Michael Hudson (2021-08-17). Biden Forfeits His Afghan Victory by Defending His Deep State Advisors. counterpunch.org President Biden put a popular flag-waving wrapping on America's forced withdrawal from Afghanistan in his 4 PM speech on Monday. It was as if all this was following Biden's own intentions, not a demonstration of the totally incompetent assurances by the CIA and State Department as recently as last Friday that the Taliban was over a month away from being able to enter Kabul.

John Pilger (2021-08-17). A day in the death of British justice. peoplesdispatch.org Journalist John Pilger examines the latest arguments presented by the US in its bid to extradite Julian Assange, and the continuing persecution of the whistleblower and his partner Stella Moris…

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2021-08-17). Threat of Extradition for Assange Grows Following British High Court Ruling. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2021-08-17). Texas Supreme Court blocks mask mandates. wsws.org The Texas Supreme Court reversed lower court rulings that upheld local mandates in defiance of Governor Greg Abbott's executive order.

WSWS (2021-08-16). US Supreme Court blocks part of New York eviction moratorium. wsws.org The Supreme Court agreed to partially lift a ban on evictions in New York, which is set to expire at the end of the month.

Ron Ridenour (2021-08-16). Setback for Assange in UK Trial Over US Effort to Extradite Wikileaks Founder. counterpunch.org Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost a high court decision Wednesday, which now allows the U.S. government to expand the grounds for its appeal of a January ruling of Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser. She had at that time denied extradition to the United States to face charges of espionage in a Virginia court, a jurisdiction where whistleblowers never

_____ (2021-08-16). Setback for Assange in U.K. Trial Over U.S. Effort to Extradite Wikileaks Founder. strategic-culture.org By Ron RIDENOUR | Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lost a high court decision Wednesday, which now allows the U.S. government to expand the grounds for its appeal of a January ruling of Magistrate Vanessa Baraitser.

Guest Contributor (2021-08-16). Challenge to Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme dismissed by Supreme Court. ukhumanrightsblog.com A and B v Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority and another [2021] UKSC 27 On appeal from [2018] EWCA Civ 1534 The claimants in the case were victims of human trafficking with unspent convictions in Lithuania. The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme (CICS) provides compensation to victims of crime, apart from where they have unspent criminal convictions …

Project Censored (2021-08-16). Kevin Gosztola, Shahid Buttar, and Gloria Berry. projectcensored.org Mickey welcomes independent journalist Kevin Gosztola of Shadowproof.com to discuss the importance of whistleblowers for journalists and why they need to be protected not prosecuted. Kevin shares updates regarding Julian…