Vol VII No. 755 & 756 - Part 4

OEN Daily: Arresting the Attorney General Click to teach Gmail this conversation is important. Inbox x rob@opednews.com via amazonses.com  Wed, May 15, 6:40 AM (3 days ago) to me OpEdNews Bold and Daring: The Way Progressive News Should Be Arresting the Attorney General Trump - Extortionist-in-Chief Measles Attacks the Immune System and Can Infect the Brain Today. Today, we need to bring in about $500 in memberships or ads.  Can you help?  We need your support-- in the form of purchases of premium memberships and donations. This is very urgent. thanks, rob kall Support Opednews. Make a tax deductible donation to make OEN Strong. For Bigger, Easier to Read Font, Click Here If you have a problem reading this email, please click here to see the web page version. You received this email because you signed up for it at OpEdNews. Unsubscribe instructions are at the bottom of this email. Daily Headlines Arresting the Attorney General By Joel Joseph Congress has the power and ability to arrest the Attorney General for contempt of Congress. Read More >> Trump - Extortionist-in-Chief By Wayne Madsen Retaliatory Chinese tariffs on US goods hurt American farmers already economically pummeled by Trump's previous tariffs on the European Union, Canada, Mexico, and China. Read More >> Measles Attacks the Immune System and Can Infect the Brain By Laurie Endicott Thomas Like HIV, the measles virus infects the immune system. Fortunately, we can drive measles into extinction through a global vaccination campaign. Read More >> The House Now Has A Constitutional Duty to Impeach Trump By Robert B. Reich Trump surely appears to be usurping the powers of the other branches. Under these circumstances, the Constitution mandates that the House undertake an impeachment inquiry and present evidence to the Senate. This may not be the practical political thing to do. But it is the right thing to do. Read More >> Alabama Senate bans nearly all abortions, including rape cases Alabama's state Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would outlaw nearly all abortions, creating exceptions only to safeguard the health of the mother, as part of a multistate effort to have the U.S. Supreme Court reconsider a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.The bill was previously approved by the Alabama House of Representatives and will now go to Republican Governor Kay Ivey, who has withheld comment on whether she would sign it ... Read More >> Big Lies about 5G and RT.com—NYTimes Sets a New Low By Mark Crispin Miller The NYTimes generally avoids reporting on important subjects, or they adopt a perspective that assumes the mainstream narrative is true and anyone who opposes it is marginal. But yesterday they told the Big Lie on their front page, left column, and they did it in contradiction of the only experimental science we have on the subject. Then they tarred (true) reporting by RT, directly calling them a mouthpiece of Putin. Whats up? Read More >> Ecuadorian Amazon Tribe Wins Lawsuit, Blocks Big Oil's Bid To Destroy Millions Of Acres Of Rainforest The Waorani people protected 500K acres of rainforest from oil drilling. A 3-judge panel indefinitely suspended the auctioning of Waorani lands to oil companies by trashing the Ecuadorian government processes undertaken  in 2012. By setting precedent for indigenous nations across the Ecuador's Amazon by accepting a Waorani bid for court protection to stop oil bidding, auctioning of 7 million more acres was halted. ... Read More >> Democrats must choose between war and appeasement By Brian Cooney "Constitutional crisis" doesn't do justice to the danger Trump poses. He seems to be saying "I'm the one with the police and military. Just try to make me obey your laws." Speaker Pelosi's response is to avoid alienating moderate voters by an impeachment battle and avoiding "some of the other exuberances that exist in our party" [such as Medicare-For-All and the GND]. This is what passes for leadership in the party. Read More >> We've run out of elections to waste -- this is the last chance to make a difference on climate change By Bill McKibben A decade is an eternity in climate time now. We've wasted three decades since scientists first raised the warning that's guaranteed that we'll have massive increases in temperature. It means we've run out of decades to waste, and hence of elections to waste. Every election matters; it registers who we are at a certain moment in history, and it sets the course of the next few years. But this election will matter forever. Read More >> What 50 countries are backing Guaidó?: Who knows? Who cares? If the Media Say It Enough It Must Be True By Dave Lindorff The extent to which the US corporate media have become propagandists for US imperialist meddling in Venezuela is almost laughable, writes TCBH's 'Izzy' Award-winning journalist Dave Lindorff. Articles even routinely cite 50 countries that supposedly support Juan Guaido as the country's president though that is patently untrue and 141 do support the elected Maduro. Read More >> Reducing Energy, Saving Money, Creating Jobs and Staying Safe By Marcia G. Yerman A look at the recent Food and Water Watch report: Building Climate Justice Investing in Energy Efficiency for a Fair and Just Transition. Read More >> "Our Slave Heritage and Family Hero"--Recollections of Oman and slave heritage by a young Omani By Kevin Anthony Stoda Americans talk about slavery and our generations who have lived in the wake of slavery. In Oman, a country that only abolished slavery in 1970, people are even more intimate with slavery and how it had affected development of modern families. This is a short essay by one Omani student reflecting on her grandfather and ancestors who were slaves in the family. It then ends in an appeal to Omanis to seize the day & hard work. Read More >> Where Lyme Disease Came From and Why It Eludes Treatment By David Swanson A new book called Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons by Kris Newby adds significantly to our understanding of Lyme disease, while oddly seeming to avoid mention of what we already knew. Read More >> Trump Tries to Win Over Midwest Farmers with Socialist Promises Trump proposed a massive $15 billion bailout for American farmers to bring relief from the trade war with China that the president started by imposing tariffs on Chinese goods, prompting the Chinese government to retaliate with its own tariffs, but it's not China that's paying the tariffs in the long run: it's American consumers. A tariff is a tax on goods imported into the U.S., and companies faced with that tax are just g... Read More >> Tackle white supremacy as terrorism, experts say Slaughtered again and again because, whether Jewish, or black, or simply not "pure" white, they are seen as a pestilence to be purged.Their murderers are followers of a vile and hateful ideology that meets the FBI definition of terrorism. But some top current and former law enforcement officials say that they are not treated as terrorists, because they are American, and they are white.But amid the rising number of deadly white supremacist... Read More >> Health Canada NOW says: "Avoid Sugar Substitutes!" but U.S. Won't Do So Because of Corporate Manipulation By Stephen Fox Dr. Betty Martini (Founder of Mission Possible International) and I took on the thankless task of assailing Health Canada for not labeling aspartame in products by repeatedly sending our OpEdNews Epidemiological articles to all 535 Canadian Parliamentarians and to Prime Minister Trudeau to confront a derelict industry-manipulated change about a year ago to remove warnings on 6000+ aspartame food products and 5000+ medications. Read More >> Exxon predicted in 1982 exactly how high global carbon emissions would be today Not only did Exxon predict the rise in emissions, it also understood how severe the consequences would be. According to an internal 1982 document from Exxon Research and Engineering Company — obtained by InsideClimate News as part of its 2015 investigation into what Exxon knew about the impact of fossil fuels on climate change — the company was modeling out the concentration of carbon emissions several years into the f... Read More >> US Federal Police Evicting Activists from Venezuelan Embassy in Washington U.S. federal police have begun evicting activists protecting the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington from the illegitimate Guaido’ regime.The text of the eviction notice reads in part: ““Ambassadors Vecchio and [Gustavo] Tarre have requested and directed anyone who is present on this property to depart from it immediately, and to not return without these ambassadors’ express authorization,” said the eviction notice, wh... Read More >> Tulsi Gabbard Speaks Out For Embassy Protectors and For "Hands Off Venezuela." By Henry Samson Tulsi Gabbard is the first Presidential candidate to speak out for the Venezuelan Embassy Protectors. She went further and called for "Hands off Venezuela." Tulsi has also spoken out for Julian Assange and is the only 2020 Presidential candidate who went to Standing Rock to support the water protectors in 2016. Tulsi overfills venues with strong supporters and crowds outside hoping to catch a glimpse of The Peace Candidate. Read More >> Deepest ever dive finds plastic bag at bottom of Mariana Trench An American undersea explorer has completed what is claimed to be the deepest manned sea dive ever recorded -- returning to the surface with the depressing news that there's plastic trash down there.Victor Vescovo journeyed 10,927 meters (35,853 feet) to the bottom of the Challenger Deep , the southern end of the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, as part of a mission to chart the world's deepest underwater places.Making multiple trips nearly 11 ki... Read More >> Will John Bolton's Dream to Bomb Iran Come True? Ex-Iranian Ambassador Warns About U.S. Escalation By Democracy Now Iran has announced it will stop complying with parts of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal and resume high-level enrichment of uranium within 60 days if other signatories of the deal do not take action to shield Iran's oil and banking sectors from U.S. sanctions. The U.S. has attempted to cut Iran off from the global economy even though Iran has remained in compliance with the nuclear deal. Read More >> Sweden Reopens 9-Year Old Rape Investigation Against Julian Assange; Seeks His Arrest and Extradition By Joe Lauria The Swedish prosecuting authority announced at a Stockholm press conference Monday that Sweden would seek Assange's extradition from Britain to face investigation on a nearly decade-old allegation of sexual assault. Read More >> Rashida Tlaib's Palestinian Theology of Good Samaritanism and Redemption By Juan Cole Rashida Tlaib is saying that her people paid a price. They were ethnically cleansed, displaced, had their homes and farms expropriated. Thousands lost everything, and millions still as a result live in penury without the framework of their own state to protect property and other rights. Read More >> The Tariff Issue By Paul Craig Roberts The issue of tariffs, which is Trump's mistaken approach to bringing the jobs back home. The tariff "solution" overlooks that off-shored US production counts as imports when US firms bring their goods into the US to be marketed. Read More >> National security reporter on Roger Stone's trial and Russiagate A newly filed court document suggests Roger Stone’s trial will focus on alleged misdeeds by President Donald Trump. Mueller’s report showed Stone spoke to senior Trump campaign officials in summer 2016 about potentially damaging information against Hillary Clinton that could be revealed by an organization that is almost certainly WikiLeaks. "Trump’s documented role in encouraging Stone’s efforts is far stronger than it is... Read More >> Latest Articles Is NATO military exercise the choice of the Baltics? Around 1,000 NATO soldiers from Albania, the Czech Republic, Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, Slovenia, Slovakia, the U.S. and Germany are taking part in the exercises. Read More >> Now Modi hauls Indian Express over the coals Modi's words must be hot oil in the ears of Indian Express loyalists. I don't know whether they cried for help since neither of the two Indian Express interviewers (Ravish Kumar and Raj Kamal Jha) could challenge Modi's verbal onslaughts. Read More >> Tomgram: Karen Greenberg, Now You See It, Now You Don't The Nobel Prize-winning Czech author Milan Kundera began his 1979 novel, The Book of Laughter and Forgetting, by describing two photographs. In the first, two men are standing side by side, a Czech nationalist later executed for his views and the country's Communist ruler. In the second, the dissenter is gone, airbrushed out. Read More >> Judgment Day for John Brennan The agents and officials who conducted this seditious attack on the presidency never thought they'd be held accountable for their crimes. But they were wrong, and now their day of reckoning is fast approaching. The main players in this palace coup are about to be exposed, criminally charged and prosecuted. Some of them will probably wind up in jail. Read More >> Best News Links from the Web Sen. Lindsey Graham Is Introducing a Bill to Increase Detention of Migrant Children From 20 Days to 100 Days Graham will introduce immigration legislation that  would "stop 90 percent of the illegal immigration from Central America." Deter asylum seekers from crossing the U.S. border outside ports of entry, Graham told Sunday Morning Futures, to see the number of days migrant... Read More >> Pike County mom after Neptunium radiation findings: 'I don't know what to do to protect my family' Now that idyllic small-town existence has been disrupted following the detection of non-fallout neptunium in water and sediment samples taken from private property adjacent to where the Department of Energy is constructing an on-site waste disposal cell and the detection... Read More >> CRIME Pastor convicted of raping teenage daughter gets leniency because judge was impressed with his ministry David Richards was convicted of rape, incest, and sexual battery. The sentence was 60 years less that prosecutors sought. The judge was so impressed with Richards’ life as a pastor and the bible study group he started while... Read More >> If you live in Nebraska, call your state legislator today and urge him or her to vote NO on LB 670. by Diane Ravitch As the evidence for the failure of vouchers accumulates, its friends push harder to enact them before the word gets out that they actually harm children.Nebraska is the target now. If you live in Nebraska, call your state legislator today... 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Click Here  to help ensure that ICH may continue to provide news and information based on facts and respect for others. SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA      Please click here  for further information about Serena Shim  and the price she paid for her "Uncompromised Integrity" May 17/18, 2019 Op-Ed CONFIRMED: Chemical Weapons Assessment Contradicting Official Syria Narrative Is Authentic   By Caitlin Johnstone The final report actively concealed evidence that the Douma chemical attack was staged by jihadists and the White Helmets,"         - Continue ====== Who Wants This War with Iran?   By Patrick J. Buchanan Iran has never sought war with the "Great Satan" and does not want this war to which we seem to be edging closer every day.         - Continue ====== The Pompeo Bolton Tag Team from Hell   By Renee Parsons Both have surpassed the bleak expectations and proven to be more extreme in their ideology, more personally amoral and malevolent than previously feared.         - Continue ====== Satire   Bleeding John Bolton Stumbles Into Capitol Building Claiming That Iran Shot Him   The Onion Bolton reportedly stumbled into the Capitol building Friday claiming that he'd been shot by Iran. "Help, help, I've just been attacked.         - Continue ====== US-Israel relationship is 'altar' of 'holiness,' and Jerusalem embassy is 'shrine' - US ambassador   By Philip Weiss Israel has one secret weapon that not a lot of countries have. Israel is on the side of God.        - Continue ====== Propaganda Intensifies Trade War With China   By Moon Of Alabama Soon U.S. chip companies will have lost all their sales to the second largest smartphone producer of the world.         - Continue ====== United States and Venezuela: A Historical Background   By James Petras History of US intervention in Latin America going back to the second decade of the 19th century.        - Continue ====== The AngloZionist Empire: a hyperpower with microbrains and no cred left   By The Saker This latest US "attack" on Venezuela is truly a telling symptom of the wholesale collapse of US power, the moral and intellectual bankruptcy and lack of civilization of the Neocon ruling elites.         - Continue HARD NEWS MIDDLE EAST UNRWA condemns killing of 10 Palestinian civilians in rocket strike on Syria refugee camp 7 Syrian soldiers killed in IS attack near Palmyra city Watch: Syrian air defenses bring down projectiles coming from Israeli-controlled territory Syria's Idlib province causes headache for Turkey:Most observers agreed that the armed opposition factions amassed in Idlib were destined to be eliminated one way or another. Britain at UN presses Russia to answer for Idlib hospital attacks Turkish troops move within 2km of Syrian Army in northwestern Hama EU extends sanctions against Syria for a year Two killed iin Iraq's Khanaqin German military resumes training mission in Iraq: After a re-evaluation of the security situation determined the threat level had lessened. Iraq to purchase Russia's S-400 missile systems: Bribery and corruption: US: We'll Pay Countries to Ditch Russian, Chinese Arms: The U.S. State Department wants to expand a little-known effort that offers countries cash to buy American-made weapons if they give up Russian-made arms. Hungary's PM Orban confirms plan to buy air defense missiles from US Yemen: Clashes between gov't, Houthis kill 27 civilians Five children believed among those killed after airstrikes in Yemen: UN France Should Stop Fueling Saudi War Crimes in Yemen Leaked Diplomatic Cable Suggests Saudi Foreknowledge of Sri Lanka Easter Bombings: Iran calls for 'concrete action' to save nuclear deal: In visit to Beijing, Iran's FM urges 'friends', including Russia and China, to normalise trade relations with Tehran. Trump orders aides to avoid open conflict with Iran: Report Tehran urges US to declassify its 'intelligence' on Iran threat in Iraq More Democrats Accuse Trump of Inflating Iran Intelligence Saudi Newspaper, Owned by MBS' Brother, Urges U.S. 'Surgical Strikes' on Iran PM Abe says Japan wants to develop ties with Iran Bought and paid for: Britain says shares same assessment of Iran as the United States Lloyd's raises Gulf insurance risks after ship attacks Tucker Carlson: 'Bolton would love to have a war with Iran': How is a war with Iran in America's interest in any way?" Congress Wants to Steal $1.68 Billion from Iran US Israel-Palestinian peace plan 'a surrender act' - Palestinian FM Full text: The criminal allegations against Netanyahu, as set out by Israel's AG Arming dictators, equipping pariahs: Alarming picture of Israel's arms sales: Amnesty report cites Israeli sales to eight countries who violate human rights Facebook Busts Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Elections in African, Asian and Latin American Nations Facebook says removes 265 'fake accounts' linked to Israel German Parliament Passes Motion Condemning BDS as anti-Semitic Ireland vs. Hungary: Report charts rising support for Netanyahu among EU states: Hungary is the country that works hardest to block EU decisions critical of Israeli policies, while Ireland is the EU's most active critic of these policies. Cristiano Ronaldo Donates $1.5M to Palestine for Ramadan U.S. terminates Turkey's preferential trade agreement Turkish Lira Tumbles After Trump Terminates Preferential Trade Agreement In Retaliation For S-400 Order AFRICA Islamic State claims it killed 28 Nigerien soldiers Libya: New Evidence of Possible War Crimes During Haftar's Tripoli Offensive UN human rights expert denounces attacks on Sudan protesters: ASIA 9 killed in gun battles in Indian-controlled Kashmir U.S. kills 8 Afghan police:The local Tolo News claimed that at least 17 policemen were killed in the incident. Huawei's HiSilicon says it has long been preparing for U.S. ban scenario Time to discard any illusions about the US:Cutting off supplies from the US will not defeat Huawei, which has long been preparing for the dark moment. On the contrary Huawei turns to 'Plan B' on chip strategy after US blacklisting U.S. trade war will only make us stronger, China's top paper says:The United States should observe the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, and they must also keep their word, Lu said Losing Huawei as a customer could cost US tech companies $11 billion Trump's Twin Attacks Against Huawei Leave U.S. Companies Reeling 'Mass surveillance is exactly what the US does': Dotcom points out glaring irony of Huawei ban EUROPE France Takes Unprecedented Action Against Reporters Who Published Secret Government Document British PM Theresa May to set departure timetable as Boris Johnson throws hat in the ring Boris Johnson clear favourite among UK Conservative members to succeed PM May: poll Lib Dems bounce ahead of Labour as Conservatives plummet into single figures in European election polls Australasia Australia vote: Concern about Islamophobia among smaller parties: Ahead of Saturday's polls, activists are campaigning for Australians not to vote for parties with Islamophobic agenda. 414 million pieces of plastic found on remote Australian islands: Study GLOBE Chelsea Manning sent back to jail for refusing to testify 'Extraordinary thinning' of ice sheets revealed deep inside Antarctica: New research shows affected areas are losing ice five times faster than in the 1990s AMERICAS Venezuela Reiterates Willingness for Dialogue with Opposition Email your Representative and Senators to Block U.S. War on Venezuela: Click to email your Representative and Senators: Is the Venezuela Opposition Really 'Pro-Democracy'? That's Worthy of Orwell US Raid on Venezuela Embassy 'A Brutal Act Against Int'l Law': Maduro Adiós gringo? Venezuela & Russia negotiating swap of US dollar for ruble in bilateral trade Mexican journalist under government protection plan shot dead: Blood-soaked body of Francisco Romero, fifth journalist to be killed this year, was found on a pavement in his hometown. Easter At the Border Fence with Mexico : Veterans for Peace national organization made a $1000 donation that the Deported Veterans chapter uses to buy water and food for those housed at the church. Second U.S. appeals court rules Trump cannot end protections for 'Dreamers' ICE to hire contractor to transport 225,000 migrants to shelters across the US President Trump unveils new immigration proposal: Trump laid out a merit-based immigration plan that would give preferential treatment to high-skilled workers. US reaches deal to lift steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico Wells Fargobanker pleaded guilty to helping launder millions of dollars for drug traffickers like the Sinaloa cartel Junk Anti-Trump Russia Steele Dossier Appears Tampered With - Pages Were Replaced 'Treason!' Trump Says His Campaign Was Spied On and Threatens Long Jail Sentences Barr Says Review of Origins of Russia Probe Could Lead to Rule Changes: 'Government power was used to spy on American citizens,' Barr says Barr forcefully defends DOJ probe into origin of the Russia investigation:Barr said the inquiry is necessary to make sure top law enforcement officials weren't trying to "put their thumb on the scale" when it came to the 2016 election. BREAKING: Judge Orders Portions of Mueller Report Unredacted - Then Released to Public: Judge Sullivan ordered portions of Mueller's report related to General Mike Flynn to be made public by May 31, 2019, the Associated Press reported. Watch: Mueller Team and FBI Lied About How Long They Had Been Spying on Mike Flynn Flynn said people tied to Trump, Congress tried to sway his Mueller probe cooperation, prosecutors report Alabama boycott builds as states retaliate against abortion law Pentagon Contractor's 9,400% Profit on Half-Inch Pin Peace and Joy Tom Feeley Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430   Total Cost of U.S. Wars Since 2001 4.88 Trillion - Spending $1 million an hour, non-stop, 24 hours a day, you won't run out of money for 411 years. $4,808,135,344,311 Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Website More About Us Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone:San Diego USA 619-407-7054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House, Po Box 365, Imperial Beach, CA 91933 Try email marketing for free today! 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Without your support, we are all diminished.                    John Pilger Paul Craig Roberts Pepe Escobar Peter Koenig Andre Vltchek Paul Edwards Finian Cunningham Op-Ed Do Iranian 'Threats' Signal Organized U.S.-Israel Subterfuge?   By Gareth Porter There's credible evidence that Israel could be playing a key role in this subterfuge.   - Continue ====== WikiLeaks cable, makes a strong case against claims that Tehran arming the Houthis   By Dave DeCamp Judge ruled on Monday against Trump's lawsuit to stop a subpoena for his tax records by House Democrats.   - Continue ====== The Trump Administration Panicked Over Nothing   By Daniel Larison "Do they think that we are stupid?" asked the NATO official.   - Continue ====== UK Dirty Ops on Iran?   By Finian Cunningham The deployment of British commandoes in "top secret" missions at this crucial juncture raises perplexing questions.   - Continue ====== Israel's War Criminals In Their Own Words   By Philip Giraldi Shooting unarmed Palestinian demonstrators "preserves Israeli values".   - Continue ====== How to Survive the Journey Ahead: A Graduation Message for a Terrifying Age   By John W. Whitehead Those coming of age today will face some of the greatest obstacles ever encountered by young people.   - Continue HARD NEWS MIDDLE EAST Syrian government-jihadist clashes kill 23: monitor Hundreds of U.S. lawmakers tell Trump that the United States should remain in Syria Newly Revealed Documents Show Syrian Chemical "Attacks Were Staged": 35 deaths that were originally attributed to these staged chlorine events cannot be explained and it cannot be ruled out that these people were murdered as part of the staging effort. 11 IS militants killed in operation in central Iraq 6 civilians killed in Saudi-led coalition airstrikes in Yemen's capital Sanaa Yemeni Forces Down Saudi Drone, Carry out Attack on Arms Depot in Najran Airport Saudi Arabia alleges, intercepts 2 Houthi missiles heading to Mecca, Jeddah FM Denies Saudi Allegations that Yemeni Army Targets Holy Places in Saudi Arabia Iranian nation will not bow to bullies: Rouhani Trump downplays Iranian "threat" to US interests: "We have no indication that anything's happened or will happen," he told reporters at the White House, adding: "We have no indication that they will." War criminal: Senator Lindsey Graham clashes with lawmakers over intelligence reports on Iran: Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, said he received his own briefing Monday from National Security Advisor John Bolton All The Times John Bolton Called For War With Iran: Bolton makes it quite clear that "only military action" could accomplish what is required to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Media Setting Up Iran as New 'Threat' That Must Be Confronted Gaza boy killed by explosive grenade fired at his face Head of Reporters Without Borders says Israel shot journalists intentionally Watch: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians under army protection Inhumane Illegal Treatment Widespread in Israel Prisons: Report AFRICA 264 people killed in Africa from 70 terror attacks in last two weeks of April ASIA 12 militants killed in Afghanistan 5,000 terrorists amassed in Afghanistan close to CIS border - Russian FSB chief: Terrorist cells are now infiltrating into former Soviet countries where they are forming ties with organized crime China's coastguard 'can expect military treatment' in South China Sea: U.S. admiral issues warning as Beijing sends more non-naval vessels into troubled waters to asset claims China could play rare earths card in US clash China rare earth firms' stocks soar on trade war speculation Huawei founder says clash with the US was 'inevitable' EUROPE USAF Paints F-16 Jet With Russian Color Scheme For 'Training Purposes' UK: May to ask lawmakers to vote on a second Brexit referendum GLOBE Ron Paul: Fair Trial? US Steals Assange's Legal Papers:The treacherous government of Ecuador has opened Julian Assange's private quarters at its UK embassy up to US investigators, who have seized Assange's legal defense documents. Global sea levels could rise far more than predicted: Researchers say two-metre sea level rise is possible if global temperatures warm by five degrees Celsius by 2100. Bayer faces thousands of Roundup-cancer cases after $2 billion verdict Monsanto Spied On GMO Opponents in 7 EU Countries Facebook helps phone companies gather user data, including their 'creditworthiness' - report NASA's Plans Lunar Outpost:The plan calls for, an outpost that will orbit the Moon and serve as a spaceport for missions to the surface. AMERICAS Years of US sanctions have cost Venezuelan economy $130 billion - official Venezuela to ditch Visa & Mastercard by early 2020 : Venezuela will develop an independent national payment system to get rid of international giants Visa and Mastercard in response to US sanctions US to Triple Import of Russian Oil Amid Sanctions Against Venezuela - Report Thousands of Immigrants Suffer in Solitary Confinement in ICE Detention: The United Nations special rapporteur on torture, said that solitary confinement should be banned and that isolation for more than 15 days constitutes "inhuman and degrading treatment. AG Barr to Congress: the President's NOT your "errand boy" Trump's Accounting Firm Forced to Hand Over Records to Congress Deutsche Bank Has Rolled on Donald Trump Ford to cut 7,000 jobs by August, including 900 this week Police escort workers out of closed plant in Central Pennsylvania Video: Mass layoffs hit Illinois Fiat Chrysler plant Union Pacific announces layoff of up to 195 employees at Hinkle 28 Stores Closing, Nearly 1,000 More Layoffs In NJ Four in 10 Americans Embrace Some Form of Socialism Peace and Joy Tom Feeley Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430   Total Cost of U.S. Wars Since 2001 4.81 Trillion - Spending $1 million an hour, non-stop, 24 hours a day, you won't run out of money for 411 years. $4,811,178,258,237 Quick Links... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Website More About Us Contact Information ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Phone:San Diego USA 619-407-7054 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Information Clearing House, Po Box 365, Imperial Beach, CA 91933 Amelia Gora ICH: "We're Being Played": Tucker Carlson Features Leaked Syria Chemical Attack Memo ICH Newsletter Sat, May 25, 2019 at 12:27 PM Reply-To: ichnewseditor@outlook.com To: hawaiianhistory@gmail.com View the newsletter in your browser http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/  Not For Profit - For Justice 100% Non Commercial, Fearless, Forthright & Independent    "He does not believe who does not live according to his belief": Thomas Fuller   "In the last analysis we must be judged by what we do and not by what we believe. 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We are able to cover our budget and we are happy to report we are still growing each month.   Thank you.   Peace and Joy   Tom Feeley Op-Ed 'War on journalism': Snowden slams US indictment against Assange   By ICH and Agencies "The Department of Justice just declared war - not on Wikileaks, but on journalism itself," Snowden - Continue ====== Julian Assange Indictment Is an Assault on Press Freedom   By Wired "These unprecedented charges against Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are the most significant and terrifying threat to the First Amendment in the 21st century," Freedom of the Press Foundation. - Continue ====== Professional Assange Smearers Finally Realize His Fate Is Tied To Theirs   By Caitlin Johnstone This fatal blow to journalism would be meted out with support from a population hammered into docility. - Continue ====== How U.S. weapons ended up bombing hospitals in Yemen   Watch - Warning  - A former senior State Department official saw firsthand how the Saudis failed to avoid civilian casualties - and how the U.S. chose to look the other way. - Continue ====== The Western Media is Key to Syria Deception   Must read - By Jonathan Cook al-Qaeda-linked fighters claim that they were targeted with chemical weapons by the Syrian government in Idlib province - should have been treated by the western media with a high degree of scepticism. - Continue ====== Liberate Syria's Idlib, precisely for the civilians that America fakes concern over   By Eva Bartlett Western media and politicians are crying for Al-Qaeda in Syria again. It doesn't get much more absurd than this! - Continue ====== "We're Being Played": Tucker Carlson Features Leaked Syria Chemical Attack Memo   By Tyler Durden Since the leaked OPCW report surfaced over a week ago there's predictably been mainstream silence. - Continue ====== Remember the Maine! Also the Arizona and the Maddox!   By Future of Freedom Foundation They were three U.S. vessels that played instrumental rolls in enabling U.S. officials to embroil the United States into foreign wars. - Continue ======   HARD NEWS MIDDLE EAST   Up to 350 terrorists killed by Syrian army while repelling attacks in Hama governorate   Syria: Terrorists prepare for using chemical weapons in Hama, Idleb countryside with help of foreign experts   Russia says, The United States and some media outlets are spreading fake news about the use of chemical weapon in Idleb.   Sky News Collaborates with Idlib Terrorists to Create Syria War Propaganda   Iraq: Bomb blasts, IS attack kills 7   Iraqi troops kill two Islamic State terrorists in Nineveh   Trump to send 1,500 additional troops to Middle East 'dangerous' says Iran: The Pentagon did not specify where the new troops would be deployed in the region, but it said that they will not be stationed in Iraq or Syria.   Dozen Fighter Jets & Drone Fleet Sent To Middle East Escalate Tensions With Iran   Senate panel rejects requiring Congress sign off before attacking Iran   Officials Dispute Mike Pompeo's Claim That Iran Is Collaborating With Al Qaeda: Pompeo's claim that Iran and Al Qaeda are collaborating is at best an exaggeration that is not supported by any available information, U.S. intelligence officers say.   Here we go again? US blames Iran for attacks on Gulf shipping   Watch: Proof U.S. Is Provoking Iran Into WAR : Jimmy Dore   Iran will not surrender even if bombed - Rouhani   Iran to deploy 'secret weapons' in case of US 'stupidity': "America.. is sending two warships to the region. If they commit the slightest stupidity, we will send these ships to the bottom of the sea"   If the U.S. Goes to War With Iran, Netanyahu Will Be the Prime Suspect   Iran slams as politically-motivated France's extradition of Iranian engineer to US   Trump Administration Is Declaring a Fake Emergency to Sell Weapons to Saudi Arabia   Bought and paid for: Trump bypasses Congress to push through arms sales to Saudis, UAE: Lawmakers from both parties criticized the move, with Democrats calling it an abuse of presidential power.   U.S. State Department misses deadline to explain Iran arms control report: : Dissenting officials, were concerned that the document politicized and skewed assessments against Iran in a bid to lay the groundwork to justify military action.   Trump may expect Riyadh to invest in peace deal, but Saudi dollars come at a high price   Abbas Advisor: We will never accept economic bribes instead of freedom   German parliament smears quest for Palestinian rights as anti-Semitic   US pressuring Israel to prevent Chinese companies from entering Israeli facilities.   Israel Takes Sides in U.S.-China Trade War:Trump administration officials have expressed growing concern over the tightening economic ties between Israel   Saudi Arabia kills nine civilians in Yemen   4 Yemenis killed in landmine explosion   Yemen president slams U.N. envoy's handling of war in letter to secretary-general   AFRICA   Armed Groups Massacre 54 Civilians in Central African Republic   At least 25 Nigerian soldiers killed in Boko Haram ambush - sources   2 killed as Uganda, Rwanda trade accusations over military incursion   Haftar air forces strike House of Representatives in Libya capital   Violence rages in Libya as fighters attempt to advance into Tripoli   Sudan protest groups call for strikes   Russia reveals deal allowing it to use Sudan ports   South Africa: Ramaphosa Assumes Office Vowing Social Justice   ASIA   6 civilians mistakenly killed by security forces in Afghanistan   Four killed as Afghan forces fire rocket on explosives-packed Humvee   Pakistan: 3 killed, 28 injured in mosque blast in Quetta   The Terrifying Implications of India's Elections for People and the Planet   WaPo Must Acknowledge CIA Role in Pakistan Polio Crisis   Who listens to this war criminal? Bolton says latest North Korea missile test violates U.N. resolution   North Korea says nuclear talks will not resume until the U.S. softens demands   China says trade talks can't continue unless US addresses its 'wrong actions'   By targeting China, US heightens risk of another cold war   US Navy sent 2 ships through the Taiwan Strait in a move that's likely to anger China   Emory University in US fires scientists over undisclosed funding ties to China   China Unveils Train Prototype Projected to Reach 600Kph   Trump opens state visit to Japan with jab at trade imbalance: The US President's four-day visit will include discussions about trade and North Korea with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.   Japan PM Abe mulling visit to Iran as early as mid-June:   EUROPE   France Lyon: Police appeal after parcel bomb attack hurts 13   UN court orders Russia to free detained Ukraine sailors   Watch: Theresa May resigns as Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party   Spare us your tears, Theresa: May will go down in history as one of Britain's worst prime ministers.   'Not since Tony Blair arguably have we had a PM who has faced allegations of such seriousness'   In case you missed it: Theresa May's husband's Investment Firm made a financial killing from the bombing of Syria   In case you missed it: Theresa May's Husband Profiting From Wife's Military Policies   'Mind control': The secret UK government blueprints shaping post-terror planning: How hashtags, vigils and flowers are used to steer the public towards grief instead of anger   UN orders UK to end 'colonial' rule of Chagos Islands   In case you missed it: Stealing A Nation: special report by John Pilger:A government calling itself civilised tricked and expelled its most vulnerable citizens so that it could give their homeland to aforeign power.   Another Empire's Boot Stomps On Ireland: Can a pair of U.S. military veterans and the Irish peace movement topple a key outpost of the American Empire entrenched in Ireland   GLOBE   UN arms official says risk of nuclear war at its highest since WW2   Read the full indictment against Julian Assange   "Truth ultimately is all we have:" Julian Assange appeals for public support:In his first publicly-released comments to supporters since his arrest, WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange called for a campaign against his threatened extradition to the United States   Committee to Protect Journalists Condemns New Charges Against Assange in US   Up to 175 yrs in prison: US slaps Julian Assange with 17 more charges under Espionage Act   Assange may spend the rest of his life in jail, he's got a 'HANGING judge' - CIA whistleblower   New Assange Indictment Makes Insane, Unprecedented Use Of Espionage Act On Things Journalists Do All The Time   You Don't Have to Like Julian Assange to Be Outraged by the Charges Against Him: Whatever you may think of Julian Assange (I'm not a big fan), indicting him under the Espionage Act-is an ill-founded, ham-fisted move that endangers free speech for all Americans.   Bought and paid for: Amnesty International declares Julian Assange "not a prisoner of conscience"   Rising sea levels could swamp major cities and displace almost 200 million people, scientists say   Scientists have found a volume knob for emotional memories:This discovery could lead to the capability of manipulating memories in humans:   AMERICAS   Venezuelan prison clashes leave 29 inmates dead   Russian army helping Venezuela amid US 'threats': Moscow's ambassador   Venezuela and Russia Consolidate Cooperation Strategies in Various Areas:The framework of this meeting will yield important results of the historic goal of turning Venezuela into an independent and sovereign power.   US Demands a Halt to Jet Fuel Trade with Venezuela, Threatens Offenders with Sanctions - Report   Watch: Interview With Brazil's Ex-President Lula From Prison, Discussing Global Threats, Neoliberalism, Bolsonaro, and More   US judge blocks funds for Trump border wall plan   Pentagon agrees to set up tent housing near border for some 7,500 migrants/refugees   Trump puts DOJ on crash course with intelligence agencies   House Dems Agree To Halt Subpoena For Trump Financial Records During Appeal   Trump Targets UK, Australia And Ukraine Over 'Greatest Hoax In The History Of Our Country'   Intelligence veterans are horrified at Trump's decision to grant AG Barr sweeping power to declassify Russia intelligence: 'Lives are on the line'   Trump loses court round in U.S. Democratic lawmakers demand for bank documents on his businesses   George Conway Mocks Trump's 'I Don't Do Cover-Ups' By Posting Hush-Money Check   Utah judge suspended for making anti-Trump comments   Watch: Donald Trump tweets edited video to make Nancy Pelosi appear to be tripping over her words   Giuliani incoherently tweets a possible apology for sharing Pelosi video   Lawyer for Navy SEAL accused of war crimes also works for Trump Organization   U.S. manufacturing growth slumps to 9-year low in May as China trade tensions heat up   Almost half of American adults do not have $400 to spare, study reveals   Nearly 25% of Americans are going into debt trying to pay for necessities like food   Rural America Is On The Verge Of Collapse   Miami bounty hunters armed with battering ram storm home over $750 bond, video shows     Peace and Joy   Tom Feeley Cost Of War   Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered In US War And Occupation Of Iraq "1,455,590" Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America's War On Iraq:  4,801 Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 3,430   Total Cost of U.S. Wars Since 2001 4.81 Trillion - 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