From Jenna Orkin

The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can't Solve

Whistleblower exposes $7 billion no-bid Defense Department contract

Kamala Harris Is An Oligarch’s Wet Dream

No Outsiders in Our School: Teaching the Equality Act in Primary Schools (Speechmark Practical Resources)

Grooming Gangs - House of Lords

Tea With Assad, Hugs With Adelson: Tulsi Gabbard's Unique Views on Israel and the Middle East

Inside the Weather Wars That May Threaten the Daily Forecast You Depend On

Major Biden Donor Pulls Support Over Segregationist Comments; Slams Debate Performance

Ceasefire: US, China Trade Talks "Back On Track" After Trump Concedes On Huawei

Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT And Iran Sanctions Is Now Operational

Latest Weapon Of US Imperialism: Liquified Natural Gas

From Jenna Orkin

Bernie Sanders’s Ideas Dominated the Second Debate

Extreme Europe heat wave to persist in Spain, France after many countries set all-time highs for June

European heatwave: France hits record temperature of 45.9C

Dalai Lama:  "European countries should take these refugees and give them education and training, and the aim is return to their own land with certain skills," he said.

Global Peace Index:  We seem to be less peaceful than Turkey, China and Algeria 

Mountains of trash in LA could cause bubonic plague outbreak: expert

Blue Blood Worth $60k a Gallon

A Look At Finland's Extensive Disaster-Preparedness Plans

‘Mercenary’ pilot captured by Libya’s Haftar forces identified as a US Air Force vet after release

Australia Planning New Naval Port For US To Counter China 

Crime-Ravaged Mexico City Deploys 140,000 National Guard Troops To Enforce Order

Huawei Employees Linked To Mysterious Chinese Military Research Projects

Twitter To Censor Trump Tweets Ahead Of 2020 Election

A pile of manure in Spain to spontaneously ignited in Europe's record heatwave, and started a forest fire

Europe's hellish heat wave is caused by a high-pressure weather system unlike any ever seen before

3 reasons why Kamala Harris' tear of Joe Biden is so devastating for the former veep

From Jenna Orkin

Kazakh Leader to Wipe Out Debt of the Poor, End Bank Rescues

Supreme Court allows severe partisan gerrymandering to continue

Report: Hackers using telecoms like ‘global spy system’

In Major "Blow" To Bolsonaro, 39 Kilos Of Coke Seized On Brazil's Presidential Plane

The Incel Revolution - Andrews Air Force Base

Living Off the Grid and Safe From Hurricanes in Puerto Rico

Bank of America will no longer do business with companies that run detention centers

Julian Castro managed to break from the pack and dominate the stage at the first 2020 Democratic debate

So that's their take away?  He did it by sheer brute force.  The jockeying for position was flagrantly on display during that debate. - JO

Here are the 5 most interesting GoogleTrends from the first 2020 Democratic debate

India Rushes To Lure Businesses Fleeing China With Generous Tax Breaks

Demographic Doom? Germany, Italy, Korea, & Japan Face Workforce Collapse By 2050

The heat wave in Europe is so intense that the weather map of France looks like a screaming heat skull of death

From Jenna Orkin

So Far, $1.57 Billion for Wall Yields 1.7 Miles of Fence

Chennai, an Indian City of Nearly5 Million, Is Running Out of Water

Working a 10-hour day once a week increases stroke risk by nearly a third, study finds

Deported parents may lose kids to adoption, investigation finds

Former special counsel Robert Mueller agrees to testify before Congress in July

'Hell is coming': Western Europe braces for its hottest weather since a 2003 heat wave killed 15,000 people in France

Google's Competitors Gang-Up To Help Regulators Make Anti-Trust Case

Russian Spy Planes To Fly Over America This Week For 'Observation Flights' 

America's Adversaries Are Buying Gold Like A Nuke Is Going Off Tomorrow

Rise Of The Greens = Deindustrialization Of Germany

NSA Again Exposed For Unauthorized Collection Of Americans' Phone Records

3 dead, including the suspect, in a shooting at a Northern California Ford dealership

From Jenna Orkin

How Iran Decided to Down a US Drone and Narrowly Averted War By Sparing Another US Plane 

PAKISTANI OUTRAGE BUBBLES AS DETERGENT AD PROMOTES WOMEN’S RIGHTS

THREE MEN INJURED IN SEPARATE ‘ACID ATTACKS’ WITHIN HOURS OF EACH OTHER IN EAST LONDON

Photos:  Animals on Brink of Extinction

ONE-THIRD OF U.S. SUPPORTS NUCLEAR WAR ON NORTH KOREA, KNOWING IT WOULD KILL ONE MILLION, REPORT SHOWS

New York Could Become First State To Be Completely Done With Private Prisons

US military is a bigger polluter than as many as 140 countries – shrinking this war machine is a must

Effort to Overturn Wisconsin V. Yoder

15,000 Mexican Troops Deployed To US Border

More US Warships Arrive In The Mideast Even As Trump Signals Draw Down

From Jenna Orkin

The climate change lawsuit that could stop the U.S. government from supporting fossil fuels

"...But a paper published this month in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics shows that nitrous oxide emissions from thawing Alaskan permafrost are about 12 times higher than previously assumed."

The Invention of Capitalism: How a Self-Sufficient Peasantry was Whipped Into Industrial Wage Slaves

Experts warn 100pc renewable electricity target will hurt New Zealand's wider climate goals

This viral Schwarzenegger deepfake isn't just entertaining. It's a warning.

In "Stunning Blow" To Erdogan, Opposition Candidate Takes Istanbul By Huge Margin

2 Royal Air Force fighter jets were scrambled to escort a British passenger plane home after an 'extremely disruptive' customer tried to open the door mid-flight

Tesla "Misses A Curve" In Illinois, Crashes Through The Front Of Someone's House Instead

Facebook and Google could be forced to tell you how much your data is worth under new US legislation

Toys 'R' Us: The Zombie Retailer That's Back From The Dead And Opening New Stores

Florida City Pays $600,000 Bitcoin Ransom To Hackers After Ransomware Attack

Trump Unleashes On Uber-Hawk Bolton: We'd Be Fighting "The Whole World At One Time"

Trump: Why Protect Other Countries' Shipping Lanes For "Zero Compensation"? 

Oregon Militias Threaten Violence Over GOP Carbon Credit Standoff; Capitol Closed For Safety

From Jenna Orkin

Iran Has Ties to Al Qaeda, Trump Officials Tell Skeptical Congress

Americans' plastic recycling is dumped in landfills, investigation shows

How Did 7 Million Tons Of Venezuelan Gold End Up In Africa?

Trump downplays swing voter outreach: 'I'm not sure I have to do that'

Asylum Seekers Are Being “Disappeared” in Private Louisiana Jails

Violence Erupts as West Turns Its Sexual Subversion Weapon on Georgia
Posted with all due ambivalence. - JO

1. The White House is said to be vetting Judy Shelton for a seat on the Fed board. She told us what she would bring to a central bank whose policies she has long criticized

2. China Aims For 30 "New Silk Road" Nuclear Reactors By 2030

3. Scottish people would vote to leave the United Kingdom if Boris Johnson becomes prime minister

   Mysterious Flying Objects Over Kansas Turn Out To Be Top-Secret DARPA Experiment

   Mike Gravel's progressive, anti-war presidential campaign is being run by three teens on social media

   The Trump Administration just unveiled a $50 billion economic plan to encourage investment in Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries, but it could be tough to get support for it

   'Let's make Iran great again': After calling off Iran strike, Trump said he would be the country's 'best friend' following future nuclear deal

   But:  

   Trump said new sanctions are coming for Iran amid ongoing 'economic war'

From Jenna Orkin

Pentagon secretly struck back against Iranian cyberspies targeting U.S. ships

FAA Issues No-Fly Zone Above Straits Of Hormuz And Gulf of Oman

Sugar in mind: Untangling a sweet and sour relationship beyond type 2 diabetes

Scary Fast: The Global Hypersonic Arms Race That Will Change Warfare Forever

Terrifying Zoom Lens

The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration Camps By Masha Gessen

All Banks Pass Fed Stress Test... Would Lose $410 Billion

Something Isn't Right In The "Greatest Economy Ever" As American Suicide Rates Hit WWII Levels 

The Supreme Court just decided that a giant 40-foot cross on public land is 'secular'

"Come Heavily Armed": Oregon Senator Threatens Violence As Governor Hunts Down Lawmakers

From Jenna Orkin

Senate votes to block Trump's Saudi arms sale

Nine countries will make up more than half the projected population growth between now and 2050

Over $1 Billion Worth Of Cocaine Seized At Philadelphia Port, U.S. Attorney’s Office Says

Trump Administration Plans to Reclassify High-Level Radioactive Waste as Low-Risk

Exclusive: U.S. tells India it is mulling caps on H-1B visas to deter data rules - sources

Demogrocalypse - Japan Now Has More People Over The Age Of 80 Than Under The Age Of 10

Iran claims Trump tipped them off that a military strike was imminent — despite reports suggesting the US ultimately backed down

Stockman: America Last - The Real Meaning Of Trump's Deplorable Aggression Against Iran

FAA blocks US operators from flying over parts of Iranian-controlled airspace

China Says Ex-Interpol Chief Confessed To Accepting $2 Million In Bribes

From Jenna Orkin

City of Secrets: Estimated 10,000 people in DC are spies

Central America Encourages Migrants to Leave—And Then Rakes in U.S. Dollars

Did Cambridge Analytica influence the Brexit vote and the US election?

Khashoggi killing: 'Credible evidence' Saudi crown prince responsible, UN expert says

Ex-Hassan aide sentenced to 4 years for doxing senators

Fourth Carcinogen Discovered in Heart Pills Used by Millions

BODIES IN SEATS

At Facebook’s worst-performing content moderation site in North America, one contractor has died, and others say they fear for their lives

'We are ready for war': Iran shot down a US drone and pushed the 2 countries closer to conflict

Trump is giving up on regime change in Venezuela because it's complicated and he got bored, report says

Google says that it's investigating an issue where the previous owner of a used Nest Cam can spy on new users

Xi, Kim Hold Historic Meeting In Pyongyang