US Interference in Foreign Elections

Everyone knows this already, right? I mean everyone. Including those whining the loudest about the bogus Russian case?

U.S. is no stranger to interfering in the elections of other countries

The U.S. has a long history of attempting to influence presidential elections in other countries – it’s done so as many as 81 times between 1946 and 2000, according to a database amassed by political scientist Dov Levin of Carnegie Mellon University.

That number doesn’t include military coups and regime change efforts following the election of candidates the U.S. didn’t like, notably those in Iran, Guatemala and Chile. Nor does it include general assistance with the electoral process, such as election monitoring.

Tally ended at 2000. There were probably another 81 since…

 

EU Responds w Power Grab

European SUPERSTATE to be unveiled: EU nations ‘to be morphed into one’ post-Brexit

Perhaps the Brits were right?

Under the radical proposals EU countries will lose the right to have their own army, criminal law, taxation system or central bank, with all those powers being transferred to Brussels.

EU Refuses to Accept Israel’s Theft of Gaza, West Bank, Golan

Interpretative Notice on indication of origin of goods from the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967

” The European Union, in line with international law, does not recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the territories occupied by Israel since June 1967, namely the Golan Heights, the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and does not consider them to be part of Israel’s territory1 , irrespective of their legal status under domestic Israeli law2 .”

Anti-Austerity Protests Bring Down Portugese Gov’t

Anti-austerity bloc brings down Portugal’s government

Proposals to continue austerity policies were blocked in parliament, backed by mass public anger, forcing the government to dissolve.

Bernie Sanders: TPP “Worse Than I Thought”

“This trade deal would make it easier for corporations to shut down more factories in the U.S. and ship more jobs to Vietnam and Malaysia where workers are paid pennies an hour. The TPP is a continuation of our disastrous trade policies that have devastated manufacturing cities and towns all over this country from Newton, Iowa, to Cleveland, Ohio. We need to rebuild the disappearing middle class, not tear it down.

‘Worse Than I Thought’

TPP Corporatocracy Must Be Stopped

TPP: Unelected, Unaccountable Law