(2022-07-28). Police departments spend vast sums of money creating "Copaganda" mronline.org 
U.S. police departments spend tens of millions of dollars every year to manipulate the news, flooding the discourse with "copaganda." These aggressive tactics give the public a distorted view of what public safety means, what threatens it, and how to solve it.
(2022-07-28). No Russian Roulette: The Hunger Emergency and the Global Corporate System. orinocotribune.com 
By Sajai Jose Jul 22, 2022 | As government efforts to contain it fails even in rich nations, the world's hunger and livelihoods crisis is rapidly escalating into an emergency. Western leaders and media have been blaming Russia and the war in Ukraine for this unfolding catastrophe, but the facts say otherwise. | A month ago, the Food and Work Network, a coalition of academics, community activists, and trade unions in the United Kingdom issued an
(2022-07-28). The Nasty Voices in Our Heads. tomdispatch.com I have a brother with chronic schizophrenia. He had his first severe catatonic episode when he was 16 years old and I was 10. Later, he suffered from auditory hallucinations and heard voices saying nasty things to him. I remember my father reassuring him that the voices weren't real and asking him whether he could ignore them. Sadly, it's not that simple. That conversation between my father and brother has been on my mind, as I've been experiencing America's increasingly divided, almost schizoid, version of social discourse. It's as if this country were suffering from some set of collective auditory hallucination…
(2022-07-28). Patrick Lawrence: The Causes of Things. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Casus belli Over a summer sup on the back lawn the other night, a Times-reading, MSNBC—watching, NPR—listening neighbor asked what I thought she should read to acquire what she is not getting from these media, an accurate understanding of what goes on in our world. I loved the …
(2022-07-28). Chinese spokesperson refutes U.S. report against China. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Wednesday refuted a U.S. report against China, saying it is political disinformation fabricated by a handful of Senate Republicans and completely ungrounded.
(2022-07-28). SA New Frame's demise shines a light on China-aligned unions, parties and disinformation. indybay.org The closure of South Africa journal New Frame has exposed a web of connections between US multi-millionaire Roy Singham, NUMSA and the Chinese government as well as other publications supporting China.
(2022-07-28). Grand jury hears testimony on Trump role in "fake electors" scheme. wsws.org A report in the Washington Post is the first to suggest that the Department of Justice is making preparations for criminal charges against the ex-president for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election result.
(2022-07-28). Fox Seeks Allies Across the Political Spectrum to Shill for Bolsonaro. zcomm.org Fox's propaganda blitz preemptively sets the stage for the normalization of a possible military coup in Brazil this October…
(2022-07-27). It's Time to Crack Down on Excessive CEO Pay. otherwords.org Working families are getting hammered by inflation while corporate leaders and politicians are calling for belt-tightening. But there's one group of Americans that's actually profited from increasing prices. | Big company CEOs have enjoyed soaring pay, even as their employees have been struggling to keep their families safe and their bills paid. | Look at Target, for example. Last year, the median Target worker salary did not even keep pace with inflation, rising by less than 4 percent to just Did the gia…
(2022-07-27). Fact Check: Married Women Couldn't Get Credit Until 1974 and Then Divorce Rate Skyrocketed. moguldom.com Earlier this summer, a historian's tweet went viral after she said married women couldn't get credit in their names until 1974 and the divorce rate skyrocketed as a result. But is her statement correct? "The fact that married women couldn't get a credit in their own names until 1974 and the divorce rate started to …
(2022-07-27). Trump joins Aaron Burr and Jefferson Davis as Former High Office-Holder Investigated for Sedition. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Carol D. Leonnig, Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, and Spencer S. Hsu at the Washington Post got the scoop that the Department of Justice has for some time been investigating Donald John Trump for possible charges in connection with his campaign to overturn the 2020 election results. (I call him Donald …
(2022-07-26). Patrick Lawrence: 21st Century Order. scheerpost.com 
Railway station constructed in 2013 in Kazandzhik, Turkmenistan, an important crossroad of the Trans-Caspian Railway and North-South Transnational Railway. (Balkan Wiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons) | By Patrick Lawrence / At last we were able to read, last week, a New York Times story that concerned the Russians but not the brutal Russians. However, if we are not reading about the brutal Russians and their brutal military and their brutal attacks on civilians in Ukraine, we are obliged to read about…
(2022-07-26). Police Are Using Newborn Genetic Screening to Search for Suspects, Threatening Privacy and Public Health. aclu.org Nearly every baby born in the U.S. has blood drawn in the immediate hours after their birth, allowing the baby to be tested for a panel of potentially life-threatening inherited disorders. This is a vital public health program, enabling early treatment of newborns with genetic disorders; for them, it can be the difference between a healthy life and an early death. But recent news suggests that police are seeking access to these newborn blood samples in criminal investigations. Such use of this trove of genetic material — to hunt for evidence that could implicate a child's relative in a crime — enda…
(2022-07-26). SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant Severity in Ontario, Canada—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply Dr Zeng mentions potential confounding due to prior SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was not considered in our original analysis. The arrival of the Omicron variant wave was a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic, with widespread reports of reduced severity compared with prior variants. Nevertheless, there remains uncertainty about whether severity was reduced due to innate changes in the virus or due to increased immunity in the population infected. To address Zeng's concern about prior infection, we updated our cohort, measured the prevalence of prior infection, and conducted new analyses. All methods are…