Max Blumenthal on How the Media Covers Syria
by TheRealNews.com
on July 10, 2017
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Why We're Investigating Grand Canyon Uranium
by John Ahni Schertow and Garet Bleir, intercontinentalcry.org
on July 10, 2017
In 2012, US Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced a twenty-year ban on mining surrounding the Grand Canyon National Park. It was one of the biggest wins for the environment that year. After all, 10,000 uranium mining claims threatened to turn this iconic natural landscape into a radioactive wasteland.
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‘Think Through the Implications of Our Actions’: An Open Letter to Rep. Barbara Lee
by Norman Solomon
on July 10, 2017
Dear Congresswoman Lee:
More than a decade and a half ago, your eloquent words and courageous vote set a high bar as you stood up against a war frenzy on the House floor.
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Corporate Media ALWAYS Wants More War
by Jimmy Dore, Norman Solomon
on July 06, 2017
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Lawmakers applaud after panel approves language revoking war authority
by Ellen Mitchell, The Hill
on July 06, 2017
The House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved an amendment that would revoke a 2001 law giving the president authority to undertake war against al Qaeda and its affiliates unless a replacement provision is created.
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Instead of Trying to Sabotage the Trump-Putin Meeting, Democrats Should Support Vital Proposals
by Norman Solomon
on July 06, 2017
Some leading Democrats in Congress are eager to turn the summit meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin away from avenues for improvements in U.S.-Russian relations, even if that means deflecting it toward World War III.
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10,000 Ask Trump, Putin to Negotiate, not Escalate
by RootsAction.org
on July 04, 2017
For immediate release http://RootsAction.orgJuly 3, 2017
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Trump’s Chaos is Covering for Stealth Escalation Overseas
by Katrina vanden Heuvel, Washington Post
on June 28, 2017
While Washington is fixated on President Trump’s tweets, antics, lies and Russiagate, the administration is ramping up a stealth escalation of our military involvement across the Middle East. As Naomi Klein warns, Trump’s “rolling shock of the chaos and spectacle” distracts from radical actions both at home and abroad. Across the Middle East, the administration drives the United States ever further into wars without end, increasing the dangers of direct military confrontation with Russia and Iran, with little awareness and no mandate from the American people. This is a recipe for calamity.
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CNN Journalists Resign: Latest Example of Media Recklessness on the Russia Threat
by Glenn Greenwald, Intercept
on June 28, 2017
Three prominent CNN journalists resigned Monday night after the network was forced to retract and apologize for a story linking Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci to a Russian investment fund under congressional investigation. That article — like so much Russia reporting from the U.S. media — was based on a single anonymous source, and now, the network cannot vouch for the accuracy of its central claims.
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CA Dem Party Progressive Caucus Officers Denounce Speaker Rendon & Gov Brown for Blocking Single-Payer
by CA Dem Party Progressive Caucus
on June 28, 2017
The Executive Board of the Progressive Caucus of the California Democratic Party denounces the "eleventh hour" decision of Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, beholden to Governor Brown, to hold S.B. 562, single-payer healthcare, within the Assembly Rules Committee "until further notice."
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