Today's Exclusive News from MintPress: Wednesday, January 30th
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Newsguard Turns to EU to Push Controversial Ratings System on Tech Companies, Smears MintPress as “Secretly Supported” by Russia
Newsguard co-CEO Steven Brill in Brussels on Tuesday claimed that news sites that have recently criticized Newsguard’s motives — MintPress among them — are “secretly supported” by the Russian government, a claim for which he provided no evidence.
Whitney Webb
US Rep. Calls Police on Supporters of Congresswoman Trying to Organize Delegation to West Bank
“Instead of her [Rep. Tlaib] talking about things, she’s new here, she ought to listen and learn and open her mind and then come to some conclusions.” — Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Alexander Rubinstein
“It Can’t Be Fixed:” Senior ICC Judge Quits in Protest of US, Turkish Meddling
ICC Judge Flügge said he realized that the “diplomatic world” did not value the independent judiciary that was the ICC.