Trump Admin Wants to Cut Social Security in Exchange for Direct COVID Payments
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-05-11
Suddenly concerned about the growing national debt now that corporations have secured access to trillions of dollars in Covid-19 bailout funds with little oversight, Trump administration officials are reportedly considering several proposals purportedly aimed at reducing government spending

Nuclear Weapons: The Anatomy of a U.S. STRATCOM "Disinfographic"
John Krzyzaniak | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
United States Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for the nation's nuclear weapons, recently released an imperially misleading infographic on Twitter. The graphic is confused–not only about when to use bold typeface, but also about the …
globalresearch.ca/anatomy-stratcom-disinfographic/5712442

Nuclear Weapons: Stopping the War That No One Wants (livestream)
The Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2020-05-11
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/05/11/18832982.php

Can we Achieve Nuclear Adulthood?
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2020-05-11
"I'll never tire of repeating: We need to demilitarize world affairs, international politics and political thinking." What if a world leader

Aljazeera's news anchor says he receives death threats from Saudis
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-05-11
TEHRAN, May 11 (MNA)

Lockheed Martin declares Mission (almost) Accomplished, brings F-35's 100+ safety flaws down to 8… and hundreds of lesser issues
rt.com | 2020-05-11
The maker of the troubled F-35 fighter jet claims to have solved "most" of the safety issues that plagued the $1.5 trillion plane

Leader of infamous Mexican cartel dies in prison after contracting Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-05-11
Notorious Mexican cartel leader Moises Escamilla May has died after contracting the novel coronavirus while serving a lengthy sentence in maximum-security prison on a raft of serious drugs and weapons charges. | Escamilla headed one of the factions of the Los Zetas cartel

Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts To Narrative Manage OPCW Leaks
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-05-10
It's been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago. | These new documents make it abundantly clear that OPCW leadership were just plain lying when they claimed that a bal…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/syria-spinmeisters-fumble-attempts-to-narrative-manage-opcw-leaks

Syria Spinmeisters Fumble Attempts to Narrative Manage OPCW Leaks
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-05-10
Caitlin JOHNSTONE | It's been over 72 hours since The Grayzone published new leaks further exposing how the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been lying about its investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria two years ago. | These new documents make it abundantly clear that OPCW leadership were just plain lying when they claimed that a balli…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/05/10/syria-spinmeisters-fumble-attempts-to-narrative-manage-opcw-leaks/

Minnesota: Advance a People's Agenda!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-05-09
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Coalition to Advance a People's Agenda. | Working and oppressed people are facing the biggest crisis we've experienced in generations. The government's disastrous mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with deepening unemployment and economic collapse are throwing millions of working people into crisis. So far the government is doing what they usually do

Is Trump Kicking the Saudis to the Curb the Beginning of Something Not Terrible?
Tom Luongo | iranian.com | 2020-05-08
More than anything else in Saudi Arabia, that thing you smell is fear. Everything is coming unglued for the royal family there all at once. If we all weren't so distracted by the Coronapocalypse these things would all be front-page news. In the past week there have been three major stories concerning Saudi Arabia, none …
iranian.com/2020/05/07/is-trump-kicking-the-saudis-to-the-curb-the-beginning-of-something-not-terrible/

Selected Articles: Catholic Clergy Warns that COVID-19 Is Used as "Pretext" to "Control People"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-05-11
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-three-cardinals-join-global-appeal-decrying-crackdown-on-basic-freedoms-over-coronavirus/5712496