The Left Simply Can't Trust House Democrats
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-11-25
Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a "continuing resolution" that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, voted yes. So did all 11 of the CPC's vice chairs. | It didn't have to be that way. House progressives could have thrown a monkey wrench into the Orwellian machinery. Instead, the cave-in was another bow to normalizing the U.S. government's mass surveillance powers. | "There's no other way t…
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The End of the Rule of Law
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2019-11-25
Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump. But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations. These long-standing violations are, for this reason, ignored by Democratic Party leaders seeking to impeach the president. They have chosen to focus exclusively on Trump's attempt to get the Ukrainian president to o…
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UN mission in DR Congo appeals for calm as violent protests continue
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-25
The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has met with national authorities in the wake of an attack against its headquarters in Beni on Monday, which left the building badly damaged.
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Police Raid Egypt's Last Independent News Outlet
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-25
Egyptian security forces raided the office of Mada Masr, the country's last independent media outlet, and arrested three of its journalists this weekend. The raid began Sunday afternoon, when nine plainclothes security officers entered the Mada Masr office in Cairo, seizing phones and laptops and holding the staff in the building for more than three hours. They then arrested editor-in-chief Lina Attalah, managing editor Mohamed Hamama and reporter Rana Mamdouh. It came just a day after security forces arrested senior editor…
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'Atlantics (Atlantique)': An African 'Get Out' type of movie
Ed Rampell | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-25
Mati Diop's Atlantics, seen recently at the American Film Institute's annual film festival, is a clever, creative film that, like Jordan Peele's 2017 Get Out and 2019 Us, takes a look at a topical issue through the lens of horror movie genre conventions. Whereas Peele peeled back the layers of American racism and class inequality, …
peoplesworld.org/article/atlantics-atlantique-an-african-get-out-type-of-movie/

Likud MK: "Israelis Will Soon Be Able To Open Projects in Arab Gulf States"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-25
Former Israeli Communications Minister, Ayyoub al-Qarra, an Arab Druze member of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party, said that Israel was advancing its normalization ties with various Arab countries, and next year, Israelis will be able to open businesses and have normal political tries with Arab Gulf states. The Maan News agency …
imemc.org/article/likud-mk-israelis-will-soon-be-able-to-open-projects-in-arab-gulf-states/

UN Mission, community leaders, condemn South Sudan violence which left two dead at camp
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-25
Community leaders issued an apology on Monday after rioting on 21 November by "drunken youth" within a UN Protection of Civilians site run by UNMISS in South Sudan, left two dead and eight UN personnel injured, including five police officers.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052121

Erdogan in Qatar on first Arab trip since Turkey's campaign in Syria
rt.com | 2019-11-25
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Qatar on Monday on his first official trip to an Arab country since Turkey's forces intervened in northeast Syria last month against Kurdish fighters. | Ankara and Doha have grown closer since Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Egypt cut ties with their former Gulf ally more than two years ago. | Erdogan's visit comes at a critical time amid signs of a possible breakthrough in the crisis between Qatar and its neighbors. Erdogan will reportedly attend the fifth meeting of the Qatar-Turkey Higher Strategic Committee at the invitation of Emir Sheikh Tami…
rt.com/newsline/474292-erdogan-qatar-turkey-syria/

Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-25
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, "consistent" with international law. | RELATED: | Israel Expels Human Rights Watch Official Over BDS Support | US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israels-Next-Move-The-Real-Danger-in-US-Decision-to-Normalize-Illegal-Jewish-Settlements—20191125-0004.html

Police Raid Egypt's Last Independent News Outlet Mada Masr Amid "Increasingly Hostile" Media Climate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-25
Egyptian security forces raided the office of Mada Masr, the country's last independent media outlet, and arrested three of its journalists this weekend. The raid began Sunday afternoon, when nine plainclothes security officers entered the Mada Masr office in Cairo, seizing phones and laptops and holding the staff in the building for more than three hours. They then arrested editor-in-chief Lina Attalah, managing editor Mohamed Hamama and reporter Rana Mamdouh. It came just a day after security forces arrested senior editor Shady Zalat at his home. All four journalists were released from detention Sunday night. T…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/25/mada_masr_egypt_media_sharif_kouddous

Challenging the toxic myths behind our age of discontent
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-25
books Leah CowanIssue 1247 AustraliaNovember 25, 2019We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent | By Nesrine Malik | Orion, 2019 | 288 pages | Leah Cowan reviews a book that systematically unpicks the myths that are spread in order to preserve the status quo. | As a writer and editor on race, gender…
greenleft.org.au/content/challenging-toxic-myths-behind-our-age-discontent

UN agencies ramp up Somalia measles and polio campaign
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-24
A campaign to vaccinate some 1.7 million children in Somalia was launched on Sunday by the country's government, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052081

Iran False Flag Prep, US Government's Staggering Bolivia Hypocrisy, Netanyahu Indicted & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-23
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Ebola in DR Congo: New transmission chain risks reversing major gains
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-22
Amid multiple deadly attacks on civilians by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), an Ebola death "unlinked to any chain of transmission" risks reversing major gains against the epidemic, which is now down to just a handful of cases, a top UN medic said on Friday.
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Congress Quietly Unites To Extend "Temporary" Patriot Act Under Cover Of The Impeachment Distraction
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-22
The only time Republicans and Democrats can agree is when they are discussing the expansion of the permanent war and surveillance state. The Last American Vagabond takes a closer look at the many layers of deception about how legislation gets pushed through which contains buried provisions that further erode the U.S. Constitution and liberty. This is …
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Friday's Daily Brief: DRC Ebola concerns, Yemen peace hopes, more migrant boats leave Libya
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-22
A recap of Friday's stories in brief: WHO raises fresh Ebola concerns, UN envoy raises hopes of Yemen political settlement, WFP makes urgent Venezuela appeal, hundreds of migrants discovered in boats off Libya coast.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052031

Political consensus critical ahead of Somalia election: UN mission chief
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-21
With Somalia scheduled to hold "one-person, one-vote" elections next year, leaders must act now to break the "stalemate" between the central government and federal member states, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051901

Iran: Nationwide protests call for overthrow of the regime
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-21
Iran protests Frieda AfaryIssue 1246 Iran anti-austerity protests Tehran UniversityNovember 21, 2019It took the popular uprisings in Iraq and Lebanon, following the earlier uprisings in Sudan…
greenleft.org.au/content/iran-nationwide-protests-call-overthrow-regime

Serious concerns over Sahel, require 'urgent action': Senior UN Africa official
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-20
The situation in Africa's Sahel region continues to be "of serious concern and urgent action is needed", a high-level United Nations official told the Security Council on Wednesday, attributing a rising number of attacks to terrorist armed groups.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051831

Israel Carries Out 'Wide-Scale Strikes' In Syria, US Gov Withholds Food/Meds From Iran & Patriot Act
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-20
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There Are Riots In Iran And The Usual Suspect Are On It
Moon Of Alabama | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-19
There are a few riots in Iran and Amnesty International is on it: Amnesty International @amnesty — 15: 50 UTC ∑ Nov 19, 2019 At least 106 protesters in 21 cities have been killed in #Iran, according to reports we have received. Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony & information gathered from activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/conspiracy/there-are-riots-iran-usual-suspect/

US Says Israeli Settlements Are Legal, 23 Killed In Bolivia As Violent Coup Ignored & Venezuela Flop
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-18
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After Texas Court Blocks Execution, Rodney Reed Has a Chance to Prove His Innocence in 1996 Murder
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-18
In a stunning decision handed down Friday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals halted the execution of Rodney Reed, an African-American death row prisoner who was scheduled to be executed on Wednesday for a murder he says he did not commit. The appeals court ordered a review of the case to examine claims of prosecutorial misconduct. Millions of people around the country had joined Reed's cause in recent weeks amid mounting evidence that another man may be responsible for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites, a 19-year-old white woman. In 1998, an all-white jury sentenced Reed to die for Stites's murder after his DNA…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/18/rodney_reed_scheduled_execution_in_texas

Bolivia's New US-Made Dictatorship, Netanyahu Wins As Gaza Loses & Iran's Protests Are Trump's Fault
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-17
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Gold Chains: The Hidden History of Slavery in California
Candice Francis | aclu.org | 2019-11-15
This is a cross-post from the ACLU of Northern California. | There is a story we tell ourselves about being American. Much of it is a lie. Two dates that students throughout the country are required to memorize to inform an American identity are 1492, when Columbus supposedly "discovered" America, and 1776, when the United States claimed sovereignty from England and through the Declaration of Independence declared: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." If we're honest, we'll admit that the "all men" in that catchphrase didn't include African Americans, Native Americans, and…
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Israel Kills Over 30 In Gaza, Bolivia Coup About Lithium And More & Israeli Group Taking Syria's Oil
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-15
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Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions
ziyaad | bdsmovement.net | 2019-11-12
Anglican Church in Southern Africa voted to support non-violent action to end Israel's military occupation of Palestine, especially BDS actions : In the NewsProvincial Synod votes on Israel sanctions, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia | Economic Boycott Cultural BoycottSeptember 26, 2019 | By: | | Anglican Church of Southern Africa …
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James Corbett Interview — ISIS Was Created, Armed And Funded By US/Israel & It's An Open Secret
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
The US government armed Osama Bin Laden; it armed Saddam Hussain with chemical weapons to be used against Iran in 1980; it armed the very groups that later became ISIS. Yet we are sold an entirely different yarn by the US government and its lap dog MSM. Today I have invited James Corbett on the …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/interviews/james-corbett-interview-isis-created-armed-funded-by-us-israel-an-open-secret/

Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
Mike Pompeo continues to lead the propaganda push to get the public panicking about an Iran "nuclear breakout" even when all evidence shows that Iran is nowhere near capable of being a nuclear threat. Of course many other countries have far more robust nuclear programs, but because it's Iran we have to come together as …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/pompeos-iran-nuclear-lies-exposed-using-clear-evidence-jcpoa-document-itself/

Leaked Audio Recordings Implicate Cruz, Menendez And Rubio In Bolivia Coup & Veteran's Day Reality
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
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Turkey's Syria 'Ethnic Cleansing' In US Memo, US Can Shoot 'Any Syrian' Over Oil & A Bolivia Coup
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-11
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Revealed: Breathalyzer Test Is "Fake Science" — What's NOT Fake Today?
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-10
So much of what we are confronted with in the mainstream media and from government sources is fake. So much so, that the question should be: what is NOT fake? Apparently, the science behind the much-touted breathalyzer used by police to nab drunk drivers ALSO can be added to the list of fakery. Given how …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/revealed-breathalyzer-test-fake-science-whats-not-fake-today/

Possible False Flag In Iraq, US Votes Against Anti-Nazi Res. & Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Debunked
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-09
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SPLC celebrates 30th anniversary of Civil Rights Memorial
splcenter.org | 2019-11-05
The first African American elected mayor of Montgomery, Alabama — a city known as both the "Cradle of the Confederacy" and the "Birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement" — urged those who gathered today to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Memorial to ask themselves how they can make an impact on the lives of others.
splcenter.org/news/2019/11/05/splc-celebrates-30th-anniversary-civil-rights-memorial

"White Helmets Are Preparing New Chemical Provocations In Syria," France Bombs Iraq & Oil Occupation
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-03
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Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-02
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The Baghdadi "DNA Test" Was Done BEFORE The Raid By The SDF Using His Underwear
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-30
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Distracting With Baghdadi Psyop, US Sends "Withdrawn" Troops Back Into Syria, Along With MANY More
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-29
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Russia Has 'Proof' US Is Smuggling Oil In Syria & Did Israel/US Create A Civil War In Lebanon?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-26
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More Troops/Tanks To Syria Confirmed, OPCW Whistleblower, Barr's PreCrime & Mossad Clinton Blackmail
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-26
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Trump To Send Possibly Thousands Of Troops & Tanks To "Secure Syria's Oil" & Iraq Goes To UN Over US
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-25
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