Daily Archives: April 6, 2022

2022-04-06: News Headlines

____ (2022-04-06). US Justice Department expanding probe of taxes, business dealings of Hunter Biden. wsws.org After previously dismissing claims that Hunter Biden traded on the family name for profit, Democratic-aligned newspapers, such the Washington Post and New York Times , recently published reports confirming details of the allegations.

____ (2022-04-06). German general: NATO has time to expand buildup on Eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92April 5, 2022 German general: "Ukraine will be divided" In an interview with Die Welt, General Eberhard Zorn answered negatively to the question of whether NATO could intervene in Ukraine if Russia used weapons of mass destruction against that Eastern European country. He emphasized that "what the German Federal Chancellor and U.S. President Joe Biden …

_____ (2022-04-06). GOP Threatens to Tank Covid Funding in Bid to Preserve Trump Immigration Policy. commondreams.org Democrats accused Senate Republicans of holding key coronavirus aid "hostage" in an effort to protect Title 42, a Trump-era migrant expulsion order that rights groups have condemned as inhumane.

Staff (2022-04-06). Hong Kong Police arrest 4 activists behind banned Tiananmen Square vigil: Report. aninews.in Hong Kong, September 8 (ANI): Hong Kong Police have arrested four key members of the pro-democracy group behind the city's annual Tiananmen Massacre vigil.

_____ (2022-04-06). How the Supreme Court Could Make Your Life More Dangerous. commondreams.org If Republican appointees on the Supreme Court succeed in gutting regulatory agencies, we all lose. This agenda is anti-worker, anti-consumer, and anti-environment. The only thing it's good for is corporate profits.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Chinese, Armenian presidents exchange congratulations on 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Armenian counterpart, Vahagn Khachaturyan, exchanged on Wednesday congratulations on the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

ecns.cn (2022-04-06). Wood-engraved paintings on display in Tianjin. ecns.cn An exhibition of Yangliuqing wood-engraved paintings has been held in north China's Tian…

JANET (2022-04-05). World hunger and the war in Ukraine. iacenter.org By Vijay Prashad April 5, 2022 During this war on Ukraine, No Cold War launched a new publication called Briefings, which will be factual texts on matters of global concern. Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research shared this first briefing: Billions of people around the world will suffer from this hunger crisis. The war in Ukraine, along with sanctions imposed by the United States and Western countries against Russia, have caused global food, fertilizer and fuel prices to skyrocket and endanger the world food supply. This conflict is exacerbating the existing crisis of global hunger and imperils the living…

_____ (2022-04-05). Biden's Call To Increase Gas Exports Is Equal To Palin's 'Drill Baby Drill'. popularresistance.org Travis Dardar, an indigenous fisherman in Cameron, Louisiana, has a front-row view of the expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry's export capacity on the Gulf Coast — and it isn't pretty. "It disgusts me what man is doing to the planet," Dardar told me as I photographed flares at the recently built Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LNG export facility from his boat out in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico. | I met Travis and his wife Nicole Dardar on March 17, before attending an air quality permit hearing held by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (…

_____ (2022-04-05). Debt Collective Day Of Action Urges Biden To Cancel Student Debt. popularresistance.org The Debt Collective is upping the ante in their fight for full federal student debt cancellation with their Pick Up the Pen, Joe! rally and day of action today in front of the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC. The event comes roughly a month before the pause on loan repayments is set to expire on May 1. Some White House sources have indicated the Biden administration may move that deadline again or forgive some amount of debt, but regardless, the Debt Collective's focus remains squarely on eliminating federal student debt in full. | A broad coalition of more than 50 community organizations and labor…

Dana Sanchez (2022-04-05). Biden Administration Expected To Extend Student Loan Moratorium To Aug. 31. moguldom.com The Biden administration plans to again delay the repayment of federal student loans through the end of August 2022, according to an administration official and people familiar with the matter. The current pause on payments was about to expire on May 1, impacting more than 40 million Americans. The new Aug. 31 extension is shorter than …

_____ (2022-04-05). 'Pausing a Crisis Doesn't End It': Biden to Extend Student Loan Payment Freeze Again. commondreams.org "We have to keep pushing. This isn't enough," said the Debt Collective.

Jamal Rich (2022-04-05). D.C. hit by mass student debt protest before payments resume in May. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Monday, April 4 at noon, student debtors and allies from across the United States came to the Department of Education to demand that the Biden administration cancel all federally-held student loan debt. The rally and march was held by the Debt Collective, which is a union for debtors. "Just like workers need to …

_____ (2022-04-05). Appalachia Knows There's a Climate Crisis. Does President Biden? commondreams.org The fracked gas industry is taking advantage of a brutal war to put profit over people. We cannot allow that to happen.

themoscowtimes (2022-04-05). Biden Urges War Crimes Trial After Bucha Killings. themoscowtimes.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blames Russian troops for the killings, but the Kremlin has denied responsibility.

_____ (2022-04-05). Federal Court Rejects Coal Mine Expansion Unlawfully Authorized by Trump. commondreams.org "This is now a huge opportunity for the Biden administration to get it right on coal and climate," said one advocate.

Abdel Bari Atwan (2022-04-05). Imran Khan's six unpardonable sins. thealtworld.com The US will continue to conspire against Pakistan's insubordinate prime minister | By dissolving parliament and calling fresh elections within three months, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan may have foiled Washington's scheme to depose him by getting opposition parties to withdraw confidence from his government. | But this pre-emptive strike does not mean the plot has been thwarted. It could extend to arranging a military coup against him. The army remains the supreme power in Pakistan and has staged four coups since the country was founded, most of them in collusion with the Americans, who retain senior comma…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-05). Racism and misogyny mar Colombia's election race. colombiareports.com Colombia's election observers warned that hate speech targeting the running mate of presidential candidate Gustavo Petro could result in violence. Vice-presidential candidate Francia Marquez said Monday that she had received…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-05). Incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán wins fourth term in Hungary. peoplesdispatch.org In the Hungarian parliamentary elections held on Sunday, April 3, the right-wing Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by incumbent prime minister Viktor Orbán secured a comprehensive victory by winning 53.29% votes and 135 seats in the 199-seat National Assembly. The voter turnout for the polls was reported to be 69.54%. The grand opposition coalition of diverse parties including the conservative Jobbik, center-left Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), the Democratic Coalition (DK), Green Party (LMP), and Momentum managed to win only 56 seats with 34.89% of the votes. Meanwhile, the far-right Our Homeland Movement gained seven…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-04-05). Center-right candidate Rodrigo Chaves wins presidential elections in Costa Rica. peoplesdispatch.org Economist Rodrigo Chaves of the center-right Social Democratic Progress Party won the presidential run-off, defeating businessman José María Figueres of the center-left National Liberation Party with a margin of around 6% of the votes…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-04-05). Colombia could replace national registrar before presidential elections. colombiareports.com Colombia's election chief must be replaced to avoid chaos in the presidential elections, according to a coalition of election observers. The non-governmental Electoral Oversight Alliance (AVE) asked the Supreme Court,…

Staff (2022-04-05). Pakistan's Prime Minister Dissolves Parliament to Prevent His Removal From Power. truthout.org Pakistan is facing a constitutional crisis after Prime Minister Imran Khan dissolved the country's National Assembly and called for new elections in an effort to block an attempt to remove him from power. Khan was facing a no-confidence vote in Parliament that would have unseated him, but his allies blocked the vote from happening. Pakistan's Supreme Court is now hearing a pivotal case on whether it was within the authority of the speaker of the National Assembly to reject the motion for a vote of no confidence, says Pakistani journalist Munizae Jahangir. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy ma…

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Chinese premier congratulates Hungarian PM on winning elections. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Monday sent a message of congratulation to his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban on his Fidesz party's re-winning parliamentary elections.

_____ (2022-04-05). Amazon Workers In Staten Island Clinch A Historic Victory. popularresistance.org It's the magical stuff of Disney movies. But yesterday, the improbable became the most probable when the scrappy band of workers who make up the Amazon Labor Union took the lead in a union election at a warehouse in Staten Island, New York, putting within reach a historic labor win at the corporate behemoth. | Before the vote count most reporters had dismissed the independent union's chances, treating the organizing as a curiosity at best. "I think we have been overlooked," said ALU Treasurer Madeline Wesley Thursday night. "And I think that that ends tomorrow when we are victorious." | The ALU clinched a decisiv…

____ (2022-04-05). Labor-Greens bury Assange's plight ahead of Australian federal election. wsws.org A particularly pernicious role is played by Greens MPs who have criticised Assange's persecution, but are working with Labor to ensure it is buried in the forthcoming election.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). Nomination period of HKSAR chief executive election begins. ecns.cn The nomination period for the chief executive election of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has begun on Sunday and will run through April 16.

_____ (2022-04-05). 120+ Groups Urge Pelosi and Schumer to Embrace Windfall Tax on Big Oil. commondreams.org "The oil and gas industry will reach near all-time records for stock buybacks in 2022," the advocates wrote in a letter to the congressional leaders. "It is time for the profiteering to stop."

_____ (2022-04-05). State Candidates and the 'Trump Ticket'—He Said the Quiet Part Out Loud Again. commondreams.org If his "ticket" wins in November 2022, Trump loyalists will be able to deliver him a victory in 2024, even if he loses the state's popular vote again.

Staff (2022-04-05). Federal Judge's Opinion May Compel DOJ to Bring Criminal Charges Against Trump. truthout.org Donald Trump and his lawyer, former Chapman law school dean John Eastman, launched "a coup in search of a legal theory," U.S. District Court Judge David O. Carter recently wrote in his stunning Carter's opinion provides a road map for Attorney General Merrick Garland's Department of Ju…

Staff (2022-04-05). Former Trump Aide Running for Congress in NH Voted in 2 States in 2016. truthout.org A former Trump administration official who is running for Congress in New Hampshire voted in two different states' Republican primaries in 2016, potentially violating federal law, according to the Matt Mowers, who served as a White House adviser under Trump before landing a senior job at the State Department, voted via an absentee ballot in New Hampshire's pivotal 2016 presidential primary while he was still working as the head of former New Jersey…

____ (2022-04-05). Prime Minister Naftali Bennett puts Israel on a war footing against the Palestinians. wsws.org Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi said the IDF must be prepared for "Guardian of the Walls 2," a reference to last May when Israel launched a murderous 11-day assault on Gaza.

Staff (2022-04-05). Bernie Sanders Hails Growing Union Movement as an Antidote to Oligarchy. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered a floor speech on Monday hailing the growing wave of union victories across the United States, including high-profile wins by "While the billionaire class is becoming much, much richer, real weekly wag…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-04-05). More than dozen killed in eastern Congo armed attack. en.mehrnews.com At least a dozen civilians were killed in an armed attack on a village in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the country's army and a survivor said Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-04-05). DPRK warns of severe retaliation if South Korea attacks Pyongyang. ecns.cn A senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has warned South Korea of "total destruction and ruin" if it "adopts military confrontation" against Pyongyang, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Tuesday.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-04-05). Georgia Governor Candidate Stacey Abrams Is Now Worth $3M From Book And Speaking Fees. moguldom.com Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is now a millionaire three times over. The voting rights activist and Spelman College graduate, who launched her second campaign for governor of the peach state in 2021, has reportedly overcome financial hurdles which plagued her when she ran in 2018 against current Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp. Abrams is now …

_____ (2022-04-05). Reproductive Rights Advocates Brace for Oklahoma's Near-Total Abortion Ban. commondreams.org Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt is expected to sign a bill that would punish abortion providers with 10 years in prison or a $100,000 fine.

Ann Brown (2022-04-05). Labor King Chris Smalls Takes On AOC After Legendary Amazon Victory: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com The Amazon Labor Union movement spearheaded by fired New York City Amazon worker Chris Smalls had a legendary victory on April 2 when employees at the Staten Island warehouse voted to join the upstart labor union. The move marked the union's first entry into the e-commerce giant's U.S. operations. But it was a victory void …

_____ (2022-04-05). AOC Gets Official to Admit USPS Leaders Don't Care About Sending Truck Work to Anti-Union State. commondreams.org "Under Louis DeJoy's leadership, USPS is awarding multibillion-dollar contracts to defense contractors that are de-unionizing domestic vehicle production," said the congresswoman. "He needs to go."

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