Politics & environs articles 2019

[umbertino]

2 minutes ago, bostonangler said:

 

I agree Umbertino... Corruption is rampart.

 

B/A

 

 

Yep...Looks that way....

 

Strange ( or maybe not) somehow the way Vladimir has decided to aid / give money / support /  rightwing parties and movements

Edited July 11, 2019 by umbertino

[bostonangler]

2 minutes ago, umbertino said:

 

 

Yep...Looks that way....

 

Strange ( or maybe not) somehow the way Vladimir has decided to aid / give money / support system" rel="">support /  rightwing parties and movements

 

One might think it is strange considering the right has always been anti-communist and guided by their faith. But Putin has discovered none of those things matter, because they are now controlled by greed. They are easy pickins… The right has become the low hanging fruit on the tree. In my state, run by the right, they are handing out corporate welfare by the billions to profit and keep their power... 

 

B/A

[umbertino]

1 minute ago, bostonangler said:

 

One might think it is strange considering the right has always been anti-communist and guided by their faith. But Putin has discovered none of those things matter, because they are now controlled by greed. They are easy pickins… The right has become the low hanging fruit on the tree. In my state, run by the right, they are handing out corporate welfare by the billions to profit and keep their power... 

 

B/A

 

That's my point ( Russia aiding anti-communist party) but evidently expert politicians ' reasonings go beyond that

[umbertino]

New generation of political exiles leave Bolsonaro's Brazil 'to stay alive'

 

Politicians, academics and writers have fled a climate of death threats and hostility reminiscent of the military dictatorship

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Thu 11 Jul 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/brazil-political-exiles-bolsonaro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France hits back at US over tax on digital giants

 

US has said it will investigate planned levy on firms such as Amazon and Facebook

 

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Thu 11 Jul 2019 15.59 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/france-us-tax-big-digital-companies-donald-trump-amazon-facebook

 

 

 

 

 

Syrians are watching their crops burn. These crimes of starvation must end

 

Amid a war that may have cost 500,000 lives, we must hold the Syrian government and others to account for the use of hunger as a weapon

 

Mohammad Kanfash and Ali al-Jasem

Thu 11 Jul 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/11/syrians-are-watching-their-crops-burn-these-starvation-crimes-must-end

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iranian boats 'attempted to impede' British oil tanker in strait of Hormuz

 

UK government spokesman says three Iranian boats were warned off by HMS Montrose, but Tehran denies involvement

 

 

Bethan McKernan, Middle East correspondent, and agencies

Thu 11 Jul 2019 06.51 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/iranian-boats-harass-british-oil-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angela Merkel sits for anthems after latest shaking episode

 

German chancellor reportedly requests change of protocol after third bout of trembling

 

 

Josie Le Blond in Berlin

Thu 11 Jul 2019 14.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/angela-merkel-sits-anthems-after-latest-shaking-episode

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Vatican, empty tombs add new twist to missing girl mystery

 

Emanuela Orlandi was thought to be buried in tombs of 19th century princesses

 

 

Reuters

Thu 11 Jul 2019 13.37 BST Last modified on Thu 11 Jul 2019 14.56 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/11/emanuela-orlandi-at-vatican-empty-tombs-add-new-twist-to-missing-girl-mystery

 

 

The Emanuela Orlandi kidnapping case

 

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

 

 

 

[umbertino]

“We’re all human beings”: On the border in Nogales, Ariz.

 

July 11, 2019 10:51 AM CDT By Al Neal

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/were-all-human-beings-on-the-border-in-nogales-ariz/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17-year-old’s death from excessive heat may lead to law protecting workers

 

July 11, 2019 2:54 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/17-year-olds-death-from-excessive-heat-may-lead-to-law-protecting-workers/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At hearing packed with workers, House panel OKs multi-employer pensions rescue bill

 

July 11, 2019 9:16 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/at-hearing-packed-with-workers-house-panel-oks-multi-employer-pensions-rescue-bill/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water wars: As climate change escalates, South Asia’s already fighting over water

 

July 11, 2019 1:05 PM CDT By Conn Hallinan

 

 

 

Satpara Lake in Pakistan, off season. Adil Riaz, CC 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

 

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/water-wars-as-climate-change-escalates-south-asias-already-fighting-over-water/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The U.S. Women’s Soccer World Cup Win Was a Victory for Title IX & the Fight for Equal Pay

 

July 11, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/11/uswnt_world_cup_win_title_ix

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Travel to Cuba; don’t let the blockade stop you

 

July 11, 2019 1:13 PM CDT By Carolfrances Likins

 

 

 

 

Participants in an IFCO/Pastors for Peace Friendshipment to Cuba. | IFCO/Pastors for Peace

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/travel-to-cuba-dont-let-the-blockade-stop-you/

[umbertino]

UK to step up its military presence in Gulf amid crisis with Iran

 

MoD says second warship will be deployed within days to protect British commercial oil tankers

 

Patrick Wintour, diplomatic editor

Fri 12 Jul 2019 14.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/iran-warns-western-powers-to-leave-region-amid-gulf-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Russian missile delivery to Turkey strains ally's relations with US

 

First S-400 parts delivered to military base outside Ankara as Washington considers sanctions

 

Bethan McKernan Middle East correspondent

Fri 12 Jul 2019 14.38 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/russian-missile-delivery-to-turkey-strains-allys-relations-with-us

 

 

Strange as Turkey is a member of NATO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Experience: I tunnelled under the Berlin Wall

 

My real fear was the border guards and Stasi, who were listening for movement beneath the ground and digging their own tunnels to intercept ours

 

 

Joachim Neumann

Fri 12 Jul 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/experience-i-tunnelled-under-the-berlin-wall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Syriza’s defeat shows the left needs a plan to hold on to power, not just win it

 

An election victory is one thing, but to sustain social and political advances requires a movement

 

Fri 12 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Jul 2019 09.55 BST

By  Gary Younge

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/12/syriza-left-election

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arizona city fights to spread compassion for migrants amid border crisis

 

The progressive stance of Tucson, Arizona’s second largest city, is evident in the area’s rich history of immigration activism

 

 

Dan Hernandez in Tucson, Arizona

Fri 12 Jul 2019 11.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/12/tucson-arizona-migrant-compassion-border-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump: Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies aren't money

 

The US president said he’s not a fan of Facebook’s Libra, and demands digital coin companies seek a banking charter

 

Reuters

Fri 12 Jul 2019 03.17 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Jul 2019 15.48 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/12/donald-trump-bitcoin-and-cryptocurrencies-arent-money

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trump backs away from attempt to add citizenship question to 2020 census – as it happened

 

• President to instead direct federal agencies to share government records to assemble estimate of number of citizens and non-citizens living in US

 

Lois Beckett and Maanvi Singh in San Francisco (now) and Jessica Glenza New York (previously)

Fri 12 Jul 2019 01.07 BST

 

Key events

 

• 17h ago Trump Backs Away from Attempt to Add Citizenship Question to 2020 Census
• 18h ago Trump's social media supporters gather at White House
• 21h ago Federal court allows Trump administration to impose abortion "gag rule"
• 22h ago Kushner among key Trump officials subpoenaed by Democrats
• 22h ago Biden releases video criticizing Trump administration's foreign policy
• 1d ago Census question, social media summit, and immigration
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Live feed

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2019/jul/11/trump-news-today-live-census-acosta-epstein-2020-latest-us-politics-updates-

 

 

[umbertino]

Women of color winning elections: Changing the system and challenging Democrats

 

July 12, 2019 10:39 AM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/women-of-color-winning-elections-changing-the-system-and-challenging-democrats/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labor Secretary Acosta toppled by Epstein sexual predator scandal

 

July 12, 2019 12:13 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/labor-secretary-acosta-toppled-by-epstein-sexual-predator-scandal/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazon forces Shakopee, Minn., warehouse workers to walk out again

 

July 12, 2019 11:30 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/amazon-forces-shakopee-minn-warehouse-workers-to-walk-out-again/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

'This is tough stuff': Pence visits caged, unwashed, overcrowded migrants

 

• Men say they have been held for 40 days and want to brush teeth
• Vice-president claims migrants are ‘in good shape’
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Martin Pengelly and agencies

Sat 13 Jul 2019 15.16 BST

 

 

Men stand in a migrant detention center in McAllen, Texas, on Friday, Vice-President Mike Pence visits

Photograph: Josh Dawsey/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/pence-visits-caged-unwashed-overcrowded-migrants-tough-stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top university split in row over erasing ‘racist’ science pioneers from the campus

 

University College London may rename buildings to cut links to promoters of eugenics

 

 

Robin McKie

Sat 13 Jul 2019 15.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/13/ucl-inquiry-row-historical-racism-science-pioneers-rename-college-buildings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘The bill is dead’ but Hong Kong protesters are not appeased by Carrie Lam’s declaration

 

Experts say level of distrust in the city’s leader is so deep that protests will continue

 

 

Lily Kuo in Beijing and Verna Yu in Hong Kong

Tue 9 Jul 2019 08.42 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/09/the-bill-is-dead-but-hong-kong-protesters-are-not-appeased-by-carrie-lams-declaration

 

 

 

 

 

Diplomats 'perplexed' Bolsonaro wants to appoint his son ambassador to US

 

Far-right president told reporters he was considering Eduardo Bolsonaro for the position despite lack of diplomatic experience

 

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

Fri 12 Jul 2019 19.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/12/bolsonaro-son-eduardo-us-ambassador-diplomats-response

 

That would be something one would  expect from a dictatorial regime........N.Korea etc.....Not from a so-called "democratic country"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

American Carnage: a masterful must-read on Trump's Republican takeover

 

Tim Alberta of Politico has written a compelling, alarming and scoop-heavy history of the fall of the party of Lincoln

 

 

Lloyd Green

Sat 13 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Jul 2019 08.12 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/13/american-carnage-review-tim-alberta-politico-trump-republicans

 

 

 

 

 

Why do billionaires keep presenting themselves as America's great new hope?

 

From Ross Perot to Tom Steyer, rich megalomaniacs run for president by preying on voters’ disillusionment

 

 

Sat 13 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Sat 13 Jul 2019 08.53 BST

Nathan Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/12/billionaire-ross-perot-tom-steyer-election-2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'Free money!': California developer tries to bribe homeless to leave

 

Gene Gorelik was shouted down by community activists and encampment residents before could turn on leaf blower full of cash

 

 

Vivian Ho in Oakland

Sat 13 Jul 2019 00.07 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/12/oakland-developer-homeless-bribe

 

 

[umbertino]

Trump tells Ocasio-Cortez and other female progressives to 'go back' to 'original' countries

 

• Tlaib responds: ‘He needs to be impeached’
• Sanders among critics calling president racist

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 14 Jul 2019 17.13 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/14/trump-squad-tlaib-omar-pressley-ocasio-cortez

 

 

 

 

 

Insulin costs are rising – and diabetic Americans of color are hit hardest

 

Black, Hispanic and Asian adults are much more likely to have diabetes than white adults – and they’re less likely to be insured

 

 

Mona Chalabi

Sun 14 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/datablog/2019/jul/14/diabetes-insulin-mona-chalabi-data-blog

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A higher US minimum wage is inevitable – so businesses better be prepared

 

A minimum wage increase will put pressure on everyone’s compensation, so businesses may have to cave and pay up

 

Sun 14 Jul 2019 11.00 BST

Gene Marks

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jul/14/us-minimum-wage-increase-businesses-prepared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special counsel Robert Mueller's testimony postponed by one week

 

Testimony comes a week later than planned, under an agreement that gives lawmakers more time to question him

 

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sat 13 Jul 2019 02.11 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/12/special-counsel-robert-mueller-congress-testimony-postponed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Is Bernie going to come?’ Warren seizes on Sanders' Netroots absence

 

The gathering of political progressives found itself almost spoilt for choice by the Democratic presidential field for 2020

 

 

Lauren Gambino in Philadelphia

Sun 14 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/14/bernie-sanders-elizabeth-warren-netroots-nation-democrats-progressives

[umbertino]

May condemns Trump's racist remarks about four congresswomen

 

PM says comments are ‘completely unacceptable’, putting pressure on Boris Johnson to follow suit

 

 

Rowena Mason and Patrick Wintour

Mon 15 Jul 2019 13.35 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/15/theresa-may-condemns-trumps-remarks-about-four-congresswomen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

France demands access to dual-national academic held in Iran

 

Fariba Adelkhah, who wrote Being Modern in Iran, was arrested in June, reports say

 

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.05 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/france-demands-access-to-academic-fariba-adelkhah-held-in-iran

 

 

 

 

Boris Johnson claimed Islam put Muslim world 'centuries behind'

 

Anger as 2007 essay lamenting ‘no spread of democracy’ in Islamic world comes to light

 

Frances Perraudin

Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.00 BST Last modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.50 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/15/boris-johnson-islam-muslim-world-centuries-behind-2007-essay

 

 

 

 

Israelis call for education minister to resign over *** conversion remarks

 

Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv after Rafi Peretz says *** conversion ‘therapy’ works

 

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Mon 15 Jul 2019 11.24 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/israelis-demand-education-minister-resign-***-conversion-therapy-rafi-peretz

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t let nationalism win – we can create a better Europe from within

 

The EU’s founders were driven by a vision of humanity and dignity for all. We must renew that sense of purpose

 

 

Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.18 BST Last modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.30 BST

By  Magid Magid (Green party MEP and former lord mayor of Sheffield)

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/nationalism-europe-eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christine Lagarde will have to confront Berlin if she’s to save the euro

 

The incoming European Central Bank chief must call for an end to the eurozone’s suicidal fiscal rules, which have now run out of road

 

 

Mon 15 Jul 2019 15.40 BST Last modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 15.41 BST

Yanis Varoufakis  ( co-founder of DiEM25 (Democracy in Europe Movement). He is a former finance minister of Greece)

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/christine-lagarde-ecb-berlin-eurozone-yanis-varoufakis

 

 

 

 

Charlottesville white supremacist faces another life sentence for car attack

 

James Alex Fields Jr also faces 419 years for killing Heather Heyer and injuring dozens during the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in 2017

 

Associated Press in Charlottesville

Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.21 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/charlottesville-james-alex-fields-sentencing

 

 

 

 

Republicans silent as Trump renews racist attack on congresswomen

 

• Weekend tweets had urged them to ‘go back’ home
• President targets Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Pressley and Omar

 

Martin Pengelly in New York and Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans

Mon 15 Jul 2019 16.17 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-congresswomen-republicans-ocasio-cortez-tlaib-pressley-omar

 

 

 

 

 

 

Megan Rapinoe 'not sure she's qualified for office' but vows to fight for equal pay

 

• Soccer star has said she would not go to White House if invited

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sun 14 Jul 2019 19.50 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/14/megan-rapinoe-trump-clash-fight-equal-pay

 

 

 

 

 

If there is an 'immigrant' who has failed to integrate in America, it's Donald Trump

 

People like Trump hate our freedoms so much they want to turn us into some kind of dictatorship like they had back home – in Europe

 

 

Mon 15 Jul 2019 07.00 BST Last modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 12.53 BST

By Richard Wolffe

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/15/donald-trump-immigrant-failed-integrate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

U.S. citizen and her child arrested in Egypt over Facebook posts

 

July 15, 2019 12:44 PM CDT By Aboulfotouh Kandil

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/u-s-citizen-and-her-child-arrested-in-egypt-over-facebook-posts/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voting matters: How are your Congressmembers doing? Ask the NAACP

 

July 15, 2019 9:56 AM CDT By Eric A. Gordon

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/voting-matters-how-are-your-congressmembers-doing-ask-the-naacp/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Planetary emergency: Climate crisis and nuclear danger threaten humanity’s existence

 

July 12, 2019 2:31 PM CDT By John Bachtell

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/planetary-emergency-climate-crisis-and-nuclear-danger-threaten-humanitys-existence/

[umbertino]

Trump fires again at congresswomen, accusing them of ‘spewing vile things’

 

President also accused Democrats of giving them a ‘free pass’ as House will vote tonight to condemn Trump’s initial remarks

 

Jamiles Lartey

Tue 16 Jul 2019 15.55 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Jul 2019 15.57 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/trump-racist-attack-the-squad-ocasio-cortez-ilhan-omar-tlaib-pressley

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dutch police are being infiltrated by criminal gangs, report says

 

Dozens of officers suspended or sacked recently for corruption may be ‘tip of iceberg’

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Tue 16 Jul 2019 12.15 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/16/dutch-police-criminal-gangs

 

 

 

 

 

Wiping out hunger in Africa could cost just $5bn. What are we waiting for?

 

Ripping off the bandage of food aid and investing in self-sufficiency is the only way to fight malnutrition

 

Feike Sijbesma

Mon 15 Jul 2019 09.00 BST Last modified on Mon 15 Jul 2019 13.15 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/15/wiping-out-hunger-africa-could-cost-5bn-what-are-we-waiting-for

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'His only tool is racism': why Trump's bigoted tirade could be a vote winner

 

The president seems to regard divisive, nativist rhetoric as his best chance of staying in the White House. Analysts say he may be right

 

David Smith in Washington

Tue 16 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/trump-twitter-aoc-racist-rant-congress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge advises $14m in damages to Jewish woman targeted by neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’

 

Daily Stormer publisher incited his readers to contact Tanya Gersh, who received threatening emails, texts and voicemails

 

Lois Beckett

Tue 16 Jul 2019 03.34 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Jul 2019 04.01 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/15/judge-advises-14m-in-damages-to-jewish-woman-targeted-by-neo-nazi-troll-storm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Garner: no charges against white police officer over chokehold death

 

• DoJ declines to bring charges against NYPD’s Daniel Pantaleo
• Garner, 43, died after being put in a chokehold on Staten Island

 

Oliver Laughland in New York

Tue 16 Jul 2019 15.08 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/eric-garner-death-new-york-no-charges

 

 

 

 

 

'Karl Marx failed to consider software': billionaire Tom Steyer on inequality and his 2020 run

 

The Democratic party mega-donor has to distinguish himself from other candidates with no widespread name recognition in the 2020 field

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Tue 16 Jul 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/15/tom-steyer-2020-inequality-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is happening in America's Cancertown is tragic, immoral and evil

 

Politicians have chosen process over lives and the result has been rampant cancer in the region

 

 

Tue 16 Jul 2019 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Jul 2019 13.26 BST

Reverend William Barber

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/16/americas-cancertown-tragic-immoral-evil

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bullies told me to 'go home'. Now, Trump is making me relive those moments

 

When bigoted children attacked me because of my race, others stood up and defended me. It made all the difference

 

 

Tue 16 Jul 2019 15.05 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Jul 2019 16.18 BST

Marie Myung-Ok

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/16/bullies-go-home-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump has made it clear: the only 'real Americans' are white and Christian

 

In a recent tirade from his bully pulpit on Twitter, Trump revealed who he thinks belongs in the United States – and who doesn’t

 

 

Tue 16 Jul 2019 08.19 BST First published on Tue 16 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

Theodore R Johnson

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/16/trump-real-americans-white-christian

 

 

Edited July 16, 2019 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Oaklanders condemn Trump immigration policies, demand respect and humane treatment

 

July 16, 2019 10:04 AM CDT By Marilyn Bechtel

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/oaklanders-condemn-trump-immigration-policies-demand-respect-and-humane-treatment/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Italian fascists found with weapons stockpile and Nazi material

 

July 16, 2019 12:47 PM CDT By Ceren Sagir

 

 

 

Police stand by a missile seized at an airport hangar near Pavia, in Turin, Italy, Monday, July 15, 2019. Police in northern Italy have detained three men, including one tied to a neo-fascist Italian political party, after uncovering a huge stash of automatic weapons, a missile, and Nazi propaganda. | Tino Romano / ANSA via AP

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/italian-fascists-found-with-weapons-stockpile-and-nazi-material/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

House opposes Trump’s Iran war threat, repeals Bush ‘war on terror’ authorization

 

July 16, 2019 12:56 PM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/house-opposes-trumps-iran-war-threat-repeals-bush-war-on-terror-authorization/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal judge frees labor’s rat from Trump NLRB’s trap

 

July 15, 2019 1:31 PM CDT By PAI

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/federal-judge-frees-labors-rat-from-trump-nlrbs-trap/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Julián Castro Is Running for President & Supporting Striking Amazon & McDonald’s Workers

 

July 16, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_castro_immigration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Call me a communist

 

July 16, 2019 11:11 AM CDT By Rossana Cambron

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/call-me-a-communist/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump’s New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional

 

July 16, 2019

 

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_castro_trump_racist_attacks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada: Accumulating mining problems at Macehcewik sipohsisol

 

July 16, 2019 2:51 PM CDT By Norm Knight

 

 

 

Mount Polley mine tailings pond collapse, August 2014. | Cariboo Regional District.

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/canada-accumulating-mining-problems-at-macehcewik-sipohsisol/

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Trump's 'racist tweets': House passes resolution condemning attack on congresswomen

 

Nancy Pelosi’s sharp rebuke of the president’s remarks prompted a challenge from Republicans who claimed rule violations

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Wed 17 Jul 2019 07.29 BST

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/racist-tweets-house-passes-resolution-condemning-trumps-attack-on-congresswomen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kellyanne Conway defends Trump by asking reporter: 'What's your ethnicity?'

 

The White House aide snapped back at a journalist who pressed her on the president’s attacks on four congresswomen of color

 

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Wed 17 Jul 2019 00.48 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/kellyanne-conway-ethnicity-journalist-trump-attack-tweets

 

 

 

 

 

Jewish and Arab students learn to cross divides at Jerusalem school

 

Pupils believe their bilingual school is proof that peace is possible between Palestinians and Israelis

 

Rebecca Ratcliffe in Jerusalem

Wed 17 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/17/jewish-and-arab-students-learn-across-divides-at-bilingual-jerusalem-school-palestine-israel-bilingual

 

 

 

 

He’s a Gulf War vet who stepped up during Katrina. Now he’s an environmental crusader

 

Retired Lt Gen Russel Honoré commands what he’s named the ‘Green Army’ against toxic pollution in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

 

 

Wed 17 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

by Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/hes-a-gulf-war-vet-who-stepped-up-during-katrina-now-hes-an-environmental-crusader

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Second Mississippi Republican says he will not meet women alone

 

Former state supreme court justice Bill Waller has become the second candidate for governor to embrace the so-called Pence rule

 

Edward Helmore

Tue 16 Jul 2019 22.26 BST Last modified on Tue 16 Jul 2019 22.30 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/mississippi-republican-will-not-meet-women-alone-bill-waller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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House orders Pentagon to review if it exposed Americans to weaponised ticks

 

A New Jersey lawmaker suggests the government turned insects into bioweapons to spread disease and possibly released them

 

Julian Borger in Washington

Tue 16 Jul 2019 23.35 BST

 

 

Lyme disease affects 400,000 Americans each year

Photograph: Pridannikov/Getty Images/iStockphoto

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/16/pentagon-review-weaponised-ticks-lyme-disease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drug makers flooded US with billions of opioid pills as epidemic surged, data shows

 

Statistics are a blow to country’s biggest pharmaceuticals that paid millions of dollars in out of court settlements

 

Chris McGreal in Kansas City and Joanna Walters in New York

Wed 17 Jul 2019 14.22 BST

 

 

 

Purdue sold $3bn of its high-strength branded drug, OxyContin, which in 2010, was about one-third of the opioid market by value at its peak

Photograph: Toby Talbot/AP

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/opioid-crisis-drug-makers-pills-federal-data-epidemic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Democrats are right to condemn Trump’s racism, but they risk walking into his trap

 

Trump is banking on his race-baiting winning him votes. Democrats will have to navigate a tricky course to stop him

 

Wed 17 Jul 2019 12.36 BST Last modified on Wed 17 Jul 2019 16.16 BST

Jonathan Freedland

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/17/democrats-trump-race-baiting-votes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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'Despicable': Democrats condemn Trump over rally's Ilhan Omar chant

 

Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren denounced the president after rally erupted into chants of ‘send her back’

 

Jamiles Lartey and agencies

Thu 18 Jul 2019 15.06 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/ilhan-omar-send-her-back-chant-trump-condemned-democrats

 

 

 

 

 

Iran says it has seized foreign oil tanker in Gulf

 

Report on state TV says ship was smuggling oil but does not say which country crew are from

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 18 Jul 2019 13.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/iran-says-it-has-seized-foreign-oil-tanker-in-gulf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of cities RIP: the sad story of Brazil's great urban experiment

 

How an urbanist dream of fixing Brazil’s chaotic metropolises became a nightmare

 

Thu 18 Jul 2019 13.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/jul/18/ministry-of-cities-rip-the-sad-story-of-brazils-great-urban-experiment

 

 

 

 

Peter Thiel and Steve Bannon fuel a new Yellow Peril over Google and China

 

Claims of a Chinese fifth column within Google stoke paranoia against Asian Americans and threaten to ruin the economy – and our democracy

 

Frank H Wu

Wed 17 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 17 Jul 2019 23.52 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/17/google-peter-thiel-yellow-peril-racism-tech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inside Trump's DC hotel, where allies and lobbyists flock to peddle their interests

 

Fossil fuel interests, pro-gun groups, foreign delegations and all manner of allies visit the Trump International Hotel to cozy up to the administration, say watchdogs

 

Peter Stone in Washington

Thu 18 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-international-hotel-dc-guests-lobbyists-republicans-executives

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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“It Is Not Just War. It Is Life”: Acclaimed Doc “For Sama” Offers Rare Glimpse into War-Torn Syria

 

July 18, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/18/for_sama_award_winning_documentary_syria

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“They Didn’t Do Their Job”: Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Death by Police

 

July 17, 2019

 

 

https://www.democracynow.org/2019/7/17/eric_garner_justice_dept_no_charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No going back: In defense of Rep. Ilhan Omar against Trump

 

July 18, 2019 10:29 AM CDT By Chauncey K. Robinson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/no-going-back-in-defense-of-rep-ilhan-omar-against-trump/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carpenter v. Murphy: Supreme Court case could restore reservation lands, re-draw Oklahoma

 

July 18, 2019 12:25 PM CDT By Earchiel Johnson

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/carpenter-v-murphy-supreme-court-case-could-restore-reservation-lands-re-draw-oklahoma/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Human beings, not robots”: Amazon workers strike in Shakopee, Minn.

 

July 18, 2019 1:37 PM CDT By Steve Share

 

 

 

https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/human-beings-not-robots-amazon-workers-strike-in-shakopee-minn/

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How Trump's businesses are booming with lobbyists, donors and governments

 

The president has refused to sever ties with his hotels, golf courses and condos – raising conflict of interest and corruption concerns

 

Peter Stone in Washington

Fri 19 Jul 2019 05.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/donald-trump-businesses-hotels-conflict-of-interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How Trump distorts facts to make Ilhan Omar seem like an enemy to the US

 

The president railed against the congresswoman at his North Carolina rally, targeting her refugee status, religion and ethnicity

 

 

Lauren Aratani in New York

Thu 18 Jul 2019 18.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/18/trump-ilhan-omar-attacks-factcheck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Iran makes 'substantial' nuclear offer in return for US lifting sanctions

 

• Plan would allow enhanced, permanent nuclear inspections
• Foreign minister: ‘It’s not about photo ops. We want substance’

 

Julian Borger in New York

Thu 18 Jul 2019 18.47 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/18/iran-nuclear-deal-trump-mohammad-javad-zarif-sanctions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fox News’s star names excuse the inexcusable after Trump's latest racist attack

 

Key figures at the network failed to condemn the ugly scenes on Wednesday – the latest example of the strangely needy Trump-Fox relationship

 

David Smith in Washington

Fri 19 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/trump-fox-news-ilhan-omar-attack

 

 

 

 

Iowa executive was not sacked for loving Tupac Shakur, says governor

 

Kim Reynolds says a ‘number of factors’ were behind the dismissal of state human services chief Jerry Foxhoven

 

Guardian staff

Fri 19 Jul 2019 02.54 BST Last modified on Fri 19 Jul 2019 03.44 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/iowa-executive-was-not-sacked-for-loving-tupac-shakur-says-governor

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump is on an Orwellian mission to redefine human rights

 

It has long been abundantly clear Trump has no respect for human rights. Now Pompeo wants to build a new framework to justify the rollback of protections

 

Thu 18 Jul 2019 14.08 BST Last modified on Thu 18 Jul 2019 15.18 BST

Michael H Fuchs

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/18/trump-pompeo-human-rights-un-orwellian-mission-redefine

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iran claims to have seized British oil tanker  ( plus a Liberian-flagged tanker) in strait of Hormuz

 

UK government urgently seeking information after Stena Impero veered into Iranian waters

 

 

Julian Borger in Washington and Patrick Wintour in London

Fri 19 Jul 2019 20.52 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/british-tanker-iran-capture-fears-stena-impero-uk-ship-latest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro declares 'the Amazon is ours' and calls deforestation data 'lies'

 

Far-right president said Brazil is open to partnerships exploiting biodiversity and mining in a conversation with journalists

 

Dom Phillips in Brasília

Fri 19 Jul 2019 17.00 BST

 

 

Jair Bolsonario: ‘If all this devastation you accuse us of doing was done in the past the Amazon would have stopped existing, it would be a big desert.’

Photograph: Marcos Corrêa/Palácio do Planalto

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/19/jair-bolsonaro-brazil-amazon-rainforest-deforestation

 

Such a nice guy.........

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Bolsonaro......Among other things.....He wants to appoint his son Ambassador to the US......A true democratic.......

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US to deploy troops to Saudi Arabia in face of 'credible' regional threats

 

Washington says move will provide ‘an additional deterrent’ in face of ‘emergent’ risks

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Sat 20 Jul 2019 04.29 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/20/us-to-deploy-troops-to-saudi-arabia-in-face-of-credible-regional-threats

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Black US lawmaker says white man told her to 'go back where you came from’

 

State representative Erica Thomas says she was verbally attacked in supermarket while shopping with her nine-year-old daughter

 

Associated Press

Sat 20 Jul 2019 03.08 BST Last modified on Sat 20 Jul 2019 11.47 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/black-us-lawmaker-verbal-attack-georgia-go-back

 

 

 

 

Donald Trump in new attack on Sadiq Khan with Katie Hopkins retweet

 

US president refers to message about Met police twitter account, calling London mayor ‘incompetent’

 

Mark Townsend

Sat 20 Jul 2019 13.47 BST Last modified on Sat 20 Jul 2019 14.23 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/20/donald-trump-sadiq-khan-katie-hopkins-tweet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Welcome home!’ Ilhan Omar returns to Minnesota amid Trump smears

 

Congresswoman greeted by chanting supporters at airport as president defended rallygoers, saying they are ‘incredible patriots’

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Fri 19 Jul 2019 18.31 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/ilhan-omar-trump-attacks-minnesota-support

 

 

 

 

 

Erdoğan is on a lonely path to ruin. Will he take Turkey down with him?

 

At odds with the US, Europe, his Arab neighbours and potentially Russia, too, the president is also increasingly unpopular at home

 

Sat 20 Jul 2019 14.00 BST

Simon Tisdall

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/20/erdogan-lonely-path-to-ruin-turkey-simon-tisdall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Los Angeles police spied on anti-Trump protesters

 

Case is one of several across the US of police targeting anti-Trump and anti-fascist groups with monitoring and criminal trials

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Fri 19 Jul 2019 23.09 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/los-angeles-police-informant-anti-trump-activist-protest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ex-pharma chief charged with flooding Appalachian towns with opioids

 

• Anthony Rattini accused of ignoring evidence of opioids’ harm
• Charges mark shift in effort to hold drug firms to account

 

Chris McGreal

Fri 19 Jul 2019 17.43 BST Last modified on Fri 19 Jul 2019 18.53 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/19/opioids-crisis-appalachia-painkillers-drugs

 

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Millions face hardship as Zimbabwe comes close to ‘meltdown’

 

Rising inflation has hit those already struggling with food, fuel and medicine shortages

 

Jason Burke Africa correspondent and Nyasha Chingono in Harare

Sun 21 Jul 2019 08.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/millions-face-hardship-as-zimbabwe-comes-close-to-meltdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spain set for socialist-led government after Iglesias deal

 

Sidelining of Podemos leader paves way for administration headed by Socialist Workers’ leader Pedro Sanchez

 

Stephen Burgen

Sun 21 Jul 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/spain-socialist-government-sanchez-iglesias-catalonia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By the Jaffa Gate, final showdown looms in battle over Jerusalem’s historic hotel

 

Palestinian tenant of New Imperial Hotel makes plea after supreme court backs Jewish settlers’ bid to buy property

 

Sarah Helm

Sun 21 Jul 2019 09.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/jerusalem-jaffa-gate-new-imperial-hotel-final-showdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bolsonaro pick for Funai agency horrifies indigenous leaders

 

• Marcelo Xavier da Silva is police officer linked to agribusiness
• Former agency employee: ‘I am scared of him’

 

Dom Phillips in Brasília

Sun 21 Jul 2019 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/bolsonaro-funai-indigenous-agency-xavier-da-silva

 

Unbelievable........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Man Who Sold America: Joy-Ann Reid hosts a Trump house of horrors

 

The MSNBC anchor knows how to pick an interview and how to organise her sources. Her book is a valuable compendium

 

Charles Kaiser

Sun 21 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Sun 21 Jul 2019 10.18 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/21/the-man-who-sold-america-joy-ann-reid-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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POLITICO articles

 

 

https://www.politico.com/

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Robert Mueller: 'damning and explosive' testimony expected before Congress

 

Former special counsel will publicly detail ties between Russia, Trump and his potential efforts to obstruct justice in investigation

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Mon 22 Jul 2019 19.09 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/robert-mueller-damning-and-explosive-testimony-anticipated-before-congress

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico boasts of cutting Central American migrant flow to US by a third

 

• Daily numbers down 36.2% to roughly 2,652 a day
• National guard deployed in response to Trump tariff threat

 

David Agren in Mexico City

Mon 22 Jul 2019 21.39 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/22/mexico-central-american-migrant-numbers-down

 

 

 

 

Illinois Republicans remove offensive Facebook post about ‘Jihad Squad’

 

Republican County Chairmen’s Association president sorry for ‘unauthorized’ post that insulted four Democratic congresswomen

 

Associated Press in Washington

Mon 22 Jul 2019 14.41 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/illinois-republican-group-removes-facebook-post-calling-congresswomen-the-jihad-squad

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equifax to pay $700m over breach that exposed data of 150m people

 

• Credit agency exposed social security numbers and other data
• Settlement to provide up to $425m in relief to consumers

 

Associated Press in Washington

Mon 22 Jul 2019 13.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/equifax-data-breach-security-ftc-settlement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

America's red scare is back. And it's racially tinged

 

Condemnation of Democratic congresswomen is xenophobic, dangerous and flat-out false

 

Mon 22 Jul 2019 13.14 BST Last modified on Mon 22 Jul 2019 16.01 BST

By  Kate Aronoff

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/22/republicans-progressives-red-baiting-socialism

 

 

 

 

 

‘If others have rifles, we’ll have rifles’: why US leftist groups are taking up arms

 

Armed antifascists groups say they want to protect events from malicious and potentially armed groups – an increasingly common phenomenon

 

Kim Kelly in Seattle

Mon 22 Jul 2019 06.00 BST Last modified on Mon 22 Jul 2019 16.25 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/22/if-others-have-rifles-well-have-rifles-why-leftist-groups-are-taking-up-arms