I’ll be livestreaming with Eleanor Goldfield this Sunday at 8pm ET. We’ll chat about current events & answer your questions — join us on the Moment Of Clarity YouTube Channel
There is a media blackout on two important stories where leaks expose policing & war propaganda in the US Empire — I reported on them in this episode of Redacted Tonight & in my latest article on Consortium News
Graham Elwood & I discuss the racist roots of the war on drugs, the real Christopher Columbus, & more — on this installment of my podcast Government Secrets
With Trump rushing his push to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg with a right wing judge I take a look at the questions you WON’T hear Senators ask at her confirmation — on Moment Of Clarity
The stock market is a Ponzi scheme & I’m sick of the corporate media acting like it isn’t — on Moment Of Clarity
A supercomputer-generated model has predicted that without a drastic reduction in greenhouse gas output the earth could lose a majority of its clouds & water in the next century — on Moment Of Clarity
Journalist Aaron Maté testified in front of the UN Security Council a week ago about his reporting on the veracity of claims that Syria used chemical weapons on civilians — on Moment Of Clarity
Native Americans protesting the border wall were tear gassed & arrested by US Agents on Indigenous Peoples' Day — from Common Dreams
The CIA cutout Bellingcat & Amnesty International recently sabotaged an Amazon Watch webinar about Chevron Oil polluting the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador — on The Grayzone
Proposed reforms to the Espionage Act would allow those charged under the draconian law to argue a “public interest” defense in their case — on The Dissenter
Instead of using bailout money to keep workers, at least two aviation companies restored the full pay of their top management — on ProPublica
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Welcome back to the Ledger!
This week began with Indigenous People’s Day but this country needs an indigenous people’s movement to grow with immense environmental, anti-poverty, & anti-war efforts. It’s never too late to join in with the revolution.
Keep fighting!
- Lee
Drug War Revealed, Columbus The Murderer, & Supreme Court Charade
What They WON'T Ask The Supreme Court Nominee
Stock Market Reveals Itself As Massive Scam
Earth On Track To Lose Most Clouds & Rain
UN Testimony Reveals America's Lies About Syria!
Two Massive New Leaks Show Dirty Underbelly of Empire
Most Americans don’t know reality.
They know their personal reality, but unfortunately their reality is thoroughly detached from real pure, uncut reality. For example, do they know that police across the country work with corporations to criminalize journalism? Do they know that large PR companies created a false reality to justify U.S. intervention in Syria? Do they know the word “intervention” acts as a euphemism for “cold-blooded murder under false pretenses”?
Americans don’t know these aspects of reality. You and I wouldn’t know either if it weren’t for leaks and whistleblowers.
MEDIA BLACKOUT: Major Leaks Reveal The Lies
Proof We No Longer Rule The World
Native Americans Protesting Trump Border Wall Tear Gassed, Arrested by US Agents on Indigenous Peoples' Day
Common Dreams | Kenny Stancil
Twelve people, including at least eight Native Americans, were arrested near an immigration checkpoint in Southern Arizona on Indigenous Peoples' Day after United States Border Patrol agents and Arizona law enforcement officials violently repressed a peaceful action held Monday morning by roughly 30 land and water protectors.
The O'odham Anti Border Collective—a group of Akimel O'odham, Tohono O'odham, and Hia Ced O'odham tribal members that seeks to promote the cultural practices and protect the homelands of all O'odham nations "through the dismantling of colonial borders"— organized an Indigenous prayer ceremony to voice opposition to the cultural and ecological destruction caused by the construction of President Donald Trump's border wall.
Why did Amnesty UK, Bellingcat and White Helmets sabotage Roger Waters webinar on corporate pollution?
The Grayzone | Max Blumenthal
The campaign manager of Amnesty International UK, Kristyan Benedict, appears to have removed an Amnesty International tweet announcing an Amazon Watch webinar to raise awareness both of Chevron’s pollution of an indigenous region of Ecuador and the company’s ruthless persecution of environmental lawyer Steven Donzinger.
A hardline advocate of Western intervention in Syria, Benedict apparently deleted the announcement because of the participation of Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters in the event.
Proposed Reform To US Espionage Act Would Create Public Interest Defense
The Dissenter | Kevin Gosztola
Legislation proposed in Congress would amend the United States Espionage Act and create a public interest defense for those prosecuted under the law.
"‘A defendant charged with an offense under section 793 or 798 [in the U.S. legal code] shall be permitted to testify about their purpose for engaging in the prohibited conduct," according to a draft of the bill Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard introduced.
Such a reform would make it possible for whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, Reality Winner, Terry Albury, and Daniel Hale to inform the public why they disclosed information without authorization to the press.
The Trump Administration Allowed Aviation Companies to Take Bailout Funds and Lay Off Workers, Says House Report
ProPublica | Jeff Ernsthausen, Justin Elliott
In the spring, Congress created a program to save aviation worker jobs. Then the Trump administration undermined that program by granting hundreds of millions of dollars in relief to aviation companies for jobs they’d already largely eliminated, according to a House report released Friday.
As a result, thousands of workers at airline caterers and other contractors are out of work while their employers received public funds that were supposed to be passed to workers. What’s more, at least two companies that received hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds restored full pay to management, the report found.
Keep fighting!
- Lee