2019-12-03: News Headlines

Erika Gonz√°lez (2019-12-03). Meet the Big Polluters Sponsoring COP25. commondreams.org The result of this corporate omnipresence is clear—the negotiations move at a snail's pace and more often than not reflect the interests of global corporations, not people and the planet. (Photo: UN Climate Change/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/eky37vsxsambbki.jpeg

teleSUR (2019-12-03). Morales Accuses Bolivian Gov't of Blocking His Migratory Status. telesurenglish.net President Evo Morales accused the de facto government of Bolivia for creating obstacles to his immigration legal procedures and his vice president àÅlvaro García Linera before the Bolivian consulate in Mexico. | RELATED: | Morales Vows To Do What's Best for Bolivia, Not Afraid of Jail | Morales through his account on the social media network of Twitter said that for a week they began with the steps and have requested collections that did not exist. | "Last week we started…

Arnold R. Isaacs (2019-12-03). Moral Injury and America's Endless Conflicts. commondreams.org By the time the campaign was over, Raqqa, like a number of other Syrian and Iraqi cities, was in almost complete ruins. (Photo: Youtube Screenshot/Gabriel Chaim) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/raqqa_destroyed.jpg

RT (2019-12-03). 'A miracle no one was hurt': Handball players flee as CAR crashes through gym wall during game (VIDEO). rt.com A handball game in the Swedish junior league was halted after a car crashed into the gym's wall forcing players, coaches and spectators to flee the venue in panic and horror. | The bizarre incident took place in Stockholm on Sunday in the middle of a game between two local teams Boden and Skare, when an allegedly drunken driver smashed right into the Viking Hall which hosted the game. | READ MORE: Renowned American rock climber falls 1,000ft to his death in Mexico | In a video, which was shared on social media,…

RT (2019-12-03). 'We've come full circle': Twitter balks at $60 AirPod carrying straps that defeat original purpose of in-ears. rt.com The Apple AirPods' unique selling point is their wireless design, affording users unparalleled freedom. However, anxiety over losing the tiny in-ears prompted e-tailers Nordstrom and Amazon to sell 'carrying straps'… facepalm. | Ahead of the Christmas gift-buying extravaganza, Nordstrom and Amazon have begun selling $60 Carrying Straps for the $150 AirPods, thus undoing all of the "revolutionary" research and development by Apple in one fell, low-tech swoop. | "Avoid losing your wireless AirPods by attaching them to this magnetic-locking l…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-12-03). Declaring 'No One Is Above the Law,' House Intelligence Committee Releases Trump Impeachment Report. commondreams.org Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) tweeted in response to the report that "the House Judiciary Committee should accept the Intelligence Committee report and immediately start drawing up articles of impeachment." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1183628760_0.jpg

teleSUR (2019-12-02). Trump Hits Argentina and Brazil With New Tariffs. telesurenglish.net The U.S. President on Monday sent shock waves through Brazil and Argentina, announcing he would restore tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum imports from the two countries in apparent retaliation for currency weakness he said was hurting U.S. farmers. | RELATED: | Alberto Fernandez Won't Ask for Money From IMF | In an early morning tweet that sent officials from both countries scrambling for explanations from Washington, Donald Trump said Brazil and Argentina were "presiding over…

Peadar O'Cearnaigh (2019-12-02). While the Tories put the NHS 'up for sale', here's what Labour will do. thecanary.co Labour's pledge to put £26bn of extra funding into the NHS in real terms stands in stark contrast to the downward direction of Conservative-led governments' spending since 2010. The two parties are also polar opposites when it comes to privatisation as Labour believes none should "profiteer from the NHS". | And there are very…

Staff (2019-12-02). Headlines for December 2, 2019. democracynow.org COP25 Opens in Madrid Amid Dire Warnings About Climate Change, House Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing in Impeachment Inquiry, 3 Women Accuse Ambassador Sondland of Sexual Misconduct, Iraqi Prime Minister Resigns Amid Anti-Government Protests, Malta Prime Minister Resigns amid Probe of Journalist's Murder, Three More Egyptian Journalists Arrested, Attack on London Bridge Kills 2 Cambridge Graduates, Trump Visits Afghanistan in Surprise Thanksgiving Trip, Supreme Court to Hear First Major Gun Case in Nearly a Decade, Twitter Suspends Account of Ilhan Omar's Challenger, Sestak and Bullock Drop Out of 2020 Preside…

The Canary (2019-12-02). Facebook pulls Conservative adverts featuring edited BBC footage. thecanary.co Facebook has taken down Conservative Party adverts which used edited versions of BBC content.The corporation told the social network that the adverts infringed on its intellectual property rights, after claiming they could "damage perceptions of our impartiality"."We have removed this content following a valid intellectual property claim from the rights holder, the BBC," a Facebook spokesperson said.The adverts included edited footage of BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg saying 'pointless delay to Brexit' (Conservative Party/PA)"Whenever we receive valid IP claims against content on the platform, in advertisi…

RT (2019-12-01). 'Never going to Riyadh again?' Lil Wayne tweets & deletes mysterious angry rant. rt.com US rapper Lil Wayne has targeted Saudi Arabia in an angry tweet, allegedly after running into drugs-related troubles with the law following a concert there. The tweet then mysteriously disappeared amid a wave of mockery and jokes. | "Never going to Riyadh again!!!" Lil Wayne tweeted shortly after his appearance at a concert at Diriyah Music Festival in Saudi Arabia, where he was one of the headliners on Saturday, along with fellow rappers Tyga and Future. | When you've won the mandate for the international leg of the Saudi Aramco IPO. pic.twitter.com/Mcu1DuBwDK— Davi…

Matt Bruenig (2019-12-01). The Usual Incoherence on Student Benefits Is Back. peoplespolicyproject.org Of all the welfare state topics, student benefits manages to consistently attract the most incoherent and weird arguments, and the recent spate of arguments on this front are no exception. In the last week, a student benefit dustup has been instigated by Pete Buttigieg ostensibly being against free public college for millionaires and billionaires while Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders are ostensibly for it. | This has set off the usual round of commentary about how Buttigieg is arguing for means-testing while Warren and Sanders are arguing f…

Jon Schwarz (2019-11-30). David Duke and His Twitter Nazis Got Mad at Me. Twitter Took Their Side. theintercept.com Twitter doesn't care when its users are abused by Nazi accounts. But what happens when the feelings of the Nazis get hurt? Then Twitter springs into action.

Fred_F (2019-11-28). The Ensuring Integrity Bill is not just an attack on unions. It's an attack on our prospects for a better future. greenleft.org.au workers' rights Tim GoodenIssue 1247 Australia Ensuring Integrity BillNovember 28, 2019The federal Coalition government's latest union-busting bill is not only an attack on the rights of workers to organise for better wages and conditions — it…

RT (2019-11-28). America's presidential candidates hide the knives to deliver Thanksgiving messages. rt.com They say politics is a subject best avoided at the dinner table, and America's presidential hopefuls have taken this advice on board: abandoning the usual attacks to deliver the blandest Thanksgiving messages possible. | First into the dining room was President Trump – America's rowdy, unpredictable uncle. Though Trump seemingly out of nowhere tweeted a meme of his head photoshopped onto Sylvester Stallone's ripped 1980s body on Wednesday, and lit on Democrats during the traditional turkey pardoning, his Than…

RT (2019-11-28). 'Is this your first day on the internet?' Mediaite mocked for claiming Trump campaign 'disputing' reports that Rocky image is fake. rt.com When Donald Trump tweeted a clearly altered image of his head on Rocky Balboa's body, the media jumped to action, confirming — not that it was needed — that the picture was fake. But one outlet took things to the next level.

Ashoka Mukpo (2019-11-27). "If I Could Just Look at Her" aclu.org Watch the journey of two separated parents trying to cross the border and reunite with their children.: | " data-whitelisted="false" data-domain="www.youtube.com"> | In October, the Trump administration admitted that in a 12-month period, beginning in July 2017, it separated 4,370 immigrant children from their parents at the border. Since then, over 1,000 more have been separated under a dubious loophole that all…

Matt Bruenig (2019-11-17). CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying. peoplespolicyproject.org It's been fun to see how the Center for American Progress (CAP) navigates this year's presidential election. For insider political reasons, they can't support Biden or Sanders. But for a long time, it was unclear who the alternative candidate they could support would be. | When Kamala Harris was rising, CAP's staff was doing overtime boosting her on Twitter and in the press, including boosting Harris's absurd health care proposal. But Harris's collapse put an end to that strategy. Recently Warren has risen as the alternative and so CAP has been working to promote her campaign, which puts CAP in the comical positi…