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Washington Gov. Signs Executive Order Barring State Officials From Complying With ICE
Post Date: 2017-02-25 21:19:45 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
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Washington Gov. Signs Executive Order Barring State Officials From Complying With ICE Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order Thursday that would bar state and local law enforcement officials from arresting illegal immigrants at the request of federal officials.The order comes after Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly signed an executive order Monday calling for an expansion of the 287(g) program in which state and local law enforcement officials enforce federal immigration law.“The Washington State Patrol or Department of Corrections, or other executive or small cabinet agency with arrest powers, will act consistently with current federal law and shall not arrest ...
The Right Way to Challenge Fake News
Post Date: 2017-02-25 08:51:52 by Stephen Lendman
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The Right Way to Challenge Fake News by Stephen Lendman Trump is right challenging fake news. It’s about time someone in high office did it. He’s going about it the wrong way. Without speech, media and academic freedoms, all other rights are threatened. Barring certain media outlets from attending Friday’s White House press briefing while letting others in was wrongheaded and counterproductive. The NYT falsely called the move unprecedented, “something no administration of either party has ever done.” Not quite. In 2009, the Obama White House said it would no longer conduct interviews with Fox News as a member of the press pool, an unprecedented act at the ...
Police State Viciousness Against Native American Water Protectors
Post Date: 2017-02-24 07:34:49 by Stephen Lendman
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Police State Viciousness Against Native American Water Protectors by Stephen Lendman On Thursday, militarized police, National Park Service Rangers, Bureau of Indian Affairs law enforcers, and National Guard troops using armored vehicles removed remaining Standing Rock Sioux Tribe members and supporters from their Oceti Sakowin encampment. Dozens of arrests were made, the operation an example of police state viciousness. Indigenous Environmental Network executive director Tom Goldtooth issued a statement, saying: “We are appalled by today’s forced evacuations of indigenous people at the Camp at Standing Rock, they are a violent and unnecessary infringement on the ...
John McCain Again Meets with Terrorists in Syria
Post Date: 2017-02-23 13:40:05 by Stephen Lendman
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John McCain Again Meets with Terrorists in Syria by Stephen Lendman In May 2013, ISIS elements posted photos they took with neocon John McCain, during his Syria visit to meet with anti-government terrorists. On return, he said “it was a very moving experience to meet these fighters who have been struggling now for over two years.” He called cutthroat killers moderate rebels. “I know who they are. I was in Syria and I met with them,” he said - explaining nothing about America’s war of aggression against a sovereign independent country threatening no one, using imported terrorists as imperial foot soldiers. Last weekend, McCain returned to Syria, showing support ...
Arizona Bill Threatens Protesters
Post Date: 2017-02-23 13:31:05 by Stephen Lendman
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Arizona Bill Threatens Protesters by Stephen Lendman Tyranny stalks Americans at the federal, state and local levels - fundamental freedoms fast disappearing. On Wednesday, Arizona’s Senate passed legislation targeting anyone orchestrating or participating in legitimate protests turned violent, even if through no fault of their own. The measure expands state racketeering laws to including rioting - defining it as actions resulting in damage or destruction of property. The measure authorizes RICO criminal prosecution and asset seizures from anyone involved, including peaceful protestors. Police may arrest protest organizers even if they didn’t commit violence. According to ...
War on Digital Democracy
Post Date: 2017-02-23 08:52:06 by Stephen Lendman
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War on Digital Democracy by Stephen Lendman Powerful interests are waging war to control our minds. Online freedom is threatened. I’ve been hacked and banished from Facebook for truth-telling. Google is suppressing content - removing sites from its search engine, censoring others, actions violating First Amendment rights. Google and Facebook changed their advertising policy to counter what they call “fake news.” They’re at war with digital democracy, increasingly wanting media scoundrel managed news misinformation and Big Lies featured over alternative content. During the US presidential election campaign, Google supported Hillary, rigged searches for her with ...
US Hostility Toward China
Post Date: 2017-02-22 13:44:39 by Stephen Lendman
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US Hostility Toward China by Stephen Lendman America is hostile toward all sovereign independent states, especially Russia, China and all resource rich ones. On Wednesday, Reuters reported information provided by two unnamed US officials, saying Beijing nearly finished building “almost two dozen structures” on islands on man-made islands in its own waters. Trump officials believe they may be for long-range surface-to-air missiles. Reuters failed to explain China threatens no one. International law affirms its right of self-defense on its islands or mainland territory. Obama and Trump administration officials unjustifiably consider its island development illegal. According to ...
Standing Rock Water Protectors Face Eviction
Post Date: 2017-02-22 09:00:09 by Stephen Lendman
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Standing Rock Water Protectors Face Eviction by Stephen Lendman Courageous Standing Rock Sioux tribe members and supporters face eviction, along with possible police brutality and arrest for defending sacred ancestral land from environmentally destructive pipeline construction. They’ve struggled for justice since last April, not about to quit now. The stakes are too high. Surrounded by police and Bureau of Indian Affairs agents, a video they produced on Monday said “(w)e have 48 hours before militarized law enforcement raid Oceti Sakowin camp. Elders and children need protection.” “After the deadline for February 22 at 2PM, we are all at risk of facing arrest, ...
Trump Plans Mass Deportations
Post Date: 2017-02-21 13:25:37 by Stephen Lendman
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Trump Plans Mass Deportations by Stephen Lendman Obama was notoriously called America’s “deporter-in-chief” for conducting sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids nationwide - expelling record numbers, more than all his predecessors combined. He largely targeted undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans, averaging over 1,000 deportations daily - people in the United States because destructive NAFTA and DR-CAFTA trade deals destroyed their jobs at home, or sought asylum from domestic violence and chaos. Trump appears bent on exceeding Obama’s viciousness. Thousands of new ICE and border patrol agents are being hired. Stepped up sweeping raids will ...
Western Russophobia
Post Date: 2017-02-20 08:47:48 by Stephen Lendman
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Western Russophobia by Stephen Lendman Russia is stereotypically portrayed in the West as the world’s leading bad guy. Along with Islamic terrorists, it’s Hollywood’s favorite villain. Czarism, Bolshevism, Stalinism and Communism are long gone. Western-style capitalism replaced them. Yet Cold War mentality persists in America and Europe because of Russia’s sovereign independence, a nation state able to match America’s nuclear capability. Its overall military might is impressive, evident in Syria with a token force. Putin’s opposition to US imperial madness is cause for bashing him. America’s hegemonic ambitions tolerate no challengers to its ...
US Political Prisoner Omar Abdel Rahman Martyred in Captivity
Post Date: 2017-02-20 07:39:42 by Stephen Lendman
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US Political Prisoner Omar Abdel Rahman Martyred in Captivity by Stephen Lendman Known as the “blind sheikh,” he was unjustly framed in a 1995 show trial connected to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing he had nothing to do with. Clear evidence proved his innocence. It didn’t matter. He was sentenced to life in prison plus 15 years for seditious conspiracy and terrorism, a shocking miscarriage of justice so common in America, especially against people of color and Muslims. Sheikh Rahman was targeted for his anti-Western views, not any crime committed. He was connected to the Egyptian-based Al-Jamaa al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group) - a 1997 State Department designated Foreign ...
Senate Neocons Vow New Anti-Russia Measures
Post Date: 2017-02-19 12:47:28 by Stephen Lendman
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Senate Neocons Vow New Anti-Russia Measures by Stephen Lendman Bipartisan lunatics infesting Washington intend preventing improved relations with Russia - whether or not Trump follows through on his pledge to try getting along with Vladimir Putin. John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and other bipartisan Senate neocons want Trump blocked from lifting sanctions on Russia without congressional approval. McCain and Graham are rabid Russia haters, urging more sanctions than already - Graham saying “2017 is going to be the year of kicking Russia in the ass in Congress,” adding: “My biggest concern with President Trump…is that he’s never really looked a camera in the eye and ...
Deep State Power v. Trump
Post Date: 2017-02-19 08:31:59 by Stephen Lendman
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Deep State Power v. Trump by Stephen Lendman America’s deep state is divided on Trump. He couldn’t have been elected without enough support. Post-inauguration, things changed. The balance of power shifted against him, leaving him vulnerable, already weakened this early in his tenure, unprecedented for a US president. His record so far in office is another matter, though too soon to judge him definitively. Still, disturbing signs aren’t encouraging. More on this below. Jack Kennedy transformed himself from a warrior to a peacemaker. He paid the supreme price. Trump is no Jack Kennedy - never was, never will be. JFK surrounded himself with young intellectuals as advisors, ...
The Cold War Never Ended, Says Lavrov
Post Date: 2017-02-18 12:47:35 by Stephen Lendman
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The Cold War Never Ended, Says Lavrov by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US policy aims to keep Russia marginalized, weakened, destabilized, contained and isolated. Regime change is Washington’s ultimate aim, a prescription for continued adversarial relations, heightened under Obama, Trump’s intentions yet to be revealed, other than lip service promises for improving things - not so far, likely not at all in ways mattering most. Speaking at the Munich Conference on Security Policy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Cold War never ended. Indeed not with Vice President Pence telling Munich conference participants Washington will “hold Russia accountable” - ...
Russia Denies Violating INF Treaty Provisions
Post Date: 2017-02-18 12:42:29 by Stephen Lendman
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The Cold War Never Ended, Says Lavrov by Stephen Lendman Longstanding US policy aims to keep Russia marginalized, weakened, destabilized, contained and isolated. Regime change is Washington’s ultimate aim, a prescription for continued adversarial relations, heightened under Obama, Trump’s intentions yet to be revealed, other than lip service promises for improving things - not so far, likely not at all in ways mattering most. Speaking at the Munich Conference on Security Policy, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the Cold War never ended. Indeed not with Vice President Pence telling Munich conference participants Washington will “hold Russia accountable” - ...
Is Trump Honeymoon Over Yet?
Post Date: 2017-02-18 09:31:03 by Ada
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Is the honeymoon over yet? At this last press conference, Trump just said he’s going to build the biggest military the United States has ever seen or had. And, what, he’ll do it using double coupons and shopping wisely, I suppose? There is only ONE way a military gets built and that’s with money. Specifically, tax dollars. Wake up. This is neocon warehouse overstock with a new label. And if this was anyone but Trump, the people that usually whine about military spending would blow a head gasket. More to the point, the bigger a military gets, the bigger the temptation to use it gets. Then he’s alluded to the creation of new federal police agencies to deal with crime. ...
Homeschoolers Revolt Against Republican School Choice Bill
Post Date: 2017-02-18 09:10:12 by Ada
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Homeschooling families throughout the nation are voicing opposition to a Republican-sponsored school choice bill that they say will ultimately result in regulation of homeschooling in the United States. Many parents who homeschool their children, as well as their numerous local and national homeschooling organizations, are protesting the bill, introduced by Iowa Rep. Steve King (R), and calling upon the members of Congress who are its sponsors to “leave homeschooling families alone.” School vouchers created by H.R. 610, the Choices in Education Act of 2017, “would be a slippery slope toward more federal involvement and control in homeschooling,” asserts William Estrada, ...
NATO's Provocative Anti-Russia Buildup
Post Date: 2017-02-17 12:48:22 by Stephen Lendman
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NATO’s Provocative Anti-Russia Buildup by Stephen Lendman Washington largely determines NATO policy. It remains provocatively anti-Russia based on policies it’s pursuing. In December at an OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Hamburg, Germany, Sergey Lavrov accused NATO of “creat(ing) a new military reality,” provocatively building up forces near Russia’s borders. The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is comprised of Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgystan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. At yearend, it Secretary-General Nikolay Bordyuzha said “(w)e must clearly grasp what is happening around our borders, why NATO is building up arms and ...
Will Kiev's War on Donbass Spread Elsewhere Internally?
Post Date: 2017-02-17 12:39:17 by Stephen Lendman
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Will Kiev’s War on Donbass Spread Elsewhere Internally? by Stephen Lendman Ukraine is politically and economically bankrupt, requiring foreign aid to keep from imploding. On February 20, the third anniversary of the US-sponsored coup, replacing democratic governance with Nazi-infested putschists, protests are planned in Kiev, involving groups of various ideological persuasions - united against the ruling regime. They’re fed up with how they’re being governed. Well aware of how they seized power in February 2014, ruling authorities intend doing whatever it takes to prevent a Maidan 2.0. Whatever happens could be prelude to greater disruption later on. Kiev has a greater ...
US Imperial Lawlessness
Post Date: 2017-02-17 08:42:25 by Stephen Lendman
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US Imperial Lawlessness by Stephen Lendman Oxford Dictionaries call rogue states “nation(s) or state(s) regarded as breaking international law and posing a threat to the security of other nations.” They ruthless pursue domestic and geopolitical aims, ignore rule of law principles, defile democratic values, and trample on the rights of others. America is the world’s leading practitioner of policies causing more harm to more people than any other regime in world history. In his books and articles, William Blum explained Washington’s sordid post-WW II history, saying it’s “worse than you imagine.” “If you flip over the rock of American foreign ...
Mixed Trump Administration Messages on Russia
Post Date: 2017-02-17 08:03:18 by Stephen Lendman
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Mixed Trump Administration Messages on Russia by Stephen Lendman It’s hard recalling how many times Trump said he’d like to get along with Vladimir Putin and have better relations with Russia. At the same time, his press secretary and UN envoy said sanctions won’t be removed until Moscow returns Crimea, its sovereign territory, and halts the fighting in southeastern Ukraine - instigated by US-installed putschists in Kiev. During his Thursday press conference, Trump again said he’d love to get along with Russia. His actions speak louder than words. Firing Michael Flynn, his key geopolitical point man favoring improved US/Russia relations, at least lessoned hopes for ...
NYT Big Lies About Trump's Ties to Russia
Post Date: 2017-02-17 07:39:13 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Big Lies About Trump’s Ties to Russia by Stephen Lendman The Times gives journalism a bad name. It’s a lying machine, not a credible source of news, information and analysis. Paul Craig Roberts asked if it’s being “sustained by CIA subsidies.” The agency has billions of dollars to spend on nefarious activities, unrelated to keeping America safe. The Times is viciously anti-Russia, anti-Trump. “Bring on the special prosecutor,” it roared in a Friday editorial, outrageously claiming Trump administration ties to Russia, despite no evidence proving any wrongdoing or anything out of the ordinary. In an effort to undermine or oust him from office, ...
No Change in US Hostility Toward Russia
Post Date: 2017-02-16 13:20:42 by Stephen Lendman
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No Change in US Hostility Toward Russia by Stephen Lendman Whatever Trump intended toward Russia before entering office was dashed by ousting Michael Flynn, his key geopolitical strategist, the lynchpin of any possible improvement in bilateral relations - a major disappointment but no surprise. With Flynn gone, along with relentless congressional and scoundrel media opposition to better relations, we’re back to square one. Cold War 2.0 continues. The risk of it turning hot remains real, a deplorable situation, madness if unthinkable conflict between the world’s dominant nuclear powers erupts. According to Vladimir Putin, it’s possible, saying Russia’s relations with ...
Coup Underway to Weaken or Oust Trump
Post Date: 2017-02-16 07:35:56 by Stephen Lendman
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Coup Underway to Weaken or Oust Trump by Stephen Lendman What’s ongoing against him is what fantasy democracy looks like in America - the way banana republics and other despotic regimes work. It’s a deplorable state of affairs. Ordinary people have no say. Deep state power brokers run things. The president, key members of Congress, the judiciary and bureaucracy serve them. Challenging the system practically assures being targeted by long knives. Was Trump’s presidency over before it began? Throughout the campaign, post-election and inauguration, he’s been beset by relentless assaults on his legitimacy, determined efforts to undermine him - led by Washington’s ...
NYT Anti-Trump Jihad
Post Date: 2017-02-16 07:14:35 by Stephen Lendman
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NYT Anti-Trump Jihad by Stephen Lendman The Times represents pro-Hillary dark forces militantly against Trump - denigrating him relentlessly, featuring advocacy, not real journalism. Daily feature stories vilify him, going way beyond justifiable criticism. The self-styled newspaper of record mocks fair and balanced reporting, absent on its pages. It supports US imperial madness, neoliberal harshness harming the nation’s most vulnerable, and police state targeting of nonbelievers. It’s gone all-out to delegitimize Trump, failed to prevent his electoral triumph, now on a rampage to weaken him irreparably, ideally wanting him removed from office - a coup d’etat by any ...
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