Daily Archives: January 12, 2023

2023-01-12: News Headlines

Shane Quinn (2023-01-12). History of World War II: Operation Barbarossa, the Allied Firebombing of German Cities and Japan's Early Conquests. globalresearch.ca The Soviets' ability to absorb and eventually overcome the Wehrmacht's blows saved humanity from the nightmare of a Nazi victory, in which case Adolf Hitler would have held dominance over much of Eurasia and perhaps further afield.

_____ (2023-01-12). Western Journalists Are Cowardly, Approval-Seeking Losers. strategic-culture.org Research conducted by New York University's Center for Social Media and Politics into Russian trolling behavior on Twitter in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential election has found "no evidence of a meaningful relationship between exposure to the Russian foreign influence campaign and changes in attitudes, polarization, or voting behavior."

scorinoco (2023-01-11). Under Musk, Twitter Continues to Promote US Propaganda Networks. orinocotribune.com By Bryce Greene Jan 6, 2023 | Twitter's "state-affiliated media" policy has an unwritten exemption for US government-funded and -controlled news media accounts. Twitter even boosts these accounts as "authoritative" sources for news during the Russian/Ukrainian war. | Elon Musk's controlled release of the documents known as the "Twitter Files" has given us some insight into the inner workings of the social media platform. The batch of docs released on

WorkWeek (2023-01-11). Matt Witt The On 33rd Year Anniversary Of Mexico Ford Workers Attack By US CIA AFL-CIO. indybay.org January 8, 1990 is the 33rd anniversary of the brutal assault on Mexico City Ford Cuautitlán plant by 1 thugs which injured many workers and killed 1. The assault it was later learned was funded and organized by the CIA and the AFL-CIO leadership and the National Endowment For Democracy which is still giving the AFL-CIO's "Solidarity Center" $75 million.

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-11). Dr. Dre Sends Cease And Desist To Marjorie Taylor Greene Over Unauthorized Song Use, Slams Her For 'Divisive And Hateful' Rhetoric. moguldom.com Attorneys for Dr. Dre sent a cease-and-desist letter to Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene after she used one of his famous songs in a video she posted to social media without his permission. "You are wrongfully exploiting this work through the various social media outlets to promote your divisive and hateful political agenda," the letter …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-11). US Threatens African Countries, Demanding They End Relations with Russia. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz South Africa's Minister of Defence and Military Veterans Thandi Modise © Twitter / South African Government Even with the emerging countries several times making clear their solid position of not supporting the sanctions against Russia, the US remains with an absolutely interventionist foreign policy, threatening the states that maintain relations with "blacklisted" nations….

John Geyman (2023-01-11). Privatization Scam Threatens to Replace Traditional Medicare Altogether by 2030. truthout.org Many Americans know Medicare Advantage as the Medicare program heavily advertised during its enrollment periods, including its special enrollment period that ended just last month. The incessantly repeated television ad for Medicare Advantage, which has often been narrated by 1960s quarterback Joe Namath, is full of disinformation — and it's a profitable scam for health insurers. |

Ann Brown (2023-01-11). Fact Check: Biden Promised Black America He Would Forgive HBCU Loans But Hasn't. moguldom.com There has been a political battle over President Joe Biden's proposed student loan forgiveness program, which would forgive a set amount on loans for students overall. But did Biden proposed full debt forgiveness for students of Historically Black Colleges and Universities? Yes, while Biden was campaigning for president during the 2020 campaign cycle, this was …

Felix Abt (2023-01-11). Yemen War Continues Beyond Media Spotlight. covertactionmagazine.com The Washington Post even gives positive spin by suggesting that the war has improved gender equality in devastated country. "An unexpected result of Yemen's war: More men are cooking and cleaning," The Washington Post reported in 2016 on the social and cultural impact of the war in Yemen. The seemingly good side of this U.S.-sponsored …

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-01-11). The clock is ticking in Ukraine for U.S. global hegemony. peoplesworld.org The bipartisan consensus on the Beltway about the United States being the "indispensable" world power is usually attributed to the neocons who have been the driving force of U.S. foreign and security policy in successive administrations since the 1970s. An op-ed in the Washington Post on Saturday titled "Time is not on Ukraine's side," co-authored by President …

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