News Roundup 1/31/19

January 31, 2019

A new bipartisan bill would make animal cruelty a federal crime. [Link]
Baltimore will stop prosecuting marijuana possession offenses. [Link]
Facebook blocks ad transparency tools from working. [Link]
Google removes a map of ‘Kurdistan’ at the request of the Turkish government. [Link]
Nikki Haley and Gary Cohn are charging $200,000 for speaking engagements. [Link]

A federal court rules that Vietnam vets who served offshore are eligible for benefits for those who suffer from Agent Orange-related illnesses. [Link]
US interventions are to meant benefit corporations not to promote Democracy. [Link]
The NATO Secretary General praises Trump from pushing member states to increase defense spending. [Link]
A German judge quits the Hague over political pressure from the US. The US was working to prevent US war crimes in Afghanistan from being investigated. [Link]

Maduro rejects calls for a new presidential election. [Link]
Maduro accuses Trump of attempting to use Colombia assassinate him. [Link]
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is prepared to give $20 million in aid to Venezuela. [Link]
Peter Van Buren breaks down the situation for US diplomats in Venezuela. [Link]

A US airstrike in Syria kills eight civilians. [Link]
Patrick Cockburn on the lessons that should have been learned by the rise and fall of ISIS. [Link]
Kurdish protesters in Iraqi Kurdistan storm a Turkish military base. Two protesters were killed. [Link]

Senator Sanders, Lee, and Murphy introduce a bill that will use the War Powers Act to end US involvement in Yemen. [Link]
Nineteen million people in Yemen lack access to clean water. [Link]
The Saudi backed Yemeni government and the Houthi begin swapping some prisoners. The Stockholm ceasefire agreement calls for 15,000 prisoners to be freed. [Link]
ACLED reports at least 267 Yemeni civilians have been killed by Houthi landmines since 2016. Saudi sources claim up to 920 civilians have been killed by landmines. [Link]

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