Internal Dissolution: Brexit and the Disunited Kingdom
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-06
While the European family seems to be having its internal spats — populist sparks within threatening to light the powder keg — the marshals and deputies, for the most part, are attempting to contain the British contagion. Britain is still scheduled to leave on October 31 without a deal with the European Union. The divorce …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/internal-dissolution-brexit-and-the-disunited-kingdom/

Because Trump 'Has Chosen Path of Defiance, Obstruction, and Cover-Up,' Democrats Subpoena White House for Ukraine Documents
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-10-05
"We deeply regret that President Trump has put us—and the nation—in this position," wrote Democratic chairmen of three key committees, "but his actions have left us with no choice but to issue this subpoena." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/white_house_subpoena.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/04/because-trump-has-chosen-path-defiance-obstruction-and-cover-democrats-subpoena?cd-origin=rss

Ukrainegate Is Impeachable. But So Is Putting Kids in Cages
Ron Fein | commondreams.org | 2019-10-05
U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky look on during a meeting in New York on September 25, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_zelensky.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/05/ukrainegate-impeachable-so-putting-kids-cages?cd-origin=rss

Dems fishing for State Dept leakers? Pompeo warns Congress against 'HARASSING' his employees over Trump impeachment probe
rt.com | 2019-10-05
Mike Pompeo says the State Department will cooperate with a congressional probe seeking the impeachment of Donald Trump — but he will not allow his employees to be coerced into leaking documents as part of a "silly gotcha game." | Read more | | The Ukraine affair is damning, all right — just not in the way you're being told to think | Pompeo said on Saturday that his department had responded in writing to a congressional request for documents linked to the probe into whether US President Donald Trump tried to pressure Ukraine to investi…
rt.com/usa/470281-pompeo-state-dept-harassment-congress/

The Political Giving History of Trump's Ukraine Diplomats
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-05
| A series of text messages between U.S. diplomats released Thursday night reveals an apparent effort to pressure Ukraine into performing an investigation that could prove harmful to President Donald Trump's potential 2020 opponent. | One of the diplomats involved has a lengthy history as a Republican donor, while another performed lobbying work for foreign clients and a major defense company. | In the exchanges, acting…
truthout.org/articles/the-political-giving-history-of-trumps-ukraine-diplomats/

There Could Be a Second Whistleblower on Trump's Dealings With Ukraine
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-05
| As the House impeachment inquiry sparked by a whistleblower complaint about President Donald Trump's talks with Ukraine intensified Friday night, the New York Times reported that a second official with "more direct information" about the matter is considering coming forward and speaking to Congress. | According to the Times, a "second intelligence official…
truthout.org/articles/there-could-be-a-second-whistleblower-on-trumps-dealings-with-ukraine/

France Said No to US Led War against Iraq: Dominique de Villepin at the UN Security Council, February 14, 2003
Dominique de Villepin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-05
The government of president Jacques Chirac was a historical watershed. It was the last French government which refused to align itself with US foreign policy. It was the expression of an independent nation. | France had extensive oil interests in Iraq …
globalresearch.ca/france-said-no-to-us-led-war-against-iraq-dominique-de-villepin-at-the-un-security-council-february-14-2003/5690999

Turkey Will Launch Operation Against Kurdish Forces: Erdogan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-05
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that the Turkish Armed Forces are prepared to launch a new military operation against the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria. | RELATED: | UN's Guterres Announces Syria Constitutional Committee | In a new statement, Erdogan said the Turkish Armed Forces will be mounting a military operation in northeastern Syria, as he blamed the U.S. of not doing enough to expel the Kurdish-led forces along the border.
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Will-Launch-Operation-Against-Kurdish-Forces-Erdogan-20191005-0005.html

North Korea Breaks off Nuclear Talks With US in Sweden
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-05
North Korea's top negotiator said late on Saturday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate. | RELATED: | North Korea Fires Submarine Missile in Show of Strength | The North's chief nuclear negotiator, Kim Myong Gil, who spent much of the day in talks with an American delegation, cast the blame on what he portrayed as U.S. inflexibility, saying the other side's negotia…
telesurenglish.net/news/North-Korea-Breaks-off-Nuclear-Talks-With-US-in-Sweden-20191005-0008.html

Cuba Manages Fuel Shortage With Venezuelan, Russian Cooperation
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-05
During the first week of October, a fleet of oil tankers from Venezuela arrived in Cuba to help President Miguel Diaz-Canel to alleviate fuel shortages generated by the U.S. economic and financial blockade. | RELATED: | Medvedev Receives Honoris Causa Degree From University Of Havana | Over the last few months, in order to cope wit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Manages-Fuel-Shortage-With-Venezuelan-Russian-Cooperation-20191005-0001.html

Report shows 'stunning and dramatic' scenes of thawing permafrost in Siberia that 'leaves millions on unstable ground'
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-05
The latest installment in a Washington Post series on "hot zones" around the world that are already enduring "extreme climate change" focuses on the federal Russian republic in eastern Siberia called Yakutia, part of which "has warmed by more than 3 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times–roughly triple the global average." | Rising global temperatures from human activity are causing the world's permafrost–a mix of soil, rocks, and sand that remains frozen for two or more consecutive ye…
nationofchange.org/2019/10/05/report-shows-stunning-and-dramatic-scenes-of-thawing-permafrost-in-siberia-that-leaves-millions-on-unstable-ground/

US Interfered in Elections of at Least 85 Countries Worldwide Since 1945
Shane Dixon Kavanaugh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-05
This article was first by Sott.net and Global Research in December 2016. | The simmering tit-for-tat has kept the issue of election meddling burning bright in the national spotlight, fueled even further by the belief among U.S. intelligence agencies that Russia …
globalresearch.ca/us-interfered-in-elections-of-at-least-85-countries-worldwide-since-1945/5601481

Maduro: Socio-Productive Ties with Russia Stronger Than Ever
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-05
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said Saturday that diplomatic relations and socio-productive commitments with Russia are stronger than ever. | The intervention of the head of state, comes after holding a meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov , who on behalf of President Vladimir Putin, reaffirmed his commitment to diplomatic strengthening and bilateral cooperation. | RELATED: | Venezuela Calls For Complementary Use Of Energy Sources | "We have created new ventur…
telesurenglish.net/news/Maduro-Socio-Productive-Ties-with-Russia-Stronger-Than-Ever-20191005-0009.html

Second Intel Whistleblower Reportedly Considering Coming Forward With 'More Direct Information' on Trump-Ukraine Talks
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-05
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'Most Implausible Alibi I've Ever Heard': Trump Ridiculed for Blaming Rick Perry for Ukraine Call
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-05
"So the call was perfect. But the call was also Rick Perry's idea and Trump didn't want to do it. And Rick Perry is leaving the administration soon. Weird." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_rick_perry.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/05/most-implausible-alibi-ive-ever-heard-trump-ridiculed-blaming-rick-perry-ukraine?cd-origin=rss

France's Police Protest Movement: The Unspoken Truth is that their Demands are Similar to those of the Yellow Vests
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Pour la version franàßaise de cet article | In early October, The French Police conducted La March de la colère, (The "March of Anger") directed against President Macron's deadly economic austerity measures. "The center of Paris was paralyzed by the largest …
globalresearch.ca/frances-police-protest-movement-the-unspoken-truth-is-that-their-demands-are-similar-to-those-of-the-yellow-vests/5690970

Vladimir Putin even outdid Trump with this ludicrous comment on Greta Thunberg
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-10-04
Vladimir Putin just achieved the impossible: he outdid Donald Trump in sheer ludicrousness. The Russian president shared his thoughts on Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist who's inspired mass protests around the world. They're astounding in their hypocrisy and lack of awareness. | Adults have a duty: | Thunberg recently spoke at the UN. In her passionate speech, she said: Entire ecosyst…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/04/vladimir-putin-even-outdid-trump-with-this-ludicrous-comment-on-greta-thunberg/

World Lauds Xi's National Day Speech as China Reaffirms Peace
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-04
Foreign officials and experts applauded a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as Beijing reaffirmed its commitment to world peace and development. | During his speech, Xi pledged that China will stay on the path of peaceful development, and pursue a mutually beneficial strategy of opening up. | RELATED: | Russia Helps China Build Missile-Attack Warning System | "We will continue to work wit…
telesurenglish.net/news/World-Lauds-Xis-National-Day-Speech-as-China-Reaffirms-Peace-20191004-0011.html

Video: Russia Tested Elements of Advanced S-500 Air Defense in Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Syrian, Iranian and Russian forces started a joint military drill, involving heavy military equipment, rocket launchers and warplanes, on October 1, al-Watan newspaper reported on October 2. According to al-Watan, the drills coincided with a series of protests against the …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-tested-s-500-syria/5691029

We Meddle Too: Trump, Empire, and "The National Interest"
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-04
Never underestimate the power of the United States' American Exeptionalist and imperial doctrine. Look at the recent Washington Post revelation regarding wannabe fascist strongman Donald Trump's meeting with Russian ambassador Sergey Lavrov in the White House in 2017. Trump told Lavrov and another high-ranking Russian official that he wasn't concerned about Russia meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election because the United States does the same thing in other countries.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/04/we-meddle-too-trump-empire-and-the-national-interest/

Character assassination 101: Clint Eastwood's Richard Jewell biopic rips 'fake news' for 1996 Atlanta Olympic bombing smear
rt.com | 2019-10-04
Hollywood director Clint Eastwood takes a critical look at the FBI and an overzealous news media in a new fact-based biopic telling the saga of Richard Jewell, a security guard fingered for a bomb plot he tried to stop. | While working as a guard at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, Jewell discovered a backpack containing three pipe bombs. Immediately alerting police and helping to evacuate the area before the devices could detonate, Jewell saved scores of people from death or injury and was cheered for his heroism — but that would soon change. | Three days after the tragedy, Jewell found h…
rt.com/usa/470169-clint-eastwood-biopic-richard-jewell/

Trump signs visa waiver for Poland following defense talks
rt.com | 2019-10-04
President Donald Trump has signed off on Poland's entry to the State Department's Visa Waiver Program, letting Polish citizens enter the US for 90 days without a visa. The move follows defense talks with President Andrzej Duda. | Trump made the announcement on Friday, but the plan had been expected since Trump's meeting with Duda on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York last month. There the two leaders held talks on defense, security and energy, with Trump confirming his plans to relocate an estimated 1,000 US troops to Poland, with the Polish government building facilities to house them. | The…
rt.com/usa/470217-trump-poland-visa-waiver/

Lessons From Watergate: "How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-04
| President Donald Trump called openly Thursday for the leaders of Ukraine and China to investigate Trump's campaign rival Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter for corruption. Trump's explicit remarks during a press conference came as leaders of the Democratic-led House pushed ahead rapidly with their impeachment investigation. President Trump is just the fourth U.S. president to face a formal impeachment inquiry, joining Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. We spend the hour looking ba…
truthout.org/video/lessons-from-watergate-how-we-learned-to-stop-an-out-of-control-president/

Text Messages Show the Trump-Zelensky Call Had Just One Goal — And It Was Anything but Routine
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2019-10-04
A summary of the infamous conversation could lead to Donald Trump's impeachment, but these text messages reveal for the first time how the call came about.
theintercept.com/2019/10/04/trump-ukraine-call/

Former Ukraine President Poroshenko under Police Investigation: Fails to Appear for Polygraph Test
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko failed to appear at the Kiev Research Institute of Forensic Expertise for a polygraph test on October 1st. The test was scheduled to be conducted by Ukraine's National Bureau of Investigations, having been authorized by …
globalresearch.ca/poroshenko-fails-appear-polygraph/5691024

Echoing Trump, Russian TV Casts Joe Biden and Kurt Volker as Villains of Ukraine Saga
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-10-04
Russian television coverage of the unfolding scandal over Ukraine, which has focused on promoting smears against Joe Biden, has been fervently pro-Trump.
theintercept.com/2019/10/04/russian-state-tv-echoing-fox-news-calls-biden-villain-ukraine-giuliani-hero/

All the President's Scandals
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-10-04
All the President's Scandals…
thenation.com/article/trump-ukraine-texts/

Shot down? Testimony by Trump's Ukraine envoy seems to skewer Democrats' impeachment narrative
rt.com | 2019-10-04
Another transcript has poked a hole in the narrative of House Democrats trying to impeach President Donald Trump, as former US special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker testified he never pushed Kiev for 'dirt' on former VP Joe Biden. | Volker was grilled for nine hours in a closed-doors session of the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, and Oversight committees on Thursday. Democrats on the committees claimed that he was instrumental in pushing the Ukrainian government to reopen a corruption investigation into Joe Biden's son Hunter's business dealings in Ukraine. | House Intelligence chair Adam Schiff (D-Califor…
rt.com/usa/470228-volker-testimony-transcript-released/

The Ukraine affair is damning, all right — just not in the way you're being told to think
rt.com | 2019-10-04
Democrats say texts and transcripts involving US officials dealing with Ukraine prove President Donald Trump should be impeached. What they actually confirm, however, is the extent to which the US treats Ukraine as a vassal. | At the heart of the latest media firestorm are the text messages between US diplomats and Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. House Democrats seeking to impeach Trump have already sent a subpoena to the White House seeking more documents, and their allies in the media have proclaimed the texts to be "damning." | Much of the brouhaha centers on messages from Bill Taylor, charge d'af…
rt.com/usa/470232-ukraine-texts-volker-impeachment/

As impeachment fever grips Washington, Ukraine reopens Biden probe following Trump's demands
rt.com | 2019-10-04
As Democrats clamor to impeach President Donald Trump for allegedly pressuring Ukraine into probing the Biden family, Kiev's top prosecutor announced that he will reopen the investigation. | Ukrainian Prosecutor General Ruslan Ryaboshapka announced on Friday that he will review 15 high-profile corruption cases. Among them is an investigation into the owner of energy firm Burisma, which paid former vice president Joe Biden's son Hunter $50,000 per month to sit on its board for five years, despite his lack of qualifications in the field. | President Trump believes that Joe Biden wielded his political influence t…
rt.com/usa/470209-ukraine-opens-biden-investigation/

European Parliament launches anti-communist crusade
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-04
Communists and left organizations have hit out at a reactionary "ahistorical" motion passed by the European Parliament last month which equates communism with "the monster of fascism." The European Communist Initiative condemned the "outrageous" resolution tabled by the right-wing European People's Party group and warned of the escalating anti-communism of the European Union (EU). The …
peoplesworld.org/article/european-parliament-launches-anti-communist-crusade/

Ground-breaking clean air protocol to guard human health and the planet, enters into force
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-04
European and North American countries will take a major stride in cleaning up the atmosphere next Monday, 7 October, through the implementation of an amended legally binding treaty to limit the amount of emissions polluting the air.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1048612

Why Is Europe Still Fueling the War in Yemen?
Romain Mielcarek | thenation.com | 2019-10-04
Why Is Europe Still Fueling the War in Yemen?
thenation.com/article/yemen-europe-weapons/

New US tariffs escalate trade war with Europe
wsws.org | 2019-10-04
The Trump administration's announcement of tariffs on $7.5 billion on EU goods is only the latest shot in a spiraling trade war that is dragging the global economy toward recession.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/04/pers-o04.html

Russia's Largest Oil Company Ditches Dollar in New Oil Deals
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-04
Russia's largest oil company Rosneft has set the euro as the default currency for all new exports of crude oil and refined products, as the state-controlled giant looks to switch as many sales as possible from U.S. dollars to euros …
globalresearch.ca/russia-largest-oil-company-ditches-dollar-new-oil-deals/5691047

Why Arms Races Never End: Hypersonic Weapons and National (In)security
Rajan Menon | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-04
Hypersonic weapons close in on their targets at a minimum speed of Mach 5, five times the speed of sound or 3,836.4 miles an hour. They are among the latest entrants in an arms competition that has embroiled the United States for generations, first with the Soviet Union, today with China and Russia. Pentagon officials…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/04/why-arms-races-never-end-hypersonic-weapons-and-national-insecurity/

Medvedev Receives Honoris Causa Degree From University Of Havana
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-04
Russian Prime Minister thanked the academic condition and called it an honor, as well as a wonderful opportunity to make a speech, for the first time, at the University of Havana, an "unique place where the leaders of the Cuban Revolution grew, and also opened a path for the independence and freedom of this country."
telesurenglish.net/news/medvedev-receives-honoris-causa-degree-from-university-of-havana-20191004-0008.html

Boris Johnson is in the pocket of DUP, says Lord Hain
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-04
Boris Johnson is in the pocket of the DUP — a party which does not speak for all of the north of Ireland, a former secretary of state has warned. | Lord Hain said he was not surprised at the Irish government's rejection of the prime minister's Brexit proposals, saying that Johnson's blueprint was "dumping" the border problem on Dublin. | The Labour peer, who served as Northern Ireland secretary from 2005 to 2007, said the solution is to have the same rules either side of the border for customs, trade, standards and regulations. | Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today Programme, Lord Hain said: "The DUP doesn't sp…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/04/boris-johnson-is-in-the-pocket-of-dup-says-lord-hain/

Prime Minister will ask for Brexit delay if no deal reached, court document claims
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-04
Boris Johnson's government will ask for a Brexit delay if he fails to get a deal with Brussels despite his 'do or die' promise to get the UK out of the European Union on October 31, documents disclosed in court have revealed. | The prime minister accepts the terms of the Benn Act, which requires him to seek an extension if a deal has not been agreed with the EU by October 19, according to a submission to Scotland's highest civil court. | The Government is saying that it will send the Benn Act letter and it will not frustrate the Act (i.e. by seeking to persuade a r27 Member State to veto our request for an extens…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/04/prime-minister-will-ask-for-brexit-delay-if-no-deal-reached-court-document-claims/

Bereaved families fear Grenfell Tower report will be 'buried in Brexit'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-04
Families of those killed in the Grenfell Tower blaze fear a report into what happened will be "buried in Brexit" after it was revealed that it will be published a day before Britain is due to leave the European Union.Boris Johnson, in a letter to inquiry chairman Sir Martin Moore-Bick, set a deadline of October 30 for making public the initial findings on the west London fire.The stage one report from the ongoing inquiry, examining the deaths of the 72 people victims, is expected to shed light on how the fire started, the reason it spread as it did, and the reaction from the emergency services, as well as issuing…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/04/bereaved-families-fear-grenfell-tower-report-will-be-buried-in-brexit/

Johnson's "fair and reasonable" Brexit compromise falls on deaf ears
Al Neal | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-04
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered the European Union a proposed "best and final offer" Brexit deal Wednesday, saying it encapsulates a real compromise for both sides and urged EU leaders to hold "rapid negotiations towards a solution" after years of squabbling. The U.K. is slated to withdraw from EU membership Oct. 31. And with …
peoplesworld.org/article/johnsons-fair-and-reasonable-brexit-compromise-falls-on-deaf-ears/

Former US Envoy Kurt Volker Details Attempts to Steer Giuliani and Trump Away From Pressure Campaign Targeting Ukraine
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-04
The prepared testimony of former U.S. envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker provided new details about the involvement of Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's lawyer, in pressuring Ukrainian officials to commit to an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-11734819761.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/04/former-us-envoy-kurt-volker-details-attempts-steer-giuliani-and-trump-away-pressure?cd-origin=rss

House Dems Take Aim at Pence Role in Ukraine Scandal as Impeachment Inquiry Continues
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-04
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Report Shows 'Stunning and Dramatic' Scenes of Thawing Permafrost in Siberia That 'Leaves Millions on Unstable Ground'
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-04
The latest installment in a Washington Post series on "hot zones" around the world that are already enduring "extreme climate change" focuses on the federal Russian republic in eastern Siberia called Yakutia, part of which "has warmed by more than 3 degrees Celsius since preindustrial times—roughly triple the global average." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/permafrost_2.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/04/report-shows-stunning-and-dramatic-scenes-thawing-permafrost-siberia-leaves-millions?cd-origin=rss

From Trump to Nixon: "Watergate" Film Explains "How We Learned to Stop an Out of Control President"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-04
President Donald Trump called openly Thursday for the leaders of Ukraine and China to investigate Trump's campaign rival Joe Biden and Biden's son Hunter for corruption. Trump's explicit remarks during a press conference came as leaders of the Democratic-led House pushed ahead rapidly with their impeachment investigation. President Trump is just the fourth U.S. president to face a formal impeachment inquiry, joining Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. We spend the hour looking at back at the Watergate scandal, which led to Nixon's resignation in 1974 and is the focus of a documentary titled "Watergate…
www.democracynow.org/2019/10/4/charles_ferguson_interview_watergate_impeachment

Foreign Correspondent: Turkey Plans an Attack on Syrian Kurds
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-10-03
So far, the scheme isn't working so well.
progressive.org/dispatches/foreign-correspondent-turkey-plans-attack-on-syrian-kurds-erlich-191003/

The Cognitive Dissonance of Sonny Perdue
Tommy Enright | progressive.org | 2019-10-03
The affable statesman from Georgia joked and charmed his way through a town hall meeting at the World Dairy Expo. The actual substance of his responses was another matter.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-cognitive-dissonance-of-sonny-perdue-enwright-191003/

Trump says China and Ukraine should investigate the Bidens' activities in the countries
rt.com | 2019-10-03
President Donald Trump has called on the governments of both China and Ukraine to investigate the business and political activities of Hunter and Joe Biden, as his opponents start an impeachment inquiry over his call to Kiev. | Speaking to reporters outside the White House on Thursday, Trump reiterated his demand that Ukraine's government investigate the Bidens, a similar suggestion he made to newly-minted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a now-infamous phone call in July. | "If they were honest about it, they would start a major investigation into the Bidens," Trump said. "They should investigate the…
rt.com/usa/470136-trump-china-investigate-bidens/

Homeless LA 'subway soprano' offered a record deal after video of her angelic singing goes viral
rt.com | 2019-10-03
Emily Zamourka, a homeless Russian singer who has become an overnight internet sensation, has been offered a record deal by a Grammy-nominated music producer, signaling a reversal of fortunes for the destitute virtuoso. | Zamourka has been living on the streets of Los Angeles after falling on hard times, but a viral video of her singing Puccini in the subway has led to an outpouring of support, donations and job offers. | According to TMZ, Zamourka caught the attention of Joel Diamond, who has worked with the likes of David Hasselhoff and famed singer Engelbert Humperdinck. The producer hopes to create a "huge…
rt.com/usa/470097-zamourka-record-deal-la-homeless/

The Dark Side of Portugal's Economic Success Story
Mickaà´l Correia | thenation.com | 2019-10-03
The Dark Side of Portugal's Economic Success Story…
thenation.com/article/portugal-economy-public-investment/