| Johnson Brexit plan 'a disaster' for Ireland as UK in paralysis Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:34 PM PDT | | | | Thursday 26 September 2019 | | | | |  | | England face more muscle in Lasike Charlie Morgan If England were shocked by the tackle from Tonga flanker Zane Kapeli that rocked Billy Vunipola to the turf in Sapporo, they should know that they have more midfield muscle heading their way. | | | | | | | | |  | | Football rumours from the media By PA Sport Staff Moves in north London are making headlines on Thursday, with the Daily Mail reporting that Christian Eriksen will be looking to leave Tottenham on a free in the summer on his own terms. The Dane's contract is up at the end of the season and it is reported the club will accept offers of £30million to ensure they get some return for the former Ajax midfielder. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ABOUT THIS EMAIL | | | This email is from Independent.ie part of Independent News & Media Group Limited. | You received this email because you have signed up for the Independent.ie Daily Digest Newsletter.
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| When it Ukraines, it pours Posted: 25 Sep 2019 04:16 PM PDT TicToc Tonight | Greetings, TicToc readers. Start tomorrow smarter with your Wednesday debrief.  The call that launched a thousand questions Trump had a phone call with Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on July 25, and now he's paying for it. The call prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to open an impeachment inquiry in search of potential foreign interference related to the 2020 presidential election. The White House released a rough transcript of the call. In the document, there is evidence of Trump asking Zelenskiy to work with Giuliani and Barr to dig for information about Joe Biden. - The transcript (actually just a memorandum) contains a note that says the document is "not a verbatim transcript." Rather, they are notes and recollections of Situation Room Duty Officers and NSC policy staff.
- After the memorandum was released, Zelenskiy and Trump held a meeting at the UN General Assembly. Zelenskiy made it clear that he wants nothing to do with the situation, saying, "I don't want to be involved in the democratic elections of the U.S.A."
- Trump said the call with Zelenskiy "turned out to be a nothing call."
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| BREAKING NEWS: Majority of House supports impeachment inquiry Posted: 25 Sep 2019 04:09 PM PDT A majority of the House now backs impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, a significant milestone as Democrats move rapidly on an impeachment inquiry. As of Wednesday night, 218 lawmakers have indicated support for impeachment proceedings — 217 Democrats and independent Rep. Justin Amash. Speaker Nancy Pelosi offered full-throated support for impeachment proceedings amid outrage over Trump pressuring Ukraine to investigate the Biden family, leading to a surge of support among Democrats this week. Read more here.
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| Pentagon Warns Joker Film May Trigger Incel Mass Shootings Posted: 25 Sep 2019 07:32 PM PDT | | | Analysis confirms film is psychological warfare weapon. Infowars.com | | | | | Jamie White | Infowars.com | | | | | | | Adan Salazar | Infowars.com | | | Jamie White | Infowars.com | | | | | Dan Lyman | Europewars.com | | | |  |
| BREAKING NEWS: House condemns Trump for stalling whistleblower complaint Posted: 25 Sep 2019 03:33 PM PDT The House passed a resolution formally condemning President Donald Trump for initially refusing to share a whistleblower complaint that details how the president sought political help from Ukrainian leaders. The resolution — which does not mention impeachment — is the House's first formal step into the growing scandal over Trump's attempts to pressure a foreign power to investigate Joe Biden's son. Read more here.
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| ‘An existential crisis’ Posted: 25 Sep 2019 02:46 PM PDT Evening Briefing U.S. President Donald Trump may have placed himself in deeper jeopardy by releasing a memo that purports to recount his call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The rough transcript provided by the administration shows Trump imploring the leader of a country dependent on U.S. aid to help him smear Vice President Joseph Biden. In a single call, Trump sought to enlist a foreign government's aid in his re-election, use his personal lawyer to sidestep diplomatic channels and deploy the top law enforcement officer in America, William Barr, to assist in his campaign. Here's a primer on impeachment. —Josh Petri Here are today's top storiesA new United Nations climate report warns of what one author called "an existential crisis" that's already wrought permanent changes to the Earth. Seas are rising faster, getting warmer and more acidic than previously predicted, the report said, endangering most everything in them and everyone who relies on them. Even if humans spent the trillions of dollars needed to both slow global warming and adjust to the changes already coming, damage has already been done that cannot be undone. Bernard Arnault, the billionaire chairman of luxury retailer LVMH, called climate activist Greta Thunberg's views "demoralizing for young people." Arnault contends "we still need growth" days after the teen berated world leaders for pursuing "fairy tales of endless economic growth." U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered opposition parties the chance to trigger a formal no-confidence vote, a move that would put Britain on course for a general election. The Tory was also vigorously booed as he labeled "humbug" one MP's emotional plea that he stop using inflammatory language about Brexit. In her plea, she cited the assassination of Labour MP Jo Cox by a far-right extremist. Trump's lawyers are making a novel argument in court as they try to block a subpoena for his tax records: The president can't be investigated. Altria installed one of its own executives into the top job at Juul, which said it would halt its marketing and lobbying efforts following criticism from lawmakers, anti-smoking advocates and parents concerned about a surge in underage vaping. The news of high-level changes at Juul came as Altria and Philip Morris ended their negotiations on a potential merger. The average cost of health coverage in the U.S. now tops $20,000 a year, a record high that has pushed an increasing number of American workers into plans that cover less or cost more—or force them out of the insurance market entirely. What's Joe Weisenthal thinking? The Bloomberg news director says the events of yesterday taught us a valuable lesson: Impeachment is a market moving event. What you'll need to know tomorrow What you'll want to read in BusinessweekIn the U.S., more than 25 million tons of plastic a year ends up in landfills. Polypropylene is one of the biggest culprits. Just 3% of it gets recycled—compared with about 29% for polyethylene terephthalate soda bottles—because of technical problems. Now a scientist at Procter & Gamble thinks he's solved them. All he had to do was get rid of the smell.  Like Bloomberg's Evening Briefing? Subscribe to Bloomberg.com. You'll get our unmatched global news coverage and two premium daily newsletters, The Bloomberg Open and The Bloomberg Close, and much, much more. See our limited-time introductory offer. How climate science and the future of energy reshape our world. Sign up for Bloomberg's weekly Climate Changed newsletter to get the best of our coverage about climate science and the future of energy, straight to your inbox. Download the Bloomberg app: It's available for iOS and Android. | |   |
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| Lt. Col. Conor Hiney Joins the Washington Institute Posted: 25 Sep 2019 02:33 PM PDT | | | | Air Force Lt. Col. Conor Hiney Joins the Washington Institute as a Military Fellow | |
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| | (Washington, D.C. – September 25) Lieutenant Colonel Conor Hiney of the United States Air Force has joined the Washington Institute for Near East Policy as a visiting military fellow, the research institution announced today. Lt. Col. Hiney is a command navigator with over 2,000 hours in the F-15E fighter jet and has flown over 400 combat hours. Previously, he was the director of operations and commander of the 17th Weapons Squadron at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School in Nevada. He has also worked at the AFCENT Air Warfare Center in the United Arab Emirates conducting training in multiple Persian Gulf and GCC countries. | |
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| Incomes up, taxes down for Canada’s top 1%, new study suggests Posted: 25 Sep 2019 01:53 PM PDT | Tax filers in Canada’s top 0.1 per cent, who made at least $740,300 in 2017, took home 17.2 per cent more income than in 2016. People in the top 0.01 per cent, who made $2.7 million or more, saw their incomes rise 27.2 per cent. If the Green Party of Canada is to make an electoral breakthrough this October, the party believes it will happen in the riding of Victoria. "The people who fight the hardest for change are the people who have the most to gain from change. Those are not white middle class people who have pretty good lives," says the author and activist. The red hair. The cheeky grin. The little overalls. Come on! Taking care of your mental health is critical — but there's still a stigma about seeking therapy to manage your own wellbeing. In our series, we'll answer the questions you've been wondering about, and show you the ways therapy can benefit you and the people you love. 👍 You're all set. Have a great day. Follow HuffPost Canada on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
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| Trump’s Ukraine call memo does him no favors Posted: 25 Sep 2019 01:39 PM PDT Bloomberg Opinion Today Today's Agenda  Trump's Memorandum Mori Well, that didn't go as planned. President Donald Trump, battling impeachment, today released a memorandum summing up a phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (pictured above) on July 25. He promised this "transcript" would refute reports he'd pressured Zelenskiy to help dig up dirt on Joe Biden. Democrats assumed it would be massaged to cast the president in the best possible light. And maybe it was. But still it showed … Trump pressuring Zelenskiy to help dig up dirt on Joe Biden. And that alone appears to be a crime, and certainly is an abuse of his office and an impeachable offense, writes Noah Feldman. Afterward, Trump tweeted that Democrats owed him an apology because the call memo was so exculpatory. Some Republicans echoed his comments almost to the letter. It turns out that's because the White House had given them a script – which it also accidentally sent to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats. One of those talking points was that there was no "quid pro quo" discussed in the call. And that is true in the sense that Trump did not explicitly say, "Now I would like to discuss the quid pro quo with you." But the call gets awfully close to that, Noah writes, with Trump asking for "a favor" right after he and Zelenskiy discuss all the wonderful aid Ukraine could get from the U.S. Anyway, you don't need a giant honking admitted quid pro quo to convict somebody of violating extortion laws, Noah writes in a second column. This call memo – which only accounts for a fraction of the whole call and of a whistleblower complaint nobody has seen yet – makes impeachment likelier. Pelosi and other Dems have resisted it because it doesn't poll well and because Bill Clinton's approval ratings rose after the GOP's failed impeachment of him in 1998. But Clinton was popular, while Trump is deeply unpopular, notes Ramesh Ponnuru. Plus, it'll be hard for Dems to argue Trump is corrupt if they don't impeach him first. Doing the right thing constitutionally might also be the right thing politically. And anyway, impeachment probably won't have much affect on the election one way or another (assuming Trump is acquitted), argues Jonathan Bernstein. Voter memories are shorter than ever. Further Impeachment Reading: BoJo's Next Moves Fresh off a stinging loss in the U.K. Supreme Court, Boris Johnson returned to a reconvened Parliament and dared it to give his government a vote of no-confidence – which tells you just how well things are going for him. Johnson's high-pressure Brexit strategy has plainly failed, Bloomberg's editorial board writes. To avoid a no-deal Brexit disaster on Oct. 31, he must accept a deadline extension and a new election, though it's not clear either will solve anything. What Britain really needs is a second referendum. The high court's holding that Johnson suspended Parliament illegally marks a radical leap, writes Noah Feldman: It's the first time Britain's judiciary has taken precedence over parliament to decide what's constitutional. This is an epochal change. It's going to make the U.K.'s Supreme Court more like America's, writes Francis Hoar – and that's not a good thing. Climate Anger Rises With Temperatures The United Nations General Assembly continued today, but world leaders may have struggled to hear each other, what with Greta Thunberg's blistering condemnation on climate still ringing in their ears. They should heed Thunberg's anger, Leonid Bershidsky writes. It suggests a new generation won't let them get away with half-measures for long. Ah, but what measures will work? A struggling U.K. nuclear power project is a reminder new nuclear plants won't save us from climate change, Chris Bryant writes. And every economist loves carbon taxes, and they are good, but not nearly enough to fend off the worst warming scenarios, writes Noah Smith. We're going to need some of everything. Telltale Charts Netflix Inc. is about to be hit with a flood of streaming competitors, who are taking away some of its most-valuable content to boot, writes Tara Lachapelle.  You think Tesla Inc. burns cash? Get a look at China's supposed Tesla-killer NIO, writes David Fickling.  EBay Inc.'s new CEO must figure out how to cash in on changing online shopping trends, writes Shira Ovide.  Further Reading Schools spend tons of money on classroom tech, but it's not clear it helps. – Bloomberg's editorial board Credit Suisse's weird spy scandal highlights how tough it is for wealth managers these days. – Elisa Martinuzzi JPMorgan Chase & Co. loaned WeWork lots of money in its early days and won the "prize" of leading its IPO. Now it's on the hook for helping the struggling startup solve its problems. – Shuli Ren The end of merger talks with Philip Morris International Inc. is the latest sign Altria Group Inc.'s investment in e-cigarette upstart Juul Labs Inc. is coming back to burn it. – Sarah Halzack If Trump truly cares about global corruption, then he should have a look at Egypt. – Bobby Ghosh Financial markets may not be able to handle the repo market's next disruption. – Narayana Kocherlakota ICYMI Here's what the day after a no-deal Brexit would look like. Polypropylene plastic can finally be recycled. Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier. 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| Plugging the Saudi Air Defense Gap (Knights, Hiney | PolicyWatch 3190) Posted: 25 Sep 2019 01:07 PM PDT PLUGGING THE GAPS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S AIR DEFENSES by Michael Knights and Conor Hiney PolicyWatch 3190
September 25, 2019 The kingdom already has much of the equipment needed to intercept Iranian air attacks, but it needs Washington's help on reacting more quickly, deterring Tehran, and establishing joint defense networks with other Gulf states. READ THIS ITEM ON OUR WEBSITE
The reasons why Saudi Arabia failed to intercept the recent attack on Abqaiq and Khurais are no mystery: its air defenses were overstretched, badly coordinated, and not operated on a wartime footing. This failure does not mean that Iranian cruise missile and drone strikes will succeed every time, but it does underline the need to offer practical defensive assistance from abroad, and to restore deterrence by imposing costs on Iran. HOW SAUDI AIR DEFENSES WORK An integrated air defense system (IADS) like Saudi Arabia’s can be compared to the human body. The air surveillance (ASV) section is the eyes and ears. The battle management system is the brain and nervous system that processes information, makes decisions, and assigns tasks to other parts of the body. The weapons-control and interception systems (surface-to-air missiles, guns, electronic warfare units) are the muscles and limbs that actually take action. No IADS can be effective unless all of these systems work together, and this level of coordination requires regular training. Saudi Arabia has invested very heavily in such systems since the 1970s, but even a well-resourced IADS cannot protect every approach from every threat, especially when the kingdom’s radars and interception systems only cover strategic segments of the country. Prioritizing threats is important in a large nation like Saudi Arabia, which has vast expanses of empty terrain, widely separated strategic targets, and potential hostile actors on multiple frontiers. Historically, it has faced four types of threats to its airspace, all of which have shaped its IADS: - Air raids from Iran. In the 1980s, Iran launched air and missile attacks on the kingdom during the war with Iraq, leading Riyadh to focus on the northeast. In 1984, Saudi interceptor aircraft shot down two Iranian fighters on the so-called “Fahd Line,” an air defense interception zone set up to the east.
- Scuds from Iraq and Iran. After Saddam Hussein targeted the kingdom with forty-one Scud missile strikes in 1991, Riyadh focused on building defenses capable of countering high-altitude ballistic missile threats from the north (Iraq) or northeast (Iran).
- Houthi attacks from Yemen. The ongoing Yemen war has compelled Riyadh to divert many of its air defense forces to the southwest. According to Saudi data, Houthi rebels launched 1,204 drones and 1,207 missiles/long-range rockets across the border between March 2015 and August 2019. Some of these strikes involved long-range ballistic missiles reaching as far as Riyadh and Yanbu, while others focused on shorter-range, low-altitude drones and rockets, presenting a complex air defense challenge.
- Iranian probes from Iraq. On May 14, Saudi oil pumping stations were targeted by two long-range drones launched from Iraq, combining a novel point of origin and a low-altitude approach.
KNOWN WEAKNESSES As the above threat list indicates, the September 14 attack came at a time when Saudi missile defenses were overstretched. Apparently, the combined drone/cruise missile strike entered the kingdom from the north near the border with Iraq and Kuwait, which blindsided air defenses protecting the targeted areas because most of them face east and do not have 360-degree coverage. This path, combined with the low-altitude capabilities of the weapons involved, exploited holes in the IADS caused by scarcity of radar systems and physical limitations like the curvature of the earth. Iran has had decades to observe Saudi air defenses and likely recognized all of these vulnerabilities. The May 14 attack launched from Iraq may have been intended to test these same weaknesses. Another problem is the Saudi system’s failure to react when anecdotal information from social media and local reports hinted that an attack was coming. An ASV network does not have to rely solely on radars and related technology—for example, Saddam’s Iraq developed a capable network of visual observers and acoustic stations to report the sounds of incoming cruise missiles. Yet the Saudi IADS failed to incorporate readily available information in this case, reflecting a lack of training in the northern air defenses. In contrast, more experienced personnel on the Yemen front have become adept at using visual observers to help direct radars to the right vector on narrow-beam mode, giving them the sensitivity needed to spot small targets. Even if a proper warning had been issued, intercepting the attack would have been both difficult and risky with Saudi Arabia’s current systems. Its older Skyguard radar-controlled antiaircraft guns and Shahine short-range surface-to-air missiles were designed to counter aircraft and would struggle to intercept smaller and slower cruise missiles and drones. Using these defense systems in built-up areas or civilian airspace would also raise concerns about collateral damage and misidentification. To minimize these risks while successfully engaging the attack in the two to three minutes between detection and impact, local personnel would need to take bold, precise action with little room for miscalculation. BOLSTERING SAUDI DEFENSES AND DETERRENCE The main problems with Riyadh’s air defense network do not lie in the kinds of interceptor missiles it has on hand, so simply purchasing more of these systems is no solution. Moscow has offered to sell the kingdom S-400s, but if Russian interceptor missiles were the answer, then the situation in nearby Syria would look very different—Iranian forces there would not have been repeatedly hit by Israel, Islamic State drones would not regularly strike Russian sites at Hmeimim Air Base, and Russian mercenaries in Deir al-Zour would not have been pulverized by U.S. airpower in February 2018. What Saudi Arabia really needs is U.S. advice on finding a combination of solutions to deter future attacks and increase the effectiveness of its IADS. - Passive solutions. The United States likely helped the kingdom’s Yemen-facing defenses become adept at intercepting low-altitude attacks, so the north- and east-facing defenses should be brought up to the same standard. Analyzing weak points in the ASV system can lead to tailored solutions that reduce blind spots and build a more accurate picture of incoming threats. Frequent, unpredictable relocation of key IADS components such as Patriot radars and short-range defense systems could help complicate any future Iranian strike planning, as could the use of camouflage, concealment, and deception.
- Active solutions. Investing in more-modern short-range defense systems like the American Avenger/Sentinel or the Russian Pantsir could enable the Saudis expand the coverage of their last line of defense, especially in combination with additional modern ASV systems. In the meantime, developing more rigorous training scenarios while reinforcing accountability and critical thinking can maximize the current system’s effectiveness at a lower cost.
- Multilateral solutions. U.S. officials should reenergize cooperation on a wide air defense network in the Gulf, since Saudi, Kuwaiti, Bahraini, and Emirati investments could do much to increase security across the region. For example, the Saudis might have responded to the latest attack in timelier fashion had they been privy to Kuwait’s air defense picture. To quickly facilitate the testing and training required to make such cooperation feasible, the United States could use the existing Air Warfare Center in the UAE. Washington and its partners should also look more seriously at collaborative research efforts, using American technology and Gulf money to develop next-generation missile defenses (e.g., directed-energy systems).
In addition, the Saudis might benefit from the fact that Iran no longer has the same element of surprise seen in the September 14 attack, at least not to the same degree. Tehran moved more boldly than many would have predicted, openly striking the most important energy target in the world at long range. As a result, however, the Saudis and their partners now understand that no targets or weapons are off limits to Iran. Tactical surprise will be more difficult to generate as well, since the accuracy and low-altitude capabilities of Iranian weapons are now better understood. At the same time, Tehran is unlikely to use the same approach if it attacks Saudi Arabia again. Since 2017 alone, it has targeted the kingdom via cyberattacks, Shia militant raids in the restive Eastern Province, Houthi ballistic missile strikes, sabotage/seizure operations against ships, drones launched from Iraq, and the latest cruise missile/drone attack from the north. If there is any pattern to all of this, it is that Iran does not strike twice in a row in the same place, against the same vulnerability, using the same means. In fact, it seems eager to test its own capabilities and demonstrate its range of coercive tools while remaining unpredictable. This fact places a premium on improving general alertness in the Saudi IADS and maintaining tight communications with international partners. Riyadh has already signaled its willingness to move to a wartime footing by testing air raid sirens on September 20, a major step for a government that prefers to reassure the public rather than admit its vulnerabilities. Going forward, the kingdom should keep in mind that the IADS itself may become a future priority target for Iranian kinetic or cyberattacks. Finally, the United States needs to work with the international community to deter Iranian attacks on Saudi Arabia. Recently announced U.S. troop deployments may buy Riyadh more time to improve its defenses and benefit from American training and equipment, but a continual U.S. presence is only one of many elements needed for a long-term solution. Tehran appears determined to keep escalating against the Saudis and the global energy market until the cost of doing so becomes excessive. One way to raise that cost is through multilateral diplomatic censure at the UN, since the regime may be sensitive to diplomatic isolation by key players such as France, Germany, Japan, and China. Washington should also work with Riyadh on inventive, quiet retaliatory measures that target key personnel or economic assets belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (an option that will be discussed in a forthcoming Washington Institute study). Michael Knights, a senior fellow with The Washington Institute, has studied Gulf military affairs and missile defenses for over twenty years. Lt. Col. Conor Hiney (USAF) is a 2019-2020 military fellow at the Institute. The views expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the U.S. Defense Department or the U.S. Air Force.
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| News Alert: U.S. and Honduras agree to asylum deal that could send migrants to one of world's most violent nations Posted: 25 Sep 2019 12:10 PM PDT The agreement paves the way for the Trump administration to redirect asylum seekers from the U.S. southern border to Honduras, which is plagued with gang warfare, and whose president is facing U.S. drug conspiracy charges.                      |
| Hormuz Initiative Shows Iran’s ‘Chutzpah’ (Henderson | The Hill) Posted: 25 Sep 2019 11:43 AM PDT IRAN IS SURVIVING, IN SPITE OF TRUMP'S 'MAXIMUM PRESSURE' by Simon Henderson The Hill
September 25, 2019 Despite the supposedly peaceful intent of Rouhani's Hormuz initiative, foreign officials should be careful not to give Tehran any rights in the strategic waterway that don't have to be given. READ THE FULL ARTICLE
Tensions in the Persian Gulf remain high, but today Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will have presented to the UN in New York his “Hormuz Peace Initiative.” Allow for your jaw to drop even lower: In a speech in Tehran on Sunday, he said “the gist of [it] is love and hope.” The flowery rhetoric obscures a hard fact. Rouhani is merely repeating Tehran’s longstanding position: “The security of the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz, and the Sea of Oman is indigenous. Foreign forces could cause problems and insecurity for our nation and region.” In other words, there is no role for foreign navies... Simon Henderson is the Baker Fellow and director of the Bernstein Program on Gulf and Energy Policy at The Washington Institute.
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| NEWS ALERT: Mark Levin: 'Where the hell are the Republicans in the Senate' as House Dems try to 'destroy' Trump Posted: 25 Sep 2019 11:31 AM PDT NEWS ALERT: Mark Levin: 'Where the hell are the Republicans in the Senate' as House Dems try to 'destroy' Trump Mark Levin says Senate Republicans seem M.I.A. as House Democrats use "committees as opposition research" to "destroy" President Trump. | |  The Washington Times | NEWS ALERT | | | | | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 2:22 PM EDT | | | | | NEWS ALERT Mark Levin says Senate Republicans seem M.I.A. as House Democrats use "committees as opposition research" to "destroy" President Trump. Read More > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If you don't want to receive these emails unsubscribe | | 3600 New York Avenue NE Washington, DC 20002 | |   |
| World Alert: Netanyahu tapped by Israel's president to try forming a new government Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:12 AM PDT Efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz at forging a unity government broke down Wednesday, prompting Israeli President Reuven Rivlin to ask Netanyahu to take the first crack at forming a governing coalition.                      |
| Most Social: Comey: Trump shouldn't be impeached because the 'American people would be let off the hook' Posted: 25 Sep 2019 10:01 AM PDT | When asked about impeaching Trump, the former FBI director answered "as a citizen, I hope not because I think the American people would be let off the hook." |  | | |  | | | Comey: Trump shouldn't be impeached | | When asked about impeaching Trump, the former FBI director answered "as a citizen, I hope not because I think the American people would be let off the hook." | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |    |
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| Dans le numéro d'octobre : hôpital du futur, sauver l'Amazonie, au coeur de l'UPR, ZAD, Epstein, Trudeau, Gülen... Posted: 25 Sep 2019 08:36 AM PDT Le joker des europhiles britanniques ; Allemagne de l'Est, après l'exil ; entre les États-Unis et la Chine, une guerre moins commerciale que géopolitique ; l'Argentine montre que la gauche n'est pas morte ; en Afrique du Sud, la terre n'éponge pas le sang ; la Turquie, allié capricieux, ennemi impossible ; au Cachemire, l'hindouisme sabre au clair ; le monde vu de Moscou ; solidarité à but hautement lucratif ; les fantômes de Peterloo ; profession : troll (...)  Le cauchemar de « l'hôpital du futur » ; main basse sur l'Amazonie ; et la ZAD sauvera le monde... Ces Français qui militent pour le « Frexit » ; le joker des europhiles britanniques ; Allemagne de l'Est, après l'exil ; entre les États-Unis et la Chine, une guerre moins commerciale que géopolitique ; ce que révèle l'affaire Epstein ; Justin Trudeau ou l'étalage de vertu ; l'Argentine montre que la gauche n'est pas morte ; en Afrique du Sud, la terre n'éponge pas le sang ; la Turquie, allié capricieux, ennemi impossible ; refuge européen pour les réseaux gülénistes ; au Cachemire, l'hindouisme sabre au clair ; le monde vu de Moscou ; solidarité à but hautement lucratif ; les fantômes de Peterloo ; profession : troll (...) -
La Chine succède à l'« empire du Mal » soviétique et au « terrorisme islamique » comme adversaire prioritaire de Washington. Mais, à la différence de l'Union soviétique, elle dispose d'une économie dynamique, avec laquelle les États-Unis enregistrent un déficit commercial abyssal. Et sa puissance est singulièrement plus impressionnante que celle de quelques dizaines de milliers de combattants intégristes. -
« Du vent ». C'est ainsi que les urgentistes en grève ont qualifié le plan présenté par la ministre de la santé le 9 septembre. À des services au bord de l'implosion elle propose une enveloppe rachitique, ponctionnée sur d'autres secteurs, eux-mêmes en difficulté. Faut-il dès lors parler de « crise » de l'hôpital ou de « casse » - un projet de longue haleine visant à livrer une institution emblématique au privé ? -
Même dans le camp des adversaires du président brésilien, la passe d'armes très médiatisée qui l'a opposé à son homologue français suscite des sentiments partagés. Pour empêcher Jair Bolsonaro de livrer l'Amazonie à l'agrobusiness, faut- il remettre en cause le principe de la souveraineté territoriale des États, comme le suggère Emmanuel Macron ? -
On peut résumer l'histoire des deux derniers siècles de diverses manières. La plus abrupte n'est pas la moins éloquente : 1 milliard de Terriens en 1800, 7,7 milliards en 2019. En s'appuyant sur les dernières statistiques des Nations unies, déchiffrées à l'aide de trente-cinq cartes et graphiques, la nouvelle livraison de « Manière de voir » décrit cette explosion démographique qui modifie la trajectoire de l'humanité. -
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Pour en finir avec l'ordre capitaliste, certains se proposent de généraliser les défections individuelles et locales, du type des communautés autogérées ou des zones à défendre. Un tel remède menace ceux qui le prônent de rester minoritaires et isolés. Toutefois, une multitude de décrochages individuels pourrait aussi diffuser l'envie d'un renversement de masse - en employant d'autres moyens... -
À la veille des élections européennes de mai 2019, il n'était pas rare d'entendre évoquer le nom d'une formation politique lors des réunions des « gilets jaunes » : l'Union populaire républicaine (UPR), connue pour défendre une sortie brutale de l'Union européenne, ou « Frexit ». Fort d'une base militante dévouée et efficace, le parti prétend dépasser le clivage droite-gauche. Vraiment ? -
Au Royaume-Uni, les libéraux proeuropéens se trouvent dans une situation inhabituelle : aucun des deux grands partis n'endosse l'ensemble de leurs préférences. Les conservateurs de Boris Johnson souhaitent quitter l'Europe ; les travaillistes de Jeremy Corbyn défendent les droits des salariés. D'où l'intérêt renouvelé de certains médias pour un parti un peu oublié : les Libéraux-démocrates. -
Pour les artistes et les intellectuels qui, après 1945, choisissent de revenir vivre dans ce qui sera la République démocratique allemande (RDA), l'impératif est de contribuer à bâtir le socialisme. La loyauté envers leurs convictions les conduira le plus souvent à accepter de se taire, malgré leurs désaccords avec le régime. Parmi eux, l'emblématique Anna Seghers, auteure du bouleversant roman « Transit ». -
Une fois convertie à l'économie de marché, la Chine devait ne constituer qu'un maillon dans les chaînes de production d'une économie mondiale pilotée par les États-Unis et leurs multinationales. Mais la rapidité de son développement inquiète désormais les dirigeants américains. Ils s'emploient donc à écraser une concurrence surgie plus vite que prévu et qui menace leur position de superpuissance hégémonique. -
Dans nombre de pays, Jeffrey Epstein se serait retrouvé derrière les barreaux dès 2007, quand son implication dans un système de trafic de mineures fut mise au jour. Pas aux États-Unis. D'arrangements en connivences, l'homme d'affaires new-yorkais n'a alors écopé que d'une peine dérisoire. Son cas révèle les failles d'une justice pénale américaine souvent encline à la clémence envers les puissants. -
David Carment & Richard Nimijean Pour les grands médias, la duplicité du premier ministre canadien Justin Trudeau serait apparue lorsque ont été révélées des images le montrant maquillé en noir. Le dirigeant libéral ne s'était-il pas présenté en défenseur de la diversité ? Il existe un autre domaine, beaucoup moins commenté, dans lequel le fossé béant entre ses discours et ses actes se manifeste : la politique étrangère. -
L'homme qui avait promis de tourner la page du « populisme » a précipité l'Argentine dans une crise économique. L'échec de Mauricio Macri devrait faciliter le retour aux affaires des péronistes lors de la présidentielle du 27 octobre 2019. Héritant d'un pays dévasté, le tandem singulier qui prendrait alors la tête du pays aurait à unir son camp, traversé de divisions. -
Une vague de violence xénophobe a causé la mort de dix travailleurs immigrés en Afrique du Sud, début septembre. Géant économique continental, le pays est rongé par les inégalités. Le chômage touche 40 % de la population active et frappe surtout les Noirs. Parmi les sujets de tension sociale, l'insoluble équation agraire. Trois quarts des terres privées appartiennent toujours à de riches fermiers blancs. -
Cible privilégiée du pouvoir turc, les réseaux gülénistes tentent de se réorganiser en Europe. De son côté, Ankara est confronté à une crise ouverte avec les États-Unis après avoir acquis des missiles russes et esquissé un rapprochement avec Moscou. Malgré les tensions, une sortie de la Turquie de l'Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord (OTAN) est peu probable. -
Qu'ils soient accusés d'actes criminels en Turquie, « grands frères » ou simples adeptes, nombre de gülénistes ont choisi de demander l'asile politique à un pays membre de l'Union européenne. Avec les États-Unis, le Vieux Continent semble être désormais le coeur battant de ces réseaux, ce qui n'a pas toujours été le cas. -
Depuis sa réélection, le premier ministre indien Narendra Modi multiplie les attaques contre les musulmans. Dans l'Assam, le 31 août dernier, il a retiré leur nationalité à 1,9 million d'entre eux. Trois semaines plus tôt, il avait mis fin au statut spécial de l'État du Jammu-et-Cachemire, qu'il a divisé en deux « territoires de l'Union » plus facilement contrôlables. -
Des deux côtés de l'Atlantique, des voix s'opposent à tout apaisement avec Moscou, arguant que le Kremlin sape le droit international. Favorable à un monde multipolaire, ce dernier rétorque que Washington doit partager le pouvoir et respecter le principe de souveraineté des États. Entre l'Europe, dont elle se sent culturellement proche, et Pékin, qui partage ses thèses, la Russie cherche sa voie. -
Margot Hemmerich & Clémentine Méténier Le gouvernement français souhaite donner un second souffle aux contrats à impact social, introduits en France en 2016, lorsque M. Emmanuel Macron était ministre de l'économie. L'astuce de ce dispositif consiste à transférer le risque de l'action sociale, normalement assurée par l'état, à des investisseurs privés. En principe, tout le monde serait gagnant... -
Manchester, 1819. Des milliers d'ouvriers manifestent pour obtenir le suffrage universel masculin. La répression est meurtrière. Cet événement-clé de l'histoire de la gauche anglaise, baptisé « massacre de Peterloo » par la presse de l'époque, reste l'objet d'interprétations divergentes : moment décisif de la démocratie, ou moteur du développement d'une conscience de classe ? -
Ceux qui les fréquentent l'ont sans doute remarqué : pour commenter un message sur les réseaux sociaux, inutile de l'avoir lu. Un clavier et une connexion suffisent à tout internaute pour imposer sa petite obsession. On appelle « trolls » les plus radicaux d'entre eux. Par leurs provocations, ils peuvent faire déraper un fil Twitter, une page Facebook, un blog. Ce qui complique singulièrement la tâche des marques et des médias sur Internet. Certains ont trouvé la parade : recruter... des trolls.  © Le Monde diplomatique, septembre 2019  |
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| News Alert: Read the White House transcript of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky Posted: 25 Sep 2019 07:09 AM PDT The July 25 phone call has become the subject of intensifying scrutiny since the revelation last week that a U.S. intelligence official filed a whistleblower complaint raising urgent concerns about the conversation.                      |
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