THE ONE-MINUTE RUNDOWN:
The common good has completely disappeared as a priority in the US and it can only lead to suffering — this week on Redacted Tonight
A group who the US has designated as a terrorist organization organized a protest at the State Department in favor of attacking Iran last week, and this is a group John Bolton, Mike Pompeo and Rudolph Giuliani support… — on MintPress News
On VIP this week Lee spoke with the National Director of Move To Amend, an organization focused on democratic reform
Eleanor Goldfield and I covered a range of topics from the US’s attempt to start a war with Iran to direct action in Germany — on this week’s podcast Common Censored
Some of the war hawks out there are ignoring evidence that Bashar al-Assad didn’t gas his own people as the US has consistently claimed — on The Grayzone
I destroy Joe Biden yet again & answer viewer questions — on Viewer Questions this week
A group in Aurora, CO spent the longest day of the year outside of their local immigrant detention center in solidarity with the people being held inside — on Unicorn Riot
I provide some perspective for the climate crisis in my latest TruthDig column. We are facing short-term extinction because we refuse to confront capitalism & environmental destruction. Click here
Hello and welcome back to The Ledger,
Lets do this thing!
Things to celebrate:
Trump delayed his disturbing plan to try and rapidly deport a million people
We aren’t bombing Iran (as of this writing)
We aren’t bombing Venezuela (as of writing)
Extinction Rebellion are actively forcing a reaction to climate change, and we’ll have a special interview this week with a photojournalist who was arrested at their action in NYC this weekend
A ton of young people shut down a coal plant in Germany last week
(Ok, sorry about this next part.) Things to watch out for:
It all looks pretty bad. I just published an article with TruthDig discussing the possibility of human extinction & even though we aren’t at war yet, the neocons and their neoliberal lapdogs are persistent and fact resistant.
All we can really do is stick to our principles & fight, fight, fight. Do what needs to be done!
- Lee
We Have Less Than a Millisecond Left
We have less than a millisecond left.
You see, the planet we call home has existed for roughly 4.55 billion years. But numbers that large mean almost nothing to me, nor to most people, so I choose to break it down. If we lay the age of the Earth out over a calendar year, that would amount to 518,264 years per hour or 144 years per second. So if we have 10 or 11 years until the point of no return, as climate scientists have repeatedly told us, that means we have a millisecond left before midnight in which to change our society completely to avoid turning the Earth into a piping hot fajita. (If you want to be more generous and instead look at how long modern homosapiens have been walking around, it’s 315,000 years. So if you lay that over a calendar year, we have roughly 15 minutes before the stroke of midnight to combat climate change. Not sure that makes me feel much better.)
9 Ways Joe Biden Is A Disaster
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Bernie Trashes Capitalism In Latest Speech & The Movement To Get Money Out Of Politics
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More News Not Allowed On Your Mainstream Media
CO Community Gathers Outside GEO ICE Facility on Longest Day of Year
Unicorn Riot | Alex
Friday marks the summer solstice, which is the longest day of the year. Often the solstice is an especially dangerous day for those who are walking through the desert along the U.S.-Mexico border in search of relief in the United States. Community members in Colorado gathered outside the sole immigrant detention facility in the state to answer a call to action by the humanitarian aid organization No More Deaths/No Más Muertes.
Top scientist slams OPCW leadership for repressing dissenting report on Syria gas attack
The Grayzone | Aaron Mate
MIT rocket scientist Theodore Postol has accused the OPCW leadership of overseeing “compromised reporting” and ignoring evidence that challenged claims that the Syrian government carried out a chemical attack in Douma.
Why the State Department Let a Terrorist Cult Gather on its Doorstep
MintPress News | Alexander Rubinstein
How did the MEK go from terrorist cult to State Dept partner in pushing regime change in Iran? MintPress went to their DC rally to find out.
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Keep fighting!
- Lee