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Editor's Choice: Scroll below for our monthly blend of mainstream and alternative news and view in January, 2022Note: Excerpts are from the authors' words except for subheads and occasional "Editor's notes" such as this.
Jan. 24
Top Headlines
- New York Times, Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics
- Washington Post, NATO sends more ships, fighter jets to Eastern Europe as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border
- Washington Post, Israeli soldiers blindfolded, gagged Palestinian American later found dead, according to leaked report
Attacks On U.S. Democracy
- Salon, Commentary: Insurrection by other means: The far right is using anti-vaxx sentiment to radicalize Republicans, Amanda Marcotte
- Wayne Madsen Report, Investigative Commentary: United States is a "flawed democracy" heading for "hybrid regime" status
- The New Republic, Opinion: The Case for Impeaching Clarence Thomas, Michael Tomasky
Pro-Trump Coup Attempt, Election Rights, Probes
- Palmer Report, Opinion: Donald Trump’s world is a ticking time bomb and it’s about to go off, Bill Palmer
- Washington Post, How Trump’s flirtation with an anti-insurrection law inspired Jan. 6 attack
- Washington Post, Jan. 6 committee has spoken with former Trump attorney general Barr, chairman says
Palmer Report, Opinion: It’s over for Rudy Giuliani, Bill Palmer- Washington Post, Opinion: Giving up on voting rights now would be unconscionable, E.J. Dionne Jr.
Virus Victims, Responses
- Washington Post, A vaccine scientist’s discredited claims have bolstered a movement of misinformation
- Washington Post, Hospitals are asking workers with covid to return — even if they may be infectious
Washington Post, Anti-vaccine activists march in D.C. — a city that mandates covid vaccines- Worldometer, World & U.S. Coronavirus Case Totals: U.S. Deaths: 888,623
- Washington Post, 210 milliion in U.S. fully vaccinated
U.S. Education
- New York Times, Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Affirmative Action at Harvard and U.N.C.
Washington Post, 7 Virginia school boards sue to stop Youngkin’s order banning mask mandates- Washington Post, Youngkin’s mask-optional order divides Virginia schools and parents, threatening chaos
- Washington Post, Va.’s new attorney general fires U-Va. counsel who was on leave working as investigator for Jan. 6 panel
Investigations
World News, Human Rights, Disasters
- Washington Post, U.S. threatens use of novel export control against Russia
- Washington Post, U.S. orders diplomats’ families to leave embassy in Ukraine amid ‘threat of Russian military action’
- New York Times, Britain Says Moscow Is Plotting to Install a Pro-Russian Leader in Ukraine
- San Diego Union, Second journalist in a week killed in Tijuana
- Washington Post, WikiLeaks’ Assange can appeal decision to extradite him to U.S., Britain’s Supreme Court says
New York Times, How Xi Jinping Is Staging the Olympics on His Terms- Washington Post, Tennis Australia defends banning ‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ messages at Australian Open
- Washington Post, U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces battles to regain control of prison for Islamic State suspects
U.S. Law, History, Crime
- Washington Post, Opinion: Handling of the Texas abortion case is an embarrassment for the federal judiciary, Ruth Marcus
- Washington Post, Opinion: The officers who didn’t stop Chauvin are on trial. Their prosecution may matter even more than his did
- New York Times, Cruise Has Surprise Ending After Judge Orders Ship Seized Over Debts
U.S. Elections, Governance, Economy
- Washington Post, Inflation is wiping out pay increases for most Americans
- Washington Post, Dramatic sell-off in bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies outpaces stocks’ decrease
- Washington Post, Low-wage workers prop up the nursing home industry. They’re quitting in droves
- Washington Post, Va. lieutenant governor makes her mark in Richmond during tumultuous first week
U.S. Media, Sports, Education News
- Washington Post, Opinion: If local journalism survives, give Evan Smith some credit for it, Margaret Sullivan
Top Stories
New York Times, Biden Weighs Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe and Baltics, Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt, Jan. 23, 2022. President Biden is also considering deploying warships and aircraft to NATO allies, in what would be a major shift from his restrained stance on Ukraine.Mr. Biden is expected to make a decision as early as this week. He is weighing the buildup as Russia has escalated its menacing posture against Ukraine.
Washington Post, NATO sends more ships, fighter jets to Eastern Europe as Russia masses troops on Ukraine border, Robyn Dixon and David L. Stern, Jan. 24, 2022. NATO said Monday it would send additional ships and fighter jets to Eastern Europe as Britain ordered some diplomats and their families to leave Ukraine, amid growing alarm that Russia may invade as it masses tens of thousands of troops near the border.The moves came after the United States on Sunday ordered families of diplomats to leave Kyiv and authorized nonessential diplomatic staff to leave. The State Department also cautioned American citizens to consider leaving Ukraine, with U.S. officials warning that an attack could happen “at any time.”
NATO said Monday its members are “putting forces on standby and sending additional ships and fighter jets to NATO deployments in eastern Europe, reinforcing Allied deterrence and defence as Russia continues its military build-up in and around Ukraine.”
Washington Post, Israeli soldiers blindfolded, gagged Palestinian American later found dead, according to leaked report, Steve Hendrix, Jan. 24, 2022 (print ed.). Details of an army investigation obtained by Israeli media indicate troops didn’t seek aid for the unresponsive detainee, but none are likely to be prosecuted.A leaked summary of an Israeli investigation into the death of a Palestinian American in the West Bank after Israeli troops detained him this month suggested that no soldiers were likely to be prosecuted despite investigators confirming that the man was dragged from his car, blindfolded and handcuffed and then fell silent while being held at a construction site.
The leaks, reported Sunday by Ynet, the online service of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, included findings that the soldiers never sought medical aid for the man, 78-year-old Omar Assad, even though a military medic was at hand. Five soldiers, including a company commander and a platoon commander, told investigators that they thought Assad had simply fallen asleep and that he had demonstrated no signs of being ill. The investigation is being conducted by the Israel Defense Forces.“We did not identify any signs of distress on him: a cry for help or, for example, the gripping of his hand to his chest,” the soldiers said, according to the report. They also confirmed that Assad was gagged and had his hands tied at the time, the report said.
But two witnesses who were detained at the same time have told The Washington Post that Assad was unconscious and not breathing when the soldiers left them in the courtyard of an under-construction house.
One of the detainees, Mraweh Abdulrahman, said he saw one soldier seem to squat on Assad and check his condition before consulting with other troops. One of the soldiers then cut loose one of the plastic ties on Assad’s wrists before all the troops departed.
Assad, a former Milwaukee grocery store owner, suffered from a coronary condition. He died of an apparent heart attack, according to Islam Abu Zaher, a physician who tried to resuscitate him at the scene almost immediately after the soldiers left. Assad’s face was blue when Zaher arrived, the doctor said, suggesting that he had been without oxygen for 15 to 20 minutes.
Attacks On U.S. Democracy
Demonstrators protesting mask and Covid-19 vaccination mandates participated in a "Defeat the Mandates" march on Sunday, Jan. 23 in Washington, DC (Photo by Stefani Reynolds via AFP and Getty Images).
Salon, Commentary: Insurrection by other means: The far right is using anti-vaxx sentiment to radicalize Republicans, Amanda Marcotte, Jan. 24, 2022.
The weekend's anti-vaccine rally in D.C. was heavy on violence-inspiring rhetoric and fascist recruitment.The "Defeat the Mandates" rally on Sunday in Washington D.C. was not exactly the blockbuster event, size-wise, organizers had hoped to turn out. The event's planners had predicted 20,000 people, but more reasonable estimates suggested it was fewer than half that who actually showed. But despite the paltry turnout, the event was deeply troubling to experts who monitor the far-right.
The tone and tenor of the occasion were so hyperbolic and self-aggrandizing, creating exactly the sort of conditions that will further radicalize ordinary Republicans and stoke more right-wing violence.Disgustingly, one of the main speakers was Robert F. Kennedy Jr., right, the son of the Democratic scion who was assassinated in 1968. Kennedy has spent the past few years becoming an increasingly unhinged anti-vaccine activist — but his presence on Sunday was even more alarming considering the role that the Kennedy family plays in the imaginations of the QAnon cult.
Many QAnoners believe that JFK and JFK Jr. — Kennedy's deceased uncle and first cousin, respectively — are still alive and secretly supporting Donald Trump. Simply by showing up, Kennedy validated ...
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