabia’s increasingly erratic behaviour cannot be divorced from the broader suspension of diplomatic etiquette.’

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/12/saudi-arabia-spat-canada-mohammed-bin-salman-true-colours

 

 

As expected.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twitter is the last major host for Alex Jones’s rants. Why does he get to break their rules?

 

The tech giant is scared of losing power, yet as a media platform it must be responsible for its content

 

 

Sun 12 Aug 2018 06.59 BST Last modified on Sun 12 Aug 2018 20.26 BST

Hannah Jane Parkinson

 

 

 

 

Alex Jones speaks to a Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. YouTube has banned Jones’s videos from its site

Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/12/twitter-last-major-host-for-alex-jones-rants-why-does-he-get-to-break-their-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore police officer resigns after being filmed beating man – video

 

A police officer in Baltimore has quit after footage surfaced of him repeatedly hitting a man. A second officer has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation..........

 

 

Source: Instagram/ otm_lorkodak

Mon 13 Aug 2018 15.48 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/aug/13/baltimore-police-officer-resigns-after-being-filmed-beating-man-video

 

[umbertino]

 

Fascists will be fascists.....

 

 

Aquarius can go where it likes, but not Italy-Salvini

 

Interior min refusing access to ports to migrant-rescue ship

 

Redazione ANSA Rome

13 August 201813:03 News

 

 

 

 

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Copyright ANSA/EPA

 

 

 

http://www.ansa.it/english/news/2018/08/13/aquarius-can-go-where-it-likes-but-not-italy-salvini_2dc55ab8-0166-4555-8920-452988dbcd97.html

 

 

 

If there is some justice....He'll come back to this world one day as a refugee in rags and will get a super-cruel treatment by most while keeping memory of when he used to be a fascist  Interior Affairs Minister who  treated migrants worse than dung........So he'll suffer twice as much

 

 

If there is a justice....IF....

Edited August 13, 2018 by umbertino

[gregp]

41 minutes ago, umbertino said:

More than 100 US newspapers plan editorials decrying Trump media attacks

 

Boston Globe rallies outlets across the country for 16 August action, saying president’s ‘dirty war on free press must end’

 

Kate Lyons

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.55 BST Last modified on Mon 13 Aug 2018 14.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/13/more-than-100-us-newspapers-plan-editorials-decrying-trump-media-attacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Hell no': counterprotesters outnumber white supremacists at White House rally

 

Hundreds gather to demonstrate against ‘white civil rights’ rally on anniversary of violence in Charlottesville

 

 

Lois Beckett in Washington DC

Mon 13 Aug 2018 04.26 BST

 

 

White supremacist Jason Kessler, center, and members of the alt-right march to the White House on the anniversary of last year’s ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Washington DC.

Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein for the Guardian

 

 

 

More pics & vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/white-supremacist-rally-unite-the-right-washington-dc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN human rights chief: Trump's attacks on press 'close to incitement of violence'

 

Exclusive: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president’s rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th century

 

 

Julian Borger in New York

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/united-nations-human-rights-nearly-impossible-to-defend-zeid-raad-al-hussein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish lira crisis: Erdoğan says 'attacks will continue' against the economy - live updates

 

All the day’s economic and financial news, as Turkey’s lira crisis hits shares and currencies around the globe

 

 

Graeme Wearden

Mon 13 Aug 2018 16.00 BST First published on Mon 13 Aug 2018 07.47 BST

 

 

Key events

 

• 4h ago Erdoğan: We must prepare for more attacks
• 6h ago Turkey blames 'fake news' for financial crisis
• 7h ago European bank shares hit by contagion worries
• 7h ago A bad day for emerging currencies
• 8h ago European stock markets open in the red
• 8h ago Turkish central bank announces measures
• 9h ago The agenda: Turkish currency crisis rattles markets

 

 

 

Live feed

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2018/aug/13/turkey-financial-crisis-contagion-fears-hit-markets-as-central-bank-takes-action-business-live

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beaten, not broken: the Russian ex-inmate covering the torture trial of former jailers

 

Ruslan Vakhapov says ‘desire for revenge in a legal way’ led him to expose brutality in prison system

 

Andrew Roth from Moscow

Mon 13 Aug 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

Prison guards from a Yaroslavl prison in Russia are on trial for the torture of an inmate

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/13/beaten-ex-russian-inmate-covers-torture-trial-of-former-jailers-prison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-CIA officer faces arrest over alleged Montenegro coup plot

 

Prosecutors accuse Joseph Assad of conspiring to bring down government

 

Julian Borger in Washington Shaun Walker in Budapest

Sun 12 Aug 2018 19.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/12/ex-cia-officer-faces-arrest-over-alleged-montenegro-coup-plot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vermont primary could pave way for first transgender governor in US

 

Christine Hallquist tells the Guardian about running for governor: ‘I tell people this isn’t the hardest thing I ever did. I think after transitioning everything else looks pretty easy’

 

 

Adam Gabbatt in Burlington, Vermont

Mon 13 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Christine Hallquist, 62, former CEO of Vermont Electric Cooperative, is one of four Democrats seeking the party’s nomination for Vermont governor in the 14 August primary election

Photograph: Wilson Ring/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/vermont-primary-christine-hallquist-candidate-governor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why US elections remain 'dangerously vulnerable' to cyber-attacks

 

Officials have been slow to update machines and secure data – and the political climate could hurt voter confidence

 

Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles

Mon 13 Aug 2018 12.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/13/us-election-cybersecurity-hacking-voting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bizarre spat with Canada shows Mohammed bin Salman’s true colours

 

The Saudi crown prince has been feted as a moderniser. But his petulant foreign policy should set alarm bells ringing

 

 

Sun 12 Aug 2018 18.43 BST

By  Nesrine Malik

 

 

 

 

‘Saudi Arabia’s increasingly erratic behaviour cannot be divorced from the broader suspension of diplomatic etiquette.’

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/12/saudi-arabia-spat-canada-mohammed-bin-salman-true-colours

 

 

As expected.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Twitter is the last major host for Alex Jones’s rants. Why does he get to break their rules?

 

The tech giant is scared of losing power, yet as a media platform it must be responsible for its content

 

 

Sun 12 Aug 2018 06.59 BST Last modified on Sun 12 Aug 2018 20.26 BST

Hannah Jane Parkinson

 

 

 

 

Alex Jones speaks to a Republican Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. YouTube has banned Jones’s videos from its site

Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/12/twitter-last-major-host-for-alex-jones-rants-why-does-he-get-to-break-their-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore police officer resigns after being filmed beating man – video

 

A police officer in Baltimore has quit after footage surfaced of him repeatedly hitting a man. A second officer has been placed on administrative duties pending the outcome of an investigation..........

 

 

Source: Instagram/ otm_lorkodak

Mon 13 Aug 2018 15.48 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/aug/13/baltimore-police-officer-resigns-after-being-filmed-beating-man-video

 

 

I wish they would block your left wing crap.  It gets so old. 

Dinar Vets needs a section just for you, called, “DESTROY AMERICA.” 

You would be the king!

[Shabibilicious]

43 minutes ago, gregp said:

 

I wish they would block your left wing crap.  It gets so old. 

Dinar Vets needs a section just for you, called, “DESTROY AMERICA.” 

You would be the king!

 

Censorship was all the rage in 1930's Germany, too.    You know, greg, Umbertino did just what was asked of him and bundled all of his news postings into one thread and it's still not enough.  Is your attack of him how a person who complies is supposed to be treated?

 

GO RV, then BV  

[umbertino]

3 minutes ago, Shabibilicious said:

 

Censorship was all the rage in 1930's Germany, too.    You know, greg, Umbertino did just what was asked of him and bundled all of his news postings into one thread and it's still not enough.  Is your attack of him how a person who complies is supposed to be treated?

 

GO RV, then BV  

 

Thanks Shabs......That's appreciated.....

 

I do admit I still would like to know who's the one who keeps negging me no matter what I post (political and also non-political articles)....A hater, sho nuff....

 

He posts his negs when it's nighttime here in Italy and I'm sleeping...And he wickedly comes out only at (my ) night and negs left and right as if there's no tomorrow.....He must think he's a sorta punisher or something.....

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Huge protests against Israel’s racist ‘apartheid’ law rock Tel Aviv

 

August 13, 2018 12:19 PM CDT By Steve Sweeney

 

 

 

An estimated 100,000 people marched during a protest against the Jewish nation-state bill in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 11. The recently passed law declares that only Jews have the right to self-determination in Israel and downgrades the standing of Arabic from an official to a "special" language. | Ariel Schalit / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/huge-protests-against-israels-racist-apartheid-law-rock-tel-aviv/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A recession is coming – Get your bootstraps ready

 

August 13, 2018 2:37 PM CDT By Martin Hart-Landsberg

 

 

 

The Trump Economy - Corporate profits vs. Wages. Data from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | CAP Action Fund

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/a-recession-is-coming-get-your-bootstraps-ready/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. sanctions against Iran step up the threat of war

 

August 13, 2018 10:10 AM CDT By Jane Green

 

 

 

 

Striking Iranian metalworkers. A wave of protests and strikes has engulfed Iran, meeting savage repression from the regime. U.S. sanctions are only worsening conditions for the Iranian people. | CODIR

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-sanctions-against-iran-step-up-the-threat-of-war/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anti-hate marchers overwhelm racist right in D.C.

 

August 13, 2018 8:58 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Counter-protesters gather at the White House to oppose the "Unite the Right 2" rally in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 12. | Michael Rios / AP

 

 

 

One of less than two dozen white supremacists who showed up to march in Washington, D.C., for the “Unite the Right 2” rally. | Michael Rios / AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/anti-hate-marchers-overwhelm-racist-right-in-d-c/

[umbertino]

5 hours ago, gregp said:

 

I wish they would block your left wing crap.  It gets so old. 

Dinar Vets needs a section just for you, called, “DESTROY AMERICA.” 

You would be the king!

 

Magic solution...Could you please (I'm well-mannered as you can see...) put me on your ignore list and put an end to your plight at last? Thanks in advance

 

 

Best and good luck

Edited August 13, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

 

Quote

Umbertino did just what was asked of him and bundled all of his news postings into one thread and it's still not enough

End Quote

 

Actually Shabs...Truth be told...I wasn't even formally asked to do that...Ever......

 

What happened was that one day I saw Mods started getting  many of my posts together ( fine with me of course...I do realize there were  a lot of them around.....) .....But nobody ( Adam and / or Mods) had  ever asked me  to go along with that, meaning that I wasn't ordered to do anything.......

 

Still I understood it was the right thing to do in order  to avoid taking up more space than necessary  and also to try to get the usual haters who didn't like to see  so many headers posted by myself (again  I do admit  that...Too many headers scattered around  every day...) to somehow relax hopefully ...By putting all the articles I was picking to be posted in just one single thread...It was the right thing to do and I do thank the Mods for that cos the inspiration came from them...But no official request, just to be clear......

 

But , as you my Friend so aptly noted.......Some are never and will never be satisfied...Until they see the ( virtual only, I do hope...)  blood flowing......

 

Ok......

[umbertino]

 

What did I say?...They only come out at night......It's a nice tradition by now.....

[umbertino]

Australian senator calls for 'final solution to immigration problem'

 

Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration

 

Katharine Murphy and Amy Remeikis

Tue 14 Aug 2018 10.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/aug/14/australian-senator-calls-for-final-solution-to-immigration-problem

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aquarius migrant rescue ship allowed to dock in Malta

 

Five European countries will take a share of the 141 people on board, rescued off Libya

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 14 Aug 2018 15.30 BST

 

 

 

People rescued by the ship Aquarius in the Mediterranean

Photograph: Nicoló Lanfranchi for the Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/aquarius-migrant-rescue-ship-to-be-allowed-dock-in-malta

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate

 

Israel sees the international boycott campaign as an existential threat to the Jewish state. Palestinians regard it as their last resort

 

 

Tue 14 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

By Nathan Thrall

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/14/bds-boycott-divestment-sanctions-movement-transformed-israeli-palestinian-debate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Niger suppresses dissent as US leads influx of foreign armies

 

The western presence in one of the most militarised countries in Africa has sparked frustration and fear in locals

 

 

Tue 14 Aug 2018 05.00 BST

by Ruth Maclean in Niamey and Agadez and Omar Hama Saley

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/niger-suppresses-dissent-as-us-leads-influx-of-foreign-armies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump campaign sues Omarosa hours after president calls her 'that dog'

 

Trump campaign reportedly files for arbitration, alleging Manigault Newman breached a 2016 non-disclosure agreement

 

 

Lauren Gambino

Tue 14 Aug 2018 18.18 BST First published on Tue 14 Aug 2018 14.31 BST

 

 

 

Omarosa Manigault Newman secretly taped the White House chief of staff, John Kelly, when he fired her

Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/donald-trump-latest-news-tweets-omarosa-john-kelly-firing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How prepared is the EU for a future surge in migrant arrivals?

 

Migration numbers have fallen since 2015 peak, but countries are still grappling with the political and practical fallout

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 14 Aug 2018 16.36 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/how-prepared-is-the-eu-for-a-future-surge-in-migrant-arrivals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan says Turkey will boycott US electronic products

 

Turkish president issues defiant response amid slide in lira fuelled by standoff with US

 

 

Kareem Shaheen in Istanbul

Tue 14 Aug 2018 11.49 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/14/erdogan-turkey-boycott-us-lira-trump-pastor-brunson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How economic anxiety could help reshape America for the better

 

Today’s economic uncertainty and struggle can motivate people to change their allegiances and sensibilities, and make ‘pie-in-the-sky’ solutions seem more attainable

 

 

Tue 14 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 14 Aug 2018 11.01 BST

By  Alissa Quart

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/how-economic-anxiety-could-help-reshape-america-for-the-better

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Where even Walmart won't go: how Dollar General took over rural America

 

As the chain opens stores at the rate of three a day across the US, often in the heart of ‘food deserts’, some see Dollar General as an admission that a town is failing

 

 

Chris McGreal in Haven, Kansas

Mon 13 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/13/dollar-general-walmart-buhler-haven-kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump fails to mention John McCain at signing of defence bill named after him

 

President lauds spending bill but does not mention war veteran – who is sick with brain cancer

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Tue 14 Aug 2018 05.11 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/trump-fails-to-mention-john-mccain-at-signing-of-defence-bill-named-after-him

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul Manafort's lawyers conclude case without calling any witnesses

 

Trump’s ex-campaign chairman’s legal team concluded their case, opening the path for closing arguments and for a jury to decide on a verdict

 

 

Tue 14 Aug 2018 17.34 BST Last modified on Tue 14 Aug 2018 17.57 BST

By  Tom McCarthy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/paul-manafort-trial-latest-news-witnesses-defence-rick-gates

[umbertino]

Activist Wesley Bell elected St. Louis prosecutor; Michael Brown’s mother sets council run

 

August 14, 2018 9:27 AM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

 

In this June 30, 2018, photo, Wesley Bell, then a candidate for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney, addresses a protest about the Trump Administration's policy of family separation and detention at Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis. In last week's Democratic primary, Bell beat St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob McCulloch, a seven-term incumbent. | David Carson / St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/activist-wesley-bell-elected-st-louis-prosecutor-michael-browns-mother-sets-council-run/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Monsanto Plants Stories, Suppresses Science & Silences Dissent to Sell a Cancer-Linked Chemical

 

August 14, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/14/how_monsanto_plants_stories_suppresses_science

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meet the Two Protesters Who Confronted Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke over Corruption & Climate Change

 

August 13, 2018

 

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/13/meet_the_two_protesters_who_confronted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother of Heather Heyer, Killed 1 Year Ago: Everyone Needs to Pick Up the Baton & Stand Against Hate

 

August 07, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/7/mother_of_heather_heyer_killed_1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#UsToo: The #MeToo and #TimesUp movement goes beyond Hollywood

 

August 14, 2018 11:06 AM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/ustoo-the-metoo-and-timesup-movement-goes-beyond-hollywood/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge orders government to turn around deportation plane

 

August 9, 2018 1:33 PM CDT By ACLU

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/judge-orders-government-to-turn-around-deportation-plane/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Germany: Resisting the Nazis on the shop floor

 

August 14, 2018 12:37 PM CDT By Frederik Blauwhof

 

 

 

 

Fifteen percent of trade union members gave the AfD their vote at the last election, significantly above the national average. In the former German Democratic Republic, regions where incomes tend to be lower and jobs scarcer, AfD had an even higher share, at 20 percent. Here, members of AfD attend an anti-immigration rally in Berlin, Nov. 7, 2015. The sticker on the man's head reads: "East Rage." | Michael Sohn / AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/germany-resisting-the-nazis-on-the-shop-floor/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democracy is a class concept

 

August 14, 2018 12:53 PM CDT By Bruce Bostick

 

 

 

 

Bosses said "right to work" was democratic because it allows individuals to refuse to pay union dues. In Missouri, workers in huge majorities voted it down as "undemocratic" because it took away their rights as workers to join unions that could effectively represent their interests on the job where bosses normally try to remove even the pretenses of democracy. | Charlie Riedel/AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/democracy-is-a-class-concept/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ireland dumps investments in fossil fuel companies

 

August 14, 2018 11:25 AM CDT By Celia Bottger

 

 

 

 

A divestment protest outside Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. | Joe Brusky / Flickr (CC)

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/ireland-dumps-investments-in-fossil-fuel-companies/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Berat Albayrak: the Jared Kushner of Turkey tackles its crisis

 

President Erdoğan gave his son-in-law wide powers as finance minister – and they will succeed or fail together

 

Martin Chulov

Wed 15 Aug 2018 05.30 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 16.25 BST

 

 

 

Berat Albayrak is due to address foreign investors about the lira crisis on Thursday

Photograph: Mucahid Yapici/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/berat-albayrak-the-consigliere-entrusted-with-solving-turkeys-economic-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turkish lira rallies as Ankara increases tariffs on US imports

 

‘US is an important trading partner but not our only partner,’ says trade minister

 

Sean Farrell and Graeme Wearden

Wed 15 Aug 2018 15.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/15/turkish-lira-rallies-as-ankara-increases-tariffs-on-us-imports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republican politicians can no longer count on the support of their families

 

Bob Goodlatte’s son and Stephen Miller’s uncle have proved that when it comes to politics blood is not thicker than water

 

 

Sam Wolfson

Tue 14 Aug 2018 19.36 BST

 

 

 

Representative Bob Goodlatte, whose son is endorsing a Democratic to succeed him in his congressional district

Photograph: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call,Inc.

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/republican-politicians-can-no-longer-count-on-support-of-their-families

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Refugees crossing from Bosnia 'beaten and robbed by Croatian police'

 

Migrants also speak of phones damaged or being taunted but Croatian authorities deny allegations

 

 

Shaun Walker in Velika Kladuša

Wed 15 Aug 2018 05.00 BST

 

 

 

People at a makeshift camp near Velika Kladuša in Bosnia, a stop for migrants looking to head to Croatia

Photograph: Ana Opalic/Guardian

 

 

 

More pics

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/refugees-crossing-from-bosnia-beaten-and-robbed-by-croatian-police

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kansas: Kris Kobach to be GOP nominee for governor as incumbent concedes

 

Jeff Colyer’s primary concession to the Trump-backed secretary of state means Kansas avoids a recount a week after tight finish

 

Associated Press

Wed 15 Aug 2018 03.28 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 13.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/kansas-governor-kris-kobach-republican-primary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White House: we cannot guarantee there's no tape of Trump using N-word

 

 

Trump-Omarosa row deepens as Sarah Sanders says ‘I can’t guarantee anything’ when asked if recordings might emerge

 

 

Ben Jacobs in Washington, Erin Durkin in New York and Lauren Gambino

Tue 14 Aug 2018 21.48 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/14/donald-trump-latest-news-tweets-omarosa-john-kelly-firing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The origins of genocide lie in permissive bias and discrimination

 

The words Fraser Anning reserved for the Muslim community were once directed at Jews who had survived the Holocaust

 

 

Wed 15 Aug 2018 07.11 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 07.58 BST

By  Alex Ryvchin

 

 

 

 

‘Fraser Anning fails to comprehend what it is that makes our country great and what it is that is truly worth protecting.’

Photograph: Mick Tsikas/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/15/the-origins-of-genocide-lie-in-permissive-bias-and-discrimination

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'A huge red flag': why Trump could be toxic for Republicans at the midterms

 

The biggest losers from Trump’s policies are likely to be his supporters, and observers say it could herald a blue wave

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Sun 12 Aug 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

Donald Trump on the South Lawn of the White House

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/11/republicans-midterm-elections-democrat-blue-wave-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

Brennan hits back at Trump and calls denials of Russian collusion 'hogwash'

 

White House revokes former CIA chief’s security clearance

 

Brennan says Trump’s decision ‘politically motivated’

 

 

Thu 16 Aug 2018 15.25 BST

Ben Jacobs in Washington

 

 

 

 

John Brennan said the revocation was ‘an attempt to scare into silence others who might dare to challenge him’.

Photograph: Shawn Thew/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/16/john-brennan-trump-security-clearance-collusion-russia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abuse victims increasingly denied right to stay in UK

 

Refusal rate doubles for spousal visa holders who have suffered domestic violence

 

 

Alexandra Topping and Niamh McIntyre

Thu 16 Aug 2018 15.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/16/abuse-victims-increasingly-denied-right-to-stay-in-uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

We condemn the destruction of Gaza cultural centre in Israeli airstrike

 

Fourteen leading playwrights and theatre directors, including Mike Bartlett, Caryl Churchill, Vicky Featherstone and Rufus Norris, write about the ‘great rage and deep pain’ of their Palestinian friends and colleagues

 

Letters

Thu 16 Aug 2018 15.56 BST Last modified on Thu 16 Aug 2018 15.58 BST

 

 

 

The Egyptian band Devavin perform on 15 August in the ruins of the Said al-Mishal Cultural Centre in Gaza, which was destroyed by Israeli airstrikes six days earlier

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/we-condemn-the-destruction-of-gaza-cultural-centre-in-israeli-airstrike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Samantha Bee: 'Nazis understand grassroots organizing better than the Democrats'

 

Late-night hosts discussed Trump’s attacks on the intelligence community and the potential existence of an N-word tape

 

 

Thu 16 Aug 2018 14.08 BST Last modified on Thu 16 Aug 2018 16.33 BST

By  Jake Nevins

 

 

 

Samantha Bee: ‘You can’t guess someone’s IQ based on where they came from, which is great news for Americans.’

Photograph: YouTube

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/16/samantha-bee-late-night-nazis-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolivian president’s new residence is as imposing as it is divisive

 

Some see Evo Morales’ $34m high-rise looming over La Paz as overpriced vanity project

 

 

Thu 16 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

Dan Collyns in La Paz

 

 

 

 

The Casa Grande del Pueblo in La Paz reportedly features a sauna and massage room

Photograph: Juan Karita/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/bolivian-president-evo-morales-new-residence-is-as-imposing-as-it-is-divisive-la-paz

 

 

Bolivians used to have hopes and expectations about Evo Morales  as he is the first Indigenous to have become President of Bolivia in 2006...He seemed to be very progressive...But he acted  badly.....ie. privatizing water ( that's simply crazy and senseless thing to do in a poor Country like Bolivia....Many said he got generously bribed for giving concessions to a French company back then.....).....

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evo_Morales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brussels rejects Italy's claim bridge collapse linked to EU spending rules

 

EU commission says bloc has encouraged investment in infrastructure, after attack by far-right minister

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Thu 16 Aug 2018 16.55 BST

 

 

 

The collapsed Morandi Bridge in the port city of Genoa

Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/brussels-rejects-italy-claim-genoa-bridge-collapse-linked-to-eu-spending-rules

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will a second referendum be just another Brexit fantasy?

 

Support is growing for a People’s Vote. It could backfire spectacularly

 

 

Wed 15 Aug 2018 18.30 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 21.46 BST

By  Martin Kettle

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/15/second-brexit-referendum-fantasy-peoples-vote

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diversity of responses to Israel boycott movement

 

Readers react to a long read article on the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement

 

 

Letters

Wed 15 Aug 2018 17.49 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 18.05 BST

 

 

 

Anti-Israel protest in Cape Town, South Africa on 15 May 2018. Photograph: Nic Bothma/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/diversity-of-responses-to-israel-boycott-movement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parkland students hit the road to end gun violence – and diversity becomes key part of their fight

 

As a bus tour for gun-violence prevention wraps up, black and brown Americans are working to ensure their voices are heard

 

 

Thu 16 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 16 Aug 2018 11.01 BST

By  Lois Beckett

 

 

 

 

The March for Our Lives in Washington in March. Black children are about 10 times more likely to be the victims of a gun homicide than white children.

Photograph: Paul Morigi/Getty Images for March For Our Lives

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/16/parkland-school-shooting-bus-tour-gun-violence-race

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US poised to allow more mining on land Trump removed from monuments

 

Officials plan to sell some of the land that once belonged to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, despite pledge not to

 

 

Cassidy Randall

Thu 16 Aug 2018 10.00 BST Last modified on Thu 16 Aug 2018 16.11 BST

 

 

 

The Trump administration shrank the Grand Staircase-Escalante national monument in Utah

Photograph: RGB Ventures LLC dba SuperStock/Alamy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/16/national-monuments-grand-staircase-escalante-bears-ears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prominent white supremacist scolded on video by his father

 

A livestreamed conversation with Jason Kessler, organizer of Unite the Right, was interrupted by his father when he yelled at Kessler to ‘get out of my room!’

 

 

Arwa Mahdawi

Wed 15 Aug 2018 21.43 BST Last modified on Wed 15 Aug 2018 21.57 BST

 

 

 

Jason Kessler, in a moment where he’s not being told off by his dad

Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

 

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/15/jason-kessler-unite-right-livestream-interrupted-father

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaving Los Angeles: farewell to a city of dreamers and squalor

 

Guardian reporter Rory Carroll reflects on six years in Los Angeles at a time of soaring wealth and desperate poverty

 

 

 

Thu 16 Aug 2018 16.31 BST

Rory Carroll in Los Angeles

 

 

 

 

LA has helped California surpass Britain to become the world’s fifth-biggest economy

Photograph: Alamy

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/16/los-angeles-rory-carroll-farewell-inequality-homelessness

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Warren unveils bold new plan to reshape American capitalism

 

Accountable Capitalism Act would bring about ‘fundamental change’, redistribute wealth and give more power to workers

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Wed 15 Aug 2018 20.09 BST

 

 

 

Elizabeth Warren: ‘The obsession with maximizing shareholder returns effectively means America’s biggest companies have dedicated themselves to making the rich even richer.’

Photograph: Charles Krupa/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/15/elizabeth-warren-accountable-capitalism-act-richest-companies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Almost 350 news outlets to publish editorials denouncing Trump's 'dirty war' on press

 

Participation comes after a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials against Trump’s attacks on the media

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Thu 16 Aug 2018 00.00 BST

 

 

 

Donald Trump has repeatedly labeled factually accurate reports ‘fake news’ and called the news media ‘the enemy of the people’.

Photograph: Rhona Wise/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/15/trump-press-editorials-defence-fake-news-media-attacks-us

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Paul Manafort trial: judge won't release jurors' names over safety concerns

 

Judge TS Ellis says he won’t make names public: ‘I’ve received criticism and threats … I imagine they would, too’

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 17 Aug 2018 20.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/trump-manafort-pardon-trial-jury-latest-news

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anger as Austria's foreign minister invites Putin to her wedding

 

Critics say Russian leader’s attendance undermines EU’s tough stance over Ukraine

 

 

Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Fri 17 Aug 2018 16.09 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/17/anger-aust

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lara Trump: who is the 'good Trump' who offered Omarosa 'hush money'?

 

The appearance of the president’s daughter-in-law may be a surprise to even those watching closely

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 18.10 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 21.44 BST

By  Luke O'Neil

 

 

 

 

Lara Trump, daughter-in-law of Donald Trump, speaks during a Women for Trump rally on 12 October 2016, in Albany, New York

Photograph: Mike Groll/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/lara-trump-who-is-she-omarosa-tapes-hush-money-presidents-daughter-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syria: US preparing for final stage of anti-Isis push despite $200m funding cut

 

Administration officials seek to reassure allies as US pulls funds for stabilizing captured areas, citing contributions from allies

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Fri 17 Aug 2018 20.53 BST

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia has pledged $100m intended to help revitalize communities like Raqqa, above

Photograph: Amnesty International/PA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/17/us-cancels-funding-syria-stablization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UN: Brazil’s jailed ex-president Lula can't be disqualified from election

 

Human rights panel says leftist leader cannot be barred as a candidate until his legal appeals have been completed

 

 

Agence France-Presse

Fri 17 Aug 2018 18.19 BST

 

 

 

The committee said Lula cannot be barred as a candidate ‘until his appeals before the courts have been completed’.

Photograph: Andre Penner/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/17/un-brazils-jailed-leader-lula-cant-be-disqualified-from-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump pushes for SEC to end quarterly earnings reports

 

President feels switching to twice-yearly disclosure of accounts would boost business

 

 

Sean Farrell

Fri 17 Aug 2018 16.41 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 17.20 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/17/trump-pushes-for-sec-to-end-quarterly-earnings-reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump blames 'politicians who run DC (poorly)' after military parade cancelled

 

Washington mayor hits back at Trump’s reprimand after reports emerged that planned parade could have cost $92m

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

Fri 17 Aug 2018 14.38 BST

 

 

 

 

The Veterans Day parade had been originally slated for November. But the Pentagon said it was now ‘exploring opportunities in 2019’.

Photograph: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/16/donald-trump-military-parade-veterans-day-delay-costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Republican Senate nominee posts photo of Tim Kaine greeting Stalin

 

Corey Stewart’s odd attack on his Democratic opponent is apparent attempt to link Kaine with protesters clashing with white supremacists

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 22.22 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 22.33 BST

Ben Jacobs

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/tim-kaine-stalin-photo-corey-stewart-fake-attack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government given two weeks to respond to Brexit legal challenge

 

Group representing Britons living in EU countries argues referendum was not fair vote

 

 

Owen Bowcott Legal affairs correspondent

Fri 17 Aug 2018 11.45 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/17/brexit-legal-challenge-government-two-weeks-respond

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US interior secretary's school friend blocking climate research, scientists say

 

Trump administration forces some scientific funding to be reviewed by adviser who was high-school football teammate of Ryan Zinke

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 19.52 BST

By  Mallory Pickett

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/interior-secretarys-school-friend-crippling-climate-research-scientists-say

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blow for EPA as court blocks bid to slacken safety rules for chemical plants

 

‘Capricious’ EPA forbidden from delaying the enforcement of chemical safety rule drawn up by Obama administration

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 17.45 BST

By  Oliver Milman in New York

 

 

 

The rule, which came in the wake of a 2013 chemical explosion that killed 15 people in West, near Dallas, set stricter standards for operators’ risk management plans

Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/17/epa-setback-court-chemical-safety-environment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona students' stand on gun control switches to voter registration

 

Four months after a die-in at the state capitol, teenage activists are seeking to change the balance of power in the midterms

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 19.42 BST

By  Lois Beckett

 

 

 

 

Demonstrators at the March For Our Lives in Washington DC in March

Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein for the Guardian

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/arizona-students-gun-control-voter-registration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why is the far right dominated by men?

 

It is time we take masculinity more seriously in discussions of the far right and rightwing politics

 

 

Fri 17 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Fri 17 Aug 2018 16.11 BST

By  Cas Mudde

 

 

 

 

Sociologist Michael Kimmel argues that male identity is the most important reason why people join far-right groups

Photograph: Mykal McEldowney/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/17/why-is-the-far-right-dominated-by-men

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'McCarthy-era tactics': ex-spy chiefs round on Trump in Brennan row

 

Admiral who oversaw Osama bin Laden raid says he would be honoured to have his security clearance removed like John Brennan’s

 

 

Joanna Walters and agencies

Fri 17 Aug 2018 05.25 BST

 

 

William H McRaven said Donald Trump had shown few of the qualities of a leader

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/mccarthy-era-tactics-ex-spy-chiefs-round-on-trump-in-brennan-row

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UK has not 'woken up' to far-right threat, says ex-counter-terror chief

 

Mark Rowley urges politicians and media not to underestimate threat of domestic extreme rightwing groups

 

Mattha Busby

Sat 18 Aug 2018 14.12 BST Last modified on Sat 18 Aug 2018 14.54 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/18/former-counter-terrorism-chief-says-uk-has-not-woken-up-to-far-right-threat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York governor Cuomo in hot water for saying America 'was never that great'

 

Cuomo tries to walk back remark he admitted was ‘inartful’ and which drew fire from Republicans including Trump

 

 

Edward Helmore and agencies

Sat 18 Aug 2018 17.33 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-america-never-that-great

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prosecutors urge prison time for ex-Trump adviser George Papadopoulos

 

Papadopoulos severely damaged Mueller investigation by lying repeatedly to FBI in 2017, prosecutors say in court filing

 

 

Associated Press in Washington

Sat 18 Aug 2018 17.42 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/george-papadopoulos-trump-fbi-russia-prosecutors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'He's a loudmouth': Trump hits back at Brennan's 'drunk on power' assessment

 

 

President and ex-CIA chief trade barbs as White House reportedly drawing up plans to strip credentials from others

 

 

Julia Carrie Wong and Edward Helmore

Sat 18 Aug 2018 17.02 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/17/trump-revoke-security-clearances-john-brennan-bruce-ohr

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Era of Trump': how Republicans are banking on the president to drive midterm gains

 

Tim Pawlenty’s defeat in Minnesota has party operatives hoping base turnout can be enough to beat back the Democrats

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Sat 18 Aug 2018 14.05 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/era-of-trump-republicans-democrats-midterms-blue-wave

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Trump is cracking down on legal immigrants – and how they are fighting back

 

America’s legacy as a nation of immigrants is under threat as the administration attempts to cut back legal options

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Sat 18 Aug 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/trump-legal-immigration-crackdown-legal-challenge

 

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Trump invokes Nixon and McCarthy in NYT White House counsel report rant

 

Don McGahn speaks to Mueller for 30 hours in Russia inquiry

 

President calls report ‘fake’ but also confirms its substance

 

 

Martin Pengelly and Ed Pilkington in New York

Sun 19 Aug 2018 17.13 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/trump-blasts-new-york-times-white-house-counsel-report-in-twitter-rant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America's new opposition: the women standing up to Trump

 

A refugee, a Native American, a transgender woman – these primary winners are changing the face of the progressive left

 

 

Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans and Lauren Gambino in Washington

Sun 19 Aug 2018 14.51 BST

 

 

 

Ilhan Omar, a former Somali refugee, was nominated by Democrats in Minnesota to run for Congress in the midterms

Photograph: Conrad Zbikowski

 

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/women-candidates-changing-progressive-opposition-midterms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump White House lawyer cooperates with Russia investigation – report

 

New York Times details Donald McGahn’s contact with Mueller

 

Source: counsel did not provide incriminating material

 

 

Reuters in Washington

Sat 18 Aug 2018 23.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/trump-white-house-lawyer-cooperates-russia-mueller-new-york-times

 

 

 

 

 

 

US supplied bomb that killed 40 children on Yemen school bus

 

Eleven adults also died and 79 people were wounded

 

Bomb sold to Saudi Arabia was made by Lockheed Martin

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Sun 19 Aug 2018 15.24 BST

 

 

 

Yemeni children vent anger against Riyadh and Washington as they take part in a mass funeral for the 40 children killed in an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition last week

Photograph: STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/us-supplied-bomb-that-killed-40-children-school-bus-yemen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wing Ding ding-dong: Michael Avenatti in Iowa spat with 2020 Democratic hopeful

 

If Stormy Daniels’ lawyer and a Maryland congressman argue about coverage of their 2020 ambitions, do they make a sound?

 

 

Sat 18 Aug 2018 20.02 BST First published on Sat 18 Aug 2018 15.49 BST

By  Martin Pengelly

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/michael-avenatti-john-delaney-democrats-iowa-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Liberty or Death': rightwing protesters march against alleged leftwing violence in Seattle

 

Many of the more than 100 protesters march with firearms

 

Counterprotesters drew at least double the crowd

 

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 13.26 BST

Jason Wilson in Seattle

 

 

 

 

A man standing with members of Patriot Prayer and other groups supporting gun rights wears guns during a rally on Saturday at City Hall in Seattle

Photograph: Ted S. Warren/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/rightwing-protest-seattle-march-against-alleged-leftwing-violence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Democrats are struggling to make sense of a socialist surge

 

Anti-Trump activists such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Democratic Socialists of America have galvanised disillusioned voters

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 08.00 BST Last modified on Sun 19 Aug 2018 15.03 BST

By  Anne McElvoy

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/19/us-democrats-are-struggling-to-make-sense-of-a-socialist-surge

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Too many Americans die on the job. Are things about to get worse?

 

A US supreme court that is dominated by right-wing justices will have a devastating effect on worker’s rights and protections

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 14.51 BST Last modified on Sun 19 Aug 2018 16.12 BST

By  Gabriel Winant

 

 

 

 

‘“Every co-worker I know has been injured at some point,” one worker told the Guardian.’

Photograph: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/19/worker-injury-workplace-danger-neil-gorsuch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s time to end America’s war in Afghanistan

 

As the country’s longest war continues, it is sapping resources and focus while the list of far more serious national security threats continues to grow

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 14.57 BST Last modified on Sun 19 Aug 2018 14.58 BST

By  Michael H Fuchs

 

 

 

 

US military advisers work with Afghan soldiers at an Afghan army base in Maidan Wardak province, Afghanistan, on 6 August

Photograph: James Mackenzie/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/19/its-time-to-end-americas-war-in-afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Georgia police chief defends officer who used Taser to stun grandmother, 87

 

Police held Martha Al-Bishara at gunpoint after she reportedly failed to obey orders to drop a knife in her hand

 

 

Associated Press in Chatsworth, Georgia

Sat 18 Aug 2018 21.46 BST

 

 

 

Relatives said Martha Al-Bishara does not speak English and was merely out cutting dandelions with a kitchen knife

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/georgia-police-chief-grandmother-taser-gun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Why is Donald Trump attacking the US intelligence community?

 

The president’s decision to revoke the former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance turned his feud with his intelligence agencies into an all-out war, uniting former officials against him

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Sun 19 Aug 2018 07.01 BST

By  Tom Mc Carthy

 

 

 

 

The then CIA director, John Brennan, testifies before the Senate intelligence committee in February 2016, alongside the directors of the NSA, the FBI and national intelligence

Photograph: Molly Riley/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/18/why-is-donald-trump-attacking-the-us-intelligence-community

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prague 1968: lost images of the day that freedom died

 

Fifty years ago on 21 August, Milan Linhart reached for his camera as Soviet tanks rolled into the streets of Czechoslovakia’s capital. His previously unseen photographs have stirred uncomfortable memories

 

 

 

Sun 19 Aug 2018 09.00 BST

By  Robert Tait

 

 

 

 

Young Czechs crowd around to talk to soldiers

Photograph: Milan Linhart

 

 

 

Many more pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/19/prague-1968-snapshots-day-freedom-died

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Pact_invasion_of_Czechoslovakia

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'Truth isn't truth' All the times Rudy Giuliani appeared not to think before he spoke – video

 

Donald Trump's lawyer, the former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani, has made several gaffes while serving his client, ranging from.........

 

 

James Bullock Tom McCarthy, Source: Reuters/Getty/As credited

Mon 20 Aug 2018 15.45 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/aug/06/all-the-times-rudy-giuliani-appeared-not-to-think-before-he-spoke-video

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xi Jinping calls for 'absolute loyalty' from Chinese army

 

President’s speech seen as bid to increase control over military in face of criticism

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing

Mon 20 Aug 2018 09.22 BST Last modified on Mon 20 Aug 2018 11.18 BST

 

 

 

PLA soldiers prepare for a military parade. The army is coming under tighter control by the party

Photograph: China Daily/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/xi-jinping-calls-for-absolute-loyalty-from-chinese-army

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Trump attacks 'disgraced' Mueller and rails against 'phony' obstruction claims

 

President continues to assail Mueller and Russia investigation and says ‘if you FIGHT BACK, they scream Obstruction!’

 

 

Erin Durkin in New York

Mon 20 Aug 2018 15.40 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/trump-mueller-obstruction-russia-investigation-phony

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Cohen under investigation for $20m bank fraud – report

 

Federal investigators are ‘considering filing charges by the end of August’ on Donald Trump’s former right-hand man

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Mon 20 Aug 2018 01.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/michael-cohen-under-investigation-for-20m-bank-report

 

 

 

 

 

John Brennan threatens to sue Trump over stripped security clearance

 

Ex-CIA director says lawyers have advised him on options

 

White House pushes back without identifying wrongdoing

 

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Sun 19 Aug 2018 17.59 BST

 

 

 

John Brennan is sworn in to testify before the House intelligence committee, in May 2017

Photograph: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/john-brennan-donald-trump-security-clearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beto O'Rourke: can the upstart Texas Democrat eject Ted Cruz?

 

Cruz paints him as ‘hard-left like Bernie Sanders’ but the challenger for the Senate seat is drawing crowds in conservative suburbs

 

 

Tom Dart in Katy, Texas

Mon 20 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

Beto O’Rourke address a meeting in Horseshoe Bay. He has raised $10.4m in the second quarter of 2018, compared with $4.6m by his opponent, Ted Cruz

Photograph: Chris Covatta/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/beto-orourke-texas-democrat-gains-ground-ted-cruz-senate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conserving oil no longer necessary for US, says Trump administration

 

New policy threatens to undermine decades of campaigns for efficient cars and other conservation programs

 

Associated Press

Sun 19 Aug 2018 20.12 BST Last modified on Mon 20 Aug 2018 15.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/19/conserving-oil-no-longer-necessary-for-us-says-trump-administration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defense attorneys challenge judges over Trump immigration policies

 

Attorneys say the Trump administration is coercing people charged with low-level immigration offenses to plead guilty

 

 

Simon Campbell in San Francisco

Mon 20 Aug 2018 11.00 BST

 

 

 

 

Defense attorneys say the Trump administration’s policies put pressure on immigrants charged with entering the US illegally to plead guilty

Photograph: Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/defense-attorneys-challenge-judges-over-trump-immigration-policies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea Clinton says she has not ruled out running for office

 

Daughter of Bill and Hillar.y says a move into politics in future is a ‘definite maybe’

 

Press Association

Mon 20 Aug 2018 13.53 BST Last modified on Mon 20 Aug 2018 14.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/chelsea-clinton-says-she-has-not-ruled-out-running-for-office

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paul Manafort found guilty of tax fraud in Virginia federal court

 

Trump’s former campaign chairman was convicted on five counts of tax fraud, two counts of bank fraud and one count of failure to report a foreign bank account

 

 

Tue 21 Aug 2018 21.43 BST Last modified on Tue 21 Aug 2018 21.45 BST

By  Tom McCarthy

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/21/paul-manafort-convicted-of-tax-in-virginia-federal-court

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michael Cohen, Trump's former lawyer, reaches plea deal with prosecutors

 

Former fixer investigated for fraud and alleged campaign finance violations on payments to women claiming affairs with Trump

 

 

Tom McCarthy in New York and Ben Jacobs in Washington

Tue 21 Aug 2018 20.39 BST

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/21/michael-cohen-trumps-former-lawyer-to-appear-in-court-in-new-york

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UK and EU to enter ‘continuous’ talks to resolve Brexit deadlock

 

Brexit secretary Dominic Raab acknowledges final-stage negotiations need to speed up

 

 

Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

Tue 21 Aug 2018 18.04 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/aug/21/uk-and-eu-to-enter-continuous-talks-to-resolve-brexit-deadlock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump administration scraps Obama-era regulation on coal emissions

 

 

Plan would boost output from coal-fired plants and lead to as many as 1,400 premature deaths a year

 

 

Tue 21 Aug 2018 17.30 BST

Oliver Milman in New York

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/trump-coal-emissions-power-plants-rules-obama

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Author of Trump-Russia dossier wins libel case in US court

 

Suit against Christopher Steele by three Russian oligarchs thrown out by judge

 

 

Luke Harding

Tue 21 Aug 2018 16.02 BST Last modified on Tue 21 Aug 2018 17.56 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/21/author-of-trump-russia-dossier-wins-libel-case-in-us-court-christopher-steele

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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National Prison Strike Begins: Prisoners in 17 States Demand End to “Slave Labor” Behind Bars

 

August 21, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/21/national_prison_strike_begins_prisoners_in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Davis: Aretha Franklin Offered to Post Bail for Me, Saying “Black People Will Be Free”

 

 

August 17, 2018

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2018/8/17/angela_davis_remembers_aretha_franklin_who

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The difference between socialism and reformism

 

August 20, 2018 1:17 PM CDT By Rick Nagin

 

 

 

 

Left to right: Robert Owens, utopian socialist; W.E.B. Dubois, scientific socialist; Bernie Sanders, "democratic" socialist | composite image, credited in order from left to right: Wikipedia; Patheos blog; Michael Dwyer/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/the-difference-between-socialism-and-reformism/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Israeli peace activist Uri Avnery’s legacy ‘without fear, without prejudice’

 

August 21, 2018 2:14 PM CDT By Marylín Luis Grillo

 

 

 

 

Avnery leading a march for two states, Israel and Palestine / Gush Shalom

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/israeli-peace-activist-uri-avnerys-legacy-without-fear-without-prejudice/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Communists need not apply

 

August 17, 2018 8:09 AM CDT By C.J. Atkins

 

 

 

A portion of the loyalty oath that Dr. William Ellenberg was made to sign as part of his application for a teaching position at Lanier Technical College in Oakwood, Ga. in June. | ACLU of Georgia

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/communists-need-not-apply/