(2021-07-02). A Remarkable Silence: Media Blackout After Key Witness Against Assange Admits Lying. dissidentvoice.org 
As we have pointed out since Media Lens began in 2001, a fundamental feature of corporate media is propaganda by omission. Over the past week, a stunning example has highlighted this core property once again. A major witness in the US case against Julian Assange has just admitted fabricat ≠ing key accusati ≠ons in the indictment against …
(2021-07-01). Supreme Court guts what's left of the Voting Rights Act. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court early this morning gutted the little that is left of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by upholding two racist election laws enacted in the 2020 battleground state of Arizona that make it much more difficult for minorities in that state to vote. The ruling said essentially that any changes …
(2021-07-01). Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act Decision Narrows Another Path to Challenge Discriminatory Voting Laws. aclu.org Today, the Supreme Court decided two Arizona voting laws were not racially discriminatory and did not violate Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA) in
(2021-07-01). Supreme Court guts voting rights when upholding Arizona's restrictions, elected officials. indybay.org The U.S. Supreme Court gutted most of what remains of the landmark Voting Rights Act. Once hailed as the most effective civil rights legislation in the nation's history, now the Supreme Court has turned on the promise of democracy, the promise of equality and equity for all. For without voting rights, communities of color and low income become disenfranchised, and equality and equity unfulfilled dreams.
(2021-07-01). Saturday 7/3: "Free Julian Assange" Birthday Street Party. indybay.org Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, San Francisco…
(2021-07-01). Saturday 7/3: Global Free Assange Now #Candles4Assange 50th Bday #DropTheCharges. indybay.org British Consulate General San Francisco | 1 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2021-07-01). Major Developments In Julian Assange's Case Could Be Game-Changing. popularresistance.org This was all rather predictable. As The Canary's Tom Coburg wrote back in 2018, Thordarson was never a credible witness. He: | is a convicted felon in relation to several offences, including paedophilia (involving nine boys). He had pleaded guilty to these offences. Also, in December 2014, Thordarson was convicted and sentenced to two years in prison on 18 charges of embezzlement, theft, and fraud. | So, with British MPs applying pressure and the legal case against him falling apart, Assange's future is once again in question. Whether parliamentary pressure and this new evidence will be enough for the imprisoned…
(2021-07-01). Two Major Developments In Julian Assange's Case Could Be Game-Changing. popularresistance.org British MPs applying pressure and the legal case against him falling apart, Assange's future is once again in question. Whether parliamentary pressure and this new evidence will be enough for the imprisoned journalist to secure his freedom, though, is sadly debatable.
(2021-07-01). US Still Feeling Consequences of Rumsfeld's 'False Step' on Iraq, Ex-CIA Officer Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The world is still feeling the devastating consequences of decisions made by former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his leading role in America's attack and occupation of Iraq, former CIA officer Phil Giraldi said.
(2021-07-01). NYTimes Op-Ed Denounces Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden on 50th Anniversary of Publishing the Pentagon Papers. covertactionmagazine.com This past June 13th, The New York Times celebrated the 50th anniversary of its publishing the Pentagon Papers. In a special section, "Uncovering the Secret History of the Vietnam War," it told how a team of 50 reporters, researchers and editors worked on the story for nearly four months, holed up in a "whole group …
(2021-07-01). Court Drops Bombshell On B.C. Natural Gas Industry. popularresistance.org The B.C. Supreme Court has found the B.C. government infringed the Blueberry River First Nation's treaty rights by allowing decades of industrial development in their traditional territory.
(2021-07-01). Supreme Court Ruling Delivers 'Dark, Dark Day for Democracy'. commondreams.org To tackle concentration in the tech sector, Congress must restrict discretion by judges and agencies that are subject to shifting political winds.
(2021-07-01). Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit Filed Against NewsGuild over Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up. indybay.org Independent reporter Mike Elk has sued the CWA NewsGuild for retaliation for exposing the president of the Pittsburgh, PA local who was a sexual predator and engaged in misconduct.
(2021-06-30). UK MPs Visit Belmarsh Prison to Demand a Meeting With Assange. telesurenglish.net This Tuesday, UK Members of Parliament (MPs) Richard Burgon, Hackney Abbott, and Jeremy Corbyn visited South London HMP Belmarsh to deliver a letter from Parliamentarians from 4 parties protesting the repeated refusal by the authorities to allow MPs to meet with Julian Assange. | RELATED: | Mr. Assange remains locked up at the Covid-hit south London prison pending an appeal after he beat an extradition case brought by th…
(2021-06-30). Saturday 7/3: "Free Julian Assange" Birthday Street Party. indybay.org Women's Building, 3543 18th Street, San Francisco…
(2021-06-30). Saturday 7/3: Global Free Assange Now #Candles4Assange 50th Bday #DropTheCharges. indybay.org British Consulate General San Francisco | 1 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2021-06-30). The Weird, Creepy Media Blackout on Recent Assange Revelations. strategic-culture.org We are being lied to. Constantly, and in more ways than we realize. By omission, by distortion, by half-truths and by outright deception. Our minds are being actively messed with by powerful people with limitless resources to ensure their continued domination of the planet at any cost. Our very perception of reality is being assaulted on myriad fronts. Until humanity finds a way to wake itself up from its propaganda-induced coma, the abuses of the powerful will continue.
(2021-06-30). CIA Director Arrives in Colombia to Lead 'Sensitive Security Mission'—Venezuela on Alert. orinocotribune.com 
The highest official of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, arrived in Colombia to participate in a "delicate" mission in terms of security, as part of the "cooperation" between the two countries. | The Colombian ambassador in Washington, Francisco Santos, reported on the arrival of the CIA director, however Santos did not want to provide additional details about Burns' visit to Bogotá. | "I prefer not to tell you it is a delicate mission, an important mission in terms of intelligence, that we managed to coordinate," Santos replied obliquely when asked about the mission. | This vis…
(2021-06-30). CIA Director Arrives in Colombia to Lead 'Sensitive Security Mission'—Venezuela on Alert. orinocotribune.com 
The highest official of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), William Burns, arrived in Colombia to participate in a "delicate" mission in terms of security, as part of the "cooperation" between the two countries. | The Colombian ambassador in Washington, Francisco Santos, reported on the arrival of the CIA director, however Santos did not want to provide additional details about Burns' visit to Bogotá. | "I prefer not to tell you it is a delicate mission, an important mission in terms of intelligence, that we managed to coordinate," Santos replied obliquely when asked about the mission. | This vis…
(2021-06-30). Revealing The Pentagon Papers In Congress: Going To The Supreme Court. popularresistance.org My gut was tight as a knot. The oral arguments began before the Supreme Court on April 19, 1972. I fidgeted in my seat in the audience in the first row with my wife and two young kids. I could see our legal team sitting in front of me: Robert Reinstein and Chuck Fishman. A young Alan Dershowitz sat next to them, representing Beacon. Twenty-four Ionic columns of Italian marble surrounded us below white friezes encircling the chamber. I gazed up at the Justices arrayed in black high before me on their imposing, mahogany bench, under a 44-foot ceiling. Behind them were red satin curtains and four marble columns. A h…
(2021-06-30). Advocates Stand With Bill Cosby's 60 Accusers After Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned. scheerpost.com Wikimedia Commons) By Julia Conley / Common Dreams Women's rights advocates expressed solidarity on Wednesday with the 60 women who came forward to tell their stories of sexual abuse at the hands of Bill Cosby after the actor's conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The seven-judge panel ruled that Cosby should not have been convicted in 2018 on three counts of aggravated… |
(2021-06-30). Advocates Stand With Bill Cosby's 60 Accusers After Sexual Assault Conviction Overturned. scheerpost.com By Julia Conley / Common Dreams Women's rights advocates expressed solidarity on Wednesday with the 60 women who came forward to tell their stories of sexual abuse at the hands of Bill Cosby after the actor's conviction was overturned by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. The seven-judge panel ruled that Cosby should not have been convicted in 2018 on three counts of …
(2021-06-30). Supreme Court to tenants facing eviction: One more month — and that's it! liberationnews.org 
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling declining to strike down the Centers for Disease Control's eviction moratorium. This is welcome news to the millions of people behind on their rent, but there is also cause for concern — and an urgent need for Congress to act. Justice Brett Kavanaugh was the deciding …
(2021-06-30). 67 Republicans Join Democrats on Vote to Remove Confederate Statues From Capitol. truthout.org 
The House voted on Tuesday to remove all statues of Confederate leaders on display in the Capitol as well as a bust of a former Supreme Court chief justice who in 1957 wrote the Dred Scott decision, regarded as one of the most loathsome racist court decisions in U.S. history. | The measure passed
(2021-06-30). Relief For Millions As US Apex Court Keeps Eviction Bans In Place. popularresistance.org In a step that brings relief for millions of low-income families across the United States, the Supreme Court decided against a stay on a federally-imposed eviction moratorium. On Tuesday, June 29, the Supreme Court decided by a split vote (5-4) to deny a request by a group of landlords seeking to impose a federal district court's ruling to block a residential eviction moratorium put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). | The justices decided to not allow the stay as the federal judge's ruling is being appealed by the federal government. In May this year, a group of corporate landlords…
(2021-06-30). US Supreme Court rejects defense contractor's appeal for protection in Abu Ghraib torture case. peoplesdispatch.org The employees of defense contractor CACI have been accused by three Iraqi men of torture during their detention in the Abu Ghraib prison from which they were eventually released without charge…
(2021-06-30). Supreme Court again shields corporations that violate human rights abroad. wsws.org The Supreme Court ruled claims that US-based corporations sponsored and purchased agricultural products from plantations that use child slaves cannot be the basis of lawsuits for compensation under the Alien Tort Statute.
(2021-06-30). Relief for millions as US apex court keeps eviction bans in place. peoplesdispatch.org In a step that brings relief for millions of low-income families across the United States, the Supreme Court decided against a stay on a federally-imposed eviction moratorium…
(2021-06-30). An Inequality Even Conservative Justices Can't Swallow. counterpunch.org College football coaches normally don't pay much attention to U.S. Supreme Court decisions. College football coaches normally don't pay much attention to much of anything outside their coaching lanes. They've become notorious for their single-minded focus on the gridiron. But coaches have been paying attention to the nation's High Court this week because the Supremes
(2021-06-30). Whistleblower Retaliation Lawsuit Filed Against NewsGuild over Sexual Misconduct Cover-Up. indybay.org Independent reporter Mike Elk has sued the CWA NewsGuild for retaliation for exposing the president of the Pittsburgh, PA local who was a sexual predator and engaged in misconduct.