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Andy Borowitz | How Has This Bastard Not Been Impeached Yet? Nixon Asks in Hell

Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "The former President Richard M. Nixon became the latest person to call for Donald J. Trump's impeachment on Monday, holding an extraordinary press conference in Hell to do so."
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Greta Thunberg. (photo: VegNews)

Greta Thunberg Stares Down Trump as Two Cross Paths at UN
Oliver Milman, Guardian UK
Milman writes: "Greta Thunberg briefly crossed paths with Donald Trump at the United Nations in New York on Monday."

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to meet President Trump on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday. (photo: AP)

Trump Ordered Ukraine Aid Freeze Days Before Demanding Probe of Bidens
Karoun Demirjian, Josh Dawsey, Ellen Nakashima, Carol D. Leonnig, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump told his acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to hold back almost $400 million in military aid for Ukraine at least a week before a phone call in which Trump is said to have pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, according to three senior administration officials."
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John Lewis. (photo: Reuters)

Representative John Lewis Calls for Start to Impeaching Trump
Sam Stein, The Daily Beast
Stein writes: "Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), the iconic civil-rights leader and long-serving member of Congress, came out for starting impeachment proceedings into President Donald Trump's conduct on Tuesday."
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General Motors employees Bobby Caughel, center left, and Flint resident James Crump shout as they protest with other GM employees, United Auto Workers members and labor supporters outside of the Flint assembly plant on Monday in Flint, Michigan. (photo: Jake May/Flint Journal)

Think Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren Aren't Electable? Talk to Striking GM Autoworkers
Robin Abcarian, Los Angeles Times
Abcarian writes: "Next to the picket line outside the Flint, Mich., GM assembly plant three days into the strike, American cars were whizzing by, drivers honking like crazy to signal their support."
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Thomas Hofeller. (photo: Intercept/USDA)

GOP Racial Gerrymandering Mastermind Helped Redistrict More Than Previously Known, Files Reveal
David Daley, The Intercept
Daley writes: "The reach of late Republican gerrymandering mastermind Thomas Hofeller may be longer than previously known, according to a review of thousands of documents and emails culled from his hard drives, obtained by The Intercept."
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Millions of people in Mozambique and the Horn of Africa are currently suffering the consequences of prolonged droughts and devastating cyclones. (photo: Reuters)

Oxfam: Poorest Countries Pay Financial, Human Cost of Climate Crisis
teleSUR
Excerpt: "People living in the world's 48 poorest countries are given around US$3 per person and per year to secure themselves from the disastrous consequences of the climate crisis, according to a report published Monday by United Kingdom-based aid group Oxfam."
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CC News Letter 12 June - The Economic Growth – Climate Change Conundrum: Is it the end of the road? Is there a way ahead?

Dear Friend,

Defeating the entrenched ideology of economic growth involves organizing socio-political initiatives to give primacy to sectors such as energy, food, water, shelter, jobs & employment, health and education. Perhaps the most prominent is a political initiative in USA, called the “Green New Deal”, which bring economics to heel in the larger interest of  human societies. The GND “… will convert the old, gray economy into a new, sustainable economy that is environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible. It seeks to solve the climate crisis by combining quick action to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy by 2030 along with an ‘Economic Bill of Rights’”

Today, at around 7:15 am, an eight-member team of the Maharashtra police once again raided the Bagaicha campus in Namkum near Ranchi, the residence of 83-year old Stan Swamy, a well-known activist of Jharkhand. The police searched Stan Swamy’s belongings for about 3.5 hours. It took Stan Swamy’s hard disk and internet modem and forced him to give his email and Facebook passwords. Thereafter, they changed the passwords and seized these accounts. The Maharashtra police had raided Stan Swamy’s residence last year as well on 28 August 2018 as well.

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The Economic Growth – Climate Change Conundrum: Is it the end of the road? Is there a way ahead?

by S G Vombatkere 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/the-economic-growth-climate-change-conundrum-is-it-the-end-of-the-road-is-there-a-way-ahead

Defeating the entrenched ideology of economic growth involves organizing socio-political initiatives to give primacy to sectors such as energy, food, water, shelter, jobs & employment, health and education. Perhaps the most prominent is a political initiative in USA, called the “Green New Deal”, which bring economics to heel in the larger interest of  human societies. The GND “… will convert the old, gray economy into a new, sustainable economy that is environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible. It seeks to solve the climate crisis by combining quick action to get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions and 100% renewable energy by 2030 along with an ‘Economic Bill of Rights’”

Fire and Flood – Politics as Usual and Planetary Destruction

by David Bromwich 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/fire-and-flood-politics-as-usual-and-planetary-destruction

More and more, we look into our screens and gizmos. And this helps us — almost as if they were made for that purpose — not to think about the weather outside. Kept busy “curating” our own lives, we are regularly spared evidence of the coming catastrophe.

Warming may reduce sea life by 17%, finds study

by Countercurrents Team

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/warming-may-reduce-sea-life-by-17-finds-study

A new study says the world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of its fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path.

A Green Global Party?

by Dan Corjescu 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/a-green-global-party

Following the lead of the late Ulrich Beck in works such as Risk Society and Power in the Modern Age the time has now come to ask ourselves whether or not the Green party is already or is about to become a global political party.

Heat Wave – Impact on the Poor and the Marginalised

by Sheshu Babu 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/heat-wave-impact-on-the-poor-and-the-marginalised

While summer is uncomfortable to most of middle class people, it takes heavy toll of the daily laborers, marginalised casual workers and industrial manual employees. The rich and most government employees take some shelter under air conditioners or coolers but large number of ‘fourth -class’ employees, the street hawkers, peddlers, beggars and daily wagers are forced to work in scorching heat conditions. Deaths due to heat wave are reported usually without classifying their state of ‘class’ or ‘caste’ . If carefully analyzed most of those who die are from dalit and marginalised sections who work ceaselessly throughout summer for their daily bread and face risk of sun- strokes.

Defanging the Predators: Oxfam’s Woes

by Dr Binoy Kampmark 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/defanging-the-predators-oxfams-woes

First came the abuses.    Then, the allegations.    Then, the tardy response, with lacings of apologia.  The UK Charity Commission could not have been harsher about the conduct of Oxfam, which is a charity fallen most foul.  The inquiry into its past misdeeds, triggered by a February 2018 report by the Sunday Times, resembled the more baroque features of a child abuse inquiry; indeed, in many instances, there are striking parallels: the betrayals, the scarring, the manipulations.  Charities are meant to be entities of care; in this case, they became entities of exploitation, indifference and dissembling.

Maharashtra Police Once Again Raids The Residence Of Stan Swamy

Press Release

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/maharashtra-police-once-again-raids-the-residence-of-stan-swamy

Today, at around 7:15 am, an eight-member team of the Maharashtra police once again raided the Bagaicha campus in Namkum near Ranchi, the residence of 83-year old Stan Swamy, a well-known activist of Jharkhand. The police searched Stan Swamy’s belongings for about 3.5 hours. It took Stan Swamy’s hard disk and internet modem and forced him to give his email and Facebook passwords. Thereafter, they changed the passwords and seized these accounts. The Maharashtra police had raided Stan Swamy’s residence last year as well on 28 August 2018 as well.

Kushner as a Colonial Administrator: Let’s Talk About the ‘Israeli Model’

by Dr Ramzy Baroud 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/kushner-as-a-colonial-administrator-lets-talk-about-the-israeli-model

In a TV interview on June 2, on the news docuseries “Axios” on the HBO channel, Jared Kushner opened up regarding many issues, in which his ‘Deal of the Century’ was a prime focus. The major revelation made by Kushner, President Donald Trump’s adviser and son-in-law, was least surprising. Kushner believes that Palestinians are not capable of governing themselves.

Strange D-Day Celebrations:  Mocking the Reasoned History

by Dr Mahboob A Khawaja 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/strange-d-day-celebrations-mocking-the-reasoned-history

(former USSR), was an equal partner with the US-European in fighting against the Nazism and Fascism on several global fronts. The United States, Britain, France could not have defeated the Nazi Germany and Italian Fascism without the help of the then USSR. There were more than two million Arab-Muslim colonized participants fighting against Germany and Fascist Italy. Someone in the planning committee must have strangled the facts and truth of the 2nd World War engagements and outcomes. But Why?

Pakistan’s self-exiled leader Altaf Hussain arrested in London after 25 years

by Abdus Sattar Ghazali 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/pakistans-self-exiled-leader-altaf-hussain-arrested-in-london-after-25-years

Pakistan’s self-exiled leader Altaf Hussain was arrested on Tuesday (June 11)  from his residence in London. He was arrested in an early morning raid by a team of the Scotland Yard. The arrest has sent shockwaves across Pakistan as Hussain once ruled Karachi, the country’s commercial capital, with an iron fist, shutting down the entire city in mere seconds with the help of his loyal workers, Anadolu News Agency said.

Media and Freedom of Expression

by Vidya Bhushan Rawat 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/media-and-freedom-of-expression

India need a robust civil society and a media which respect human rights and which does not jump to the conclusion before the story is finished. It is time that we focus on bringing the real issues of the people then discussing netas and their private life which they definitely have. And if you have any categorical information related to this, i can bet, a tweet will not be able to do justice to this. A tweet can not replace the value of a news story. It can at most create sensation but will only make you vulnerable. We need to think before we tweet and dont spend our time and energies in things which serves no purpose.

VENEZUELA: Westerners have lost the ability to reason! (PART 16)

by Luis Garcia 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/venezuela-westerners-have-lost-the-ability-to-reason-part-16

How many times a day is the expression “international community” pronounced on Western Mainstream Media in a dishonest manner? How many times is this expression used by Western MSM to refer only to the US and its Western client states? Too many times. Too often.

Verdict in Asifa Bano case gives hope, but Indian nation has certainly let her down

by Gurpreet Singh 

https://countercurrents.org/2019/06/verdict-in-asifa-bano-case-gives-hope-but-indian-nation-has-certainly-let-her-down

June 10 was a great day for those who have been fighting for justice to an eight-year-old victim of rape and murder.

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4 pharma giants, $7 billion in tax savings from GOP tax law

But pharma R&D did not increase, and prices did not decrease.

4 pharma companies saved $7 billion from GOP tax law

Four pharmaceutical companies — Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck and Abbott Laboratories — collectively kept $7 billion in tax savings in 2018 due to Republicans' 2017 corporate tax overhaul, according to a new Oxfam report.

The bottom line: Oxfam's results mirror our reporting, which shows pharmaceutical companies in particular have benefited from bringing back billions of dollars in overseas profits that have sat untaxed. However, this report says the tax savings have not led to other social goods, like more research investment in new drugs or lower drug prices.

By the numbers: The 4 companies highlighted by Oxfam mostly benefited from the repatriation of overseas cash.

• $5.3 billion of the $7 billion of tax savings in 2018 came from bringing home untaxed offshore cash.

The big picture: "These are all policy choices," Niko Lusiani, a senior adviser at Oxfam, who wrote the report, said of the tax law and its effects. "And we haven't seen any big changes" in pharmaceutical industry behavior.

• Oxfam focused on just 4 drug companies because they are large, representative and U.S.-based, Lusiani said.
• Oxfam may take a deeper look at the pharmaceutical sector, but the group wanted to evaluate the short-term effect of the corporate tax overhaul and specifically whether drug companies were living up to their promises that the law would boost jobs, assets and productivity in the U.S.

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Michael Moore | Trump's Removal Can't Come Soon Enough

21 January 19 PM It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News WHY SUCH RELUCTANCE TO DONATE? With respect, the difficulty we are having with donations defies logic. It's quite a popular site with a very enthusiastic readership. Some actually do donate, the vast majority refuse to. It really makes no sense. As a result, we find ourselves at a loss in terms of how to approach fundraising. It's a quandary, and a growing problem that threatens the project. In earnest. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Michael Moore | Trump's Removal Can't Come Soon Enough  Michael Moore, Michael Moore's Facebook Page Moore writes: "That this question would even have to be asked - 'Are you working for Russia, Mr. President?' - is the shame of Trump's very existence." READ MORE Rudy Giuliani. (photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Admits Moscow Project Talks Lasted Until Election Day Daniel Politi, Slate Politi writes: "The timeline has shifted yet again. Rudy Giuliani admitted on Sunday that the Trump Organization continued talking to Russian officials about building a skyscraper in Moscow throughout the entire presidential campaign." READ MORE Analysts found 3.4 billion people are living on less than $5.50 a day. (photo: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters) World's Richest Got $2.5 Billion Richer Each Day in 2018 as Poor Lost More Al Jazeera Excerpt: "The world's 26 richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of humanity, according to Oxfam International, as it urged governments to rise taxes on the wealthy to fight soaring inequality." READ MORE Protest against Donald Trump in Detroit, Michigan. (photo: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images) Two Years After Trump Asked Black Voters What They Have to Lose, the Answer Is Clear: Plenty Sam Fulwood III, ThinkProgress Fulwood writes: "In a largely overlooked August 18, 2016 speech, then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump extemporaneously cited a litany of problems plaguing black Americans." READ MORE Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks in San Jose, California, in October 2016. (photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images) US Regulators Have Met to Discuss Imposing a Record-Setting Fine Against Facebook for Privacy Violations Tony Romm and Elizabeth Dwoskin, The Washington Post Excerpt: "U.S. regulators have met to discuss imposing a record-setting fine against Facebook for violating a legally binding agreement with the government to protect the privacy of its users' personal data, according to three people familiar with the deliberations but not authorized to speak on the record." READ MORE Rohingyas fleeing violence in Myanmar/Burma. (photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters) Saudi Arabia to Deport 250 Rohingya to Bangladesh teleSUR Excerpt: "Two-hundred fifty Rohingya refugee men are expected to be deported from Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh." READ MORE Representative Joe Cunningham. (photo: Wade Spees/Post and Courier) Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Processing Permits for Offshore Seismic Tests Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Leavenworth writes: "A federal judge in South Carolina on Friday blocked the Trump administration from processing seismic testing permits for offshore oil drilling, a setback for the administration's efforts to assist energy companies during the partial government shutdown." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation

RSN: The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence, Tanzania's Maasai Facing Impacts of Climate Change

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Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Near Certainty of Anti-Police Violence 
 
Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic 
Coates writes: "When the law shoots down 12-year-old children, or beats down old women on traffic islands, or chokes people to death over cigarettes; when the law shoots people over compact discs, traffic stops, drivers' licenses, loud conversation, or car trouble; when much of this is recorded, uploaded, live-streamed, tweeted, and broadcast; and when government seems powerless, or unwilling, to stop any of it, then it ceases, in the eyes of citizens, to be any sort of respectable law at all. It simply becomes 'force.'" 
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Freddie Gray Death: Highest-Ranking Officer Acquitted on All Charges 
Baynard Woods, Guardian UK 
Woods writes: "The highest-ranking Baltimore officer charged in the death of Freddie Gray was acquitted on Monday, dealing yet another blow to those who hoped the Gray case would be at the forefront of national police reform." 
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Two Delegates Propose Banning Corporate Lobbyists From the RNC, Get Crushed 
Zaid Jilani, The Intercept 
Jilani writes: "Donald Trump has denounced his opponents as being controlled by 'special interests, the lobbyists, and the donors,' but a number of pro-Trump delegates helped crush an effort by two members of the Republican Party's rules committee last week to ban for-profit lobbyists from the Republican National Committee." 
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City Bordering Ferguson Will Pay Millions to People It Jailed Because They Were Poor 
Bryce Covert, ThinkProgress 
Covert writes: "Jennings, Missouri, which borders the city of Ferguson, where Michael Brown was shot by police, has agreed to pay $4.75 million to nearly 2,000 people who were put in jail because they couldn't afford to pay the court fines and fees that they owed." 
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A Playboy Playmate Found This Normal Woman's Naked Body Gross. So She Posted It Online. 
Rachel Premack, The Washington Post 
Premack writes: "Dani Mathers, Playboy's 2015 Playmate of the Year, was at L.A. Fitness on Wednesday when the body of a fellow gym-goer offended her. The 29-year-old took to Snapchat to post the woman's body - naked, on her story." 
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Six Richest Countries Host Just 9 Percent of World's Refugees: Oxfam 
Middle East Eye 
Excerpt: "The world's six wealthiest countries - which together make up more than half the global economy - host fewer than nine percent of the total refugee population, Oxfam has found." 
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Tanzania's Maasai Facing Impacts of Climate Change 
Emma Hutchinson, Climate Central 
Hutchinson writes: "Africa is predicted to endure 50 percent more warming from climate change than the rest of the world, which will make conditions more unpredictable in Tanzania." 
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