2022-02-09: News Headlines

Ana Perdigón (2022-02-09). El Nacional Headquarters Handed Over to Diosdado Cabello Following Supreme Court Order. orinocotribune.com The Third Civil Mercantile, Transit and Banking Court of First Instance of Venezuela has handed over the headquarters of El Nacional newspaper, together with the land in which it is located, to National Assembly (AN) deputy Diosdado Cabello. | The procedure was executed in compliance with a judicial order imposed on El Nacional as a result of a defamation lawsuit filed by Diosdado Cabello. | The judicial process began on August 11, 2015, when Cabello filed the lawsuit against El Nacional, claiming damages for its publication of a report in the Spanish newspaper ABC, in which the deputy was accused—without e…

WSWS (2022-02-09). US Supreme Court restores Alabama's anti-democratic electoral redistricting plan. wsws.org The decision of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority to reinstate the Alabama district map is a purely partisan move to support the electoral interests of the Republican Party.

Editor (2022-02-09). USA CIA veteran hosting anti-China 'Uyghur diaspora' podcast funded by U.S. government. mronline.org The "WEghur Stories" podcast claims to speak on behalf of "the Uyghur diaspora," and uses intersectional feminist rhetoric to demonize China. But it's co-created and hosted by an ex CIA agent, with funding from the U.S. embassy in France.

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-08). CIA veteran hosting anti-China 'Uyghur diaspora' podcast funded by US government. multipolarista.com The "WEghur Stories" podcast claims to speak on behalf of "the Uyghur diaspora," and uses intersectional feminist rhetoric to demonize China. But it's co-created and hosted by an ex CIA agent, with funding from the US embassy in France.

Project Censored (2022-02-08). Update on Julian Assange Case, Future of Gulf of Mexico Drilling, and is Graphika Really a Fake News Watchdog? projectcensored.org After several visits as a guest, Eleanor Goldfield joins the program as co-host with Mickey Huff. In the first segment of this week's show, Kevin Gosztola delivers a brief update… | By Tara Dorabji India, the world's largest democracy, continues to use draconian laws to silence and incarcerate journalists and human rights defenders in Kashmir. On February 4, Fahad Shah, founder…

Anonymous765 (2022-02-08). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — February 8, 2022. 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. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-02-08). SCOTUS rings in Black History Month by keeping racist Alabama district lines. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—As Black History Month gets underway, civil rights advocates, national and local, blasted the U.S. Supreme Court's five-person majority for reinstating Alabama's congressional redistricting plan which drastically shortchanged the state's Black voters. The 5-4 decision on Feb. 7, with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor and Stephen Breyer dissenting, revived the …

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-08). Ohio Supreme Court Rejects Republican-Drawn Congressional Maps — Again. truthout.org On Monday night, the Ohio Supreme Court threw out Republican-drawn congressional maps after justices ruled GOP maps unconstitutionally gerrymandered for the second time. |

Staff (2022-02-08). Headlines for February 8, 2022. democracynow.org Biden Vows to Halt Russia-to-Germany Gas Pipeline If Russia Invades Ukraine, Several Democratic-Led States Announce Plans to Roll Back Mask Mandates, Biden Administration Tests Four-Legged Robotic "Dogs" on U.S.-Mexico Border, Costa Rican Presidential Candidates Appear Headed for April Runoff Election, Ex-Honduran President Added to U.S. List of Corrupt Officials over Drug Trafficking, Brazilian Antiracist Protesters Demand Justice for Immigrant Killed over Unpaid Wages, Supreme Court Will Allow Alabama's GOP-Gerrymandered Congressional Maps to Stand, Jill Biden Confirms Free Community College W…

Editor (2022-02-08). The Pentagon and CIA have shaped thousands of Hollywood movies into super effective propaganda. mronline.org Propaganda is most impactful when people don't think it's propaganda, and most decisive when it's censorship you never knew happened.

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