_____ (2023-01-24). Iran's Unrest Triggers Explosion of Fake News. strategic-culture.org Some of the most incendiary accusations made against Iran's government by corporate media, celebrity influencers and Western leaders in the past months are little more than fabrications. And most remain uncorrected. | By Setareh SADEQI and Christopher WEAVER | Protests in Iran that ostensibly began as a reaction to the death of a woman in police custody in September 2022 have prompted unprecedented international opposition to its government, not only from the usual Western, Israeli and Saudi suspects, but from celebrity social media influencers with no previous record of commenting on Iranian affairs. | Iran is n…

Ann Brown (2023-01-24). Fact Check: The U.S. Military Is Using 'Barracks Bunny' Sexualized Influencer Recruiting Strategy and Psyops. moguldom.com The U.S. military has been facing its biggest recruiting challenges in nearly five decades, according to experts. And when recruitment is low, the military, like any organization, looks to ways to lure in new recruits. One way to entice people, mainly men, is through the art of seduction as well as appealing to aggressive tendencies …

_____ (2023-01-24). The Winter Coup Season In Latin America. popularresistance.org Coup attempts have gone viral this winter season in Latin America. The contagion spread first to Argentina, then Peru, and finally Brazil on January 8. In addition, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua continue to suffer from long-term US regime-change efforts. | Coverage of this political pandemic by the US liberal press (i.e., the preponderance of mainstream media that endorse a Democrat for the presidency) reflects politically motivated agendas. Its spin on Brazil in particular reflects a trend among Democrats to greater acceptance of the security state. | Current vice-president and former president of Argentina, Cr…

Mike Ludwig (2023-01-24). The US Finally Removes a Major Barrier to Opioid Addiction Treatment. truthout.org In a major victory for public health and the harm reduction movement, the Biden administration is touting changes to federal drug law that removed a major barrier to accessing buprenorphine, a standard medication for treating opioid dependence and addiction that is crucial for preventing overdose deaths. Advocates gathered at the White House Tuesday to celebrate the passage of the Mainstreaming… |

Helen Buyniski (2023-01-23). Incentivizing Censorship: A Snitch in Every Skull. "The Totalitarian Virus" globalresearch.ca

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). Harry the 'Traitor' and Lynch 'the Grinch': The Corporate Media's Automatic Smear Machine. transcend.org 19 Jan 2023 – Whatever we think of the Harry and Meghan Markle saga, it matters when the son of the current king and brother of the future king writes in his new book, 'Spare': "Does the Crown generate tourism income that benefits all? Of course. Does it also rest upon lands obtained and secured when the system was unjust and wealth was generated by exploited workers and thuggery, annexation and enslaved people? Can anyone deny it?"

Rania Khalek (2023-01-23). Who's Responsible for Africa's Debt Trap: China or the West? thealtworld.com U.S. politicians and corporate media blame China for debt crises in African countries, yet African governments owe three times more debt to private Western lenders than to China. Furthermore, interest rates on Western private loans are almost double those on Chinese loans. | Tim Jones, Head of Policy at Debt Justice in the UK, explains the reality behind the African debt and how the only just way forward is its cancellation.

_____ (2023-01-23). US Funds 'Independent Journalists' In Cuba To Spread Propaganda. popularresistance.org A former top CIA spy has admitted that the United States funds anti-government propagandists in Cuba who portray themselves as "independent journalists". | Major British newspaper The Guardian spoke with CIA veteran Fulton Armstrong, whom it described as "the US intelligence community's most senior analyst for Latin America from 2000 to 2004". | Armstrong stated that, in Cuba, "a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US". | The ex CIA analyst pointed out that, today, the Joe Biden administration bankrolls anti-government opposition forces in Cuba with at least $20 million in an…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). The WEF and WHO — Are They Running a Death Cult? A WHO/Pharma Controlled Worldwide Tyrannical "Health System" transcend.org 10 Jan 2023 – Let us never let an abject power-hungry non-elected criminal like Klaus Schwab, with his roots in the Third Reich, and his NGO, the World Economic Forum, dominate humanity. May sheer solidarity, togetherness of thought and will power, overcome the pathological objectives of the psychopaths' wish for power and money dominance.