2023-05-09: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2023-05-09). A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by To His Majesty King Charles III, | On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you to commemorate this momentous occasion by visiting your very own kingdom within a kingdom: His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh. | You will no doubt recall the wise words of a renowned playwright: "The quality of mercy is not strained.

Mark Taylor-Canfield (2023-05-08). Media Monopolies and Prosecution of Assange Drive Drop in US Press Freedom Rank. truthout.org CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin interrupted U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a Washington Post-sponsored World Press Freedom Day event on May 3, taking the stage where a Post journalist was interviewing Blinken. Benjamin demanded that the U.S. and United Kingdom free imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. A group of men in suits, presumably Secret Service agents… |

Editor (2023-05-08). Brazilian President Lula da Silva Calls for Freedom For Julian Assange. scheerpost.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-08). Lula calls for Assange's release in London, reiterating calls by leaders globally. peoplesdispatch.org Speaking to journalists in London, Brazil's Lula pulled no punches when criticizing the mainstream media's lack of organized efforts to defend Assange and demand his freedom…

Al Jazeera (2023-05-08). Australia PM Says No Point in US's Continued Pursuit of Assange. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-05-09). Navy reservist and intelligence contractor sentenced to four years in prison for storming Capitol with Proud Boys. wsws.org Hatchet Speed, who spent more than 20 years in the US Navy as a cryptologic technician and intelligence analyst, was previously sentenced to three years in prison for stockpiling illegal silencers, which he planned on using in a kidnapping and assassination plot targeting Trump's political enemies and Jewish people.


ecns.cn (2023-05-09). Douyin asks publishers to clearly mark AI-generated content. ecns.cn Douyin, the Chinese version TikTok will require publishers to clearly mark content generated by artificial intelligence (AI) to help users distinguish between virtual and real items"ÄÇ…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-09). Russian Strikes Throughout Ukraine On May 9, 2023. southfront.org Missile launch from Belgorod | On the night of May 9, Russian forces launched a new series of strikes on military targets throughout Ukraine. According to Kiev, 25 Kalibr and X-101/X-555 cruise missiles were launched by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Before the missiles, Ukrainian facilities were attacked by Russian kamikaze UAVs. In addition to missile attacks, about 40 Geran-2 UAVs targeted the Armed Forces of Ukraine. | According to Ukrainian intelligence, up to 9 Russian strategic bombers were involve…

Editor (2023-05-09). The Nord Stream Explosions: New Revelations About Motive, Means and Opportunity. scheerpost.com As new details emerge about the pipeline blasts, they also prompt questions: What did US intelligence know about the biggest whodunit of the century, when did they know it, and how did they know it?

Editor (2023-05-09). Talk World Radio: James Bamford on Israelgate and Nordstream. scheerpost.com By David Swanson / Let's Try Democracy This week on Talk World Radio we're discussing Israelgate and Nordstream. Our guest, journalist James Bamford, has a new book called Spyfail: Foreign Spies, Moles, Saboteurs, and the Collapse of America's Counterintelligence, and recent articles in The Nation, one called "The Candidate and the Spy," another "The Nord Stream Explosions: …

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). What Is A Harriet Tubman Statue Doing At The CIA? 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Harriet Tubman was a freedom fighter who helped hundreds of slaves escape. She was also a spy for the Central Intelligence Agency. In 2022, the CIA erected a statue depicting Tubman at its headquarters in Langley, Va. Here are three things to know. 1. Tubman, the spy or intelligence collector Tubman was one of the …

Matthew Ehret (2023-05-09). The Anglo-American Hand Behind the Rise of Fascism Then and Now. thelastamericanvagabond.com This May 9th, the world will celebrate Victory Day. For those who have not closed their eyes to the integration of leading unreconstructed Nazis, Italian Fascist, and Japanese fascists into the Anglo-American intelligence complex after World War Two this celebration is bitter sweet to say the least. In West Germany, the head of Nazi intelligence,


Anonymous765 (2023-05-09). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — May 9, 2023. 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. | click to see the full-size image | 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…

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-08). Insider Provides 10 Tips To Use ChatGPT Like A Pro. moguldom.com Everyone's using ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence bot trained to imitate human speech and writing, but almost everyone's stuck in beginner mode, according to Rob Lennon, an audience growth specialist and independent writer with 106,000+ Twitter followers who goes by the Twitter handle AI Whisperer. Lennon says he has been testing and experimenting with AI writing tools …

Frank Cappello (2023-05-08). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: The Race To Artificial Super Intelligence. levernews.com

Anonymous103 (2023-05-08). Kremlin Responds To Ukraine Intel Chief's Threat To "Kill Russians Anywhere" southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, in an interview with Yahoo News published Friday addressed the recent string of assassinations and cross-border attacks on Russian territory. | In reference to the August car bombing death of Daria Dugina (Yahoo underscored in its lead-in that "U.S. intelligence has a…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). Ukraine Military Intel Chief: 'We Will Keep Killing Russians' Anywhere in the World. news.antiwar.com The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, known as the HUR, told Yahoo News in an interview published Friday that "we will keep killing Russians" anywhere in the world. Maj. Gen. Kyrlo Budanov made the provocative statement when asked about the August 2022 car bombing outside of Moscow that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of the …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-09). Did Intel-Linked Dataminr Play Sinister Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Suppression? mintpressnews.com How a CIA-linked social media spying tool may have been used to monitor, censor, suppress, and even ban anyone who liked, linked, or commented on the Biden Hunter laptop story.

Anonymous765 (2023-05-09). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — May 9, 2023. 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. | click to see the full-size image | 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…

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-08). Insider Provides 10 Tips To Use ChatGPT Like A Pro. moguldom.com Everyone's using ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence bot trained to imitate human speech and writing, but almost everyone's stuck in beginner mode, according to Rob Lennon, an audience growth specialist and independent writer with 106,000+ Twitter followers who goes by the Twitter handle AI Whisperer. Lennon says he has been testing and experimenting with AI writing tools …

Frank Cappello (2023-05-08). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: The Race To Artificial Super Intelligence. levernews.com

Anonymous103 (2023-05-08). Kremlin Responds To Ukraine Intel Chief's Threat To "Kill Russians Anywhere" southfront.org Illustrative Image | Originally published on Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence agency, in an interview with Yahoo News published Friday addressed the recent string of assassinations and cross-border attacks on Russian territory. | In reference to the August car bombing death of Daria Dugina (Yahoo underscored in its lead-in that "U.S. intelligence has a…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-08). Ukraine Military Intel Chief: 'We Will Keep Killing Russians' Anywhere in the World. news.antiwar.com The head of Ukraine's military intelligence, known as the HUR, told Yahoo News in an interview published Friday that "we will keep killing Russians" anywhere in the world. Maj. Gen. Kyrlo Budanov made the provocative statement when asked about the August 2022 car bombing outside of Moscow that killed Darya Dugina, the daughter of the …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-09). Did Intel-Linked Dataminr Play Sinister Role in Hunter Biden Laptop Suppression? mintpressnews.com How a CIA-linked social media spying tool may have been used to monitor, censor, suppress, and even ban anyone who liked, linked, or commented on the Biden Hunter laptop story.

Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-09). Neo-Nazi terror threat grows as Ukraine fighters jailed in France. thegrayzone.com The arrest of two heavily armed French neo-Nazis returning from Ukraine highlights a looming problem for NATO states sponsoring the proxy war, and their conspiracy of silence on the nature of the threat. On April 24th 2023, two French neo-Nazis were jailed for 15 months, nine of which were suspended, for possessing assault rifle ammunition. The pair had returned to Paris from Ukraine two days earlier, and were arrested at customs. Both were on the radar of French domestic spying …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-09). The Final Folly of the Western World. thealtworld.com The victory over President Trump of the military/security complex has condemned the United States and its European, Canadian, Australian, and Japanese empire to irreversible decline. Trump's intention to "normalize relations with Russia" was perceived by the powerful military/security complex, about which both President Eisenhower and President John F. Kennedy warned, as a threat to its budget, power, and primacy. Thus was launched by the CIA and FBI the long and ongoing era of false charges against an American President, both in office and out, by the security services of the United States. | The consequence is…

teleSUR (2023-05-09). Let the Mexicans Choose Supreme Court Judges!: AMLO. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) announced that he will send a constitutional reform initiative so that citizens directly elect the members of the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ). | RELATED: | During his morning press conference, he recalled that this proposal is not new since the Mexican people directly elected the judges in the time of President Benito Juarez, when the liberal Constitution of 1857 was in for…

Chris Walker (2023-05-09). Study: Without Reforms, Conservative Justices Will Run Supreme Court Until 2065. truthout.org A new analysis from a number of law and political science professors finds that, if current trends continue, the liberal bloc of justices on the U.S. Supreme Court will remain in the minority until at least 2065, barring any immediate reforms. The study sought to examine the potential outcomes of "court packing," or increasing the number of Supreme Court justices beyond the current nine in order… |

Ann Brown (2023-05-09). Rymir Satterthwaite Files Supreme Court Motion to Force Paternity Test: Jay-Z Is My Daddy. moguldom.com For more than 10 years, Rymir Satterthwaite has been trying to prove that hip-hop billionaire Jay-Z is his father. Now he's taking his fight to the Supreme Court. Satterthwaite, 30, has filed a motion to force Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, to take a paternity test. Satterthwaite filed a motion to unseal court …

David Sirota (2023-05-09). Here's The Real Goal Of Supreme Court Corruption. levernews.com

Editor (2023-05-08). The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip: After Unprecedented Bipartisan Support, Supreme Court Blocks His Ninth Execution Date. scheerpost.com

Staff (2023-05-08). Sister Helen Prejean on Richard Glossip's Stay of Execution: I Believe He Will Walk Out a Free Man. democracynow.org Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip's execution was stayed by the Supreme Court on Friday, marking the ninth time he had an execution date put on hold. Glossip has maintained his innocence throughout his 25 years of incarceration; his accuser has previously attempted to recant his testimony. In an unprecedented move earlier this month, Oklahoma's Republican Attorney General Gentner Drummond filed a joint motion with Glossip's defense team to halt his May 18 execution, saying he did not receive a fair trial. For more, we are joined in Oklahoma City by Sister Helen Prejean, one of the worl…

Staff (2023-05-08). Should Sen. Feinstein Resign? Why Aren't Media, Colleagues Talking Openly About Mental Competence? democracynow.org We look at the question of whether Senator Dianne Feinstein, who is on the Judiciary Committee, should resign due to mental deterioration, and how the media has failed to fully address the issue, with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick. As a result of Feinstein's current condition, "we're not getting judges confirmed at rates that we need to see," Lithwick says. This should lead to "soul-searching above and beyond competency to say, 'How am I hampering this institution from doing the essential work of government?'"…

Staff (2023-05-08). Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas to Account for Secret Dealings with Billionaire GOP Megadonor? democracynow.org We speak with longtime Supreme Court reporter Dahlia Lithwick about the mounting evidence of apparent financial impropriety by the court's conservatives. ProPublica recently reported that Republican billionaire Harlan Crow paid two years of private school tuition for Clarence Thomas's grandnephew — payments that Thomas did not include on his annual financial disclosures. This comes after previous reporting revealed Crow also paid money to Thomas and his relatives in an undisclosed real estate deal, and that Thomas accepted luxury travel from Crow virtually every year for decades, while failing t…

Kevin Gosztola (2023-05-09). NYPD Arrest Photojournalist Who Was Covering Their Response To 'Justice For Jordan Neely' Vigil. thedissenter.org NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell singles out photojournalist Stephanie Keith as police respond to a "Justice for Jordan Neely" vigil (Screen shot from The following article was made possible by paid subscribers. Support independent journalism on press freedom and whistleblowers. Here's a Independent photojournalist Stephanie Keith, who was covering the New York Police Department's response to a planned &ldq…

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