RSN: Michael T. Klare | Girding for Confrontation, the Pentagon's Provocative Encirclement of China

19 June 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News RSN ISN’T SOMETHING YOU CAN TAKE FOR FREE - To get what RSN has to offer, you have to be a part of it, you have to participate. That’s the key. It’s the participation that builds the social benefit. RSN, it’s about doing something. Help. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! Michael T. Klare | Girding for Confrontation, the Pentagon's Provocative Encirclement of China  Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch Klare writes: "On May 30th, Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a momentous shift in American global strategic policy. From now on, he decreed, the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), which oversees all U.S. military forces in Asia, will be called the Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM)." READ MORE Protest at a hearing of the judiciary committee. (photo: Joshua Roberts/Reuters) No More 'Internment Camps': Democrats Disrupt Congressional Hearing Sarah N. Lynch and Susan Cornwell, Reuters Excerpt: "Decrying 'internment camps,' Democrats and their supporters disrupted a high-profile U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday with a dramatic protest against the Trump administration's policy of detaining immigrant children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border." READ MORE Kris Kobach. (photo: Getty Images) Judge Strikes Down Kansas Voter Law, Orders Kobach to Take Legal Classes Jonathan Shorman and Hunter Woodall, The Kansas City Star Excerpt: "A federal judge has struck down a Kansas voter citizenship law that Secretary of State Kris Kobach had personally defended." READ MORE 'Finally': World Health Organization Announces It Will No Longer Classify Being Transgender a Mental Disorder teleSUR Excerpt: "The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that being transgender will no longer be classified as a mental illness in the new International Classification for Diseases (ICD), the ICD-11." READ MORE Federal Judge Blocks Arkansas Law That Effectively Bans Medication Abortion Casey Quinlan, ThinkProgress Quinlan writes: "On Monday, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker halted enforcement of an Arkansas law that effectively bans medication abortion in the state through burdensome requirements that clinics can't meet." READ MORE UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Israel and Hamas to recommit to a ceasefire that ended the 2014 war. (photo: EPA) UN Chief Antonio Guterres: Gaza 'on Brink of War' Al Jazeera Excerpt: "UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the 'most serious escalation' of violence in the Gaza Strip places the besieged enclave on the 'brink of war,' urging Israel and Hamas to recommit to a 2014 ceasefire." READ MORE A goat grazes in southern Portugal. (photo: Armando Franca/AP) Portugal Races to Protect Its Citizens Against Wildfires - With Goats Barry Hatton, The Christian Science Monitor Hatton writes: "Unaware that time is short, more than 200 brown-and-white goats slowly munch their way through the thick undergrowth that covers the hills of southern Portugal." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation