“Blinken Slams Door on Australian Bid for Assange” — by Joe Lauria

Left to Right: Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Saturday in Brisbane. (Richard Marles and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) The U.S. secretary of state confirmed Australia has lobbied the U.S. to end the WikiLeakspublisher’s prosecution, but said unequivocally that it would continue, reports Joe Lauria.
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“How Ron Desantis Puts Israel First and Assaults the Speech Rights of American Citizens” — by Alexander Rubinstein

While posing as a defender of free speech, Florida’s Ron DeSantis has played point man on the Israel lobby’s crusade to criminalize American citizens for their exercising their constitutionally-protected right to boycott Israel.
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“Ukraine’s Baby Factories Rake in Record Profits Amid Chaos of War” — by Jeremy Loffredo

While average Ukrainians suffer amid NATO’s proxy war against Russia, business is booming for the surrogate baby industry, which requires a steady supply of healthy but financially desperate women to lease their wombs to affluent foreigners.
Surrogates “have to be from poorer places than our clients,” explained the medical director of Kiev’s largest “baby factory.”
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“Railroad Whistleblower Says Union Pacific Fired Him After Posting TikTok Videos” — by Kevin Gosztola

Michael Paul Lindsey, whistleblower and locomotive engineer who Union Pacific fired (LinkedIn)
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“What is BRICS Bloc and How Does It Stack Up Against G7 Goliath?” — by Ilya Tsukanov

BRICS leaders are gearing up for their much-anticipated South Africa summit. Since the bloc’s creation at a forum in St. Petersburg in 2006, BRICS has come to represent the aspirations of the developing world to challenge the economic hegemony of the collective West. How does it plan to achieve this goal? Check out Sputnik’s explainer to find out.
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“The US’s Reckless Arming of Taiwan” — by John V. Walsh

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen reviews a Marine Corps battalion in Kaohsiung in July 2020. (Taiwan presidency, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0). As Washington follows the neocon Wolfowitz Doctrine in East Asia, John V. Walsh says U.S. provocation must stop. Biden should instead take up China’s offer of peaceful coexistence.
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“DC Uniparty Kills House Resolutions to End US Emergency Powers in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Yemen” — by Alexander Rubinstein

In a massive show of support for limitless executive power, Congress rejected legislation that would have terminated national emergency powers allowing Washington to wage war across the Middle East – and to test biological weapons on US citizens.
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“Leaked Files Suggest Hidden British Hand in Latest Kerch Bridge Strike” — by Kit Klarenberg

The Grayzone has exposed British intelligence freelancers for collaborating with Ukraine’s Security Service to destroy Kerch Bridge. Leaked documents suggest they played a role in the latest attack on the bridge, and may be helping Kiev hunt down accused collaborators.
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