Links — 31 July 2020

Sputnik International
Pompeo's Bid to Create Anti-China Alliance Backfiring on Trump, Former US Diplomat Says

US Expands Sanctions Against Iran to Target Nuclear, Military, Ballistic Missile Programs - Pompeo

Zero Hedge
Senate Committee Moves To Allow Americans To Sue China Over COVID-19
Tyler Durden

TASS
US intends to leave Afghanistan by May 2021, says Pompeo

Uniper calls US pressure on Nord Stream 2 interference in European sovereignty

Russia prepares joint investment projects for China worth $20 blb 

MR Online
“We Charge Genocide”—forerunner at UN of Black Lives Matter
W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Civilizational decay and colonial mentalities. Some reflections on and from Frantz Fanon

The Vineyard of the Saker
The heart of the matter in the South China Sea
Pepe Escobar

PsyPost
A comparison of two US national surveys points to an increase in serious psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic
Beth Ellwood

Zero Hedge
Domestic Violence More Than Doubled Under Lockdowns, New Study Finds

As Americans Ditch Airports And Hotels, RV Boom Saved GDP From Even Bigger Collapse
Tyler Durden

The Conversation
Parents with children forced to do school at home are drinking more
Susan Sonnenschein. Professor, Applied Development Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Elyse R. Grossman, Policy Fellow, Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Greg Palast (open secret)
The SECRET Purpose of Trump’s Threat to Delay the Vote

Greg Palast and Zach D Roberts

Naked Capitalism
Thomas Frank: Liberal Elites Will Create Conditions for Another Trump 

The Money Illusion
Banana republic watch 
Scott Sumner | Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University 

Sputnik International
Trump Threatens to Use ‘Strong Offensive Force’ in Portland If 'Absolute Anarchists' Don’t Clear Out 

Zero Hedge
Caterpillar North America Machine Sales Crash Most Since The Financial Crisis 
Tyler Durden 

Oilprice
Syrian Kurds Ink Oil Deal with U.S. Company
Charles Kennedy

Sputnik International 
Denmark Allows Nord Stream 2 to Resume Construction Through Its Waters

Calculated Risk
Comparing US, EU and China GDPBill McBride

Strategic Culture Foundation
Russophobia Goes Viral Again… And Fatally No Cure

SouthFront
News Of Democracy: Ukrainians With “Wrong Religion” Should “Go Live In Moscow”

MiddleEastEye
‘I smell Islamophobia’: British Muslims decry lockdown imposed hours before Eid
Rayhan Uddin

Zero Hedge (White House condemns)
Hong Kong Cancels Fall Election As Coronavirus "Third Wave" Intensifies
Tyler Durden

Counterpunch
Russiagate, Nazis, and the CIA

Rob Urie

Zero Hedge
'Momentary Lapse Of Honesty': Esper Said NATO Purpose Is To "Avoid Peace In Europe"
Tyler Durden

 

Dances with Bears
AUSTRIA CONFIRMS OPCW REPORT ON SKRIPAL FAKING BY THE BRITISH – VIENNA EXPOSES FINANCIAL TIMES LIES AND COVER-UP
John Helmer

Sputnik International
What Can China Do to Ensure Financial Security in Case It's Disconnected From SWIFT?

Zero Hedge
Pentagon Admits Risk Of 'Mistakenly' Firing Land-Based Nuclear Missiles In Rare Memo
Tyler Durden

The National Interest
Tulsi Gabbard Wants To Know If U.S. Sanctions Are Killing Children

Matthew Petti