Monthly Archives: December 2022

2022-12-27: News Headlines

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2022-12-27). Hollywood and Its Useful Idiots: Propaganda for the War in Ukraine, Big Pharma, and Every Other Globalist Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Emily Drabinski (2022-12-26). Louisiana Communities Organize to Defend Libraries From Far Right Censorship. truthout.org Lynette Mejia, a self-described "homeschool parent," has raised three children in the Lafayette Public Library System in Louisiana. Until early 2021, "I was the average person sitting around the table complaining about politics," Mejia said. Then Mejia discovered something that troubled her: The Lafayette Board of Control, which governs the public library system in Lafayette, had been stacked with… |

_____ (2022-12-26). 'Every Issue Is a Disability Issue'. popularresistance.org Hey, have you heard about "Medicaid divorce"? It's this trendy thing where people get divorced because it's the only way to allow one partner to qualify for the Medicaid they need to live their lives, because if they're married, they're too rich. | That's a nightmare, not to mention in a country where some people get to forget how many houses they own. But corporate media's response has seemed to be just a bunch of articles about how maybe you, as an individual, might potentially game the system, like Kiplinger's "How to Restructure Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid."

_____ (2022-12-26). Every Issue Is A Disability Issue. popularresistance.org Hey, have you heard about "Medicaid divorce"? It's this trendy thing where people get divorced because it's the only way to allow one partner to qualify for the Medicaid they need to live their lives, because if they're married, they're too rich. | That's a nightmare, not to mention in a country where some people get to forget how many houses they own. But corporate media's response has seemed to be just a bunch of articles about how maybe you, as an individual, might potentially game the system, like Kiplinger's "How to Restructure Your Assets to Qualify for Medicaid." | And then sort of, "well, would you look a…

John Terrett (2022-12-26). Wall Street sees major ups and downs in 2022, while crypto goes more mainstream. america.cgtn.com Nowhere more so than on Wall Street which has been wrestling with inflation, rising interest rates and the collapse of the latest asset class — cryptocurrency.

John Terrett (2022-12-26). Wall Street sees major ups-and-downs in 2022, while crypto goes more mainstream. america.cgtn.com Nowhere more so than on Wall Street which has been wrestling with inflation, rising interest rates and the collapse of the latest asset class — cryptocurrency.

_____ (2022-12-26). What are the goals of the Ukrainian-US project "Turan"? journal-neo.org Against the backdrop of the sheer failure of the West's hybrid war against Russia, including in the formation of a "second anti-Russian front" in Central Asia, the propaganda activities of Ukraine and several Western media outlets began to be clearly manifested by way of promoting the "valor" of the recently created by the Kiev Nazi …

rqorinoco (2022-12-26). Twitter Promoted Pentagon Propaganda to Whitewash Occupation, War Crimes in West Asia. orinocotribune.com The social media giant 'whitelisted' accounts run by the Pentagon that promoted the Saudi-led war in Yemen and the illegal occupation of Syria | Twitter has reportedly collaborated with the Pentagon for at least five years to wage a secret "PsyOps campaign" across West Asia, in a scheme to sway public opinion in favor of Washington's military interests in the region. | According to an investigation of Twitter's archives, emails, and internal tools by

Rick Rozoff (2022-12-26). Kosovo to local Serbs, Serbia: "Welcome to hell for anyone who wants to die prematurely" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92December 26, 2022 Kosovo police prevented Patriarch Porfirije from entering Kosovo and Metohija Kosovo police at the administrative crossing of Merdare did not allow the car with Serbian Patriarch Porfirije to enter territory of Kosovo today around 2: 30PM. The patriarch stayed in the car for a few minutes on the side controlled by the Kosovo …

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2022-12-26: News Headlines

rqorinoco (2022-12-26). Twitter Promoted Pentagon Propaganda to Whitewash Occupation, War Crimes in West Asia. orinocotribune.com The social media giant 'whitelisted' accounts run by the Pentagon that promoted the Saudi-led war in Yemen and the illegal occupation of Syria | Twitter has reportedly collaborated with the Pentagon for at least five years to wage a secret "PsyOps campaign" across West Asia, in a scheme to sway public opinion in favor of Washington's military interests in the region. | According to an investigation of Twitter's archives, emails, and internal tools by

| Anadolu Agency | (2022-12-25). FBI 'doorman to social media censorship, surveilance', reveal Twitter Files. tribune.com.pk The FBI acts "as doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government," according to the latest Twitter Files release. | Mentioning that FBI did not refute the previous claims about how it benefited from the social media platform, which had basically asserted that the FBI moderates the Twitter, journalist Matt Taibbi said on Twitter that the bureau shared a statement on Wednesday, saying: "The men and women of the FBI work every day to protect the American public…" | Read Former employees create Twitter alternative called Spill | "It is un…

mforinoco (2022-12-25). Why Chinese 'Debt Trap Diplomacy' is a Lie. orinocotribune.com By Amanda Yee Dec 19, 2022 | U.S. politicians and corporate media often promote the narrative that China lures developing countries into predatory, high-interest loans to build infrastructure projects as part of its Belt and Road Initiative. As the story goes, China anticipates that the borrowing country will default on that loan, so that it can then seize that asset in order to extend its military or geostrategic influence — evidence of China's so-called colonizing of the Global South. | The concept of Chinese "debt trap diplomacy" finds its origins in a 2017 academic article published by a think tan…

_____ (2022-12-25). 'Free Speech' Is Whatever The Rich Say It Is. popularresistance.org It's been a banner month for people who love invoking the "free speech" buzzword. Whether Elon Musk was promoting it as a catch-all abstract value to justify inviting transphobes and neo-nazis back to Twitter, or mainstream journalists were invoking the idea in response to a petulant billionaire banning his critics from the large social media company he just purchased for $44 billion, everyone these past few weeks has had some opinion on "free speech," what it means, and who its supposed champion—or, more often than not, its most hypocritical defender—truly is. | What the conversation has been largely…

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