posts to Republic Under Assault (June 22, 2019)
Note: My article links are now in a simpler format (see final parts of this post). The whole post remains searchable (as well as any included quotes). Also discontinued are the sub-grouping in each post. And my cumulative posts are equally searchable (if you need more things to read!).
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‘Enormous Victory for Transgender Students’ as SCOTUS Declines to Hear Challenge to Inclusive Bathroom Policy. by Jessica Corbett, commondreams.org. open
Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisits the Case for Reparations. by Whitney Matewe, link.newyorker.com. open
How the mores of Indonesia’s biggest ethnic group shape its politics.
economist.com. open
Poll says that 56% of Americans don’t want kids taught Arabic numerals. We have some bad news. by {{author}} and Marissa Higgins, dailykos.com. open
Bill Nye Brings Out the F-Bombs and a Blowtorch to Talk Climate Change. by Elizabeth Howell, livescience.com. open
Coal Remains Popular Worldwide, But Is In Decline.
sciencefriday.com. open
CONFIRMED: Chemical Weapons Assessment Contradicting Official Syria Narrative Is Authentic.. by Caitlin Johnstone, consortiumnews.com. open
As Thousands of Taxi Drivers Were Trapped in Loans, Top Officials Counted the Money. by Brian M. Rosenthal, nytimes.com. open
US ‘Bid to Destroy Venezuela’ Threatens the Foundations of International Law, Ambassador Warns. by Ben Chacko, globalresearch.ca. open
United States and Venezuela: A Historical Background.
by Prof. James Petras, globalresearch.ca. open
Have we learned nothing about wars in the Middle East? by Mark E Andersen, {{author}}, Daily Kos, dailykos.com. open
Abortions in Ireland Will Be Free for All Women, Just Months After Legalization Vote. by David Brennan, newsweek.com. open
Bernie Sanders Delivers Online Address: ‘We Must Not Go to War With Iran’. by Jon Queally, commondreams.org. open
‘Historic’ Verdict as Jury Orders Monsanto to Pay Record $2 Billion to Couple in Roundup Cancer Trial. by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
New Warren, Jayapal Report Details Corporate Crime Free-for-All Under Trump Administration. by Eoin Higgins, commondreams.org. open
Justin Amash Doubles Down on Impeachment: Mueller Report Showed ‘Underlying Crime’. by Joshua Caplan, breitbart.com. open
Bernie Sanders Wants to Destroy the Best Schools Poor Urban Kids Have. by Jonathan Chait, nymag.com. open
Trump’s FCC Chair Accused of Betraying Public Interest Mandate by Backing T-Mobile/Sprint Mega-Merger. by Andrea Germanos, commondreams.org. open
Without Tax Hikes on Corporations and the Rich, Critics Warn, $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan ‘Another Empty Promise’ From Trump by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
Despite Anti-American ‘Baiting’ by NYT, Sanders Makes ‘No Apologies’ for Opposing Reagan-Backed Death Squads. by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
Can It Happen Here? by Laura Flanders, commondreams.org. open
Humans and Neanderthals Evolved from a Mystery Common Ancestor, Huge Analysis Suggests. by Laura Geggel, livescience.com. open
Opinion -Venezuela in “Misery” – Lies and Deceit by the Media. by Peter Koenig, informationclearinghouse.info. open
Opinion -by William Boardman, informationclearinghouse.infoMay 13, 2019. Tanker Attack Was Imaginary, but US Says Iran Did It . open
There’s Far More Diversity in Venezuela’s ‘Muzzled’ Media Than in US Corporate Press. by Lucas Koerner and ricardo vaz, fair.org. open
The Military Is the Largest Single User of Fossil Fuels. Elizabeth Warren Wants to Change That. by Kate Wheeling, psmag.com. open
How the West’s War in Libya Spurred Terrorism in 14 Countries. By Mark Curtis. consortiumnews.com. open
A conservative activist’s behind-the-scenes campaign to remake the nation’s courts. by Robert O’Harrow Jr.Robert, washingtonpost.com. open
This Is Easily the Best Correction in Science Publishing This Month.
by Ryan F. Mandelbaum, gizmodo.com. open
Don’t Let Russiagate Fool You—America Is Still the Ultimate Election-Meddler. by Tom Engelhardt, thenation.com. open
This may be the worst thing to come from Trump’s presidency. by David Gergen, cnn.com. open
Opinion -Trump’s Annihilation Threat to Iran and WWI Déjà Vu. by Finian Cunningham, informationclearinghouse.info. open
Ralph Nader on Trump: “Trump is undeterred by the hundreds of syndicated columns and the regular television commentary by leading conservatives who despise him. George Will, Michael Gerson, Max Boot, David Brooks, Bret Stephens, and others have gone after Trump repeatedly. The attacks on the Prevaricator in Chief are like water off a duck’s back. Even Trump’s trail of broken campaign promises is routinely overlooked by the press and the Trump base.”. open
Foreign Aid That Costs an Arm and a Leg — Literally. by Phyllis Bennis, fpif.org. open
The Triumph of Hindu Majoritarianism. by Kanchan Chandra, foreignaffairs.com. open
When John Waters Appeared on The Simpsons and Changed America’s LGBTQ Views (1997). by Ted Mills, openculture.com. open
The New Socialism Panic Is the Right’s Trick to Justify Supporting Trump.
by Jonathan Chait, nymag.com. open
Four in 10 Americans Believe Socialism a ‘Good Thing’: Gallup
by Eoin Higgins, commondreams.org. open
Blaming Dead Pilots Brought to You by Boeing. by Corporate Crime Reporter, commondreams.org. open
Congress Is Being Punked. by John Grant, thiscantbehappening.net. open
‘Orientalism,’ Then and Now. by Adam Shatz, nybooks.com. “The older style of Orientalism—though it has not entirely died out—is less useful to those in power because it is based on deep historical and literary learning of a kind that is anathema to an American president who does not have the patience for books and who is ruled by his impulses….. The Orientalism of today, the Orientalism of Fox News, Bat Ye’or’s “Eurabia,” and Steve Bannon, is an Orientalism based not on tendentious scholarship but on an absence of scholarship.” open
The Koch Brothers’ Kama Sutra.
by Casey Rand, link.newyorker.com. open
Assange hit with 17 new charges, including Espionage Act violations. by Morgan Chalfant, thehill.com. open
Trump Justice Department Crosses New Line, Charges Assange With Publishing U.S. Secrets. by Betsy Woodruff and Kevin Poulsen,, thedailybeast.com. open
Defunding UNRWA: Trump’s Legal Sleight of Hand against Palestine. by Rima Najjar, globalresearch.ca. open
Newly Revealed Documents Show Syrian Chemical “Attacks Were Staged”. by Dr. Theodore Postol, globalresearch.ca. open
4 Women With Lives Scarred by Genital Cutting: Could a Surgeon Heal Them? by Pam Belluck and Maddie McGarvey, nytimes.com. open
Julian Assange’s Indictment Aims at the Heart of the First Amendment.
by The Editorial Board, nytimes.com. open
Why Are Leading Democrats Supporting Trump on Venezuela? by Jeff Faux, thenation.com. open
When 20,000 American Nazis Descended Upon New York City. by The Atlantic., theatlantic.com. open
Pardoning War Criminals Is a Monstrous Way to Honor Memorial Day. by Peter Certo, ips-dc.org. open
Reclaiming History From Howard Zinn. by Naomi Schaefer Riley, historynewsnetwork.org. open
The Price of Peace in Northern Ireland. by Jonathan Stevenson, foreignaffairs.com. open
To ‘Nurture Human Lives Rather Than Take Them Away,’ 2020 Democrats Urged to Support Slashing Annual Pentagon Budget By $200 Billion. by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
Sanders, Warren, Wyden Join Free Press Advocates in Denouncing Assange Prosecution as Grave Threat—But Others Are Silent. by Eoin Higgins, commondreams. open
‘This Is Big’: 76 Retired US Generals and Diplomats Warn Trump Against War With Iran. by Eoin Higgins, commondreams.org. open
“I Apologize to No One” for Opposing Disastrous US Wars in Vietnam and Iraq, Says Bernie Sanders. by Jon Queally, commondrea. open
Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread on Facebook and Twitter, Helped by Trump. by Sarah Mervosh, nytimes.com. open
Former AG Eric Holder sums up Willam Barr with one tweet. open
Moderate Democrats’ Delusions of ‘Prudence’ Will Kill Us All.
by Eric Levitz, nymag.com. open
Bernie Sanders Wants to Destroy the Best Schools Poor Urban Kids Have. by Jonathan Chait, nymag.com. open
‘He always brings them up’: Trump tries to steer border wall deal to North Dakota firm. by Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey, washingtonpost.com. open
How Jimmy Carter Laid the Groundwork for Trump to Go to War With Iran. by Markos Kounalakis, washingtonmonthly.com. open
Revolting Against Speaker’s Inaction, Pelosi’s Own Leadership Team Demands Trump Impeachment Proceedings. by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
‘War on journalism’: Snowden slams US indictment against Assange. open
Professional Assange Smearers Finally Realize His Fate Is Tied To Theirs. By Caitlin Johnstone. open
Opinion -The Western Media is Key to Syria Deception.
informationclearinghouse.. open
Opinion -Remember the Maine! Also the Arizona and the Maddox!
informationclearinghouse.info. open
Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin.
msn.com. open
Daniel Ellsberg: Espionage Charges Against Assange Are Most Significant Attack on Press in Decades. democracynow.org. open
Taliban didn’t black-out genitalia in art textbook. A U.S. college did.
by Rick Snedeker, patheos.com. open
The Mueller Report Released as a Free Well-Formatted eBook (by The Digital Public Library of America). by DC, openculture.com. open
Hong Kong looks freer than the US these days:
Press Freedom is Under Threat in the Land of its Birth
POSTED ONMAY 26, 2019 BY DAVE LINDORFF. open
Skewed Data from Massive Inequality in the US. by Jonathan MS Pearce, patheos.com. open
Steve Bannon Says Trump’s Cabinet Picks Are Intended to ‘Deconstruct’ Regulation and Agencies. by David Z. Morris, fortune.co. open
In-Vitro Meat. topdocumentaryfilms.com. open
A U.S. Grand Strategy for a Values-Driven Foreign Policy. by Next Post, winwithoutwar.org. open
‘Genocidal’: Trump—Who Claims He Doesn’t Want War—Threatens ‘Official End of Iran’. by Jake Johnson, commondreams.org. open
Unchecked corporate power: Forced arbitration, the enforcement crisis, and how workers are fighting back. by Kate Hamaji, epi.org. open
Why Do Some Green Activists Eat Meat? by Dylan Moon, blogs.scientificamerican.com. open
Meditating on the Move. by Antonia Malchik, utne.com. open
Martyrs of Reason: Bible translators once courted fiery deaths.
Trump Administration Hardens Its Attack on Climate Science
by Coral Davenport and Mark Landler, nytimes.com. open
A Billion-Year-Old Fungus May Hold Clues to Life’s Arrival on Land.
by Carl Zimmer, nytimes.com. open
The Western Media is Key to Syria Deceptions, Al Qaeda Propaganda.
by Jonathan Cook, globalresearch.ca. open
US government pressure on Chinese owners of Grindr: A reprise of Cold War-era homophobia? by Matt Field, thebulleti. open
REMEMBERING MURRAY–An EDGE Celebration of the Work and Life of Murray Gell-Mann [5.28.19]. open
Tide of Public Opinion is Turning in Assange’s Favor. by Joe Lauria, consortiumnews.com. open
A New Americanism.by Jill Lepore, foreignaffairs.com. “…Instead, Degler, a gentle and quietly heroic man, accused his colleagues of nothing short of dereliction of duty: appalled by nationalism, they had abandoned the study of the nation.” open
Inside the United States’ Decades-Long Economic War With Iran.
by David Cortright, psmag.com. open
Now kids, help us to kill Bin Laden! The dark side of Washington’s spy museum. by David Smith, theguardian.com. open
Opinion -The Worst 2020 Election Interference Will Be Perfectly Legal
by Caitlin Johnstone, informationclearinghouse.info. open
Opinion -It Is Israelis Indifference That Is Killing People
by ANDRE VLTCHEK, informationclearinghouse.info. open
How About a Peace Race Instead of an Arms Race?
by Lawrence Wittner, historynewsnetwork.org. open
Maine Officially Eliminates All Religious Exemptions for Vaccines.
by David Gee, patheos.com. . open
Inquiries Into Reckless Loans to Taxi Drivers Ordered by State Attorney General and Mayor
By BRIAN M. ROSENTHAL
The House Now Has a Constitutional Duty to Impeach Trump
When the framers designed the Constitution to protect against tyranny, they had a moment just like this in mind. BY ROBERT REICH
As Thousands of Taxi Drivers Were Trapped in Loans, Top Officials Counted the Money, by Brian M. Rosenthal, nytimes.com
Jared Diamond: There’s a 49 Percent Chance the World As We Know It Will End by 2050. by David Wallace-Wells, nymag.com