(2023-02-07). Uncle Sam went ballistic over a balloon? indybay.org Last week, the volume of hot air spewed out by the Corporate media–magnifying even that from the Pentagon and State Dept.–was probably enough to fill 100X the size of the Chinese balloon! Notwithstanding the Chinese admission that it was a weather balloon blown off course, the US government response was nothing short of Cold War propaganda on steroids!
(2023-02-06). US media whips up anti-Chinese hysteria over balloon flight. wsws.org Over the past four days, the media has subjected the population to a barrage of war propaganda centered on the absurd claim that China sent a huge balloon visible to the naked eye to secretly spy on US nuclear bases.
(2023-02-07). Big Oil spent over $34.2 million lobbying California officials in the 2021-22 session. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) creating alliances with labor unions; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists.
(2023-02-07). Uncle Sam went ballistic over a balloon? indybay.org Last week, the volume of hot air spewed out by the Corporate media–magnifying even that from the Pentagon and State Dept.–was probably enough to fill 100X the size of the Chinese balloon! Notwithstanding the Chinese admission that it was a weather balloon blown off course, the US government response was nothing short of Cold War propaganda on steroids!
(2023-02-06). US media whips up anti-Chinese hysteria over balloon flight. wsws.org Over the past four days, the media has subjected the population to a barrage of war propaganda centered on the absurd claim that China sent a huge balloon visible to the naked eye to secretly spy on US nuclear bases.
(2023-02-07). Big Oil spent over $34.2 million lobbying California officials in the 2021-22 session. indybay.org WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) creating alliances with labor unions; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists.
(2023-02-06). A Parliamentary Republic in Mongolia: Why Russia isn't Losing Anything. journal-neo.org 
In the last months of 2022 and now in the first decades of 2023, political and civil society discourse in Mongolia has resumed with calls for constitutional change. Calls for legislative change became especially loud when the largest corruption scandal in the country's recent history was uncovered, involving the theft of coal from Mongolia's strategic …
(2023-02-06). The Real Causes of the Growing Inequality. thealtworld.com This TED talk by a rich man calling for a new economics misrepresents the causes and cure for the extraordinary increase in the inequality of American income and wealth in the past 23 years | The real causes are the offshoring of US manufacturing jobs, mass immigration of poor people due to open borders, imposition of the doctrine that corporations only have responsibility to share holders, economic concentration and non-enforcement of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, years of money printing bailout of the financial system that drove bond and stock prices up, and the financializati…
(2023-02-06). Can the American Leviathan Be Tamed? thealtworld.com Founding Fathers warned against going abroad in search of monsters to destroy. When Washington takes its wars, slogans, and coups abroad, generations of writers have characterized the aggression as seeking monsters to destroy. Washington has benefitted from the cover offered by the slogan, justifying mayhem inflicted on the world as overthrowing dictators and bringing democracy. | In his just published book, In Search of Monsters to Destroy (Independent Institute, 2022), Christopher J. Coyne, Independent Institute Fellow and economics professor at George Mason University, takes these claims at face value. He demo…
(2023-02-06). Fact Check: Almost 3 Million Immigrants Cross American Border Illegally Each Year. moguldom.com In 2022, immigrants crossed over the American borders illegally at a record number, reaching nearly 3 million. According to Customs and Border Protection data, in the fiscal year 2022, undocumented immigrants crossing into the country topped 2.76 million, breaking the previous record. The spike was caused by increased numbers of Venezuelans, Cubans, and Nicaraguans trying to …
(2023-02-06). German Prosecutor Found No Russian Involvement In Gas Pipeline Sabotage. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThe possibility of NATO's implication seems the most plausible at present. | Written by It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the West's unsubstantiated narrative that Russia sabotaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines. Now, even some German officials are beginning to admit that there is no evidence to blame Moscow for the cr…
(2023-02-06). Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization. transcend.org 30 Jan 2023 – Palestinian journalists pay a heavy price for carrying out their mission of spreading the truth about the Israeli oppression of Palestinians. Their work is critical not only to balanced media coverage but to the very cause of justice and freedom in Palestine. However, the harm inflicted on Palestinian journalists is not only physical and material. They are also constantly exposed to a very subtle but equally dangerous threat: the constant delegitimization of their work.
(2023-02-06). A change in U.S. strategy for the destabilization of Venezuela. liberationnews.org 
As part of this change in strategy in recent times, an organization called "Movimiento Ciudadano 21 de Noviembre" (MC-21N) was formed, whose subversive strategy has the objective of overthrowing the government of Nicolás Maduro…
(2023-02-07). Biden aide says door is open to discussing spending cuts with Republicans. wsws.org Washington Post urges attack on Social Security and Medicare after debt ceiling is raised.
(2023-02-06). Where The New Advanced Placement African American Studies Course Falls Short. newsone.com 
Joshua Titer looks over his course notes during an Advanced Placement African American Studies, for the first time ever, at Baltimore Polytechnic on September 28, 2022, in Baltimore, Maryland. | Source: The Washington Post / Getty | On Feb. 1, 2023— the first day of Black History Month — the College Board released the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has criticized the pilot version of…
(2023-02-06). DOJ To Participate In Independent Review Of Memphis P.D. After Tyre Nichols' Deadly Attack. newsone.com 
Source: The Washington Post / Getty | The U.S. Justice Department will partake in an external review of the Memphis Police Department after five officers beat 29-year-old Tyre Nichols to death after a routine traffic stop. |