ecns.cn (2023-01-04). Senior Chinese official stresses orderly transition to Class-B management of COVID-19. ecns.cn A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) called for effectively coordinating the epidemic response with economic and social development in an orderly transition to Class-B management of COVID-19.

Juan Cole (2023-01-04). The Republican Sleight-of-Hand: McCarthy Failed on his first Try because He is George Santos. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The Republican Party failed to elect a Speaker of the House on Tuesday. The ostensible reason is that 20 of the fascist so-called "Freedom Caucus" representatives voted against him. Six voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), the biggest liar in politics since Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise …

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-01-03). Video: Is the Chinese Communist Party a Threat? Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-03). House GOP Wants to Eliminate the Congressional Workers Union. truthout.org Labor organizers on Capitol Hill were undeterred Monday despite U.S. House Republicans' plans to try to undo progress made last year after Democrats passed a resolution enabling congressional staffers to form unions. In preparation for taking narrow control of the lower chamber on Tuesday, the GOP on Sunday unveiled its rules package, which states the party's intention to "eliminate Democrats'… |

Saheli Chowdhury (2023-01-03). Haiti: Political Parties Reject 'National Consensus,' a Political Ploy of De Facto PM Ariel Henry. orinocotribune.com Caracas, January 2, 2023 ( The leader of the Movement for Political and Cultural Independence Party (MEKSEPA)…

_____ (2023-01-03). Haiti: Political Parties Reject 'National Consensus'. popularresistance.org On Thursday, December 29, several political parties of Haiti condemned de facto Prime Minister Ariel Henry's "National Consensus" that unilaterally promotes constitutional reform and asks for "help from the international community" to combat insecurity in the country. According to the protesting parties, Henry has been trying to illegally remain in power since the assassination of the former president, Jovenel MoàØse, in July 2021. | The leader of the Movement for Political and Cultural Independence Party (MEKSEPA), Vilaire Cluny Duroseau, said that the Consensus is a "macabre" attempt of the Core Group to…

WSWS (2023-01-03). Sri Lankan president holds "national reconciliation" conference. wsws.org Wickremesinghe's all party conference is another attempt to enlist the support of the opposition parties amid growing popular anger against his government's vicious austerity program.

Chris Walker (2023-01-03). McCarthy Fails to Win First Two Ballots for Speaker of the House. truthout.org Republicans have officially taken control of the U.S. House of Representatives following their narrow victory in the 2022 midterm elections — but who will lead the party is still in question, as GOP leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) failed to garner the votes necessary to become Speaker of the House on Tuesday. Instead, in the first round of voting, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-New York)… |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-03). The unanswered question: Who paid for Trump's Jan. 6 insurrection? peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Who paid for the Trumpite insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021? The House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Trump-engineered coup at the Capitol was officially disbanded today as the Republican Party took control of the House. In all the voluminous evidence released by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 invasion, insurrection, …

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-03). House GOP Plans to Gut Ethics Commission, Block Archival of January 6 Records. truthout.org House Republicans are planning to overhaul a number of rules as they take over the majority in the chamber, seeking to replace them with new guidelines that government watchdogs are warning are a blatant effort to avoid accountability for the January 6 Capitol attack and a show of the GOP's willingness to change the rules to benefit the party. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California)… |

Raphael Tsavkko Garcia (2023-01-03). Lula Assumes Presidency in Brazil as Bolsonaro Hides in Florida, Supporters Grow More Violent (OPINION). latinorebels.com Against the backdrop of increasingly violent protests by supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, who has fled to Florida in hopes of escaping prosecution in Brazil, Sunday saw the formerly jailed Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party resume the presidency.