(2023-07-12). The psychological war waged by the Five Eyes against the very civilians they claim to defend. expose-news.com In November 2020, GCHQ was ordered "to wage cyber war on anti-vaccine propaganda" and "to take out anti-vaxxers online and on social media." GCHQ is Britain's main eavesdropping agency and has a …
(2023-07-12). America vs. the Supreme Court. fpif.org After last year's NATO summit, Joe Biden talked to reporters about the war in Ukraine, U.S. military assistance to the government in Kyiv, the invitations to Sweden and Finland to join NATO, and the global economy. | The message that the U.S. president emphasized, on all of these issues, was that "America is back." After the isolationist rhetoric of the Trump years, the United States was once again participating in multilateral initiatives and shouldering its share of alliance burdens. It was the defining message of his presidency from day one. | But the first question Biden fielded at the press conference was no…
(2023-07-13). Patrick Lawrence: The 'Disinformation Industry' Lands in Court. scheerpost.com 
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost What kind of a week was last week in the theater of war wherein battles rage over illegal censorship, illegal attacks on freedom of speech, illegal government infringements on our constitutional rights, and, amid it all, the complicity of our most powerful media in these illegalities? For a …
(2023-07-12). Attacks on RFK Jr. as a "Conspiracy Theorist" Show All the Hallmarks of CIA Disinformation. covertactionmagazine.com Whether One Agrees or Disagrees With Aspects of His Outlook, the Media is Clearly Slanted Against Him In January 1967, the CIA sent a memo (marked "SECRET," "RESTRICTED," and "DESTROY WHEN NO LONGER NEEDED") to its army of media "assets" secretly embedded in virtually every area of U.S. communications. This army of covert operatives (exposed …
(2023-07-13). Australian Labor government pushes social media censorship. wsws.org The draft legislation creates the framework for the mass deletion of social media postings deemed by government authorities to do "harm" to "public order," state institutions and corporate interests.
(2023-07-13). Janet Yellen, playing the "good cop" routine in China? indybay.org Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Beijing this week meeting with Chinese officials. But Western corporate media is trying to spin her role as a "good cop" for the NeoLiberal policy of coercing China to follow the USA-made "rules-based" international order.
(2023-07-12). Prosecution evidence completed in Kevin Spacey sexual assault trial in London. wsws.org Spacey denies three counts of indecent assault, seven of sexual assault, one of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent and one of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, which carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment.
(2023-07-13). Archaeology Is Flipping the Script on What We Know About Ancient Mesoamerica By: Gary M. Feinman & David M. Carballo. midwesternmarx.com 
Recent archaeology emerging from ancient Mesoamerica is flipping the script of public understanding about the people and institutions that inhabited this world: the evidence tells us that cooperative and pluralistic government was at least as common and more resilient than despotic states.This more complex picture and the achievements of Mesoamerica's peoples are all the more impressive given the area's rugged terrain and resource constraints. Compared to ancient Eurasia, the …
(2023-07-12). Foundation To Battle Injustice Found Exclusive Evidence Of Trafficking Disabled Ukrainian Children In Spain. southfront.org 
Provided by 85 children with intellectual and physical disabilities were forcibly taken from the DPR to Spain by a Spanish military aircraft and placed in a state-run orphanage, where they are sexually abused, involved in the drug trade, and were trafficked around the world. Minors with special needs live in inappropriate conditions, and any attempts to return them to…
(2023-07-12). The Surreal Scenario of Another Trump Term. progressive.org The evidence supporting Trump's federal indictment demonstrates his unfitness to hold office, but that hasn't convinced Republican elites.
(2023-07-13). NYT Worries Brazil Goes Too Far to Fight Far Right. scheerpost.com 
Bolsonaro with US President Donald Trump in White House. Isac Nóbrega/PR, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Brian Mier / Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) Describing the differences in how Brazil and the US treated candidates who tried to seize power after losing the election, the New York Times (7/1/23) highlighted "widespread claims of …
(2023-07-12). Report: Biden Administration Debating Sending ATACMs to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration is quietly debating whether or not to provide Ukraine with Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), which have a range of up to 190 miles, The New York Times reported Tuesday. The Wall Street Journal reported at the end of June that the administration was moving closer to providing Ukraine with ATACMS, which …
(2023-07-12). Ellen Brown: The Federal Debt Trap: Issues and Possible Solutions. scheerpost.com 
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost "Rather than collecting taxes from the wealthy," wrote the New York Times Editorial Board in a July 7 opinion piece, "the government is paying the wealthy to borrow their money." Titled "America Is Living on Borrowed Money," the editorial observes that over the next decade, according to the …
(2023-07-12). The New York Times Has Decided We Need to Cut Social Security and Medicare. scheerpost.com 
By Dean Baker / Beat the Press (CEPR) The New York Times editorial board came to a shocking realization this week: we are living on borrowed money. That was the headline of an editorial it ran calling for deficit reduction. Having discovered the deficit, the piece then went on to call for a combination of increased revenue …
(2023-07-12). More Than Meets The Silk Press: Kamala Harris And US Imperialism. popularresistance.org Kamala Harris wants to be your aunty. The Biden Administration's controversial Vice President is often presented as either an incompetent sidekick, or a lovable big sister figure who "stays with her hair done". Usually when she is presented to the general public it's a roast— right wing media highlighting her latest string of incoherent thoughts or social media unloading a fresh set of cop memes. In February, The New York Times published the headline, "Kamala Harris Is Trying to Define Her Vice Presidency. Even Her Allies Are Tired of Waiting." In the piece, John Morgan, a prominent fund-raiser for the Demo…
(2023-07-12). The Worst 2024 Election Interference Won't Come From Russia Or China. thealtworld.com 
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The New York Times has been churning out an amazing number of hit pieces on Robert F Kennedy Jr lately. | On Tuesday the Times published an audio essay titled " "Disputing elections…