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Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4z2DtNW79sQ&feature=share

Crystal Gayle - Eddy Rabbit - you and I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=137&v=WOPnStSy2AI

George Jones performs “One Woman Man” Live On Austin City Limits.

https://whenthecowboysings.net/george-jones-one-woman-man/?fbclid=IwAR0gvOTDya0yvVkubT6rYQB8duVC2myoVHqygfv_Y0idU03GkE1SHLr9Z_Q

Tammy Wynette’s Version of The Song “Battle Hymn of the Republic”: “Battle Hymn of the Republic” is a song that will shed light in times of trial. Tammy Wynette made a version of this song which was written in 1861 by Julia Ward Howe.

https://www.countrythangdaily.com/tammy-wynette-gospel/?fbclid=IwAR1akEfKOku1oV_GZvX6xmuwEF-nxLLwoZiaMpkgc1lFsswN0_PvsImwmWI

John Cleese in conversation with Eric Idle at Live Talks Los Angeles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnpY46lOTX4&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3aqABqXDJe-7SxPsXr9z1spA5ZPUTWJ1BFYGAoISwugZsiKNIatHKmx3M

Celebrate (1975) - Three Dog Night

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXI6CdTVJ-0&fbclid=IwAR0oPKWNrIR10suaE_8Ir4CiLMDv3TII__g33wfl8XDkClP-CNeRFtyUjz4

Manohar Parrikar's words while he is under treatment for Pancreatitis in US Hospital

https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/National/2018-03-26/Manohar-Parrikars-words-while-he-is-under-treatment-for-Pancreatitis-in-US-Hospital/369614

Gary Clark Jr. Performs 'This Land'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAem_C6pDWI&feature=share

The Animals - House of The Rising Sun RE-RECORDED HQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmRnq1hK36c&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR24KHzIiUE_IBCbYCaL5EN8Q8QpmTmL_xs6b44Z_5Q3BWSLyZpHS5Al2Yw

1958 HITS ARCHIVE: It’s Only Make Believe - Conway Twitty (his original #1 version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3n6d9XwrPE&fbclid=IwAR0ZsTTkyELP1BP0eQbWrmDYACiLRzOLWr3H8dXlc0pq83PlWznrJUxvdHI

Starship - Sara

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ScTb6_KHg&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0jtVLKnitLCH0pnE-ezQt0tEwrZto8IakRZym5MWl3mQH1JX0E1pu2VmM

teddy Pendergrass If you dont know me by now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuLZRrz9FrQ&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0OzO1rM25s0f9WntcGQQ6boyRp9qWj5OG60uRmHVu77r_II88NQDpiYVI

Stevie Wonder - Love's In Need Of Love Today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFam9Tkmeug&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0JH3fSBUyG_UeMxUUY8Q5VDFCShRniuHQ5irUPRyXPwTVlsaYa5Zb2ecc

The Eagles - Hotel California - Live 1977 (Music Video)

https://classicrockmusics.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-eagles-hotel-california-live-1977.html?fbclid=IwAR0RuI1SaRiKbYkZaq5iD168YNQOg5aMkLLK2icyt_KZWjr1DnGqvka72qc

Little Richard Good Golly Miss Molly 1958

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPKDjqDflBc&fbclid=IwAR15oYROLm4A552LkZ08Axlfc0n9VHsIqLKcWXOdeVQYjSeHTnwCPOv6XtY

Why Did Our Universe Begin? - Dr. Roger Penrose - (Closer to Truth Interview)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2_6h15UCMg

Bill Monroe & Earl Scruggs at the Grand Ole Opry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUq5_EeMmHo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1WdAUkqaH6yoe-SM2BQyCc8Tm-5HHeIH00Zsj8CYj2_cRbbdIEEeC-IWc

Jackie Wilson ... ( your love keeps lifting me) higher and higher

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AXkfhqvO44&feature=share

Eckhart speaks on suffering and what we can do to relieve ourselves from it.

https://www.eckharttolle.com/watch-featured-teaching/

Kim speaks on how we can create more stillness and peace in our days.

https://www.eckharttolle.com/watch-teaching-kim/

Eckhart shares why the greatest achievement of his life is that he can stop thinking.

https://www.eckharttolle.com/watch-q-and-a-eckhart/

Kim answers a question about the awakening process and how we let go of the past and our expectations.

https://www.eckharttolle.com/watch-q-and-a-with-kim/

The Dalai Lama and Eckhart speak at the Vancouver Peace Summit.

https://www.eckharttolle.com/watch-vancouver-peace-summit/

Renowned Buddhist meditation teacher Jack Kornfield joins Eckhart for a dialogue on mindfulness, meditation, and the journey of awakening.

https://eckharttolle.com/watch-loving-awareness-with-jack-kornfield/

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation HQ Sound

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ixwIaN7qw&feature=share

Steven Pinker on the Past, Present, and Future of Optimism: The legendary scientist argues that things are getting better, not worse. If only he could get the world to believe him.

https://medium.com/s/2069/steven-pinker-on-the-past-present-and-future-of-optimism-f362398c604b

When In Rome - The Promise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1SQMgrjohKHe-xQ_kPVOK_wJtqyydFL6i9CND8cCL9RIOgHD8c0Lsmc3c

Colt Ford- No Trash In My Trailer - Official Music Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_77EvoXGDB8&feature=share

Weekend Update: Roseanne Rosannadanna on Smoking - SNL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hYGtXIqDa0&feature=share

Harry Nilsson ~ Everybody's Talking (1969)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55xQu9eIPIA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0vZEEt8IyxDYFko6ejINuxAqXpSM0yURVe19AEZKc1AGCFgyMax7WjGTU

An epidemic of loneliness

https://theweek.com/articles/815518/epidemic-loneliness

Why Lee Daniels Got Behind 'Pimp'

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lee-daniels-interview-pimp-movie-executive-producer-role-1159867

Want to Be Happier? Science Says Do These 11 Things Every Single Day: Try them. They work. (If you can't trust science, what can you trust?)

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/want-to-be-happier-science-says-do-these-11-things-every-single-day.html

Stone tools hint that our first human ancestors lived all over Africa

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186981-stone-tools-hint-that-our-first-human-ancestors-lived-all-over-africa/

The Neanderthal: Jen Gilman Porat seeks a genetic excuse for her husband’s barbaric table manners.

https://longreads.com/2018/12/07/the-neanderthal/

You’ve Got to Check Out Gillette’s Breathtaking New Toxic Masculinity-Busting Ad

https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/tv/youve-got-to-check-out-gillettes-breathtaking-new-toxic-masculinity-busting-ad/?fbclid=IwAR0e2PwwxqvEPgDHyOIblgYylG7yIO2RJ7veCSib1WLJFgjTfC6gFwZOzrY

How Can You Help Someone Who Is Depressed?  An expert describes how well-meaning offers of support can go awry—and how to really make a difference

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-can-you-help-someone-who-is-depressed-1543242613?mod=e2fb

The Tremeloes - Silence Is Golden (Remastered) Stereo HD *NEW*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJke4FYfXwU&feature=share

Opening Yourself to Infinite Possibility: The Spiritual Keys to Finding Your True Self

https://www.consciouslifestylemag.com/true-self-finding-your-spiritual/

Halestorm - Daughters of Darkness Lyrics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XQ1FB3Rz0g&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0IuXcIC5NnRdNiD9dEmri_wYPssRsZX4IDiwaJ_gDcEjuca7iTRVsViR0

Top 10 Strangest (and Most Beautiful) Films of 2018: The best films of the year explore the hollowness of contemporary Korean culture, faith in an era of climate change, the last frantic day in the life of a Hollywood director and more.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/21648/best-strangest-beautiful-movies-films-2018

Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019: For those of us who worked with Norman, it’s hard to imagine The Nation without him. He contributed articles, editorials, and reviews to our pages for an astounding six decades.

https://www.thenation.com/article/norman-birnbaum-obituary/

Pat Benatar - Love Is A Battlefield

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZOLV9SPo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3JI0u6MthFE_lcfyRYjEINkvNy2ciePYGXllvWOV65pcl1IyrRjvN51AI

Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of the Heart (Official Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcOxhH8N3Bo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2rczwt-88MGD5N8JL_R7Bby2YKuhLe2it5Ru0smjZ-yNZgaPrzxHgxlA4

Johnny Rivers - Seventh Son

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc0ye-LJAdE&feature=share

Sting - They Dance Alone (Cueca Solo)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_bN5ECJTI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0sJ9P_pawVt3toX1mPSrM-JT6OMLTRLfnKXQIVcXprfEQOB4M-jLe2SZM

Jefferson Starship - Somebody To Love - 5/28/1982 - Moscone Center (Official)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcM6TxlhLac&feature=share

House Un-American Blues Activity Dream

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depA109-kzA&feature=share

Imelda May performs 'It's Good To Be Alive' | The Late Late Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h93m2MmzrXU&feature=share

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Buddha (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAfTwNkS-EU

Manfred Mann's Earth Band Lyrics

https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/manfredmannsearthband/buddah.html

Loving Arms ... (If you could see me now)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oGxGBfDRck&feature=share

Dobie Gray - There's A Honky Tonk Angel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuxe6YWSewI

Military related links 012419

Coast Guard families told they can have garage sales to cope with government shutdown

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/coast-guard-families-told-they-can-have-garage-sales-to-cope-with-government-shutdown/ar-BBS26NU?ocid=sf

This Senseless Government Shutdown Is Harming Coast Guard Families

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019-01/senseless-government-shutdown-harming-coast-guard-families

'Tidal Wave': Hundreds Of Coast Guard Families Show Up To Pop-Up Boston Food Pantry

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/11/684118233/tidal-wave-hundreds-of-coast-guard-families-show-up-to-pop-up-boston-food-pantry?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20190113&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=

The reasons why we can’t forget the Coast Guard during the shutdown

https://medium.com/@SavannahMiller_/the-reasons-why-we-cant-forget-the-coast-guard-during-the-shutdown-44182af800aa?fbclid=IwAR3V45oW7BQlpdtJuQ9dZikqbfLq4N5pw2ZMKLpWZt4m90DXIdBbqUXH1NU

DoD has its top-line budget figure

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/01/09/dod-has-its-topline-budget-figure/

Pentagon Approves Two-Carrier Buy As Fixes Continue to Navy’s Priciest Ship: Congress is evaluating the proposal to issue a $24 billion contract for the Navy's next two carriers, as the service looks at months of work to fix ongoing problems with the Ford-class's first ship.

https://breakingdefense.com/2019/01/navy-going-for-two-carrier-buy-as-value-of-flattops-debated/

USS Fort McHenry Visits Romania While Russian Frigate Watches

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/07/40186

3 ways the Navy wants to protect its weapons from cyberattacks

https://www.fifthdomain.com/dod/2019/01/07/3-ways-the-navy-wants-to-protect-its-weapons-from-cyberattacks/

USS McCampbell FONOP Past Paracel Islands Irks China

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/07/40202

Has the United States Lost Command of the Sea?

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019-01/has-united-states-lost-command-sea?utm_source=U.S.+Naval+Institute&utm_campaign=e32eff0789-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_1_3_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_adee2c2162-e32eff0789-233544229&mc_cid=e32eff0789&mc_

Navy prepares for battles of tomorrow: "Top Gun" for surface ships focuses on tactics, doctrine.

https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/national/military-news/navy-prepares-for-battles-of-tomorrow/291-ded444ea-8579-479f-badd-bf9e26afe794

Navy Quietly Fires 20 Hyper Velocity Projectiles Through Destroyer’s Deckgun

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/08/navy-quietly-fires-20-hyper-velocity-projectiles-destroyers-deckgun

Navy's F-35C on Track to Be Combat Ready Next Month

https://www.military.com/defensetech/2019/01/04/navys-f-35c-track-be-combat-ready-next-month.html?utm_source=RC+Defense+Morning+Recon&utm_campaign=819c8e961f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_01_05_12_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_694f73a8dc-819c8e961f-85515969

MCPON, SMMC: Military Childcare is a Critical Readiness Issue

https://news.usni.org/2019/01/10/40275

Gavin Williamson suggests ‘firing paintballs at Spanish ships in Gibraltar’ Defence Secretary put forward outlandish idea during meeting with senior defence staff

https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/gavin-williamson-suggests-firing-paintballs-at-spanish-ships-in-gibraltar/?fbclid=IwAR1IYVXBsvUF1IDhQ_Vjt3sXtE8XEFYNyINb2Onn2dY-uO_vxlwf3_17tos

Politicizing the Military Is Uniformly Wrong: Trump’s visit to U.S. troops was marred by overtly political rhetoric. That’s not normal—but his defenders don’t care.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/12/trumps-visit-troops-was-disturbingly-political/579070/

Trump is a fair-weather friend to the troops

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/27/opinions/trump-iraq-visit-mondaca/index.html

The President’s Field Trip to the Forever War: “Thank you for your service,” but spare the details, please.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/opinion/sunday/trump-military-troops-iraq.html

Bernie Sanders: Democrats Need to Rein In Our Out-of-Control Military Spending.  Democrats must challenge unnecessary spending and interventions—beginning with the war in Yemen.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/21664/military-budget-Yemen

Letters From the January 28-February 4, 2019, Issue: Fuzzy math… Where there’s smoke… The real George Bush… Thanks, but no thanks (web only)…

https://www.thenation.com/article/letters-from-the-january-28-february-4-2019-issue/

When Seabees weren’t building bases in Vietnam, they were fighting the enemy

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/12/18/when-seabees-werent-building-bases-in-vietnam-they-were-fighting-the-enemy/

Terrorism related links 012419

Better border policy is possible without a wall

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2019/01/07/better-border-policy-possible-without-wall/DXvwoL6Lq130Gvcp2TEAQO/story.html?et_rid=707087590&s_campaign=todayinopinion:newsletter

Arrests For Illegal Border Crossings Hit 46-Year Low

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/05/568546381/arrests-for-illegal-border-crossings-hit-46-year-low?fbclid=IwAR3hblqDCzz7YmeOsD3K353cjbj2g4wOp4wusMb7xOlXD3m26BkUzLbTp-U

U.S. Rep. Carbajal tours ‘haphazard’ border detention facilities after two migrant deaths

https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article224044150.html

Twitter reacted to Donald Trump's fear-mongering address to the nation

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824622/-Twitter-reacts-to-Donald-Trump-s-fear-mongering-address-to-the-nation?detail=emaildkre

Racist Stephen Miller reportedly wrote the hate speech that Trump gave last night

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1823506/-White-nationalist-Stephen-Miller-wrote-the-hate-speech-that-Trump-will-give-tonight?detail=emaildkre

The networks were suckered by the "national emergency" threat

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/9/1824616/-The-networks-were-suckered-by-the-national-emergency-threat?detail=emaildkre

Trump all but told reporters his speech and border trip weren't news. Networks still ran the speech.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/9/1824705/-Trump-all-but-told-reporters-his-speech-and-border-trip-weren-t-news-Networks-still-ran-the-speech?detail=emaildkre

Democratic leaders respond to Trump's 'immigration crisis' speech

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824623/-Democratic-leaders-respond-to-Trump-s-immigration-crisis-speech?detail=emaildkre

Trump's Homeland Security chief drums up fake immigration crisis, ignoring the real one she created

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824437/-Nielsen-helps-drum-up-a-fake-immigration-crisis-for-her-boss-while-ignoring-the-real-one-she-created?detail=emaildkre

Trump holding onto threat of emergency declaration, or ... anything but actually making a deal

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/9/1824706/-Trump-holding-onto-threat-of-emergency-declaration-or-anything-but-actually-making-a-deal?detail=emaildkre

Nobody knows what the administration's new Syria policy is, including the White House itself

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/8/1824291/-Nobody-knows-what-the-administration-s-new-Syria-policy-is-including-the-White-House-itself?detail=emaildkre

Roger Waters considers performing Pink Floyd’s The Wall on US-Mexico border: "Musicians have an absolute right, a duty, to open their mouths to speak out"

https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/02/roger-waters-considers-performing-pink-floyds-the-wall-on-us-mexico-border/?fbclid=IwAR1F_UvCx-RYAOcFbgNG8k9ZIC9HbRIZmTp3Sg0NAdkJvYNaSB54E6eipCI

Nina Khrushcheva Trump's wall with Mexico follows in the footsteps of authoritarian leaders throughout history: From China to Germany, walls have been used for centuries to spread fear, closed-mindedness and isolationism.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-wall-mexico-follows-footsteps-authoritarian-leaders-throughout-history-ncna956411?fbclid=IwAR2GK8VIlF0IRT5z-annQFKBTdZWtJyLC2RK-Jog61SNBeH-OxZ7mKqARi4

Trump’s Border Wall is a Vortex of Stupidity that Trump and the GOP Can’t Escape

https://www.texasobserver.org/trumps-border-wall-is-a-vortex-of-stupidity-that-trump-and-the-gop-cant-escape/?fbclid=IwAR3R2z7RPARWbhNwLfvAZG32Q6VSBlnnbWJjcmGH4KYEE9Rbaau0co2W3VE

Texas landowners prepare wall fight; Trump to visit border

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-landowners-prepare-wall-fight-trump-to-visit-border/ar-BBS2ebj?ocid=spartandhp&fbclid=IwAR2Jf2E8YcWTVRAP29336lr7LxplC4A8IcwKi4WVL00i7NyxC50-kOCxLVA

If the shutdown lasts two more weeks, the cost to the economy will exceed price of Trump’s wall

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/shutdown-cou-mean-2-billion-less-consumer-spending-a-week-hitting-these-retailers-the-most.html?fbclid=IwAR3H5dAxoR52aJkXZtwHFl82FaiIaktYlSz2Kv6Mw45WmHsTBMnGX0lPmdo

White House Aides Explore Alternative Ways to Pay for Border Wall. One option: Halt military construction projects and divert those funds for an emergency

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-looking-into-diverting-army-corps-funds-to-build-wall-11547161664?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

At White House, Empty Desks and Unpaid Bills as Trump Shows No Sign of Relenting: Only 156 of 359 full-time White House workers have jobs considered essential during a shutdown.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/white-house-government-shutdown.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Pompeo Speech Lays Out Vision for Mideast, Taking Shots at Obama: Last month, President Trump announced that the U.S. won its fight in Syria and would be soon leaving. But his national security team has given different statements about the policy it believes the U.S. should pursue.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/world/middleeast/mike-pompeo-speech-middle-east-obama.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Pompeo's Cairo speech panned as ‘tone-deaf,’ ‘hyper-partisan,’ ‘offensive’

https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/01/pompeo-cairo-speech-iran-policy-panned.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Trump and Pompeo Embrace Autocrats and Disparage Opponents at Home

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/trump-pompeo-china-cairo.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

America’s Most Famous Novel About Bad Meat Was Actually About Immigrant Labor Abuses

https://talkpoverty.org/2019/01/10/sinclair-jungle-immigrant-narrative/

Yes, The President Can Declare A 'National Emergency' To Build A Wall

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/09/683501440/congress-aims-to-control-presidents-emergency-powers

Trump’s militarized land seizure for border wall is more complicated than ‘I can do it if I want’

https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/424195-trumps-militarized-land-seizure-for-border-wall-is-more-complicated-than

Briahna Gray is a columnist and senior politics editor at The Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/staff/briahnagray/

Amid border wall debate, third drug tunnel found in less than a month along Arizona border

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/11/border-wall-third-drug-tunnel-one-month-found-along-arizona-border/2554567002/?fbclid=IwAR2Xfw-r2N0NTZQtsKgl186Os_9yZFn5_AodLUOCmxNSr_wNVhGgkVe97M0

White House Sought Options to Strike Iran: State and Pentagon officials were rattled by the request

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-sought-options-to-strike-iran-11547375404?fbclid=IwAR1noWfmuuVcIIQty-azmTKX8uXOUwanPz0Nw14kOEc1HQft8F9ZE6eJi2g

Traffickers at the El Chapo trial say drugs aren't smuggled through open parts of the border

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/12/us/drug-traffickers-el-chapo-trial-drugs-across-border/index.html?fbclid=IwAR084ZB8TjPQjrkdJIaVV48dwgmPTMgSWHHHuRmzGrk2_uZY2iCpS8tCnXg

CAN THE PRESIDENT DECLARE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY TO BUILD THE WALL?

https://constitutioncenter.org/debate/podcasts/can-the-president-declare-a-national-emergency-to-build-the-wall

The debate over emergency powers and the border wall

https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/the-debate-over-emergency-powers-and-the-border-wall

Trump just begged Dems to come back in a very telling government shutdown Twitter rant

https://washingtonpress.com/2019/01/12/trump-just-begged-dems-to-come-back-in-a-very-telling-government-shutdown-twitter-rant/?fbclid=IwAR3tSBYeTmiqlJL_U69JBobgACPW53VDw0WhRXj1d3UuTnmf2GJ66IOxY80

The Soviet Experience in Afghanistan: Getting History Right

https://www.lawfareblog.com/soviet-experience-afghanistan-getting-history-right?fbclid=IwAR21-JJZVwkG-5blyGbBDxkWkXIYa_vcw4ulmLHqUY2nMnvnZkt0I-cvzA8

Malaysia’s sultans must pick a new king: The previous one abdicated after marrying a Russian beauty queen

https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/01/12/malaysias-sultans-must-pick-a-new-king?cid1=cust/ddnew/email/n/n/20190114n/owned/n/n/ddnew/n/n/n/nNA/Daily_Dispatch/email&etear=dailydispatch&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily_Dispatch&utm_term=20190114

LIGHT ON THE HORIZON: NOW IS THE TIME

https://www.ploughshares.org/reports/2018-annual-report

The Biggest Nuclear Threats of 2018 Will Follow Us into the New Year

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/12/biggest-nuclear-threats-2018-will-follow-us-new-year/153838/

A Yale Law professor just gave Trump terrible news about his “national emergency” wall plan

https://washingtonpress.com/2019/01/13/a-yale-law-professor-just-gave-trump-terrible-news-about-his-national-emergency-wall-plan/

Trump Vows He’ll ‘Never Ever Back Down’ On Border Security: Trump said he had dismissed a proposal from Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham to reopen the government for several weeks and continue dealing with Democrats over money for the wall.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-vows-hell-never-ever-back-down-on-border-security_us_5c3cff4ae4b0922a21d7bc58?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=__Politics__011419&utm_content=__Politics__011419+Version+B+CID_d583d6abac38fcc5a95d1c96defd0fe2&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=READ%20MORE&ncid=newsltushpmgnews__Politics__011419

FBI Agents Say the Shutdown Is a Threat to National Security: Nearly 5,000 FBI special agents, intelligence analysts, attorneys, and professional staff have been furloughed.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/01/fbi-agents-say-shutdown-threatens-national-security/580039/?fbclid=IwAR3tulc2fPACnDi04C0gIoHpbjNHaP52aPxT3SvebWtpcZ8deH0sCU3Qa44&utm_campaign=the-atlantic&utm_content=5c3d5e4b9ebbef00013b894a_ta&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

21 Fascinating Facts That Make People See Russia In A Completely Different Light

http://boredomtherapy.com/facts-about-russia/?as=6dap23842982693120657&bdk=a6dap23842982693120657&ch=facebook&fbclid=IwAR2sH8IEmPay0mvGlMZqUGF37IjVNK55sPhzykr9vMQUVta6LGEVXiDW5Ew

Trial Begins for Aid Workers Accused of Leaving Food, Water in Desert for Migrants: Federal officials are doing their best to criminalize No More Death's efforts to stop immigrants from dying while crossing into the U.S.

https://reason.com/blog/2019/01/15/trial-begins-for-aid-workers-accused-of?fbclid=IwAR2MBpSjaDsdO1IUhbT2oiVrL2QtMjzmM03F-_WxlWKB5lcKkf-E685rUuc

Kamala Harris shreds AG nominee William Barr over his support for Trump’s wall

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/kamala-harris-shreds-ag-nominee-william-barr-support-trumps-wall/?fbclid=IwAR3uJgtNUyaEURbqXxmpvxNBSK-LozQAwT3z5mpjzqW_wO4Yi2ICbf3LOUM#.XD6W-puHx2o.facebook

West Virginia Republicans unveil plan to give $10M for Trump's wall

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/425546-west-virginia-gop-state-lawmakers-propose-diverting-10-million-to-help?fbclid=IwAR0vH7VQNwXiws3Is-deHPSTyntvtg2WItuCyX3w5neeYndmdRfE7GEyAbs

China Is America’s Biggest Rival, And Russia Isn’t Even Close: While the media fawns over Russia’s failing authoritarianism, they ignore China’s much more successful brand of authoritarian nationalism.

https://thefederalist.com/2018/12/28/china-americas-biggest-rival-russia-isnt-even-close/

Mosque Tax: German Muslims are financially on their own foot

https://www.archynewsy.com/mosque-tax-german-muslims-are-financially-on-their-own-foot/

Dyer: Kurds betrayed again, this time by Trump

https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-kurds-betrayed-again-this-time-by-trump

It's game over for the YPG in Syria

https://www.dailysabah.com/columns/duran-burhanettin/2018/12/31/its-game-over-for-the-ypg-in-syria

Kurds should capitalize on sympathy stirred by new Syria crisis

http://www.rudaw.net/english/opinion/26122018

The perils of trusting America: A reminder for Asian allies

https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/the-perils-of-trusting-america-a-reminder-for-asian-allies

Trump's tweets on children dying in U.S. custody are a new low - The ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/29/with-trump-there-is-no-bottom/

Another migrant child death, we need a border truth commission

https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/423057-another-migrant-child-death-we-need-a-border-truth-commission

Why the Hell Are We Locking Up Migrant Kids at All? There is no jail humane enough to hold these children.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-the-hell-are-we-locking-up-migrant-kids-at-all

Amos Oz, Israeli novelist who wrote of striving and struggle, dies at 79

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/amos-oz-israeli-novelist-who-wrote-of-striving-and-struggle-dies-at-79/2018/12/28/a7b6

Amos Oz, Israeli Author and Peace Advocate, Dies at 79

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/28/obituaries/amos-oz-dead.html

Is there a crisis at the border?  President Trump says there is a problem, but it may be one of his own making

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/08/podcasts/the-daily/trump-border-wall.html

All's not well at the southern border

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/alls-not-well-at-the-southern-border

The U.S. Doesn’t Have a Border Crisis. Trump’s Campaign Does.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/01/the-u-s-doesnt-have-a-border-crisis-trumps-campaign-does.html

Trump Has Defeated Himself: The president, trapped without a decent exit in a predicament of his own making, will yield everything and get nothing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/trump-speech/579850/

The U.S. Isn’t Really Leaving Syria and Afghanistan: Even if American troops come home in a timely fashion, they will likely return before long.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/01/us-isnt-really-leaving-syria-and-afghanistan/579712/

Do refugees have to stay in the first safe country they reach?

https://fullfact.org/immigration/refugees-first-safe-country/?fbclid=IwAR2H_RxMKRgLw8sBzaK9jboXL3RChkF5VqL9bRkjOf_Uq-YGm_ZMUxRklWw

School lockdowns: How many American children have hidden from a shooter

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/local/school-lockdowns-in-america/

Four women found guilty after leaving food and water for migrants in Arizona desert

https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/426185-four-women-found-guilty-after-leaving-food-and-water-for

Meet Europe’s Left Nationalists: The rise of leaders like Sahra Wagenknecht and Jean-Luc Mélenchon marks a momentous turn against free movement in Europe—at the expense of  immigrants.

https://www.thenation.com/article/meet-europes-left-nationalists/

Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?  Thousands are missing in the country’s drug war—many of them seized by government security forces.

https://www.thenation.com/article/mexico-drug-war-killings-lopez-obrador/

National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2019

https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/National_Intelligence_Strategy_2019.pdf?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Around the world, Trump’s style is inspiring imitators and unleashing dark impulses

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/around-the-globe-trumps-style-is-inspiring-imitators-and-unleashing-dark-impulses/2019/01/22/ebd15952-1366-11e9-ab79-30cd4f7926f2_story.html?utm_term=.40d8d6cbe2ed&wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Four Accused of Plotting to Attack Muslim Community

https://www.thedailybeast.com/four-accused-of-plotting-to-attack-muslim-community

State Department cancels border security conference due to shutdown over border security

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/state-dept-border-security-conference-postponed/index.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Report Says Shutdown Is Impeding F.B.I.’s Law Enforcement Efforts: Thomas O’Connor, the president of the F.B.I. Agents Association, said that the resources available to support the bureau were “stretched to the breaking point.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/fbi-shutdown-law-enforcement.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

Congress agitates to end relentless shutdown: The Senate is prepping dueling votes while House centrists are pushing Pelosi to counter Trump with her own compromise proposal.

https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/22/house-democrats-pelosi-shutdown-1118986?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

WHITE HOUSE MEMO: At the One-Issue White House, the Standoff Over a Border Wall Displaces Other Priorities.  President Trump announced on Saturday a plan that would provide temporary protection from deportation for some immigrants in exchange for $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/politics/border-wall-white-house.html?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1

People in Arizona are facing prison time for leaving food and water for migrants: "This verdict challenges not only No More Deaths volunteers, but people of conscience throughout the country."

https://www.nationofchange.org/2019/01/23/people-in-arizona-are-facing-prison-time-for-leaving-food-and-water-for-migrants/?fbclid=IwAR1bLGzzdlR_5iB-o4UIDFBTb1M-86zX2zIuDl91iKh5c1XT7j9tAtbskJc

Exclusive - Trump border 'wall' to cost $21.6 billion, take 3.5 years to build: internal report

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-immigration-wall-exclusive-idUSKBN15O2ZN?fbclid=IwAR3Jj7-SC3MBKrASkAcw6v_-O85fHoRm1m-O1_XQk4IJn4-n49BFzUEonEk