Daily Archives: August 9, 2024

2024-08-09: News Headlines

Ray McGovern, Consortium News. (2024-08-08). Decay, Decrepitude, Deceit In Journalism. popularresistance.org Russiagate continues to survive like a science fiction monster resilient to bullets. | The latest effort at rehabilitating it is an interview by Adam Rawnsley in the current issue of Rolling Stone magazine of one Michael van Landingham, an intelligence analyst who is proud of having written the first draft of the cornerstone "analysis" of Russiagate, the so-called Intelligence Community Assessment. | The ICA blamed the Russians for helping Trump defeat Hillary Clinton in 2016. It was released two weeks before Trump assumed office. The thoroughly politicized assessment was an embarrassment to the profession of int…

aljazeera (2024-08-08). 'Islamophobic, alarmist': How some India outlets covered Bangladesh crisis. aljazeera.com India media make claims linking China and Pakistan intelligence to protests and exaggerate scale of attacks on Hindus.

aljazeera (2024-08-08). Trump questions Harris's intelligence, says three debates planned. aljazeera.com Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump took aim at Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in a news conference.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-08-08). Former Candidate Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia's Criminal Past, Traces Impossible to Erase. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. Behind the apparent fragility of Edmundo González Urrutia, former candidate to the presidency of Venezuela for the extreme right in the elections of July 28, 2024, hides his past as an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of the United States and operator in the execution of the Condor Plan, a…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2024-08-08). Colombia: Petro chairs Ministerial Summit on Artificial Intelligence. plenglish.com Bogotá, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) President Gustavo Petro chaired today the opening day of the Latin American and Caribbean Ministerial Summit on Artificial Intelligence ColombIA, which will take place until tomorrow in Cartagena, north of the country.

Sarah Mueller (2024-08-09). Wilmington mayoral candidates lay out views in issues forum. whyy.org

Eve Ottenberg (2024-08-09). The Supreme Court to the Homeless: Drop Dead! counterpunch.org So income from your three jobs won't cover your rent increase. There are no beds at the shelter and public housing has a waiting list decades long. You buy a tent and sleeping bag and move into a town park. This would have worked until June 28, when the Supreme Court essentially ruled that municipalities

Staff (2024-08-09). Supreme Court rules against Mumbai college Hijab ban, upholds students' right to religious dress. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Staff The Supreme Court of India has partly stayed a Mumbai college's circular banning the hijab, burqa, cap, and naqab on campus, affirming that girl students should have the freedom to choose their attire. The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar, ruled that educational institutions cannot impose restrictions on students' …

noemail (2024-08-09). Supreme Court Bail for AAP Leader: A Triumph for Democracy. devdiscourse.com Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Friday lauded the Supreme Court's verdict that granted bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia, terming it a 'triumph for democracy' and a 'defeat of dictatorship and injustice.'

Staff (2024-08-08). Venezuela: Far-Right Opposition Insists on Ignoring Supreme Court. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( This Tuesday, August 6, the president of the Supreme Court of Justice and president of the Electoral Chamber of the highest court, Caryslia Rodríg…

Chris Walker (2024-08-08). Two-Thirds of Americans Say Supreme Court Justices Should Have Term Limits. truthout.org A new poll demonstrates that nearly two-thirds of Americans back a reform to the U.S. Supreme Court that President Joe Biden recently announced his support for: the implementation of term limits for justices. Currently, Supreme Court justices are appointed to lifetime tenures, and can only be removed through impeachment by Congress. Only one justice in U.S. history was ever impeached… |

Staff (2024-08-08). Ban on burqa, hijab, naqab: SC to hear students' plea of against HC verdict. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday said it has listed for hearing on August 9 a plea challenging the verdict of the Bombay High Court which had upheld a decision of a Mumbai college to impose a ban on wearing of 'hijab', 'burqa' and 'naqab' inside the campus. A bench comprising Chief Justice …

WSWS (2024-08-08). More revelations of trips by Justice Clarence Thomas paid for by billionaire Harlan Crow. wsws.org Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia took a previously undisclosed trip by private jet from Hawaii to New Zealand and back in November 2010 that was paid for by right-wing billionaire Harlan Crow.

GABIK (2024-08-08). Cabinet congratulates Justice Maya on her appointment as Chief Justice. sanews.gov.za Cabinet congratulates Justice Maya on her appointment as Chief Justice | As the country celebrates Women's Month, Cabinet has congratulated Justice Mandisa Maya on her trail blazing appointment as South Africa's first female incoming Chief Justice. | Maya, the first South African woman to lead the Constitutional Court, was appointed as Chief Justice of the Republic of South Africa with effect from 1 September 2024 by President Cyril Ramaphosa. | Maya previously served with distinction as the President of the Supreme Court of Appeal since 2017 and was the first woman to hold that position. | Briefing the media on…

Jordan Atwood (2024-08-08). Israeli leaders focus on leak, not justice, as IDF reservists accused of gang rape spark outrage. nationofchange.org Israeli government leaders prioritize finding whistleblower over addressing alleged rape of Palestinian detainee, fueling international condemnation.

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