{"id":24593,"date":"2020-01-05T00:19:11","date_gmt":"2020-01-05T08:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=24593"},"modified":"2020-01-05T00:19:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T08:19:11","slug":"direct-action-in-schools-at-work-in-the-military-vs-wwiii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/direct-action-in-schools-at-work-in-the-military-vs-wwiii\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Action in Schools, at Work, in the Military, vs WWIII!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>We Say Fight Back!<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3nPJgeg6hpA\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3nPJgeg6hpA<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">More than 70 protests planned across US against Soleimani strike<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/resizer\/v2EsyHKH_hpXbVDEZIsIIPu_mko=\/1400x932\/smart\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-pmn.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/ZOT27FVTAZG4FOR64Q3E553VDQ.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for protests war with iran\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p>More than 70 protests across the country are planned for Saturday to condemn the Pentagon\u2019s killing of Iran\u2019s top general, Qassem Soleimani, and the decision to send thousands more troops to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>The protests are being organized by Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER), a U.S.-based anti-war coalition, in cooperation\u00a0with more than\u00a0a dozen other anti-war groups. Protesters are expected to demonstrate outside the White House, in Times Square, at Trump Tower in Chicago and at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, among other locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The targeted assassination and murder of a central leader of Iran is designed to initiate a new war,&#8221;\u00a0ANSWER\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.answercoalition.org\/national_action_us_troops_out_of_iraq\">said on its website<\/a>. &#8220;Unless the people of the United States rise up and stop it, this war will engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and potentially the gravest consequences.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;rct=j&#038;q=&#038;esrc=s&#038;source=video&#038;cd=5&#038;cad=rja&#038;uact=8&#038;ved=0ahUKEwi_4eSAguzmAhXTJzQIHUkRAAoQtwIIPjAE&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fstate-watch%2F476752-over-70-protests-planned-across-us-against-soleimani-strike&#038;usg=AOvVaw3FNAgT1MkeDaLdbWmQ7yGV\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.google.com\/url?sa=t&#038;rct=j&#038;q=&#038;esrc=s&#038;source=video&#038;cd=5&#038;cad=rja&#038;uact=8&#038;ved=0ahUKEwi_4eSAguzmAhXTJzQIHUkRAAoQtwIIPjAE&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fstate-watch%2F476752-over-70-protests-planned-across-us-against-soleimani-strike&#038;usg=AOvVaw3FNAgT1MkeDaLdbWmQ7yGV<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong protesters block roads, clash with police on New Year&#039;s Eve\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PPePjwUdEJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Gold Star Families Sue Defense Contractors, Alleging They Funded The Taliban<\/h1>\n<p>More than 100 Gold Star families are suing several major defense contractors, alleging they made illegal &#8220;protection payments&#8221; to the Taliban \u2014 thereby funding the Taliban&#8217;s insurgency efforts that killed or wounded thousands of Americans in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s illegal under the federal Anti-Terrorism Act to provide material support to the Taliban. The U.S. has warned defense contractors that protection payments are against the law, but according to the lawsuit, the practice has proliferated because defense contractors feel it&#8217;s a cost of doing business.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Defendants supported the Taliban for a simple reason: Defendants were all large Western companies with lucrative businesses in post-9\/11 Afghanistan, and they all paid the Taliban to refrain from attacking their business interests,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/afghanistan.terrorismcase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-27-001-COMPLAINT.pdf\">complaint <\/a>says. &#8220;Those protection payments aided and abetted terrorism by directly funding an al-Qaeda-backed Taliban insurgency that killed and injured thousands of Americans.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/12\/28\/792065458\/gold-star-families-sue-defense-contractors-alleging-they-funded-the-taliban?utm_term=nprnews&#038;utm_campaign=npr&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;fbclid=IwAR0trQD2CFN4XKdLJrbA0mF451EJZvuK3aLXRF5mggPlcAKoGl1Tm7YTItU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.npr.org\/2019\/12\/28\/792065458\/gold-star-families-sue-defense-contractors-alleging-they-funded-the-taliban?utm_term=nprnews&#038;utm_campaign=npr&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_source=facebook.com&#038;fbclid=IwAR0trQD2CFN4XKdLJrbA0mF451EJZvuK3aLXRF5mggPlcAKoGl1Tm7YTItU<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/teepublic\/image\/private\/s--YaLi3Ur7--\/c_crop,x_10,y_10\/c_fit,h_846\/c_crop,g_north_west,h_1007,w_1007,x_-150,y_-81\/l_upload:v1507037313:production:blanks:n2pk899a8qrzxtz4tyvn\/fl_layer_apply,g_north_west,x_-277,y_-212\/b_rgb:000000\/c_limit,f_jpg,h_630,q_90,w_630\/v1523990433\/production\/designs\/2599755_0.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for I dont want to strike but I will\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2509905032623968\/?ref=nf_target&amp;fref=nf\">MI CORE Statewide Teacher Walkout\/Strike<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2509905032623968\/permalink\/2517658048515333\/\">2 hrs<\/a> \u00b7<\/p>\n<p>I just made this post a few hours ago. My year has been the toughest one yet (poverty, trauma, homelessness, hunger, language delays, developmental delays, extreme behaviors, etc.), and I&#8217;ve been getting migraines and panic attacks since September. I had a very restful break, (lots of sleep and relaxing) and began to feel my determination\/passion rise back up. Then&#8230; I received an email about our tentative TA. Now, I am sick to my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>Our district has not received movement on steps the past 12 years. We did receive one 2 years ago. We are getting 1\/4 of a step. That&#8217;s it. So instead of making $44,485, I get a $700+ raise and will make $45,273. Honestly, even if I made $80,000 a year, I&#8217;m not sure how much longer I can handle the stress. I am spread way too thin, and can&#8217;t meet the intense demands of my 24 kindergarten students. Teachers don&#8217;t leave because their heart isn&#8217;t in it &#8211; they leave because their nervous systems can&#8217;t take it.<\/p>\n<p>My 16 year old daughter came home last night after working a 5 hour shift at a diner. Just working as a cashier\/hostess (not even waitressing!) she made $9.45 an hour, plus brought home $42 in tips. That&#8217;s $16 an hour. My bi-weekly check is $1,117.44 &#8211; divide that by 80 hours (I really work close to 110-120 hours) and that&#8217;s $14.67 an hour.<\/p>\n<p>My coworkers are making $15,000 less than they were TEN YEARS AGO.<\/p>\n<p>I can go get a job in a wealthier district (without the intense needs as a result of poverty), and make $15,000+ more instantly. I will leave teaching before I abandon our most vulnerable children for a wealthier district. (but I completely understand why people do, and don&#8217;t blame them!!!)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>We need a walkout.<\/strong> <\/em>The power is in our hands. (we can&#8217;t get subs to cover for a couple of teachers on a Friday, imagine trying to get subs to cover districts that are rallying in Lansing?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24595\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/spot-the-difference-war-xseection-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" tabindex=\"0\">Iraq\u2019s Worst Fears Have Come True \u2013 a Proxy War Is on Its Doorstep<\/h1>\n<p id=\"p_1_1\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Iraqis have a well-honed instinct about approaching danger which stems from their grim experience during 40 years of crisis and war. Three months ago, I asked a friend in <a class=\"body-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Baghdad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Baghdad\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9269301-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Baghdad\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Baghdad<\/a> how she and her friends viewed the future, adding <a class=\"body-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iraq\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iraq\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9269301-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iraq\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Iraq<\/a> seemed to me to be more peaceful than at any time since the US and British invaded in 2003.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_2\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">She replied that the general mood among people she knew was gloomy because they believed that the next war between the US and <a class=\"body-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iran\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iran\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9269301-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iran\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Iran<\/a> might be fought out in Iraq. She said: \u201cMany of my friends are so nervous about a US-Iran war that they are using their severance pay on leaving government service to buy houses in Turkey.\u201d She was thinking of doing the same thing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_3\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">My Iraqi friends turned out to have been all too right in their depressing prognosis: the killing of Iranian General <a class=\"body-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-twitter-soleimani-death-iran-latest-tweets-a9269236.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-twitter-soleimani-death-iran-latest-tweets-a9269236.html\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9269301-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/trump-twitter-soleimani-death-iran-latest-tweets-a9269236.html\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Qassem Soleimani<\/a> by a US drone at Baghdad airport is an act of escalation by President <a class=\"body-link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/DonaldTrump\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/DonaldTrump\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9269301-https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/DonaldTrump\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Donald Trump<\/a> that ensures that Iraq faces a violent future. It may not lead to a full-scale military conflict, but Iraq will be the political and military arena where the US-Iranian rivalry will be fought out. The Iranians and their Iraqi allies may or may not carry out some immediate retaliatory act against the US, but their most important counter-stroke will be to pressure the Iraqi government, parliament and security forces into pushing the US entirely out of Iraq.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1_4\" class=\"container\"><span class=\"contents\">Ever since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, Iran has generally come out ahead of the US in any struggle for influence within Iraq. The main reason for this is has been that Shia community in Iraq, two-thirds of the population and politically dominant, has looked to its fellow Shia in Iran for support against its enemies. Ironically, Iranian influence and popularity had been seriously damaged because of General Soleimani overseeing the brutal efforts by pro-Iranian security forces and paramilitary groups to crush Iraqi street protests, killing at least 400 protesters and injuring another 15,000.<\/span> \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unz.com\/pcockburn\/iraqs-worst-fears-have-come-true-a-proxy-war-is-on-its-doorstep\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.unz.com\/pcockburn\/iraqs-worst-fears-have-come-true-a-proxy-war-is-on-its-doorstep\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBYAYa8.img?h=450&amp;w=799&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f&amp;x=941&amp;y=345\" alt=\"a group of people posing for a photo: Army inductees pledged their service in New York City in 1965, while protesters burned draft cards and shouted antiwar slogans outside. The draft was abolished in 1973.\" data-src=\"{&quot;default&quot;:{&quot;load&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;45&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBYAYa8.img?h=450&amp;w=799&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f&amp;x=941&amp;y=345&quot;},&quot;size3column&quot;:{&quot;load&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:&quot;62&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBYAYa8.img?h=351&amp;w=624&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f&amp;x=941&amp;y=345&quot;},&quot;size2column&quot;:{&quot;load&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;w&quot;:&quot;62&quot;,&quot;h&quot;:&quot;35&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/BBYAYa8.img?h=351&amp;w=624&amp;m=6&amp;q=60&amp;o=f&amp;l=f&amp;x=941&amp;y=345&quot;}}\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\" tabindex=\"0\">Will There Be a Draft? Young People Worry After Military Strike<\/h1>\n<p>For decades, American men over the age of 18 have gone through the ritual of registering with the government in case of a military draft. In recent years, this action has felt more like going through the motions, simply checking a box.<\/p>\n<p>But on Friday, after a United States drone strike in Iraq <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/02\/world\/middleeast\/qassem-soleimani-iraq-iran-attack.html?action=click&amp;module=Spotlight&amp;pgtype=Homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"119\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:119,&quot;p&quot;:116,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:3}\" data-hl=\"viglink\">killed Iran\u2019s top security and intelligence commander<\/a>, prompting concerns about the possibility of a new war in the Middle East, that oft-forgotten paperwork became a reason for spiking anxiety among many Americans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorld War III\u201d started trending on social media. Young men suddenly recalled registering after their 18th birthdays, many having done so while applying for college financial aid. One Twitter user posted that he had blocked the account of the United States Army, with the (faulty) reasoning that: \u201cThey can\u2019t draft you if they can\u2019t see you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mattglassman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/DraftCardBurningNYC.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for burning draft cards\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Interest was so high that it apparently crashed the website for the <a href=\"http:\/\/sss.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"121\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:121,&quot;p&quot;:116,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:5}\">Selective Service System<\/a>, the independent government agency that maintains a database of Americans eligible for a potential draft. \u201cDue to the spread of misinformation, our website is experiencing high traffic volumes at this time,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SSS_gov\/status\/1213126921804042241?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-id=\"122\" data-m=\"{&quot;i&quot;:122,&quot;p&quot;:116,&quot;n&quot;:&quot;partnerLink&quot;,&quot;y&quot;:24,&quot;o&quot;:6}\">the agency said<\/a> on Twitter, adding, \u201cWe appreciate your patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here is an explanation of the current military system and what it would take to enact a draft in modern times.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/will-there-be-a-draft-young-people-worry-after-military-strike-in-iran\/ar-BBYAMYu?ocid=ob-fb-enus-280&#038;fbclid=IwAR3sMav8NQLt1o8NJ9pIc8zyWlzXfigcItPC8wwBz11zI0yi6_sEViRopxI\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/will-there-be-a-draft-young-people-worry-after-military-strike-in-iran\/ar-BBYAMYu?ocid=ob-fb-enus-280&#038;fbclid=IwAR3sMav8NQLt1o8NJ9pIc8zyWlzXfigcItPC8wwBz11zI0yi6_sEViRopxI<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/cartoons\/5d0ba2ced5874684ac32ac84\/master\/w_767,c_limit\/DC062019.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ImageCaption__caption___1EOQO \">\u201cThis your first re\u00eblection campaign, kid?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/12\/24\/on-hijacking-history\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">On Hijacking History<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"post_author_intro\">by<\/span> <span class=\"post_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/author\/f5vuzupuqama\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Tom Engelhardt<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<p>Here\u2019s the question at hand \u2014 and I guarantee you that you\u2019ll read it here first: Is Donald Trump the second or even possibly the third 9\/11? Because truly, he has to be one or the other.<\/p>\n<p>Let me explain, and while I do, keep this in mind: as 2019 ends, thanks to Brexit and the victory of Boris Johnson in Britain\u2019s recent election, the greatest previous imperial power on this planet is clearly headed for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/blog\/176615\/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_ultimate_brexiteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sub-basement of history<\/a>. Meanwhile, that other superpower of the Cold War era, the Soviet Union, now Russia, remains a well-sauced Putinesca shadow of its former self. And then, of course, there\u2019s the country that, not so long ago, every major American politician but Donald Trump proclaimed the most <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/4474619\/read-hillary-clinton-american-legion-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">exceptional<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/mitch-mcconnell-withdrawing-from-syria-is-a-grave-mistake\/2019\/10\/18\/c0a811a8-f1cd-11e9-89eb-ec56cd414732_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indispensable<\/a> nation ever.<\/p>\n<p>As it happens, the United States \u2014 if you didn\u2019t catch the reference above \u2014 has been looking a bit peaked lately itself. You can\u2019t say that it\u2019s the end of the road for a land of such wealth and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgpf.org\/chart-archive\/0053_defense-comparison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">staggering military power<\/a>, enough to finish off several Earth-sized planets. However, it\u2019s clearly a country in decline on a planet in the same condition and its present leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/12\/16\/opinion\/trump-china-trade.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tariff Man<\/a>, however uniquely orange-faced he may be, is just the symptom of the long path to hell in a handbasket its leadership embarked on almost three decades ago as the Cold War ended.<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, President Trump has proved to be the symptom from hell. To give him full credit, he\u2019s now remarkably hard-at-tweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tomdispatch.com\/blog\/176615\/tomgram%3A_engelhardt%2C_the_ultimate_brexiteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dismantling<\/a> the various alliances, agreements, and organizations that U.S. leaders had assembled, since 1945, to make this country the Great Britain (and beyond) of the second half of the twentieth century and that\u2019s an accomplishment of the first order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/N4HHIQAH5EI6VLRIPUMJQAJIME.jpg&amp;w=767\" alt=\"Image result for trump war crimes\" width=\"450\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Packard Plant Detroit- Abandoned | Demolition | Bridge Collapse\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ArpVadEweL0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"a23510110\" class=\"postTitle\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Detroit ranked last in report on best cities for jobs<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Detroit came in <a href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-cities-for-jobs\/2173\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dead last<\/a> when WalletHub compared more than 180 cities to determine which of them had the strongest job markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unemployment across the country is at 3.6 percent (a near 50-year low), according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Plus, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, employers report that they plan to hire 5.8 percent more new college graduates in 2020 than they did in 2019. However, this good news doesn\u2019t seem to apply much to the Motor City.<\/p>\n<p>The study, which ranked 182 cities across 31 metrics, focused on two main metrics: Socio-economics and Job Market, with a ranking of 1 being the best&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Of all the cities, Detroit had the lowest socio-economics ranking at 182, and the city placed 179th in job opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The city also ranked 180th in unemployment rate, 181st in percentage of workforce living in poverty, 178th in median annual income (adjusted for cost of living), 165th in industry variety, and 72nd in monthly average starting salary.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metrotimes.com\/news-hits\/archives\/2020\/01\/03\/detroit-ranked-last-in-report-on-best-cities-for-jobs?fbclid=IwAR34vtuZLZ2_HVkWDASI1X4Xrzgs9JgvWkQV2nZRQw1UugByMYcineQw49s\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.metrotimes.com\/news-hits\/archives\/2020\/01\/03\/detroit-ranked-last-in-report-on-best-cities-for-jobs?fbclid=IwAR34vtuZLZ2_HVkWDASI1X4Xrzgs9JgvWkQV2nZRQw1UugByMYcineQw49s<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-lightbox__img js-gallery-lightbox-img\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=700&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e697bfbedf113fc97ef422eba6a306c6\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1300px) 1920px, (min-width: 1140px) 1225px, (min-width: 980px) 1065px, (min-width: 740px) 965px, (min-width: 660px) 725px, (min-width: 480px) 645px, 465px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=1920&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84cd99d6c291ec22b1af25edc75119d7 1920w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=1225&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=fc82f219a2d20f65e937b47ce3942c36 1225w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=1065&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=486eff8777a96b935051d6b7b3a2e59b 1065w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=965&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=4657039e9bb41153a95bd42e3ca695a8 965w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=725&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=84a2189a8c0db04e6c10e37605cd6489 725w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=645&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=8bfe6ed5546d16f41c13e915cf5ebcc0 645w, https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b78548f7bee6ad77a3a51d0b8022784af8b6ff12\/51_9_805_642\/master\/805.jpg?width=465&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=92e0be53aa6906198624233ba4a33636 465w\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__headline-standfirst-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<div class=\"u-cf\">\n<h1 class=\"content__headline \" style=\"text-align: center;\">Detroit firefighters face backlash over photo in front of a burning home<\/h1>\n<p>A controversial <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/facebook\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Facebook<\/a> photo of 18 Detroit firefighters posing in front of a burning home was \u201cinappropriate and unprofessional\u201d and will result in disciplinary action, the city\u2019s fire commissioner said.<\/p>\n<p>The photo was posted Tuesday just before midnight on the Facebook page <a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/detroit\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Detroit<\/a> Fire Incidents Page. It included a caption: \u201cCrews take a moment to get a selfie on New Years!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has since been taken down.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/jan\/02\/detroit-firefighters-facebook-photo\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/jan\/02\/detroit-firefighters-facebook-photo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Much is 1 Trillion Dollars?\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jfBmAyCob3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"content__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">National debt tops $22 trillion for first time in U.S. history<\/h1>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-video embed--type-content_video is-video embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{&quot;extraWordCount&quot;:50}\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed__content--draggable\" data-component=\"draggableFrame\" data-draggable-frame-options=\"{&quot;pauseOnClose&quot;:true,&quot;appearAfterClose&quot;:true}\" data-left=\"\" data-top=\"\">\n<div class=\"player-overlay__container player-overlay--draggable uvpjs\" data-theme=\"default\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"national-debt-hits-22-trillion-record-high--hero\" class=\"embed__frame lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/embed\/video\/?v=1.7ec21ff86cd078c7fef60f054442adda5cc3dc09#3Vdbj9y2Ff4rgtAmL8MZkroPYAS%2BNE5Q111445dYxoAij2bo1a0kNZca%2B997qNHMrtdAYwRtHoIFNBR1rt%2B57udQjK4fGnEK186MsAj3WkEfrj%2BH2kFrw%2FWHz6E7DRCuw32vwkWoFR5rmbK0qgtC04yRuGJAckElKQrImeBS0iRC2nY4voP6Z8%2BxK0Rcty%2B7l%2FVPn4R5FeUb%2B7riv74G%2Fo%2FhjaHjmXoiTX79183dP90b%2Fbx%2Bh9e2Gbd42wmn%2B040REHlyE47SzgnzuimwXtiQPZG4f12hzxOu8ab%2FHZmCjxT4JmCM2HgCYO%2FcB5cJCCXgjvk%2BWUHQfcln7CBHc0grAX1BVNQ9yZwyFBrY13gdAsB7MEsAtGpAI4DGFRpxQmJhAtkPzaoejRuYkJLur49LQOvklOWBU4cAzm6oELxkwjdSQPCq7UDdEp320AYmLhbobvAf%2Bw7uwhevrh9%2B70N3gF0InirO%2BG%2FDT2qX6Jn9dg034hJXz%2BFRYqu77QUzS%2B%2FV4LHxTrRDuGaJQmleUxZQSlFyEczCQvXvHh4eyMqaFARpXiN%2FM35vUMvMAFbsQXrM9ROieXcYNflqlzJynZwsGyJB43qnJZL2bflajdW5UqXK1OuEOWiXFFerlhUrjIqeCp4QhSTMYkhjUmR14oIxSNBa64gr8uV241t1QndlKs0pscopeWqjgpJeZKpKIs4qzNR8LyKojjLZZVDJM%2FWkHq0Pjl%2FI3cxiciUQMQDRXwCkatSwrKc5UVOZt3LT8MWIdn94b4zntNjxtF5ShnLI6EgLqo0TQulJM0Vqz0EoFj2f3b%2BfhEOBvYaDu9N8wUKw1g16PheN6fuePZfaUxNV67yWkYsY%2BhWxiKgMoplksi4kkCjKGUxhvQbehqqMH1aoIaD7lR%2FWLZDHF575iNLDofDco7J2Q4xYBD2DNXoBlxvLSL6g%2B1HI%2BGZHoQi1mEtt1jg3w3C7Z79lf%2FYgtLC%2Fw5HfPro4Q%2Fl%2BGCRf8Qxp1GeJ6xgOb77DrA5Y75Bh%2FiGb769Z24mFzZnuLONExVauWyjMb%2B4x%2F%2B8%2FmEKtsKhf2IYMH8moeXqSNoBtu%2FfvUGK8UmifeX%2BJL5cfbtB5crPUvtzO%2FTWgQnXtWgsjl8cxlpO49cXeC6iTKZJRWSlsEgrWZGKqpTUFQUheVagQw8j0lvkW4MGI4zc4Uj%2FcL77iCUDg7a9wvbNkH6aGsjBPDNsW%2Bjc%2BcM4YGlZe1kGRNM8lxIvXjS9vLt2YPvegrkdKyuNrkBdjbcDzqLeXOh2cHz%2BCmoxNh5cusC%2FcLp98XAbFYs4WSS%2Byzsj5B0miPceQbWIFUxnTL2I0oTmKQ6jGJl8KszQI19nN9Zttn4y%2BYCE9%2BhtOx5vTO%2FH7%2BnvgECEPM5AiSTFJqBYEhdxwXgUiSgN7z8iOTgxTRS0wcH25M94t%2BvVOStw9E5iZ6BrEG40oIj0Awv8WjTvSGgRYuDhfFhC8IjVgYdrmhx32I5l3zTYmqZcu7Jh%2FTyRjWWk7abpt1tQG909o77%2FPYZK2791Pp3VNWgGu38Dz0e03%2FiN6kMYVVEdRSonCWcFiVlaEJFLwDSVKqlikfE0Dj8%2BYX0rWvDMd1iv5tQFB%2BF81jyQTdtapSBBRAtScZqRmNfYNiV20aSI0jiJUkinET6z3IzVK%2FTKBwTrnVBOGA84X1O%2BZtkD2WXTGJd2%2BWQZwwKxX%2B9gj%2FYv3Ip2OAJ7c3ok7xKdziHIm%2Fl2Wvn2Wl4%2BK7B3KH4qzFew90biecB1Yybw6bXxe7EvG%2Fz9SfvK%2FRAOfaNRovXY%2BPvbc1yR4%2Frl%2FGGWgyXmK0XvIThAFc5VP8EZixQqEackS3JFGANOCsU4wZmb14ADiVb0wnAO0GMd1d0tavGCoijC9arRrcYqi69A3E4d%2BdwrgqlakMngpnnTCOf74GTE3No23uTNAyr%2BddY5U0wItv3WiGGnJVaa%2F4ch%2FNRXP47dGYKFf3vpi%2BocEBybI1aZP%2FqkH7H3YaHWWmro5OVWdKdb%2FW8fny1WHmKM9m%2FhtenHYaIYOy8BwXYgGj22vgwGL6V5ZJu3Fqmh84HEr8oXznWXfbo6fNXR%2FalcjfbJ%2FuLT77%2FtL7ojc%2FZNHX6acTc92oK0c%2FQbEGrOqz%2FICq9qDtz%2FSuTUyX7T%2FN8zFu%2Fv%2FwM%3D\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-width=\"640\" data-height=\"360\" data-sort-time=\"1550085153000\" data-update-time=\"1550085153000\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"player-overlay--draggable-handle\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<section class=\"content__body\" data-page=\"1\" data-page-hidden=\"0\" data-use-autolinker=\"true\">The U.S. national debt has topped $22 trillion for the first time in history, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fms.treas.gov\/fmsweb\/viewDTSFiles?dir=w&amp;fname=19021100.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">daily figures released by the Treasury Department<\/a> on Tuesday.The debt has ballooned by more than $2 trillion in the two years since President Trump took office in January 2017, when the debt stood at $19.9 trillion. It <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/under-donald-trump-national-debt-tops-21-trillion-for-first-time-ever\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">surpassed $21 trillion<\/a><\/span> for the first time in history in March 2018. Under the Obama administration, the national debt grew from $10.6 trillion to $19.9 trillion, an increase that drew sharps criticism from Republicans.In an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/in-turmoil-or-triumph-donald-trump-stands-alone\/2016\/04\/02\/8c0619b6-f8d6-11e5-a3ce-f06b5ba21f33_story.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interview with the Washington Post<\/a>\u00a0in 2016, Mr. Trump vowed to eliminate the national debt &#8220;over a period of eight years.&#8221; Top White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, who joined the White House after the president said he would eliminate the debt, told CBS News last month Mr. Trump probably didn&#8217;t mean he would eliminate the debt entirely.\u00a0https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-national-debt-tops-22-trillion-for-first-time-in-history\/?fbclid=IwAR3jC2xGoG3A8DKijcfJAZJKEIourGY8YvJAxakohJ-iVeqZpRY6vlH4Vvc<\/section>\n<div class=\"content__header tonal__header\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/4c1ecab\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/840x560+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F04%2F10%2Fb31e38c543d3a5d47f41f9601eeb%2Fethan.jpg\" alt=\"Ethan Couch \" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Texas man who used \u2018affluenza\u2019 as defense jailed for probation violation<\/h1>\n<p>A Texas man who used \u201caffluenza\u201d as a defense at his trial for killing four people while driving drunk was arrested Thursday after authorities say he violated the terms of his probation.<\/p>\n<p>Ethan Couch, 22, was booked into a jail in Fort Worth after he tested positive for THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, court records show.<\/p>\n<p>Couch\u2019s attorneys, Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn, said their client has been intensely monitored for alcohol and illegal substance use for more than 20 months and \u201chas never been positive for the use of any substance before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot make any further statement until we have the opportunity to conduct an investigation to determine if, in fact, Ethan ingested THC and, if so, if it was a voluntary act on his part,\u201d Brown and Wynn said in a statement.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-01-02\/texas-affluenza-man-ethan-couch-jailed-probation-violation\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2020-01-02\/texas-affluenza-man-ethan-couch-jailed-probation-violation<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement and <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>The War on Reason<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thousands protest in Tehran over Suleimani killing\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NU7_jZ-pyLg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Killing of Iranian general marks huge gamble by Trump<\/h1>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p>In ordering the killing of Gen. Qassem Suleimani, one of Iran\u2019s highest-ranking officials, President Trump took one of the biggest gambles of his presidency \u2014 a step that appears to lead the U.S. on a path toward escalated warfare and that marked a sharp break from his often-stated desire to pull American forces out of conflicts in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his presidency, Trump has made fiery statements but has typically resisted dramatic belligerent actions. He has promised his supporters that he would use decisive violence against U.S. enemies, but he also promised to stay out of wars in the Middle East and to bring U.S. troops home.<\/p>\n<p>Outside analysts \u2014 and some of Trump\u2019s former advisors \u2014 have repeatedly warned that those two pledges could not be reconciled.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, when his goals clashed, Trump has typically pulled back. In June, for example, he gave a last-minute order to stop an airstrike against Iran planned in retaliation for Tehran\u2019s shooting down of an unmanned American drone. Nor did he order a military response to attacks on Saudi oil installations in the fall that U.S. and Saudi officials blamed on Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to kill Suleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps\u2019 elite Quds Force, who was sometimes described as the second-most powerful official in Iran, radically shifted Trump\u2019s approach. The decision appeared to reflect a bet that Iran, faced by a decisive U.S. military action, will back down, not escalate.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2020-01-02\/trumps-biggest-foreign-policy-gamble\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2020-01-02\/trumps-biggest-foreign-policy-gamble<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.vanityfair.com\/photos\/5ddd47fcac869300093b033b\/master\/pass\/TrumpNavy.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for trump assassin war criminal\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">The murder of Qassem Soleimani and assassination as state policy<\/h2>\n<p>With its drone missile assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and seven others at Baghdad\u2019s international airport in the early morning hours of Friday, the Trump administration has carried out a criminal act of state terrorism that has stunned the world.<\/p>\n<p>Washington\u2019s cold-blooded murder of a general in the Iranian army and a man widely described as the second most powerful figure in Tehran is unquestionably both a war crime and a direct act of war against Iran&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>It is a political fact that the killing of Soleimani has effectively initiated a war by the US against Iran, a country four times the size and with more than double the population of Iraq. Such a war would threaten to spread armed conflict across the region and, indeed, the entire world, with incalculable consequences.<\/p>\n<p>This crime, driven by increasing US desperation over its position in the Middle East and the mounting internal crisis within the Trump administration, is staggering in its degree of recklessness and lawlessness. The resort by the United States to such a heinous act testifies to the fact that it has failed to achieve any of the strategic objectives that led to the invasions of Iraq in 1991 and 2003.<\/p>\n<p>The murder of Soleimani is the culmination of a protracted process of the criminalization of American foreign policy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/01\/04\/pers-j04.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.wsws.org\/en\/articles\/2020\/01\/04\/pers-j04.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/71g5uy1gsxL.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for senate torture report\" width=\"251\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE REPORT Official Trailer (2019) Adam Driver, Jon Hamm Movie HD\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VHmn9U3c0zA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"c-page-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">The CIA\u2019s torture program, as explained by the psychologists who designed i<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/OXGS_3wRZcSeFb4efyKEodxdK2g=\/0x0:1431x679\/1200x800\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1221px) 846px, (min-width: 880px) calc(100vw - 334px), 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/HRz9DRRsdIvVSZESgGsUVHSfbBo=\/0x0:1431x679\/320x213\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 320w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/EVCJLp2fi-A139mThlZn8tSJFSs=\/0x0:1431x679\/620x413\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 620w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/f9RsxLIv3Om5lViIj5aDTc0COvM=\/0x0:1431x679\/920x613\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 920w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/cEfXg44dvcqcJdK4PhvZei850rU=\/0x0:1431x679\/1220x813\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 1220w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/aB7__jM-WecBO8cuG0BvY0QoOUs=\/0x0:1431x679\/1520x1013\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 1520w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/PnkwDRsLFfSBs1890m0n0p9zJa0=\/0x0:1431x679\/1820x1213\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 1820w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/g5etXT33an4E7Yn-867ZIXAW40Y=\/0x0:1431x679\/2120x1413\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 2120w, https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/KSQ7ehvg7LCEppYTYT5czeNgUyU=\/0x0:1431x679\/2420x1613\/filters:focal(602x226:830x454)\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_image\/image\/55374607\/Screen_Shot_2017_06_21_at_2.57.09_PM.0.png 2420w\" alt=\"Images of six men during their testimonies fill the screen\" data-upload-width=\"1431\" \/><\/h1>\n<h3 id=\"kctWJU\">They were paid $81 million for helping the CIA torture prisoners<\/h3>\n<p id=\"kSPbuD\">Jessen and Mitchell argued that the CIA controlled the program and that they simply worked as contractors. Under the agency\u2019s guidance, the psychologists said they proposed \u201cenhanced interrogation techniques\u201d and trained other people to use them. Over the course of several years, they received $81 million.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"J8YRh7\">Mitchell said he urged the CIA to destroy videotapes showing torture<\/h3>\n<p id=\"txUqYd\">Even though Mitchell, one of the defendants, claimed the techniques he and Jessen developed caused no harm, he still encouraged the CIA to destroy video footage the agency had made of the interrogations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HlHM9d\">He rationalized that decision by saying the videos were too graphic\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world\/2017\/6\/21\/15845896\/cia-torture-program-psychologists-testimony-jessen-mitchell\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.vox.com\/world\/2017\/6\/21\/15845896\/cia-torture-program-psychologists-testimony-jessen-mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_pictrure_780x520_\/public\/articles\/2017\/08\/18\/2017-08-03t185731z_869953405_rc13aeaeed80_rtrmadp_3_usa-torture.jpg?itok=xCa8Ij_i&amp;timestamp=1502992510\" alt=\"Marines at Guantanamo Bay escort a new detainee to a processing tent after being showered in a 2002 file photo.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline node-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">CIA &#8216;torture psychologists&#8217; avoid trial with secret settlement<\/h1>\n<p>Two psychologists who helped design the CIA\u2019s post-9\/11 interrogation program settled a lawsuit on Thursday (Aug 17) by detainees alleging they were illegally tortured.<\/p>\n<p>The secret settlement in the suit, brought on behalf of two living ex-detainees and one who died of hypothermia after brutal questioning in US custody, avoided what would have been the first public trial of the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s use of torture on suspected Al-Qaeda members.<\/p>\n<p>But it also allowed the two psychologists who supplied the CIA with \u201ccoercive\u201d interrogation techniques, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen, to maintain that they personally had nothing to do with the use of waterboarding, extreme stress positions and beatings on detainees.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/united-states\/cia-torture-psychologists-avoid-trial-with-secret-settlement\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.straitstimes.com\/world\/united-states\/cia-torture-psychologists-avoid-trial-with-secret-settlement<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>Solidarity for Never<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Strike In Mass\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com:443\/thumbnails.thecrimson.com\/photos\/2019\/12\/04\/170554_1341501.jpg.1500x1000_q95_crop-smart_upscale.jpg\" alt=\"Strike In Mass\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Shocker! Sold out by UAW, Harvard Graduate Student Union Returns to Work Following 27-Day Strike<\/h2>\n<p>Bearing wind, rain, snow, and sleet on the picket line, striking members of Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers spent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2019\/12\/4\/what-happened-strike-today\/\">the month of December<\/a> conducting the longest graduate student strike in recent history.<\/p>\n<p>HGSU-UAW rang in the new year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2019\/12\/31\/strike-ending-breaker\/\">returning to work<\/a> Tuesday night, ending nearly a month of marching on Harvard\u2019s campus, calling administrators, and arguing at the bargaining table. At points, hundreds of students and supporters joined the picket line.<\/p>\n<p>Still,<em><strong> the union and University have yet to reach a contract.<\/strong> <\/em>They remain at odds over the three provisions that prompted picketing: compensation, health care, and grievance procedures for discrimination and sexual harassment complaints.<\/p>\n<p>The union first stepped toward the strike via an October authorization <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2019\/10\/8\/graduate-student-union-vote\/\">vote.<\/a> The vote began Oct. 15, exactly one year after HGSU-UAW first met Harvard at the bargaining table. By Oct. 25, more than 90 percent of the union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2019\/10\/26\/harvard-grad-union-authorizes-strike\/\">had voted in favor<\/a> of the strike. Of the 2,682 members who cast ballots in the election, 90.4 percent voted in favor of withholding their labor, according to an email sent to HGSU-UAW members by the union\u2019s bargaining committee.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2020\/1\/3\/HGSU-strike-postmortem\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2020\/1\/3\/HGSU-strike-postmortem\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>Spy versus Spy<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fYAdeXJhZlE\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fYAdeXJhZlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/b5babd8\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/5620x3894+0+0\/resize\/840x582!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2F4b%2F3ab8a3b04532acf92e6536b5845a%2F477032-church-003.JPG\" alt=\"477032_church_\" width=\"840\" height=\"582\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">As window for sex abuse lawsuits opens, alleged victims begin filing against Catholic church, Boy Scouts<\/h1>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-dateline\">SAN DIEGO\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body RichTextBody\">\n<p>A half-dozen lawsuits against the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego accusing now-deceased clergy of sexually abusing 20 men and women decades ago were filed in Superior Court Thursday, one day after a new state law lifting the legal time limit on when such lawsuits can be filed went into effect.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuits are the first of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/courts\/story\/2019-10-20\/california-braces-for-onslaught-of-child-sex-assault-lawsuits-under-new-law\">what will likely become a swarm of legal action<\/a> in the coming months against churches and other institutions such as the Boy Scouts of America over long-ago sexual abuse of minors. Irwin Zalkin, the San Diego lawyer who filed the six lawsuits Thursday, said at a news conference that he plans to file another 60 cases over the next several months against the diocese.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is only the beginning,\u201d said Zalkin, the lawyer who spearheaded a $198 million settlement of sexual abuse claims against the diocese in 2007. Those lawsuits, filed under a previous state law that opened a one-year window for claims against institutions for abuse that had occurred years earlier, drove the diocese to declare bankruptcy.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/courts\/story\/2020-01-02\/as-window-for-sex-abuse-lawsuits-opens-alleged-victims-begin-filing-against-catholic-church-boy-scouts\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/courts\/story\/2020-01-02\/as-window-for-sex-abuse-lawsuits-opens-alleged-victims-begin-filing-against-catholic-church-boy-scouts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/M3SOXVBIH4I6VHGJ4GOPXSD6KE.jpg&amp;w=1440\" alt=\"Bransfield at his ordination and installation in West Virginia in 2005. (SCOTT MCCLOSKEY\/Scott McCloskeyWheeling News-Register\/AP)\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\" font--headline gray-darkest mb-sm null \" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-qa=\"headline\">Disgraced bishop spent $4.6 million on mansion that sold for only $1.2 million<\/h1>\n<div class=\"teaser-content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy color-gray-darkest ma-0 pad-bottom-md undefined\">After Bishop Michael J. Bransfield was banished from his post as head of the Catholic Church in West Virginia, the church-owned residence he had lived in was put up for sale. It was a historic 9,200-square-foot Colonial Revival-style house with five bay windows that was once known as Elmcrest. Bransfield had spent $4.6\u00a0million to restore it to his exacting taste.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"remainder-content\">\n<section>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy color-gray-darkest ma-0 pad-bottom-md undefined\">The diocese did not hire a real estate agent, advertise the property\u2019s sale online or hold an open house. Instead, as allegations of sexual and financial misconduct against Bransfield\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/a-wva-bishop-spent-millions-on-himself-and-sent-cash-gifts-to-cardinals-and-to-young-priests-he-was-accused-of-mistreating-confidential-vatican-report-says\/2019\/06\/05\/98af7ae6-7686-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_2\">spilled into public view<\/a>\u00a0in June, the church sold the property to a wealthy Wheeling, W.Va., resident for $1.2\u00a0million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font--body font-copy color-gray-darkest ma-0 pad-bottom-md undefined\">Church officials said the private sale was a way to avoid paying commission to real estate agents, but it also had the effect of keeping the public from taking the full measure of Bransfield\u2019s extravagance and excess.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than just an opulent private retreat for a high-spending bishop, Elmcrest was the site where the heavy-drinking cleric quaffed Cointreau and made unwanted sexual overtures toward younger priests in a basement with a custom-made sunken bar, according to a confidential report by church investigators for the Vatican completed earlier this year. The\u00a0<a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/the-bransfield-report-post-publishes-secret-vatican-document-as-parishioners-demand-answers\/2019\/12\/23\/69f77f68-0007-11ea-9777-5cd51c6fec6f_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_6\">Washington Post obtained a copy<\/a>\u00a0of the report and\u00a0<a title=\"www.washingtonpost.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/context\/investigative-report-on-former-bishop-michael-j-bransfield\/b46b7a87-a74b-4c72-9ca1-9068b02fba7d\/?tid=lk_inline_manual_6\">published a redacted version\u00a0<\/a>online on Dec.\u00a023.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/FEMUIBEHVAI6THLT4K5GXPY3TM.jpg&amp;w=1440\" alt=\"The diocesan property in Wheeling, W.Va., where Bishop Michael J. Bransfield lived. (Michelle Boorstein\/The Washington Post)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In his 13 years as bishop, Bransfield\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/a-penthouse-limousines-and-private-jets-inside-the-globe-trotting-life-of-bishop-michael-bransfield\/2019\/09\/12\/4a69fe48-ce87-11e9-9031-519885a08a86_story.html?arc404=true&amp;tid=lk_inline_manual_7\">spent more than $2.4\u00a0million traveling the world<\/a>, often by private jet, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/a-wva-bishop-spent-millions-on-himself-and-sent-cash-gifts-to-cardinals-and-to-young-priests-he-was-accused-of-mistreating-confidential-vatican-report-says\/2019\/06\/05\/98af7ae6-7686-11e9-b3f5-5673edf2d127_story.html?tid=lk_inline_manual_7\">gave fellow clerics hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash gifts<\/a> that originated from the diocese\u2019s accounts, church documents show. Nowhere did he spend more church money than on the turn-of-the-century mansion at 52 Elmwood Place in Wheeling, according to investigators.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/disgraced-bishop-spent-46-million-on-mansion-that-sold-for-only-12-million\/2019\/12\/29\/6d7ad002-225f-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.washingtonpost.com\/investigations\/disgraced-bishop-spent-46-million-on-mansion-that-sold-for-only-12-million\/2019\/12\/29\/6d7ad002-225f-11ea-a153-dce4b94e4249_story.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"category\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i1554236\" class=\"mapping-embed lazysize imgPhoto full lazyloaded\" title=\"Mormon Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/1554236\/mormon-church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints.jpg?w=737&amp;f=dadf836fc1b1713550fef3627daf226d\" alt=\"Mormon Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints\" width=\"737\" data-src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/1554236\/mormon-church-jesus-christ-latter-day-saints.jpg?w=737&amp;f=dadf836fc1b1713550fef3627daf226d\" \/><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mormon Church Stockpiled $100 Billion Intended for Charities and Misled LDS Members, Whistleblower Says<\/h1>\n<p>A whistleblower complaint filed at the Internal Revenue Service in November by a knowledgeable church member alleges that a non-profit supporting organization controlled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints used member tithes to amass more than $100 billion in a set of investment funds and the Church misled members about uses of the money.<\/p>\n<p>The complaint may be the most important look at LDS finances in decades, a window into one of the wealthiest religious organizations in the United States and the world. Details of the IRS filing reveal financial assets largely hidden from the church&#8217;s membership (often known as &#8220;Mormons&#8221;) and the public view.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/mormon-church-stockpiled-100-billion-intended-charities-misled-lds-members-whistleblower-says-1477809?fbclid=IwAR36o3bPNNjXeUw2iiKGJmxzS_MIfJHoge6exGxqeb8tIF2lCCdDgADQ3KU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.newsweek.com\/mormon-church-stockpiled-100-billion-intended-charities-misled-lds-members-whistleblower-says-1477809?fbclid=IwAR36o3bPNNjXeUw2iiKGJmxzS_MIfJHoge6exGxqeb8tIF2lCCdDgADQ3KU<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/47d4c19\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4868x3245+0+0\/resize\/840x560!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd7%2F39%2Fd5d655426f7410c2831904f77e06%2Fedb99b062e6b4e94a2f70cfd83b1f84f\" alt=\"The Reckoning Survivors of Color\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Amid clergy abuse, survivors of color remain in shadows<\/h1>\n<p>The Samples were a black Chicago family, with six children and few resources. The priest helped them with tuition, clothes, bills. He offered the promise of opportunities \u2014 a better life.<\/p>\n<p>He also abused all the children.<\/p>\n<p>They told no one. They were afraid of not being believed and of losing what little they had, said one son, Terrence Sample. And nobody asked, until a lawyer investigating alleged abuses by the same priest prompted him to break his then 33-year silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody had to make the effort,\u201d Sample said. \u201cWhy wasn\u2019t it the church?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2020-01-04\/amid-clergy-abuse-survivors-of-color-remain-in-shadows\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/news\/nation-world\/story\/2020-01-04\/amid-clergy-abuse-survivors-of-color-remain-in-shadows<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Island of Flowers&quot; [Jorge Furtado] (1989)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQcdXh9v0pA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Biden&#039;s Insane thoughts on Hairy Legs, Roaches, and kids\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3DbE2SmV2bs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><u>So Long<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3nPJgeg6hpA\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3nPJgeg6hpA<\/a> More than 70 protests planned across US against Soleimani strike More than 70 protests across the country are planned for Saturday to condemn the Pentagon\u2019s killing of Iran\u2019s top general, Qassem Soleimani, and the decision to send thousands more troops to the Middle East. 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