(Eoin Higgins) Supporters of Sen. Kamala Harris’ run for the 2020 Democratic presidential primary nomination suggested Thursday that criticisms of Harris’ record as a prosecutor in California were being driven by a Russian disinformation plot, a theory that was met with ridicule from progressives.
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Bases Coming: US Eyeing Militarization of Antarctic as Well as Arctic
(Andrea Germanos) A top U.S. military general said Tuesday that the country will be looking at militarizing the Antarctic just as it has the Arctic.
Thriving Hemp Industry is About to Create a Jobs Boom in the US
(Emma Fiala) Thanks to a provision in the 2018 Farm Bill, hemp is no longer a federally illegal controlled substance in the Unites States. The passage of the Farm Bill allows farmers and cultivators to grow the once demonized cannabis plant and even restart long forgotten operations.
Atlanta to Transform 7 Acres of Vacant Land Into Country’s Largest Free Food Forest
(Emma Fiala) Atlanta’s City Council just voted in favor of transforming over 7 acres of vacant property into the state of Georgia’s first food forest. The measure, which paves the way for the largest food forest in the country according to Councilwoman Carla Smith, was approved last Monday after a unanimous vote.
China Calls For “People’s War” Against the US, Vows to “Fight for a New World”
(Anti-Media) While market mood has shifted diametrically from yesterday, with stocks sharply higher on Tuesday following what has widely been interpreted as conciliatory comments from both president Trump and various members of China’s ruling elite, one would be hard pressed to find any de-escalation amid the Chinese press commentaries written in the aftermath of the latest escalation in trade war between the US and China.
10 Questions the Mueller Report Doesn’t Answer
(The Anti-Media) In January 2017, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a report about Russian interference co-signed by three other agencies — the National Security Agency, the FBI, and the CIA — that was so evidence-free that even The New York Timessaid it was “unlikely to change the minds of skeptics who … remember the intelligence agencies’ faulty assessments on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.”
US Navy SEALs Were Warned by Commanders Not to Report War Crimes
(Jason Ditz) US war crimes in Iraq in general are a well-substantiated fact. Navy SEALs say they saw some “shocking” things, which other SEAL’s kill children with sniper rifles, spraying civilian neighborhoods with machine gun fire, etc.
US Media Remains Silent as Historically Huge Protests Take Place Across Yemen
(Ahmed AbdulKareem) Massive demonstrations took place across Yemen’s major cities on Tuesday to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Saudi-led war on the country. The war ostensibly began on March 26, 2015, when Saudi Arabia, backed by the U.S. and other regional allies, launched a large-scale attack on Yemen under the pretext of reinstating ousted former president Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. The war’s real purpose was to defeat the Houthi Ansar Allah movement, which gained popular support following the Arab Spring and has grown even more powerful since the Saudi war began.
How Liberals Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Military Industrial Complex
(Alan Macleod) With March 19 marking 16 years of continuous war in Iraq, there is a distinct feeling of deja vuin Washington, as neocon figures like John Bolton and Elliot Abrams beat the drum for war in Venezuela. Liberals and progressives have traditionally been more critical of war and militarism than their conservative counterparts. But in the age of Trump, everything seems up for debate, and the media is trying to sell the military industrial complex to a more discerning, liberal audience.