(2019-07-18). Congress Hammers Big Tech on Competition, Money, Power. truthdig.com 
Big Tech faced tough questions this week as federal lawmakers focused on issues of potentially anticompetitive behavior by technology giants and expressed bipartisan skepticism over Facebook's plan for a new digital currency. | Companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon have long enjoyed nearly unbridled growth and a mythic stature as once-scrappy startups — born in garages and a dorm room and a road trip across the United States — that grew up to dominate their rivals. But as they've grown more powerful, critics have also grown louder, questioning whether the companies stifle competition an…
(2019-07-18). An extraordinary Twitter exchange with Richard Tol. mronline.org 
I had an extraordinary Twitter Exchange with Richard Tol over the last few days. I've written this post to preserve that exchange in case, at a future date, Tol decides to delete his tweets. They provide a superb window into the thinking that lies behind mainstream economic modelling of climate change, and why this has […] | Source
(2019-07-18). Why I'm Glad About Trump's Latest Twitter Tirade. truthdig.com 
People of color in the U.S. have experienced many variations of the "go back to where you came from" sentiment. In the wake of President Donald Trump's racist Twitter tirade aimed at "the Squad" of four recently elected women of color in Congress, the Los Angeles Times asked its readers to share their own stories. The anecdotes were painful to read and yet all too familiar to me. Social media threads are filled with similar stories, a…
(2019-07-18). National Polls Don't Mean Much. Here's Why. counterpunch.org "Here we go with the Fake Polls," President Donald Trump tweeted on July 15. "Just like what happened with the Election against Crooked Hillary Clinton." He's complaining about several polls that show him losing the national popular vote to various Democratic presidential aspirants, in some cases by double digits. He has a point. In 2016, More
(2019-07-18). Vaccine Safety and Immunization: Suppressing Critique, Silencing Scientific Evidence. globalresearch.ca During the past year there has been a deliberate assault on medical sanity by the Silicon Valley's internet giants and popular social media platforms to abolish and censor voices and websites challenging the orthodoxy of the CDC's vaccination policies. Last …
(2019-07-18). Beware Facebook's Libra: A Corporate Surveillance Leviathan With No Precedent Outside the Realm of Science Fiction. commondreams.org David Marcus, Head of Calibra at Facebook, testifies about Facebook's proposed digital currency called Libra, during a Senate Banking, House and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 16, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/facebook_libra.jpg …
(2019-07-18). Dutch Airline KLM Restricts Breastfeeding on Flight. telesurenglish.net The Dutch airline KLM drew criticism by asking mothers to cover themselves while breastfeeding their babies on flights to "ensure that passengers from all backgrounds feel comfortable on board." | RELATED: | Black Jamaican Woman Asked to Get off German Airline Plane Cites 'Racism' | While responding to a question on Twitter about…
(2019-07-18). Trump: U.S. Navy Destroys Iranian Drone in Strait of Hormuz. telesurenglish.net President Donald Trump said on Thursday that a U.S. Navy ship had "destroyed" an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the ship, in the latest incident in the Gulf. | Trump told an event in the White House that the drone had flown to within 1,000 yards (meters) of the USS Boxer. | RELATED: | Iran Seizes Vessel in Gulf for 'Smuggling' Oil | "This is the latest of many provocative and hostile actions by Iran against vessels ope…
(2019-07-18). Donald Trump, the Democrat Squad and Failed Impeachment. dissidentvoice.org Twitter has become policy. It is platform, direction and determination. It has served one particular person well, a hazy mechanism to fog up the lenses of law makers. When President Donald Trump needs an air-wave filling distraction, a bilious splurge of interest in the blogosphere, he is always happy to lob a grenade of 280 …
(2019-07-18). Donald Trump, "the Democrat Squad" and Failed Impeachment. globalresearch.ca Twitter has become policy. It is platform, direction and determination. It has served one particular person well, a hazy mechanism to fog up the lenses of law makers. When President Donald Trump needs an air-wave filling distraction, a bilious splurge …
(2019-07-18). Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter? thenation.com Should We Have a Right to Troll Politicians on Twitter?
(2019-07-18). '4 horsewomen' of Dem 'squad' poll low amid Trump tweetfest, but their party is doing even worse. rt.com 
The four Democratic congresswomen feuding with US President Donald Trump are not polling well nationwide, suggesting the president is right that "a lot of people love" his criticism of the women as anti-American "whack jobs."
(2019-07-18). Selected Articles: The Race for the Domination of Space. globalresearch.ca Our objective at Global Research is to recruit one thousand committed "volunteers" among our more than 50,000 Newsletter subscribers to support the distribution of Global Research articles (email lists, social media, crossposts). | Do not send us money. Under Plan A…
(2019-07-18). 'SEND HER BACK': Trump crowds have new MAGA chant after 'racist tweet' row. rt.com 
The crowd at Donald Trump's campaign rally in North Carolina erupted in a raucous chant of 'Send her back!' after the US president fired a fresh broadside at Somali-American Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
(2019-07-18). The Devolution Will Be Televised: Our Body-cam President. counterpunch.org 
Gil Scott-Heron was only partially correct when he predicted the revolution would not be televised. "There will be no pictures of pigs shooting down brothers in the instant replay," he sang. While the revolution may not be aired live in prime time, in the age of mass surveillance, the abuses that may give rise to More
(2019-07-18). Right-wing Labour MPs use Trump's racism for their own advantage. thecanary.co 
Donald Trump and his supporters have sunk even further into vile racism. On 14 July, Trump issued a series of racist tweets. He told four progressive congresswomen of colour to "go back and help fix" their "broken and crime infested" countries. | Since then, his supporters have pushed the racist attacks against congresswo…
(2019-07-18). Watch Boris Johnson pledge that there will be "clean drinking water" if he's prime minister. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson pledged that there will be "clean drinking water" if he's prime minister at the final Conservative leadership hustings. | "This great country of ours": | Speaking in East London, Johnson said: Do you really think this great country of ours is incapable of making Christmas dinner… I tell you the planes w…
(2019-07-18). How Corporate Media Are Fueling a New Iran Nuclear Crisis. commondreams.org Screen shot of a recent Fox Business report about U.S.-Iran relations. (Photo: Fox Business via YouTube) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-07-18_at_12.25.31_pm.png …
(2019-07-17). Iran's Not the Aggressor, the US Is. counterpunch.org It's easy to be confused about what's happening between the U.S. and Iran. On July 10, President Trump again accused Iran of violating the Obama-era nuclear deal, in a tweet that he concluded by promising to increase U.S. sanctions "substantially." Similarly, headlines — such as a recent New York Times article that originally proclaimed, "With More
(2019-07-17). Headlines for July 17, 2019. democracynow.org House Votes to Condemn Trump's Racist Tweets, Rep. Al Green Introduces Impeachment Articles, Kellyanne Conway to Reporter Asking About Trump's Racism: "What's Your Ethnicity?", Rights Groups File Lawsuits to Stop Trump's Draconian New Asylum Rule, White Police Officer Who Killed Eric Garner Will Not Face Federal Charges, Ex-Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Arrested in California over Corruption Scandal, Press Freedom Advocates Call for Release of Yemeni Journalist Yahya al-Sawari, Planned Parenthood Removes President Dr. Leana Wen over Disagreements on Direction of Org., Organizations Say They Will Not Comply…
(2019-07-17). Retaking Everything: The Story of Identity Dixie. splcenter.org A small Facebook campaign predicated on keeping Confederate monuments in place has morphed into a group of more than 200 ardent, secretive separatists planning to make the South a separate nation. And Hatewatch has learned the identities of some of the group's leaders and members.
(2019-07-17). Janet Jackson and 50 Cent to perform at Saudi Arabia concert amid ongoing calls for a boycott. thecanary.co Janet Jackson and rappers 50 Cent and Future have been added to the lineup for the Jeddah World Fest. | The concert in Saudi Arabia is the one that Nicki Minaj pulled out of after human rights organisations urged the rapper to cancel her appearance. | The website f…
(2019-07-17). Trump would have to go back 'to hell' if he followed his own advice, Philly mayor says. rt.com 
With Washington consumed by debate over whether US President Donald Trump's "go back to where you came from" tweets are racist, the mayor of Philadelphia suggested Trump should follow his own advice and go back… to hell.
(2019-07-17). '4 horsewomen of the apocalypse': Trump renews attack on 'Dem Squad'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has tweeted out comments made by a Republican senator who branded the 'squad' of four freshman Democratic congresswomen who accused him of racism as "the four horsewomen of the apocalypse."
(2019-07-17). CNN embraces white nationalist Richard Spencer in shared Trump-hate. rt.com 
CNN tapped white nationalist Richard Spencer to join the Orange Man Bad choir in response to President Trump's 'racist' tweets, proving the enemy of their enemy could be their friend — and uniting the internet against them.
(2019-07-16). "Our Squad Is Big": Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Tlaib and Pressley Condemn Trump's Racist Attack. democracynow.org 
Congressmembers Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar condemned President Trump's spate of racist attacks against them in a news conference Monday. Their public rebuke followed Trump tweeting Sunday telling them to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." The comments have been widely condemned as racist and xenophobic. We hear from the progressive congresswomen in their own words.
(2019-07-16). Trump's Racist Tweets Fan Hatred, Defining the Coming Election. therealnews.com 
Professors Gerald Horne and Kimberly Moffit examine how Trump's targeted tweet storm against progressive women of color who serve in Congress works to further divide the Democratic party, while dredging up America's racist settler-colonial past…
(2019-07-15). Shinnecock nation fights backlash from affluent for building on their own land. liberationnews.org 
Shinnecock Nation struggles for self-determination at the "Gateway to the Hamptons."
(2019-07-14). Main Twitter Account Defending Julian Assange Removed for No Reason. theantimedia.com The operators of the account report that they have been given no reason for its removal by Twitter staff, and no response to their appeals.
(2019-07-12). Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost Was a Member of Secret Facebook Group. theintercept.com 
When news broke that thousands of current and former Border Patrol agents were members of a secret Facebook group filled with racist, vulgar, and sexist content, Carla Provost, chief of the agency, was quick to respond. "These posts are completely inappropriate and contrary to the honor and integrity I see — and expect — from our agents day in and day out," Provost said in a statement. "Any employees found to have violated our standards of conduct will be held accountable." | For Provost, a veteran of the Border Patrol who was named head of the agency in August 2018, the group's existence and content…
(2019-07-12). Save the Bylong from coal mining. greenleft.org.au 
About 200 people gathered in Bylong, in Central NSW, on July 6-7 to demand the state Coalition government halt a proposed coalmine from going ahead in the picturesque Bylong Valley. | South Korean company KEPCO is proposing to open up a mine that would have drastic impacts on local agriculture and water and the iconic natural and cultural heritage of the region, including Aboriginal sacred sites. | The mine is still subject to a decision by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC). | The weekend-long protest camp was co-sponsored by the Bylong Valley Protection Alliance (BVPA) and Lock the Gate Alliance (LTG…
(2019-07-11). CBP Can't Detain Domestic Flight Passengers for Refusing Suspicionless ID Checks. aclu.org 
The Constitution protects passengers deplaning domestic flights just as it protects people on the street or in a car. | In February 2017, two U.S. CBP officers stood on a jet bridge at New York's JFK Airport to meet Delta Flight 1583 as it taxied to the gate upon arrival from San Francisco. As passengers prepared to deplane, they were told by flight attendants — at the direction of the two officers — that all passengers would have to show identification documents to the officer…
(2019-07-10). SPLC statement on White House social media summit. splcenter.org The Trump administration's social media summit today is a gathering of groups and individuals who have no business at the White House.