Katyal On Trump’s Refusal To Testify: This Is ‘The Only Time I’ve Wanted Trump To Actually S peak’

MSNBC

Published on Feb 5, 2021

Former acting U.S. solicitor general Neal Katyal reacts to the former president rejecting the request by House Managers to testify in the impeachment trial. Aired on 2/5/2021.

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: February 4 | MSNBC

MSNBC

Published on Feb 5, 2021

Watch the top news stories and highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show, airing weeknights at 9 p.m. on MSNBC.

We Can’t Just “Move On”: AOC & Rashida Tlaib Demand Accountability for Deadly Capitol Attack

Democracy Now!

Published on Feb 5, 2021

As the U.S Senate prepares its impeachment trial of President Trump for inciting the January 6 insurrection, House lawmakers took to the floor Thursday to detail their experiences and demand accountability. We air excerpts from dramatic speeches by Democratic Congressmembers Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan. “Some are already demanding that we move on or, worse, attempting to minimize, discredit or belittle the accounts of survivors,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “In doing so, they not only further harm those who were there that day and provide cover for those responsible, but they also send a tremendously damaging message to survivors of trauma all across this country, that the way to deal with trauma, violence and targeting is to paper it over, minimize it and move on.”

Yemen: Biden to End U.S. Offensive Support for Saudi-Led Assault, But Will the War Actually End?

Democracy Now!

Published on Feb 5, 2021

President Joe Biden has pledged to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, supported by both the Obama and Trump administrations, describing it as a “humanitarian and strategic catastrophe.” The six-year war in Yemen has devastated the country, killing at least 100,000 people and pushing 80% of the country into instability requiring some form of aid or protection, according to the United Nations. Biden’s remarks on Yemen come amid a freeze of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia, with similar sales to the United Arab Emirates also up for review. “This is the culmination of six years of activism and advocacy to end the U.S.’s role in the war in Yemen,” says Yemeni scholar and activist Shireen Al-Adeimi, an assistant professor at Michigan State University. “We have a president who finally acknowledged the devastating war that is, frankly, caused by the U.S.’s participation.”

Will Biden Admin Reverse Trump’s “Dangerous” Recognition of Morocco’s Occupation of Western Sahara?

Democracy Now!

Published on Feb 5, 2021

President Donald Trump broke with decades of U.S. foreign policy in the waning days of his administration and recognized Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, a territory the country has occupied since 1975 in defiance of the United Nations and the international community. U.S. recognition came as Morocco agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the fourth Arab nation to do so in recent months as part of a regional push by the Trump administration to strengthen Israel without addressing the Palestinian conflict. Now the Biden administration must weigh whether to reverse Trump’s decision on Western Sahara. “It’ll be very dangerous if Biden does not reverse Trump’s unprecedented recognition of Morocco’s takeover of Western Sahara,” says Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco. “The United Nations Charter is very clear that the expansion of territory by military force is illegitimate.”

Top U.S. & World Headlines — February 5, 2021

Democracy Now!

Published on Feb 5, 2021

“A Moral Catastrophe”: Africa CDC Head Says Lack of Vaccines for the Continent Will Imperil World

Democracy Now!

Countries across the African continent are facing a second COVID-19 outbreak, linked to a variant first found in South Africa that has been detected in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Comoros and Zambia and more than 20 non-African countries so far. There is concern new variants, which scientists believe are more infectious, could spread the virus further before widespread vaccination begins. More than 40 African countries have been hit by this second wave, and just six have received relatively small shipments of vaccines. John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, says the world faces “a moral catastrophe” without vaccine equity. “It has to be very clear that no part of the world will be safe until all parts of the world are safe,” he says. “We either come out of this together or we go down together. There’s no middle ground in this.”

The Fall of the Aztec Empire | Mankind: The Story of All of Us

HISTORY – Feb 5, 2021

Join us as we explain the wildest, weirdest, most shocking moments of all time in History Countdown – https://histv.co/countdown​ The Aztecs have built an empire that dominates Central America. But it will be destroyed because of a domino effect. 7,000 miles away in Turkey, the trading center of Constantinople is overrun by an Islamic army, in Season 1, Episode 7, “New World.”

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Biden’s Planet-Friendly Pivot: Going Green Again!

RT America – Feb 5, 2021

President Biden wasted NO time re-committing the U.S. to the Paris Climate Accord. SmartPower.org president Brian Keane discusses the flurry of energy-conscious executive orders signed during Biden’s first week in office. It appears this administration will aggressively confront fossil fuel emissions, as climate change remains an existential threat.

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• “Building Back Better?” vs “Building Back Badly?” – Restorative Ecology vs Resurgent “Growthism:” The Ethical Choice for Human Survival

Criminalizing Compassion: How Ag-Gag Legislation Lets Corporations Set the Laws of the Land

The Nation– Jul 31, 2013

Did you know that, in several states, you can be prosecuted for filming inside a slaughterhouse or other animal agricultural facility? Amy Meyer does, which is why, when parked across the street from the Dale T. Smith and Sons Meat Packing Company in Draper, Utah, a suburb south of Salt Lake City, and walked up to the plant’s fence, she was careful to never leave public property. But when Meyer took out her camera and began to film, she set herself up to become the agricultural industry’s first-ever “Ag Gag” criminal. Watch the full video to hear more about Meyer’s story, and read this piece to learn just how much large corporate interests like the agricultural industry are bending our system of rules in their interest: http://thenat.in/13wugAY

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