The chair of a UN Human Rights Council investigation into Israel’s use of force against protesters in Gaza has stepped down less than a month after being appointed. Former Pentagon official David Crane resigned from the inquiry for “personal reasons”, according to a statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Read More…
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US Senate Rejects Call To Defund The ‘Slaughter Of Yemeni Kids’
U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Wednesday denounced as “mind blowing” the decision to “continue to willingly participate in the slaughter of Yemeni kids” after members of Congress objected to his amendment to the Defense Appropriation bill that would have put key restrictions on U.S. financial and other support for the Saudi-led bombing campaign. The amendment “would Read More…
War Abroad, War At Home
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking at a Ron Paul Institute conference this past weekend, predicted US troops would remain in Afghanistan another 50 years — just as they have in Germany and Korea. He also termed the ongoing US-backed campaign in Yemen the “most brutal war on earth,” a war western media overwhelming ignore. Colonel Douglas Macgregor at the same Read More…
US-Backed Yemen Attack Intensifies, Facebook’s Secret Social Score, UK Ditches Syria & US Space War
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/21/18). Today’s show is mostly about propaganda and suppression of alternate viewpoints. Not simply Read More…
To The US Media, A ‘Regime’ Is A Government At Odds With The US Empire
In the aftermath of the assassination attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, an article in the Miami Herald (8/5/18) reported that “a clandestine group formed by Venezuelan military members opposed to the regime of Nicolás Maduro claimed responsibility.” A New York Times op-ed (8/10/18) mused, “No one knows whether the Maduro regime will last decades or days.” AFP (8/12/18) reported that Read More…
Operation Ajax, Yemen Genocide Forced Into MSM, UN Palestinian Protection & Venezuela Economic War
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (8/19/18). Yesterday marked the 65th anniversary of when the US, in conjunction with the Read More…






