News & Views | Trump Lawyer's Home and House Raided | Looming Attack on Syria | 'Horrifying' Video From Gaza

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis [Click here](1f9d0/ct0_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) to view this message in a browser window.  [Common Dreams](1f9d0/ct1_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [] [] News & Views | 4/9/18 [] Feature... [] [Acting on Referral from Mueller, FBI Raids Office and Home of Trump's Personal Lawyer Michael Cohen](1f9d0/ct2_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct2_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Julia Conley, staff writer Federal agents on Monday afternoon raided the offices of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen—raising suspicions that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has uncovered information about Cohen's alleged payment to a pornographic film actress. [] [] News... [] ['Horrifying' Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shouting With Joy After Sniping Unarmed Palestinian in Gaza](1f9d0/ct3_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct3_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Jake Johnson, staff writer Just days after a journalist and at least eight other Palestinians were gunned down by Israeli forces during anti-occupation demonstrations in Gaza, a recent video of an Israeli sniper shooting an unarmed Palestinian man emerged for the first time on social media Monday, providing further evidence that the deliberate killing of civilians "is routine for Israel." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Vowing 'Major Decisions' Within 24 to 48 Hours, Trump Says 'Nothing Off the Table' for Syria](1f9d0/ct4_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct4_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Jake Johnson, staff writer During a cabinet meeting on Monday following his promise to impose a "heavy price" on the Syrian government after it was accused of launching a chemical attack this weekend, President Donald Trump declared that no options—including military action—are "off the table" when it comes to a possible U.S. response. --------------------------------------------------------------- [With 'Merger From Hell' Reportedly Approved by DOJ, Warnings of Agrichemical Chokehold on Food System](1f9d0/ct5_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct5_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Watchdog groups sounded alarms on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that the proposed mega-merger of Bayer and Monsanto has cleared its final regulatory hurdle in the United States. "This merger from hell will further entrench the failing model of toxic, chemical intensive agriculture, which is poisoning people and the planet." --------------------------------------------------------------- [Warning of 'Serious Consequences' If US Attacks Syria, Russian Says Chemical Attack Possible False Flag Operation](1f9d0/ct6_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct6_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Jon Queally, staff writer Staking out its position ahead of an emergency UN Security Council meeting later in the day, Russian government officials early on Monday are warning the U.S. government and President Donald Trump from direct retaliation or further intervention in Syria following an alleged weekend gas attack outside Damascus that has caused heartbreak and uproar inside the war-torn nation, across the region, and beyond. --------------------------------------------------------------- [As Oklahoma Teachers' Strike Enters Second Week, Education Supporters Pack State Capitol to Capacity](1f9d0/ct7_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct7_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Julia Conley, staff writer On the sixth day of a teachers' strike that has closed 66 school districts across Oklahoma, education supporters denounced comments from Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who spoke for the first time of the protest late last week—only to criticize the teachers who are demanding more support for schools. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Ditches Facebook Over User-Data Profiteering](1f9d0/ct8_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, who told USA TODAY he's leaving Facebook over concers about how the social media site handles users' information. (Photo: Gage Skidmore/flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct8_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Amid continuing fallout over the Cambridge Analytica scandal and revelations of the vast reach of Facebook's data-mining, Apple co-founder and privacy advocate Steve Wozniak said that he's ditching the social media site over its profiting off of users' personal information. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More News](1f9d0/ct9_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [] [] Views... [] [John Bolton's Terrifying First Day in the Trump White House](1f9d0/ct10_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) 1f9d0/ct10_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE by Phyllis Bennis On the deadly consequences of this dangerous man being placed in such a seat of power --------------------------------------------------------------- [Snipers Shooting Unarmed People at 100 Meters Isn’t a ‘Clash’](1f9d0/ct11_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [The power asymmetry is one of the largest of any conflict in the world, yet Western media still cling on an institutional level to a “cycle of violence” frame, with “both sides” depicted as two equal parties. (Photo: Pinterest) ](1f9d0/ct11_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Adam Johnson The power asymmetry is one of the largest of any conflict in the world, yet Western media still cling on an institutional level to a “cycle of violence” frame, with “both sides” depicted as two equal parties. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Teachers and Students Walkout: Call Bullshit on Apartheid Schools in the Nation’s Capital](1f9d0/ct12_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) ["Two elementary schools in Southeast D.C. show how inequities between district schools that serve white, middle class children, and those that serve low-income, Black students play out." (Photo: Joe Brusky/Flickr/cc)](1f9d0/ct12_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Abel McDaniels Washington, D.C.’s public school system is just one example of how the impacts of racial segregation in our schools have been ignored. --------------------------------------------------------------- [A State-Sponsored Mass Shooting](1f9d0/ct13_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) ["We’ll probably never know who killed Yasser Murtaja." (Picture: Reuters)](1f9d0/ct13_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Israeli army has shot upwards of 1,000 unarmed protesters in the span of a week. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets](1f9d0/ct14_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) ["The biggest beneficiaries of our country's prosperity are spending their money on tax avoidance strategies." (Photo: AP/Craig Ruttle)](1f9d0/ct14_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Paul Buchheit Nearly 15 percent of our nation's total household wealth — $14 trillion! — has been transfered from middle-class America to people with an average net worth of $75 million. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Gunboat Diplomacy and the Ghost of Captain Mahan](1f9d0/ct15_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [After years of seeming compliance with Washington’s rules for good global citizenship, China’s recent actions in Central Asia and the continent’s surrounding seas have revealed a two-phase strategy that would, if successful, undercut the perpetuation of American global power. (Photo: Naval Surface Warriors/flickr/cc.)](1f9d0/ct15_1/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) by Alfred W. McCoy Or how China and the U.S. are spawning a new great power naval rivalry. --------------------------------------------------------------- [] [More Views](1f9d0/ct16_0/1?sid=TV2%3A0y8Ql4MPE) [] [] Newswire... 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