Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2020-12-09
Venezuela's Supreme Court sentenced six top CITGO oil executives to prison for corruption, embezzlement, money laundering and conspiracy on Nov. 26. The former executives went behind the back of the Venezuelan state and signed an agreement with two U.S. based-international financial companies — for which they were detained in Nov. . . . | Continue reading Venezuelan court convicts the CITGO Six at Workers.org…
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US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2020-12-09
US court orders CIA to explain withholding of Khashoggi report | Court ruling follows lawsuit by Open Society Justice Initiative regarding CIA report on Jamal Khashoggi and tape recording of murder | MEE staff | Wed, 12/09/2020 – 16: 54 | CIA reportedly concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered killing (AFP/FIle photo) | A US judge ordered the CIA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence…
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Florida state agents raid home of COVID-19 whistleblower
Sameena Rahman | liberationnews.org | 2020-12-09
This raid comes at a time when the most recent CDC data indicates that Florida surpassed 19,000 deaths due to the coronavirus, and last week, Florida became the third state in the United States to exceed 1 million cases.
liberationnews.org/florida-state-agents-raid-home-of-covid-19-whistleblower/

Where's the Hitler?
C.J. Hopkins | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-09
All right, that's it. I've run out of patience. No more excuses. Where's the Hitler? Yes, you heard me. I'm talking to you. You respectable journalists and political pundits. You Intelligence officials and politicians. You fanatical liberals. You pseudo anti-fascists. All you members of the GloboCap "Resistance" who have been hysterically shrieking that "Trump is …
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Intelligence min. disbands three drug-trafficking gangs in SE
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2020-12-09
TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) — The intelligence forces of the Ministry of Intelligence in southern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, in three separate operations, dismantled three major drug-trafficking gangs over the past two days.
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Stuck in a Lift with John Pilger: News and How to Use It by Alan Rusbridger
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-12-08
Noticing the way journalists seemed unable to resist commenting on our work, even if it was just to slag us off, Glenn Greenwald tweeted us in 2012: 'You are really deeper in the heads of the British establishment-serving commentariat than anyone else — congrats.' ((Greenwald, Twitter, 12 September 2012.)) If that was true then, our relationship …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/12/stuck-in-a-lift-with-john-pilger-news-and-how-to-use-it-by-alan-rusbridger/

OPCW Executives Praised Whistleblower and Criticized Syria Cover-up, Leaks Reveal
Aaron Mate | globalresearch.ca | 2020-12-08
Exclusive: Documents obtained by The Grayzone show that OPCW executives privately criticized the manipulation of a Syria chemical weapons probe, and supported a dissenting veteran inspector. One official, however, feared helping the "Russian narrative." These private admissions further expose the …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-executives-praised-whistleblower-criticized-syria-cover-up-leaks-reveal/5731594

Action for Change Starts in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-12-08
We know their names! We've given immense power to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five People to do good or bad. One Hundred Senators and Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Representatives. Unfortunately, some 1500 corporations control most Members of Congress. Think about all the dreams for a better world that could come to be realized if our elected officials…
counterpunch.org/2020/12/08/action-for-change-starts-in-congress/

Texas AG Sues 4 States, Asking Supreme Court to Toss Out Election Results
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-12-08
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing four states over their 2020 presidential election results, submitting his complaint directly to the United States Supreme Court with hopes that justices will invalidate legitimate votes by residents in those states on the baseless and unsubstantiated argument that election fraud took place. | Paxton's lawsuit alleges that changes to election l…
truthout.org/articles/texas-ag-sues-4-states-asking-supreme-court-to-toss-out-election-results/

A Supreme Court's Pronouncement Against the Fly
jamanetwork.com | 2020-12-08
(Williams v. Sweet (Me.), 110 Atl. R. 316)…
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'Not a Criminal': Top UN Anti-Torture Official Urges Julian Assange's Release
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-12-08
The WikiLeaks founder's "prolonged solitary confinement in a high security prison is neither necessary nor proportionate," said United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/getty-assange_protestors_1.jpg …
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Independent UN expert calls for Julian Assange's release, cites prison's COVID outbreak
news.un.org | 2020-12-08
Amid a COVID-19 outbreak at London's Belmarsh prison, an independent UN expert appealed to British authorities on Tuesday to release Julian Assange or to place him under guarded house arrest during extradition proceedings to the United States.
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Assange Is Exposed To a High COVID-19 Risk in Belmarsh Prison
telesurenglish.net | 2020-12-08