Monday, April 13, 2020

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The Pentagon’s inspector general has found that US commanders could not properly account for $715.8 million in weapons destined for the “Vetted Syrian Opposition” in fiscal years 2017 and 2018.

Far-Right Shooting Shatters an Already Fragile Sense of Security in Germany: The attack showed that no part of the country is immune to the potential for violence fueled by anti-immigrant hatred.

Migrant Children Are Still Being Detained in Chicago: Heartland Alliance describes itself as a human rights and anti-poverty organization; but it operates five child migrant detention centers in the city.

Republican Senators Just Sold Out Democracy: By acquitting Trump, Republicans handed the president nearly unlimited power—and revealed the extent of their venality.

A Tense Relationship: The vexed history of Zionism and the left.

China Pushes “Happy Tibet” Propaganda in US Libraries

Limbaugh: Democrats who set up George W. Bush to go to war with Iraq now organizing 'silent coup' against Trump

Chris Hayes on Syria's unfolding humanitarian crisis: Syria is experiencing what may be its worst humanitarian crisis in its civil war, and Trump policies will do absolutely nothing to help.

Israel closes 60-year-old Jerusalem bakery for distributing bread to Muslim worshippers

What a Janitor Found at a Border Patrol Processing Facility: Tom Kiefer spent years collecting items confiscated and thrown away by border patrol

2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas

US MUST Open Borders To All Central American “Climate Refugees”, Even If It Includes UNWELCOMEDs

Trump Is Using Pandemic Panic to Ramp Up Attacks on Migrants: This has nothing to do with public health and everything to do with locking out poor and brown people.

Trump team yanking green cards from immigrants who abuse U.S. welfare system

The America We Want to Be: We shouldn’t let Trump’s war on immigrants deplete our capacity for compassion.

Once again, Trump seeks show his power at the expense of migrants

It’s Time to Leave Iraq Once and For All: The United States needs to accede to the will of the Iraqi people and finally put our wars to rest.

Palestine severs all Relations with US and Israel

Trump Administration to Make 35,000 Additional Seasonal Worker H-2B Visas Available: Of the total visas available, 10,000 will be reserved for people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

Trump Administration to Collect DNA From Immigrants Taken Into Custody: Rule will require immigration officers to collect cheek swabs from what could amount to hundreds of thousands of people a year

Government to Begin Taking DNA Samples from Detained Migrants 

A Hero to remember – Irena Sendler, who saved 2,500 Jewish children from the German death camps

Jim Hightower: The Amazing Fall of Donald Trump's Wall

Lessons form Ministering on the Border: As a Sister of the Church, I believe Americans have a moral obligation to learn more about why Central Americans are forced to seek refuge here.

They’ve Come for the Immigrants. We’re Next

The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century: 5 questions on Syria answered

Inside Syria's worst humanitarian crisis

China is ill, but it goes much deeper than the coronavirus: The regime’s power relies on intimidation and censorship. Right now, mistrust is a contagion it is struggling to control

Inside Trump’s Divisive Mission to Identify and Deter Potential Extremists: Marginalized minorities targeted by the DHS’s counter-extremism program say it lacked transparency and deepened their mistrust of government.

Idlib: The most dangerous place on earth

What to Do About Idlib

A Royal Purge: The political power-grab in Saudi Arabia

CAN AMERICA JAW-JAW ITS WAY OUT OF AFGHANISTAN?

Can Chile reinvent itself?  Why the country’s citizens are so angry

Myanmar’s army blocks constitutional reforms: The civilian government had been seeking to limit the generals’ political power

Antisemitism Uncovered: A GUIDE TO OLD MYTHS IN A NEW ERA

CENTCOM: Taliban Actions ‘Not Consistent’ With Peace Deal

Russia alters constitution to keep Vladimir Putin in power beyond 2024

Poisonings, Political Crises, and Missed Opportunities in Abkhazia

North Korea Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place One Year after the Hanoi Summit

Russian Interests in Syria

WHAT SYRIA OUGHT TO TEACH AMERICA ABOUT COMPETITION WITH RUSSIA

Peace By Poison: How the Coronavirus Could Fix Globalization Problems

A Response to “End the FISA”: Why It’s a Good Law and Sound Policy

Psychopath Nation: Why our foreign policymakers can’t quit interventionism

Hear From Immigrants and Refugees in Their Own Words: Migrant Voices, a series from The Nation.

What Does Trump Do, in the Midst of a Pandemic? Beat Up On Immigrants. Again.  This administration has never missed an opportunity to blame immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees for our woes.

Family Separation Is Torture, According to Physicians for Human Rights: According to a new report by PHR, the Trump administration’s treatment of asylum seekers “constitutes cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.”

Immigrant Song

'Where's your (expletive) mask?': Asian woman attacked in Manhattan hate crime

The Un-American: Hoda Muthana left the United States to join ISIS.  Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her.  She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.

Trump Flees Afghanistan, but US Still There

No, President Trump, the Never-ending War in Afghanistan Is Not Ending: Trump is wrong to pretend he’s bringing the troops home from Afghanistan. All he’s agreed to do is bring them back down to the level they were at when he took office.

War or peace? Understanding the grey zone

Dülmen wird Drehscheibe für Militär-Großübung „Defender 2020”: Colonel Sean Hunt Kuester (l.) und Colonel Jason Knapp stellten die Pläne der US-Armee in den Dülmener Tower Barracks vor.

Coronavirus: Mexicans demand crackdown on Americans crossing the border

How the Bipartisan War on Immigrants Explains Politics as We Know It: There’s a profound realignment coming, and U.S. anti-immigrant politics is on the way out.

FURTHER READING: Making Sense of Syria.  Three books on the Syrian conflict, written by leftists, provide original insights into the defining calamity of the 21st century.

Russo-Ukrainian War: Putin must be held accountable

Judge urges release of migrant children after 4 test positive for Coronavirus in detention

Pentagon Order to Plan for Escalation in Iraq Meets Warning From Top Commander: A secret Pentagon directive orders planning to try to destroy a militia group backed by Iran, but America’s top general in Iraq cautions of the risks.

With 3 more US Soldiers Wounded, Iraqi Joint Command urges Swift Departure of US Troops, Fearing Instability

7-year-old girl and dad finally released after horrific 250 days at migrant family jail

A Woman Gave Birth In A Border Patrol Station Still Wearing Her Pants. Now The Agents Involved Are Being Accused Of Abuse.  The ACLU filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general on Wednesday, asking it to investigate the incident and other mistreatment of pregnant immigrants.

War and Occupation Opened the Door to Iraq’s Virus Pandemic

94% of Palestinians reject Trump’s Kushner Plan, with Massive Rallies, and 2/3s say Two-State Solution is Dead

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