(2022-01-16). US official threatens Russia with 'sharp pain' inflicted 'very fast'. rt.com 
Top American diplomat promises swift response should Moscow 'invade' Ukraine in 'any form' | The US has some 18 "different scenarios" up its sleeve to react to any form of Russian attack on Ukraine, leading official Victoria Nuland has warned, promising to inflict "sharp pain" on Moscow should it make such a move. | Nuland, who currently serves as undersecretary of state for political affairs in President Joe Biden's government, made the thinly veiled threat in an interview with the Financial Times published on Saturday. | "I'm not going to preview 18 different scenarios … I would simply say that our…
(2022-01-16). Thousands protest against tougher Covid rules in France (VIDEO). rt.com 
Protesters marched against the vaccine pass and tighter Covid restrictions in Paris | More than 50,000 people protested against stricter Covid-19 measures in France on Saturday, as the upper house of parliament approved a bill introducing a vaccine pass. | Around 54,000 people protested across the country, including 7,000 who marched in the capital, according to the Interior Ministry. | Some held banners that read "Freedom" and "Democracy in danger." | "I'm against the vaccine pass. I'm against mass vaccination — everyone must be free to choose," a protester in Paris told Ruptly video agency. | Others sho…
(2022-01-16). Whole Foods Protest on Bezos' Birthday. indybay.org On a national day of action to Support Amazon Workers, Raging Grannies, Vigil for Democracy, and Dance of Peace protested in the street in front of Whole Foods in Palo Alto.
(2022-01-16). New Virginia Gov. Signs 11 EOs Including on Mask Mandates, CRT Ban, & Loudon County Rape Incident. sputniknews.com In November of last year, Republican candidate Glenn Youngkin won the gubernatorial election in Virginia, a state which in recent years has tended to support the Democrats. The new governor campaigned with an articulate programme, mostly focused on racial issues and mask mandates, that had attracted voters disappointed by Democratic governance.
(2022-01-16). Florida Governor's Race Candidate Compares DeSantis to Hitler for 'Abuse of Power'. sputniknews.com The Florida gubernatorial primary is expected to be held in August of this year. Fried will campaign against former Florida Governor Charlie Crist and others in the hopes of defeating DeSantis in November's general election.
(2022-01-16). Tuesday 1/18: Opportunities and Dangers for Medicare and Guaranteed Healthcare in California. indybay.org Zoom info: us02web.zoom.us/j/2880330680?pwd=VXlSdVBERFM3OFVuVGdrampVQkovUT09. ID 288 033 0680 Password 131457. Phone in at 1-669 900 9128, then punch in 288 033 0680 and #, then 131457 and punch # again.
(2022-01-16). Israel Reportedly Made 'Wish List' of Weapons for US to Engage Iran, Hezbollah. sputniknews.com The new Israeli government of Naftali Bennet, which came to power last year, has repeatedly warned that it might act preemptively to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Tehran insists that it doesn't seek to build nukes and that its nuclear programme is peaceful.
(2022-01-16). How Pacifica Claimed a Dubious Victory. indybay.org Pacifica Counsel overruled the democratic vote of the members.
(2022-01-16). Democrat group hides comments accusing Nike of slave labor after praising company. rt.com 
Occupy Democrats scrubbed its page of references to slave labor and child workers after celebrating Nike's decision to threaten unvaccinated employees with dismissal | Occupy Democrats, a popular left-wing political advocacy group which supports the US Democratic Party, was caught hiding comments expressing concern about slave labor after it praised sportswear company Nike. | The group praised Nike on social media after the multi-billion-dollar company threatened to fire employees who remained unvaccinated against Covid-19. | "Nike sends a defiant letter to its remaining unvaccinated employees that they will b…
(2022-01-15). Democrats launch attack on rights, Constitution, claim to 'save democracy'. themilitant.com Since before Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, the Democrats have campaigned nonstop to paint him as a criminal, outside the pale of normal bourgeois political dispute, bar him from office and demonize his working-class supporters. This drive reached a fever pitch for the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol building. | The liberals' witch hunt against Trump is at the heart of their election campaign strategy in 2022 as they desperately try to hold onto control of at least the House of Representatives as the Joseph Biden presidency becomes less and less popular. And they dream of barring…
(2022-01-15). Whole Foods Protest on Bezos' Birthday. indybay.org On a national day of action to Support Amazon Workers, Raging Grannies, Vigil for Democracy, and Dance of Peace protested in the street in front of Whole Foods in Palo Alto.
(2022-01-15). [Perspectives] Physicians in the digital age. thelancet.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is here. We are now in decade of Philip K Dick's dystopian novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and AI is already capable of driving our cars. But self-driving cars have harmed pedestrians and AI has been credited with delivering misinformation in curated social media feeds that threaten democracy. AI has also entered medicine, with uses in medical imaging and many other areas. However, there is increasing attention on how some algorithms in health care are racially biased.
(2022-01-15). Sanders Says Manchin and Sinema Are Undermining US Democracy. truthout.org 
Sen. Bernie Sanders said Friday that by vowing to uphold the archaic Senate rule standing in the way of voting rights legislation, his Senate colleagues Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are putting "the future of American democracy" at risk. | "It is a sad day when two members of the Democratic caucus are prepared to allow the Freedom to Vote Act to fail," the Vermont senator
(2022-01-15). The Heat: U.S. Voting Rights. america.cgtn.com 
As the U.S. Congress struggles to pass voting rights laws, how will this define Joe Biden's presidency?
(2022-01-15). Mike Pence Says Capitol Riot, Voting Rights Act are Both 'Power Grabs'. sputniknews.com 6 January 2022 marked the first anniversary of the Capitol riot, which saw scores of Trump supporters attempting to stop Congress from certifying the results of what former US President Donald Trump slammed as "the most corrupt election" in American history.
(2022-01-15). Say It Ain't So, Joe Biden: Did the US President Quote Joseph Stalin? sputniknews.com In a heated statement to reporters, US President Joe Biden appeared to quote Joseph Stalin, the premier of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953, when he said, "state legislative bodies continue to change the law, not as to who can vote, but who gets to count the vote".
(2022-01-15). Biden's Failure To Provide At-Home Covid Tests Looks Extra Ridiculous. popularresistance.org After two years without being able to travel home from London, England to Los Angeles, Cali. to see my family, I finally arrived in a chaotic U.S. in time for the holidays amid the Omicron wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although I'd been preparing for a difficult return thanks to the new variant, I had been eager to see my family now that I'm finally vaccinated against Covid-19 and that my partner, who holds a British passport, was able to visit alongside me after more than a year of travel restrictions barring Europeans. What I hadn't been expecting, however, was to find family and friends desperately trying to…
(2022-01-15). US hospitals rapidly reaching capacity as Omicron continues nation-wide surge. wsws.org The United States faces a massive health crisis as the Omicron variant sickens hundreds of thousands of Americans every day. However, no measures are being employed by the Biden administration to stanch to the ongoing collapse of the health care system.
(2022-01-15). Some Florida and Arizona Republicans show how to counter 2020 election lies. nationofchange.org Developments in two swing states showcase how election records can be used to debunk disinformation and provide more transparency of vote counts.
(2022-01-15). Stewart Rhodes and Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy. wsws.org The arrest of fascist Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and 10 other Oath Keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy explodes the claim that January 6 was merely an unruly protest and not a conspiracy by Trump to overturn the 2020 election result and establish a dictatorship.
(2022-01-15). Mali Cancels Military Agreements with France. libya360.wordpress.com Voltairenet On 10 January 2022, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to close land and air borders between member-countries and ali and to freeze assets of the Republic of Mali in ECOWAS Central Banks, as sanctions in response to the announcement by the transitional authorities to postpone the presidential election to the…
(2022-01-15). TV provider drops Trump's 'favorite channel'. rt.com 
The main distributor of One America News (OAN) refused to renew its contract with the conservative network, triggering celebration among liberals online | One America News (OAN), a conservative television channel which has frequently been described as one of former US President Donald Trump's favorites, is set to be dropped by its satellite TV carrier following an internal review. | DirecTV, which airs OAN on channel 347, told the network's parent company Herring Networks that it would no longer carry OAN or sister entertainment channel AWE after the current contract expires in April. | "We informed Herring Ne…
(2022-01-15). Cuba's socialist revolution built on participation of workers, farmers. themilitant.com Sixty-three years ago, after the U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista fled Cuba, Fidel Castro led the "Caravan of Freedom" from Santiago, in the east, to Havana, as part of the victorious rebel forces organizing workers and farmers to take political power into their own hands. | Hundreds of thousands greeted Castro and Rebel Army combatants in towns and villages across the island during the Jan. 1-8 caravan. The massive response to the revolution helps explain why every attempt by the U.S. rulers to turn back the Cuban Revolution has failed. | Just hours before Batista fled in the early morning of Jan. 1, 1959,…
(2022-01-15). Examining Bill de Blasio's legacy as mayor of New York City. america.cgtn.com 
Bill de Blasio was elected as New York City's 109th mayor in 2013 on a pledge to address inequality. After serving two terms the progressive Democrat left office at the end of 2021 and is now reportedly considering whether to run for governor. De …
(2022-01-15). 25 Broken Promises: Why I Don't Believe the Filibu-Sine-Manchin Excuses. warisacrime.org 
I think millions of people who identify as Democrats mean well. I think a number of Congressional progressive Democrats generally do their best in the system they're working in. I think identifying as a Republican is even more inexcusably immoral than ever. I also think the central excuses used by the leadership of the Democratic …
(2022-01-15). Supreme Court Leaves Workers Without COVID-19 Protection. popularresistance.org The Supreme Court, in a predictable 6-3 decision, blocked OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) that required employees in businesses with 100 or more employees to either be vaccinated or regularly tested and masked. Dissenting were the three Justices appointed by Democratic Presidents: Breyer, Sotomayor and Kagan. The majority stated that the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHAct) "plainly" does not authorize the vaccine or masking requirements. Calling the OSHA standard no "everyday exercise of federal power" they labeled it "instead a significant encroachment into the lives—and health—of a…
(2022-01-15). How Pacifica Claimed a Dubious Victory. indybay.org Pacifica Counsel overruled the democratic vote of the members.
(2022-01-15). Thousands of Chicago students walk out to protest unsafe return to schools. wsws.org Thousands of Chicago students walked out across more than 30 schools to protest the unsafe return to classrooms enforced by Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
(2022-01-15). Socialist Jose Cortes announces run in new CA51 congressional district. liberationnews.org 
Jose Cortes, a socialist candidate for U.S. Congress in 2022, filed to run in California's new 51st congressional district (CA51). After previously running as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate in CA50, the change comes after redistricting in California following the 2020 U.S. census.
(2022-01-15). Florida lawmakers push bill to ban abortions after 15 weeks. america.cgtn.com 
Florida Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban abortion after fifteen weeks of pregnancy. Similar bills have been considered in the past and failed, but this time could be different. It has more support from state politicians and the Republican Party nationwide.