2023-05-08: News Headlines

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

Julian Assange (2023-05-08). A Kingly Proposal: Letter from Julian Assange to King Charles III. globalresearch.ca

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…

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… |

teleSUR, JGN (2023-05-08). Lula denuncia que encarcelamiento de Assange es una vergàºenza. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado del gigante suramericano abogó por un movimiento mundial de la prensa en defensa de Assange y de la libertad de denunciar.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-07). Multiple US Officials Confronted About US Assange Hypocrisy On World Press Freedom Day. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — May 4, 2023 | | Wednesday was


Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Australia's PM 'Frustrated' US Won't Drop Charges Against Assange. news.antiwar.com Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has expressed frustration over the Biden administration's efforts to convict WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen. "There is nothing to be served by his ongoing incarceration," Albanese said Friday while in the UK. The Australian leader noted Assange had already spent years incarcerated, as he has been held in …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-05-07). Julian Assange invites King Charles to visit His Majesty's Prison Belmarsh. expose-news.com Julian Assange wrote a letter to King Charles ahead of his coronation inviting him to visit the UK prison where Assange has been captive for more than four years. "I implore you, …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-05-08). Artificial Emotional Intelligence and Its Human Implications. transcend.org There is currently no lack of references to the major future impacts of artificial intelligence on global civilization at every level. Some of these are anticipated with concern, especially with warnings of how AI is likely to be misused to undermine valued social processes and employment, whether deliberately or inadvertently.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-05-08). Key Nations Don't Want to Follow the US on Russia, China Policies. transcend.org 30 Apr 2023 – Leaked intelligence assessments detail how Brazil, Pakistan, India, and other countries don't want to follow Biden.

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

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 …


Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Prominent Russian Novelist Injured in Deadly Car Bombing. news.antiwar.com Zakhar Prilepin, a prominent Russian novelist and supporter of Russia's war in Ukraine, was injured in a deadly car bombing in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod oblast on Saturday. Prilepin said Sunday that he broke two legs in the attack, and his driver was killed by the blast. Moscow blamed the bombing on Ukraine's intelligence services and …

Nathan King (2023-05-07). China protests Canadian threats to expel Chinese diplomats. america.cgtn.com China is strongly protesting Canadian threats to expel Chinese diplomats over allegations of intimidation and spying against a Canadian politician. China's foreign ministry has lodged a "stern representation" to Ottawa's ambassador to China. This follows similar representations Thursday to the Chinese ambassador to Canada …

David Sirota (2023-05-08). 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?'"…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-07). Prominent Russian Novelist Injured in Deadly Car Bombing. news.antiwar.com Zakhar Prilepin, a prominent Russian novelist and supporter of Russia's war in Ukraine, was injured in a deadly car bombing in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod oblast on Saturday. Prilepin said Sunday that he broke two legs in the attack, and his driver was killed by the blast. Moscow blamed the bombing on Ukraine's intelligence services and …

Nathan King (2023-05-07). China protests Canadian threats to expel Chinese diplomats. america.cgtn.com China is strongly protesting Canadian threats to expel Chinese diplomats over allegations of intimidation and spying against a Canadian politician. China's foreign ministry has lodged a "stern representation" to Ottawa's ambassador to China. This follows similar representations Thursday to the Chinese ambassador to Canada …

David Sirota (2023-05-08). 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…

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