Pitchfork:
"Agribusiness corporation Monsanto is the subject of a new report in The Guardian, based on court documents that were made public as part of the company’s ongoing legal battles related to their Roundup weed killer. According to the documents reviewed by The Guardian, Monsanto operated an 'intelligence fusion center' to monitor and gather data on journalists and other individuals critical of the company. One of those individuals was Neil Young, whose 2015 album The Monsanto Years lambasted the corporation. ...
At one point in [a revealed] memo, it’s stated that Monsanto’s 'fusion center' is also 'monitoring discussions' about the 30th Farm Aid concert. 'We have reached out to the legal team and are keeping them informed on Neil’s activities in case any legal action is appropriate,' it reads."
-->Making a play for the most evil company on the planet, Monsanto is now monitoring performers who question their right to spread cancer for profit. Why can't the NYT cover a story like this? In bed with the agrochemical giants?
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Mondoweiss:
"The charges against financier Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking are of course one of the biggest stories in the country these days, and Israel and its friends have been an ongoing theme in the case.
Epstein, a 66-year-old former hedge fund manager, supported many Jewish causes and Zionist organizations, and was on the board of the Wexner Foundation, which is devoted to Israel. He had friendships with many Israel supporters, from Alan Dershowitz to Howard Rubenstein to Ehud Barak to Larry Summers. And there is speculation that Epstein, a mysterious international figure, had links to Israeli intelligence.
Dershowitz, Epstein’s former lawyer, says Israel is a factor in the case. Two days ago Dersh published an op-ed for Newsmax aimed at preempting the New Yorker’s anticipated expose of his role in the case (one of Epstein’s victims says that she was compelled to have sex with Dershowitz."
-->The NYT is all over the Epstein story. All over it except for the Israeli connection that is. Even the background of Epstein's co sex trafficker, Ghislaine Maxwell, is erased, including creditable reports that her father was deeply involved with the Israeli Mossad. Was Epstein funded by the Mossad? Did he videotape high level leaders having sex with 15 year olds to blackmail them for the Zionist cause? Don't look to our newspaper of record for reporting on any of these ties.
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Common Dreams:
"The United Nations' high commissioner for human rights on Thursday condemned the Trump administration's embargo against Venezuela and warned the far-reaching sanctions could deny food, medicine, and other necessities to millions of people.
'I am deeply worried about the potentially severe impact on the human rights of the people of Venezuela of the new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the U.S. this week,' U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said in a statement.
'I fear that they will have far-reaching implications on the rights to health and to food in particular,' Bachelet said, noting the sanctions will likely 'exacerbate the crisis for millions of ordinary Venezuelans.' "
-->The US media is in the Pentagon's pocket with Venezuela. Potential targets of US militarism never get a break, as our compliant media from NPR to the NYT beat the drums of war.
