Exclusive: ADL pushed BMG to drop Roger Waters by threatening to weaponize company’s Nazi past - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
The Grayzone has obtained a private letter authored by ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt threatening to weaponize the Nazi past of the BMG music company unless executives terminated a major deal with Roger Waters. BMG has publicly denied Israel lobby influence on its decision to nix Waters’ contract.
Brazil fires back at ‘outrageous’ Israeli response to Lula comments (thecradle.co)
Israeli officials have accused Brazil’s president of antisemitism following his comparison of Israeli violence to that of the Nazis...
Speaker Mike Johnson faces critical decision on Ukraine aid as international pressure grows to act (www.cnn.com)
Speaker Mike Johnson is facing international criticism over his lack of swift action on Ukraine aid, which is ratcheting up pressure to make a critical decision that will not only have massive implications for his rookie speakership but also for Ukraine’s ongoing war effort against Russia....
Russia-Ukraine latest: X suspends Navalny wife's account - as Moscow puts brother on wanted list (news.sky.com)
The widow of Alexei Navalny, Yulia Navalnaya, has had her X account suspended. Meanwhile, his brother has been put on Moscow wanted list's. Listen to a Daily podcast special on Russian opposition in the wake of Navalny's death as you scroll.
Ex-FBI informant charged with lying about Bidens had Russian intelligence contacts, prosecutors say (apnews.com)
A former FBI informant charged with making up a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden, his son Hunter and a Ukrainian energy company had contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials, prosecutors said in a court paper Tuesday....
At least 60% of US population may face ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water, tests suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Federal tests of one-third of water systems find 70 million Americans exposed to PFAS – suggesting 200 million affected overall...
How far can cities go to clear homeless camps? The U.S. Supreme Court will decide (wamu.org)
In April, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a major case that could reshape how cities manage homelessness. The legal issue is whether they can fine or arrest people for sleeping outside if there’s no shelter available. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has deemed this cruel and unusual punishment, and this case is a...
US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of toxic sewage creating a 'public health crisis' (abcnews.go.com)
The U.S.-Mexico border region faces a public health crisis as billions of gallons of contaminated sewage flow from Mexico into San Diego, California, according to a newly released report....
Meet the Delaware judge who keeps foiling Elon Musk | Washington Post (www.yahoo.com)
Kathaleen McCormick’s no-nonsense rulings have earned the Tesla chief’s ire -— and the corporate law world’s respect...
Turkey detains six people accused of spying on Uyghurs for China | Semafor (www.semafor.com)
Belarusian journalist dies in prison after criticizing Lukashenko - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
Russia Arrests U.S. Citizen, Accusing Her of Treason by Aiding Ukraine (www.nytimes.com)
Russia’s main security agency said on Tuesday that it had arrested a dual citizen of Russia and the United States on accusations of committing state treason by raising funds for Ukraine....
Nigerians protest over high cost of living | Africanews (www.africanews.com)
Russia arrests woman with dual US-Russian citizenship for 'treason' (www.france24.com)
Beijing criticizes proposed US sanctions — RT World News (www.rt.com)
”China has the right to conduct normal cooperation with countries around the world. We have always opposed unilateral sanctions and ‘long-arm jurisdiction’ that have no basis in international law and are not authorized by the UN Security Council,” Chinese FM spokeswoman Mao Ning said in response to Washington’s...
Opposition seeks to impeach Lula over ‘hostile’ Holocaust analogy - International Monitor (intlmonitor.com)
Yemen’s Houthis claim attacks on Israeli, US ships | AlJazeera (www.aljazeera.com)
X briefly suspends account of Alexei Navalny's widow (www.bbc.com)
Capital One to acquire Discover Financial Services in $35.3 billion all-stock deal (www.cnbc.com)
Capital One to buy Discover for $35 billion in deal that combines major US credit card companies - ABC News (abcnews.go.com)
Indian courts can't prosecute non-Indian drug suspects. Tribes say it's a problem (wamu.org)
As fentanyl addiction and overdose deaths ravage Native American communities, some tribal leaders want Indian law enforcement to take drug enforcement more into their own hands....
A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims? (www.theguardian.com)
Two years after an attacker shot five volunteers before a Black Lives Matter march in Portland, Oregon, killing a 60-year-old woman and leaving one of her young friends paralyzed, a new visual investigation of the attack reveals that the assailant tried to provoke a stand-your-ground situation, daring three women to fight him,...