Daily Archives: July 25, 2019

2019-07-25: News Headlines

Kathleen M. Tucker (2019-07-25). Radioactive Fallout of the First Atomic Bomb Explosion, "Trinity", July 16, 1945: "The Most Significant Hazard of the Entire Manhattan Project" globalresearch.ca For the past several years, the controversy over radioactive fallout from the world's first atomic bomb explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945—code-named Trinity—has intensified. Evidence collected by the New Mexico health department but ignored for some 70 …

splcenter (2019-07-25). More families seek damages for harm suffered due to Trump administration's family separations. splcenter.org After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.

teleSUR (2019-07-25). Chilean Feminists Call for Anti-Racist, Legal Abortion March. telesurenglish.net Feminist organizations in Chile called an anti-racist march for free and legal abortions for Thursday at 6: 00 p.m. local time. | RELATED: | El Salvador Teen Rape Victim to be Retried for Abortion | This has been given in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, in a joint effort to raise their…

Gabriela Luna (2019-07-25). Nicaragua: Telling the Truth as a Revolutionary Act. globalresearch.ca "The (soft coup) effort (June 2018) to topple the democratically-elected government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was originally led by students trained by US-funded "democracy promotion" programs (USAID). US-funded nongovernmental organizations, the Sandinista Renovation Movement political party, the Catholic Church …

Karl Kramer (2019-07-25). Commemoration of student massacre in El Salvador. indybay.org Redstone Labor Temple, 2940 16th Street, Second floor theatre (Teatro del segundo piso) San Francisco…

RT (2019-07-25). Two dozen US Marines arrested & questioned in human smuggling, drugs probe at California border base. rt.com Sixteen US Marines have been arrested on charges including human smuggling at a California base near the Mexican border, while eight more have been questioned regarding drug crimes, military authorities have revealed.

Ilana Novick (2019-07-25). Tear Gas Company Owner Resigns From Whitney Museum Board. truthdig.com Artists, activists and museum staff launched protests after learning that chemicals made by Warren Kanders' company were used on migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Al Neal (2019-07-24). On the border in Laredo, "No one seems to remember the history" peoplesworld.org People's World correspondent Al Neal is in the field reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump's "border crisis." You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration's immigration policies as well as U.S. foreign …

teleSUR (2019-07-24). Mexico: Homicides in First Half of 2019 Reach Record Numbers. telesurenglish.net The number of killings continues to rise in Mexico with more than 17,000 homicides registered over the first six months of the year, reaching an all-time high in spite of the efforts made by the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to combat violence in the country. | RELATED: | Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Sentenced to Life in US prison | The problem of violence and insecurity is one — if not the main — challenge facing the administration of left-wing President AMLO,…

Staff (2019-07-24). Headlines for July 24, 2019. democracynow.org Robert Mueller Testifies Before Congress, Trump Rails Against Squad, Mueller Report in Speech to Teenagers, Disgraced Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló Expected to Step Down, ORR Says Unaccompanied Migrant Children Could Be Detained for Years, Immigration Agents Detain Texas Teen for 3+ Weeks Despite Being a U.S. Citizen, Tennessee Community Blocks ICE from Taking Neighbor by Forming Human Chain, Trump Threatens Guatemala with Tariffs and Other Penalties After Failure of Immigration Deal, DOJ Pursues Antitrust Probe into Big Tech, Reports: FTC to Accuse Facebook of Misleading Consumers on Personal Data Use, F…

Staff (2019-07-23). Headlines for July 23, 2019. democracynow.org Half a Million Puerto Ricans Take Over San Juan Streets to Call for Gov. Rosselló to Resign, Boris Johnson Becomes New British Prime Minister, Trump Admin Expands Deportation Powers, Putting 100,000s of Undocumented Immigrants at Risk, ICE Now Using DNA Testing on Asylum-Seeking Families, DOJ Tells Mueller His Testimony Must "Remain Within Boundaries" of Redacted Report, Trump Says He Can "Wipe Afghanistan Off the Face of the Earth" as He Meets Pakistani PM Imran Khan, Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte Calls for the Death Penalty for Drug Offenders, Syrian Airstrikes Kill At Least 50, Amid Ongoing Violence in Id…

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-07-22). Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas. dissidentvoice.org "If there isn't justice for the people, there won't be peace for the governor." Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …

Ben Norton (2019-07-22). 'US economic terrorism will backfire': Iranian foreign minister calls for unity in Nicaragua. thegrayzone.com In Nicaragua, Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal asked Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about US sanctions, Europe's role in the…

Max Blumenthal (2019-07-20). Max Blumenthal drops by the largest US military base in Latin America. thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal rolled up on the Soto Cano / Palmerola air base in Honduras, the US military's largest in Latin…

Alexander Rubinstein (2019-07-19). "The US Got Scared" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras. mintpressnews.com Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.

Ramzy Baroud (2019-07-17). Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis. mintpressnews.com The supposedly random 'violence' and drug wars in El Salvador must be seen within the political context of misguided American interventionism. Were it not for such violent interventions, Oscar, Valeria and millions of innocent people would still be alive today.

Liberation Staff (2019-07-17). Free the children, close the camps. liberationnews.org Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.

Staff (2019-07-16). 2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump's New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional. democracynow.org As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border—including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries, who…

John Perry (2019-07-16). A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling. thegrayzone.com Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…

Anya Parampil (2019-07-13). US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization. thegrayzone.com Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…

splcenter (2019-07-09). SPLC urges HUD to drop plan that would cut housing assistance for 'mixed-status' immigrant families. splcenter.org The SPLC urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to withdraw a proposal that would eliminate housing assistance for low-income families that include both documented and undocumented immigrants.

2019-07-25: Social Media Postees

Tear Gas Company Owner Resigns From Whitney Museum Board
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-07-25
Artists, activists and museum staff launched protests after learning that chemicals made by Warren Kanders' company were used on migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
truthdig.com/articles/tear-gas-company-owner-resigns-from-whitney-museum-board/

Radioactive Fallout of the First Atomic Bomb Explosion, "Trinity", July 16, 1945: "The Most Significant Hazard of the Entire Manhattan Project"
Kathleen M. Tucker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
For the past several years, the controversy over radioactive fallout from the world's first atomic bomb explosion in Alamogordo, New Mexico on July 16, 1945–code-named Trinity–has intensified. Evidence collected by the New Mexico health department but ignored for some 70 …
globalresearch.ca/trinity-most-significant-hazard-entire-manhattan-project/5684526

More families seek damages for harm suffered due to Trump administration's family separations
splcenter.org | 2019-07-25
After seeking asylum from Guatemala at a port of entry in 2017, M.C.L. and his 7-year-old son spent two days in various cells where the temperature was kept extremely cold, with only a thin blanket and a single mattress to share.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/25/more-families-seek-damages-harm-suffered-due-trump-administrations-family-separations

Chilean Feminists Call for Anti-Racist, Legal Abortion March
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
Feminist organizations in Chile called an anti-racist march for free and legal abortions for Thursday at 6: 00 p.m. local time. | RELATED: | El Salvador Teen Rape Victim to be Retried for Abortion | This has been given in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, in a joint effort to raise their…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-legal-abortion-anti-racist-march–20190725-0011.html

Chilean Feminists Call for Anti-Racist, Legal Abortion March
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-25
Feminist organizations in Chile called an anti-racist march for free and legal abortions for Thursday at 6: 00 p.m. local time. | RELATED: | El Salvador Teen Rape Victim to be Retried for Abortion | This has been given in the framework of the celebration of the International Day of Black Latin American and Caribbean Women, in a joint effort to raise their…
telesurenglish.net/news/chile-legal-abortion-anti-racist-march–20190725-0011.html

Nicaragua: Telling the Truth as a Revolutionary Act
Gabriela Luna | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-25
"The (soft coup) effort (June 2018) to topple the democratically-elected government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was originally led by students trained by US-funded "democracy promotion" programs (USAID). US-funded nongovernmental organizations, the Sandinista Renovation Movement political party, the Catholic Church …
globalresearch.ca/telling-truth-revolutionary-act/5684552

Commemoration of student massacre in El Salvador
Karl Kramer | indybay.org | 2019-07-25
Redstone Labor Temple, 2940 16th Street, Second floor theatre (Teatro del segundo piso) San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/07/24/18824950.php

Two dozen US Marines arrested & questioned in human smuggling, drugs probe at California border base
rt.com | 2019-07-25
Sixteen US Marines have been arrested on charges including human smuggling at a California base near the Mexican border, while eight more have been questioned regarding drug crimes, military authorities have revealed. | …
rt.com/usa/465096-marines-arrested-human-smuggling-border/

Mexico: Homicides in First Half of 2019 Reach Record Numbers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-07-24
The number of killings continues to rise in Mexico with more than 17,000 homicides registered over the first six months of the year, reaching an all-time high in spite of the efforts made by the government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to combat violence in the country. | RELATED: | Mexican Drug Lord 'El Chapo' Sentenced to Life in US prison | The problem of violence and insecurity is one — if not the main — challenge facing the administration of left-wing President AMLO,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Murders-in-First-Half-of-2019-Reach-Record-Numbers-20190724-0029.html

On the border in Laredo, "No one seems to remember the history"
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-07-24
People's World correspondent Al Neal is in the field reporting from sites all along the U.S.-Mexico border. In his dispatches, you will get a view of the towns and people caught up in Trump's "border crisis." You will see the women, men, and children impacted by the administration's immigration policies as well as U.S. foreign …
peoplesworld.org/article/on-the-border-in-laredo-no-one-seems-to-remember-the-history/

Rising Resistance And Solidarity In The Americas
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-07-22
"If there isn't justice for the people, there won't be peace for the governor." Protesters in Old San Juan on Tuesday call for the resignation of Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló, who has vowed to remain in office (Thais Llorca/EFE/Zuma Press) This weekend marks the 40th anniversary of the Sandanista Revolution in Nicaragua. Hundreds of thousands …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/07/rising-resistance-and-solidarity-in-the-americas/

'US economic terrorism will backfire': Iranian foreign minister calls for unity in Nicaragua
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-22
In Nicaragua, Ben Norton and Max Blumenthal asked Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif about US sanctions, Europe's role in the…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/22/us-economic-terrorism-iranian-foreign-minister-zarif-nicaragua/

Max Blumenthal drops by the largest US military base in Latin America
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-20
Max Blumenthal rolled up on the Soto Cano / Palmerola air base in Honduras, the US military's largest in Latin…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/20/max-blumenthal-palmerola-air-base-honduras/

Max Blumenthal drops by the largest US military base in Latin America
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-20
Max Blumenthal rolled up on the Soto Cano / Palmerola air base in Honduras, the US military's largest in Latin…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/20/max-blumenthal-palmerola-air-base-honduras/

"The US Got Scared" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-19
Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.
mintpressnews.com/the-us-got-scared-voices-of-the-resistance-in-post-coup-honduras/260676/

"The US Got Scared" Voices of the Resistance in Post-Coup Honduras
Alexander Rubinstein | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-19
Members of the resistance in Honduras tell MintPress how a US-backed coup – and the Neoliberalism it brought with it – have impacted their country.
mintpressnews.com/the-us-got-scared-voices-of-the-resistance-in-post-coup-honduras/260676/

San Diego residents demand end to migrant concentration camps
Michaela Malone | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Thousands of protesters filled the field, located just a half mile away from the U.S./ Mexico border.
liberationnews.org/san-diego-residents-demand-end-to-migrant-concentration-camps/

Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-17
The supposedly random 'violence' and drug wars in El Salvador must be seen within the political context of misguided American interventionism. Were it not for such violent interventions, Oscar, Valeria and millions of innocent people would still be alive today.
mintpressnews.com/killed-oscar-valeria-inconvenient-history-refugee-crisis/260607/

Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-17
The supposedly random 'violence' and drug wars in El Salvador must be seen within the political context of misguided American interventionism. Were it not for such violent interventions, Oscar, Valeria and millions of innocent people would still be alive today.
mintpressnews.com/killed-oscar-valeria-inconvenient-history-refugee-crisis/260607/

Free the children, close the camps
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2019-07-17
Trump's racist statements against Mexicans and Central Americans is intended for one purpose: To stir up hatred of immigrants, to mobilize his base and deflect blame away from millionaires and billionaires, who are the real cause of the economic crisis and unemployment.
liberationnews.org/free-the-children-close-the-camps/

2020 Hopeful Julián Castro Vows to Break Up ICE & Calls Trump's New Asylum Rule Unconstitutional
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-07-16
As Trump faced national rebuke for his racist comments against four progressive congresswomen, his administration announced a new rule essentially banning most immigrants from seeking refuge in the United States. The rule, which the ACLU has already vowed to challenge in court, would deny asylum to any migrant who failed to apply for protection in another country they passed through on the way to the U.S. border–including children traveling alone. If enacted, the law would effectively block people from Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, as well as Haitians, Cubans and many people from African countries, who…
www.democracynow.org/2019/7/16/julian_castro_trump_racist_attacks

A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-16
Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/15/a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unraveling/

A year after Nicaragua coup attempt, the media's regime-change deceptions are still unraveling
John Perry | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-16
Corporate media outlets blamed Nicaragua's government for a deadly arson attack during the 2018 coup attempt, but new information raises…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/15/a-year-after-nicaraguas-coup-the-medias-regime-change-deceptions-are-still-unraveling/

US-trained troops shoot Honduran students protesting privatization
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-13
Anya Parampil reports from inside a student occupation at the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), where US-trained troops shot…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/13/unah-us-trained-troops-shoot-honduran-students-protesting-privatization/

SPLC urges HUD to drop plan that would cut housing assistance for 'mixed-status' immigrant families
splcenter.org | 2019-07-09
The SPLC urged the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today to withdraw a proposal that would eliminate housing assistance for low-income families that include both documented and undocumented immigrants.
splcenter.org/news/2019/07/09/splc-urges-hud-drop-plan-would-cut-housing-assistance-mixed-status-immigrant-families