Saturday, December 18, 2021

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BORDER LENS. REAL DATA. REAL STORIES.

https://www.southernborder.org/border_lens

 

Defund Hate.  Invest in People, Education, Housing, etc.

https://defundhatenow.org/

 

TRADE-OFFS: YOUR MONEY, YOUR CHOICES: Our federal budget represents a series of choices. Those choices should reflect our priorities as a nation. But do they?

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/interactive-data/trade-offs/

 

Eighth-grader recorded teacher's seven-minute rant about vaccines and Joe Biden

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/4/2062293/-History-teacher-caught-spewing-Hunter-Biden-conspiracy-theories-to-room-full-of-eighth-graders

 

Afghan War: A Shell Game All Along.  Getting It Right Is Always the Wrong Approach When It Comes to America’s Wars

https://www.laprogressive.com/afghan-war-a-shell-game/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=8225892789-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-8225892789-286987487&mc_cid=8225892789&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

Sudan Crisis: A Lesson for the U.S.   Wim Laven: When we watch Sudan we become better global citizens. We learn about other cultures and struggles, and we increase our empathy for others

https://www.laprogressive.com/sudan-crisis/?utm_source=LA+Progressive+NEW&utm_campaign=8225892789-LAP+News+-+20+April+17+PC_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61288e16ef-8225892789-286987487&mc_cid=8225892789&mc_eid=dd9216c814

 

Prosecutors recommend 3.5 years — the longest prison sentence yet — for Capitol rioter accused of punching a police officer

https://www.businessinsider.com/prosecutors-recommend-35-years-for-capitol-rioter-who-punched-officer-2021-11?fbclid=IwAR3nmg1WQ96zoJXFBrrugN3U-WlenLlBWuzQheJ-6HLoBsmSVRCj3-B2HB4

 

The Case of the Fitness Instructor Who Spied on California Muslims—Then Helped Them Sue the FBI

After FBI informant Craig Monteilh failed to unearth extremism in Orange County mosques, he became an asset in local Muslims’ lawsuit against the agency. Now the Supreme Court will weigh in.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164295/fbi-fazaga-supreme-court-muslim-surveillance?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Madison Hardesty – Missing Child

https://www.missingkids.org/poster/NCMC/1433275/1/poster

 

Crisis? What Crisis?

http://www.populist.com/27.18.Kalet.html

 

Mary Sanchez: Biden is acting no better than Trump toward migrants

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/mary-sanchez-biden-is-acting-no-better-than-trump-toward-migrants/

 

Why Threats of Violence are Epidemic in America: We’re witnessing the symptoms of a culture going through the early stages of transition from democracy to oligarchy — it quite literally starts with “average people” randomly behaving like asses

http://www.populist.com/27.18.Hartmann.html

 

Jesse Jackson: Immigration rules should be clear and the playing field even

https://tribunecontentagency.com/article/jesse-jackson-immigration-rules-should-be-clear-and-the-playing-field-even/

 

Southwest Airlines employee hospitalized after passenger punches her in the head, officials say

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/11/14/southwest-airline-employee-hospitalized-after-passenger-assault/

 

Haitians Fleeing “Unacceptable Misery” Greeted by Whips and Shackles at U.S. Border

https://www.democracynow.org/2021/9/23/haitians_fleeing_unacceptable_misery_greeted_by

 

As Afghan evacuees resettle in Northeast Philadelphia, neighbors say ‘welcome’ at dinner in the Reading Terminal Market: The Northeast is home to most of the city's 700 Afghan residents, with more expected to settle there

https://www.inquirer.com/life/afghan-evacuees-philadelphia-resettlement-welcome-20211114.html

 

Immigrants: Keeping them Healthy

http://www.populist.com/27.19.Retsinas.html

 

‘The United States of Latin America’: Mexico Breathes New Life into Simón Bolívar’s Dream

http://www.populist.com/27.19.Schmidt.html

 

Taliban Fashion and Why It Matters

https://rall.com/2021/10/04/taliban-fashion-and-why-it-matters

 

Art at the Border of Power and Ecology: Miguel Fernández de Castro’s multimedia works reveal the ties between money, migration, and environmental disaster.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/miguel-fernandez-de-castro-art/

 

The Enduring Cruelty of America’s Sanctions Regime: Biden promised a more humane foreign policy, but advocates of sanction reform are waiting to see concrete action.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164450/biden-sanctions-reform-pandemic-diplomacy?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

“I Would Like to See The New York Times Wash the Blood Off Its Hands”: An interview with Mohammed El-Kurd about his fearless grandmother, Palestinian literature, and why the paper of record needs a Palestine correspondent.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/qa-mohammed-el-kurd/

 

The January 6 Defendants Are the Most Pathetic Revolutionaries I Ever Saw: I’ve tried to be scared of these people, but really, just look at them.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164473/january-6-qanon-shaman-commission?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

The Song of the Quetzal

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Cintli.html

 

Oath Keepers' Insurrectionist Extremism Spreads Among Elected Officials, Hacked Data Reveals

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Neiwert.html

 

Wingnuts and Caramel Apples at the Tulsa State Fair

http://www.populist.com/27.20.Friedman.html

 

Why Is the Biden Administration Trying to Jail an Indigenous Woman for Protesting Trump’s Border Wall?  Amber Ortega was on trial this month in Arizona for trespassing on her own ancestral land.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164404/amber-ortega-indigenous-protest-border-wall?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

No, Neocons, China Is Not About to Invade Taiwan: With Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, U.S. hawks turn their sights to China as the new battleground. They may be waiting a long time.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164485/why-china-will-not-invade-taiwan?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Returning to the Iran Nuclear Talks: Understanding the Current Dilemma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9t-KchTxjqw

 

January 6 Committee Subpoenas Roger Stone and Alex Jones: The select committee is homing in on high-profile Trump backers and organizers.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/11/january-6-committee-subpoenas-roger-stone-alex-jones/?fbclid=IwAR3A0EkiOBv0cABWOXaSzlFbgNlXMlr1uEkP_NXAyonvtb_FiEkFfqsbRBI

 

Panjshir NRF Breaking News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFhI1eoJSRM

 

Dreaming and Living Nuclear Dreams

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Cintli.html

 

Biden Should Fight for Nuclear Arms Control

http://www.populist.com/27.21.Sibert.html

 

U.S. lawmakers meet with Taiwan's president in a surprise visit

https://www.npr.org/2021/11/26/1059317314/us-lawmakers-meet-with-taiwan-president-in-surprise-visit

 

Top Iran diplomat calls for lifting of sanctions, days before Vienna nuclear talks

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/top-iran-diplomat-calls-lifting-sanctions-days-before-vienna-nuclear-talks-2021-11-26/

 

Afghan humanitarian crisis, drug trafficking alarm India, Russia, China

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/india-russia-china-worried-by-afghanistan-humanitarian-situation-2021-11-26/

 

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Returns, With All the Trimmings: Balloons, floats, marching bands, clowns and performers — and, of course, Santa Claus — once again wended though 2 1/2 miles of Manhattan streets

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-returns-with-all-the-trimmings/3419904/

 

Deal to End Korean War 'Coming to a Finish,' Official Says

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/11/22/deal-end-korean-war-coming-finish-official-says.html?ESRC=army_211123.nl

 

Is Russia Going to Invade Ukraine?

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/11/24/russia-going-invade-ukraine.html?ESRC=eb_211126.nl

 

Tragedy at sea claims dozens of lives in deadliest day of Channel crisis: Two survivors in intensive care as four are arrested after deaths in boat described as like ‘a pool you blow up in your garden’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/24/several-people-dead-migrant-boat-capsizes-channel?fbclid=IwAR3YuaAWg1CAwsCGnRFC8rNFnXbwPyZw_ufW8uWRwfi58XNiO5x2x7O8JLw

 

Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar to Attack Civilian Targets: Iranians couldn’t buy gas. Israelis found their intimate dating details posted online. The Iran-Israel shadow war is now hitting ordinary citizens.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/world/middleeast/iran-israel-cyber-hack.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20211128&instance_id=46476&nl=the-morning&regi_id=168579403&segment_id=75547&te=1&user_id=c2e7b902faa70db20b1eaaead145c496

 

Moscow says 27 more Russian diplomats due to leave U.S. in January

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/moscow-says-27-russian-more-diplomats-due-leave-us-january-2021-11-28/?fbclid=IwAR2uhl-Z3-BSrIEYFHyuz9JJCQL1TlC9oxIaa97kEB3tkJobErlKuUkkQkY

 

China’s Growing Influence in the South Caucasus

https://www.fpri.org/article/2021/11/chinas-growing-influence-in-the-south-caucasus/?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=6199a97732-INSIGHTS_2021-11-29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-6199a97732-179162711

 

Episode 11: Approaching Iran: Isolation or Normalization

https://www.fpri.org/multimedia/2021/11/episode-11-approaching-iran-isolation-or-normalization/?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=6199a97732-INSIGHTS_2021-11-29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-6199a97732-179162711

 

THREE WAYS TO SUPPOR TAIWAN’S UN MEMBERSHIP

https://taiwaninsight.org/2021/11/24/three-ways-to-suppor-taiwans-un-membership/?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=6199a97732-INSIGHTS_2021-11-29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-6199a97732-179162711

 

It's not too late for the US to disrupt disaster in Libya

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/582781-its-not-too-late-for-the-us-to-disrupt-disaster-in-libya?utm_source=FPRI+E-Mails&utm_campaign=6199a97732-INSIGHTS_2021-11-29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e8d0f13be2-6199a97732-179162711

 

Over 28,000 Afghans apply for US temporary entry, but only 100 applicants approved

https://www.wionews.com/world/over-28000-afghans-apply-for-us-temporary-entry-but-only-100-applicants-approved-430621

 

Gravitas: Xi Jinping ordered the Genocide against Uighurs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHCh3LkTuE4

 

Breaking News! Tal!ban tricked more than 100 ex-security forces; US drones over Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bbTpyJcKB0

 

The Democratic Party’s “Failed Promises” to Immigrants: Democrats are poised to blow their last chance to establish protections for undocumented immigrants, an issue they’ve campaigned on for decades.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/democrats-immigration-reform/

 

Ukraine: The Most Dangerous Problem in the World.  But there’s already a solution.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/ukraine-donbas-russia-conflict/

 

The Secrets of the So-Called “Havana Syndrome”: The injuries to US personnel are real, and the cause of the syndrome was not crickets—but excessive secrecy has frustrated investigators and hampered the victims’ efforts to understand this mysterious malady.

https://www.thenation.com/article/world/havana-syndrome-attacks-cia/

 

What Happens After a U.S.-Enabled Narco-Dictatorship Ends?  Xiomara Castro’s win in Honduras means the end of Juan Orlando Hernández’s corrupt reign—and a chance for the U.S. to reform its broken policy toward Central America.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164589/honduras-election-juan-orlando-hernandez?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Human Rights Defenders Warn Biden Border Policy 'Quickly Transforming Into Trump 2.0'

Like his predecessor, President Joe Biden now being accused of "using racist, xenophobic tropes about immigrants to weaponize Covid-19 against migrants and asylum-seekers."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/12/04/human-rights-defenders-warn-biden-border-policy-quickly-transforming-trump-20?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

War World III May Arrive Sooner Than You Think: However speculative it may seem, it should be taken seriously by any of us who dread the very idea of a major future outbreak of war, let alone a catastrophe on the scale of World Wars I and II, or with nuclear weapons on a scale yet to be seen.

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/12/02/war-world-iii-may-arrive-sooner-you-think?utm_term=AO&utm_campaign=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_content=email&utm_source=Weekly%20Newsletter&utm_medium=Email

 

Russia-US talks on Ukraine: How real is threat of invasion? | DW News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTs0rbHGDk8

 

Michigan man accused of pepper-spraying police during Jan. 6 riot: Tim Levon Boughner, 41, is accused of assaulting police with a dangerous weapon and other crimes.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/michigan-man-accused-pepper-spraying-police-jan-6-riot-rcna8150?fbclid=IwAR14-eJHiBdR3sZaFJiogP_PVUDwkA_K1FGsTZpKLbduLIgP2yh7y8NY1eE

 

A Capitol riot suspect and his wife were found hiding from the FBI with their kids in an unheated trailer in the Nevada wilderness, report says

https://www.businessinsider.com/capitol-riot-suspect-found-hiding-unheated-trailer-nevada-wilderness-report-2021-12?fbclid=IwAR3BQ6d-jKloLPXB23a_ebJGHAieu3IS4nWoa72a_-KCmCYVFPjro55bzik

 

Yes, Putin Might Invade Ukraine. But that’s Ukraine’s Problem, Not Ours.  Joe Biden can’t let the U.S. get sucked into a possible Russia-Ukraine conflict. What he can do is help all sides save face.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164663/joe-biden-putin-ukraine?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

Proud Boys, Oath Keepers Face Lawsuit Over Capitol Riot: Washington’s attorney general alleges groups conspired to attack Capitol on Jan. 6

https://www.wsj.com/articles/district-of-columbia-sues-proud-boys-oath-keepers-11639505929?fbclid=IwAR1WorOEKou7TNkx_9f0sdw8JDdXr2Tnc5pvbNQmaP2HhgNnHMsJMTnV_rw

 

How Abraham Lincoln dealt with traitors and insurrectionists: A history lesson.  After a bitter election, much of the nation resisted and rebelled — but this president knew where to draw the line

https://www.salon.com/2021/12/12/how-abraham-lincoln-dealt-with-traitors-and-insurrectionists-a-history-lesson/

 

Liz Cheney reads aloud more texts sent to Mark Meadows on Jan. 6: 'It is really bad'

https://theweek.com/liz-cheney/1008067/liz-cheney-reads-aloud-more-texts-sent-to-mark-meadows-on-jan-6-it-is-really-bad

MOVE: THE FORCES UPROOTING US

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/parag-khanna-20743/move-khanna/

 

Laura Ingraham’s and Sean Hannity’s Texts Reveal the Depths of Fox News’s Depravity: The network’s biggest luminaries begged Trump’s chief of staff to stop the January 6 riot. Then they went on the air to excuse it.

https://newrepublic.com/article/164734/fox-news-january-6-hypocrisy?utm_medium=notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=pushly_launch

 

For Once, Hats Off to The New York Times: The paper of record may be guilty of milquetoast politics, but credit is due for its brave exposure of a US war crime.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/war-crime-baghuz-times/

 

Thousands of Afghan allies, families still trapped under Taliban control

https://nypost.com/2021/12/14/thousands-of-us-afghan-allies-still-trapped-under-taliban-control/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

US-backed SDF forces carry out deadly operation in eastern Syria: US-backed Kurdish forces say operation in Deir Az Zor targeted ISIL fighters but SANA news agency says civilians killed in raid.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/13/deadly-raid-by-us-backed-sdf-against-is-in-eastern?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

China targeted Taipei's allies while U.S. hosted democracy summit -Taiwan foreign minister

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-targeted-taipeis-allies-while-us-hosted-democracy-summit-taiwan-foreign-2021-12-14/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Ukrainian troop buildup is defensive, defense minister says

https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/12/14/ukrainian-troop-buildup-is-defensive-defense-minister-says/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Blinken slams ‘aggressive’ China; vows stronger Indo-Pacific ties: US secretary of state will also visit Malaysia and Thailand as Washington DC seeks to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the region.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/14/blinken-vows-stronger-defence-economic-alliances-in-indo-pacific?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

 

Germany says Russia will face 'massive consequences' if it invades Ukraine

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-says-russia-will-face-massive-consequences-if-it-invades-ukraine-2021-12-14/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2012.15.2021&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

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