Postal Service
Trump says Postal Service needs money for mail-in voting, but he’ll keep blocking funding Washington Post
An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Make Election Mail Free Save the Post Office
U.S. Postal Service Counters Trump Attacks On Mail-In Voting With A New Blockchain Patent Forbes
Tennessee lawmakers target protesters by making camping at capitol a felony Washington Post
Economic Justice Is Necessary to Stop Murders of Trans Women of Color Truthout
Federal Judge Sets Out to Bring Down Law Shielding Police From Legal Liability Truthout
Wall Street Banks Sell Off in Midst of Largest Treasury Auction in History Pam Martens and Russ Martens
Coronavirus
I’m a COVID-19 long-hauler and an epidemiologist – here’s how it feels when symptoms last for months Margot Gage Witvliet
Spain: Galicia Bans Public Smoking to Prevent COVID-19 Spread teleSUR
Vietnam donates 10,000 masks to Maryland to fight COVID-19 People’s World
The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000 NYTimes
Capitalist crisis
Another huge unemployment wave is coming—and there’s an obvious way to stop it Sara Nelson
$400 Unemployment Supplement Is Really $300, and Won’t Arrive Soon NYTimes
Some people are still waiting for a stimulus check to arrive: What’s the holdup? USA Today
The coronavirus recession is over for the rich, but the working class is far from recovered Washington Post
The Mercury News: California judges lift coronavirus eviction ban
Iran
U.S. Seizes Iranian Fuel Cargo for First Time WSJ
Trump administration expects seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela
Venezuela
As the Crisis in Venezuela Intensifies, Brazil-Venezuela Tensions are on the Rise Orinoco Tribune
Bolivia
Jeanine Añez: So Far From God and So Close to the United States Resumen
ALERT: The central offices of Bolivia's workers unions (COB) have been attacked in La Paz. Six explosions were heard, some union leaders were inside. Graffiti reads "Death to Evo".
Pro-regime paramilitaries have been threatening attacks against anti-coup protesters. pic.twitter.com/YQx7kczOkb
— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) August 14, 2020
China
The media mogul, who was arrested over alleged collusion with foreign forces before being released on bail, sought US support in a live-streamed session organized by the Heritage Foundation, an American think tank based in Washington.
PLA drills a warning to ‘Taiwan secession’ forces: Global Times editorial Global Times
The US must not overestimate the deterrence it could pose by military intervention in the Taiwan Straits. The Chinese people generally no longer believe that US military could dominate the battlefield once a war breaks out there. The Chinese people have enough courage to safeguard their national sovereignty by engaging in the military showdown with the US across the Straits, when all the other options fail. And we are confident we will win. We don’t want to go that far, but no country should think about separating Taiwan from China using salami-slicing tactics or intimidating the mainland.
Taiwan authorities can choose between a peaceful developing island and a place filled with severe military confrontation
Xinjiang And Uyghurs – What You’re Not Being Told World Affairs
Palestine
Palestinian Rights Advocates Refuse to Applaud Israel-Trump-UAE Deal That Upholds ‘Ongoing, Devastating Apartheid’ Common Dreams
United Arab Emirates Betray Palestine Moon of Alabama
The Russian Interference Report, Without Laughing Craig Murray
France Deploys Jets, Warship To East Mediterranean Amid Turkey Gas Tensions
The Bakken Boom Goes Bust With No Money to Clean up the Mess DeSmog
More than a decade ago, fracking took off in the Bakken shale of North Dakota and Montana, but the oil rush that followed has resulted in major environmental damage, risky oil transportation without regulation, pipeline permitting issues, and failure to produce profits.
Now, after all of that, the Bakken oil field appears moving toward terminal decline, with the public poised to cover the bill to clean up the mess caused by its ill-fated boom.
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