Links — 19 July 2020

Bill Totten's Weblog
The US is Militarily & Economically Impotent
Scott Ritter, former USMC intelligence officer


RT
‘Attempt to spoil a peace deal’: Taliban spokesman says ‘Russian bounties’ story is fake news
 

Sputnik International
Pentagon Calls for NATO Spending Increase ‘to Deter Russia’

'Little Green Men': Why Americans are Polarised Over Feds Effort to Restore Law & Order in Portland
 

Axios
Trump declines to say he'll accept results of election: "I have to see"

Rashaan Ayesh

Slate

Poll: Biden Leads Trump by 15 Points Nationally Daniel Politi

Jacobin

Trump the “Putin Puppet” Just Dramatically Escalated the Undeclared War Against Russia

Branko Marcetic

Global Research (crime against humanity)

Hunger is a Weapon of War: Syria Under US Coalition Blockade and Scorched Earth Policy

Vanessa Beeley

Politico

America’s hidden economic crisis: Widespread wage cuts

Megan Cassella

The Libertarian Institute

CATO 2020 National Survey Results: 63% Of Americans In Favor Of Ending Qualified Immunity

Steven Woskow


What's Left (unwelcome competition in tech)

US attorney general explains the real reason Washington is hostile to China

The Independent (UK) (U softpower takes another dive, loses more credibility.)

'They just started wailing on me': Veteran speaks out after video of federal officers beating him at Portland protests goes viral

Danielle Zoellner

Antiwar

In Memo, DHS Chief Says Portland Crackdown ‘Going to Be the Norm’

Jason Ditz

Al Jazeera (Qatar)

Has the new world order failed?