(2022-01-12). Conservatives on Supreme Court Poised to Block Biden's Vaccine and Mask Mandates. zcomm.org The reactionary "justices" seem more inclined to shield corporate profits and red states' rights than to protect the health and safety of the people…
(2022-01-11). American Exception: Empire and the Deep State with Aaron Good and David Talbot. projectcensored.org Mickey presents a discussion between political scientist Aaron Good and author David Talbot on the subject of the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy. This conversation is excerpted from a…
(2022-01-11). Closer Scrutiny Reveals how Close to State Power Sacha Baron Cohen Really Is. orinocotribune.com 
By Alan Macleod — Jan 5, 2022 | MintPress reviewed documents and spoke to a former CIA agent who worked with Sacha Baron Cohen to reveal how the famed actor worked with the national security state to sell America's wars. | MINNEAPOLIS — Sacha Baron Cohen is widely hailed as a comedic genius, using his sheer audacity to mock the absurdity of his targets. The creator of Ali G, Borat and Bràºno has become one of Hollywood's hottest commodities. Yet his outrageous stunts often belie his agenda and his own proximity to state power. | Baron Cohen is often reluctant to make direct political statements. B…
(2022-01-11). Headlines for January 11, 2022. democracynow.org U.S. Coronavirus Cases and Hospitalizations Soar to Record Highs, Warming Oceans Set New Temperature Records in 2021 as Climate Crisis Worsened, U.N. Appeals for Nearly $5 Billion in Afghanistan Aid as 1 Million Children Face Severe Malnutrition, Amid Talks with U.S., Russia Says Ukraine Must Never Be Allowed to Join NATO, North Korea Tests Hypersonic Missile for Second Time in a Week, Lithuania Pays $113,000 to Guantánamo "Forever Prisoner" Tortured at CIA Black Site, Former DEA Informant Arrested over Alleged Role in Plot That Assassinated Haiti's President, El Salvador Reopens Probe into 1989 Massacre of Jesui…
(2022-01-11). Assange, el mensajero asesinado. globalizacion.ca El pasado 10 de diciembre los jueces del Tribunal Superior de Londres dieron marcha atrás al fallo de la magistrada de primera instancia, la jueza Vanessa Baraitser, que en enero del 2020 bloqueó la extradición de Julian Assange a Estados…
(2022-01-11). Four ISIL terrorists detained in Iraq's Sulaymaniyah. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) — The Iraqi Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that the Sulaymaniyah Intelligence and Security Directorate managed to arrest four ISIL terrorists in the province.
(2022-01-11). 20 Years Later, Guantánamo Remains a Disgraceful Stain on Our Nation. It Needs to End. aclu.org Twenty years have passed since the first detainees arrived in Guantánamo Bay, making it the longest-standing war prison in U.S. history. Since 2002, 779 Muslim men and boys have been held at Guantánamo, nearly all of them without charge or trial. Today, 39 men remain indefinitely detained there, and 27 of them have never even been charged with any crime. Fourteen of those 27 have been cleared for transfer or release, some for years. Many of the remaining men are torture survivors; the CIA formerly disappeared some of them at "black sites" before our government sent them to Guantánamo. All of the prisoners have…
(2022-01-11). Lithuania: Al-Qaeda Suspect at CIA Jail Compensated. telesurenglish.net The European Court of Human Rights granted 100,000 euros, paid by the Lithuanian government in compensation, to a suspected high-ranking al-Qaeda figure in Guantanamo Bay held in a secret CIA prison in the country almost two decades ago. | The European Court of Human Rights awards 100,000 euros as compensation to an alleged senior Al Qaeda official, paid by Lithuania. January 11, 2022.