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“Be Wary of China’s Environmental Bargain”
World environmentalists seemed encouraged when Chinese Communist Party boss Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly that China will achieve zero net carbon emissions by 2060. But (https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/519073-xi-jinping-as-an-environmentalist-cmon-man) the Chinese state under Xi can hardly be considered a true champion for environmental protections, because its “developing-at-all-costs” philosophy and exponential need …
“Covid-19 Vaccine Protocols Reveal That Trials Are Designed To Succeed”
Moderna, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson are leading candidates for the completion of a Covid-19 vaccine likely to be released in the coming months. These companies have published their vaccine trial protocols. This unusually transparent action during a major drug trial deserves praise, close inspection of the protocols raises …
“Assange Faces Extradition for Exposing US War Crimes”
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/assange-faces-extradition-for-exposing-us-war-crimes/ Three weeks of testimony in Julian Assange’s extradition hearing in London underscored WikiLeaks’s extraordinary revelation of U.S. war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay. But the Trump administration is seeking to extradite Assange to the United States to stand trial for charges under the Espionage Act that could …
“Federal Health Agencies Push Back Against Political Interference”
Less than a month before the election and one week into President Trump’s own disease course, the White House is experiencing pushback from its foremost federal health agencies. On Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released stricter guidelines for authorizing Covid-19 vaccines, despite the best efforts of the current …
Did President Trump’s Handling of His Illness, With the Spectacle of His Opulent Health Care, Alienate his Base?
No one decent wishes President Trump, the First Lady, or any of the White House staff who were infected with Coronavirus, to be ill or suffer harm. But many commentators and observers on both sides of the aisle have been struck in the last few days, with the …
Trump Needs Accomplices at Every Level of Government to Pull Off a Coup
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/trump-needs-accomplices-at-every-level-of-government-to-pull-off-a-coup/ For months, Donald Trump has been mounting a preemptive strike against the democratic election process. He signals his intent to manipulate — indeed, steal — the presidential election in the event that Joe Biden wins. With no evidence to support him, Trump repeats the mantra “voter fraud” to …
How Is This Very Real Pandemic Being Exploited By Powerful Interests?
In my Fascism 101 videos and blogs here, I’ve pointed out that there are many ways to shape the POLICIES in a crisis politically, that do not mirror the physical or medical nature of the crisis. This post is about how to think like a tyrant/political consultant/Master of the Universe …
To Contain Covid-19, Combine Mass Testing With Social And Economic Assistance
Several experts, myself included, have argued that cheap, widespread rapid testing is critical to containing the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States. An article published in Wired Magazine on Monday, while not disavowing the importance of diagnostics, did claim that a strategy too dependent on them cannot accommodate the “messiness of real life”—which is to …
Step Ten: “Lockdown” is not a “Quarantine” [Essay Three]
Dr Naomi Wolf naomi@dailyclout.io Essay Three: Let’s look now at a massive euphemism that is allowing for the various power grabs we will explore, that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitates. National leaders are using the term “quarantine” to refer to acts of closing down economic activity in entire states …
What are the Ten Steps to Fascism? How did we Get Here – Step Ten? [Essay Two]
Dr Naomi Wolf naomi@dailyclout.io Essay Two: I’m updating the End of America to let you know how we got to be at Step Ten: Suspend the Rule of Law. The playbook of fascism, I must stress, is nonpartisan, and President Trump did not invent what we are living …
Step Ten: Updating the “Ten Steps to Fascism”: Authoritarianism in a Pandemic [Essay One]
Dr Naomi Wolf naomi@dailyclout.io Essay One: Step Ten: Updating the “Ten Steps to Fascism”: Authoritarianism in a Pandemic. Is the all-too-real COVID crisis being exploited in certain ways as cover for those who wish to erode democracies worldwide, and to grab other kinds of power – such as …
From a Justice for Gender Equality to a “Justice” for Gender Oppression
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/from-a-justice-for-gender-equality-to-a-justice-for-gender-oppression/ Amy Coney Barrett and Ruth Bader Ginsburg could not be more different when it comes to their respective notions of justice. Ginsburg, a pioneer in the protection of gender equality, spent her entire career, including 27 years on the Supreme Court, fighting for the rights of women, immigrants, people of …
Op Ed: Joe Sackman: Experience, Ability, and Heart
Joe Sackman has the extensive experience, demonstrated ability, and compassionate heart to serve Nassau County in the District 15 New York State Assembly. It is indeed rare to find a person with such a compendium of knowledge, public service experience, and vitality necessary to take on the challenging issues facing …
Coalition demands Congress support legislation to abolish forced labor programs in China
A large coalition of religious leaders, scholars and human rights advocates urge Congress to ensure American dollars are not funding oppression in China. A coalition of 150 organizations, religious leaders, scholars and human rights advocates who are participants in the International Religious Freedom (IRF) Roundtable (www.irfroundtable.org)in Washington, DC, sent a signed multi-faith …
New Report: Wisconsin “Movers” Voter Purge List Errors — 39,722 Face Loss of Vote for Moving Despite not Having Moved
Greg Palast and his Palast Investigative Fund team retained five consulting firms expert in the field of Advanced Address List Hygiene to analyze the Wisconsin purge list. They found 39,722 Wisconsin voters who supposedly moved from their registration addresses, who, in fact, had not moved, a minimum 25.8% error rate. …
China’s campaign to eradicate Mongolian Cultural Identity from what it calls “Inner Mongolia”
Currently, a major cultural genocide is taking place in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) of China: the Chinese government wants to eradicate the Mongolian language. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime has decided to implement a new “bilingual education” system in all primary and secondary schools in the IMAR starting …
Ginsburg’s Legacy Is Vast, But a Trump Appointee Could Overturn Her Best Rulings
Truthout https://truthout.org/articles/ginsburgs-legacy-is-vast-but-a-trump-appointee-could-overturn-her-best-rulings/ When I was sworn in to practice before the Supreme Court in 2007, I sat near the front of the gallery. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the five-foot-tall justice, was barely visible over the bench behind which she sat. On two occasions, Ginsburg visited the law school where I taught …
Dr. Naomi Wolf in conversation with Daniel G. Newman and Greg Palast – PART 4
Daily Clout thanks Nicole Powers for her tireless efforts to edit and produce this transcript. Author and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Dr Naomi Wolf talks to Daniel G. Newman (author of Unrig: How To Fix Our Broken Democracy) and Greg Palast (How Trump Stole 2020: The …
Dr. Naomi Wolf in conversation with Daniel G. Newman and Greg Palast – PART 3
Daily Clout thanks Nicole Powers for her tireless efforts to edit and produce this transcript. Author and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Dr Naomi Wolf talks to Daniel G. Newman (author of Unrig: How To Fix Our Broken Democracy) and Greg Palast (How Trump Stole 2020: …
Dr. Naomi Wolf in conversation with Daniel G. Newman and Greg Palast – PART 2
Daily Clout thanks Nicole Powers for her tireless efforts to edit and produce this transcript. Author and former political advisor to Al Gore and Bill Clinton, Dr Naomi Wolf talks to Daniel G. Newman (author of Unrig: How To Fix Our Broken Democracy) and Greg Palast (How Trump Stole 2020: …