1. Special Counsel's 137-page report: the man set to be inaugurated as US president in five days is manifestly guilty of the gravest assault on the US Constitution and American democracy since the Civil War

2. Biden boasts that America's adversaries and competitors are weaker after his presidency

3. Donald Trump's plans to eliminate birthright citizenship would produce harrowing scenes without historical precedent

4. The scope of the destruction of fires in the Los Angeles, California area has surpassed any natural disaster in recent US history, including Hurricane Katrina

5. Pseudo-left Labor Notes and the Democratic Socialists of America support a betrayal, which will pave the way to huge job losses, of East and Gulf Coast dockworkers by the International Longshoremen’s Association

6. At his Senate confirmation hearings, Democrats avoid labeling Trump's fascist secretary of defense nominee, Pete Hegseth, a “fascist”

6. The World Socialist Web Site and the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees call on Daimler Truck Detroit Axle workers to vote for a strike today

7. An unprecedented act of defiance: 220 staff specialist psychiatrists in New South Wales, Australian public hospitals tender their resignations

8. As part of efforts to integrate the Southeast Asian nations into Tokyo’s preparations for a catastrophic US-led war against China, Indonesia and Japan pledge to deepen their defense and economic relations

9. Experts warn that the unfolding destruction of the LA fires could be replicated in Australia

10. “Sorry your loved one died, best we can do is a hot meal” was the holiday greeting Impact Plastics’ management chose to send last month to the families of the workers who perished in the catastrophic flooding at their plant during Hurricane Helene

11. Having already experienced the highest confirmed death rate and excess mortality rate from COVID-19 in the world, Peru and Bolivia are now dealing with a new surge of the disease

12. The outgoing Biden administration announces tiered regulations aimed at trying to control the global development and use of advanced computer chips employed in the development of artificial intelligence (AI)

13. Ahead of German federal elections, political alliance leader Sahra Wagenknecht promotes reaction, national chauvinism, and independence from the United States

14. An excellent British dramatic series, Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light, takes a serious look at the Protestant Reformation and the historical figure, Thomas Cromwell

15. Almost 400 police departments in New Jersey paid more than $1 million to Street Cop Training, a private police-training company that promoted  "dangerous, improper and likely illegal policing tactics”

16. The African National Congress (ANC) government of South Africa is responsible for the deaths of over 100 miners who were deliberately starved to death; more miners remain underground

17. With the imminent inauguration of Donald Trump as US President, Sir Keir Starmer's Labour government in Britain is being pressured to spend more on its military and NATO

18. To reduce government borrowing costs, the UK Labour government promise to implement only the most minor tax changes, meaning it must squeeze social services like health and education

19. "Quad-demic":  simultaneous surges in flu, COVID-19, norovirus, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strain Britain's already overburdened healthcare service

20. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!