Viral Chilean feminist anthem reveals powerful international sentiment against sexual violence
Candice Yanez | liberationnews.org | 2019-12-16
The protest song was first performed for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 20 in Valparaíso, Chile.
liberationnews.org/viral-chilean-feminist-anthem-reveals-powerful-international-sentiment-against-sexual-violence/

New Bolivian Gov't Leading Country to Bankruptcy: Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-16
Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is now an asylum seeker in Argentina after the coup d'etat against him, warned that the de-facto government is leading the South American country "to bankruptcy" because "they have paralyzed the productive apparatus and halted public investment." | RELATED: | De-Facto Bolivian President to Issue Arrest Warrant for Morales | Using his Twitter account on Monday, the democratically elected President tweeted that the main issue of the economic r…
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EXPLAINED: What Really Happened in Jamia?
Newsclick | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-16
In the afternoon of December 15, news broke about violent clashes between youths and students protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the police in Delhi's Jamia area. What followed was a series of violent attacks and detentions through the evening and night to early Monday morning. As these developments took place, social media started getting flooded with different reports about the events, some true, and some unverified. But what really happened? NewsClick brings to you a timeline of events, as they took place yesterday.
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/16/explained-what-really-happened-in-jamia/

Kamaz races into the future with 'one-of-a-kind' AI-packed hybrid truck (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-16
Russia's top truck-maker Kamaz has unveiled its sci-fi-style haulage truck, expected to hit the roads in about five years. It says the vehicle provides unparalleled comfort for its driver, who gets a comfy cabin and AI assistance. | A lot of resources are being pumped by the state into the overhaul of its transport infrastructure and the Kamaz-54901 Continent seems like the fitting ride for Russia's newly-built highways and bridges. | | © YouTube / –ü–ê–û –ö–ê–ú–ê–ó | The 30-ton truck boasts a hybrid power un…
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WATCH: Lost dog causes chaos as it goes on the run during Belgian cycling race (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-16
Mathieu van der Poel was well-prepared for the challenge of his peers during Sunday's Vlaamse Druivencross race in Belgium but hadn't quite counted on the challenge of a certain four-legged friend. | Van der Poel was leading the race on the first lap when the dog, whose leash was still attached to his collar, raced onto the course and attempted to keep pace with the pacesetters. Video from the event was captured and has since gone viral on social media. | The video shows the canine first following Tom Pidcock and Quinten Hermans but, after appearing to briefly get distracted, soon became fixated on Van Der Poe…
rt.com/sport/476021-druivencross-dog-cycling-race/

Surrendering to the 'woke army'? Hallmark apologizes after pulling ad featuring same-sex wedding
rt.com | 2019-12-16
Hallmark has reversed its decision to ax an ad on its network that showed a same-sex female couple, after the move sparked outrage on social media. But not everyone is happy about the backpedaling. | The television channel, known for its corny holiday films, initially came under fire from a conservative group, One Million Moms, for airing a commercial for the wedding site Zola.The ad showed two women tying the knot, leading to accusations that the network had besmirched its "family-friendly" programming. Perhaps naively believing it could avoid a scandal, Hallmark relented and pulled the ad. | It wasn't long b…
rt.com/usa/475976-hallmark-gay-wedding-ad-woke/

Hallmark Channel Reinstates Same-Sex Ads
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-16
NEW YORK–The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a "wrong decision," said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conservative group. | The earlier decision by Crown Media, Hallmark's parent company, to pull several ads for the wedding planning site Zola featuring two brides kissing at the altar had launched a storm of protest. Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner criticized the move and the hashtag #BoycottHallmarkChannel was trending on Twitter at one point. | "The Crown Media team has been agonizing over this d…
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Nobody can believe a die-hard Remainer is still trying to blame Corbyn for Brexit
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2019-12-16
The Labour peer, ex Lib Dem, and former Blair policy adviser Andrew Adonis is trying to blame Jeremy Corbyn for Brexit. But people weren't long in taking to social media to set the Labour lord straight with a few key facts.The most important fact of all — it wasn't Corbyn's fault: | Remain failed because of Corbyn. He didn't campaign in 2016. He didn't lead for remain after the May/Johnson deal collapsed, including this election. He put election before referendum. He wouldn't agree Remain Alliance or stand aside for a unity govt | Brexit is Corbyn's…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/12/16/nobody-can-believe-a-die-hard-remainer-is-still-trying-to-blame-corbyn-for-brexit/

Neoclassical Marxism (Christmas Special) with @NMarxism
Maxximilian Seijo | mronline.org | 2019-12-15
This December, we bring you a special Christmas episode of our program, featuring the enigmatic operator behind the increasingly popular Twitter account known as "Neoclassical Marxism," or @NMarxism. @NMarxism is a deeply satirical Twitter project, which deploys Modern Monetary Theory and some very dark humor to critique the neoclassical economics and neoliberal assumptions that unconsciously […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/12/15/neoclassical-marxism-christmas-special-with-nmarxism/

'Where's my apology, Jim?' Trump taunts Comey after former FBI chief says sorry for 'sloppy' Russia investigation
rt.com | 2019-12-15
President Donald Trump took to Twitter to demand a personal apology from former FBI Director James Comey, after Comey apologized on TV for his (mis)handling of the 'Russiagate' probe. | "So now Comey's admitting he was wrong," Trump tweeted on Sunday. "Wow, but he's only doing so because he got caught red handed. He was actually caught a long time ago. So what are the consequences for his unlawful conduct. Could it be years in jail? Where are the apologies to me and others, Jim?" | So now Comey's admitting he was wrong. Wow, but he's only doing so because he got caught red handed. He was actually caught a long…
rt.com/usa/475966-trump-comey-apology-russiagate/

Jeremy Corbyn's sons pay tribute to their 'honest' father who 'took on an entire establishment'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-14
Jeremy Corbyn's sons have expressed their pride in their father. In a message posted on Twitter by Tommy Corbyn with his brothers, Seb and Benjamin, they said defeat "hurt" and they praised his record of a lifetime of campaigning for the "less fortunate". | They said he had paid the price for being "honest, humble and good-natured" in the "poisonous world" of politics, with years of "the most despicable attacks filled with hatred". | As Labour leader, they said that he had produced "the most wonderful manifesto this country has ever seen" and continued: He took on an entire establishment. This meant the attacks fr…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/14/jeremy-corbyns-sons-pay-tribute-to-their-honest-father-who-took-on-an-entire-establishment/

From Facebook as govt tool to Israeli lobby in US: Lee Camp dives into 25 MOST CENSORED STORIES of 2019
rt.com | 2019-12-14
Did you know that Big Pharma denies Americans access to affordable drugs or that slavery is still a thing, even in the US? Those and other stories were shushed in the media, but Lee Camp is here to fill in the gaps. | …
rt.com/usa/475920-facebook-israel-amazon-slavery-camp/

Race baiting for fun and profit? Mere reality won't stop #Resistance from blaming 'white supremacy' for Jersey City shooting
rt.com | 2019-12-13
Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib may have been slapped down when she tried to pin responsibility for a mass shooting by a black couple on white supremacy, but while she disavowed her words, others doubled down. | "This is heartbreaking. White supremacy kills," Tlaib had tweeted on Thursday morning in response to a post memorializing Moshe Deutsch, one of the young Jewish victims of Tuesday's shooting at a kosher supermarket in Jersey City. | Rashida Tlaib is a garbage human being, who just tried to tell a bold faced lie to the public that the hate crime that took place in New Jersey yesterday was an act…
rt.com/usa/475746-jersey-shooting-white-supremacy/

Devin Nunes' Cow Has a First Amendment Right to Call Rep. Nunes a 'Treasonous Cowpoke'
Brian Hauss | aclu.org | 2019-12-11
You might think that Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the | Ranking Member of the House Intelligence Committee, would be too busy to file baseless | defamation lawsuits against anonymous Twitter accounts. But you'd be wrong. | Last year, Rep. Nunes sued a number of people who were | mean to him online, including the Twitter parody accounts Devin Nunes' Mom and | Devin Nunes' Cow. Now, he's trying to unmask the Cow by subpoenaing the | author's identity from a local law firm. The ACLU and Public Citizen have filed…
aclu.org/news/free-speech/devin-nunes-cow-has-a-first-amendment-right-to-call-rep-nunes-a-treasonous-cowpoke

CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying
Matt Bruenig | peoplespolicyproject.org | 2019-11-17
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…
peoplespolicyproject.org/2019/11/17/caps-topher-spiro-is-trying-to-deceive-journalists-by-lying/