2019-03-27: Social Media Postees

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Michael Jackson, Convenient Freak
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
The comedian Dave Chappelle put it like this: why were accusations of inappropriate conduct directed at Michael Jackson always so superbly timed? "Listen Michael," goes Chappelle's mock white executive voice, "we need you to jerk off another child." (Chappelle is …
globalresearch.ca/michael-jackson-convenient-freak/5672849

Video: Special Forces Hunt Down ISIS Terrorists that Killed 3 Russians
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-28
3 Russian service members were killed in a terrorist attack in Syria in late February, the Russian Defense Ministry said on March 25. The defense ministry added that following the attack the Russian Aerospace Forces and Special Operations Forces tracked …
globalresearch.ca/special-forces-hunt-down-terrorists-killed-3-russians/5672848

A Very Incomplete List of Sinister Things Vladimir Putin/Russia/"the Russians" Have Been Accused of Doing
Grayzone Project | thegrayzone.com | 2019-03-28
According to the finest minds of Western media and political life, "The Russians" have been responsible for everything from sowing…
thegrayzone.com/2019/03/27/a-very-incomplete-list-of-sinister-things-vladimir-putin-russia-the-russians-have-been-accused-of-doing/

Saudi attack on hospital kills eight as war in Yemen enters fifth year
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
At least eight people, including five children, were killed when a missile slammed into a gas station near a medical facility that had been placed on a no-strike list.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/yeme-m28.html

Sri Lankans driven to suicide by exorbitant debt repayments
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
Most of those who committed suicide were from the war-ravaged Vavuniya and Jaffna districts in the island's north and Batticalao in the east.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/debt-m28.html

Tensions rise between US, Russia and China over Venezuelan coup
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
The arrival of a relative handful of Russian military personnel this week triggered a flurry of denunciations from Trump administration officials.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/vene-m28.html

Trump backs court action to end health coverage for 25 million people
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
While the Trump administration targets Obamacare for full repeal, the Democrats are dropping calls for "Medicare-for-all" in favor of billions more for the private insurance companies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/medi-m28.html

Venezuela fact-finding mission reports on complex situation
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-28
Three solidarity activists who recently returned from Venezuela presented reports to a meeting organised by the Venezuela Solidarity Campaign (Melbourne) and the Latin American Solidarity Network (LASNET) on March 27. | While in Venezuela, the fact-finding mission met with grassroots activists in the poor suburbs of Caracas and elsewhere in the country and representatives from the Bolivar and Zamora Revolutionary Current, Alexis Vive Collective and the LGBTI community, among others. | Freelance journalist Joe Montero showed a video of a huge rally in support of President Nicolas Maduro, demonstrating that the gov…
greenleft.org.au/content/venezuela-fact-finding-mission-reports-complex-situation

US threatens Turkey over Russian S-400 air defence purchase
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
Despite Washington's threats of sanctions and a downgrade in US-Turkish military security ties, Erdogan has vowed to proceed with the purchase and deployment of the S-400.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/tkus-m28.html

Pentagon announces transfer of $1 billion for border wall construction
WSWS | wsws.org | 2019-03-28
The Pentagon announcement came as Congress failed to override Trump's veto supporting his declaration of a national emergency on the US-Mexico border.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/03/28/bord-m28.html

The shit end of 'free market' capitalism
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-03-28
The Christchurch massacre has prompted many to reflect on the times we live in. | We have started to recognise that the culpability for this act of right-wing terrorism lies not only with the immediate perpetrator but also with all those politicians and opinion shapers who have used racism and Islamophobia to divide society and incite violence. | But why have so many of these powerful people been systematically doing this all around the world? | Because there is a powerful economic motive to do so. | We are living through the shit end of nearly four decades of a global "free market" drive by the corporate rich th…
greenleft.org.au/content/shit-end-free-market-capitalism

War and Peace and the 2020 Presidential Candidates
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-03-27
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Pompeo was a Firm Supporter of RussiaGate: Was he Jeopardizing Trump's Foreign Policy Initiatives?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | It is worth noting that until the release of the Mueller report, Trump's Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (and former CIA Director) was a firm supporter of the RussiaGate narrative. …
globalresearch.ca/is-pompeo-countering-trumps-foreign-policy-initiatives/5648770

Four Years of Hell: To Crush Yemen's Independence, US-Saudi War Created World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-03-27
On the fourth anniversary of the US-Saudi war on Yemen, the Middle East's poorest nation suffers from the worst humanitarian…
thegrayzone.com/2019/03/26/4-years-yemen-independence-us-saudi-war-worst-humanitarian-crisis/

Bombs fall again in Gaza as Netanyahu fights for re-election
Vijay Prashad | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-27
The bombs start again. Israel, as if on a timer, begins to pulverize Gaza. The bombs strike from one end of the country to another, a warning against the protests that have been ongoing for a year. There is a shudder from Gaza, phone calls to friends who say that they are fearful this bombing …
peoplesworld.org/article/bombs-fall-again-in-gaza-as-netanyahu-fights-for-re-election/

Mueller Report Ends a Shameful Period for the Press
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-03-27
The mainstream press, owned by the corporations that have extinguished the democratic state and are fleecing the public, as well as destroying the ecosystem on which we depend for life, does not hold its employers to account. (Photo: Mr.Fish) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-03-27_at_4.24.41_pm.png…
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Greenpeace Urges Senators to Reject David Bernhardt
commondreams | commondreams.org | 2019-03-27
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/03/27/greenpeace-urges-senators-reject-david-bernhardt?cd-origin=rss

Israel's Merciless Bombing of the Gaza Strip
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-27
The bombs start again. Israel, as if on a timer, begins to pulverize Gaza. The bombs strike from one end of the country to another, a warning against the protests that have been ongoing for a year. There is a shudder from Gaza, phone calls to friends who say that they are fearful that this bombing run will escalate. Nothing is beyond Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, who will use these bombs as an advertisement for his campaign to be reelected as Israel goes to the polls on April 9. The phone lines carry the sound of scared children and anxious adults, a building demolished, the warplanes shrieking overhead. | Abu Art…
truthdig.com/articles/israels-merciless-bombing-of-the-gaza-strip/

Firing on Protesters: Will Macron's New Tactics Against the Yellow Vests Make Simmering Pot Boil Over?
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-27
France stands at a crossroads, with the Macron government attempting to drag the country in a new direction and a disunited and leaderless movement attempting to reverse this change. The outcome of this battle will shape the course of Western Europe's largest country for decades to come.
mintpressnews.com/firing-protesters-will-new-french-tactics-yellow-vests-make-simmering-pot-boil/256662/

Why Activists Fail
Robert J. Burrowes | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-27
Despite enormous ongoing effort over more than a thousand years, during and since the formation and shaping of the modern world, and as the number of issues being contested has steadily increased, activists of many types have made insufficient progress on key issues, particularly in relation to ending violence and war (and the threat of…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/27/why-activists-fail/

US Foists 'Humanitarian Aid' on Venezuela, Helps Create a Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen
Kei Pritsker | thegrayzone.com | 2019-03-27
If the US really wants to save people from a dire humanitarian crisis, why aren't we talking about sending aid…
thegrayzone.com/2019/03/26/us-foists-humanitarian-aid-on-venezuela-helps-create-a-humanitarian-crisis-in-yemen/

Forget Mueller. Forget Impeachment. A Million People Should Surround the White House and Demand Trump's Resignation
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-03-27
U.S. President Donald Trump stands in the colonnade as he is introduced to speak to March for Life participants and pro-life leaders in the Rose Garden at the White House on January 19, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_should_resign.jpg…
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Ralph Nader: Americans Should Be Demanding Trump's Resignation
STAFF | truthdig.com | 2019-03-27
Forget the findings of the Mueller investigation. This president has made a mockery of the rule of law, putting millions in harm's way.
truthdig.com/articles/ralph-nader-americans-should-be-demanding-trumps-resignation/

'Every War Is a War Against Children'
Kathy Kelly | progressive.org | 2019-03-27
We, in the United States, have yet to realize both the futility and immense consequences of war even as we develop, store, sell, and use hideous weapons. The number of children killed is rising.
progressive.org/dispatches/every-war-is-a-war-against-children-Kelly-190327/

On My Visit to New Zealand: Can Christchurch Heal Our Collective Wounds?
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-27
Collective pain helps us see each other as human beings first, where our differences, however great, can never be enough to justify or even explain why 3-year-old Mucad Ibrahim had to die, along with 49 other, beautiful and innocent people.
mintpressnews.com/visit-new-zealand-can-christchurch-heal-collective-wounds/256672/

Humane Capitalism or Fascism and War — Q&A with Paul Jay
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-27
A viewer asks why did Paul say that capitalism led to World War I, and another viewer asks if humane capitalism is the answer to today's problems — Paul Jay joins Taya Graham…
therealnews.com/stories/humane-capitalism-or-fascism-and-war-qa-with-paul-jay

US Military Budget Reveals an Offensive Posture, Russia and China on Defense — Wilkerson
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-27
The massive military expansion in the US and China could lead to absolute disaster — Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay…
therealnews.com/stories/us-military-budget-reveals-an-offensive-posture-russia-and-china-on-defense-wilkerson

How the U.S. Navy Made Tom Dooley a Tool to Sell the Vietnam War
Gareth Porter | truthdig.com | 2019-03-27
The U.S. Navy doctor's popular book, "Deliver Us From Evil," was only one way Dooley pushed American propaganda to the public.
truthdig.com/articles/how-the-u-s-navy-made-tom-dooley-a-tool-to-sell-the-vietnam-war/

After Trump's Golan Heights Announcement, Israeli Politicians Now Pushing for US Recognition of West Bank as "Israeli"
Whitney Webb | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
In 2016, longtime Trump advisor, and current ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, said Trump would recognize Israel's sovereignty over the entire West Bank if Israel "deemed it necessary." | *** | After U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he planned to unilaterally …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-golan-heights-announcement-israeli-politicians-now-pushing-us-recognition-west-bank/5672816

The Many Reasons to Believe Vasily Prozorov's Testimony About Ukraine's Role in Downing MH-17
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-03-27
Former Ukrainian intelligence officer Vasily Prozorov's testimony will likely be dismissed by Western governments that support Kiev, but there is plenty of evidence to back his claims.
mintpressnews.com/reasons-believe-vasily-prozorov-testimony-ukraine-role-downing-mh-17/256642/

Noam Chomsky on Moral Relativism and Michel Foucault
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-27
counterpunch.org/2019/03/27/noam-chomsky-on-moral-relativism-and-michel-foucault/

"We Are Swimming in an Ocean of Lies" on Venezuela
STAFF | therealnews.com | 2019-03-27
Former UN Special Rapporteur says Michelle Bachelet needs to change her team and visit Venezuela herself, or she is going to continue to get an "unprofessional, one-sided, politicized report" on the state of the country…
therealnews.com/stories/we-are-swimming-in-an-ocean-of-lies-on-venezuela

Ecological Civilization: Could China Become a Model for Saving the Earth?
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-03-27
Industrialized agriculture is threatening humanity with catastrophe. It feeds global warming and dissolves societies. In addition, its pesticides contaminate and poison drinking water and food. Undoing rural America I reached this conclusion from working for the US Environmental Protection Agency for twenty-five years. I summarized my experience in my 2014 book, Poison Spring: The Secret History…
counterpunch.org/2019/03/27/ecological-civilization-could-china-become-a-model-for-saving-the-earth/

Don't Expect Kosovo to "Compromise" on Its "Independence" Anytime Soon
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov confirmed everyone's suspicions last week when he said that he regards Kosovo's ultimatum-like demand to Serbia to recognize its "independence" as having been encouraged by the US. This shouldn't have surprised anyone since NATO's War on …
globalresearch.ca/dont-expect-kosovo-compromise-independence-anytime-soon/5672792

Fighting Fascism in an Era of Lies
Henry Giroux | truthdig.com | 2019-03-27
This article was originally published in Counterpunch. | We do not live in a post-truth world and never have. On the contrary, we live in a pre-truth world where the truth has yet to arrive. As one of the primary currencies of politics, lies have a long history in the United States. For instance, state sponsored lies played a crucial ideological role in pushing the U.S. into wars in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, legitimated the use of Torture under the Bush administration, and covered up the crimes of the financial…
truthdig.com/articles/fighting-fascism-in-an-era-of-lies/

ANGRY ARAB: Memories and Omissions of the Iraq Wars
Consortiumnews | consortiumnews.com | 2019-03-27
The Iraq wars and their consequences have been callous, bipartisan campaigns that have profoundly altered Arabs' views of the United States, says As'ad AbuKhalil. By As`ad AbuKhalil Special to Consortium News It has been sixteen years since the U.S. invasion of… Read more ?…
consortiumnews.com/2019/03/27/angry-arab-memories-and-omissions-of-the-iraq-wars/

"The Africa Spring": The US Is Stoking Congo's "Deep State" Civil War in Order to "Contain" China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
The "African Spring" seems ready to spread to the Democratic Republic of the Congo after there are visible signs that the US is stoking its "deep state" civil war in order create obstacles to China's hitherto unrestricted access to cobalt …
globalresearch.ca/us-congos-deep-state-civil-war-contain-china/5672826

UN's Bachelet rejects Sri Lankan official's 'spin' on Human Rights Council encounter, urges reforms
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-27
The UN's top rights official on Wednesday rejected claims by Sri Lankan officials that she distanced herself from a report on the country and instructed her staff to be more "cautious" in future, before stressing her commitment to justice for victims of grave abuses during the civil war.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035541

Are Federal Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids Hurting Patients with Chronic Pain?
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2019-03-27
As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a landmark settlement, we look at an underreported result of the opioid crisis: the underprescribing of opioids for patients who rely on them for pain management. This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning patients have been harmed by a lack of clarity in guidelines for prescribing opioids. The CDC revised the guidelines for primary care physicians in 2016 in order to improve safety and reduce risks associated with long-term opioid therapy for chronic pain. But many say the new guidelin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/are_federal_guidelines_for_prescribing_opioids

'They Had Already Decided They Wanted to Invade Iraq' – CounterSpin interviews with Robert Dreyfuss and Diana Duarte on media and the Iraq War
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-03-27
The CounterSpin episode for March 22, 2019, reaired classic interviews with Robert Dreyfuss ( 2/27/04) and Diana Duarte ( 3/22/13) about media's Iraq War roles. | Media…
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Yemen hospital airstrike under investigation amid resurgence of deadly cholera
United Nations | un.org | 2019-03-27
UN human rights staff in Yemen are investigating an apparent airstrike on a hospital in opposition-held territory which reportedly killed at least seven civilians on Tuesday, amid fears that cholera is spreading "like wildfire", one of the organization's senior humanitarian officials has warned.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/03/1035561

'The Elephant Man' on stage: Being Human 101
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-03-27
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.–The Thursday Night Theatre Club's production of Bernard Pomerance's Tony Award winner for Best Play The Elephant Man is simply an exquisitely poetically, philosophically rendered poignant work all about the art of being human. Based on the real-life case of the hideously physically deformed John Merrick (Tom Vitorino), the two-act drama follows the …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-elephant-man-on-stage-being-human-101/

20 Years Ago, the NATO Bombing of Yugoslavia Established a New Criminal World Order
Avis Krane | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
It is an attempt to make the whole world "get used to the fact" that in the new American-centered world order, where the US and their satellites are allowed to violate the basic provisions of the UN Charter and the …
globalresearch.ca/nato-bombing-yugoslavia-established-new-criminal-world-order/5672819

Victims of FBI Subversion Now Embrace America's Secret Police
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
It shouldn't come as a surprise the FBI and the DOJ obstructed justice last year when then acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe told the House Intelligence Committee to pound sand after Republicans demanded he hand over work-related texts. | The obstruction …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-subversion-americas-secret-police/5672775

Ukrainian Security Official Says Ukraine Shot Down MH-17
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
298 Passengers and crew were murdered by Ukraine in order to create a propaganda attack on Russia. The filth that comprise the Western media and governments hid the truth for the sake of Washington's anti-Russian propaganda. | The security official says …
globalresearch.ca/ukrainian-security-official-says-ukraine-shot-down-mh-17/5672773

A Privileged Education: The US College Admissions Scandal
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
The oldest idea of history; the perennial problem of station: education. Get the child as far as possible so that he or she can be propelled, as if from a trebuchet across the ramparts of life. Nasty obstacles — one | …
globalresearch.ca/us-college-admissions-scandal/5672776

Cancer Cluster at California Elementary School Results in Removal of Sprint Cell Phone Tower
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
A Sprint cell phone tower will be removed from a California elementary school after four students and three teachers were diagnosed with cancer. | Weston Elementary School in Ripon, CA went on high alert after the controversy erupted two years ago …
globalresearch.ca/cancer-california-elementary-school-removal-sprint-cell-phone-tower/5672811

Video: Two Oligarchs and a Comedian Lead Ukraine's Presidential Race
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
On March 31, the first round of the 2019 presidential election will take place in Ukraine. A record number of candidates — 39 — is campaigning for the presidential post in the biggest country in Europe. Most of them have …
globalresearch.ca/ukraines-presidential-race/5672785

US Coalition in Syria Using ISIS at Al Tanf
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
ISIS is defeated, and the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF) announced the capture of thousands of ISIS terrorists in their custody, and the wives and children of the terrorists were taken to camps in north east Syria. The question on …
globalresearch.ca/us-coalition-syria-using-isis-al-tanf/5672779

Video: Mueller Report Decimates 'Russiagate' Hoax — What's Next?
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2019-03-27
The two-plus year great hoax has come to an end. Trump is not Putin's puppet, as the vast majority of the mainstream media and Democrats have claimed. There was no "collusion" with Russia. | So after so much wasted time and …
globalresearch.ca/video-mueller-report-decimates-russiagate-hoax-whats-next/5672782

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2019-03-26: News Headlines

United Nations (2019-03-26). Brazilian officer a 'stellar example' of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping. un.org Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special gender advocate award, it was announced on Tuesday.

United Nations (2019-03-26). 'Negative forces' at work in DR Congo threaten 'largely peaceful' relations across Great Lakes region, says outgoing UN envoy. un.org The UN's outgoing Special Envoy for Africa's Great Lakes region on Tuesday said countries there had made "important steps towards durable peace and stability" in the last 20 years, resulting in a region that is now "largely peaceful".

Fight Back (2019-03-26). Protest demands justice for the wrongfully convicted. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – A crowd of 20 rallied outside the office of 30th Ward Alderman Ariel Reboyras on March 20 to condemn his record of covering for police crimes and preventing justice for those victimized by police violence. | Protesters included residents of the 30th Ward, members of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, Chicago Boricua Resistance (CBR), and Innocent Demand Justice. Addressing the crowd, Jazmine Salas, co-chair of the Chicago Alliance, said "Reboyras has done nothing for the survivors of Guevara's crimes and instead made sure to protect dirty cops. He has turned his back on Bl…

Steve Striffler (2019-03-26). Venezuela, US Solidarity, and the Future of Socialism. commondreams.org Protestors rally in support of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro outside the Venezuelan Consulate in Midtown Manhattan, January 24, 2019 in New York City. The Trump administration, along with several other governments in the region, had just recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as "Interim President" of the Latin American nation. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/venezuela_solidarity_socialism.jpg…

teleSUR (2019-03-26). Brazilian Government Threatens to End Indigenous Health System. telesurenglish.net As a response to the Brazilian government's proposal to municipalize Indigenous health, hundreds of protestors took the streets Monday and Tuesday to defend the current Subsystem under the Special Secretariat of Indigenous Health (Sesai). | RELATED: | Brazil: President Bolsonaro Deepens Anti-Indigenous Policies | On Tuesday morning, Indigenous people occupied the building of the Ministry of Health in Curitiba, joining other protests in Bahia, Porto Velho, Brasilia, and all over…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Democrats' Russia Obsession Let Trump Abandon Nuclear Treaties—Wilkerson and Jay. therealnews.com While there's ample evidence to indict Trump for obstruction and Democrats naively trusted Mueller, more crucial issue is the missed opportunity to negotiate stronger nuclear weapons treaties—Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Democrats' Russophobia Hid Trump's Real Crimes. therealnews.com Gerald Horne and Jeff Cohen join host Paul Jay to unpack the Democrat and corporate media obsession with Russiagate, the foreign policy implications, and how it let Trump off the hook on major policy issues…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Democrats' Russiagate Fixation Has Obscured Trump's True Crimes. truthdig.com What follows is a conversation between author Gerald Horne, Truthdig contributor Jeff Cohen and Paul Jay of the Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…

Patrick Cockburn (2019-03-26). How ISIS's Brutal Project in the Middle East was Finally Overthrown. counterpunch.org Up to its dying days the self-declared Islamic State has retained the ability to top the news agenda, even as its fighters were losing their last battle for bomb-shattered villages in the deserts of eastern Syria. When their spokesman promised retaliation for the massacre of Muslims in the Christchurch mosques his threat was taken seriously. More

Robert Fisk (2019-03-26). Ardern's Response to Christchurch has Put Other Leaders to Shame, But Not for Its Compassion Alone. counterpunch.org Cometh the hour, cometh the woman. Jacinda Ardern won her spurs last week with her response to the Christchurch atrocity. But the world's praise for her eloquence and compassion missed the point. Ardern was different. She fought from the start like a real politician, scorning the killer, attacking racism and slapping back at Turkish president Erdogan's revolting election propaganda More

Jonathan Cook (2019-03-26). Lessons for the Progressive Left From the 'Failed' Mueller Inquiry. mintpressnews.com In the combined success-failure of the Mueller inquiry, the progressive left has an opportunity to understand in a much more sophisticated way how real power works and in whose favor it is exercised.

People's World Editorial Board (2019-03-26). Editorial: Stop waiting for Mueller's report to save us. peoplesworld.org Wait for the Mueller report, many said, it will reveal everything. The Republicans conspired with the Russians. The election was hacked. Trump will be toast. Well, we waited. And now the report is in…sort of. It's in the hands of Attorney General William Barr, who so far has not seen fit to share its contents …

Joshua Frank (2019-03-26). To Celebrate or to Not? The Mueller Question. counterpunch.org Finally, it's over. Well, sort of, anyway. Late Sunday afternoon, Attorney General Bill Barr released his much-anticipated summary of Bob Mueller's Russia investigation. The big news, of course, was that nobody in Trump's orbit "knowingly" coordinated with Russian efforts to disrupt the 2016 election. Trump won't be charged with obstruction of justice and not a single American was indicted for conspiracy. More

Deirdre Griswold (2019-03-26). Between the lines of the Mueller Report. workers.org The relationship between the law and politics is once again the subject of oceans of ink — and their electronic equivalents in this digital age — as the Mueller Report is being analyzed, down to the last comma, by people who have not read it and are not allowed to . . . | Continue reading Between the lines of the Mueller Report at Workers.org

Jenna Orkin (2019-03-26). Quentin Crisp's Posthumous Book, the Sequel. counterpunch.org Those of us lucky enough, by which I suppose I mean old enough, to have known Quentin Crisp's work while he was alive, are probably aware of the third volume of his autobiography, The Last Word, published posthumously in 2017, on the 18th anniversary of his death. That wonderful book, simpler and more direct than had been his custom, introduced More

William Camacaro (2019-03-26). Urgent call to celebrate May Day in solidarity with Venezuela. mronline.org Come see the real "threat" posed by Venezuela—as living proof that another world indeed is possible. | Source

William deBuys (2019-03-26). 12 Ways to Make Sense of the Border Mess. counterpunch.org Borders are cruel. I know this because I've been studying the U.S.-Mexico border for more than 40 years. It features prominently in two of my books, written in different decades. It keeps pulling me back. Every time I cross that border, I say to myself that this is no big deal — I'm used to it. And every More

Chelli Stanley (2019-03-26). Detectives on Smollett Case Have Troubling Backgrounds. counterpunch.org The Chicago Police department calls a survivor of violence a 'liar' and the world agrees? Nah. Whether we look at it logically, legally, or historically, there's much more to the story than that. I had never heard of Jussie Smollett before the attack and media coverage. I don't watch TV and had never watched Empire, but something seemed off More

George Ochenski (2019-03-26). The Fox in the Henhouse: Bernhardt at Interior. counterpunch.org Everyone has heard the old saying about "the fox guarding the hen house" — which generally means you wind up with a fat fox and dead chickens. That's something Montana's senators should keep in mind when the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee weighs Donald Trump's nomination of former oil, gas and mining lobbyist David Bernhardt to be the next Secretary of the Interior following the December resignation of ethics-plagued Ryan Zinke. And yes, that means Republican Sen. Steve Daines is going to have to decide if putting Trump's raper-scraper in charge of 245 million acres of America's public lands…

Teresa Gutierrez (2019-03-26). Never forget the 2018 Austin bombings. workers.org One year ago, from March 2 through 21, this city was gripped by acts of terror when Mark Anthony Conditt, who is white, left cardboard packages armed to explode in homes and yards. At the end of it all, two people were killed and five injured. Although corporate media and . . . | Continue reading Never forget the 2018 Austin bombings at Workers.org

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-26). War or Uneasy Truce in Gaza? Renewed Bombing ordered by Netanyahu. globalresearch.ca Aiming to show toughness against defenseless Gazans ahead of the April 9 elections, Netanyahu ordered the Strip terror-bombed on Monday — affirming his ruthlessness once again, after countless previous times. | For hours during day and nighttime hours on Monday, IDF …

Stephen Lendman (2019-03-26). Third Trump Regime Sabotage of Venezuela's Electrical Grid Foiled. globalresearch.ca Unbowed after over two months of failed efforts to topple Maduro, failure to win over its military or gain popular support, its paramilitary attack scheme and other tactics foiled so far — the Trump regime cyberattacked Venezuela's electrical power grid …

Israel Shahak (2019-03-26). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-03-26). Historically Huge Anti-Saudi Rallies Across Yemen on War's Fourth Anniversary. mintpressnews.com Unprecedented numbers of Yemenis took part in the anti-Saudi demonstrations on the fourth anniversary of the war in Yemen this year, indicating a growing opposition to the Saudi-led presence in their country.

Kei Pritsker (2019-03-26). Watch | US Foists "Humanitarian Aid" on Venezuela, Helps Create a Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen. mintpressnews.com (Transcript) —This video was produced as part of a MintPress News and Grayzone collaboration — There's been nonstop talk about the humanitarian situation in Venezuela. | In case you haven't heard, U.S. politicians are really concerned for the Venezuelan people's well-being — screaming their all-too-familiar code words that justify U.S. intervention, like "a humanitarian crisis … socialist dictator starving his own people." | Fine. | But if the United States really wants to save people from a dire humanitarian crisis, why aren't we…

Massoud Nayeri (2019-03-26). Don't Trust a Hand that Feeds the "Fascist Beast". People Around the World Are Rising Up against Their Government. globalresearch.ca The "Mueller Report" is out and as it was expected, it was disastrous news to the Democrats and pushed the fascistic minded President a little closer to his dream of creating a police state in the U.S. In this regard, …

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2019-03-26). The Mueller Report Was Never Going to Save Us. We Must Fight Collusion Ourselves. commondreams.org Special counsel Robert Mueller (C) leaves after a closed meeting with members of the Senate Judiciary Committee June 21, 2017 at the Capitol in Washington, DC. The committee meets with Mueller to discuss the firing of former FBI Director James Comey. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mueller_wont_save_us.jpg…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Mueller Didn't Exonerate Trump of Obstruction of Justice. truthout.org The Mueller report is finally done. On March 23, Special Counsel Robert Mueller sent the confidential report of his 22-month investigation to Attorney General William Barr. Less than 48 hours later, Barr released a four-page letter outlining Mueller's conclusions and jumping to one as well. | In response to Barr's letter, Donald Trump claimed, "There was no obstruction, none whatsoever, and it was a complete and total exoneration." But Mueller did not exonerate Trump of obstruction…

Consortiumnews (2019-03-26). Three Lessons From 'Failed' Mueller Inquiry. consortiumnews.com Jonathan Cook analyzes what progressives can glean from a major squabble between different wings of the same neoliberal establishment. By JonathanCook Jonathan-Cook.net Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry… Read more →

Global Research News (2019-03-26). Selected Articles: RussiaGate and the Mueller Report. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…

Ruth Conniff (2019-03-26). Mueller Report Does Not Disprove that Trump Is a Crook. progressive.org The truth is less dramatic, but more sordid.

John Nichols (2019-03-26). The President Has Not Been Exonerated. thenation.com The President Has Not Been Exonerated…

Jonathan Cook (2019-03-26). Three Lessons for the Progressive Left from the Mueller Inquiry. globalresearch.ca Here are three important lessons for the progressive left to consider now that it is clear the inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller into Russiagate is never going to uncover collusion between Donald Trump's camp and the Kremlin in …

Robert Reich (2019-03-26). Robert Reich: The Real Trump Scandal Was Never Collusion. truthdig.com We may never know for sure whether Donald Trump colluded with Vladimir Putin to obtain Russia's help in the 2016 election, in return for, say, Trump's help in weakening NATO and not interfering against Russian aggression in Ukraine. | Trump and his propaganda machine at Fox News have repeatedly conjured up a "witch hunt" and maintained a drumbeat of "no collusion," which already has mired Robert Mueller's report in a fog of alt-interpretation and epistemological confusion. | What's "collusion?" What's illegal? Has Trump obstructed justice? Has he been vindicated? What did Mueller conclude, exactly? What did he me…

STAFF (2019-03-26). Don't Believe Trump or Barr. The Investigations Are Just Beginning. truthout.org Well, that didn't take long. | The ink wasn't dry on Attorney General William Barr's laughably porous "summary" of the Mueller report before Donald Trump and his allies declared war on all who have displeased them. This included a demand from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) that Bill Clinton be investigated for his 2016 airport tarmac meeting with then-Attorney General Lore…

Democracy Now! (2019-03-26). Headlines for March 26, 2019. democracynow.org Israel Continues Airstrikes in Gaza Amid Fragile Truce, U.S. Officially Recognizes Golan Heights as Israeli Territory, Trump Suggests Probes into "Traitors" in Wake of Mueller Report, Pentagon Authorizes Diversion of $1 Billion to Build Border Wall, Father of 6-Year-Old Sandy Hook Victim Dies by Suicide, Parkland Survivors Urge Senators to Pass Background Check Act, DOJ Backs Full Repeal of Affordable Care Act, Mexico: Radio Reporter Killed Amid Spate of Journalist Murders, Venezuela: New Power Outage Hits Residents Amid Political Turmoil, Suspects in College Admissions Scam Plead Not Guilty, Green New Deal Goes…

Judicial Watch (2019-03-26). Judicial Watch Statement on Mueller Report. globalresearch.ca Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton made the following statement in response to the Mueller special counsel report summary made public by Attorney General Barr today: | The long, national nightmare is over and President Trump has been vindicated. The corruptly-created and …

teleSUR (2019-03-26). UNICEF: Yemen is Today's Worst Humanitarian Crisis in World. telesurenglish.net At the four year anniversary of the Saudi war on Yemen as many as 56,000 Yemeni, mainly civilians, have been killed in the conflict fueled by arms from the United Kingdom, United States and France. | RELATED: | US and UK Weapons Caused Nearly 1,000 Civilian Casualties in Yemen: Report | The United Nations has categorized the situation in Yemen as the world's current worst humanitarian crisis. | In what factions thought would be a six month conflict has instead dragg…

Fréa Lockley (2019-03-26). Four years on, UK arms sales are still propping up the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen. thecanary.co 26 March marks "four years since Saudi-led forces began bombing Yemen". Despite tens of thousands of deaths from bombs and thousands more from what … | Read more Four years on, UK arms sales are still propping up the Saudi-led bombing of Yemen | By Fréa Lockley

Consortiumnews (2019-03-26). Anti-Semitism and Double Standards. consortiumnews.com Criticizing Israel is considered bad form, writes Daniel Lazare, but keeping mum about Saudi crimes is fine as long as the donations continue to flow. By Daniel Lazare Special to Consortium News In a week when the GOP flaunted its… Read more →

STAFF (2019-03-26). John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court. truthout.org Events just fly by in the ever-accelerating rush of Trump Time, so it's easy enough to miss important ones in the chaos. Paul Manafort is sentenced twice and indicted a third time! Whoosh! Gone! The Senate agrees with the House that the United States should stop supporti…

Asharq Al-Awsat (2019-03-26). War Crimes: 10 Children Killed by US Airstrike in Afghanistan. UN. globalresearch.ca Ten children, part of the same extended family, were killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan, along with three adult civilians, the United Nations said on Monday. | The airstrike early on Saturday was part of a battle between the Taliban …

Katrina vanden Heuvel (2019-03-26). It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War. thenation.com It Is Long Past Time for a National Reckoning With the Catastrophic Costs of Endless War…

Bill Van Auken (2019-03-26). Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War. globalresearch.ca The hastily completed White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump signed a decree granting official US recognition to Israel's illegal annexation of Syria's Golan Heights is an act which, on its surface, appears to change few facts on the …

James C. Kennedy (2019-03-26). The Poisonous History of Neo-Classical Economics. counterpunch.org "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country." — Edward Bernays The U.S. and other western nations are blindly marching themselves More

teleSUR (2019-03-26). #MeToo Movement Spreads to Mexico's Various Industries. telesurenglish.net In Mexico, in a wave of #metoo, women are coming forward with their experiences of sexual harassment while exposing the perpetrators in several industries across the country. | RELATED: | #MeToo Graffiti Spray-painted on Famous WWII 'Kiss' Statue | The movement started Thursday when a political commentator, Ana Ge tweeted, "a powerful man within the literature ci…

United Nations (2019-03-26). 'Revved up climate action' needed to counter 'prolonged' and deadly storms like Cyclone Idai: Guterres. un.org Cyclone Idai and the mounting death toll is "yet another alarm bell about the dangers of climate change" UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, warning that vulnerable countries like Mozambique, would be hit the hardest unless urgent action is taken by nations across the world.

Julian Rose (2019-03-26). The World Crisis: Can Chickens Swim? globalresearch.ca Need I say it, extraordinary things are going on all over this World, and it turns out that having to resort to a survival formula in order to cope with them, is not necessarily the best way forward. In fact, …

Press TV (2019-03-26). UK's Secret War: British Elite Commandos Wounded in Yemen. globalresearch.ca A number of elite British commandos have sustained injuries in direct gunfights with Yemeni forces as part of what appears to be a secretive UK military campaign in Yemen, a new report says, adding a major twist to London's involvement …

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