By Guest Post on Aug 25, 2020 06:00 am
 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Trump adviser Jared Kushner are hitting the road in an attempt to strong-arm more Arab states into normalizing relations with Israel, turning their backs on Palestine and isolating Iran. (By: Raul Diego, Mintpress News) U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and unelected advisor to President Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, [...]
The post Hoping to Seize on UAE-Israel Deal, Pompeo and Kushner Head East in Search of New Allies for Israel appeared first on Citizen Truth.
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By Steven Rosenfeld on Aug 24, 2020 05:00 pm
 In the rush to vote absentee as the pandemic broke, they didn’t fill out forms to get a mailed-out ballot for the presidential election too. On August 20, the Wisconsin Elections Commission announced that they would send letters to 2.6 million voters who have not yet signed up to receive an absentee ballot for the fall election, [...]
The post Huge Numbers of Primary Absentee Voters in Top Swing States Must Reapply for Fall Ballot appeared first on Citizen Truth.
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By Daniel Davis on Aug 24, 2020 04:00 pm
 “We cannot have the specter of a disrupted election – an election that doesn’t count all votes – hovering over the election season.” Donning a blue US Postal Service mask, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy faced House Democrats in a hearing over USPS changes. Under DeJoy’s leadership, the postal service began dismantling and removing bulk mail [...]
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By Vijay Prashad on Aug 24, 2020 02:00 pm
 Five years ago, I read the story of Dr. Félix Báez, a Cuban doctor who had worked in West Africa to stop the spread of Ebola. Dr. Báez was one of 165 Cuban doctors of the Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade who went to Sierra Leone to fight a terrible outbreak in 2014 of a disease first [...]
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By Joseph Mangano on Aug 24, 2020 01:28 pm
 Joe Biden rates highly with Democratic Party voters on relatability and “get off my lawn” energy. (Photo Credit: Jay Godwin/LBJ Library) Joe Biden began his acceptance speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention with a quote by Ella Baker, longtime civil rights and human rights activist: “Give people light and they will [...]
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By Guest Post on Aug 24, 2020 12:30 pm
 A pillar of the antiwar movement, Diana Johnstone provides critical insights from her time working in Associated Press and AFP newsrooms in the US and Europe and much more. (By: Rick Sterling, Mintpress News) Diana Johnstone has written a compelling and insightful book. It is mostly a review and analysis of significant events from the [...]
The post Diana Johnstone’s “Circle in the Darkness” Gives an Insider’s View Into Media Manipulation appeared first on Citizen Truth.
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By Caitlin Johnstone on Aug 24, 2020 08:30 am
 (Caitlin Johnstone) To oppose power is to set yourself on a collision course with despair. You set out, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, charging full speed at the man all set to overthrow the status quo, and then what happens? You splat headfirst into a solid steel wall. Your plans fail. Your heroes capitulate. Your comrades [...]
The post To Oppose Power Is To Meet With Hopelessness, But Hopelessness Is An Invitation To Real Power appeared first on Citizen Truth.
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By Alec Pronk on Aug 24, 2020 06:15 am
 “Jacob Blake’s 3 SONS were IN THE CAR he was getting into when Kenosha Police shot him tonight. They saw a cop shoot their father. They will be traumatized forever.” Unrest erupted in Kenosha, Wisconsin after police shot a black man named Jacob Blake seven times in the back. Video of the shooting went viral [...]
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By Jack Xiong on Aug 24, 2020 06:00 am
 Pharrell Williams and Jay-Z are weighing in on the plight of black men and women in the United States — through a collaboration on a new song entitled “Entrepreneur”. After the death of George Floyd earlier this year, the debate on racial inequality has surged globally. Naturally, the subject has permeated pop culture as well, [...]
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