War and whiskers: Freshly-resigned John Bolton gets meme-roasting
rt.com | 2019-09-10
US National Security Advisor John Bolton's departure from the Trump administration has been met with a mix of joy from the MAGA crowd and protests from dedicated neocons, but also with an avalanche of memes. | President Donald Trump announced Bolton's dismissal by tweet on Tuesday, saying he had "disagreed strongly with many of his suggestions," presumably meaning his advocacy for military-enforced regime change in Syria, Venezuela, North Korea and Iran. Bolton insisted that he attempted to resign before Trump's announcement. | Reaction flowed in swiftly, with some commenters in the media lamenting the war-haw…
rt.com/usa/468514-john-bolton-mustache-memes/

Massive blaze as train carrying flammable liquid derails in Illinois (PHOTO, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-09-10
Plumes of huge black smoke have been seen miles away from the crash site after a freight train carrying flammable liquid derailed near Dupo, Illinois, prompting an evacuation of railroad staff. | The accident occurred at around 12: 45 pm local time at Union Pacific's Dupo Yard, when the train was being prepared for departure, the railroad said. The derailment caused a tank car with methyl isobutyl ketone solvent to catch fire. | There have so no reports of deaths and injuries far been, with railroad staff safely evacuated from the yard. | www.facebook.com/herb.simmons.5/videos/10221191145874015/ | Foota…
rt.com/usa/468523-train-derailment-fire-dupo-illinois/

Bolton out: Trump ditches hawkish adviser he kept for 18 months despite 'disagreements'
rt.com | 2019-09-10
Whatever prompted US President Donald Trump to decide the services of his national security adviser John Bolton were "no longer needed," the question now is if he intends to retreat from the hawkish path Bolton had blazed. | Trump made the announcement on Twitter, as usual, saying he "disagreed strongly with many of [Bolton's] suggestions" and therefore asked for his resignation — and received it on Tuesday. Bolton's response perhaps illustrated the nature of his relationship with Trump: he tweeted only a confirmation that he'd offered to resign, then leaked an account to the media disputing Trump's versi…
rt.com/usa/468512-bolton-trump-security-advisor-resignation/

'The Nation' Launches 'Signal:Noise,' a New Column Confronting Mainstream Media Myopia
Press Room | thenation.com | 2019-09-10
'The Nation' Launches 'Signal: Noise,' a New Column Confronting Mainstream Media Myopia…
thenation.com/article/trump-twitter-media/

John Bolton, welcome to #Resistance? Media, Democrats lament Trump firing national security hawk
rt.com | 2019-09-10
Within hours of his firing by President Donald Trump, the hawkish national security adviser John Bolton was embraced by mainstream media outlets and even some Democrats, even if only as an excuse to criticize the White House. | Trump announced Bolton's ouster via Twitter on Tuesday morning, stunning even those in Washington who have reported on the possibility of such a move for months. As the shock wore off, however, reporters and lawmakers figured they would offer their thoughts — which, unsurprisingly, went along the usual lines. | "Can't wait for the Resistance, led by Maddow & O'Donnell & Hayes, to e…
rt.com/usa/468525-bolton-firing-reactions-media-democrats/

Bolsonaro's Son Poses with Gun After Father's Surgery
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-10
Eduardo Bolsonaro, the son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, posted a photo on his Twitter account together with his father which showed a gun on his waist. | RELATED: | Deforestation in Brazil Grew 91% Prior to Amazon Fires: Report | The picture was taken in the room of the Vila Nova Star hospital in San Pablo, where Bolsonaro was operated Sund…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaros-Son-Poses-with-Gun-in-Hospital-After-Fathers-Surgery-20190910-0013.html

How the U.S. Created the Cold War
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
There was a speech that the smug Harvard neoconservative Graham Allison presented at the US aristocracy's TED Talks on 20 November 2018, and which is titled on youtube as "Is war between China and the US inevitable?" It currently has …
globalresearch.ca/us-created-cold-war/5688653

Trump Dismisses John Bolton, Says They 'Disagreed Strongly'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-09-10
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. | The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton's less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start. | Trump tweeted that he told Bolton Monday night his services were no longer needed at the White House and Bolton submitted his resignation Tuesday morning. Bolton…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-fires-john-bolton-says-they-disagreed-strongly/

From a Lebanese Refugee Camp to Harvard, Ismail Ajjawi Inspires Other Palestinian Students
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-09-10
Today marks a week since Ismail Ajjawi, a 17-year-old Palestinian student who was denied entry into the United States, began classes with his fellow Harvard freshmen. Ajjawi was initially turned away at Boston's Logan Airport after immigration officials searched his phone and computer, and interrogated him about his religion and social media posts by friends that were critical of U.S. policy. He was then forced to return home to Lebanon, but his case provoked outrage on the Harvard campus and among some Palestinian rights and academic freedom groups. Ajjawi, who is attending Harvard on a full scholarship, was edu…
www.democracynow.org/2019/9/10/palestinian_student_ismail_ajjawi_harvard

Selected Articles: 18 Years after 9/11 Attacks
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-10
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…
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-18-years-911-attack/5688719

Parents on Twitter Share Sky-High Costs of Giving Birth in the US, Calling for Medicare for All
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
Parents on social media on Tuesday shared the hospital bills they faced after their children were born, with several remarking that winning the fight for Medicare for All would put American families' delivery costs more in line with those in other developed countries. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/6639223091_0a9bedb808_o1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/09/10/parents-twitter-share-sky-high-costs-giving-birth-us-calling-medicare-all?cd-origin=rss

Climate Deniers' Response to Climate Crisis: "There Is No Climate Emergency"
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-09-10
The political response remains positively inept, with a climate denier in the White House, an Amazon-destroyer in Brazil, and an EU besotted by the Brexit shambles. (Photo: Oil Change International/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/denier.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/10/climate-deniers-response-climate-crisis-there-no-climate-emergency?cd-origin=rss

Trump, John Legend and 'filthy-mouthed' Chrissy Teigen spar about US criminal justice reform
rt.com | 2019-09-09
President Donald Trump has sparked a Twitter spat with John Legend and Chrissy Teigen after he accused them of stealing the credit for his criminal justice reforms, prompting them to clap back and call him a "p*ssy-ass b**ch." | Trump had tweeted that he'd been able to do what "no one else did" in passing criminal justice reform into law, and slammed "boring musician" Legend, "his filthy mouthed wife" Teigen and others for "taking the praise" for his work, which, he boasted, President Barack Obama "couldn't come close" to achieving. | When all of the people pushing so hard for Criminal Justice Reform were unab…
rt.com/usa/468390-trump-legend-tiegen-twitter/

Ultimate troll? Trump tweets meme-y CNN video amid Hurricane Dorian 'Sharpie' scandal
rt.com | 2019-09-08
The internet is in meltdown mode after Donald Trump tweeted a CNN-mocking meme inspired by his recent briefing on Hurricane Dorian. Media outlets accused Trump of making erroneous changes to a map showing the hurricane's path. | Reports allege that during a White House briefing, Trump incorrectly altered a map with a Sharpie felt pen to highlight areas of Alabama that could be targeted by the cyclone. The hurricane never hit the state, sparking allegations that Trump had made the whole thing up. | Trump posted a series of tweets defending his statement, insisting that initial forecasts predicted that the south…
rt.com/usa/468338-trump-cat-laser-tweets/

Thursday's Daily Brief: Facebook rallies against vaccination 'fake news', DPR Korea UN staff cuts call, Syria crop report, crisis funding and Dorian latest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-05
A recap of Thursday's stories: Facebook and WHO work together to stem misinformation on vaccines; North Korea tells UN to cut staff; $75 million allocated for eight crises; mixed news on Syria crop production; 'digital divide' sidelines most vulnerable.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045732

UN health agency welcomes Facebook pledge to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral
United Nations | un.org | 2019-09-05
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday welcomed Facebook's pledge to ensure users can separate fact from fiction when it comes to vaccines, across its platforms from Facebook Search, to Groups, Pages and forums.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/09/1045692

Out of the Darkness: Conversion Therapist Quits 'Ex-Gay' Movement
Intelligence Report Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-09-03
According to Truth Wins Out, Matheson's fellow ex-gay leader Rich Wyler announced his exit in a post to a private Facebook group. TWO "goes undercover to expose 'ex-gay' conversion leaders as hypocritical frauds that have not actually changed their sexual orientation," its website states.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2019/out-darkness-conversion-therapist-quits-ex-gay-movement

Identity Unmasked: Meet the Proprietors of the Internet's Largest Neo-Confederate Propaganda Machine
splcenter.org | 2019-09-03
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.
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2019/identity-unmasked-meet-proprietors-internets-largest-neo-confederate-propaganda-machine