2022-12-14: News Headlines

Ralf Streck (2022-12-14). How critical journalists are muzzled in Europe. indybay.org Besides the case of Julian Assange, the case of the Basque Pablo González has stood out for almost a year now. Poland wants to keep him in solitary confinement for at least a year without presenting any evidence for the accusations of alleged espionage for Russia. His offense is apparently to have done research in eastern Ukraine, which alarms Ukrainian and Polish intelligence.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-14). Why Putin Says Russia Could Adopt US-Style Preemptive Strike Doctrine. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageThe political West's propaganda machine cherry-picked Vladimir Putin's statements in order to misrepresent them as supposed "saber-rattling" while ignoring the pure logic behind his words. | Written by Drago Bosnic, independent geopolitical and military analyst |

WSWS (2022-12-14). Five more men to stand trial for 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Whitmer. wsws.org Michigan 86th District Court Judge Michael Stepka ruled last Wednesday that sufficient evidence was presented in a preliminary hearing by state prosecutors to bound five men over for a trial on felony charges in Antrim County circuit court in connection with the plot to kidnap the governor of Michigan.

WSWS (2022-12-14). New York Times covers up for Biden, Trump and other COVID-19 criminals. wsws.org At bottom, the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic does not result from a medical or health care crisis but from the subordination of public health to private profit.

____ (2022-12-13). New evidence of Japanese germ warfare unit on exhibit. ecns.cn More than 20,000 pieces of artifacts and documents are on exhibit for the first time in a museum in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.

Brittani Banks (2022-12-13). New York Times Strike: From Reporters to Rabble-Rousers. independentmediainstitute.org Strike activity in the United States appears to have reached an all-time high as the unionized staff of the New York Times recently joined the ranks of iconic brands like Starbucks and Amazon in agitating for their rights. More than 1,100 staffers, represented by the NewsGuild of New York, staged a one-day walkout on December …

Chris Walker (2022-12-13). DOJ Special Counsel Subpoenas Brad Raffensperger for Communications With Trump. truthout.org Newly appointed Department of Justice (DOJ) special counsel Jack Smith has sent a grand jury subpoena to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) requesting all of his office's communications relating to efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. The subpoena, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Post… |

Anonymous103 (2022-12-12). The Twitter Files: The Corporate Media Ignores The Biggest Story Of The Decade. southfront.org | Originally published on The biggest story of the past decade is not the covid pandemic, the January 6th protests, the war in Ukraine, the BLM riots, or even the stagflationary crisis in the US. Behind these major events is another story, one that connects them all together in a disturbing way. Even more important than the effects of geopolitical and economic chaos is the…

Infobrics (2022-12-12). India denies Western fake news that Modi cancelled meeting with Putin over nuclear warning. infobrics.org West desperately attempts to derail the strengthening of Indian-Russian ties.

Ben Norton (2022-12-12). British empire killed 165 million Indians in 40 years: How colonialism inspired fascism. multipolarista.com A scholarly study found that British colonialism caused approximately 165 million deaths in India from 1880 to 1920, while stealing trillions of dollars of wealth. The global capitalist system was founded on European imperial genocides, which inspired Adolf Hitler and led to fascism.

Dana Drugmand (2022-12-12). Pesticide industry 'helped write' disinformation playbook used by Big Oil and Big Tobacco, report revealsÔøº. nationofchange.org New analysis sheds light on key tactics Monsanto used to distort science and spin the narrative in defense of its herbicide product.

WSWS (2022-12-12). Orion spacecraft splashes down, completing Artemis I mission. wsws.org The landing was the final major milestone of the Artemis I mission, which is being hailed by the Biden administration and the corporate media as the precursor to new crewed missions to the Moon and possibly Mars.

Laith Fadel (2022-12-12). Ten year anniversary of Sandy Hook mass shooting. america.cgtn.com Mass shootings have become a common occurrence in the U.S., as the topic of gun control continues to remain at the forefront of political discourse in Washington. These mass shootings will also be the topic of discussion on Wednesday, December 14th, as this date marks …

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-12-12). The 2002 Bush Junior Doctrine and the Pandora Box of "Preemptive Warfare" globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-12-12). Visegrad24 Funded by the Polish Government. libya360.wordpress.com Felix Livshitz Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki One of the largest media outlets in Eastern Europe is pushes fake news. Now a bombshell report suggests it's sponsored by Warsaw. Chances are that any active Twitter user over the past year will have seen a tweet or two from an account called Visegrad24 and, most likely, the information…

Dave DeCamp (2022-12-12). Japan to Buy US-Made Tomahawk Missiles in Another Move Away From Pacifism. news.antiwar.com Japan is set to purchase hundreds of US-made long-range Tomahawk missiles in the latest sign that Tokyo is moving away from the pacifism that was outlined by its post-World War II constitution, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The purchase will give Japan long-range strike capability, breaking from the country's policy of only having weapons …

Ellen Taylor (2022-12-12). Will Belated Open Letter by The New York Times and other Media Outlets Be Enough to Compel Julian Assange's Release From Prison? covertactionmagazine.com Or will vindictive elites exposed as war criminals in documents Assange released and who engaged in deep-reaching smear campaign directed against him try to lock up the heroic truth-teller forever? On November 28, The New York Times, Der Spiegel, The Guardian, Le Monde and El Pais sent an Open Letter to the world, stating that …

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