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Elections For Sale, Bilderberg’s Elites & Banking’s Big Winners: June 10, 2014
Buying an Election: Here Comes the Big Money Tsunami By Jon Hecht Campaign finance watchdog groups are calling on the Justice Department to launch investigations into the “non-campaigns” of some presidential “non-hopefuls” for flagrant violation of campaign spending limits. But when the agency responsible for enforcing such laws refuses to do so, what recourse do we have? The election has already been bought. Why Aren’t We More Scared of the Bird Flu?
China's Fossil-Fueled Future
Trump’s fruitless state visit to China is not as inconsequential as it appears. In fact, Trump’s failure to secure anything other than a couple non-binding verbal agreements on trade only underscores the historical significance of the meeting. Think of it as a point on a graph when the slope of a rising power briefly intersects with the slope of a declining power. It is a moment of parity just before the two continue on their inevitable, divergent paths.
OUR DAILY THREAD: Even The Future Is A Grift
THE SET-UP: Polymarket claims to be “the world’s largest prediction market” and it pitches its unique brand of wagering as an opportunity to “stay informed and profit from your knowledge by betting on future events across various topics.” But what if you had foreknowledge of a future event and you cashed-in by placing timely, predictive bets that are the functional equivalent of insider trading on the stock market?
OUR DAILY THREAD: Gestapo Signs
THE SET-UP:Military.com is a solid, niche news source. It aggregates and reprints a significant chunk of its daily feed, but it also generates original work targeting the interests of active duty personnel and veterans. And as you’ll see, I’d better be careful when using the word “targeting.” That’s what Elizabeth Hartman, “a Marine veteran and writer who reports on governance and accountability issues in the veteran non-profit space,” learned from her surprise interaction with the FBI.
Donald's Green(land) With Envy
Trump warned us on the first day of his second Presidency. Among the first Executive Orders he signed was “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness.” Actually, there was only one name “restored” by the E.O. He re-renamed Mount Denali back to Mount McKinley: President William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, heroically led our Nation to victory in the Spanish-American War.
We're All Data Now
Technology is being used to deny us organic collective experiences. We are not only divided and conquered, but repeatedly subdivided into easily conquered market segments. There is no lowest common denominator now, nor any real need for mass appeal. Instead, technology micro-targets the individual's needs and desires ... and it feeds our peccadilloes. Technology doesn't care why you are here or what you want. It just wants to profit from delivering it to you ...
OUR DAILY THREAD: RFK Jr's Chemical Bromance
THE SET-UP: “Corporate capture” is one of RFK Jr.’s favorite phrases. For years, he burnished his credentials as an environmental crusader by fighting the capture of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by corporate polluters who walked through the EPA’s revolving door and seized control of its regulatory powers.
OUR DAILY THREAD: Trump Plays The Genocide Card
THE SET-UP: Evangelicals and Catholics are “quiet quitting” Trump. That’s per an Axiosreport linking the “uneasy” feeling they get from Trump’s “rhetoric and immigration policies” to the growing number of church leaders “subtly distancing themselves from MAGA — and taking some congregation members with them.” Much of the evidence offered is anecdotal.
OUR DAILY THREAD: Bigly Brother
THE SET-UP: Here’s an alarming headline from AP: US revokes visas for 6 foreigners over Charlie Kirk-related speech It’s true. The State Department is kicking people out of the country for engaging in “Charlie Kirk-related speech.” Apparently, the Trump regime considers “Charlie Kirk-related speech” to be unprotected speech. And it has determined that “Charlie Kirk-related speech” it doesn’t like is speech that warrants punishment.
OUR DAILY THREAD: Trump Has Met The Enemy And It Is Us
THE SET-UP:We can’t say we didn’t know. “I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people. Radical left lunatics.
Our Daily Thread: Demonization Nation
FYI:Our Daily Thread is replacing the DAILY TRIFECTA. It will be similar to the RUNDOWN, but never duplicative. I will curate a much shorter thread on a specific topic currently moving through the newscycle. Like the RUNDOWN, I will pull from a variety of sources and I will juxtapose arguments whenever possible. And like the TRIFECTA, I will write a set-up and I’ll continue to produce news analysis pieces, too. Lemme know if you have any feedback.
A Moment Of Truth About Killing Gaza's Children
“It doesn’t matter if they are children.” That’s Ex-Israeli Intelligence Chief Aharon Haliva’s brutally honest assessment of the 50,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza. His remarks were recorded shortly after Israel reached that bloody milestone in March of this year. He resigned from the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate a year earlier in response to the security failures surrounding Hamas’ October 7th massacre. That means he was not speaking officially. But he was speaking candidly.
Man-Made Hurricanes No Coincidence
Climate-denying MAGA kooks believe juiced-up hurricanes are man-made. And they are half-right ... juiced-up hurricanes are essentially “man-made.” The precise term is "anthropogenic," but that's a big, elitist-sounding word ... so, "man-made" is fine.
It's The Personality, Stupid: Labor Day at the Races
The norm in presidential contests dating back at least to Carter vs. Reagan is that voters reward strength and confidence and they punish the perception of weakness. The conventional wisdom says Presidential campaigns don’t really start until after Labor Day. Apparently, the American people are champing at the bit right this very minute, fully poised to pore over policy positions, compare party platforms and analyze ad strategies.
Tiny Particles of Plastic Now Pollute Our Food, Water and Even the Clouds
The bad news about the plastic crisis often seems as ubiquitous as plastic itself. But, like many pressing issues, it also seems to come and go with a breeziness that belies its urgency. That couldn’t be truer than it is in the case of three recent reports on the penetration of microplastics, nanoplastics and plasticizers into our food and water and, therefore, into our bodies. The first story came from the intrepid investigators at Consumer Reports (CR).
Right-Wing Christians Are Making Climate Apocalypse a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
On November 17, 2023, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected science textbooks and teaching materials from eight educational publishers. Their objections were based in large part on references to “manmade” climate change, on “negative portrayals of fossil fuels,” and, amazingly enough, on evolution.
The Foghorn of War: The Magic Word of War
I wonder if there’s a number that demarcates the upper limit of acceptable civilian casualties in Gaza. Is it ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? And how about dead children? How many children is Israel free to kill in trade for the children killed by Hamas, and how many non-combatants total can it kill in exchange for the elusive goal of “wiping Hamas from the face of the Earth”? Is there a number?
800,000 Tons of Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste From Pennsylvania Unaccounted For
A new study suggests that poor recordkeeping on hazardous waste disposal points to potential for bigger problems. By Kristina Marusic , EnvironmentalHealthNews Published October 16, 2023 A soybean field lies in front of a natural gas drilling rig on September 8, 2012, in Fairfield Township, Pennsylvania. Robert Nickelsberg / Getty Images Pittsburgh — Waste from the oil and gas industry contains toxic and radioactive substances.
The Foghorn Of War (Update)
The oft-repeated claim of “40 beheaded babies” has metastasized into its own battle, with news organizations that initially ran with the unsubstantiated assertion suddenly reversing course over the last 24 hours due to an inescapable lack of evidence.
Debt Abolition Activists Gear Up for Countersummit as World Bank and IMF Meet
Activists in the global movement for debt abolition are gearing up to mobilize in Marrakesh, Morocco, where the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are holding their annual meeting October 9-15, despite the devastating earthquake that laid waste last month to whole sections of the country.
Gas Storage Plant and New Pipeline Threaten Health of Black Houston Community
This story was originally published by Capital B. With their heads bowed, eyes shut, and hands locked, the Southwest Crossing Community Initiative starts every meeting with a prayer: “Please, protect us from a deadly explosion.” “And please, cover us … and ease our minds.” Southwest Crossing is an aging community in Houston where nearly 20 percent of residents are over 65. They know, as it is, the average American is expected to live only a decade after retirement.
Naomi Klein: Only a Robust, Organized Left Can Defeat Conspiracy Culture
We spend the hour with acclaimed journalist and author Naomi Klein, whose new book Doppelganger out this week explores what she calls “the mirror world,” a growing right-wing alternate universe of misinformation and conspiracies that, while identifying real problems, opportunistically exploits them to advance a hateful and divisive agenda. Klein explains her initial motivation for the book was her own alter-ego, the author Naomi Wolf, for whom she has often been mistaken.
Over 5,000 Dead and Thousands More Missing Amid Extreme Flooding in Libya
The Interior Ministry in eastern Libya said Tuesday that the confirmed death toll in flooding from Storm Daniel has risen past 5,200, with at least 10,000 people feared missing and at least a quarter of the Mediterranean port city of Derna destroyed, according to officials. “Bodies are lying everywhere — in the sea, in the valleys, under the buildings,” Civil Aviation Minister Hichem Chkiouat told Reuters on Tuesday. “I am not exaggerating when I say that 25% of the city has disappeared.
World Bank Spent Nearly $15 Billion Supporting Fossil Fuels Since Paris Accords
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Oil Refineries Are Leaking Cancer-Causing Benzene Into Residential Neighborhoods
Despite a nationwide effort to monitor and stop emissions, dangerous concentrations of the cancer-causing chemical benzene are still being detected in the air and near ground level between oil refineries and neighboring communities in the Gulf South and Midwest.
Neocolonial Debt Traps Are Forcing Poorer Countries to Rely on Fossil Fuels
In the current age of climate emergency, many countries in debt are being forced by Global North elites and institutions to continue to rely on fossil fuels in order to repay loans taken from rich countries.
Climate Denial Reaches Its Peak at First Republican Presidential Debate
As media companies are downsizing, the world still desperately needs Truthout. It’s no secret that it’s a tough time for independent journalism. Everywhere you look, media organizations are cutting costs and eliminating vital positions. From small, local publications to large, well-known industry giants, no one is immune to this sea change. Truthout is one of a few news publications that remains almost entirely funded by readers.
“We’re Living the Climate Emergency,” Says Native Hawaiian Kaniela Ing
We speak with Kaniela Ing, national director of the Green New Deal Network and seventh-generation Kanaka Maoli, Native Hawaiian, about the impact of this week’s devastating wildfires and their relationship to climate change. The catastrophic fires have destroyed nearly all buildings in the historic section of Lahaina, which once served as the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Biden Says He’s “Practically” Declared Climate Emergency - But He Hasn’t
Climate advocates are frustrated after President Joe Biden waved away the myriad calls for him to declare a climate emergency on Wednesday, refusing to use the full extent of his executive powers to combat the climate crisis. When asked about calls for him to declare a climate emergency in an interview with the Weather Channel, Biden falsely said that he has “already done that,” citing land conservation efforts, the Paris Accords and the Inflation Reduction Act.
Study Says Fossil Fuel Emissions Must Fall to Give Antarctica Chance of Survival
The warming continent of Antarctica will face increasingly extreme and damaging weather events in the coming years if world leaders don’t take “drastic action” to rein in fossil fuels, the primary driver of global climate chaos. That’s the conclusion of a study published Tuesday in the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science amid growing alarm over the failure of Antarctic sea ice to replenish during the continent’s winter.
Poll: 70 Percent of Voters Want Next President to Use Government Powers to Address Climate Crisis
New polling suggests that a majority of Americans want to select a president in the 2024 election who will move aggressively to address the climate crisis — and that they don’t believe President Joe Biden is doing enough on the issue. A Washington Post/University of Maryland poll published this week asked respondents whether they approved of Biden’s job performance on climate so far.
Teens Are Being Left to Detox From Opioids Without Medication
Denver, Colorado — When Denver Health wanted to open an inpatient opioid detox unit specifically for teens, doctors there searched high and low for a model to copy. They didn’t find one. Teens who land in emergency rooms with an opioid overdose generally receive naloxone to reverse the effects of dangerous drugs in their system and are sent home with a list of places they can go for follow-up care. But too often, those teens never seek additional help.
There Is a Climate Conspiracy - But Not the One Climate Denialists Are Peddling
Skip to content Skip to footer Environmentalists and elites aren’t in cahoots to destroy the U.S. But fossil fuels’ damage on the world is undeniable. Imagine, if you will, a plot. It’s an evil plot concocted by a power-hungry global elite determined to ensnare all of mankind in its dystopian, totalitarian net. Even more ominously, it’s specifically designed to deny the planet’s “freest” people — Americans — their god-given rights.
Obama’s Solicitor General Has Pivoted to Defending Climate-Killing Pipeline
One of the highest-ranking U.S. government attorneys under the Obama administration leveraged his public service experience to successfully defend a natural gas pipeline, which is set to hasten global warming while threatening vulnerable communities and ecosystems along its route. Donald B. Verrilli Jr., solicitor general from 2011-2016, is the lead counsel for the holding company behind the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) on a petition to the Supreme Court filed on July 14.
Pension Funds Pay Huge Price Price for Fossil Fuel Investments, Study Shows
Climate campaigners on Wednesday said the latest research on fossil fuel divestment should convince pension funds to pull their money out of the oil, gas, and coal sectors, as a new study found that six major U.S. funds have lost out on tens of billions of dollars by continuing to invest in fossil energy.
Fox News Guest Tells Viewers Cancer-Causing Wildfire Smoke Is Safe to Breathe
As unprecedented, climate change-fueled wildfires in Canada are resulting in record-breaking pollution in cities and towns across the U.S., marking not only a climate event but also a major public health event, a coal-funded lawyer went on Fox News on Wednesday night to spread a particularly dangerous lie: that breathing wildfire smoke doesn’t have any negative health effects.
“A Death Sentence”: Climate Groups Condemn G7 Support for More Gas Investments
Skip to content Skip to footer “G7 must stop using fossil fuels immediately — the planet is on fire,” said the head of inequality policy at Oxfam. Since Group of Seven leaders on Saturday put out a wide-ranging communiqué from a Japan-hosted summit in Hiroshima, climate action advocates from G7 countries and beyond have blasted the statement’s support for future investments in planet-heating gas.
Pipeline Companies Use Expired Materials to Cut Costs, Flouting Regulations
“Ductile” is not a word you come across very often. It means flexible, and it’s written in the federal register as a result of the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968, which required the Department of Transportation (DOT) to develop and enforce minimum safety regulations for the transportation of gases by pipeline. Those regulations became effective in 1970.
New Study Quantifies Fossil Fuel Companies’ Impact on Western Wildfires
The American West has always had forest fires — just not like this. Blazes are spreading further and burning longer, incinerating towns and exposing millions of people to noxious smoke. While a century of fire suppression and other land management choices contribute to the severity, climate change is a key factor fueling these fires, roughly doubling the acreage burned over the last 40 years.
Denial Doesn’t Change Our Climate Reality: Earth Is Becoming a Sacrifice Zone
Skip to content Skip to footer Communities that have contributed little to the climate crisis are bearing its brunt — but nowhere on Earth is safe. The people of Madagascar are suffering. Battered by two cyclones last year, they’ve been fighting through a perfect storm of pandemic-related food supply disruptions and climate-stoked damage to local agriculture. That confluence was made worse by a two-year-long drought in the south, which laid the groundwork for a terrible famine.
Anti-Authoritarian Collective Action Is Happening on a Mass Scale in China
Skip to content Skip to footer This resistance is the result of a confluence of immediate catalysts and long-term political and economic dynamics.
Some Historical Excerpts About How the U.S. Government Took Ukraine
https://theduran.com/some-historical-excerpts-about-how-the-u-s-government-took-ukraine Some Historical Excerpts About How the U.S. Government Took Ukraine Eric Zuesse This is a collage of excerpts from some of the best news-reports about how the U.S. Government took and control Ukraine, and it provides the historical background by which a person can understand the significance of this famous phone-conversation posted to the Web on 4 February 2014, in which Obama’s agent, Victoria Nuland,...
Climate Reality Is Hitting Us Like a Breakaway Glacier
It was an “instant classic” viral video. A hiker enjoying a guided trip in the Tian Shan Mountains of Kyrgyzstan pulled out his cellphone and captured the sectional collapse of, and ensuing avalanche from, an enormous glacier. Much like a horror movie, the suspense builds as the massive, billowing wall of ice, rocks and debris moves ever closer to the hiker, Harry Shimmin of the U.K., whose steady hand maintains the crystal-clear picture on his phone.
Inflation Talk Belies Deeper Question: Why Was Everything So Cheap Before?
Inflation has reached a 40-year high, propelled by the pandemic’s labor and supply chain disruptions, billions in stimulus money and corporate profiteering. In response, politicians and the Federal Reserve are scrambling to figure out how to staunch the rapid rise in consumer prices.
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The Tragic Cycle of Bottled Water
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHS) recently told the people of Benton Harbor — a predominantly Black city in southwest Michigan — to stop drinking, cooking or brushing their teeth with local tap water. “Out of an abundance of caution,” state officials instead recommended using bottled water to avoid the toxic taint of lead flowing through the city’s water system and, ultimately, into residents’ homes and their bodies.
China’s Emissions Are Made in America
Skip to content Skip to footer The U.S. corporations that exploited China’s weaker regulations to lower costs are to blame for many of its emissions. The debate over the reality of climate change is over. After years of oil-fueled denialism, the inescapable fact of the human-altered climate has finally hit home for many once-skeptical Americans. In some cases, it has literally hit home.
Feel Uneasy. Feel Very Uneasy
It’s hard to rest assured. And that unease stems in no small part from the fact that it’s almost impossible to ascertain Trump’s true motivation … at least, not with any certainty. Is this just about a sadly insecure narcissist who cannot accept defeat? Are the sycophants and lawyers just placating his fragile ego? Are the Republicans simply going through the motions to avoid disturbing the sleeping dog of Trump’s Twitter feed until he finally flees to Mar-a-Lago?
Sudan Enters the Outside-In Accords
President Donald J. Trump’s peace deal between countries-not-at-war added another buyer when he announced the opening of normalized relations between Israel and Sudan. On its face, it’s a good thing. Sudan got de-listed as a “state sponsor” of terrorism and the US agreed to lift its sanctions on the economically challenged nation. Israel moved a step closer to regional acceptance by adding Sudan to the Abraham Accords.
COVID-19 Reveals Trump's Planned Obsolescence
As COVID-19 begins its inevitable “community transmission” phase around the United States, the purveyors of the conventional wisdom are largely focused on President Trump’s (and by extension, prayerful Vice President Pence’s) incompetence and his self-serving, empathy-free approach to the coronavirus. And it is true that, as with all things Trump, it seems that all he really cares about is the stock market and its effect on his reelection bid.
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