2023-12-25: News Headlines

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-25). Julian Assange & Gonzalo Lira Are in Prison Because of Biden. theduran.com

Binoy Kampmark (2023-12-25). Day X Marks the Calendar: Julian Assange's 'Final' Appeal. counterpunch.org Julian Assange's wife, Stella, is rarely one to be cryptic. "Day X is here," she posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter. For those who have followed her remarks, her speeches, and her activism, it was sharply clear what this meant. "It may be the final chance for the UK to stop Julian's extradition. Gather outside the court at 8.30 am on both days. It's now or never."

John W. Whitehead (2023-12-25). Born in a Police State: The Deep State's Persecution of Its Most Vulnerable Citizens. "What if Jesus had been born 2,000 years later?" globalresearch.ca

UMMID (2023-12-25). Samsung Galaxy S24 advanced AI features, specs leaked. ummid.com Samsung is launching its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered smartphone Galaxy S24 at 'Samsung Galaxy Unpacked' event on January 18, 2024, the phone maker has officially confirmed.

ecns.cn (2023-12-25). Four Chinese generative AI models pass official assessment. ecns.cn The first group of four large generative artificial intelligence (AI) models passed the official "Large Model Standard Compliance Assessment" in China during the weekend.

UMMID (2023-12-25). Create songs online — Microsoft's AI powered Copilot adds new feature. ummid.com For incorporating this feature in Copilot, Microsoft has partnered with Suno — an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based music creation tool.

_____ (2023-12-25). Artificial Intelligence as an Aid to Thinking Otherwise — but to What End? transcend.org 25 Dec 2023 – Cognitive Clarification Enabled by ChatGPT in Eliciting Strategic Coherence…

ecns.cn (2023-12-24). Four Chinese generative AI models pass official assessment. ecns.cn The first group of four large generative artificial intelligence (AI) models passed the official "Large Model Standard Compliance Assessment" in China during the weekend.

Janine Jackson (2023-12-25). The Reality of What It Is to Have an Abortion Has to Be Brought Into Every Story. truthout.org Janine Jackson: The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has generated well-grounded fear and confusion: states ginning up their own specific laws and attempting to extend them to other states, politicians and pundits attempting to shift opinion through rhetoric — it's not a "ban," it's a "standard." And what about "abortion tourism"? Combined with horrific emerging stories of women being… |

UMMID (2023-12-25). Colorado court disqualifies Trump from 2024 U.S. Presidential ballot. ummid.com The Colorado Supreme Court in a verdict Tuesday December 19, 2023 disqualified former U.S. President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state's presidential election next year.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-25). Supreme Court overturns aspects of NSW's anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-12-25). Another Unmerry Whistleblower Christmas; MSPB's Cathy A. Harris Stars as The Grinch. indybay.org With the U.S. Merit System Protection Board headed by the hapless, if self-promoting, Harris, is authoritarian and ambitious vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau better able to become Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense should he win in 2024?>

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2023-12-24: News Headlines

Consortium News. (2023-12-23). CIA Loses Motion To Dismiss Lawsuit Against It. popularresistance.org Lead attorney Richard Roth of The Roth Law Firm, along with plaintiffs Margaret Ratner Kunstler, a civil rights lawyer, and media lawyer Deborah Hrbek, held a ZOOM press conference Friday, Dec. 22 at 1: 00 pm EST to answer journalists' questions regarding their lawsuit against the C.I.A. for allegedly violating their Fourth Amendment rights. | Judge John G. Koeltl of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan rejected a C.I.A. motion to dismiss the lawsuit brought by four American citizens alleging they were wrongfully spied on while visiting Julian Assange at the Ecuadoria…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-12-23). Washington Regards Truth As Its Most Dangerous Enemy. thealtworld.com Tucker Carlson Tells Us in Less than 6 Minutes the Enormous Crime that the US & UK governments have committed, and are committing, against Julian Assange. | The American media worked hand-in-glove with the CIA in framing Julian Assange who has been held for 4 years in solitary confinement in the UK's maximum security prison without charges, a total violation of habeas corpus, and for 7 years previously in the Ecuadoran embassy in London until Washington paid the Ecuadoran president to revoke Assange's asylum so he could be seized. As a former Wall Street Journal editor, I was astounded to watch the entirety of th…

ecns.cn (2023-12-24). Comicomment | Surveillance Empire: U.S. unrestricted eavesdropping. ecns.cn The Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an important legal basis for U.S. intelligence authorities to eavesdrop on non-U.S. citizens overseas and step up international surveillance without authorization, will expire on December 31. The U.S. government is urgently seeking to renew this provision and extend its surveillance privileges.

UMMID (2023-12-23). Samsung Galaxy S24 advanced AI features, specs leaked. ummid.com Samsung is launching its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered smartphone Galaxy S24 at 'Samsung Galaxy Unpacked' event on January 18, 2024, the phone maker has officially confirmed.

ecns.cn (2023-12-23). Comicomment | Surveillance Empire: U.S. unrestricted eavesdropping. ecns.cn The Section 702 of the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), an important legal basis for U.S. intelligence authorities to eavesdrop on non-U.S. citizens overseas and step up international surveillance without authorization, will expire on December 31. The U.S. government is urgently seeking to renew this provision and extend its surveillance privileges.

UMMID (2023-12-23). Create songs online — Microsoft's AI powered Copilot adds new feature. ummid.com For incorporating this feature in Copilot, Microsoft has partnered with Suno — an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based music creation tool.

Andrew O'Hehir (2023-12-24). Trump's Immunity Claim Faces Federal Appeals Court Scrutiny in Indictment Battle. truthout.org Donald Trump's lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Saturday to throw out special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of the former president related to the Jan. 6 uprising, arguing that Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed as president. This follows the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to fast-track Trump's appeal of a previous ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan… |

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-24). Supreme Court overturns aspects of NSW's anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au

UMMID (2023-12-23). Colorado court disqualifies Trump from 2024 U.S. Presidential ballot. ummid.com The Colorado Supreme Court in a verdict Tuesday December 19, 2023 disqualified former U.S. President Donald Trump from the ballot in the state's presidential election next year.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-23). Supreme Court overturns aspects of NSW's anti-protest laws. greenleft.org.au

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