2023-04-20: News Headlines

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-04-20). Wednesday 5/3: On World Press Freedom Day: A Day Of Action To Free Assange/ Mumia & Against Censorship. indybay.org KQED Television | 2601 Mariposa St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-04-19). Julian Assange, 4 Years Into His Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com By Oleg Yasinsky — Apr 14, 2023 | This week marks the fourth anniversary of the criminal imprisonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen kidnapped and convicted by the US for having dared to bother the mafia group, the most powerful and bloody in history, known worldwide as "Western civilization." He is accused of 18 crimes, including espionage. A single word of solidarity and support for Assange, no matter how useless or naive it may be, will never be superfluous, redundant or obvious. | Beyond the myth or symbol that the media turned him into within the cyclical and fleeting nature of their trends, t…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-04-20). What Better Way to do Damage Control in the Face of an Embarrassing Leak Then by Blaming it on the Russians. covertactionmagazine.com Covert campaign appears designed to try and whip up yet more hatred against Russia On April 12, the FBI arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, at his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, for allegedly leaking dozens of sensitive U.S. intelligence documents about the war in Ukraine, which was billed as the biggest national …

Anonymous103 (2023-04-20). Libelled By The Bot: Reputation, Defamation And AI. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Cometh the new platform, cometh new actions in law, the fragile litigant ever ready to dash off a writ to those with (preferably) deep pockets. And so, it transpires that artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, for all the genius behind their creation, are up for legal scrutiny and judicial redress. Certainly, some private citizens are getting rather ticked off about what such bots as ChatGPT are generating about them. | Some of this is indulgent, narcissistic…

Ken Cosentino, Last Real Indians. (2023-04-20). Seneca Nation Casinos And DOD Contracts: Bullets! Drones! Tanks! popularresistance.org Prepare yourself for a journey down a bizarre rabbit hole, by following the money trail between the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) and the United States Department of Defense/Intelligence Agencies. When a government investigator saw what you are about to read, he looked over at his partner and exclaimed "Why the Hell is an Indian Nation providing services to Defense contractors?!" | According to their own websites, SNI was "Once a member of the Hodinà∂hsà∂: ni ¥ Confederacy," meaning SNI is no longer a member of the Six Nations. In fact, they have not been part of the Confederacy since 1848. There is…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). Huawei: AI computing power to increase 500 times by 2030. ecns.cn Huawei Technologies Co forecast that artificial intelligence computing power will increase 500 times by 2030, and the company will keep investing in domains like connectivity, computing, storage and cloud to help accelerate digital transformation.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-04-20). Wednesday 5/3: On World Press Freedom Day: A Day Of Action To Free Assange/ Mumia & Against Censorship. indybay.org KQED Television | 2601 Mariposa St. | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-04-19). Julian Assange, 4 Years Into His Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com By Oleg Yasinsky — Apr 14, 2023 | This week marks the fourth anniversary of the criminal imprisonment of Julian Assange, an Australian citizen kidnapped and convicted by the US for having dared to bother the mafia group, the most powerful and bloody in history, known worldwide as "Western civilization." He is accused of 18 crimes, including espionage. A single word of solidarity and support for Assange, no matter how useless or naive it may be, will never be superfluous, redundant or obvious. | Beyond the myth or symbol that the media turned him into within the cyclical and fleeting nature of their trends, t…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-04-20). What Better Way to do Damage Control in the Face of an Embarrassing Leak Then by Blaming it on the Russians. covertactionmagazine.com Covert campaign appears designed to try and whip up yet more hatred against Russia On April 12, the FBI arrested Jack Teixeira, a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, at his home in North Dighton, Massachusetts, for allegedly leaking dozens of sensitive U.S. intelligence documents about the war in Ukraine, which was billed as the biggest national …

Anonymous103 (2023-04-20). Libelled By The Bot: Reputation, Defamation And AI. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | Cometh the new platform, cometh new actions in law, the fragile litigant ever ready to dash off a writ to those with (preferably) deep pockets. And so, it transpires that artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, for all the genius behind their creation, are up for legal scrutiny and judicial redress. Certainly, some private citizens are getting rather ticked off about what such bots as ChatGPT are generating about them. | Some of this is indulgent, narcissistic…

Ken Cosentino, Last Real Indians. (2023-04-20). Seneca Nation Casinos And DOD Contracts: Bullets! Drones! Tanks! popularresistance.org Prepare yourself for a journey down a bizarre rabbit hole, by following the money trail between the Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) and the United States Department of Defense/Intelligence Agencies. When a government investigator saw what you are about to read, he looked over at his partner and exclaimed "Why the Hell is an Indian Nation providing services to Defense contractors?!" | According to their own websites, SNI was "Once a member of the Hodinà∂hsà∂: ni ¥ Confederacy," meaning SNI is no longer a member of the Six Nations. In fact, they have not been part of the Confederacy since 1848. There is…

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). Huawei: AI computing power to increase 500 times by 2030. ecns.cn Huawei Technologies Co forecast that artificial intelligence computing power will increase 500 times by 2030, and the company will keep investing in domains like connectivity, computing, storage and cloud to help accelerate digital transformation.

Patrick Tucker (2023-04-20). U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM): Artificial Intelligence (AI) as an Instrument of Modern Warfare. globalresearch.ca

Binoy Kampmark (2023-04-20). Libelled by the Bot: Reputation, Defamation, and AI. dissidentvoice.org Cometh the new platform, cometh new actions in law, the fragile litigant ever ready to dash off a writ to those with (preferably) deep pockets. And so, it transpires that artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, for all the genius behind their creation, are up for legal scrutiny and judicial redress. Certainly, some private citizens are getting …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-04-20). ChatGPT is scraping people's personal data without their consent — it could become banned in the EU. expose-news.com ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in November 2022. In the past few weeks, several Western data protection authorities have started investigations into how OpenAI collects …

_____ (2023-04-19). Leaks Spelling the End for Ukraine. strategic-culture.org Leaked U.S. intelligence documents have exposed Western disinformation about Ukraine winning the war. Now the heavy fighting moves to Washington, writes Joe Lauria. | By Joe LAURIA | A Washington Post headline last week was a bombshell for someone who has only been reading about the Ukraine war in The Washington Post and other Western media: "U.S. doubts Ukraine counteroffensive will yield big gains, leaked document says." | The story admits that Western media audiences have been misled about the course of the war, that essentially what mainstream media has been reporting about Ukraine has been a pack of lies: na…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-04-19). 9/11 Hijackers Were CIA Recruits. libya360.wordpress.com Kit Klarenberg At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing. A newly-released court filing raises grave questions about the relationship between Alec Station, a CIA unit set up to track Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden…

Lee Camp (2023-04-20). Lee Camp: You Won't Believe Who Got The Richest From The Afghanistan War. mintpressnews.com The US has withdrawn from the war in Afghanistan, but the war profiteers are still raking in big bucks through the revolving door that is the military industrial complex.

Craig Murray (2023-04-19). Snowden and Texeira: Ten years of disaster. mronline.org Jack Texeira is at the centre of this puzzle but remains the missing piece. We have heard nothing from him. A rather unconvincing interview with a suspiciously fluent, pixeled out acquaintance grassing him up to the Washington Post stated that he was a right wing patriot.

ecns.cn (2023-04-20). U.S. spying on countries, int'l organizations has created furor: Chinese FM spokesperson. ecns.cn The news about U.S. spying on countries, including its allies, and international organizations has created international furor, however, this is not the first time that such scandals involving the US have been revealed, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said at a press conference on Wednesday.

Mariel Padilla (2023-04-20). SCOTUS: Mifepristone to Remain Available Without Tightened Restrictions, for Now. truthout.org This story was originally published by The 19th. A Supreme Court ruling Wednesday will allow abortion care providers to continue providing mifepristone — one of two drugs used for medication abortion — as usual, despite recent efforts from anti-abortion groups to restrict access. With Wednesday's decision, which extends a stay on a previous ruling out of Texas, mifepristone can be used for… |

Staff (2023-04-20). Headlines for April 20, 2023. democracynow.org Sudan's Humanitarian Crisis Worsens as Rival Military Factions Battle for Sixth Day, Dozens Killed, Over 100 Injured by Crowd Crush in Yemen's Capital, U.N. Warns 50 Million Across West and Central Africa at Risk of Hunger, Climate Crisis Fuels Deadly Heat Wave Across Much of Asia, Research Finds Air Pollution Harms Human Health at Every Stage of Life, Study Finds African Americans Live Longer in Counties with More Black Doctors, Supreme Court Delays Decision on Medication Abortions Until Friday, Oklahoma Officials Caught on Tape Discussing Lynching Black People, Murdering Journalists, Autopsy Shows T…

trtworld (2023-04-20). Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi. trtworld.com The 77-year-old is serving 33 years in prison after convictions in more than a dozen cases that she has called absurd and her allies say were orchestrated by the junta. | Myanmar Supreme Court to hear appeal of jailed ex-leader Aung San Suu Kyi…

Eric A. Gordon (2023-04-20). Women's voices unheard in 1776 sing out for representation in touring musical '1776'. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — The late great Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, only the second woman ever to serve on the nation's highest tribune, was sometimes asked, "When will there be enough women on the Supreme Court?" "When there are nine," she'd answer. "People are shocked," she recalled their reaction. "But there'd been nine men, …

Ashley Curtin (2023-04-20). US Supreme Court issues second administrative stay on abortion pill access. nationofchange.org The Supreme Court issued its second administrative stay, which further pauses the federal court's ruling and halts the new limitations on access to medication abortion.

Reproductive Justice for All (2023-04-20). Alliance Defending Freedom is a Hate Group. indybay.org While the Supreme Court maintains full access to the abortion pill mifepristone until at least tomorrow, the anti-abortion group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) said the Supreme Court should keep restrictions on mifepristone in place as the legal battle over the pill plays out. The Southern Poverty Law Center has designated the ADF as a hate group.

Staff (2023-04-20). Meet the Abortion Provider Whose Wyoming Clinic Was Firebombed & Who Worked with Slain Dr. George Tiller. democracynow.org As the Supreme Court weighs whether to keep mifepristone available nationwide, we speak with Julie Burkhart, who is on the frontlines of the fight for reproductive justice. Burkhart is president of Wellspring Health Access, the only full-service abortion clinic in Wyoming, that was firebombed by an anti-abortion activist last year, as well as co-owner of Hope Clinic in Granite City, Illinois. Burkhart previously worked for eight years with Dr. George Tiller before his assassination in 2009. She describes the difficulties of providing abortion services in two states with different political and legal landscapes. &…

Staff (2023-04-20). "A New Jane Crow": Abortion Advocates Brace for Supreme Court Ruling That Could Ban Mifepristone. democracynow.org As the abortion pill mifepristone remains available for at least another two days after a delayed U.S. Supreme Court ruling, we discuss the case with law professor Michele Goodwin. She notes the push to force more people to give birth is taking place against a backdrop of poor maternal health outcomes. "The United States is the deadliest place in all of the industrialized world to be pregnant," says Goodwin, who notes that people are 14 times more likely to die from carrying a pregnancy to term than from abortion.

Staff (2023-04-19). The Justice & the Billionaire: Clarence Thomas Failed to Disclose Real Estate Deal with GOP Megadonor. democracynow.org Calls continue to grow for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to step down or to be impeached, after ProPublica uncovered more damning information about his relationship with Republican megadonor Harlan Crow. According to the new report, Thomas and his family sold a house and two vacant lots in Savannah, Georgia, to Crow for around $130,000 but never disclosed the sale, which appears to be a violation of the 1978 Ethics in Government Act. In addition to being a major benefactor to Thomas and the GOP, Crow is also an avid collector of Nazi memorabilia, including a copy of Mein Kampf signed by Hitler, paintings…

The Associated Press (2023-04-19). Mexico Court: National Guard Shift to Army Unconstitutional. latinorebels.com Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that last year's transfer of the newly created National Guard from civilian to military control was unconstitutional, dealing a blow to President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador who created the security force in 2019.

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