Barr Made Trump Proud. The Rest of Us Got Screwed, Again.

Thursday, May 2, 2019 [Barr Made Trump Proud. The Rest of Us Got Screwed, Again.]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Comprehensive reputational defenestration is hardly a new phenomenon in the Trump White House. That being said, it is a remarkable thing to watch someone in Attorney General William Barr's lofty position immolate the last tattered shreds of their dignity on live television. He did his job as he understands it, and the people who occupy his atmosphere raised toasts to him when he was done. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [White Supremacy and Christian Hegemony Came to a Head in Poway Violence]( Ben Ratskoff, Truthout Like the Pittsburgh and Christchurch murderers before him, the alleged Poway synagogue shooter claimed to be defending the white "European race" from those he described as threatening to replace it and to avenge Christendom from the Jews. While President Trump's ruling coalition of Republican loyalists and right-wing Jews may suggest a united state-sanctioned white nationalism, to paranoid white Christian nationalists, Jews and Muslims are interchangeable enemies. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Hydroponically Grown Produce Threatens Real Organic Agriculture]( Alison Rose Levy, Truthout During a time of massive deregulation in many areas affecting public and environmental health, the labelling of hydroponically and container-grown berries, tomatoes and salad greens as "organic" amounts to fraud, say organic farmers. Putting the hard-earned label on products that do not follow decades of established organic farming practices undermines food variety, nutrient value, health, biodiversity and environmental integrity, while decimating competition from real organic farmers. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Forget corporate, commercial news -- help Truthout report on the issues that matter to you! [Donate Now →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [10,000 Teachers Rise Up Against Republican Legislature in South Carolina]( Julia Conley, Common Dreams Demanding an end to austerity measures that have kept classrooms overcrowded and educators underpaid, about 10,000 teachers, students and supporters staged one of the largest protests in recent years at the South Carolina state house on Wednesday. The protest marked the second time this year that South Carolina teachers have walked out of their classrooms to decry their chronically low pay and overcrowded schools. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [U.K. Parliament Declares a Climate Emergency]( Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now! On Wednesday, the U.K. House of Commons became the first parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency. The resolution came on the heels of the recent Extinction Rebellion mass uprising that shut down Central London last month in a series of direct actions. Activists closed bridges, occupied public landmarks and even superglued themselves to buildings, sidewalks and trains to demand urgent action to combat climate change. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump Golf Club Reportedly Made Undocumented Employees Work Overtime for No Pay]( Igor Derysh, Salon New York State's attorney general is investigating new allegations that at least one of President Trump's golf clubs hired undocumented immigrants and made some of them work overtime without pay. Many of the undocumented workers who met with prosecutors were fired in a series of purges earlier this year. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Bank of America Continues to Prop Up the Fossil Fuel Industry]( Derek Seidman, Eyes on the Ties In aiming to profit through facilitating a massive corporate merger that will consolidate fossil fuel extraction operations in the world's busiest oil basin, Bank of America is continuing its role in deepening our global climate crisis, despite its public relations efforts to appear concerned with environmental sustainability. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Trump-Supported Autocrats Meet Popular Grassroots Resistance]( Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch Eight years after the Arab Spring, there has been a new set of popular uprisings in northern Africa, from Algeria to Morocco to Sudan. While the president continues to prop up autocrats around the world, one wonders whether there will be an American Spring to remove the autocrat in Washington. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Who Are Women Donors Putting Their Money Behind? Not Just the Democratic Women.]( Grace Haley, Center for Responsive Politics The five Democratic women in the 2020 presidential race raised more money from women donors than the 11 Democratic men did in the first quarter of 2019. Following a record-breaking midterm for both women candidates and donors, the money trail offers a glimpse of how women are responding to having multiple women in the top tier of a presidential race -- a first in such campaigns. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Oil Companies Will Be Bad Investments Within Five Years, Survey Predicts]( Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog European fund managers are casting an increasingly skeptical eye toward the oil industry, concluding that the industry's financial future looks grim, according to a new survey. However, so far, fund managers have largely adopted a strategy of talking with oil companies about climate concerns, but haven't yet followed up with any sort of enforcement action. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- In Case You Missed It --------------------------------------------------------------- [To Defeat ICE, We Need to Target Its Backers -- Microsoft and Amazon]( Jacinta González, Truthout More than a decade has passed since the giant immigration rights protests of May Day 2006, and activists now face the most toxic political climate yet faced by our generation. We need coordinated strategies that target the technologies created by companies like Microsoft and Amazon that are supporting Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) targeted attacks against our community. [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The National Rifle Association Is in Extremely Deep Trouble]( William Rivers Pitt, Truthout Thanks to the office of the New York State attorney general, the National Rifle Association (NRA) is facing an existential crisis unparalleled in its long and sordid history. The prosecutor investigating the group says that while the NRA portrays itself as a "charitable organization," it is really a "terrorist organization." Is justice of the sweetest kind around the corner? [Read the Article →]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Like what you're reading? Support Truthout's independent news and analysis by making an automatic monthly donation. [Donate Now →]( Connect With Us [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Donate]( Truthout is a reader-supported, nonprofit organization; donations are tax-deductible. Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047. 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