2023-08-15: News Headlines

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-08-15). Assange be Wary: The Dangers of a US Plea Deal. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-08-15). Caroline Kennedy Says US Open to Assange Plea Deal. scheerpost.com

WSWS (2023-08-14). Committee For Public Education members advance independent perspective in defence of educators, Julian Assange. wsws.org "What was absolutely clear is that the union apparatus cannot tolerate one iota of criticism of its role and that of the Labor government," Sue Phillips explained, "This is an expression not of its strength but its weakness."

Kevin Gosztola (2023-08-14). About This Talk Of A Possible Plea Deal For Assange. thedissenter.org Support independent journalism on whistleblowers, secrecy, and press freedom-related issues.

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-14). US Ambassador to Australia Hints at Plea Deal for Julian Assange. news.antiwar.com US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy indicated in comments to the Sydney Morning Herald that Washington might be open to a plea deal for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that could keep him from being extradited and imprisoned in the United States for exposing US war crimes. When asked if the US and Australia could reach …

Joe Lauria, Consortium News. (2023-08-14). Caroline Kennedy Says United States Is Open To Assange Plea Deal. popularresistance.org The U.S. ambassador to Australia believes a plea bargain could free imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, allowing him to serve a shortened sentence for a lesser crime in his home country. | Caroline Kennedy told The Sydney Morning Herald in a front-page interview published Monday that the decision on a plea deal was up to the U.S. Justice Department. "So it's not really a diplomatic issue, but I think that there absolutely could be a resolution," she told the newspaper. | Kennedy noted the firm comments by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on July 31 in Brisbane.


imperial.ac.uk (2023-08-15). Government funding to 'revolutionise AI healthcare research'. imperial.ac.uk UKRI announces £13 million funding for artificial intelligence in health, with three projects launched at Imperial College London.

Anonymous103 (2023-08-15). Pro-Russian Hackers Claimed They Attacked Kiev's Strategic Electronic Intelligence System, Stole Secret Documents. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On August 15, pro-Russian hackers from the group called Solntsepek reported that they had attacked strategic electronic intelligence system of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR), inflicting heavy damage to the department an all Armed Forces of Ukraine. | Hackers claimed that they had destroyed the entire system of strategic electronic intelligence of the GUR. All radio monitoring posts in short and ultra short waves and channels of satellite commu…

Anonymous765 (2023-08-15). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — August 15, 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. | | 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…

WSWS (2023-08-14). New Zealand intelligence report targets China over "foreign interference" wsws.org New Zealand's state agencies and military are gearing up for war with China, coupled with an authoritarian crackdown on struggles by the working class over declining living standards.

infobrics (2023-08-14). UK intelligence insists greenery's 'collusion' with Russia is hampering Kiev regime's counteroffensive. infobrics.org In yet another futile attempt of belittling Moscow's power, the United Kingdom keeps claiming that trees, shrubs, grass and other greenery are effectively "helping" the Russian military by "slowing down" the Neo-Nazi junta forces.

José Luis Granados Ceja (2023-08-15). Communist Party of Venezuela Decries 'Usurpation' by Supreme Court. venezuelanalysis.com The PCV has claimed that the judicial ruling is part of a scheme orchestrated by the leadership of the PSUV to take over the party's credentials.


Marjorie Cohn (2023-08-15). Supreme Court Has an Originalist Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From the Presidency. truthout.org "[O]n the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack." Those words were written by two prominent conservative legal scholars in a comprehensive 126-page paper that will… |

Lucy Trieshmann (2023-08-14). Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court. aclu.org As a wheelchair user with multiple disabilities, travel is unpredictable at best and completely inaccessible at worst. In order to book my trips, I have to trust the accuracy of the websites run by hotels, airlines, car rental companies, and more to learn whether I can use their services (i.e., have the honor of paying them my hard-earned money.) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires hotels to include enough of their accessibility features on their website that a person with a disability can judge whether their hotel would be safe and usable. Unfortunately, the features they include are often inco…

Jake Johnson (2023-08-14). Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Justice Who May Reject Gerrymandered Maps. truthout.org The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly late last week threatened impeachment proceedings against liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn't recuse herself from cases involving Wisconsin's legislative maps, which GOP lawmakers have aggressively gerrymandered to give themselves what experts say is an illegal electoral advantage. In a radio interview on Friday… |

Marjorie Cohn (2023-08-15). Supreme Court Has an Originalist Roadmap to Disqualify Trump From the Presidency. truthout.org "[O]n the basis of the public record, former President Donald J. Trump is constitutionally disqualified from again being President (or holding any other covered office) because of his role in the attempted overthrow of the 2020 election and the events leading to the January 6 attack." Those words were written by two prominent conservative legal scholars in a comprehensive 126-page paper that will… |

Lucy Trieshmann (2023-08-14). Hotel Accessibility Reaches the Supreme Court. aclu.org As a wheelchair user with multiple disabilities, travel is unpredictable at best and completely inaccessible at worst. In order to book my trips, I have to trust the accuracy of the websites run by hotels, airlines, car rental companies, and more to learn whether I can use their services (i.e., have the honor of paying them my hard-earned money.) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires hotels to include enough of their accessibility features on their website that a person with a disability can judge whether their hotel would be safe and usable. Unfortunately, the features they include are often inco…

Jake Johnson (2023-08-14). Wisconsin GOP Threatens to Impeach Justice Who May Reject Gerrymandered Maps. truthout.org The Republican leader of Wisconsin's Assembly late last week threatened impeachment proceedings against liberal state Supreme Court Justice Janet Protasiewicz if she doesn't recuse herself from cases involving Wisconsin's legislative maps, which GOP lawmakers have aggressively gerrymandered to give themselves what experts say is an illegal electoral advantage. In a radio interview on Friday… |

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