Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-05-15). "The Dividing Line" the Corona War Propaganda has created. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-05-15). Radio Free Asia: A US Propaganda Organ. journal-neo.org On April 26, Mary Zhao, a writer for Radio Free Asia, wrote a bizarre piece attacking China for not providing "transgender girls with necessary medicines," exposing once again the absurd lengths to which the US propagandists will go to undermine a nation it has targeted. The same day, they posted a cartoon of French President […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

David Sirota (2023-05-14). Biden's Austerity Rhetoric Returns From The Memory Hole. levernews.com When President Joe Biden this week gave credence to Republicans' argument that America needs government spending cuts, he channeled the real-but-forgotten Joe Biden — the one that was memory-holed during the 2020 presidential campaign.During a speech in New York on Wednesday, Biden laudably slammed GOP leaders for demanding draconian spending cuts in exchange for passage of routine legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its outstanding debts. But then he also declared that such austerity must be a long-term priority."We should be cutting spending and lowering the deficit," said Biden, l…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-14). 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.

JANET (2023-05-14). Stop U.S. harassment of anti-imperialist activists! iacenter.org By Arjae Red May 10, 2023 The 150-person May Day 2023 delegation to Cuba With the workers' movement on the rise in the U.S. and around the world, May Day activities for 2023 were in full swing over the last few days. Also in evidence were attempts by the U.S. government to repress those individuals who believe in expressing international solidarity with the working class and oppressed nations worldwide. One notable event was the 2023 May Day youth delegation to Cuba, in which an estimated 150 young activists from a variety of anti-imperialist organizations took part in a multiday brigade to the island country, to…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-05-15). Chris Hedges: Harriet Tubman And The Battle For America's Symbols. popularresistance.org The debate over America's symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in contradiction to the ideals of democracy and racial justice so often touted as national core values. In the midst of this debate, the decision by the US Treasury to place Harriet Tubman alongside Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill starting in 2030 has incited controversy. Howard University professor of political science Clarence Lusane joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the Harriet Tubman dollar bil…

Fight Back (2023-05-14). La Frontera Nos Cruzó statement on the Aaron Martinez murder. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from La Frontera Nos Cruzó. | La Frontera Nos Cruzó condemns the racist murder of Aaron Martinez and demands justice and accountability for his murderer, for law enforcement who allowed this to happen, and for the inciters of racial hate who bear moral responsibility. | In Forney, Texas, on May 1st, around noon, Aaron Martinez lost his life to hate. He and his family had moved to the small city two and a half years ago to start a horse training ranch. From the start, they faced hostility because of their ethnicity. Their neighbor, Trevor McEuen, had s…

ecns.cn (2023-05-15). Smearing of HK judges slammed. ecns.cn Government officials and political heavyweights strongly condemned a United States report and so-called "hearing" that smeared Hong Kong's judicial system and threatened to sanction Hong Kong judges.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-15). Wagner Chief Denies Claims That He Offered Ukraine Russian Troop Positions. news.antiwar.com Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, dismissed claims made by The Washington Post that he offered Ukraine Russian troop positions in exchange for a Ukrainian withdrawal from Bakhmut, calling the report "laughable." "Reading this is of course nice. It means I am not only fighting for Russia but Zelensky is also …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-14). WaPo Deletes Portion of Zelensky Interview Where He Accuses Paper of Aiding Russia. news.antiwar.com Update: The Washington Post restored the excerpt of the interview that was deleted earlier The Washington Post deleted a portion of an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, where he accused the paper of helping Russia by posing a question about information contained in leaked classified documents. The interview was conducted on May 1 and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-14). Zelensky Privately Plotted Bold Attacks on Russian Territory. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has privately plotted major attacks inside Russia while pledging publicly that his forces won't use Western-provided arms to target Russian territory, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. The report cited leaked Pentagon documents that are part of the Discord leaks and said Zelensky has previously suggested attempting to occupy Russian villages, …

Brian Berletic (2023-05-13). Ukraine Receiving Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles + the Propaganda Storm around Bakhmut. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 13, 2023: | — Russian media space panics over false claims of Ukraine's offensive beginning; | — The trading of territory in Bakhmut is typical of urban combat operations and does not indicate a "momentum shift" until the vector sum of the fighting begins favoring Ukraine rather than Russian forces; | — Additional evidence has surfaced that Ukraine is using some of its best military hardware in and around Bakhmut including German-made self-propelled howitzers, indicating that Russian plans to draw in and destroy Ukraine's best troops and equipment is workin…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …

David Sirota (2023-05-14). Biden's Austerity Rhetoric Returns From The Memory Hole. levernews.com When President Joe Biden this week gave credence to Republicans' argument that America needs government spending cuts, he channeled the real-but-forgotten Joe Biden — the one that was memory-holed during the 2020 presidential campaign.During a speech in New York on Wednesday, Biden laudably slammed GOP leaders for demanding draconian spending cuts in exchange for passage of routine legislation to prevent the government from defaulting on its outstanding debts. But then he also declared that such austerity must be a long-term priority."We should be cutting spending and lowering the deficit," said Biden, l…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-14). 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.

Adrian P Mundt, Carlos Ibáñez (2023-05-13). Correspondence] Beyond the dichotomy of drug regulations and prohibitions. thelancet.com Based on observations around the US opioid crisis and cannabis legalisation in Uruguay, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Diederik Lohman made a call to the public health community to challenge drug prohibition.1 It remains unspecified whether the call suggests legalising all drugs internationally or refers to advocating for evidence-based drug policy. The US opioid epidemic, related to legal prescription drugs in a specific geopolitical context, has health outcomes which differ from those of cannabis or other drugs.

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Diederik Lohman (2023-05-13). Correspondence] Beyond the dichotomy of drug regulations and prohibitions — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In response to our Comment1 calling for a move from drug prohibition to regulation, Adrian Mundt and Carlos Ibáñez question whether a dichotomy between prohibition and regulation truly exists. They note that there are "forms of regulation that do not seem to contradict market prohibitions", including decriminalisation and regulation of opioid substitution therapies. They also argue that there is "not sufficient evidence supporting that countries should further legalise cannabis or other drugs".

Adrian P Mundt, Carlos Ibáñez (2023-05-13). Correspondence] Beyond the dichotomy of drug regulations and prohibitions. thelancet.com Based on observations around the US opioid crisis and cannabis legalisation in Uruguay, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Diederik Lohman made a call to the public health community to challenge drug prohibition.1 It remains unspecified whether the call suggests legalising all drugs internationally or refers to advocating for evidence-based drug policy. The US opioid epidemic, related to legal prescription drugs in a specific geopolitical context, has health outcomes which differ from those of cannabis or other drugs.

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-05-13). Public opinion and imperialism. mronline.org A New York Times News Service report reproduced in The Telegraph of Kolkata (May 7), discusses the findings of a global public opinion survey carried out by the Bennett Institute of Public Policy of Cambridge University. These show that the Ukraine conflict had shifted public sentiment "in developed democracies in East Asia and Europe as well as the United States of America, uniting their citizens against both Russia and China and shifting mass opinion in a more pro-American direction".

Brian Berletic (2023-05-13). Ukraine Receiving Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles + the Propaganda Storm around Bakhmut. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 13, 2023: | — Russian media space panics over false claims of Ukraine's offensive beginning; | — The trading of territory in Bakhmut is typical of urban combat operations and does not indicate a "momentum shift" until the vector sum of the fighting begins favoring Ukraine rather than Russian forces; | — Additional evidence has surfaced that Ukraine is using some of its best military hardware in and around Bakhmut including German-made self-propelled howitzers, indicating that Russian plans to draw in and destroy Ukraine's best troops and equipment is workin…

midwesternmarx (2023-05-13). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China By: John Pilger. midwesternmarx.com Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies The Congress of American Writers that was held in New York City took a firm stand against fascism and war. Photo: Daily Worker / People's World Archives Speak up. Now.In 1935, the Congress of American Writers was held in New York City, followed by another two years later. They cal …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-12). Videos: CDC propaganda during 2021 and propaganda on Australian TV "then and now" expose-news.com Below are two videos which remind us of the covid propaganda we've been subjected to for the past few years. One is an excellent collection of CDC propaganda and the other is …

_____ (2023-05-13). "Independent" Ukrainian "Kill List" Actually Run by Kiev, Backed by Washington. strategic-culture.org Dr. David MILLER | Late last year, my name was added to a blacklist

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-12). Videos: CDC propaganda during 2021 and propaganda on Australian TV "then and now" expose-news.com Below are two videos which remind us of the covid propaganda we've been subjected to for the past few years. One is an excellent collection of CDC propaganda and the other is …

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-05-11). Israel's Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High School Students as Trolls Against Palestine. mintpressnews.com The Israeli government is training high school students as part of its propaganda efforts to combat criticism of its policies and delegitimize the BDS movement.

Chris Walker (2023-05-11). Eric Trump Threatens Lawsuit Over Truthful Reporting on Speaking Tour. truthout.org Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, has threatened to sue MSNBC host Rachel Maddow over her accurate reporting that he will be taking part in a speaking tour alongside white supremacists this weekend. Eric Trump — who, alongside his older brother Donald Trump Jr., helped manage his father's companies while he was in office — is set to participate in the far right ReAwaken America… |

Steve Gillis (2023-05-11). 'Give us health care, not COVID'. workers.org Dr. Lara Jirmanus and Ellen Leigh of Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity address the media outside Boston hospital, May 4, 2023. Boston The entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital — a downtown Boston campus of the growing regional corporate monopoly Mass General Brigham — was the scene of a rare protest: . . . |

Julia Rock (2023-05-11). Clarence Thomas reversed position after gifts and family payments. mronline.org The Supreme Court justice switched sides on a landmark legal doctrine, satisfying his benefactors' conservative advocacy machine.

Sasha Abramsky (2023-05-11). CNN's Town Hall Didn't Hold Trump Accountable — It Normalized His Lies. truthout.org In the run up to Wednesday night's CNN town hall with Donald Trump, I was on the fence as to whether it was a good idea to give the Mar-a-Lago troll such a platform. On the one hand, it offered an opportunity for viewers to see just how mendacious, mean and shifty this man is; on the other, it provided Trump with 90 minutes of free primetime to air his noxious views. Having watched as much of it… |

Adrian P Mundt, Carlos Ibáñez (2023-05-13). Correspondence] Beyond the dichotomy of drug regulations and prohibitions. thelancet.com Based on observations around the US opioid crisis and cannabis legalisation in Uruguay, Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Diederik Lohman made a call to the public health community to challenge drug prohibition.1 It remains unspecified whether the call suggests legalising all drugs internationally or refers to advocating for evidence-based drug policy. The US opioid epidemic, related to legal prescription drugs in a specific geopolitical context, has health outcomes which differ from those of cannabis or other drugs.

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch, Diederik Lohman (2023-05-13). Correspondence] Beyond the dichotomy of drug regulations and prohibitions — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In response to our Comment1 calling for a move from drug prohibition to regulation, Adrian Mundt and Carlos Ibáñez question whether a dichotomy between prohibition and regulation truly exists. They note that there are "forms of regulation that do not seem to contradict market prohibitions", including decriminalisation and regulation of opioid substitution therapies. They also argue that there is "not sufficient evidence supporting that countries should further legalise cannabis or other drugs".

Matteo Lambertini, Eva Blondeaux, Giancarlo Bisagni, Silvia Mura, Sabino De Placido, Michelino De Laurentiis, Alessandra Fabi, Anita Rimanti, Andrea Michelotti, Mauro Mansutti, Antonio Russo, Filippo Montemurro, Antonio Frassoldati, Antonio Durando, Stefania Gori, Anna Turletti, Stefano Tamberi, Ylenia Urracci, Piero Fregatti, Maria Grazia Razeti, Roberta Caputo, Carmine De Angelis, Valeria Sanna, Elisa Gasparini, Elisa Agostinetto, Evandro de Azambuja, Francesca Poggio, Luca Boni, Lucia Del Mastro (2023-05-12). Articles] Prognostic and clinical impact of the endocrine resistance/sensitivity classification according to international consensus guidelines for advanced breast cancer: an individual patient-level analysis from the Mammella InterGruppo (MIG) and Gruppo Italiano Mammella (GIM) studies. thelancet.com This large analysis with long-term follow-up provides evidence on the prognostic and clinical impact of the currently adopted endocrine resistance/sensitivity classification in patients with HR+/HER2‚àí advanced BC. This classification may be considered a valid tool to guide clinical decision-making and to design future ET trials in the metastatic setting.

Anonymous767 (2023-05-12). Clashes Intensify In Bakhmut Amid Ukrainian Attempts To Attack Around Zaporozhie And Lyman. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | As of the first half of May 12, reports appeared that units of Kyiv's forces have carried out several attacks on positions of Russian units at the contact line in Zaporozhie Region and in the Lyman area in Donetsk Region. There have been no precise video and photo evidence confirming a large-scale offensive of the Kyiv regime in these directions. Despite this, the situation there remains tense. | The Russian Defense Ministry reports that the general situation is under control: T…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-11). US Ambassador Accuses South Africa of Supplying Russia With Weapons. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to South Africa has accused the nation of secretly supplying Russia with weapons, a claim that drew a rebuke from Pretoria. US Ambassador Reuben Brigety said he knew that a Russian ship that docked in South Africa in December was loaded with weapons but did not provide evidence for the claim. "We …

Chris Hedges (2023-05-12). Harriet Tubman and the battle for America's symbols. therealnews.com The debate over America's symbols and monuments has sharpened with the growing mass movement for racial justice in the past decade. The lionization of slave-owners and genocidaires has been pointed out by many as in contradiction to the ideals of democracy and racial justice so often touted as national core values. In the midst of this debate, the decision by the US Treasury to place Harriet Tubman alongside Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill starting in 2030 has incited controversy. Howard University professor of political science Clarence Lusane joins The Chris Hedges Report to discuss the Harriet Tubman doll…

WSWS (2023-05-11). Roger Waters in Hamburg: A tremendous start of German tour amid media smear campaign. wsws.org Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his German tour at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg on Sunday.

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-11). Poll Suggests Black American Support For Biden Has Crashed, Nearly 30% Could Vote Trump. moguldom.com Depending on which poll you look at, approval for President Joe Biden among Black Americans, a core Democratic group, is slim to none. Biden's approval rating among Black people is 52 percent, down from 82 percent when he took office, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted April 28-May 3, 2023. The ABC poll …

WSWS (2023-05-11). Roger Waters in Hamburg: A tremendous start of German tour amid media smear campaign. wsws.org Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his German tour at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg on Sunday.

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-11). Poll Suggests Black American Support For Biden Has Crashed, Nearly 30% Could Vote Trump. moguldom.com Depending on which poll you look at, approval for President Joe Biden among Black Americans, a core Democratic group, is slim to none. Biden's approval rating among Black people is 52 percent, down from 82 percent when he took office, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted April 28-May 3, 2023. The ABC poll …

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-05-11). Israel's Latest Hasbara Scheme Enlists High School Students as Trolls Against Palestine. mintpressnews.com The Israeli government is training high school students as part of its propaganda efforts to combat criticism of its policies and delegitimize the BDS movement.

Dan Bacher (2023-05-11). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. 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) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.

Chris Walker (2023-05-11). Eric Trump Threatens Lawsuit Over Truthful Reporting on Speaking Tour. truthout.org Eric Trump, son of former President Donald Trump, has threatened to sue MSNBC host Rachel Maddow over her accurate reporting that he will be taking part in a speaking tour alongside white supremacists this weekend. Eric Trump — who, alongside his older brother Donald Trump Jr., helped manage his father's companies while he was in office — is set to participate in the far right ReAwaken America… |

unitedEditor (2023-05-10). Lessons for today from the victory over fascism. uwidata.com The U.S. replaced Nazi Germany Today, American presidents have taken on Hitler's aggression. Nazi Germany has been replaced by the US. Just like Nazi Germany, the US uses all kinds of oppression and violence methods to establish its hegemony over the entire world and its basic motto is "If you are not with us, you …

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-10). Report: Trump to blame for weak initial U.S. response to coronavirus. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Governmental chaos, mostly in Washington and mostly due to Donald Trump, led to the weak U.S. response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S. just over three years ago. Lessons from the Covid War, researched by a non-partisan scientific and public health panel of 36 experts—originally assembled to staff what was going to …

Steve Gillis (2023-05-11). 'Give us health care, not COVID'. workers.org Dr. Lara Jirmanus and Ellen Leigh of Massachusetts Coalition for Health Equity address the media outside Boston hospital, May 4, 2023. Boston The entrance of Massachusetts General Hospital — a downtown Boston campus of the growing regional corporate monopoly Mass General Brigham — was the scene of a rare protest: . . . |

Sasha Abramsky (2023-05-11). CNN's Town Hall Didn't Hold Trump Accountable — It Normalized His Lies. truthout.org In the run-up to Wednesday night's CNN town hall with Donald Trump, I was on the fence as to whether it was a good idea to give the Mar-a-Lago troll such a platform. On the one hand, it offered an opportunity for viewers to see just how mendacious, mean and shifty this man is; on the other, it provided Trump with 90 minutes of free primetime to air his noxious views. Having watched as much of it… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-11). US Ambassador Accuses South Africa of Supplying Russia With Weapons. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to South Africa has accused the nation of secretly supplying Russia with weapons, a claim that drew a rebuke from Pretoria. US Ambassador Reuben Brigety said he knew that a Russian ship that docked in South Africa in December was loaded with weapons but did not provide evidence for the claim. "We …

WSWS (2023-05-11). Roger Waters in Hamburg: A tremendous start of German tour amid media smear campaign. wsws.org Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters opened his German tour at the Barclays Arena in Hamburg on Sunday.

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-11). Poll Suggests Black American Support For Biden Has Crashed, Nearly 30% Could Vote Trump. moguldom.com Depending on which poll you look at, approval for President Joe Biden among Black Americans, a core Democratic group, is slim to none. Biden's approval rating among Black people is 52 percent, down from 82 percent when he took office, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll conducted April 28-May 3, 2023. The ABC poll …

Staff (2023-05-11). Desde el Partido Demócrata exigen a Biden ponerle fin a las políticas de Trump contra Venezuela y Cuba. cubadebate.cu Demócratas liderados por legisladores de la Cámara de Representantes de estados fronterizos instan a Biden a poner fin a las "sanciones" de la era Trump aplicadas contra Cuba y Venezuela, dado que estas "sanciones" han golpeado las economías de esos países y ello ha contribuido a una oleada de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, informa The Washington Post.

infobrics (2023-05-10). Why American and Kiev regime media keep insisting Russian 'Kinzhal' hypersonic missile was shot down?>. infobrics.org The political West is decades behind Russia in hypersonic weapons development, so this propaganda story accomplishes at least two objectives — promotes US-made air defenses after humiliating failures and "tarnishes" the reputation of Russian hypersonic missiles.

Rania Khalek (2023-05-10). North Korea Truth & Lies: Challenging the Propaganda, w/ Ju-Hyun Park. thealtworld.com In the U.S. we're taught that North Korea is a horrible backwards dictatorship where every person is captive to an evil regime run by a mad man who has an inexplicable hatred of the U.S., freedom and democracy — and is always on the edge of launching a nuclear missile to destroy the world. | This, we're told, is the reason we have to isolate the country and occupy South Korea with thousands of U.S. soldiers. The purpose of such a simplistic narrative is to prevent Americans from getting curious about what's really happening there. | Why is North Korea so closed off? What's the relevant history of that regio…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-09). The Warmongering U.S. Empire is Crashing, the Lying Western Media's Days are Numbered. libya360.wordpress.com Finian Cunningham, Bruce Gagnon and Daniel Lazarre The Western mainstream media have never been so blatant in their propaganda for the U.S. empire. The pretensions are threadbare. As the warmongering U.S. government/regime and its Western/NATO imperialist lackeys are becoming more exposed and desperate to maintain credibility, so too are their media tools. The likes of…

Dan Bacher (2023-05-10). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. 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) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.

M. Carlstad, Left Voice. (2023-05-10). Biden Won't Stop Climate Change. popularresistance.org President Biden laced his 2020 presidential campaign with rhetoric and promises about addressing climate change, drawing some to wonder if he could be America's first "climate president." More than two years in, the reality of his term is a letdown for those who hung their hopes on this label. With the official announcement that he'll run for office again in 2024, it's time to examine why "lesser evil" Biden and his flimsy platform represent nothing more than a green dream. | As an example, Biden's administration has now signed off on more gas and oil drilling permits than Trump had at the same point in his term…

Jay Janson (2023-05-10). No WWII No Victory Parade in Moscow and No War in Ukraine Today If the West Had Not Rearmed Germany! dissidentvoice.org May 9! Moscow Celebrates Victory Over Nazi Germany's Invasion, but with incomprehensibly little or no public condemnation of American corporations having earlier heavily rearmed Hitler's Nazi Germany as British and French armies stood down in cooperation and in violation of the Versailles Treaty's prohibition of German rearmament. With the world of the plundering Colonial Powers …

unitedEditor (2023-05-10). Lessons for today from the victory over fascism. unitedworldint.com The U.S. replaced Nazi Germany Today, American presidents have taken on Hitler's aggression. Nazi Germany has been replaced by the US. Just like Nazi Germany, the US uses all kinds of oppression and violence methods to establish its hegemony over the entire world and its basic motto is "If you are not with us, you …

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-10). Revisiting Fort Detrick/Vaping Overlap, COVID Origins, As EcoHealth Restarts Coronavirus Work. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/10/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-10). Report: Trump to blame for weak initial U.S. response to coronavirus. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Governmental chaos, mostly in Washington and mostly due to Donald Trump, led to the weak U.S. response to the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S. just over three years ago. Lessons from the Covid War, researched by a non-partisan scientific and public health panel of 36 experts—originally assembled to staff what was going to …

infobrics (2023-05-10). Western media spread lies about Russia's Victory Parade. infobrics.org Western disinformation agents claim that Moscow would be militarily weakened, which obviously does not correspond to the reality of the current conflict.

Paul Haeder (2023-05-10). In the Eye of the Polarizing Storm(s). dissidentvoice.org It is indeed a tale of many cities, worlds, perspectives, and then we have beliefs and morals. Add to that alternative and ulterior modes of realities, and we have a virtual Babel's Tower of conflicting, contradicting and confusing form of "discourse," or debate. Never mind the Matrix angle of things! In today's Western Culture (sic), …

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-10). Robin D.G. Kelley: Understanding police violence through racial capitalism. therealnews.com In 2001, Cincinnati police killed a 19-year-old Black man named Timothy Thomas, sparking an uprising that shook the city for four days. 19 years later, in the city of Minneapolis, local police officers killed George Floyd over an alleged counterfeit bill, catalyzing a nationwide rebellion. Much of the discourse surrounding racist police killings have focused on perceived flaws within the institution of policing itself, but explanations for the consistency and pervasiveness of police violence cannot be found within police departments alone. Police operate within a system of race and class-based segregation,…

teleSUR (2023-05-10). 42nd ASEAN Summit Kicks Off, ASEAN Centrality, Economic Growth. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the 42nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially kicked off in the town of Labuan Bajo situated in the eastern region of Indonesia. | Related: | Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, delivered a discourse advocating the significance of ASEAN unification and economic integration as key factors in fostering regional peace and development. | "With unity, ASEAN will be able to b…

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and its complications.

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Study: No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugar per Day. jamanetwork.com Moderate-quality evidence has tied high intake of sugars, particularly those containing fructose, with a range of poor outcomes, such as obesity in children, coronary heart disease, and depression, according to an umbrella review of 73 meta-analyses that included 8601 studies, a majority of which were observational.

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). Highlights From California Reparations Task Force Recommendations For Lineage-Based Reparations. moguldom.com It's been a packed two-year process for California's Reparations Task Force, which was established by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 to study and collect evidence of the harms of slavery and lingering discrimination. As the task force is about to wrap up, its final report is to be delivered to the state Legislature by July …

Ben Norton, Michael Hudson (2023-05-10). NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman's dollar defense. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.

WSWS (2023-05-10). UK deepens warmongering in Ukraine with plans to supply long-range missiles. wsws.org On Monday, the Washington Post reported that the UK's Ministry of Defence had issued a call to weapons manufacturers, on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine, to supply missiles capable of striking Russian-annexed Crimea or cities deep inside Russia's borders.

teleSUR (2023-05-10). 42nd ASEAN Summit Kicks Off, ASEAN Centrality, Economic Growth. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the 42nd summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) officially kicked off in the town of Labuan Bajo situated in the eastern region of Indonesia. | Related: | Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, delivered a discourse advocating the significance of ASEAN unification and economic integration as key factors in fostering regional peace and development. | "With unity, ASEAN will be able to b…

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and its complications.

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Study: No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugar per Day. jamanetwork.com Moderate-quality evidence has tied high intake of sugars, particularly those containing fructose, with a range of poor outcomes, such as obesity in children, coronary heart disease, and depression, according to an umbrella review of 73 meta-analyses that included 8601 studies, a majority of which were observational.

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). Highlights From California Reparations Task Force Recommendations For Lineage-Based Reparations. moguldom.com It's been a packed two-year process for California's Reparations Task Force, which was established by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2020 to study and collect evidence of the harms of slavery and lingering discrimination. As the task force is about to wrap up, its final report is to be delivered to the state Legislature by July …

Ben Norton, Michael Hudson (2023-05-10). NY Times is wrong on dedollarization: Economist Michael Hudson debunks Paul Krugman's dollar defense. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson responds to the misleading arguments against de-dollarization that New York Times columnist Paul Krugman made in his attempt to defend US hegemony and the dollar system.

WSWS (2023-05-10). UK deepens warmongering in Ukraine with plans to supply long-range missiles. wsws.org On Monday, the Washington Post reported that the UK's Ministry of Defence had issued a call to weapons manufacturers, on behalf of the International Fund for Ukraine, to supply missiles capable of striking Russian-annexed Crimea or cities deep inside Russia's borders.

WSWS (2023-05-10). NATO powers move to send long-range missiles to Ukraine. wsws.org On Tuesday, a UK defense official confirmed to the Washington Post that the Britain is preparing to send long-range missiles to Ukraine capable of striking Crimea.

Mark Taylor-Canfield, Truthout. (2023-05-10). Monopolies, Prosecution Of Assange Drive Drop In US Press Freedom Rank. popularresistance.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents, immediately charged onto the stage and forcibly removed Benjamin and another activist who joined her. Blinken, however, failed to address either Assange's persecution or the U.S.'s continued decline in press freedom after the disruptio…

Dan Bacher (2023-05-09). Big Oil pumps $9.4 million into lobbying California officials in 2023's first quarter. 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) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions.

WSWS (2023-05-09). AMLO accuses US of meddling in Mexico. wsws.org AMLO's nationalist rhetoric serves to cover his government's subordination to US imperialism on all fundamental questions and is aimed above all against the working class.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-08). Project Invictus: Inside the UK's Human Rights Busting Campaign to Spy on Refugees. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg In recent months, the British government's war on refugees has included a relentless deluge of vicious xenophobic rhetoric from ministers and human rights-busting, UN-condemned legislation in the form of the Illegal Migration Bill, and is seemingly intensifying with each passing day. Despite backlash from the public and certain sections of the media, this virulent…

JANET (2023-05-08). Sudan: Popular movement demands civilian rule. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto May 2, 2023 April 30 ‚àí Reports from Sudan's largest seaport, Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea, describe a chaotic scene of thousands of migrant workers and their families attempting to leave the country in order to escape a conflict between two military factions fighting for control of the government. Sudan borders seven other African countries and the Red Sea. The Blue Nile and White Nile rivers meet in its capital, Khartoum. The corporate media in Europe and the United States confine their coverage to describing the suffering of civilians and the numbers killed. Their…

JANET (2023-05-08). The U.S role in fomenting violence in Haiti. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel May 5, 2023 María Isabel Salvador, the author of the April 25 report from the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti‚ÄØ(BINUH) to the U.N. Security Council on the current situation in Haiti emphasized "the urgent need for the deployment, authorized by the Security Council, of an international specialized force." Based on the last few decades, this is U.N.-talk promoting more imperialist intervention in Haiti's internal affairs. A protester shouts anti-government slogans near a burning barricade erected to protest bad police governance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 26, 2023. Cred…

Ann Brown (2023-05-08). Fact Check: Investigator Eunice Hunton Carter Played Key Role in Taking Down Mob Pioneer Lucky Luciano. moguldom.com Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. And it was a Black female investigator named Eunice Hunton Carter who helped bring down Luciano, the most important Mafia crime boss in New York City at the …

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Diagnosis and Management of Cirrhosis and Its Complications. jamanetwork.com This narrative review summarizes current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of cirrhosis and its complications.

jamanetwork (2023-05-09). Study: No More Than 6 Teaspoons of Added Sugar per Day. jamanetwork.com Moderate-quality evidence has tied high intake of sugars, particularly those containing fructose, with a range of poor outcomes, such as obesity in children, coronary heart disease, and depression, according to an umbrella review of 73 meta-analyses that included 8601 studies, a majority of which were observational.

Mickey Z. (2023-05-08). Evidence Does Not Change (Most) Minds. dissidentvoice.org For decades, I've been writing articles, essays, blog posts, books, and more. Two of my books are annotated history texts. I've given public talks and run a podcast. I've been interviewed more times (TV, radio, online, print, etc) than I can remember. You'd think by now, I'd be aware that most folks are unmoved by …

Staff (2023-05-08). Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas to Account for Secret Dealings with Billionaire GOP Megadonor? democracynow.org We speak with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick about the mounting evidence of apparent financial impropriety by the court's conservatives. ProPublica recently reported that Republican billionaire Harlan Crow paid two years of private school tuition for Clarence Thomas's grandnephew — payments that Thomas did not include on his annual financial disclosures. This comes after previous reporting revealed Crow also paid money to Thomas and his relatives in an undisclosed real estate deal, and that Thomas accepted luxury travel from Crow virtually every year for decades, while failing t…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-08). Bosses force News Guild protests at New York Times, Washington Post. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK and WASHINGTON —Bosses' refusal to meaningfully bargain forced simultaneous public protests at two of the nation's most-prominent newspapers, The New York Times and the Washington Post, the News Guild reported. At both papers, the unions cited corporate greed. The Guild-represented Times staffers haven't had a raise in two years while management has spent …

Mark Taylor-Canfield (2023-05-08). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. truthout.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents… |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). Ukraine's Defense Minister Says Lower Expectations of Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com Senior Ukrainian officials fear their coming counteroffensive will not live up to the expectations of Kyiv's Western backers, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. "The expectation from our counteroffensive campaign is overestimated in the world," said Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. "Most people are … waiting for something huge." One of the Pentagon documents that …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). Ukraine's Defense Minister Says Lower Expectations of Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com Senior Ukrainian officials fear their coming counteroffensive will not live up to the expectations of Kyiv's Western backers, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. "The expectation from our counteroffensive campaign is overestimated in the world," said Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. "Most people are … waiting for something huge." One of the Pentagon documents that …

Editor (2023-05-07). Bono Is Doing Illustrations For The Atlantic Now, Because Everything's Fake And Stupid. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that's the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death throes of a globe-spanning empire. A Washington Post article titled "Bono likes to sketch Atlantic covers, so the …

David I. Kertzer (2023-05-07). The Pope's Secret Back Channel to Hitler. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Turnipseed (2023-05-08). Disinformation and the State: The Aptly Named RESTRICT Act. globalresearch.ca

JANET (2023-05-08). Sudan: Popular movement demands civilian rule. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto May 2, 2023 April 30 ‚àí Reports from Sudan's largest seaport, Port Sudan, located on the Red Sea, describe a chaotic scene of thousands of migrant workers and their families attempting to leave the country in order to escape a conflict between two military factions fighting for control of the government. Sudan borders seven other African countries and the Red Sea. The Blue Nile and White Nile rivers meet in its capital, Khartoum. The corporate media in Europe and the United States confine their coverage to describing the suffering of civilians and the numbers killed. Their…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-05-08). Shock Doctrine: Industry Exploiting Ukraine War for Liquefied Natural Gas Expansion. transcend.org 28 Apr 2023 – In an investigation targeting the "shock doctrine" practices of the gas industry, Greenpeace is calling on policymakers in both the U.S. and EU to move away from expanding LNG infrastructure before it's too late.

Editors, In These Times. (2023-05-07). This Season's Hottest Trend: Anti-Consumption. popularresistance.org How did "deinfluencing" get started? | Apparently in January on "beauty TikTok," that corner of the popular video app where users promote tips, tricks and products in the world of skin care and cosmetics, and the trend has spread into everything from fashion to electronics to kitchen gadgets. "No," deinfluencers are saying, "maybe you don't need Dior lipstick or $500 AirPods." And people are listening: #deinfluencing TikToks have more than 400 million views. It's in response to the $16 billion-and-growing "inf…

Ryan Black (2023-05-07). We Must Speak Up Before The Propagandists Get Their War With China. progressivehub.net JOHN PILGER | Z NETWORK…

Ann Brown (2023-05-08). Fact Check: Investigator Eunice Hunton Carter Played Key Role in Taking Down Mob Pioneer Lucky Luciano. moguldom.com Charles "Lucky" Luciano was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. He was also the first official boss of the modern Genovese crime family. And it was a Black female investigator named Eunice Hunton Carter who helped bring Luciano, the most important Mafia crime boss in New York City at the time, …

Mickey Z. (2023-05-08). Evidence Does Not Change (Most) Minds. dissidentvoice.org For decades, I've been writing articles, essays, blog posts, books, and more. Two of my books are annotated history texts. I've given public talks and run a podcast. I've been interviewed more times (TV, radio, online, print, etc) than I can remember. You'd think by now, I'd be aware that most folks are unmoved by …

Staff (2023-05-08). Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas to Account for Secret Dealings with Billionaire GOP Megadonor? democracynow.org We speak with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick about the mounting evidence of apparent financial impropriety by the court's conservatives. ProPublica recently reported that Republican billionaire Harlan Crow paid two years of private school tuition for Clarence Thomas's grandnephew — payments that Thomas did not include on his annual financial disclosures. This comes after previous reporting revealed Crow also paid money to Thomas and his relatives in an undisclosed real estate deal, and that Thomas accepted luxury travel from Crow virtually every year for decades, while failing t…

_____ (2023-05-07). Ireland Crushes Free Speech. strategic-culture.org Well-reasoned criticism of the transgender movement would be subject to being quashed by the government. | By S.A. MCCARTHY | Ireland's far-left government is in the midst of passing some of the most extreme legislation on so-called hate speech that the Western world has ever seen. The Criminal Justice Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences bill would prosecute what even leftist politician Paul Murphy

Mark Gruenberg (2023-05-08). Bosses force News Guild protests at New York Times, Washington Post. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK and WASHINGTON —Bosses' refusal to meaningfully bargain forced simultaneous public protests at two of the nation's most-prominent newspapers, The New York Times and the Washington Post, the News Guild reported. At both papers, the unions cited corporate greed. The Guild-represented Times staffers haven't had a raise in two years while management has spent …

Tom Carter (2023-05-08). The 1619 Project and the New York Times' Promotion of the Racialist Ideology of Ukrainian Nationalism. globalresearch.ca

Mark Taylor-Canfield (2023-05-08). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. truthout.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents… |

Tom Carter (2023-05-08). The 1619 Project and the New York Times' Promotion of the Racialist Ideology of Ukrainian Nationalism. globalresearch.ca

Mark Taylor-Canfield (2023-05-08). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. truthout.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents… |

Editor (2023-05-07). Bono Is Doing Illustrations For The Atlantic Now, Because Everything's Fake And Stupid. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that's the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death throes of a globe-spanning empire. A Washington Post article titled "Bono likes to sketch Atlantic covers, so the …

John Pilger (2023-05-06). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. peoplesdispatch.org Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies…

Colin Todhunter (2023-05-06). 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…

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-06). The Prighozin File: Twilight of the Gods or Maskirovka? thealtworld.com The puny double drone attack — a combined Anglo-Saxon neocon provocation — has offered Moscow the perfect gift: an unmistakable casus belli. | Yevgeny Prighozin, the maestro of private military company Wagner, is never shy of also performing as a master communicator / troller / psyop specialist. | So no wonder when he delivered a recent rhetorical missile — In the heat of war, and on the eve of the incessantly my…

David I. Kertzer (2023-05-07). The Pope's Secret Back Channel to Hitler. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-06). CDC Ignores 75 Autopsies Linking Death To COVID Jab, modRNA Lie & The "Anti-Disinformation" Industry. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/6/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Editor (2023-05-07). Bono Is Doing Illustrations For The Atlantic Now, Because Everything's Fake And Stupid. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / CaitlinJohnstone.com So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that's the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death throes of a globe-spanning empire. A Washington Post article titled "Bono likes to sketch Atlantic covers, so the …

John Pilger (2023-05-06). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. peoplesdispatch.org Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies…

Colin Todhunter (2023-05-06). 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…

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-06). The Prighozin File: Twilight of the Gods or Maskirovka? thealtworld.com The puny double drone attack — a combined Anglo-Saxon neocon provocation — has offered Moscow the perfect gift: an unmistakable casus belli. | Yevgeny Prighozin, the maestro of private military company Wagner, is never shy of also performing as a master communicator / troller / psyop specialist. | So no wonder when he delivered a recent rhetorical missile — In the heat of war, and on the eve of the incessantly my…

David I. Kertzer (2023-05-07). The Pope's Secret Back Channel to Hitler. globalresearch.ca

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-06). CDC Ignores 75 Autopsies Linking Death To COVID Jab, modRNA Lie & The "Anti-Disinformation" Industry. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (5/6/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-06). 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.

Editors, In These Times. (2023-05-07). This Season's Hottest Trend: Anti-Consumption. popularresistance.org How did "deinfluencing" get started? | Apparently in January on "beauty TikTok," that corner of the popular video app where users promote tips, tricks and products in the world of skin care and cosmetics, and the trend has spread into everything from fashion to electronics to kitchen gadgets. "No," deinfluencers are saying, "maybe you don't need Dior lipstick or $500 AirPods." And people are listening: #deinfluencing TikToks have more than 400 million views. It's in response to the $16 billion-and-growing "inf…

Pierre Ambrosi, Gilbert Habib (2023-05-06). Correspondence] Unanswered questions from the IRONMAN trial. thelancet.com There is currently no strong evidence that intravenous iron saves lives or decreases the incidence of hospitalisation in patients with heart failure. The demonstrated benefit in the IRONMAN1 and FAIR-HF2 trials is a functional improvement. This benefit must be weighed against the risks to the patient. Hypophosphataemia is common after intravenous iron.3 However, it is rarely symptomatic and only leads to muscle weakness and bone fracture in a minority of patients receiving repeated intravenous iron.

Ian Ford, Paul R Kalra (2023-05-06). Correspondence] Unanswered questions from the IRONMAN trial — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Pierre Ambrosi and Gilbert Habib, and Tomohiko Sato and Ayumi Nojiri for their Correspondences. Ambrosi and Habib cast doubt on the morbidity and mortality benefits of intravenous iron in heart failure and commented on the potential risks of hypophosphataemia, allergic reaction, and infection. Although there is no current evidence that intravenous iron reduces the risk of death, there is good evidence that it reduces heart failure hospitalisation risk.1—3 We agree that any proposed treatment should be discussed with patients as part of shared decision making.

Anonymous349 (2023-05-06). Evidence U.S. Plans A WW III Against Both Russia And China. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Submitted by Eric Zuesse | On May 3rd, U.S. Secretary of State Antony

Editor (2023-05-06). Patrick Lawrence: Journalists-on-Journalists Crime. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I've read a lot of smear since Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson as its premier evening news presenter late last month. How could I not? It was everywhere, and more fecal matter is being flung Carlson's way as we speak. My favorite in this line so far comes …

Staff (2023-05-07). El radical Harry Belafonte. cubadebate.cu Más allá de su contribución innovadora a las artes, Belafonte fue un activista comprometido en la lucha contra el imperialismo, la opresión de los trabajadores y la discriminación racial, utilizando la plataforma que le brindaban sus talentos artísticos para oponerse a la injusticia en todas sus formas. "Tengo que ser parte de la rebelión que intenta cambiar todo esto", dijo al New York Times en 2001. "La ira es un combustible necesario. La rebeldía es saludable".

Staff (2023-05-07). Julian Assange imperdonable para el imperio. cubadebate.cu El caso más evidente de doble rasero fue uno que implica directamente a la Administración de Biden: la persecución de Julian Assange: "a los tres minutos de su intervención en los festejos…, Biden declaró: "El periodismo no es un delito". La formulación parecía una perversa reformulación de una declaración emitida por media docena de los principales periódicos del mundo, incluido el /New York Times/, el pasado diciembre, cuando pidieron al gobierno de Biden que retirara los cargos contra Assange porque "publicar no es un delito".

Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-05-06). Action Alert: False NYT Spy Claim On Iran Nukes Needs Correction. popularresistance.org The New York Times (5/1/23), reporting on Iran's execution of British spy Alireza Akbari, reported: | The spy had provided valuable information — and would continue to do so for years — intelligence that would prove critical in eliminating any doubt in Western capitals that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. | This is not correct; as FAIR has often pointed out (FAIR.org, 10/17/17, 9/9/15, 9/24/13; 1/31/13; Extra!, 3—4/08), the position of US intelligence is that it has no proof Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon. As the US State Department reiterated in April 2022: | The United States co…

John Pilger (2023-05-06). We must speak up before the propagandists get their war with China. peoplesdispatch.org Where are the voices that speak up against fascism, war, and propaganda, asks renowned journalist John Pilger as he surveys the past decade of dirty tricks perpetrated by the United States and its allies…

Colin Todhunter (2023-05-06). 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…

The Global Research Team (2023-05-05). Global Research: Calling for Peace Negotiations, Seeking and Telling the Truth. globalresearch.ca It has always been our mandate to tell and spread the truth even in the midst of censorship, working continuously to reverse the psychological effects of lies and war propaganda. | Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. Truth remains a "powerful …

Brittani Banks (2023-05-05). Why Julian Assange Is at the Vanguard for World Press Freedom. independentmediainstitute.org We celebrate World Press Freedom Day in May as a reminder that the role of news organizations is to speak truth to power. Not for manufacturing consent—to use Chomsky's famous words—for the government and the ruling classes. It's an occasion to remember three people who exemplify the need to speak the truth: Daniel Ellsberg of …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-06). 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.

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-05). The Pirate Stream: Dialectical Dissidents — Episode 14. thelastamericanvagabond.com Join us on today's episode of The Pirate Stream — Dialectical Dissidents. Pirate Stream Media is a new platform of dedicated content creators focused on circumventing the tightly controlled, manipulated, and outright censored media space of today (both corporate and independent media) with a commitment to objectivity, integrity, and a stark awareness of the two

Editor (2023-05-05). 'The End of Organized Humanity'. mronline.org Noam Chomsky lays out the coming apocalypse without taking direct action to quell the climate crisis.

Chuck Fall (2023-05-05). Navigating the Shoals of Cognitive Dissonance in a Sea of Big Lies. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-05-05). Fact Check: People Who Are Obsessed with Celebrities Are Less Intelligent. moguldom.com People who are obsessed with celebrities might be less intelligent than others, one study claims. Research by Hungarian academics found that people obsessed with Hollywood gossip and A-list celebs tend not to be smart. The study was published in BMC Psychology in late 2021 and concluded that "there is a direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance …

Pierre Ambrosi, Gilbert Habib (2023-05-06). Correspondence] Unanswered questions from the IRONMAN trial. thelancet.com There is currently no strong evidence that intravenous iron saves lives or decreases the incidence of hospitalisation in patients with heart failure. The demonstrated benefit in the IRONMAN1 and FAIR-HF2 trials is a functional improvement. This benefit must be weighed against the risks to the patient. Hypophosphataemia is common after intravenous iron.3 However, it is rarely symptomatic and only leads to muscle weakness and bone fracture in a minority of patients receiving repeated intravenous iron.

Ian Ford, Paul R Kalra (2023-05-06). Correspondence] Unanswered questions from the IRONMAN trial — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Pierre Ambrosi and Gilbert Habib, and Tomohiko Sato and Ayumi Nojiri for their Correspondences. Ambrosi and Habib cast doubt on the morbidity and mortality benefits of intravenous iron in heart failure and commented on the potential risks of hypophosphataemia, allergic reaction, and infection. Although there is no current evidence that intravenous iron reduces the risk of death, there is good evidence that it reduces heart failure hospitalisation risk.1—3 We agree that any proposed treatment should be discussed with patients as part of shared decision making.

Anonymous349 (2023-05-06). Evidence U.S. Plans A WW III Against Both Russia And China. southfront.org ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | Submitted by Eric Zuesse | On May 3rd, U.S. Secretary of State Antony

Anonymous103 (2023-05-05). War Crime: Ukrainian Forces Killed Civilian Fisherman In Kherson Region. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Ukrainian military claimed another victory in the Kherson region. Ukrainian forces killed a civilian who was sailing along the Dnieper on a boat, and published a video with cheerful music, mocking their victim. | The incident reportedly took place in late April. The video was shared by the 192nd Battalion of the Territorial Defense of Ukraine and become evidence of another war crime. | It shows a man in civilian closes walking on the shore and then attempting to hide from the Ukrain…

Chris Walker (2023-05-05). Trump Employs Misogynistic Line of Defense in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial. truthout.org The defamation trial brought against former President Donald Trump by writer E. Jean Carroll, who alleges that Trump raped her in a dressing room in the mid-1990s, appeared to conclude on Thursday, barring any surprise testimony from Trump. The judge presiding over the case left the door open for Trump to speak before the jurors in person, as his defense team opted not to present evidence or… |

Editor (2023-05-06). Patrick Lawrence: Journalists-on-Journalists Crime. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I've read a lot of smear since Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson as its premier evening news presenter late last month. How could I not? It was everywhere, and more fecal matter is being flung Carlson's way as we speak. My favorite in this line so far comes …

Jim Naureckas, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2023-05-06). Action Alert: False NYT Spy Claim On Iran Nukes Needs Correction. popularresistance.org The New York Times (5/1/23), reporting on Iran's execution of British spy Alireza Akbari, reported: | The spy had provided valuable information — and would continue to do so for years — intelligence that would prove critical in eliminating any doubt in Western capitals that Iran was pursuing nuclear weapons. | This is not correct; as FAIR has often pointed out (FAIR.org, 10/17/17, 9/9/15, 9/24/13; 1/31/13; Extra!, 3—4/08), the position of US intelligence is that it has no proof Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon. As the US State Department reiterated in April 2022: | The United States co…

Brittani Banks (2023-05-05). A New Republican Assault on Children: Overturning Labor Laws. independentmediainstitute.org Two recent exposés about child labor in the United States highlight how prevalent the once-outlawed practice has become. In February, the New York Times published an extensive investigative report by Hannah Dreier about scores of undocumented Central American children who were found to be working in food processing plants, construction projects, big farms, garment factories, …

Chris Walker (2023-05-05). Report: "Insider Witness" at Mar-a-Lago Cooperating With Classified Docs Inquiry. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly working with a witness who has knowledge of the inner workings of Mar-a-Lago and former President Donald Trump's improper transfer of government documents from the White House to his Palm Beach, Florida, estate. The unnamed person cooperating with the Justice Department — whom The New York Times, which broke the story, described as an "insider witness"… |

Jon Queally (2023-05-05). Leonard Leo Arranged Secret Payments to Ginni Thomas Ahead of Voting Rights Case. truthout.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Ginni Thomas are under fresh scrutiny as yet another revelation, this one reported by the Washington Post on Thursday evening shows Ginni received tens of thousands of dollars in off-the-book compensation from a powerful right-wing nonprofit shortly before the group "soon would have an interest before the court" — a pivotal voting rights case. |