2024-12-31: News Headlines

James North (2024-12-31). '60 Minutes' program on Lebanon pager attack was nothing more than Israeli propaganda. mondoweiss.net 60 Minutes's story on Israel's pager attack that killed dozens and injured thousands of Lebanese featured no Lebanese voices and was told completely from the Israeli perspective. In the process, it justified war crimes in Lebanon and Gaza.

aljazeera (2024-12-31). 'Moral imperative': WHO presses China to share COVID origins data. aljazeera.com Beijing insists it has shared information on the coronavirus 'without holding anything back'.

presstv.ir (2024-12-31). Iran's nuclear doctrine intact: Security chief. presstv.ir Iran's security chief says the Islamic Republic's nuclear doctrine has remained "unchanged."

Felix Feistel (2024-12-31). The change of strategy. indybay.org Any attack from Ukraine on Russia carried out by any of these powers could provoke a nuclear counterstrike‚Ää—‚Ääand it is not clear against whom this strike would be directed. However, this nuclear doctrine has not dampened the West's ambitions. They declared that they were prepared for a nuclear war. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock boasted they would not be intimidated.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-12-31). BBC, Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit and Bank of England fail fact check on statements made about climate change. expose-news.com As we see out the year, Paul Homewood fact-checked the BBC, the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unitand the Bank of England on statements made about climate change. All three failed. Paul Homewood …

Editor (2024-12-31). When Democrats and liberals smeared Jimmy Carter for criticizing Israel. mronline.org Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-12-30). An Idiot's Guide to Propaganda: How to cook the data (Part 6). expose-news.com Last year, Aaron Hertzberg compiled an idiot's guide on how to convince the masses that there is a deadly pandemic, when there isn't one, and pretend there are no injuries caused by …

Robert S. Becker (2024-12-30). Regrouping against the MAGA ambush — since cash, ground game, candidate- and campaign-quality got demoted. nationofchange.org What ambushed Harris were targeted billionaire payola, years of leverage from phony, online propaganda, bought rightwing influencers, and decades of dishonest FOX noise.

Arturo Dominguez, Unicorn Riot. (2024-12-30). Calls For A Migrant Labor Strike Grow On Social Media. popularresistance.org Since the xenophobia-fueled presidential re-election of Donald Trump, calls have been growing on social media for a pro-immigrant labor strike beginning on January 11, days before Trump is to take office. The emerging movement's goal is to highlight the social, cultural, and economic importance of immigrants in the United States. The Trump campaign's racist rhetoric — targeted at Latin Americans and Caribbean Islanders — is an urgent threat driving the need to speak out against his proposed immigration policies — such as the plan to conduct mass deportations.

WSWS (2024-12-30). Brazilian pseudo-lefts work to divert campaign to cut workweek into dead end of parliamentary politics. wsws.org In recent months, a campaign for the reduction of the workweek has gone viral on social media and received significant attention from Brazil's corporate media.

Hagar Shezaf (2024-12-30). Israeli settlers pressured, the cabinet approved. Now annexation is creeping into West Bank's Area B. haaretz.com Demolitions of Palestinian structures and the establishment of illegal outposts in Area B, where Israel hardly interfered until recently, indicate a new, major battleground between settlers and Palestinians, and are further evidence of the government's attempts to weaken the Palestinian Authority…

The Onion Staff (2024-12-30). SATIRE: 20% Of Rape Kits Remain Untested Despite Federal Funding. theonion.com Despite a federal program designed to clear backlogs of DNA evidence from rape cases, state and local officials around the country chose not to test about 20% of kits and secured few convictions from those that were analyzed. What do you think?

Michael Arria (2024-12-30). When Democrats and liberals smeared Jimmy Carter for criticizing Israel. mondoweiss.net Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.

bwitanek (2024-12-30). "Rhymes with Not Governor" Josh Gottheimer Smears Union, Faculty and Protected Free Speech as "Anti-Semitic" fightbackbetter.com If you want to get an idea as to what NJ will be like if the legislative bodies get their…

Adam Fishbein (2024-12-30). The New York Times Doesn't Know About the Affordable Care Act. cepr.net That is the only possible conclusion from this NYT column on the difficulty that people in the restaurant industry face getting health care insurance. The piece literally does not mention the Affordable Care Act (ACA) once either directly or indirectly. For example, a serious discussion would have noted the substantial subsidies that are available to …

Luigi Morris, Left Voice. (2024-12-30). From Pickets To Power: Lessons From The Amazon Walk-Outs. popularresistance.org On December 18, incoming President Donald Trump hosted Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for dinner at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida. After years of tension, Bezos was eager to build a closer relationship with Trump. He had just donated $1 million to Trump's inauguration, praised him for his "energy around reducing regulation," and also kept the Washington Post from endorsing a presidential candidate, which showed his willingness to deal with Trump on good terms. But as they enjoyed their luxurious dinner, Amazon workers were finalizing plans for the largest worker action across the country in the com…

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