(2021-07-08). Italian Judges To Rule Today Against Operation Condor Killers. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Italy's Supreme Court will sentence 21 former officials and military officers from Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay accused of the disappearance of Italians during the execution of Operation Condor, a U.S. counterinsurgency strategy implemented in Latin America during the 1970s and 1980s. | RELATED: | The hearing began at 10 a.m. local time and is expected to last most of the day. All of the defendan…
(2021-07-08). Extradition of Alex Saab: U.S. takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows. mronline.org Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country's Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States. | July 8, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-07-08). Russia Tested Modern Target Acquisition System With Orion Combat Drones In Syria. southfront.org 
Source: mk.ru | The advanced Strelets KRUS intelligence, control and communications system provided targets for the Orion combat drone during a recent successful test in Syria, an unnamed source in the Russian military-industrial complex told the According to the source, Orion combat drones struck terrorist targets which were located with the Strelets system. The source didn't reveal when exactly the test took place. | "Compare…
(2021-07-08). Why the warmongers hate Assange. greenleft.org.au The US Department of Justice's claim that the Wikileaks founder directed a complex hacking operation has exploded. Sam Wainwright argues we must continue to demand justice for Assange.
(2021-07-08). America's Accountability Problem. tomdispatch.com America has an accountability problem. In fact, if the Covid-19 disaster, the January 6th Capitol attack, and the Trump years are any indication, the American lexicon has essentially dispensed with the term "accountability." This should come as no surprise. After all, there's nothing particularly new about this. In the Bush years, those who created a system of indefinite offshore detention at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, those who implemented a CIA global torture program and the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance policy, not to mention those who purposely took us to war based on lies about nonexistent I…
(2021-07-08). Will This Revelation Free Julian Assange? strategic-culture.org 
Key Witness In Julian Assange Case ADMITS TO LYING provides a quick overview of the case against Assange whose "crime" was being a world-class journalist and reporting the egregious war crimes of the United States that were revealed to him. However, the case has fallen apart because the primary witness (a convicted criminal) recently admitted that his testimony against Assange was entirely false.
(2021-07-08). A Country That Has Lost Its Way: U.S. Government and Corporations Combine to Strip Citizens of Their Rights. strategic-culture.org The Biden Administration is calling on Americans to spy on friends, neighbors and family and reporting any "extremist" views to the authorities. | The American people have increasingly become aware that government surveillance and corporate censorship have combined to keep people ignorant and controlled. What is taking place has generated some dark humor. A friend of mine, also a former CIA officer, wrote to me recently and said tongue-in-cheek that he retains a lot of respect for the Agency because it is the only major government national security entity that does not read our mail and emails. Those jobs are the…
(2021-07-08). Using AI to screen 30 million drug candidates against SARS-CoV-2. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators used computer simulation and artificial intelligence to virtually screen 30 million drug candidates that may block SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In a paper published in Biomolecules, researchers accelerated drug discovery to identify the most promising targets for additional study. They are interested in finding new treatments for COVID-19. "We used a multidrug platform to screen the drug candidates," says Thomas Caulfield, Ph.D., a molecular neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic and senior author…
(2021-07-08). SPLC Action Fund Poll: Mississippi voters want swift action to restore ballot initiative process struck down by state Supreme Court. splcenter.org
(2021-07-08). The US Appeals the Assange Ruling. dissidentvoice.org It took over half a year, but the US government's case against Julian Assange continues its draining grind. Even the Biden administration, which claims to tolerate a free press and truthful dialogue with the fourth estate, has decided to exhaust its legal options in seeking the publisher's scalp. On July 7, the UK High Court …
(2021-07-08). The US Appeals the Assange Ruling. southfront.org 
Illustrative image | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | It took over half a year, but the US government's case against Julian Assange continues its draining grind. Even the Biden administration, which claims to tolerate a free press and truthful dialogue with the fourth estate, has decided to exhaust its legal options in seeking the publisher's scalp. | On July 7, the UK High Court of Justice agreed to hear the appeal from the US government on narrow grounds, though no date has been set for those proceedings. The Crown Pro…
(2021-07-08). A Remarkable Silence: Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying. mronline.org As we have pointed out since Media Lens began in 2001, a fundamental feature of corporate media is propaganda by omission. Over the past week, a stunning example has highlighted this core property once again. | July 8, 2021…
(2021-07-08). UK High Court grants US permission to appeal ban on Assange extradition. nationofchange.org "The U.S. government should have accepted the Magistrates' Court's decision —instead, it keeps this case going."
(2021-07-08). "Free Assange Now! On Assange's 50th Birthday Rally At UK Consulate To Demand His Freedom. indybay.org On the 50th birthday of Julian Assange, a solidarity rally was held at the UK consulate in San Francisco. Participants spoke out on the issues and also celebrated his birthday with a cake.
(2021-07-08). Wednesday 7/7: Corporate Media Independent Media & Investigative Journalism. indybay.org ONLINE EVENT: The monopolization of the media and the effect of corporate control of social media is a growing threat to freedom.
(2021-07-08). Whistleblowers Say Contractors Not Trained to Care for Migrant Children in Fort Bliss Detention Camp. latinorebels.com This was revealed in a July 7 Government Accountability Project report based on accounts from Laurie Elkin and Justin Mulaire, who monitored the Fort Bliss site from May 12 through June 2.
(2021-07-07). Extradition of Alex Saab: US takes effort to starve Venezuelans to new lows. peoplesdispatch.org Venezuelan official Alex Saab was arrested over a year ago in Cape Verde and in March 2021 the country's Supreme Court approved his extradition to the United States…
(2021-07-07). Supreme Court ruling gives green light to even more voter suppression. liberationnews.org 
A Supreme Court decision on two voter suppression laws in Arizona further gutted the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, a key concession won by the Civil Rights Movement. The two state laws upheld by the court's 6-3 ruling on July 1 ban anyone other than a relative or caregiver from collecting absentee ballots and …
(2021-07-07). Geopolitics, Profit, and Poppies: How the CIA Turned Afghanistan into a Failed Narco-State. orinocotribune.com 
By Alan MacLeod — Jun 25, 2021 | The war in Afghanistan has looked a lot like the war on drugs in Latin America and previous colonial campaigns in Asia, with a rapid militarization of the area and the empowerment of pliant local elites. | The COVID-19 pandemic has been a death knell to so many industries in Afghanistan. Charities and aid agencies have even
(2021-07-07). Activists Demand Assange's Freedom as Journalist and Whistleblower Turns 50 in Belmarsh Prison. orinocotribune.com 
July 6, 2021 (special for OrinocoTribune.com)—On Saturday, July 3, Julian Assange, the most decorated journalist of the present times, who is being persecuted by the United States for exposing its war crimes, turned 50 in Belmarsh Prison in London, United Kingdom, facing possible extradition to the US. Despite an almost complete blackout by mainstream media, which has maligned and smeared Assange over the past ten years, protests and demands for his freedom have never stopped. On his birthday this year, activists and supporters in the US and the UK as well as in his home country Australia and across countri…
(2021-07-07). Amid Record Heat, Footage Shows GOP Sen. Ron Johnson Dismissing Climate Change as 'Bullsh*t'. commondreams.org The partner of the Wikileaks founder warned Assange "is certain to lose his life if he is extradited."
(2021-07-07). Iran Cracks Fake COVID Vaccine Ring, Seizing Large Shipment. telesurenglish.net The official IRNA news agency said in a report Wednesday, citing a VAJA statement, that the rings had been active in trafficking and counterfeiting vaccines which are in high demand throughout Iran. | The statement said VAJA forces were tipped-off from the public, using extensive intelligence information to crack the rings. | RELATED: | The report said that the vaccines confiscated included major foreign brands li…
(2021-07-07). Whistleblowers Allege Kids Mistreated by ServePro Contractors Hired to Oversee Detention Camp. commondreams.org It is imperative that the G20 finance ministers' meeting in Venice this week act to provide the COVID-19 vaccines needed to achieve worldwide comprehensive adult immunization by early 2022. Given current production, this should not be a problem, so long as a global plan is quickly implemented.
(2021-07-07). Using AI to screen 30 million drug candidates against SARS-CoV-2. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators used computer simulation and artificial intelligence to virtually screen 30 million drug candidates that may block SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. In a paper published in Biomolecules, researchers accelerated drug discovery to identify the most promising targets for additional study. They are interested in finding new treatments for COVID-19. "We used a multidrug platform to screen the drug candidates," says Thomas Caulfield, Ph.D., a molecular neuroscientist at Mayo Clinic and senior author…
(2021-07-07). Free Press Advocates Call on Biden to Dismiss Trump's Appeal Against Assange. zcomm.org The factual basis for this case has completely fallen apart"
(2021-07-07). Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison. dissidentvoice.org 
"Pardon Daniel Hale." These words hung in the air on a recent Saturday evening, projected onto several Washington, D.C. buildings, above the face of a courageous whistleblower facing ten years in prison. The artists aimed to inform the U.S. public about Daniel E. Hale, a former Air Force analyst who blew the whistle on the …
(2021-07-07). Why Daniel Hale Deserves Gratitude, Not Prison. zcomm.org The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public's right to know what is being done in its name…
(2021-07-07). Thordarson's Fabrications: Another Hole in the Julian Assange Prosecution. counterpunch.org The tyrannical, brutal cynicism of keeping Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison remains one of the more inglorious marks of the British legal system and, it should be said, its sponsors and colluders. Having won his case against extradition to the US, if only in deeply qualified terms, the UK keeps the WikiLeaks publisher banged up
(2021-07-07). WikiLeaks: US Receives 'Limited Permission' to Appeal UK Judge Decision Not to Extradite Assange. sputniknews.com In January 2021, a UK district judge rejected a US request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The decision was based on a determination that the publisher was at too high a risk of suicide or self-harm if he were to be extradited to the US.
(2021-07-07). UK High Court Allows US To Appeal Ban On Assange Extradition. popularresistance.org Baraitser had ruled that Assange's physical and mental health put him at high risk of suicide if he should be sent to a U.S. prison to stand trial on charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and of espionage in his work as a journalist publishing government secrets revealing evidence of state crimes.
(2021-07-07). øQué pasará con Assange tras una década de persecución y con pruebas que se caen? globalizacion.ca La veracidad de la información en la que se basa la acusación formal estadounidense contra Assange ha sido desmentida por el testigo principal. Sigurdur Ingi Thordarson, testigo clave en el proceso del Departamento de Justicia de Estados Unidos contra Julian…
(2021-07-07). "Free Assange Now! On Assange's 50th Birthday Rally At UK Consulate To Demand His Freedom. indybay.org On the 50th birthday of Julian Assange, a solidarity rally was held at the UK consulate in San Francisco. Participants spoke out on the issues and also celebrated his birthday with a cake.
(2021-07-07). Wednesday 7/7: Corporate Media Independent Media & Investigative Journalism. indybay.org ONLINE EVENT: The monopolization of the media and the effect of corporate control of social media is a growing threat to freedom.
(2021-07-07). UK High Court Grants US Permission for Appeal in Assange Extradition Case. commondreams.org The frenzied herd of Republican governors are stampeding behind the scaremongering scheme of Abbott to use the personal suffering of Latin American migrants and asylum seekers as a political pawn.
(2021-07-07). UK High Court Allows US Limited Appeal on Assange Extradition. telesurenglish.net The London High Court accepted on Monday the U.S. appeal against a British judge's decision to deny the extradition of journalist Julian Assange. | RELATED: | According to Wikileaks "the US has been granted limited permission to appeal January's decision that Julian Assange should not be extradited." The extradition refusal was ruled in January on the basis that if extradited, Assange could commit suicide. The Australian journalist rema…
(2021-07-07). The Sociopaths are Cocksure while Those with Empathy are Full of Doubt. orinocotribune.com 
By Caitlin Johnstone — Jul 6, 2021 | In a 1933 essay lamenting the rise of Nazism in Germany, Bertrand Russell Which is of course a dynamic that's still at play in the modern world; the Dunning-Kruger effect is a thing, and one need only to look at American presidents to see that there's little relationship between one's intelligence and how far they can rise if they get it in t…
(2021-07-07). Turkey To Send Syrian Mercenaries To Afghanistan: Monitoring Group. southfront.org 
Illustrative imageUntidwswtled.jpg | Turkey is making preparations to deploy some of its Syrian proxies in Afghanistan, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on July 6. | According to the London-based monitoring group, Turkey has already agreed with the leaders of its proxy factions in Syria on the deployment process. | The Turkish intelligence will oversee the deployment and cherry-pick the militants who will be sent to Afghanistan. The militants, who are being promised a monthly salary of $2,000-3,000, will be de…
(2021-07-07). The Strange Virus Attacking Republican Governors. commondreams.org The whistleblower acted on behalf of the public's right to know what is being done in its name.