'They are connected with the CIA': Philippine president accuses US ambassadors of being 'spies'

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte derided U.S. ambassadors as "spies" on Thursday, responding to a media report of an alleged American plot to destabilize his government, a job he said some envoys were appointed solely to do. The volatile former mayor said though had received no intelligence reports of any U.S. plan to undermine his presidency, he believed most ambassadors were in cahoots with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which had a track record of meddling in other countries' affairs.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/r-philippines-duterte-calls-us-envoys-spies-over-alleged-ouster-plot-2016-12?source=Snapzu

Bernie Sanders: Corporate Media is a Threat to Democracy

Three weeks after the election of Donald Trump, Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia as part of his "Our Revolution" book tour.
Read more: https://democracynow.org/2016/12/26/bernie_sanders_corporate_media_is_a?source=Snapzu

The sharp rise in non-Latin American migrants trying to cross into the U.S. from Mexico

Mexican officials are calling it unprecedented: Some 15,000 migrants from outside Latin America passed through Baja California this year — nearly five times the number seen in 2015. By Alexandra Zavis. Photos by Genaro Molina.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-fg-immigration-trek-america-tijuana/?source=Snapzu

Madrid bans half of cars from roads to fight air pollution

Odd- and even-numbered vehicles will swap use of roads in Spanish capital until smog eases
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/29/madrid-bans-half-of-cars-from-roads-to-fight-air-pollution?source=Snapzu

The horrors of 2016 could have been stopped – with better defenses

Donald Trump and other monsters of this new era were always there. They just triumphed because centrists blocked those who could keep a lid on them. By Sam Kriss.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/dec/27/the-horrors-of-2016-could-have-been-stopped-donald-trump?source=Snapzu

The Fighter

The Marine Corps taught Sam Siatta how to shoot. The war in Afghanistan taught him how to kill. Nobody taught him how to come home. By C. J. Chivers.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/28/magazine/afghanistan-soldier-ptsd-the-fighter.html?_r=0?source=Snapzu

The Coming War on China

A warning that nuclear war is not only imaginable, but a 'contingency,' says the Pentagon. By John Pilger.
Read more: https://thoughtmaybe.com/the-coming-war-on-china/?source=Snapzu