Their goal really is to consolidate national media as well as what’s left of local broadcast “news” under the ownership of one right wing company. These companies get to dominate local and national media, and Republicans get to leverage that power to spread party propaganda and censor critics. It’s quite the unholy symbiosis.

Archive article: https://archive.is/ThCGt

The documentary in the article: https://youtu.be/RP8Oxe6OxJc

artist's bluesky source

Cabello’s statements claim that Lopez Bati is not merely a drug trafficker but an operative for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Venezuelan officials claim this drug trafficker was plotting a false flag operation to implicate Venezuela in the drug trade, potentially justifying further U.S. intervention or condemnation.

The capture of Lopez Bati was part of a larger operation that saw Venezuelan authorities seizing a staggering 3,680 kilograms of cocaine.

https://archive.is/lFhVW

Panic in Gaza City as Israel advances on centre, ‘sandwiching’ population | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/18/panic-in-gaza-city-as-israel-advances-on-centre-sandwiching-population

"People run for lives from air strikes and explosive-laden ‘robots’, as lifelines collapse in Gaza’s biggest urban centre."

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

Authors:

Chris Arsenault
Chair of the Master of Media in Journalism and Communication Program (MMJC) and assistant professor of journalism, Western University

Philippe Le Billon
Professor, Geography Department and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

Raphael Deberdt
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mining Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines

Excerpt:

As climate change intensifies, companies and countries are attempting to build new low-carbon supply chains. From electric vehicles to solar panels and wind turbines, these technologies require vast amounts of critical minerals.

These are commodities such as cobalt, lithium and nickel, and also include a smaller set of 17 rare earth elements like dysprosium, neodymium, praseodymium and terbium.

Canada’s federal government, and provincial officials in Ontario, have pledged some of the biggest public subsidies to private companies in a generation — more than $43 billion — to create this new supply chain.

Plans for new mines in Northern Ontario’s “Ring of Fire” to extract critical minerals parallel billions in production subsidies to EV producers and related manufacturers in the province’s southern manufacturing heartland.

The idea is to supply southern factories with northern minerals. Instead of only exporting unrefined primary commodities like oil, copper or lumber, Canadian industry would also export high-value, renewable technology-related products.

In addition to promises around jobs, innovative industries and fighting climate change, politicians, business executives and military analysts frame the country’s critical minerals strategy around countering China’s dominance.

However, our new study identified several challenges to subsidizing supply chain integration in Canada.

Based on 20 interviews with government officials and industry leaders in Ontario’s critical minerals sector, and a review of existing literature, we identified challenges including: opposition to new mining and infrastructure projects, particularly from some Indigenous communities; some policymakers lacking understanding of the complexity of supply chains; slowing global EV demand and regional trade barriers at a time of uncertainty for the sector.