Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-26: News Headlines

Boston Mayday Committee (2023-01-26). Tuesday 1/31: Report from Peru – Sharpening Class Conflict and Protests. indybay.org Please join the Zoom discussion: l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F85907977991%3Fpwd%3DYnBPbFFwcStueEJtcEFUVnN6ais0UT09%26fbclid%3DIwAR2uJX2vNNlWe13tkobglKxMHcSvyhU9QDUM78n-dCv5WCqD56DaiJE7loQ&h=AT3ACYdvz8EDQnqM6bthyOyjvjqTbeFdPOcJYSiR9LlM_g3n0LmT74_zRdyy9ltAXfpTcBNL-h72kj1L_fKwdGC2YX27zwu91VycpgoH5r2l9-UVe_NngFM-uPu0AIAhXA&__tn__=q&c%5B0%5D=AT0hDGkm2cOlq3lUL61d_H_ZysrOlcRg7vmnDX9xoMGoTMnlvpubiZyg–r3GQJ3ZuW_OzkFUIy94U_t7yLbGH6wlSIZMqBxK_gffTP5XAU8It4StbfI2vqe2Qq0YcKycOkA7p6DqZovmN1nYwFGHw1Bz5fpx0CyAcwYsPc_ttOuQZ_a2MdX

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-01-25). 7 Reasons to Reduce Your Social Media Consumption in 2023: Health, Wealth, and Self. moguldom.com Social media consumption is at an all-time high. According to recent data from Smart Insights, 59 percent of the world's population uses social networking. The number of users grew from 4.2 billion in January 2021 to 4.74 billion in Oct. 2022. The Pew Research Center found the number of social media users increases to 72 percent when isolated to …

americanthinker (2023-01-25). The Aretha prank tweet is what happens when the world goes off the rails. americanthinker.com In our increasingly insane world, it's not always easy to distinguish parody from reality.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-25). Congressman Hawley Introduces Pelosi Act Bill: US Congress And Spouses Shouldn't Use Their Insider Status To Get Rich In Stock Market. moguldom.com Members of Congress and their spouses shouldn't be using their position to get rich on the stock market, according to Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri. On Tuesday Jan. 25, Hawley tweeted that he is introducing legislation to ban stock trading and stock ownership by members of Congress. He's calling it the Pelosi Act. Members …

Zack Linly (2023-01-25). Waymond 'Chef Way' Wesley Resigns As Texas Prosecutor After Disparaging Black Women In Hateful Tweets. newsone.com

scorinoco (2023-01-25). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves Law for Financial Transparency of NGOs in First Discussion. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, January 24, Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy Diosdado Cabello presented the Bill for the Oversight, Updating and Financing of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Related Organizations before the plenary. The bill was approved in the first discussion by a clear majority. | Cabello highlighted that this law will allow for oversight and regulation of the financing and performance of NGOs. "This will help us to bring order to a sector where there is definitely no order," he said. | pic.twitter.com/Elcmp1FkIG | — PSUV (@PartidoPSUV) Staff (2023-01-25). Presidentes de Cuba y Argentina se reúnen en Buenos Aires. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, de visita oficial en Argentina, se reunió hoy con su homólogo de ese país, Alberto Fernández. A través de Twitter, la Presidencia cubana informa que el jefe de Estado argentino recibió a Díaz-Canel en la sede de la Cancillería, el Palacio San Martín, en la jornada siguiente a la celebración de la VII Cumbre de la Celac.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-25). Microsoft Dumped 10,000 Employees And Is Investing $10 Billion In Artificial Intelligence Bot ChatGPT. moguldom.com Microsoft, which said it plans to lay off 10,000 workers and reported a 12 percent drop in profits for the fourth quarter, has made an estimated $10 billion investment in OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Chat GPT is a viral artificial intelligence app that has excited casual users and AI experts since its latest software …

NewsOne Staff (2023-01-25). Video Of Bethune-Cookman Football Players Sharing Helmets Spotlights Ed Reed's Concerns About Resources. newsone.com Source: Icon Sportswire / Getty | A video of Bethune-Cookman University football players sharing a helmet during a game has gone viral after former NFL star Ed Reed's contract to become the head football coach MORE: #bringcoachreedback

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2023-01-25: News Headlines

_____ (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…

Chris Walker (2023-01-24). Florida Teachers Cover Books in Classrooms Over Fear of Anti-"WOKE" Laws. truthout.org Several teachers in a school district in Florida are putting covers over books in their classroom libraries due to a vague but far-reaching law that restricts what kind of content they can share with students. Several social media posts from teachers in the Manatee County School District show coverings over classroom libraries, accompanied by commentaries from the educators themselves expressing… |

Chris Walker (2023-01-24). Trump Plans to Ditch His Own Social Media Site Upon Returning to Twitter — Report. truthout.org Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning a big return to Twitter, one of the several sites that kicked him off their platforms in the wake of the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Trump cannot tweet again without following some rules set up by his company, however. Within his contract with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) — the parent company of Truth Social, the site he helped… |

WSWS (2023-01-24). Biotechnology professor Greg Foley dies after bravely documenting impact of his COVID infection. wsws.org The January 12 series of 10 tweets went viral, viewed over 1.4 million times.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-24). NATO unity: Poland pressures Germany to send tanks to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJanuary 24, 2023 Poland requests German permission to send tanks to Ukraine: deputy PM A Polish deputy prime minister has said that Germany has received an official request from Poland to re-export Leopard 2 tanks to war-torn Ukraine. Mariusz B≈Çaszczak made the announcement on Twitter on Tuesday…. The deputy prime minister, who is also …

_____ (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…

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