027 The Erickson Report for December 9 to 22

 

027 The Erickson Report for December 9 to 22

This time:

A Longer Look at Yemen
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/20/yemen-civil-war-the-conflict-explained
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/3/25/key-facts-about-the-war-in-yemen
https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/war-yemen
https://www.codepink.org/bidenyemen
https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/yemen-integrated-food-security-phase-classification-snapshot-october-2020-june-2021
https://www.vox.com/2019/4/4/18293954/war-powers-resolution-passes-congress-yemen-bds
https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/16/politics/trump-vetoes-yemen-war-powers-resolution/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/11/politics/uae-arms-sales-formal-notification/index.html
https://www.defenseone.com/business/2020/12/us-officials-say-they-can-seal-f-35-sale-uae-trump-leaves/170516/
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-emirates-arms-ngos-int-idUSKBN28A29T
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-12-08/u-s-shouldn-t-designate-yemen-s-houthis-as-foreign-terrorist-organization
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-yemen-designation_n_5fca9306c5b6787f2a97c771

Police training document calls Antifa, BLM "terrorists" and civil right protesters "useful idiots"
https://www.kold.com/2020/12/04/police-guide-that-calls-blm-terrorist-group-draws-outrage/

Rhetoric of right wing becomes more violent as auto coup attempts fail
https://www.alternet.org/2020/12/trump-election-2649108314/
https://www.alternet.org/2020/12/right-wing-hypocrisy/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/trumps-allies-are-growing-increasingly-dangerous-and-calling-for-violence-as-his-coup-attempt-drags-on/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/federalist-reporter-claims-stacy-abrams-is-dangerous-for-promoting-voting/
https://www.newsweek.com/pastor-urges-trump-admin-shoot-democrats-journalists-if-they-conspired-rig-election-1551246
http://whoviating.blogspot.com/2017/02/113-rules.html

SCOTUS says religious groups can spread COVID
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/26/politics/supreme-court-religious-restrictions-ruling-covid/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/27/opinions/scientifically-illiterate-scotus-covid-decision-sachs/

New US Citizenship Test slaps immigrants
https://www.uscis.gov/citizenship-resource-center/the-2020-version-of-the-civics-test/128-civics-questions-and-answers-2020-version

COVID relief still stalled
https://www.aol.com/finance/senator-says-trump-mcconnell-likely-052924035-110824213.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/coronavirus-stimulus-update-congress-tries-to-reach-relief-deal.html

Pennsylvania GOPpers fail (again!) to overturn election
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/08/politics/supreme-court-pennsylvania-trump-biden/index.html
https://www.aol.com/news/texas-asks-u-supreme-court-160839530-162356499.html

More unsatisfactory picks for Blahden administration
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/30/citing-past-calls-social-security-cuts-progressives-not-pleased-biden-pick-neera
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-neera-tanden_n_5fc599d0c5b63d1b770eeddf
https://prospect.org/cabinet-watch/blackrock-executive-brian-deese-could-get-major-white-house-position/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/climate/biden-climate-change.html
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/17/citing-her-ties-agribusiness-and-fossil-fuels-160-groups-tell-biden-heitkamp-wrong
https://www.thedailybeast.com/biden-weighs-mike-morell-as-his-cia-chief-a-key-dem-senator-says-dont-bother
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/former-cia-leader-defends-drone-strikes-torture
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/12/6/2000325/-Joe-Biden-to-nominate-Medicare-For-All-proponent-Xavier-Becerra-to-be-next-HHS-secretary

Some good election news for progressives, including in the "progressive prosecutor movement"
https://www.alternet.org/2020/11/did-democrats-really-underperform-down-ballot/
https://jimhightower.com/2020/11/my-post-election-message-what-progressives-won-this-year/
https://eji.org/criminal-justice-reform/
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article243730927.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938593052/election-results-show-voters-nationwide-ready-for-criminal-justice-reform
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/08/us/george-gascon-la-county-district-attorney.html
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/jacob_riis_107072