Friday, August 23, 2019  Trump Tried -- and Failed -- to Slash and Burn Foreign Aid Programs Sasha Abramsky, Truthout For the last few weeks, the Trump administration has publicly mulled canceling roughly $4 billion in foreign aid already voted into law by Congress. On Thursday, facing a barrage of criticism, the administration abandoned those efforts. Even in failing, Trump has scored points with the "America First" nativist base that now defines the Republican Party.
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Sanders Campaign Calls on Candidates to Unite Against DNC, Demand Climate Debate Jon Queally, Common Dreams The Democratic National Committee (DNC) voted down a resolution to sanction a climate-focused debate for the Democratic primary. Now, the Bernie Sanders campaign is urging activists and fellow Democratic presidential candidates to unite to force the DNC to place climate on the debate agenda.
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ICE Raids Benefit Bosses by Creating Fear in Workers David Wilson, Truthout Devastating workplace raids, like the one conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Mississippi this month, create a situation where workers -- undocumented or documented -- are too fearful to stand up for their rights. While many are calling for the employers to be punished, that won't help workers either. What will benefit all workers is a repeal of the laws and policies that make the raids possible.
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Justice Department Admits It Emailed Judges a Link to a White Nationalist Site Shira Tarlo, Salon The Department of Justice claims that an email it sent to all immigration court employees, which included a link to a white nationalist website, was a mistake. The email featured a link to a blog post that used racist and anti-Semitic slurs against sitting immigration judges.
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Western Militaries Are Using Virtual Reality for Propaganda and Recruitment Simon Chandler, Truthout Beyond social media, virtual reality is shaping up to become the world's propaganda medium of choice, especially as a recruitment tool for western militaries. The U.S. military, which has long used video games as a propaganda tool, is now using virtual reality to give potential recruits an "immersive" experience of being a soldier, but without the horrors of post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Bolsonaro Wants to Occupy the Amazon to Obstruct Multiracial Conservation Plans Manuella Libardi, openDemocracy One of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's top priorities has been to strategically occupy the Amazon region to prevent the implementation of multilateral rainforest conservation projects. Even as fires rage across the Amazon, leaked documents show that the government intends to use Bolsonaro's racist rhetoric to delegitimize rainforest protection efforts.
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Trump Administration Builds a Language Wall to Further Thwart Migrant Rights Aisha Maniar, One Small Window While people with limited English proficiency are entitled to language assistance when using public services, translation and interpretation services are now severely underfunded. This means people who don't speak English fluently have less access to essential services, especially in the realms of health care and immigration court.
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Trump Primary Challengers Would Face Big Money Problem Jessica Piper, Center for Responsive Politics The Republican establishment is increasingly loyal to President Trump. Any Republican challengers to Trump in 2020 must contend with the reality that the groups that they once counted on for financial support now overwhelmingly back the president.
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Sen. Merkley Condemns Trump's Decision to Indefinitely Jail Migrant Kids Amy Goodman, Democracy Now! The Trump administration is moving to indefinitely detain migrant children and their families, reversing decades of U.S. policy. We speak with Sen. Jeff Merkley, who made headlines last year when he was barred from entering an old Walmart where the government was detaining about 1,500 immigrant children.
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The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames Dahr Jamail, Truthout Often referred to as the "lungs" of the planet, the Amazon rainforest is burning at a record pace, covering half of Brazil and parts of Paraguay, Bolivia and Peru in smoke. The Earth's largest rainforest has seen an 80 percent increase in wildfires since the same period last year, yet Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro is working at breakneck speed to open up the Amazon for logging, mining and agribusiness.
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Trump's Reinstatement of Indefinite Family Detention Could Kill People Mike Ludwig, Truthout The Trump administration is moving to incarcerate migrant families indefinitely while they wait to see an immigration judge. Advocates say reinstating indefinite detention for families endangers their lives, and that the practice would only benefit private prison companies and other contractors while appeasing Trump's nativist base ahead of the 2020 elections.
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