Daily Archives: November 7, 2021

2021-11-07: News Headlines

sputniknews (2021-11-07). Assange, Stella Moris Take Legal Action Against Dominic Raab for Thwarting Their Marriage Plans. sputniknews.com Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and Stella Moris have been engaged since 2017 and have two children together.

Project Censored (2021-11-07). The Project Censored Newsletter—November 2021. projectcensored.org State of the Free Press 2022 Available for Pre-Order: |

Staff (2021-11-07). Assange & fiancée sue 'creepy elements of UK government,' and here's why. rt.com WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange and his fiancée, Stella Moris have opened legal proceedings against the UK justice secretary and a prison chief, demanding that they be allowed to get married in Belmarsh Prison. | "We are suing because creepy elements of the UK government are illegally blocking and delaying our marriage by effectively giving the US government veto power," Moris tweeted on Sunday. | Illegally blocking our marriage is part of a disgusting pattern of conduct attacking Julian's family life, issuing orders to steal our infant's DNA, assigning a full time agent to target me & my mother. It seems…

Oscar Grenfell (2021-11-07). Assange's Brother Gabriel Shipton Speaks to the WSWS: "The CIA Plan to Kidnap Julian is Continuing Under a Veil of Legality" orinocotribune.com By Richard Phillips, Oscar Grenfell — Oct 28, 2021 | The World Socialist Web Site spoke this week to Gabriel Shipton, a film producer and brother of Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks founder is again before a British court that will decide whether he will be dispatched to the United States for the "crime" of exposing illegal US wars, human rights abuses, mass spying operations and global diplomatic conspiracies affecting the lives of millions of people. | Shipton has recently completed a feature-length documentary entitled Ithaka, which will have its world premiere at the Sydney Film Festival next month and open…

_____ (2021-11-07). Newly Released Documents Expose US Intelligence Meddling In Venezuelan Elections Via Social Media. popularresistance.org America's interference in the electoral process in Venezuela is laid bare in a series of files that reveal how Washington provided significant investment to train political activists in campaigning effectively online. Documents released to researchers under the US Freedom of Information Act have revealed how US intelligence fronts weaponized social media to promote Venezuela's right-wing opposition, and assist their election to parliament, thus laying the foundations for Washington's appointment of Juan Guaido as the country's leader in January 2019.

sputniknews (2021-11-07). House GOPers Express Concern as Intelligence Agencies May Dismiss Thousands of Unvaccinated Officers. sputniknews.com Mandatory vaccination for many categories of employees across the United States has raised concerns over lack of qualified personnel, especially in some crucial services, including firefighters and police, as many workers fail to meet vaccination deadlines.

sputniknews (2021-11-07). 'Smart People, But Supply Chain?' Biden Suggests Ordinary Americans Aren't Intelligent Enough. sputniknews.com US President Joe Biden has reflected on the intelligence of the American people while answering a question about criticism from lawmaker Abigail Spanberger, who said that nobody had elected him to be "F.D.R., they elected him to be normal and stop the chaos."

| Namemorgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell (2021-11-07). Supreme Court appears to suggest right to guns at home extends to carrying them in public too. Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell

| Namejennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of History, Science In Society, Wesleyan University (2021-11-07). Why are medieval weapons laws at the center of a US Supreme Court case? Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of History and Science in Society, Wesleyan University

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Michael Welch (2021-11-06). Journalism in the Crosshairs: The Julian Assange Case. globalresearch.ca
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_____ (2021-11-06). Why 7 U.S. Military Officers Just Blasted The CIA. popularresistance.org On this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Khan's lawyer J. Wells Dixon, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, joins Robert Scheer to discuss the implications of Khan's testimony, which led the jury to describe his torture—which was unrefuted by the CIA—as "a stain on the moral fiber of America." | "There absolutely needs to be accountability [for CIA torture]," Dixon tells Scheer. "There is no question that [the CIA's actions] constitute torture and there's no question that torture is universally prohibited in all circumstances. The only open question is whether anyone will…
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_____ (2021-11-06). Why Seven US Military Officers Just Blasted The CIA. popularresistance.org On this week's episode of "Scheer Intelligence," Khan's lawyer J. Wells Dixon, a senior attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights, joins Robert Scheer to discuss the implications of Khan's testimony, which led the jury to describe his torture—which was unrefuted by the CIA—as "a stain on the moral fiber of America." | "There absolutely needs to be accountability [for CIA torture]," Dixon tells Scheer. "There is no question that [the CIA's actions] constitute torture and there's no question that torture is universally prohibited in all circumstances. The only open question is whether anyone will…
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Rick Rozoff (2021-11-06). Report: Biden rushed CIA chief to Moscow to threaten Russia over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CIA chief visited Moscow to warn Russia over troop buildup near Ukraine, CNN says CIA director William Burns visited Moscow in order to let Russia know that the US was closely monitoring the alleged buildup of Russian troops near the Ukrainian border. As CNN reported on Friday, citing its sources, the US intelligence chief was …
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Staff (2021-11-06). 'Ruthlessly unimaginative': Snowden is unimpressed with Bezos' spending habits. rt.com Jeff Bezos, a fan of private rockets and superyachts, is "ruthlessly unimaginative," Edward Snowden has said, pointing out that with his fortune, the billionaire could "even pay for a union" if he wanted to. | The fugitive whistleblower and privacy advocate dunked on one of the world's richest people on Twitter over his reported new toy, a $500 million yacht that is set to break several records once it is finally delivered next year. The super-posh vessel made headlines last month after images of it were released in the Netherlands. | Dubbed Project 721 or Y721, the yacht is being built by the shipyard Oceanco…
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Kathy Durkin (2021-11-06). Protesters demand: "Protect safe, legal abortion!" workers.org Demonstrators outside the U.S. Supreme Court Nov. 1 demanded an end to the near-total ban on abortions in Texas. Inside, arguments were made in two separate lawsuits challenging S.B. 8, the brutal Texas law — one brought by Whole Woman's Health, a reproductive health care provider in Texas, the other . . . |
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Jim Hightower (2021-11-06). Why do Supreme Court justices keep saying they're not hacks? nationofchange.org If you don't want to be considered political hacks, stop being political hacks.
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Kevin Gosztola (2021-11-06). Dissenter Weekly: Colorado Kept Mental Patient 'Unconstitutionally Confined'. thedissenter.org Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo (Photo from Colorado's state government website and in the public domain) | In this edition, the "Dissenter Weekly" returns after a month-long hiatus as a short podcast (10-15 minutes). There is both a video and an audio version. | The show starts with coverage of the state of New York, where whistleblower protection for workers was recently Toward the end, Kevin covers the Colorado Mental Health Insitute at Pueblo and a whistleblower who…

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