Dave DeCamp (2022-07-25). Biden Administration Fears Pelosi Taiwan Trip Could Spark Cross-Strait Crisis. news.antiwar.com The Washington Post reported Saturday that Biden administration officials increasingly fear that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's planned trip to Taiwan next month Media reports said last week that Pelosi plans to make the trip in August, prompting strong warnings from China. Beijing would view the visit as a major provocation since Pelosi is a high-level official in the US government and it would signal that Washington was moving away from the one-China policy. | Administration officials told…

WSWS (2022-07-25). Trump, Republican lawmakers incite fascist violence at far-right conference in Florida. wsws.org While Republicans at the conference defended Trump's coup and threatened their political enemies, outside the conference hall, neo-Nazis attacked abortion rights demonstrators.

WSWS (2022-07-25). German government hosts "climate dialogue" with the Butcher of Cairo, exposing its human rights propaganda. wsws.org If one event could expose the German government's human rights propaganda and climate policy platitudes, it was the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, where the star guest was none other than Egyptian dictator Abdelfattah al-Sisi.

WSWS (2022-07-25). US considers deploying carriers to support House speaker's Taiwan trip – Washington Post. wsws.org The US military is considering "moving aircraft carriers or sending fighter planes for close air support" as part of a potential trip by US house speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, the Washington Post reported Saturday.

_____ (2022-07-24). Congresswoman Karen Bass And The Will To Intervene. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – What will it mean if the Vice Chair of the board of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) becomes the Mayor of Los Angeles? Meaning, of course, Karen Bass, the current Vice Chair of that soft power tool, who is also Chair of the House Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Africa. Come November, the Black Congresswoman representing parts of Los Angeles will most likely become its mayor, having pulled well ahead of Rick Caruso, the billionaire real estate developer who spent more than $41 million on his primary campaign. Bass spent a mere $3.28 million but still finished ahead…

_____ (2022-07-24). Amazon Joins The Medicare Privatization Spree. popularresistance.org Amazon, the $1.25 trillion company founded and led by Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, has announced that it is acquiring One Medical, a private equity-backed primary care provider that generates over half of its revenue from Medicare. | While Amazon's profits from its core consumer retail business are dwindling, in part because of heightened competition from brick-and-mortar retailers that were shut down at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the corporation's cloud computing division, Amazon Web Services, continues to enjoy robust profits thanks in part to generous government contracts. Now Amazon could be…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-23). Who is going to Fast Check the Fast Checkers?Domina Petric, MD. marktaliano.net Original Link Here: (PDF) Who is going to Fast Check the Fast Checkers? (researchgate.net) The International Fast-Checking Network is a forum for fast-checkers worldwide hosted bythe Poynter Institute for Media Studies. The Poynter Institute is largely funded by GeorgeSoros ¥ Open Society Foundations, Google, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, theNational Endowment for Democracy, Ebay ¥s Omidyar …

_____ (2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…

Ann Brown (2022-07-22). Founders Of ADOS Reparations Movement Sue Harvard University For Defamation, Alleged Russian And Bot Ties. moguldom.com American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) founders Antonio Moore and Yvette Carnell are suing Harvard University, claiming the school defamed them in a 2021 paper that suggested that the two reparation advocates worked to suppress Black votes, downplayed the impact of covid-19 on African Americans, and have ties to Russian disinformation and bot campaigns. An Internet …

WSWS (2022-07-22). Biden's infection exposes "living with COVID" propaganda. wsws.org The fact that Biden, who is surrounded by a level of security unknown to all but a handful of Americans, has contracted COVID-19 exposes the recklessness of his administration's pandemic policies.

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Thousands celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. fightbacknews.org Managua, Nicaragua – Thousands of FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) youth and militants filled the Plaza de la Revolución in Managua, Nicaragua to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, which triumphed on July 19, 1979. Thousands more filled the Managua city center, chanting, dancing and waving the flags of Nicaragua and the FSLN. | With revolutionary dance and songs, the crowd enthusiastically chanted militant slogans in Spanish like "Esta patria no se rinde, se defiende," meaning, "This nation does not surrender, it defends the nation." | The event included many beaut…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-07-21). Facing Felony Trial, Joliet Police Whistleblower Who Exposed Black Man's Death Retires. thedissenter.org Screen shot from CBS2 Chicago news report and fair use as used for news and commentary. | A Joliet police sergeant in the state of Illinois, who leaked footage to the press and blew the whistle on the death of Eric Lurry, has been pushed into retirement as a result of retaliation.Sgt. Javier Esqueda has been on desk duty since he released video and faces felony charges for "official misconduct" that involve spurious allegations that he tampered with a computer and compromised evidence. | Police went outside of the county where the Joliet Police Department is located and convinced Kendall County State'

_____ (2022-07-21). Celebrating Revolution In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as such. Labor Day was created to prevent acknowledgement of May 1, May Day, which commemorates just one example of U.S. state repression which took place in Chicago in 1886.

WSWS (2022-07-22). Biden's infection exposes "living with COVID" propaganda. wsws.org The fact that Biden, who is surrounded by a level of security unknown to all but a handful of Americans, has contracted COVID-19 exposes the recklessness of his administration's pandemic policies.

_____ (2022-07-22). 'Lies Against Our Democracy': Lula Rips Bolsonaro's Speech To Diplomats. popularresistance.org Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday accused President Jair Bolsonaro of lying 20 times during a meeting with international diplomats in which the far-right incumbent repeated his baseless attacks on the integrity of the nation's election system. | While offering no credible evidence to support his claim, Bolsonaro told dozens of diplomats from countries including the United States and members of the European Union that the Brazilian electoral system is "completely vulnerable" to fraud in the run-up to this October's presidential election. | According to Folha de Sà£o Paul…

Staff (2022-07-21). EU lifts sanctions on Syria's airline. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) — The European Union said Wednesday it has lifted sanctions against Syria's private airline Cham Wings after the company was blacklisted last year for its role in the migration to Europe.

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Thousands celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. fightbacknews.org Managua, Nicaragua – Thousands of FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) youth and militants filled the Plaza de la Revolución in Managua, Nicaragua to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, which triumphed on July 19, 1979. Thousands more filled the Managua city center, chanting, dancing and waving the flags of Nicaragua and the FSLN. | With revolutionary dance and songs, the crowd enthusiastically chanted militant slogans in Spanish like "Esta patria no se rinde, se defiende," meaning, "This nation does not surrender, it defends the nation." | The event included many beaut…

Kevin Gosztola (2022-07-21). Facing Felony Trial, Joliet Police Whistleblower Who Exposed Black Man's Death Retires. thedissenter.org Screen shot from CBS2 Chicago news report and fair use as used for news and commentary. | A Joliet police sergeant in the state of Illinois, who leaked footage to the press and blew the whistle on the death of Eric Lurry, has been pushed into retirement as a result of retaliation.Sgt. Javier Esqueda has been on desk duty since he released video and faces felony charges for "official misconduct" that involve spurious allegations that he tampered with a computer and compromised evidence. | Police went outside of the county where the Joliet Police Department is located and convinced Kendall County State'

_____ (2022-07-21). Celebrating Revolution In Nicaragua. popularresistance.org Holidays in the United States celebrate awful events such as the settler colonists declaring independence from Britain so that they might take indigenous lands and protect slavery. There is also Thanksgiving, the commemoration of genocide turned into a day when Americans should think grateful thoughts before spending more than they can afford in order to celebrate Christmas. Christmas is ostensibly a religious holiday but is rarely treated as such. Labor Day was created to prevent acknowledgement of May 1, May Day, which commemorates just one example of U.S. state repression which took place in Chicago in 1886.

____ (2022-07-21). U.S. is No.1 country on human trafficking: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China urges the US to eliminate human trafficking, forced labor and other human rights violations that widely exist in the US if it does care about human rights, and make sure that the US itself is bound by the "highest standards" instead of smearing and denigrating other countries.

_____ (2022-07-20). The Criminal Focus of Secret US Biolabs Now Becomes Apparent. journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself. This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological …

_____ (2022-07-20). The Obama Doctrine and Where it Leads Us. journal-neo.org US President Joe Biden is acting out the script written for the so-called "Obama Doctrine" perfectly. Which is no small feat considering the man seems narcoleptic. The truly sad part of all this is that the people of the countries involved do not want war. The world does not want more war. We are sick …

Fight Back (2022-07-21). Thousands celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the triumph of the Sandinista Popular Revolution. fightbacknews.org Managua, Nicaragua – Thousands of FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional) youth and militants filled the Plaza de la Revolución in Managua, Nicaragua to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of the Sandinista Popular Revolution, which triumphed on July 19, 1979. Thousands more filled the Managua city center, chanting, dancing and waving the flags of Nicaragua and the FSLN. | With revolutionary dance and songs, the crowd enthusiastically chanted militant slogans in Spanish like "Esta patria no se rinde, se defiende," meaning, "This nation does not surrender, it defends the nation." | The event included many beaut…

_____ (2022-07-20). The Criminal Focus of Secret US Biolabs Now Becomes Apparent. journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself. This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological …

Editor (2022-07-20). Despite the evidence, courts yet to take note of spyware used against Elgar Parishad accused. mronline.org The evidence of malware use has now come in from multiple studies, but the accused remain in jail and the trial is yet to begin.

Peter Isackson (2022-07-20). Corruption is in the Eye of the Beholder. fairobserver.com A Reuters article this week quoted this public statement by a prominent political leader: "Sufficient evidence has been collected to report this person on suspicion of treason. All his criminal activities are documented." Now let's imagine this quote presented in the form of a multiple-choice question on an examination for a high school history class….

Editor (2022-07-20). 'A Possible Coup' Against The Labour Government? scheerpost.com Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1986. (Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) | By Richard Norton-Taylor / A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled "Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968", reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. | The declassified file refers to discussions about how to topple the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson. Wilson was smeared by right-wing…

Editor (2022-07-20). Will we learn the lessons from the defeat of Roe? mronline.org When Sydney Harper, producer of the New York Times' podcast the Daily, went to the Supreme Court of the United States in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she talked to a bystander who was "shocked" to see a large celebration of anti-abortion activists outside the courthouse.

John Catalinotto (2022-07-20). WW editorial: Beyond Biden. workers.org Young people who backed Joe Biden in 2020, because they feared or hated Donald Trump, are now fed up with the Democratic Party. Fed up, disillusioned, disgusted and looking for new solutions. That was the message in a July 14 article in The New York Times interviewing youth from around . . . |

____ (2022-07-20). Omicron able to infect wide range of animals. ecns.cn The Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus can infect a broader range of animals than the original strain and the Delta strain, underscoring the significance of monitoring for the virus in susceptible species to prevent further mutations and spillover to humans.

Dennis Broe (2022-07-20). 'Mr. Caruso Goes to Town': Corporate developer remade as California common man. peoplesworld.org Longfellow Deeds was his name, from the small town of Mandrake Falls, Vermont. Deeds takes his heart-of-America, generous sensibility to the big city, where he becomes the victim of all kinds of cynical manipulation from the media, the law, and wealthy hangers-on in the first part of Frank Capra's Depression-Era trilogy Mr. Deeds Goes to …

Julie Hollar (2022-07-20). WaPo Joined Right-Wing Propaganda in Casting Doubt on 10-Year-Old's Post-Roe Nightmare. commondreams.org That Kessler's judgment in this case aligned him with the right-wing propaganda machine should tell both Kessler and his readers something about his own credibility.

Aaron Maté (2022-07-19). Aaron Maté challenges Guardian reporter on US govt-funded Syria smears. thegrayzone.com The Guardian parroted an evidence-free report from the US state-funded Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Syria Campaign claiming The Grayzone's Aaron Maté is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" about Syria. Aaron phoned The Guardian's Mark Townsend to challenge him on his defamatory article. A recent article in The Guardian parroted a US state-funded group's evidence-free claim that The Grayzone's Aaron Maté, who has reported extensively on the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal, is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" …

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In our recent Viewpoint, we suggested that health systems should consider implementing continuous pulse oximetry as part of a harm reduction strategy. In his letter, Dr Kenik equates the absence of evidence with evidence of no effect. The retrospective study that we referenced was limited to patients receiving sedatives or analgesics. This does not imply that other patients would not benefit; other patients were not studied. The health system in that study expanded continuous monitoring to all patients, demonstrating significant benefit, with 0 deaths occurring from drug-induced respiratory depression in…

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia: A Review. jamanetwork.com This review summarizes current evidence regarding the pathogenesis, clinical presentation, diagnosis, and management of hyponatremia.

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The authors of a recent Viewpoint recommended "implementing continuous pulse oximetry and heart rate monitoring for all hospitalized patients and ED [emergency department] patients," despite acknowledging that there is limited evidence to support the safety and efficacy of this practice. In support of their recommendation, they cited the results of a retrospective cohort study showing an association between continuous monitoring and reduced mortality but failed to mention that the study population was limited to patients receiving sedatives and/or analgesics. Indeed, there are certain populations wh…

_____ (2022-07-20). The Criminal Focus of Secret US Biolabs Now Becomes Apparent. journal-neo.org Russia's special military operation to localize neo-fascist activities in Ukraine continues to receive more and more documentary evidence of the criminal plans and activities of the current government in Kiev, sponsored by Washington, as well in as the USA itself. This special operation has helped to publicize many secret programs for the development of biological …

Editor (2022-07-20). Despite the evidence, courts yet to take note of spyware used against Elgar Parishad accused. mronline.org The evidence of malware use has now come in from multiple studies, but the accused remain in jail and the trial is yet to begin.

Editor (2022-07-20). 'A Possible Coup' Against The Labour Government? scheerpost.com Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson in 1986. (Allan Warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) | By Richard Norton-Taylor / A file released on Tuesday by the National Archives, titled "Allegations concerning a possible coup in 1968", reveals how rattled MI5 and the Home Office were many years later about conspiracies that have never been properly investigated. | The declassified file refers to discussions about how to topple the then Labour prime minister, Harold Wilson. Wilson was smeared by right-wing…

Editor (2022-07-20). Will we learn the lessons from the defeat of Roe? mronline.org When Sydney Harper, producer of the New York Times' podcast the Daily, went to the Supreme Court of the United States in the wake of the overturning of Roe vs. Wade, she talked to a bystander who was "shocked" to see a large celebration of anti-abortion activists outside the courthouse.

John Catalinotto (2022-07-20). WW editorial: Beyond Biden. workers.org Young people who backed Joe Biden in 2020, because they feared or hated Donald Trump, are now fed up with the Democratic Party. Fed up, disillusioned, disgusted and looking for new solutions. That was the message in a July 14 article in The New York Times interviewing youth from around . . . |

Dennis Broe (2022-07-20). 'Mr. Caruso Goes to Town': Corporate developer remade as California common man. peoplesworld.org Longfellow Deeds was his name, from the small town of Mandrake Falls, Vermont. Deeds takes his heart-of-America, generous sensibility to the big city, where he becomes the victim of all kinds of cynical manipulation from the media, the law, and wealthy hangers-on in the first part of Frank Capra's Depression-Era trilogy Mr. Deeds Goes to …

Editor (2022-07-19). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' Adviser Secretly in Pay of US Regime Change Agency. scheerpost.com By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News Documents shared with MintPress reveal that Valent Projects — a shadowy communications firm that advises social media platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns — has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support." This relationship has hitherto never been publicly …

Aaron Maté (2022-07-19). Aaron Maté challenges Guardian reporter on US govt-funded Syria smears. thegrayzone.com The Guardian parroted an evidence-free report from the US state-funded Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the Syria Campaign claiming The Grayzone's Aaron Maté is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" about Syria. Aaron phoned The Guardian's Mark Townsend to challenge him on his defamatory article. A recent article in The Guardian parroted a US state-funded group's evidence-free claim that The Grayzone's Aaron Maté, who has reported extensively on the OPCW's Syria cover-up scandal, is "the most prolific spreader of disinformation" …

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In our recent Viewpoint, we suggested that health systems should consider implementing continuous pulse oximetry as part of a harm reduction strategy. In his letter, Dr Kenik equates the absence of evidence with evidence of no effect. The retrospective study that we referenced was limited to patients receiving sedatives or analgesics. This does not imply that other patients would not benefit; other patients were not studied. The health system in that study expanded continuous monitoring to all patients, demonstrating significant benefit, with 0 deaths occurring from drug-induced respiratory depression in…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-19). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Jamanetwork (2022-07-19). Remote Patient Monitoring During COVID-19. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The authors of a recent Viewpoint recommended "implementing continuous pulse oximetry and heart rate monitoring for all hospitalized patients and ED [emergency department] patients," despite acknowledging that there is limited evidence to support the safety and efficacy of this practice. In support of their recommendation, they cited the results of a retrospective cohort study showing an association between continuous monitoring and reduced mortality but failed to mention that the study population was limited to patients receiving sedatives and/or analgesics. Indeed, there are certain populations wh…

____ (2022-07-18). Three Illuminating Quotes about the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 12 Jul 2022 – John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…

_____ (2022-07-18). Max Blumenthal And Aaron Mate Slam Corporate Media Disinformation. popularresistance.org At the Collision tech conference in Toronto on 6/21/22, before a hostile audience filled with members of the corporate press, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate explain how the mainstream media is the most prolific source of disinformation on the planet, working closely with the national security state to cultivate public support for war while deflecting scrutiny from the oligarchy that controls it.

_____ (2022-07-18). Mossad False Flag On The Way — Another 9/11? popularresistance.org Wednesday's report by corporate media outlet Yahoo News, outlining alleged plans by Iran to assassinate senior US officials, including former President Donald Trump, in retaliation for the January 2020 drone strike killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's elite Quds Force unit, should come as little surprise to onlookers. | Indeed, following the assassination of the Iranian General, the Islamic Republic responded by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at the US Ain al-Asad airbase in neighbouring Iraq, leaving 110 US servicemen with 'traumatic brain injuries' according to…

Marie Kelly (2022-07-18). Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society. workers.org Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there. Society members include the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court, many Republican members of Congress and Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who spouts white-supremacist rhetoric. Philadelphia, . . . |

Joao Pedro Stedile (2022-07-19). Breaking the map with the machete's edge: the internationalism of the landless. peoplesdispatch.org "Internationalism is not for us charity, nor is it propaganda. It is a principle, and all the practical actions of the MST are framed in it." Joà£o Pedro Stedile talks about the multiple streams of struggle and solidarity that inspire and shape the largest social movement in Latin America…

Anonymous103 (2022-07-18). Russian Pranksters In Action: Stephen King Promised 'Zelensky' To Write Fake Horror Scripts For Ukrainian Propaganda. southfront.org Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus are known for calling politicians and celebrities on behalf of other famous persons, asking awkward questions and showing the real faces of their interlocutors. This time the victim of their prank was Stephen King, who thought he was talking to the President of Ukraine Zelensky. | Stephen King supported the cancel culture, claiming that Russian writers have to "shut up", and called Zelensky a "great man". | The pranksters asked the American write to provide Ukrainian propaganda with fake scripts on the alleged brutality of Russian servicemen against Ukrainian nationalists. St…

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). Open Letter to CBC on its Defamation of Eva Bartlett. orinocotribune.com By Karin Brothers Jul 13, 2022 | On the morning of July 6th, the CBC crossed the line from merely putting out its usual biased news on Ukraine to a defamatory attack on independent journalists who report live from the Donbas. While they named Americans John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster, they reserved particular venom for the highly-respected Canadian Eva Bartlett. | The National News anchor Ian Hanomansing featured Justin Ling, a writer who has been known to attack reputable journalists whose accounts counter state propaganda. They suggested that tho…

____ (2022-07-18). Three Illuminating Quotes about the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 12 Jul 2022 – John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…

_____ (2022-07-18). Max Blumenthal And Aaron Mate Slam Corporate Media Disinformation. popularresistance.org At the Collision tech conference in Toronto on 6/21/22, before a hostile audience filled with members of the corporate press, The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate explain how the mainstream media is the most prolific source of disinformation on the planet, working closely with the national security state to cultivate public support for war while deflecting scrutiny from the oligarchy that controls it.

_____ (2022-07-18). Mossad False Flag On The Way — Another 9/11? popularresistance.org Wednesday's report by corporate media outlet Yahoo News, outlining alleged plans by Iran to assassinate senior US officials, including former President Donald Trump, in retaliation for the January 2020 drone strike killing of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp's elite Quds Force unit, should come as little surprise to onlookers. | Indeed, following the assassination of the Iranian General, the Islamic Republic responded by firing a barrage of ballistic missiles at the US Ain al-Asad airbase in neighbouring Iraq, leaving 110 US servicemen with 'traumatic brain injuries' according to…

Marie Kelly (2022-07-18). Reproductive rights vs. rightwing Federalist Society. workers.org Protesters gathered outside the Mellon Bank building in Center City Philadelphia July 13 to denounce the Federalist Society meeting there. Society members include the ultraconservative members of the U.S. Supreme Court, many Republican members of Congress and Amy Wax, a University of Pennsylvania law professor who spouts white-supremacist rhetoric. Philadelphia, . . . |

Editor (2022-07-18). The Age of Weird Men: Gonzo Politicians From Berlusconi to BoJo. scheerpost.com By Patrick Cockburn / CounterPunch Students years from now may be asked by their teachers to write an essay on the importance of the fall of Boris Johnson in the context of British history. Their answers may well include much finger-wagging about his track record of mendacity, buffoonery and broken promises — and some …

Jorge Majfud (2022-07-18). The Great Crisis of the 21st Century: Hijacked Democracies, Propaganda, and Rebellions. commondreams.org The super-rich are the enemies of humanity.

Editor (2022-07-17). The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space. scheerpost.com Corporate interests are vigorously employing massive and costly PR and propaganda campaigns to muddy the water. (Photo: Getty/ By Tom Valovic / Back in the day, a Yale law professor named Charles Reich wrote a

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition. cepr.net From the data, it looks like people are more likely to work two full-time jobs when they can get two full-time jobs, when the economy is strong. In effect, the Washington Post highlighted a sign of economic strength as evidence of a bad economy.

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Falling Gas Price Edition. cepr.net While it may turn out to be the case that the sanctions are more effective in the future than they have been to date, the futures markets apparently do not expect this outcome.

Colin Todhunter (2022-07-17). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Rqorinoco (2022-07-18). Open Letter to CBC on its Defamation of Eva Bartlett. orinocotribune.com By Karin Brothers 3, 2022 | On the morning of July 6th, the CBC crossed the line from merely putting out its usual biased news on Ukraine to a defamatory attack on independent journalists who report live from the Donbas. While they named Americans John Mark Dougan and Patrick Lancaster, they reserved particular venom for the highly-respected Canadian Eva Bartlett. | The National News anchor Ian Hanomansing featured Justin Ling, a writer who has been known to attack reputable journalists whose accounts counter state propaganda. They suggested that tho…

____ (2022-07-18). Three Illuminating Quotes about the War in Ukraine. transcend.org 12 022 – John Pilger, Noam Chomsky and Chris Hedges have lent their expertise to the subject of the war in Ukraine with some recent comments that help bring some much-needed clarity to an often confusing and always contentious issue. Here they are:…

Editor (2022-07-17). The Corporatization of Just About Everything — Including the Climate Crisis and Outer Space. scheerpost.com Corporate interests are vigorously employing massive and costly PR and propaganda campaigns to muddy the water. (Photo: Getty/ By Tom Valovic / Back in the day, a Yale law professor named Charles Reich wrote a

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Multiple Job Holders Edition. cepr.net In yet another episode in the Washington Post's efforts to tell readers the economy is horrible, in spite of unemployment being near a half century low, the paper told us about the problem of multiple job holders. It headlined a piece on multiple job holders: "Workers are picking up multiple jobs just to pay for …

Dean Baker (2022-07-17). The Washington Post Says the Economy Is Terrible: Falling Gas Price Edition. cepr.net After the constant hyping of higher gas prices by the media, you might think that falling gas prices would also be big news. After all, everyone has to buy gas and it is a price that is in their face every time they are on the highway. Of course, the Washington Post is not ignoring …

____ (2022-07-17). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

WSWS (2022-07-17). Ontario Education Minister arrogantly demands "stability" in the classroom as contract talks begin. wsws.org Lecce's declaration was a none-to-subtle warning that the government is preparing to illegalize any strike by teachers or education assistants, janitors, and administrative staff seeking to recoup years of real-terms wage cuts and oppose the dismantling of public education.

Editor (2022-07-17). Investigation finds evidence of war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan. mronline.org A years-long investigation by BBC Panorama has revealed evidence of the repeated killings of unarmed Afghan civilians and detainees by the UK's elite Special Air Service, and the attempted cover-up.

Editor (2022-07-17). Leaked Docs: Facebook 'Bot' adviser secretly in pay of U.S. regime change agency. mronline.org Platforms such as Facebook on alleged state-backed online influence campaigns—has itself received $1.2 million from U.S. intelligence front USAID, for "counter disinformation and communications support."

____ (2022-07-17). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

Editor (2022-07-17). Investigation finds evidence of war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan. mronline.org A years-long investigation by BBC Panorama has revealed evidence of the repeated killings of unarmed Afghan civilians and detainees by the UK's elite Special Air Service, and the attempted cover-up.

_____ (2022-07-16). NYT Reports 'Strikes On Civilians' That Happen To Hit Military Targets. popularresistance.org Just last week the New York Times reported of a Russian strike 'on civilians' in Chasiv Yar even as its own reporter at the location acknowledged in a detailed separate report that the apartment complex that was hit was mostly housing military forces. | Yesterday a Russian missile strike hit the town of Vinnytsia in western Ukraine. | The New York Times is again lamenting about a damage to civilian buildings even as the main target was obviously a military one. | Strikes on Civilians Deep in Ukraine Show Russia's Lethal Reach | VINNYTSIA, Ukraine — A volley of missiles hit a shopping center, a dance studio…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

Contributing Writers (2022-07-16). Western War Propaganda Against Syria, Featuring John Pilger, Eva Bartlett, Reverend Andrew Ashdown. marktaliano.net READ MORE: |

Staff (2022-07-16). How Close Are Nicaragua and China to Signing a Free Trade Agreement? orinocotribune.com On Thursday, July 14, Nicaragua and China signed an Early Harvest Agreement, a mechanism that experts consider as a prelude to a Free Trade Agreement. Sputnik asked analysts about the benefits of the Early Harvest Agreement, which is to identify export products of the two countries with 0% tariffs. | According to Jorge Capelán, Uruguayan political analyst residing in Managua, the China-Nicaragua agreement signifies, in practice, that the US policies of isolating and punishing Nicaragua will be useless, because the Central American nation is now entering a gigantic market that is on the path to becoming the larges…

Fred Wertheimer, Norman Eisen (2022-07-16). The Next Installment of the Jan. 6 Committee Could Be Pivotal. commondreams.org The committee's task for its next hearing is to continue confronting its toughest obstacle: amassing conclusive evidence of Trump's intent to overturn the 2020 election on January 6.

Anonymous669 (2022-07-16). HTS Chief Propagandist Confirms Greater Idlib Militants Are Planning Large Attack On Syria Army. southfront.org Chief propagandist of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the de-factor ruler of the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib, confirmed on July 15 that the terrorist group and its Turkish-backed allies are planning a large-scale attack on the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). | Citing "special sources," Taher al-Omar said in a post on his Telegram channel that HTS and its allies could launch their attack when Turkey kicks off its long-awaited new military operation against the K…

John Pilger (2022-07-16). 'This is a war of propaganda'. zcomm.org Interview on the war in Ukraine, the West versus China and the plight of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange…

Jason Ditz (2022-07-16). Iran Proxy Claims Iraqi PM Wants Normalization With Israel. news.antiwar.com This weekend's GCC+3 summit in Saudi Arabia is fueling some controversy in Iraq. Iraq PM Mustafa Kadhimi will attend the summit, and his rivals in pro-Iran proxy groups think he's up to something. | It's not clear how this got started, but Ketaib Hezbollah figures are claiming that some Israelis might attend the summit, expanding that to PM Yair Lapid possibly being there, and then suggesting Kadhimi There is no evidence of any of this, and Lapid almost certainly…

____ (2022-07-16). Chinese FM spokesperson refutes 'debt trap' claim. ecns.cn A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Thursday refuted the so-called "Chinese debt trap" claim, saying that it is pure disinformation and a narrative trap created by those who do not hope to see China-Africa cooperation pick up speed.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-07-16). Does the Virus Exist? SARS-CoV-2 Has Not Been Isolated? "Biggest Fraud in Medical History" globalresearch.ca The central question is the following: is there reliable evidence provided by the WHO and national health authorities that the alleged SARS-CoV-2 virus has been isolated / purified from an "unadulterated sample taken from a diseased patient"?

Staff (2022-07-15). Nearly Four Thousand Healthcare Professionals Graduate in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, July 14, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, led a graduation ceremony of 3,894 new professionals from the Hugo Chávez Frías University of Health Sciences, whom he requested to be incorporated immediately into the public healthcare system. | "They must receive their official positions immediately," he said from the Poliedro de Caracas during the graduation ceremony of the promotion "honoring our commitment to social medicine." | Upon the graduates, he explained that 2,199 new community comprehensive doctors were graduating, 177 graduates in nursing and 641 associate degrees in the same area…

Margaret Flowers (2022-07-15). Challenging the AFL-CIO's Labor Imperialism. orinocotribune.com A little known fact, even to those who work there, is that the AFL-CIO organizes in support of US imperialist policies that drive a global race to the bottom in wages and working conditions, negatively impacting US workers too. The AFL-CIO's Solidarity Center is one of the four core components of the National Endowment for Democracy. Clearing the FOG speaks with Kim Scipes, a co-founder of the new Labor Education Project on the AFL-CIO's International Operations (LEPAIO). Scipes describes the long history of labor imperialism and how unions are challenging it. Adrienne Pine provides a brief report on workers prot…

Fight Back (2022-07-15). FSU Students for a Democratic Society condemns Patriot Front organizing in South Florida. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the followings statement from FSU Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On July 2nd, less than 100 Patriot Front members from across the country convened in Boston for a march through the downtown. Patriot Front is a white nationalist hate group that engages in street protests, offensive attack training, and utilizes American fascist imagery for propaganda and recruitment purposes. Outfitted with steel police shields and flags depicting the fasces, a symbol used by Mussolini's National Fascist Party, the cowardly group marched with their faces covered in an attempted sh…

Susan Lagos (2022-07-15). Bogus Report on Nicaragua by "60 Minutes" Exposed as Propaganda from CIA-linked National Endowment for Democracy. covertactionmagazine.com [Below is an open letter to 60 Minutes written by Susan Lagos, a Spanish and ESL teacher who has lived …

Ann Brown (2022-07-15). Black Man Who Did 25 Years In Prison To Get $7.5M Settlement, Crooked Cops Planted Fake Bullets. moguldom.com Desmond Ricks spent 25 years in prison, and he claims police set him up for a murder he didn't commit in 1992. Detroit has now agreed to settle a lawsuit he filed against the city. Detroit will pay $7.5 million to Ricks, who said police switched bullets that were used as evidence against him. He was released …

Ramona Wadi (2022-07-15). In Biden World, Palestinians are not an Occupied Nation-in-Waiting but a mere Charity Case. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) When the Palestinian Authority leader jumped on the US bandwagon spouting status quo rhetoric, he should have remembered President Joe Biden's dedication to Zionism and colonial Israel. Upon arriving in Israel yesterday for a two day visit during which he will also go to the occupied West Bank, Biden …

| Reuters | (2022-07-15). Canadian police confirm 'high profile' killing of Sikh businessman. tribune.com.pk Canadian police confirmed on Friday that a man shot dead in British Columbia on Thursday was Ripudaman Singh Malik, a Sikh businessman acquitted in connection with the 1985 Air India bombing that killed 329 people. | Police said they have not established a motive for the killing or have evidence to suggest whether the incident was connected to the airline attack. | Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, a worker in British Columbia, were acquitted in 2005 of charges related to the attack on Air India Flight 182, which exploded over the Atlantic Ocean in 1985 in one of history's deadliest bombings of a commercial airline…

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-07-15). Noam Chomsky: Biden's Middle East Trip Contains Echoes of Trump's Policies. truthout.org After 18 months in office, President Joe Biden decided to pay a visit to the Middle East region. Oil is most likely what is dragging him back to the Middle East, and why for months now he had been warming up to Saudi Arabia, despite having said as a presidential candidate that he would make the Saudis "pay the price, and make them in fact the pariah that they are," while saying that there was "very little social redeeming value in the present government in Saudi Arabia." | As Noam Chomsky notes in this exclusive interview for Truthout, Biden is carrying on a U.S. tradition: Relations with Saudi Arabia "have alway…