2024-02-09: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-02-09). ABC promotes US military-build up as "cross-cultural exchange" with indigenous Australians. wsws.org The article was transparent war propaganda, deploying identity politics and public relations spin, to promote preparations for a catastrophic war with China.

Al Mayadeen (2024-02-08). Media Propaganda: Accusations Directed against Yemen's Alleged Intent to Destroy Marine Internet Cables. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2024-02-08). Australian Jewish academics condemn Zionist lie that opposition to Israeli war crimes is antisemitic. wsws.org Despite the lies and intimidation from the Zionist lobby, the media and governments, there is growing criticism of the propaganda used to legitimise Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza.

Clare Carlile, Adam Barnett, Phoebe Cooke, DeSmog. (2024-02-09). Climate Denial Network Behind 'Classic Astroturf' Farmers' Campaign. popularresistance.org A network of climate science deniers has been accused of "hijacking" rural concerns over a new social media campaign "to save the farming industry". | 'No Farmers, No Food' has gained over 50,000 followers on X in the fortnight since its launch, which was framed as a response to the widespread farmers' protests sweeping across Europe. | The campaign, which started in the UK, has rapidly won support from a number of international pundits, from Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson, to Fox News contributor and host Tomi Lahren, who has called climate change a "hoax". Populist politicians in the UK and els…

Last Real Indians. (2024-02-09). Ghost Nation Responds To Governor Kristi Noem: 'She Must Apologize'. popularresistance.org Wanagi Oyate (Ghost Nation) of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation has issued the following statement, condemning South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem's misguided and misinformed rhetoric regarding sacred Lakota practices and allegations of criminal activity. | Chief Bear Cross of Wanagi Oyate (Ghost Nation) expressed his concerns over Noem's statements, saying "The only people on Pine Ridge Reservation affiliated with the name 'Ghost' is Ghost Nation. We are not and have never been associated with violence, drugs, trafficking or the Mexican Cartel. Governor Noem's remarks are damaging and dangerous."

teleSUR (2024-02-08). Blinken's Latest Mideast Visit Fail to Ease Regional Turmoil. telesurenglish.net At the end of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, many in the region are explicit that the U.S. top diplomat has hardly made any progress de-escalating tensions there. | RELATED: | Like its predecessors, the latest visit was marked by lofty rhetoric, but little headway in resolving the Gaza crisis. | WHAT DID BLINKEN DO?

Sharon Zhang (2024-02-08). AOC Says GOP's Mayorkas Impeachment Attempt Is "Craven and Without Merit" truthout.org Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) has called out Republicans for their "laughable" attempt to impeach a Cabinet official for the first time in U.S. history, saying that their accusations against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas clearly lack any form of evidence and are merely politically motivated. In an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes on Wednesday… |

The Independent (2024-02-08). Will 2024 be the new 1933? independent.co.ug Many refuse to contemplate today's bleak prospects, just as liberals in 1933 predicted that Hitler would quickly fail COMMENT | MARK JONES | On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany. To his supporters, it was a day of "national revolution" and rebirth. Germany, they believed, needed the restorative force of an authoritarian …

infobrics (2024-02-08). Political West wants to sanction Tucker Carlson over Putin interview. infobrics.org One EU official who wished to remain anonymous told Newsweek that any sanctions would require evidence that Carlson is "linked to Moscow's aggression", something that "is absent or hard to prove". What this means is that the sanctions would be illegal. However, the political West never had any issues circumventing its own laws for political reasons. After all, this is the centerpiece of the vaunted "rules-based world order".

Sharon Zhang (2024-02-08). Report: Canadian Officials Cut Off UNRWA Despite Not Seeing Evidence of Claims. truthout.org Canadian officials have still not seen any evidence backing up Israel's allegations against Palestinians' foremost aid agency despite being one of the first countries to suspend their funding to the group amid one of the most dire humanitarian crises in modern times. Sources within the Canadian government say that Israel has not provided any evidence backing up claims made in an Israeli… |

Peoples Dispatch (2024-02-08). US anti-war activists confront Senators, who are doubling down on support for Israel. peoplesdispatch.org On February 7, activists with feminist anti-war group CODEPINK confronted several US Senators who have been doubling down on their support for Israel throughout the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. | "Killing Hamas makes Israel safe," said Florida Senator Ted Cruz to an activist who told him that "the war does not make Jews safer." Cruz has received over one million dollars from the pro-Israel lobby since 1990, receiving USD 489,419 from 2019 to 2024. Cruz's top pro-Israel Political Action Committee (PAC) donors are the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the Republican Jewish Coalition. "Kill…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-09). New 4D imaging may detect poor pumping in deadly heart disease. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida have found that a newer imaging technique may find subtle changes in heart dysfunction during acute stages of myocarditis and also heart functional differences by sex.

Alan MacLeod (2024-02-08). Study find media giants New York Times, CNN, and Fox News pushing for U.S. war in Yemen. mronline.org Since November, Ansar Allah has been conducting a blockade of Israeli ships entering the Red Sea in an attempt to force Israel to stop its attack on the people of Gaza. The U.S. government, which has refused to act to stop a genocide, sprang into action to prevent damage to private property, leading an international coalition to bomb targets in Yemen.

Shealeigh (2024-02-08). As GQ Absorbs Pitchfork, Music Media Becomes Even More Male-Centric. projectcensored.org By Shealeigh Voitl When Condé Nast bought the online music publication Pitchfork in 2015, Condé's Chief Digital Officer Fred Santarpia told the New York Times that the acquisition brought "a…

WSWS (2024-02-09). AOC praises Biden for his "leadership" in MSNBC interview. wsws.org Trying to resuscitate Biden's plummeting standing among a vast majority of humanity, the fake socialist from New York was summoned to cable news to gin up support for "Genocide Joe."

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