Daily News Thread 4/11

Syria war: Trump says missiles 'will be coming'

US President Donald Trump has tweeted that Russia should "get ready" for missiles to be fired at its ally Syria, in response to an alleged chemical attack near Damascus on Saturday.
bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43727829

Theresa May says Syria 'chemical attack' cannot go unchallenged

Theresa May says the use of chemical weapons is a "humanitarian catastrophe" that "cannot go unchallenged".
bbc.com/news/uk-43719284

Eurocontrol Warns Airlines of Possible Missile Strikes into Syria

Pan-European air traffic control agency Eurocontrol on Tuesday warned airlines to exercise caution in the eastern Mediterranean due to the possible launch of air strikes into Syria in next 72 hours.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Eurocontrol-Warns-Airlines-of-Possible-Missile-Strikes-into-Syria-20180410-0035.html

Syrian rebel militants to launch counter-offensive if US strikes Assad troops – commander

Syrian militants will launch an offensive to capture government-held areas, if the US goes ahead with a strike and weakens the Syrian Army’s positions, a rebel commander has said.
rt.com/news/423827-fsa-commander-syria-offensive/

US House Speaker Paul Ryan to quit in blow to Republicans

US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan will not run for re-election this year, in a big blow to Republicans with mid-term elections looming.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43729218

Mueller Is ‘Most Conflicted of All,’ Trump Says in Fresh Attack

President Donald Trump said that Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have conflicts of interest and called the investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 election “corrupt” in his latest attack on the probe.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/mueller-is-most-conflicted-of-all-trump-says-in-fresh-attack

Bipartisan group of senators introduce proposal to protect Mueller

A bipartisan group of senators will introduce legislation on Wednesday to protect the office of the special counsel, one day after the White House said U.S. President Donald Trump had the authority to fire a special prosecutor investigating Russia and the 2016 election.
reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia/bipartisan-group-of-senators-introduce-proposal-to-protect-mueller-idUSKBN1HI1VA

European Commission raids London offices of Murdoch's Fox as part of sports cartel probe

The European Commission has raided the London offices of Rupert Murdoch's Fox network as part of a competition probe into the market for sports rights.
businessinsider.com/european-commission-raid-fox-london-offices-rupert-murdoch-sports-cartel-2018-4

Saudi Arabia intercepts missile over Riyadh: Al Arabiya

Saudi Arabia’s air defence forces intercepted a ballistic missile over Riyadh on Wednesday, state media said, after at least three blasts were heard and three clouds of smoke were seen in the sky above the capital.
reuters.com/article/us-saudi-security/saudi-arabia-intercepts-missile-over-riyadh-al-arabiya-idUSKBN1HI28K

Brazil's Right Comes Roaring Back as Lula Goes to Prison

Further political upheaval is on its way in Brazil, if recent party-swapping by lawmakers is any guide to October’s elections.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/brazil-s-right-comes-roaring-back-as-lula-starts-prison-sentence

Devin Nunes suggests he has a plan to go after Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray

House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Devin Nunes of California suggested he has a plan to target deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Christopher Wray.
businessinsider.com/devin-nunes-threatens-rod-rosenstein-christopher-wray-2018-4

Central African Republic protesters lay corpses at UN's door after clashes

Protesters have put at least 16 corpses in front of the headquarters of the UN in the Central African Republic (CAR).
bbc.com/news/world-africa-43727268

Smoke rises from debris of Algerian plane crash that killed 257

Footage from the scene shows the wreckage of an Algerian military plane in the aftermath of a crash that left 257 people dead. Emergency services are seen rushing to the site, where thick plumes of smoke rise from the debris.
rt.com/news/423810-algeria-plane-crash-video/

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telesurtv.net/english/news/Report-203-Attacks-on-Mexican-Politicians-78-Murders--20180411-0003.html
businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-to-congress-day-2-watch-live-2018-4
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/macron-pulls-out-all-the-stops-in-rail-reform-even-doing-tv
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/ex-speaker-john-boehner-joins-marijuana-firm-s-advisory-board
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/koch-bodyguards-got-police-badges-from-same-tiny-town-as-mercer
wxxv25.com/2018/04/11/secret-video-shows-u-s-agents-trying-to-illegally-dump-injured-man-in-mexico/
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43724886
apnews.com/05096ff4cb9e44a495bdb957b7a130d6
rt.com/uk/423841-trump-syria-missile-galloway/
bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=39088
nakedcapitalism.com/2018/04/us-military-failing.html
libcom.org/news/nazi-hipsters-heading-london-racist-weekend-11042018
souciant.com/2018/04/russia-and-iran/
thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/inequality-and-exploitation/
theintercept.com/2018/04/11/immigration-detention-sexual-abuse-ice-dhs/
counterpunch.org/2018/04/11/facebook-a-cooperative-transformation/
truthdig.com/articles/circle-of-absurdity-killing-the-extremists-we-create/
socialistworker.org/2018/04/11/uniting-the-struggles-in-france
washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/11/the-most-dangerous-moment-since-the-cuban-missile-crisis
politico.com/story/2018/04/10/trump-syria-raid-pence-strategy-512539
sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063428288-russia-military-syria-airstrike/
haaretz.com/israel-news/in-call-to-netanyahu-putin-urges-israel-not-to-take-action-in-syria-1.5992415
twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/984142346198683648
twitter.com/4xInsight/status/984154093009735680
twitter.com/Abdulkhaleq_UAE/status/984074641261154306
twitter.com/britainelects/status/984150198023786505?s=19
news.sky.com/story/amp/pm-calls-special-cabinet-meeting-to-approve-uk-action-in-syria-11326833
rt.com/news/423925-russia-air-defense-syria/
rt.com/news/423927-syria-staged-chemical-attack-drill/
twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/984438329407098880
ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9988
twitter.com/YouGov/status/984468439078195201?s=19
twitter.com/NSFWRedditImage

Moscow to Trump: Are ‘smart’ missiles an attempt to destroy alleged chem attack evidence in Syria?
“Are the OPCW inspectors aware that smart missiles are about to destroy all evidence of the chemical weapons use on the ground? Or is that the actual plan – to cover up all evidence of this fabricated attack with smart missile strikes, so that international inspectors had no evidence to look for?” Zakharova asked.
rt.com/news/423807-moscow-trump-syria-missiles/

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Report: 203 Attacks on Mexican Politicians, 78 Murders

An Etellekt report says there have been over 200 attacks on Mexican politicians since September 2017. The attacks took place in 29 of the 32 federal states, mainly Puebla, Guerrero, Veracruz, Mexico State and Hidalgo.
telesurtv.net/english/news/Report-203-Attacks-on-Mexican-Politicians-78-Murders--20180411-0003.html

LIVE: Mark Zuckerberg is being grilled by Congress in his second day of testimony

Mark Zuckerberg survived his first clash with Congress. Now it's time for round two.
businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-to-congress-day-2-watch-live-2018-4

Macron Pulls Out All the Stops in Rail Reform—Even Doing TV

The president to speak on TV twice, after months of ghosting. Government is out to defend the overhaul of SNCF rail operator.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/macron-pulls-out-all-the-stops-in-rail-reform-even-doing-tv

Ex-Speaker John Boehner Joins Marijuana Firm’s Advisory Board

The U.S. marijuana industry has a new spokesman: John Boehner.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/ex-speaker-john-boehner-joins-marijuana-firm-s-advisory-board

Koch Bodyguards Got Police Badges From Same Tiny Town as Mercer

Bodyguards for the family of billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch used police badges from a tiny New Mexico town that authorized them to carry concealed weapons in all 50 U.S. states, according to documents seen by Bloomberg News.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-11/koch-bodyguards-got-police-badges-from-same-tiny-town-as-mercer

Secret video shows U.S. agents trying to illegally dump injured man in Mexico

“In the video, our actions were not consistent with our normal procedures. Corrective action was taken to ensure all our agents understand their responsibilities of adhering to established processes, practices, and policies,” said Assistant Chief Patrol Agent David S. Kim.
wxxv25.com/2018/04/11/secret-video-shows-u-s-agents-trying-to-illegally-dump-injured-man-in-mexico/

School shooting: Teachers in Pennsylvania get 16in bats after Florida

A Pennsylvanian school district has given its teachers baseball bats in the fight against school shooters.
bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43724886

Arizona teachers demanding raise protesting at schools

Teachers wearing red shirts, chanting and carrying protest signs protested outside Arizona schools Wednesday to show solidarity in their demand for higher salaries.
apnews.com/05096ff4cb9e44a495bdb957b7a130d6

TYB NewsAnon 2.0 for posting our one true waifu.

(From last night.)

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Why he's warning them?

Syria threat by ‘manchild’ Trump is ‘most disturbing presidential statement ever made’ – Galloway
“The world is watching on in horror even in the countries Britain and France that have already indicated they wish to join the putative American strike against Syria. We are on the point of what could develop into World War Three due to the unhinged, juvenile actions of a manchild.”
rt.com/uk/423841-trump-syria-missile-galloway/

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OP/ED

US Democratic Party should be dissolved

The US Democratic Party has lost its right, in my view, to attract the progressive vote.
bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=39088

How the US Military Is Failing

A critical, but maybe not critical enough, look at the relationship of the US military to its society and ostensible goals.
nakedcapitalism.com/2018/04/us-military-failing.html

Nazi hipsters heading to London for racist weekend

Generation Identity are holding a Europe-wide conference at a secret venue in London and anti-fascists want to shut it down
libcom.org/news/nazi-hipsters-heading-london-racist-weekend-11042018

Russia and Iran

The current downturn in Russian-Iranian relations has demonstrated the fragility of the relationship that has developed since the revolution and brought a profound mutual distrust into the open.
souciant.com/2018/04/russia-and-iran/

Inequality and exploitation

thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2018/04/11/inequality-and-exploitation/

1,224 Complaints Reveal a Staggering Pattern of Sexual Abuse in Immigration Detention. Half of Those Accused Worked for ICE.

theintercept.com/2018/04/11/immigration-detention-sexual-abuse-ice-dhs/

Facebook: A Cooperative Transformation

According to Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s 2 billion users represent a global community whose interest are served at no charge, a community that facilitates and encourages historically unprecedented social interconnection on a global scale Unquestionably much of this is positive.
counterpunch.org/2018/04/11/facebook-a-cooperative-transformation/

Circle of Absurdity: Killing the Extremists We Create

The U.S. military remains mired in countless wars in the Greater Middle East. Ironically – and tragically – it tends to combat Islamists that Washington either armed or birthed.
truthdig.com/articles/circle-of-absurdity-killing-the-extremists-we-create/

Uniting the struggles in France

The strikes and mobilizations on March 22 were a real success. In the 180 cities where there were demonstrations in response to the call by seven public-service unions, the figures everywhere represented an increase compared to the last time there was a strike of the public sector on October 10, 2017.
socialistworker.org/2018/04/11/uniting-the-struggles-in-france

The most dangerous moment since the Cuban missile crisis?

Syria is bad, but not that bad
washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/11/the-most-dangerous-moment-since-the-cuban-missile-crisis

Syria crisis collides with Trump chaos

Vice President Mike Pence attended a Monday strategy session in the president's place as senior officials hashed out their options.
politico.com/story/2018/04/10/trump-syria-raid-pence-strategy-512539

Russia walks back rhetoric, promises retaliation if Russian troops are harmed in potential strike

Straight from state media's mouth: "First deputy chairman of the Russian upper house's Defense Committee, Yevgeny Serebrennikov said Wednesday that Russia will respond immediately if its military in Syria gets hit by a possible US airstrike."
sputniknews.com/middleeast/201804111063428288-russia-military-syria-airstrike/


This whole thing is starting to look like Trump's promise to attack North Korea last year.

Lol Bolton’s only been in for 2 days and we’re already getting dangerously close to WW3.

In Call to Netanyahu, Putin Urges Israel Not to Take Action in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Wednesday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urged Israel not to take action in Syria and to threaten its security.
haaretz.com/israel-news/in-call-to-netanyahu-putin-urges-israel-not-to-take-action-in-syria-1.5992415

Prelude to direct contact with US?

this washington post article terribly written.

is france fucked?

Yes

Yeah, it was clearly incredibly rushed. Drezner is trustworthy nonetheless.

In what way has their rhetoric been walked back?

why is Macron doing this? I think it's pretty obvious people don't want his shit.

They've gone from "We'll retaliate if US strikes Syria at all" to "We'll retaliate if strikes Russian assets and personnel", which is significant.

I read that it may be a bid to:
a) assert power in UN / international relations
b) get on Trump's good side / leverage space to keep Iran deal

Putin had said an attack on russia’s allies would be treated as an attack on Russia herself

You’re getting macrons employments reform confused with macrons Syria policy

White house press conference at 3:30 EST, should be interesting after this morning's comments

bump

Sweet merciful god

For anyone watching the Syria incident that's ongoing, Magnier, a fairly reliable source, has indicated the show is going to start in the next 10 hours, if US is going by standard attack time probably early morning after 3am
twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/984142346198683648

Of note

This round of strikes might not be a tripwire for general war but the situation in Syria is spiraling out of control. A wider war in the Middle East seems inevitable.

*TRUMP'S MIDEAST PEACE PLAN IS SAID TO NEAR COMPLETION: REUTERS
twitter.com/4xInsight/status/984154093009735680


I would agree with this far more so than a Russian-American war
Especially based off this
twitter.com/Abdulkhaleq_UAE/status/984074641261154306

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Now is the time for the pan-arab vanguard that Nasser called for.

Not a single mention of Israel ITT , you cunts are actually fucking retarded , I’m done with leftypol

America is over playing its hand so why should we

Bye!

Goodbye, baboon!

twitter.com/britainelects/status/984150198023786505?s=19
48% of brits OPPOSE airstrikes in Syria

Oh no, please don't go. How can we ever live without you.

news.sky.com/story/amp/pm-calls-special-cabinet-meeting-to-approve-uk-action-in-syria-11326833
May to bomb Syria without parliamentary approval

I can't imagine this'll go over well for her

This was incredibly shocking news. If Ryan is bailing now instead of later, the midterms are going be a horror show for the GOP.


Maybe the Dems can take all of that money they were going to spend to oust Ryan and use it get rid of this clown.

I'm certain he's using his position to feed investigation information to Trump.

Also, bless you Iron Stache.

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48% of brits don't want to bomb and a unilateral bombimg campaign would make her the new Blair.

BREAKING: Jennifer Garner pulls out a fancy crystal she didn't realize she was carrying! What ever happened to her and Ben Affleck?

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Any news from Syria?

The calm before the storm…
rt.com/news/423925-russia-air-defense-syria/

massive deescalation took place yesterday via Turkey and Israel
at most meme strikes now if at all

Don't jinx it retard.

It's probably not going happen
in the livestream Mattis and Dunford just did they admitted they have no evidence that gas was used

Somebudy nuke america already
rt.com/news/423927-syria-staged-chemical-attack-drill/

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That's never stopped America before

meh, Coalition is already starting to collapse, Turkey just denied use of their airspace and bases to strike at Syrian gov't
I suspect the French or Brits will jump ship next
twitter.com/ejmalrai/status/984438329407098880

Honhonhon Macron is saying that he has the proofs, so I think he will remain.
May on the other hand is receiving backlash all over: even the cocking Mail is pushing her to hold a vote in parliament.

ukpollingreport.co.uk/blog/archives/9988
twitter.com/YouGov/status/984468439078195201?s=19
May is making a bad fucking move, she seems to be pushing for extraparliamentary strikes regardless.