Monthly Archives: February 2022

2022-02-16: News Headlines

VINS (2022-02-16). At Least 128 Members of Congress Invested in Fossil Fuel Industry. projectcensored.org A series of article written by David Moore and published by Sludge in November and December of 2021 reported that at least 100 Representatives and 28 Senators have financial interests…

_____ (2022-02-16). 'Operation Cyclone — Ukraine Edition' The Real plan? popularresistance.org For almost three months, the Western mainstream media, in a move not dissimilar to its previous assertions that Saddam Hussein had the capability to launch WMDs within 45 minutes, or that Iran was building a nuclear bomb, has repeatedly claimed that Russia is planning an 'imminent' invasion of its Western neighbour Ukraine — under the rule of the successive US-EU friendly governments of Petro Poroshenko and Volodymyr Zelensky since the 2014 Euromaidan, a CIA and MI6-orchestrated regime change operation launched in response to then-Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's November 2013 decision to suspend an…

Dave DeCamp (2022-02-16). Anonymous US Intelligence Officials Claim News Site Zero Hedge Is 'Amplifying' Russian Propaganda. news.antiwar.com In comments to The Associated Press, In response, Zero Hedge strongly denied the accusation and said the site tries "to publish a wide spectrum of views that cover both sides of a given story." Zero Hedge said it "has never worked, collaborated or cooperated with Russia, nor are there any links to spy agencies." | Ultimately, th…

VINS (2022-02-16). Employees of America's Largest Grocery Chain Can't Afford Groceries. projectcensored.org More than twenty percent of workers employed by Kroger, America's largest grocery chain, which employs some 460,000 workers and recorded profits of $4.1 billion in 2021, were receiving government assistance,…

VINS (2022-02-16). Tennessee's Rutherford County Jails Black Children at a Disproportionately High Rate. projectcensored.org Between October and December, 2021, ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio published a series of reports on the jailing of 11 children, ranging from 8 to 12 years in age, who…

VINS (2022-02-16). Trump Administration Discussed Plans to Kidnap or Assassinate Julian Assange. projectcensored.org In late 2017, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), then under the direction of Mike Pompeo, seriously considered plans to kidnap or assassinate WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, according to a Yahoo…

VINS (2022-02-16). Wage Theft: American Businesses Steal Millions from Workers Every Year. projectcensored.org Thousands of US companies illegally underpay workers and are seldom subject to punishment for doing so, Alexia Fernández Campbell and Joe Yerardi reported for the Center for Public Integrity in…

Robert Norse (2022-02-16). Police Brutality Claim Highlights City Council Censorship. indybay.org Rhonda Reyna accused the SCPD of abusive violence & kidnapping against a minor last summer. City Administrator/Clerk Bonnie Bush refused to post the full text of this Claim on the twice-monthly Santa Cruz City Council agenda for its 2-4 meeting, leaving the community in the dark before the upcoming Council meeting. But then, this may have been the whole point.

WSWS (2022-02-16). Far-right anti-vaccine protests in Australia's capital promoted by corporate media. wsws.org Prime Minister Scott Morrison praised the right-wing rabble as "speaking up for the things they feel strongly about," while making common cause with their attacks on state vaccine mandates.

_____ (2022-02-16). An Inside Look At The The Day Without Immigrants Demonstration In DC. popularresistance.org Washington D.C. — Carlos Eduardo Espina walked to the White House on Monday morning a TikTok star with over 2.5 million followers. By day's end, the 23-year-old Texan from College Station had become an icon of immigrant rights organizing. | "It's cold," said Espina as he strolled through downtown Washington, D.C., at 6: 30 a.m. "I'm not used to this kind of weather." It was 27 degrees outside and windy. | Weeks earlier, Espina came up with the idea to spearhead "A Day Without Immigrants" on Valentine's Day. The rationale was simple: the holiday relies on immigrant labor, so what if immigrants simply didn't s…

C.J. Atkins (2022-02-15). Pipeline ploy: How U.S. natural gas interests are fueling the Ukraine crisis. peoplesworld.org Along with trying to militarily absorb Ukraine into NATO, another major factor that's becoming more apparent in the Biden administration's unceasing talk of war with Russia is the desire of U.S. energy producers to invade European markets with fracked natural gas. Though the mainstream press is saturated with talk of a forever-imminent Russian assault on …

Max Blumenthal (2022-02-15). VIDEO: Russian UN ambassador responds to US 'war propaganda' in interview w/Grayzone. thegrayzone.com Aaron Mate and Max Blumenthal speak with Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitri Polyanskiy on escalated tensions on the Russian-Ukraine border, US accusations of an imminent Russian invasion, and the context missing from a US media that refuses to interview Russian officials.

Rick Rozoff (2022-02-15). EU, Georgia discuss expelling Russia from South Caucasus. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agenda.geFebruary 15, 2022 Georgian FM, EU South Caucasus representative discuss Russian occupation, regional security issues Russia's "illegal and provocative actions" along the administrative line separating Georgia's occupied regions from the government-controlled territory, as well as Kremlin's policy on sovereignty of Georgia and Ukraine were among topics discussed by Georgian foreign minister David Zalkaliani and Toivo …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-15). Fact Check: FBI Now Combines Latino Crime Statistics With White. moguldom.com There was a debate on Twitter about how the Justice Department reports on race and ethnicity after a user claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) now lumps Latino crime statistics in with white Americans when reporting them. However, the latest available data shows the FBI reports both race and ethnicity, albeit with some …

Anonymous015 (2022-02-15). America's Cold War on China. Uyghurs: To Put an End to Fake News. southfront.org Written by Roger Keeran. Originally appeared at Global Research The United States government is ratcheting up a cold war against China. The Biden…

JANET (2022-02-15). China holds first-ever carbon-neutral Olympics. iacenter.org By Lyn Neeley February 14, 2022 This year's Beijing Winter Olympics is the first in history to be carbon-neutral. This includes renewable energy in all game venues, introducing new low-carbon technologies and using transportation fueled by hydrogen, natural gas and electricity. China completed the Zhangbei power grid station in time for the Olympics. That's the world's first renewable energy-based, flexible direct current (DC) power transmission system. This means, according to "China Daily," the system has "strong controllability, fast power adjustment speed and a flexible operation mode, compared with AC and co…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-15). Cuba is Moving Closer to Controlling the Pandemic. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia photo: Ismael Batista Two years ago, when COVID-19 broke out, we had no idea that it would be the most traumatic experience that every country in the world would have to live through, and that it would hit especially hard those nations with low resources, such as this small Caribbean island. As soon…

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2022-02-15: News Headlines

Project Censored (2022-02-14). History Matters: Peter Kuznick on US/NATO Tensions, Russia/Ukraine, and Avoiding Catastrophic War. projectcensored.org Mickey spends the hour with American University historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of The Untold History of the United States. They discuss the current U.S. and NATO confrontation with Russia over Ukraine;…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-14). 'Russia expert' at US govt-funded Atlantic Council spreads fake news over Ukraine. multipolarista.com A powerful executive at NATO's think tank the Atlantic Council, Melinda Haring, falsely claimed Russia was attacking Ukraine and installing a puppet regime. This "expert" has testified before Congress and worked at many elite US government-funded organizations.

Brian Becker (2022-02-14). The West covered sports in 2008, but politics in 2022 — What changed? liberationnews.org U.S. media coverage of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics was accompanied by a barrage of non-stop political attacks against China by US commentators and the mainstream media.

WSWS (2022-02-14). As US COVID-19 deaths continue to surge, corporate media maintains near blackout. wsws.org COVID-19 deaths continue at pandemic highs. However, all efforts are in place to hide these figures and return to a state of normalcy.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-02-14). Colombia is Bleeding to Death. libya360.wordpress.com Alejandra Garcia Even though you wouldn't know if you only followed the corporate media, in January violence continued to spiral in Colombia. Human rights movements recorded an increase of attacks against police stations, military bases, and civilians and reported assassinations and intimidation against social leaders in several departments. In February, the panorama has been no…

New Atlas (2022-02-14). Myanmar's Terrorists Nominated for "Nobel Peace Prize" to Prop up Western Regime Change Proxies. newatlas.report February 14, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The US-backed opposition in Myanmar continues pressing on with the division and destruction of the Southeast Asian country — and key player in China's Belt and Road Initiative. Let's take a look at how bad the propaganda is and how directly the West is involved in creating a …

Sharon Zhang (2022-02-14). Starbucks Launches Propaganda-Filled Anti-Union Website. truthout.org As more and more Starbucks locations file for unionization each week, the company has launched a new anti-union website full of misinformation and propaganda against unionization. | "We are one Starbucks" reads the top of the

Staff (2022-02-14). Conviasa Announces Direct Flights from Tehran to Caracas. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's national airline is ready to start direct flights between Caracas and Tehran in March 2022. The flights will benefit tourists, commerce, and industry. | Ramón Velázquez, Venezuelan vice minister for air transport and president of the Venezuelan national airline, Conviasa, announced direct flights between Tehran, Iran, and Venezuela's capital. The announcement occurs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which remains relatively controlled in both countries, due to the approach of each country's government. | In an exclusive interview for HispanTV, Velázquez said that "joining Tehran with Caracas is a…

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