(2023-01-09). Brazil: 'Stop the coup offensive' says Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) as extreme right protesters storm Congress. greenleft.org.au Brazil's Socialism and Liberty Party (PSOL) has condemned the invasion by former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro supporters of the country's National Congress, Federal Supreme Court and presidencial residency, arguing it "represents an attempted coup d'état", reports Federico Fuentes.
(2023-01-08). Socioeconomic status measure helps researchers develop artificial intelligence models, improving equity in health care. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Social determinants of health impact people's well-being and quality of life. These social determinants — conditions such as access to nutrition, safe and affordable housing, jobs, transportation, and access to health care — are some of the factors that lead to disparities in health and health care if they are not addressed. "Defining and assessing social determinants of health really invites clinicians, educators, and researchers to embrace a broader understanding of health in the social…
(2023-01-07). Steve Bannon and China's Deep State. libya360.wordpress.com Matthew Ehret "I consider Xi Jinping the most dangerous enemy of open societies in the world. —George Soros, 2021 "China has emerged as the greatest economic and national security threat the United States has ever faced" —Steve Bannon, 2019 How to Overthrow the Communist Party of China On June 4, 2020, purged billionaire deep state operative…
(2023-01-07). Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data. juancole.com By Adam Schwartz |  ; ( Electronic Frontier Foundation )  ; In the wake of this year's Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. Wade, sheriffs and bounty hunters in anti-abortion states will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can …
(2023-01-07). January 6 Committee Final Report downplays central role of Virginia Thomas, Supreme Court in Trump coup. wsws.org The evidence strongly indicates that Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election through state legislatures were aided by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, through his surrogate and life-long Republican operative, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas.
(2023-01-07). Inside The Supreme Court Case That Could Chill A Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court is about to consider whether employers can sue unions for perishable goods lost during a strike by claiming they're intentional property damage. | On Jan. 10, the Court will hear oral arguments in Glacier Northwest v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 174, in which a Seattle concrete company is seeking to overturn a Washington Supreme Court decision dismissing its suit against Local 174 for the costs of several truckloads it had to throw out after drivers walked out in 2017. The state court held that Glacier had to wait until the National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] ruled on whether…
(2023-01-07). EPA Conceals Text Messages From Allegedly Corrupt Official Who Whistleblowers Exposed. thedissenter.org 
The following post is available to paid subscribers. Thanks for supporting The Dissenter Newsletter's whistleblower coverage.After Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) whistleblowers named senior EPA official Tala Henry as one of the officials involved in tampering with the agency's assessments of toxic chemicals, Henry became the target of an inspector general investigation. She then resigned from the EPA in December after working for the agency for twenty-six years. | Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) requested copies of Henry's text messages under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).