A Presidential Ticket That Supports the War Powers Act? interc.pt/46NOM8Q by aída chávez interc.pt/46NOM8Q

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released quite the explosive report on the US's National Endowment for Democracy (NED), explaining how under the cover of "promoting democracy", it has "long engaged in subverting state power in other countries, meddling in other countries’

New piece by aída chávez dives into Harris and Walz's previous positions on war powers, and why their previously broad interpretation of the War Powers Act, in line with Congress' original intent, has particular salience for current and future US-involved hostilities.

BREAKING: Center-left govts of Brazil, Colombia call for political solution in Venezuela, including new elections with credible monitoring alongside lifting of US/EU indiscriminate sanctions (which aim to cause economic pain for civilians to further reduce Maduro's support)

“Yemen’s children will grow up knowing Saudi Arabia’s brutal war that caused so much slaughter and starvation was made possible with American support." "America’s servility to this autocratic regime is a national disgrace.” -Senator Rand Paul to Nick Turse The Intercept

Pretty incredible -- though totally believable -- that the final DNC platform has a one-side condemnation of sexual violence, and it's aimed at Hamas, even as the Knesset engages in a full-throated debate as to whether the acknowledged rape of Palestinian detainees is ok or not.

There's a jarring contrast between the pageantry of the DNC main stage, and the somberness and urgency of those begging Dems, particularly presidential nominee Harris, to reverse their lockstep arming of Israel’s relentless killing campaign. My latest. thenation.com/article/activi…

good news! we’re gonna urge netanyahu ❤️

Rep. Omar: it’s been unconscionable “to witness my colleagues in this administration refusing to recognize the genocidal war that is taking place in Gaza … working tirelessly for a ceasefire is really not a thing and they should be ashamed of themselves”

Navarro's family didn't "flee communism" they fled because her father was fighting alongside the narco-trafficking, US-backed death squads rebelling against the legitimate government in Nicaragua. We financed the Contras illegally by selling weapons to Iran. Not her fault, she

Ilhan Omar Takes Swipe at AOC for Praising Kamala Harris’s Gaza Ceasefire Push interc.pt/3AzQY7Q by aída chávez interc.pt/3AzQY7Q

“Policymakers must move beyond rhetoric,” said Hassan El-Tayyab of FCNL (Quakers), “and work to leverage U.S. military and diplomatic support for Israel to compel Netanyahu’s government to protect civilians and finally reach a ceasefire deal.”

Israel now running ads on Twitter to gin up support to “eliminate Hezbollah” which it says is embedded among civilians. Sounds disturbingly exactly like the rhetoric that has “justified” killing 15000 Gazan children and razing an entire region

“Apparently it passes as an act of great courage for the Democratic Party to have allowed a conversation about the human rights situation in Gaza. We are beyond conversations. Everybody knows what needs to happen: an immediate ceasefire & an arms embargo.” theintercept.com/2024/08/21/dnc…

ICYMI: I fact checked AOC's claim that Kamala Harris is working "tirelessly" for a ceasefire in Gaza. theintercept.com/2024/08/21/dnc…

One of the most unappreciated scoops of the last year is when Ryan Grim and Murtaza Hussain revealed the key role the US and CIA played in the overthrow and imprisonment of Pakistan's popular leader Imran Khan. Here is what the military junta the US imposed is doing:

Weeks ago, the world's attention briefly turned to Rafah. Today, Rafah lies in ruins. Almost every city and village in the Gaza Strip is either completely or partially flattened. Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, Jabalia, Khan Younis, Rafah, Bani Suheila, Abasan, Khuza'a, much of Gaza

The New Yorker obtained photos of the aftermath of a 2005 massacre of Iraqi civilians by U.S. marines. The incident was later suppressed by military officers including James Mattis. This is what the U.S. military was doing in Iraq: newyorker.com/podcast/in-the…

The scale of the atrocities America committed in Iraq are still being hidden to this day. Those who were involved them have risen up to the highest ranks with total impunity, respected by both parties. This is what the Middle East knows comes with American intervention.

US Southern Command oversaw the School of the Americas. This school of assassins graduated thousands of "dictators, death squad operatives, and assassins" (Lesley Gill) that destroyed many Latin American democracies & committed horrific human rights violations