WSWS (2022-12-09). New Zealand's Daily Blog denounces state surveillance of right-wingers, but demands it for the Socialist Equality Group. wsws.org While the blog's editor Martyn Bradbury recently declared that he refuses to "dob in" right-wing individuals to the Security Intelligence Service, he has demanded that it investigate the Socialist Equality Group for "possible treason."

WSWS (2022-12-09). House Democrats pick former CIA agent Spanberger for leadership post. wsws.org The congresswoman from Virginia, one of the group of CIA and military veterans playing an increasingly prominent role in the Democratic caucus, was elected to a newly created post representing members in closely contested "battleground" districts.

Infobrics (2022-12-08). India Now Strong Trade Partner of Russia, Expected to Remain So in 2023. infobrics.org Amid significant bilateral trade volatility between Russia and nearly all other markets due to the war in Ukraine, India has emerged as a strong trade partner of Russia and is expected to remain so in 2023, according to a new S&P Global Market Intelligence report…

Editor (2022-12-08). Daniel Ellsberg: Indict Me Too. scheerpost.com Daniel Ellsberg has called on the U.S. to indict him for having the same unauthorized possession of classified material as Julian Assange. Ellsberg follows the Cryptome.org founder who has also invited prosecution, reports Joe Lauria.

Anonymous669 (2022-12-08). Iraqi Airstrikes Hit ISIS Terrorists In Diyala, Kirkuk (Videos). southfront.org This file photo shows an Iraqi Air Force AC-208 Cessna Caravan aircrew launch a Hellfire missile during a previous test at a target on the Aziziyah Training Range, south of Baghdad, Nov. 8, 2010. US Army photo by SGT Brandon Bolick. | The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF) continue to target ISIS cells throughout Iraq in coordination with local security forces and intelligence services. | On December 6, F-16 fighter jets of the IQAF carried out airstrikes on three hideouts of ISIS cells located within the so-called…

Dana Sanchez (2022-12-08). Is Google Search Under Threat From New Hot Technology ChatGPT? moguldom.com ChatGPT, a newly released artificial intelligence app from OpenAI, gives users amazing answers to questions. It interacts with users in a conversational way, letting them test, explore, manipulate, harass, and play in a dialogue format that allows follow-up questions, mistakes and admitting to them. "Quite simply, the best artificial intelligence chatbot ever released to the general public," is …

Editor (2022-12-08). Journalism Defenders Push for Passage of 'Game-Changing' PRESS Act. scheerpost.com "The PRESS Act is the most important free press legislation in modern times because it would finally stop the government from spying on journalists and threatening them with arrest for doing their jobs," explained one advocate.

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2022-12-08). Supreme Court seems ready to legalize the 2021 Trump coup tactics. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The right-wing Republican-named U.S. Supreme Court majority appears to be on the verge of approving a Republican-pushed radical theory to give state legislatures, and only them, complete control of voting and elections—to the dismay of both the court's three Democratic-named justices and of demonstrators outside the court yesterday. If they end up ruling the way …

Sharon Zhang (2022-12-08). Right-Wing Groups Have Funneled $90M of Dark Money to "Moore v. Harper" Backers. truthout.org Organizations supporting a fringe right-wing theory in a case currently before the Supreme Court that could mean the end of democracy as it's known in the U.S. have received tens of millions of dollars from conservative dark money groups, a new report has found. According to research by Accountable.US, over the past six years, right-wing dark money groups have given nearly $90 million to five… |

Walter Smolarek (2022-12-08). Civics class for radicals: The Supreme Court. liberationnews.org Designed from the beginning to be unresponsive to the needs of the people and wielding power it assigned to itself, the Supreme Court tramples on basic rights and gives legitimacy to the most brutal policies of the ruling class.

WSWS (2022-12-08). Right-wing US Supreme Court justices appear divided over "independent state legislature" threat to democracy. wsws.org On Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court engaged in more than three hours of oral arguments, double the allotted time, on whether a state Supreme Court can hold that laws regulating federal elections enacted by the state legislature violate state constitutional guarantees, such as free elections and equal protection.

_____ (2022-12-08). 'Free Julian Assange!' Say Latin America's Leftist Leaders. popularresistance.org Latin America's leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil's Lula da Silva, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Bolivia's Evo Morales, and Honduras' Manuel Zelaya. | A movement is growing in Latin America to demand the freedom of political prisoner Julian Assange, the Australian journalist persecuted by the United States for his work exposing its war crimes. | Most of the major leftist leaders in Latin America hav…

Jessica Corbett (2022-12-07). Revealing he too had Manning leaks, Ellsberg dares DOJ to prosecute him like Assange. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg on Tuesday dared US prosecutors to come after him like they have Julian Assange by

Matt Kennard (2022-12-07). Minister 'Misled Parliament' on Foreign Office Role in Secret Assange Operation. globalresearch.ca

Whitney Webb (2022-12-07). Rogue News & Canadian Patriot interview Whitney Webb: One Nation Under Blackmail explored. thealtworld.com In this special episode of Rogue News, CJ and Matt Ehret interview Whitney Webb on her One Nation Under Blackmail two volume series. If you ever wondered "could organized crime, intelligence organizations, banking, pedophilia networks, drug running, and terrorist financing be connected?" Then don't wait any longer for an answer. Watch this interview and then read Whitney's new books!

Lindsay Koshgarian (2022-12-07). Congress Has No Business Shoveling Another $847 Billion Into the Military Industrial Complex. fpif.org The Pentagon just failed its fifth audit in as many years. After 20 years of war, there are better ways to spend tax dollars than on an agency that can't even account for half of its assets.

Editor (2022-12-07). 'Free Julian Assange!' Say Latin America's Leftist Leaders: Lula, AMLO, Petro, Maduro, Ortega, Kirchner, Evo, Zelaya. scheerpost.com Latin America's leftist presidents are leading the campaign to free Julian Assange. The WikiLeaks journalist has the support of Brazil's Lula da Silva, Mexico's Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Colombia's Gustavo Petro, Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega, Bolivia's Evo Morales, and Honduras' Manuel Zelaya.

Anonymous103 (2022-12-06). Kiev Preparing To Boycott Russian Ammonia Transit. southfront.org According to Russian media's sources, Ukrainian plotters would be acting with Western support. | Written by According to recent reports, Ukrainian intelligence, with foreign support, is planning a provocation to prevent the resume of Russian ammonia transit. The aim would be to further destabilize humanitarian deals to secure fertilizer sup…

_____ (2022-12-06). Americans Dumbed Down On Russia. popularresistance.org Five years ago today, Congress learned from sworn, horse's-mouth testimony that there is no technical evidence that Russia (or anyone else) hacked the DNC emails showing how the DNC had stacked the deck against Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's rival for the Democratic nomination. | I can almost hear readers new to this website cry out in disbelief: "That cannot be. Official Washington and the media assured us that the Russians hacked those emails in order to help Trump win. And didn't Obama throw out 35 Russian diplomats in reaction? And what about those 12 Russian intelligence agents indicted for hacking?" Were…

Infobrics (2022-12-06). Russian strategic airbases under attack – drones, sabotage or both. infobrics.org Russian intelligence services have been extremely effective in combating terrorism in recent decades, but this overspecialization in preventing terrorist attacks might have easily been (ab)used by the Kiev regime services to infiltrate areas deep inside Russian territory.

WSWS (2022-12-06). WikiLeaks editor-in-chief warns Assange may be extradited "within weeks" wsws.org Hrafnsson's urgent warnings came during an interview in Brazil with Glenn Greenwald, published Monday on Rumble.

Anonymous765 (2022-12-06). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — December 6, 2022. southfront.org This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…

Kwjorinoco (2022-12-06). Argentina's President Clamps Down on Lago Escondido Scandal. orinocotribune.com The president ordered an investigation of the purpose of the trip, its participants, and sources of financing. | This Monday, the president of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, ordered a criminal investigation into the trip to the Patagonian region of Lago Escondido and the subsequent exchange of chats and audios between a group of judges, prosecutors, former public officials and former agents of the Federal Intelligence Agency working for the company Cambiemos. | Through a national television address, the president warned about the negative influence exerted by powerful figures in the structure of the state, and sai…

Ari Savitzky (2022-12-06). Explaining Moore v. Harper, the Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Democracy. aclu.org

Barry Sheppard (2022-12-06). United States: Open carry laws spur gun violence. greenleft.org.au The United States Supreme Court struck down a state law in June that restricted the carrying of guns in public, reports Barry Sheppard. Since then, 38 states have legislated some form of "open carry" laws, and others are preparing to do the same.

Walter Smolarek (2022-12-06). Civics class for radicals: the Supreme Court. liberationnews.org Designed from the beginning to be unresponsive to the needs of the people and wielding power it assigned to itself, the Supreme Court tramples on basic rights and gives legitimacy to the most brutal policies of the ruling class.

____ (2022-12-05). Australian PM Tells USA to Drop Charges against Julian Assange. transcend.org 30 Nov 2022 – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese today said that he has personally asked the US government to drop its case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is an Australian citizen. His comments came after five major news organizations finally spoke out for Assange.

____ (2022-12-05). Cryptome Founder Asks to Be Indicted with Assange. transcend.org 30 Nov 2022 – John Young, the founder of the Cryptome website, has asked the U.S. Justice Department to also indict him as he published un-redacted State Dept. files before WikiLeaks did.

Editor (2022-12-05). "Publishing Is Not a Crime": The New York Times Joins the Fight to Free Assange. scheerpost.com

Matt Kennard (2022-12-05). UK Government Deployed 15 Staff on Secret Operation to Seize Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca

TeleSUR (2022-12-05). Argentine President Calls for Investigation of Lago Escondido. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, ordered a criminal investigation into the trip to the Patagonian region of Lago Escondido and the subsequent exchange of chats and audios between a group of judges, prosecutors, former public officials and former agents of the Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) of the Cambiemos administration. | RELATED: | During a televised address on national television, the Pre…

UnitedEditor (2022-12-05). Towards the normalization of Syria-Tàºrkiye relations — 1: The crisis of 2011. unitedworldint.com After having been hostile since 2011, Syria-Tàºrkiye relations seem to be back on the path to recovery. For some time, there have been signs from Turkish government officials that relations with Syria could be restored. Erdogan himself had acknowledged the dialogue between Turkish and Syrian intelligence organizations during a visit to Sochi on August 5. …

Chris Walker (2022-12-05). Supreme Court Poised to Side With Anti-LGBTQ Web Designer in Discrimination Case. truthout.org On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a lawsuit brought by an evangelical Christian web designer who alleges that a Colorado law barring discrimination based on sexual orientation is in violation of her religious freedoms. Lorie Smith, a web designer from the Denver area who runs a company called 303 Creative, preemptively sued Colorado over the law, claiming that she feared… |

Liberation Staff (2022-12-05). Order now! "The Supreme Court versus Democracy" liberationnews.org The newest pamphlet from the Party for Socialism and Liberation exposes the attempts of the right wing of the capitalist ruling class to alter the form of the political system in the United States to destroy core democratic rights.

Liberation Staff (2022-12-05). Order now! 'The Supreme Court versus Democracy'. liberationnews.org The newest pamphlet from the Party for Socialism and Liberation exposes the attempts of the right wing of the capitalist ruling class to alter the form of the political system in the United States to destroy core democratic rights.

The Associated Press (2022-12-05). Both Sides See High Stakes in Gay Rights Supreme Court Case. latinorebels.com The Supreme Court is being warned about the potentially dire consequences of a case next week involving a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for same-sex couples.

_____ (2022-12-05). The Guardian Could Help Assange By Retracting All The Lies It Published About Him. strategic-culture.org The Guardian has joined The New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and El País in signing a letter from the five papers which collaborated with WikiLeaks twelve years ago in the publication of the Chelsea Manning leaks to call for the Biden administration to drop all charges against Julian Assange. This sudden jolt of mainstream support comes as news breaks that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been personally pushing the US government to bring the Assange case to a close.

____ (2022-12-05). International Media Groups Urge US to Drop Julian Assange Charges in Letter. transcend.org Twelve years ago, on 28 Nov 2010, our five international media outlets–the New York Times, the Guardian, Le Monde, El País and Der Spiegel–published a series of revelations in cooperation with WikiLeaks that made the headlines around the globe. Our statement supporting the end of the US government's prosecution of Julian Assange.