Trump Threatens Iran to Distract From Russia Criticism and Appease Israel

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[Donate Now]( [Trump Threatens Iran to Distract From Russia Criticism and Appease Israel]( Marjorie Cohn, Truthout: Trump's threats against Iran are designed to distract from criticism about Russia and to appease Israel, which has long been gunning for regime change in Iran. National Security Adviser John Bolton has promised regime change by the end of the year, and a carefully spun war could help Republicans in the midterm elections. [Read the Article]( [Trump Welcomes Immigrants, but Only if They Can Be Exploited]( David L. Wilson, Truthout: While claiming to "put American jobs first," Trump and the GOP are trying to add a million or more guest workers to the US labor market. Guest worker programs are highly exploitative, and the new guest worker bill that the Republicans are pushing would take away the few benefits and protections agricultural guest workers currently have, while simultaneously forcing resident farmworkers to accept lower wages or face unemployment. 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Now the atmosphere around the Russia scandal has changed -- demonstrated by Trump's frenzied tweets and Rudy Guiliani's media blitz. [Read the Article]( [Judge Orders Trump Administration to Stop Drugging Migrant Children]( Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams: Last month, court filings alleged that children detained at the nonprofit Shiloh Treatment Center near Houston were forced to take drugs used to treat seizures, Parkinson's disease and depression that caused them to feel "dizzy, lethargic and even incapacitated." Now, a district judge in Los Angeles has ruled that the detention jail must stop administering psychotropic drugs without parental consent. [Read the Article]( [Remembering Ron Dellums: The Radical Congressmember Who Fought Against War, Apartheid and Poverty]( Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now!: Legendary antiwar activist, former Oakland mayor and longtime Democratic congressmember Ron Dellums of Oakland, California, died on Monday at the age of 82. A self-described socialist and radical, Dellums served in the House for 27 years, leading the congressional opposition to the Vietnam War and apartheid in South Africa. [Watch the Video and Read the Transcript]( [How American Islamophobes Peddle Falsehoods]( Arnold R. Isaacs, TomDispatch: Anti-Muslim activists have been spreading conspiracy theories to smear mainstream Muslim-American organizations for the last decade. However, a closer look at their rhetoric shows that their assertions are false and unfounded, and are not intended to make Americans "safer" at all. [Read the Article]( [Top Interior Officials Ordered Parks to End Science Policy, Emails Show]( Elizabeth Shogren, The Center for Investigative Reporting: Enacted in the final weeks of the Obama administration, one Park Service policy elevated the role that science played in decision-making and emphasized that parks should take precautionary steps to protect natural and historic treasures. 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The debacle exposes a tangle of federal, state and private entities, and a failure to coordinate government technology in a rapidly evolving landscape. [Read the Article]( [Impeach Trump for Separating Children From Families]( Trump has violated the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to which the United States is party, the Convention on the Rights of the Child to which every other nation on Earth is party, the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution and the Due Process clause of the Fifth Amendment to the US Constitution. [Take Roots Action!]( [Want to strengthen Truthout and help us plan for the future? Click here to become a monthly sustainer.]( [The Newspaper Guild] Please add messenger@truthout.org to ensure you receive our messages Truthout is a proud member of the Newspaper Guild/CWA, Local 36047 [Subscribe]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy](