2019-07-09: News Headlines

Stephen Lendman (2019-07-08). USAID Anti-Russia Propaganda. globalresearch.ca Both right wings of the US war party consider nonbelligerent Russia an existential threat. | The CIA, National Endowment for Democracy (NED), International Republican Institute (IRI), National Democratic Institute, USAID, right-wing US think tanks, the CIA/AFL and other large labor unions, …

Mark Gruenberg (2019-07-08). 2018 election win pays off: Illinois passes "barrage" of pro-worker bills. peoplesworld.org SPRINGFIELD, Ill.—What a difference election success makes. The Democratic-run Illinois legislature—its pro-labor majority strengthened by last fall's results—and new Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker teamed up to enact what the St. Louis Labor Tribune called "a barrage" of pro-labor laws. And that's quite a contrast to the prior four years, when right-wing, anti-worker, anti-union GOP Gov. …

Trevor Aaronson (2019-07-07). FBI's Leniency Toward Border Vigilante Contrasts With Harsh Treatment of "Black Identity Extremist" theintercept.com While militia leader Larry Hopkins remained free to terrorize immigrants, Christopher Daniels was jailed for months, losing his home and his job.