(2022-02-05). French National Assembly Rejects Draft Resolution on Call for Political Asylum for Assange. sputniknews.com PARIS (Sputnik) – The French National Assembly has rejected the draft resolution with a call on the country's government to provide political asylum for the founder of the WikiLeaks whistleblowing website, Julian Assange.
(2022-02-05). [Perspectives] Xenophobia, prejudice, and blame in pandemic times. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us time and time again, through deeply painful lessons, that epidemics of infectious diseases may be biological in origin but our collective understandings of them and their impacts are social. From US Supreme Court rulings on mask and vaccine mandates in December, 2020, and as recently as January, 2022, to xenophobia, racism, and the blaming of disease spread on those marginalised within society, COVID-19 has laid bare what historians of epidemics have long understood—that epidemics expose, reproduce, and harden existing prejudices and inequalities within societies.
(2022-02-04). Bitcoin Prophet Michael Saylor's New Average BTC Price Is $30K: At What Level Will He Blow Up And Fold On His Massive Gamble? moguldom.com Michael Saylor, the billionaire crypto bull and head of the data analytics firm MicroStrategy, keeps buying Bitcoin at higher prices, pushing up the average purchase price of all his Bitcoin. This begs the question: at what point will he blow up and fold on his massive gamble? The largest independent publicly-traded business intelligence company, MicroStrategy …
(2022-02-04). Without Evidence, US Claims Russia Planning 'Propaganda Video' as Pretext to Invade Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The US is continuing its baseless claims against Russia and is now accusing Moscow of planning to stage a false flag in eastern Ukraine by making a "propaganda video" showing a staged attack. US officials said Russian intelligence is "intimately involved" with the plan and said the video would likely "depict graphic scenes of a …
(2022-02-04). Trump plotters, Republican lawmakers met on eve of coup to seek NSA "intelligence" on foreign interference in 2020 election. wsws.org At a meeting with Republican lawmakers, Trump co-conspirators proposed having military and intelligence operatives concoct bogus evidence of foreign interference to justify overthrowing Biden's election.
(2022-02-04). Polish FM pushes eastern flank military buildup with Blinken, Pompeo, Senate. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Washington knows NATO's eastern flank must be reinforced: Polish FM Poland's foreign minister has said that politicians in Washington are aware that the eastern flank of NATO needs strengthening amid tensions with Russia. Zbigniew Rau made the statement at a news conference following a series of meetings on Capitol Hill on Thursday…. *** He added …
(2022-02-04). Some Consequences of the Latest hate Speech Incident in India. journal-neo.org 
On January 10 the Supreme Court of India agreed to urgently consider a petition on "hate speech" against the country's Moslem communities, with reference to specific incidents, most notoriously an incident in December 2021 in Haridwar — a city venerated in the Himalayan foothills on the banks of the River Ganges. Both the city and …
(2022-02-04). Search for a new Justice: What can defeat the threat from the right wing Supreme Court? liberationnews.org 
When attacks on people's rights are made, we can fight back and impact how the Supreme Court rules, regardless of who sits on the bench.
(2022-02-04). Declassified NSA oversight report shows illegal surveillance by US government continues unimpeded. wsws.org The semiannual report from the Office of the Inspector General shows that illegal surveillance of Americans is continuing and that claims that it has been stopped are lies.