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Syria Update, Reports Of Israeli Attacks On Iran, Trump To Rejoin TPP & YouTube Losing To Blockchain

Posted on Author Ryan Cristián

https://media.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/content.blubrry.com/last_american_vagabond/The_Daily_Wrap_Up-4-14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (4/14/18). Just as I expected, and just as I stated in numerous recent videos, we Read More…

The TPP is Dead. Long Live the TPP.

Posted on Author James Corbett

The National Diet of Japan made a very strange move this past week: They ratified the TPP. Strange, that is, because the TPP is dead. President-Elect Trump has already said he is committed to pulling the US out of the deal on day one in office. Did Japan not get the message? The TPP’s kicked Read More…

Secret Corporate Government Merger — Known As The TPP — Is Finally Dead

Posted on Author Claire Bernish

In perhaps the least ceremonious victory for U.S. and international activists, the decidedly abhorrent Trans-Pacific Partnership — a corporate giveaway of phenomenal proportions — effectively died yesterday. Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle announced the much-maligned, so-called ‘free trade’ deal — which would have inextricably tied the U.S. to Asia and given corporations unprecedented Read More…

Prominent Scholars Decry TPP’s “Frontal Attack” on Law and Democracy

Posted on Author Deirdre Fulton

“Today’s letter from top legal experts makes clear: ISDS undermines the American judicial system and tilts the playing field further in favor of big multinational corporations.” More than 200 legal and economic scholars—including President Barack Obama’s Harvard Law School mentor Laurence Tribe—have penned a letter to Congress warning that the pro-corporate Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) Read More…