Common Dreams:
"A group of corporate Democrats led by Rep. Jared Golden of Maine sent a letter Wednesday defending the out-of-control U.S. military budget and expressing concerns about looming attempts by House Republicans to cut it, even as several GOP lawmakers insisted the Pentagon would be safe from their coming austerity spree.
In their letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Golden, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), and other members of the right-wing Blue Dog Coalition celebrated the bipartisan vote last month to add $45 billion to the latest military budget proposed by President Joe Biden, claiming the extra money is necessary for 'the procurement of additional naval ships at a time in which China has developed the world's largest navy' and for 'strengthening the defense industrial base.' ...
The White House, too, weighed in on the side of maintaining the current military budget this week, calling any push for cuts 'senseless and out of line with our national security needs.'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-democrats-pentagon-budget
-->Corporate Democrats, as well as our corporate president, are defending the obscenely large military budget. The very budget that means so much less money spent on education, housing, and other social programs. With Democrats like that, who needs the wacko Republicans? Too bad the NYT didn't think this story worth reporting. The sickness of empire has infiltrated both of our major parties, as well as our news media.
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Geopolitical Economy:
"A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua’s Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central American nation’s economy.
But studies show that the Sandinista Front is very popular among the Nicaraguan people, who enjoy a high quality of life compared to their neighbors. ... Despite the fact that numerous polls like these show that Nicaraguans feel very safe, the US State Department has since 2018 issued an annual travel advisory, discouraging tourists to visit the country. ...
Washington claims the Central American nation is dangerous, suffers from supposed 'arbitrary enforcement of laws', and has 'limited healthcare ability'. [But] Nicaragua’s Sandinista government created a system of free universal healthcare for everyone. The United States, on the other hand, has one of the most expensive and inefficient healthcare systems on Earth, and medical expenses are the cause of two-thirds of US household bankruptcies."
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/09/nicaragua-country-citizens-feel-peace/
-->In the "land of the free" we can't really read about the strengths of Nicaragua. Our government has been trying to overthrow the Sandinista Revolution for the last 40 years. As a result, you just won't find stories like this in our Pentagon controlled press.
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Common Dreams:
"The fascist attack on Brazil's main government complex was 'directly aided' by major social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, the global watchdog group SumOfUs said Monday as the country's authorities continued their cleanup efforts, investigation, and arrests of suspects involved in the anti-democratic assault.
The insurrection, carried out by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, 'can come as no surprise to social media executives, who were warned time and again that their platforms, tools, and algorithms were directly aiding a violent uprising in Brazil,' said Flora Rebello Arduini, campaign director at SumOfUs, a nonprofit that has been monitoring the proliferation of election lies on social media in the South American country.
Referencing the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was also abetted by social media giants, Arduini added that 'we've now seen this happen in two of the world's major democracies—if governments fail to respond, more will inevitably pay the price.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-media-brazil-attack
-->I see this story in our leftist media, but not in the NYT. I think that major corporations are just making too much money promoting fascist attacks for the NYT to risk reporting on them. In a front page story on Monday, Jan 16, the NYT covers every aspect of the riots in Brazil. Every aspect except for the role of Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram.
"A group of corporate Democrats led by Rep. Jared Golden of Maine sent a letter Wednesday defending the out-of-control U.S. military budget and expressing concerns about looming attempts by House Republicans to cut it, even as several GOP lawmakers insisted the Pentagon would be safe from their coming austerity spree.
In their letter to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), Golden, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), and other members of the right-wing Blue Dog Coalition celebrated the bipartisan vote last month to add $45 billion to the latest military budget proposed by President Joe Biden, claiming the extra money is necessary for 'the procurement of additional naval ships at a time in which China has developed the world's largest navy' and for 'strengthening the defense industrial base.' ...
The White House, too, weighed in on the side of maintaining the current military budget this week, calling any push for cuts 'senseless and out of line with our national security needs.'
https://www.commondreams.org/news/corporate-democrats-pentagon-budget
-->Corporate Democrats, as well as our corporate president, are defending the obscenely large military budget. The very budget that means so much less money spent on education, housing, and other social programs. With Democrats like that, who needs the wacko Republicans? Too bad the NYT didn't think this story worth reporting. The sickness of empire has infiltrated both of our major parties, as well as our news media.
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Geopolitical Economy:
"A poll found that Nicaragua is the top country in the world where citizens feel at peace. The United States and Western media outlets have long demonized Nicaragua’s Sandinista government and its President Daniel Ortega, sponsoring violent coup attempts against him and imposing illegal unilateral sanctions aimed at hurting the Central American nation’s economy.
But studies show that the Sandinista Front is very popular among the Nicaraguan people, who enjoy a high quality of life compared to their neighbors. ... Despite the fact that numerous polls like these show that Nicaraguans feel very safe, the US State Department has since 2018 issued an annual travel advisory, discouraging tourists to visit the country. ...
Washington claims the Central American nation is dangerous, suffers from supposed 'arbitrary enforcement of laws', and has 'limited healthcare ability'. [But] Nicaragua’s Sandinista government created a system of free universal healthcare for everyone. The United States, on the other hand, has one of the most expensive and inefficient healthcare systems on Earth, and medical expenses are the cause of two-thirds of US household bankruptcies."
https://geopoliticaleconomy.com/2023/01/09/nicaragua-country-citizens-feel-peace/
-->In the "land of the free" we can't really read about the strengths of Nicaragua. Our government has been trying to overthrow the Sandinista Revolution for the last 40 years. As a result, you just won't find stories like this in our Pentagon controlled press.
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Common Dreams:
"The fascist attack on Brazil's main government complex was 'directly aided' by major social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram, the global watchdog group SumOfUs said Monday as the country's authorities continued their cleanup efforts, investigation, and arrests of suspects involved in the anti-democratic assault.
The insurrection, carried out by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, 'can come as no surprise to social media executives, who were warned time and again that their platforms, tools, and algorithms were directly aiding a violent uprising in Brazil,' said Flora Rebello Arduini, campaign director at SumOfUs, a nonprofit that has been monitoring the proliferation of election lies on social media in the South American country.
Referencing the January 6, 2021 assault on the U.S. Capitol, which was also abetted by social media giants, Arduini added that 'we've now seen this happen in two of the world's major democracies—if governments fail to respond, more will inevitably pay the price.' "
https://www.commondreams.org/news/social-media-brazil-attack
-->I see this story in our leftist media, but not in the NYT. I think that major corporations are just making too much money promoting fascist attacks for the NYT to risk reporting on them. In a front page story on Monday, Jan 16, the NYT covers every aspect of the riots in Brazil. Every aspect except for the role of Facebook, TikTok, and Telegram.
