The Swamp Thickens

Chris Lehmann The Baffler
What the Michael Cohen story tells us about Trumpian corruption

'America Crossed Every Red Line’: Palestinians in Jerusalem Protest New US Embassy

Yumna Patel, Akram Al-Wa'ra and Saleh Zghari Mondoweiss
As US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner celebrated the inauguration with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and major Trump donor Sheldon Adelson, Palestinian protesters outside were met by armed Israeli police forces who heavily suppressed demonstrations.

Don’t Cry, Resist! Movies From a Female Revolution

Manohla Dargis The New York Times
“Before, I was my father’s Janie,” says this determined woman, who with grit and welfare checks is raising her six children alone in an abject corner of Newark. “And then I was Charlie’s Janie,” she says of her abusive husband. “Now I’m Janie’s Janie.”

If 52 Americans protesters were gunned down?

Code Pink Code Pink
It is almost too horrible to imagine. Today, Israeli snipers again opened fire on unarmed Palestinian protesters in Gaza. So far, 52 are confirmed dead and the death toll will likely continue to climb.

Oats

The Nutrition Source editors Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Oats contain several components that have been proposed to exert health benefits.
The FDA allows oat food labels to tout the nutritional value and health benefits of oats such as a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, weight and hunger control.

Amid Missiles and Bombs in Damascus

Jeff Klein Consortium News
walls painted with bombs in Syria
Not so far back, those who opposed the Iraq War were smeared as supporters of Saddam Hussein, a charge that honest anti-war activists easily dismissed. Defending Syria from foreign aggression and advocating the right of Syrians to choose their own future apparently makes one an “Assad apologist"...