(2019-07-29). Baltimore Residents: Trump's Attacks on the City Are Rooted in "Racism and White Supremacy" democracynow.org 
President Trump is facing widespread outrage after describing Baltimore as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess" in tweets attacking Congressmember Elijah Cummings, one of the most prominent African-American lawmakers in Washington. Trump tweeted that Cummings's district is "considered the Worst in the USA," and said "no human being would want to live there." Trump's initial tweets came after Fox News ran a story about Baltimore and after Cummings criticized the conditions of immigration jails along the Mexican border. Officials across Baltimore and Maryland denounced the president's remarks, and The Balti…
(2019-07-29). Climate change activist Greta Thunberg to take message to US by boat. thecanary.co Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to miss lessons and protest for faster action against climate change, plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. | The 16-year-old tweeted on Monday that she will sail across the Atlantic aboard a high-tech racing yacht, leaving Britain next month. | Good news! | I'll be joining the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, COP25 in Santiago and other events along the way. | I've been offered a ride on the 60ft racing boat Malizia II. We'll be sailing across the Atlanti…
(2019-07-29). Anger as Boris Johnson lets Tory MP Mark Field off the hook for attack on peaceful protester. thecanary.co Conservative MP Mark Field attacked a peaceful protester in late June. But just over a month later, new prime minister Boris Johnson has let him off the hook. And for many, Johnson's inaction shows he "really doesn't give a hoot about misconduct". | Letting a thug off the hook: | On 20 June, Greenpea…
(2019-07-29). Why Is Facebook, the World's Largest Publisher, Immune to Publishing Laws? truthout.org | | Mark Zuckerberg may not think he needs a new job, but he does. It's long past time Facebook be classified as a publisher, where it can be held responsible for the content that appears in posts on its system. | The issue here is the special exemption to liability that Facebook and other internet platforms get from Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996. This law was passed in the early days of the internet and was intended to set up rules for governing communications that paral…
(2019-07-29). Permissible Deviance: Privacy Violations and Facebook's FTC Fine. globalresearch.ca It was something of a shrug moment. One of the world's largest digital platforms had been fined $5 billion for privacy violations by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming it had violated its 2012 order. The FTC order also requires the …
(2019-07-29). One man's reason for backing Corbyn is going viral. thecanary.co One man's reason for backing Corbyn is going viral. Centrists and Conservatives alike fail to understand the public's love affair with the Labour leader. But this man's story goes a long way to explaining it.Corbyn cares: Stewart took to Twitter to explain, in three tweets, why Jeremy Corbyn retains his support.
(2019-07-29). Trump blasts Baltimore crimes stats, says Reverend Al might 'show up to complain & protest'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has ripped into Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings on Twitter once again, saying Baltimore has the "worst" crime statistics in the country and Reverend Al Sharpton might "show up to complain & protest."
(2019-07-28). MSNBC's Anti-Sanders Bias Is Getting Truly Ridiculous. truthdig.com 
When MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah ( 7/21/19) said that Bernie Sanders "made [her] skin crawl," though she "can't even identify for you what exactly it is," she was just expressing more overtly the anti-Sanders bias that pervades the network. MSNBC's Mimi Rocah ( 7/21/19) explaining how Bernie Sanders makes her "skin crawl." | The hostility is so entrenched, in fact, it seems to have corrupted MSNBC's mathematical reasoning…
(2019-07-28). US to Have a Loyal Trump Supporter as New Intelligence Chief. telesurenglish.net United States President Donald Trump announced Sunday he would nominate Congressman John Ratcliffe (R) to replace Daniel Coats as the country's Director of National Intelligence. | RELATED: | From Boeing to Raytheon: A New Lobbyist to Run the Pentagon | As soon as the tweets went out, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D) criticized Trump's choice, saying that "it's clear that Rep. Ratcliffe was selecte…
(2019-07-28). Trump is Sucking the Air Out of the Political Debate – And Democrats and the Media Are Enabling Him. commondreams.org Trump is a puppet master, his tweets, rants, and outright insanity are the strings and Democrats and the mainstream media are his puppets, as day-after day, the headlines and political debate are dominated by his latest theater of the absurd. Trump talks to members of the media on the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2019. (NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump-puppet-master-955px.jpg …
(2019-07-28). Corbyn 'Ready' to Challange Boris Johnson in General Election. telesurenglish.net Labour's leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn said Sunday that he is "ready" for a general election, and hopes to move beyond the Brexit debate, so as to focus on issues of "Investment, jobs, trade and equality" | RELATED: | #NotMyPM Goes Viral as UK Reacts to Boris Johnson's Victory | In an interview with Sky News, Corbyn laid out a number of positions Labour will be taking to challenge new Prime Minister Boris Johnson. He said his party is ready for a general election against Johnson, citing the…
(2019-07-28). Selected Articles: The Malaysian Airlines MH17 Tragedy. 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…
(2019-07-28). 'Disgusting, rat infested mess!' Trump triples down on criticism amid #WeAreBaltimore Twitterstorm. rt.com 
President Trump has unleashed a Twitterstorm on Rep. Elijah Cummings, advising the congressman to clean up the "worst" congressional district in the US instead of criticizing the treatment of migrants at the border.
(2019-07-27). Right-Wing Foundation Money Fuels Trump's Racist Echo Chamber. truthout.org | | Many of the same social media influencers who attended Trump's "Social Media Summit" on July 11 have rallied to defend his racist attacks against U.S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-D), Rashida Tlaib (MI-D), Ayanna Pressley (MA-D), and Ilhan Omar (MN-D). And a number of them are bankrolled by the Kochs, the Bradley Foundation, and other large right-wing foundations. | In a tweet July 14…
(2019-07-27). CanaryPod: Topple Uncaged S2 EP12. thecanary.co THIS PODCAST CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND CONTENT SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS EPISODE ARE THE OPINIONS OF THE HOST AND GUESTS. | Welcome to series two of #ToppleUncaged! | Every week, The Canary will be bringing you an innovative podcast for the media landscape; hosted by me, Steve Topple. | You'll get my quick fire round-up of the news in Topple's Twittering. Then, I'll be going in on a story or campaign you may have missed, with a very special guest, on Free Flying With… After that, you get to have your say on the week's talking points in Twitter Chirps Back. And finally, I'll be brin…
(2019-07-27). Free speech advocate Jacob Rees-Mogg is literally banning his staff using certain words. thecanary.co As Jacob Rees-Mogg takes his place in Boris Johnson's new cabinet, it's been revealed that he has a style guide and a list of banned words. They're as backwards and weird as you'd expect. People had fun with it, but some of Rees-Mogg's writerly demands are troubling.It turns out the free speech advocate
(2019-07-27). Boris Johnson rules out a snap election. Here's the evidence that suggests otherwise. thecanary.co Despite a denial to the contrary, the 'Boris Gang' appears to be preparing for an autumn general election, though the precise timing will be dependent on a number of scenarios. Indeed, over 500 different advertisements promoting the gang are already appearing on Facebook.Meanwhile, Dominic Cummings, the master…
(2019-07-26). Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence. counterpunch.org Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, More
(2019-07-26). MSNBC's Anti-Sanders Bias Makes It Forget How to Do Math. fair.org 
When MSNBC legal analyst Mimi Rocah ( 7/21/19) said that Bernie Sanders "made [her] skin crawl," though she "can't even identify for you what exactly it is," she was just expressing more overtly the anti-Sanders bias that pervades the network. MSNBC's Mimi Rocah ( 7/21/19) explaining how Bernie Sanders makes her "skin crawl." | The hostility is so entrenched, in fact, it seems to have corrupted MSNBC's mathematical reasoni…
(2019-07-26). Only Civic Driven Voter Turnout Can Defeat Tweeter Trump. dissidentvoice.org 
Does the Democratic Party know how to defeat the foul-mouthed, bigoted, self-enriching crony capitalist Donald Trump? Trump pretends to be a populist. In reality he does the bidding of Wall Street instead of Main Street and weakens or repeals governmental health and safety programs. Defeating corrupt, disgraceful, disastrous Donald should be easy. He is, on …
(2019-07-26). Only Civic Driven Voter Turnout Can Defeat Tweeter Trump. counterpunch.org Does the Democratic Party know how to defeat the foul-mouthed, bigoted, self-enriching crony capitalist Donald Trump? Trump pretends to be a populist. In reality he does the bidding of Wall Street instead of Main Street and weakens or repeals governmental health and safety programs. Defeating corrupt, disgraceful, disastrous Donald should be easy. He is, on More
(2019-07-26). Eliminating hepatitis calls for 'bold political leadership, with investments to match,' UN health chief says. un.org Calling for "bold political leadership" ahead of World Hepatitis Day, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged countries to take advantage of recent reductions in the costs of diagnosing and treating viral hepatitis and scale up investments in disease elimination.
(2019-07-26). 'Teens can't vote': Elizabeth Warren tweet praising gender neutral licenses backfires. rt.com 
US presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren's strategy to appeal to progressive voters by praising New Hampshire for passing a law to allow citizens to mark their gender as 'X' appears to have backfired massively.
(2019-07-26). The 'Total Anarchy' of Wet Cops. fair.org 
by Josmar Trujillo "Total Anarchy": The headline has changed, but the tweet remains (Twitter, 7/22/19). | The family of Eric Garner, the Staten Island father infamously choked to death by a New York City cop in 2014 (Extra!, 1—2/15), was told last week by the Justice Department that charges would not be brought against that officer. Family members and activists responded with fury, mostly aimed at Mayor Bill de Blasio, whose refusal to fire the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, allo…
(2019-07-25). Fearing Chinese competition, U.S. government will never break up big tech. peoplesworld.org 
In recent months, reports have been swirling that U.S. monopolies Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook—so-called "Big Tech"—may soon be broken up. Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has proposed a plan to do so using antitrust law. Meanwhile, the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are reportedly preparing for antitrust investigations into the four firms, and …
(2019-07-25). Headlines for July 25, 2019. democracynow.org Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Resigns Amid Mass Protests, Trump Vetoes Pave Way for U.S. Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE, Robert Mueller Tells Congress His Report Did Not Exonerate Trump, Federal Court Puts Trump's Asylum Ban on Hold, Federal Regulators Fine Facebook $5 Billion for Massive Privacy Breaches, New U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson Downplays Threat of Hard Brexit, Thousands Protest as Boris Johnson Begins Term as British Prime Minister, North Korea Test-Fires Missiles Ahead of U.S.-South Korea War Games, House Lawmakers Approve Resolution Opposing Boycotts of Israel, China's Military Warns It…
(2019-07-25). 'Clinton Body Count' trends on Twitter, establishment blames Russia. rt.com 
Americans waking up to check Twitter were greeted with the trending hashtag "#ClintonBodyCount." Referencing a long-running conservative conspiracy theory, its re-emergence has of course been blamed on 'Russian bots.'
(2019-07-25). Hollywood actress Bette Midler sparks racism row with 'BLACKGROUND' tweet aimed at Trump. rt.com 
Actress Bette Midler took time out of her usual schedule of tweeting anti-Donald Trump poems and limericks to suggest that the president pays black people to attend his rallies for diversity's sake — only to be accused of racism.
(2019-07-24). Headlines for July 24, 2019. democracynow.org Robert Mueller Testifies Before Congress, Trump Rails Against Squad, Mueller Report in Speech to Teenagers, Disgraced Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rosselló Expected to Step Down, ORR Says Unaccompanied Migrant Children Could Be Detained for Years, Immigration Agents Detain Texas Teen for 3+ Weeks Despite Being a U.S. Citizen, Tennessee Community Blocks ICE from Taking Neighbor by Forming Human Chain, Trump Threatens Guatemala with Tariffs and Other Penalties After Failure of Immigration Deal, DOJ Pursues Antitrust Probe into Big Tech, Reports: FTC to Accuse Facebook of Misleading Consumers on Personal Data Use, F…
(2019-07-24). Killing Tariq: Why We Must Rethink the Roots of Jewish Settlers Violence. dissidentvoice.org 
Seven-year-old Tariq Zabania from Al-Khalil (Hebron) was killed on the spot when an Israeli Jewish settler ran his car over him on July 15. Little Tariq's photograph, lying face down on the road, was circulated on social media. His untimely death is heartbreaking. Tariq's innocent blood must not go in vain. For this to happen, …
(2019-07-24). Malaysian environmentalists demand Australia stop supporting corporate polluter Lynas. greenleft.org.au Nearly 100 Malaysian environmental and civil society groups have demanded that Australia stop exerting "bullying" diplomatic pressure on Malaysia to accept half a million tonnes of toxic radioactive waste piled up at Australian corporate polluter Lynas's rare-earth refinery in Gebeng, near the Malaysian city of Kuantan.
(2019-07-23). "Electromagnetic Attack" Sparks Massive Blackouts Across Venezuela. theantimedia.com (ZH) — Widespread power blackouts were first reported on Monday evening across 15 Venezuelan states and Caracas, as per a report from Reuters Caracas newsroom. Central #Caracas (#Chacao) right now #apagón #blackout #Venezuela pic.twitter.com/6Pvp3QdPPW — Adriano Mérola Marotta (@AdrianoMerola) July 22, 2019 Venezuelan information minister Jorge Rodrigues said an "electromagnetic attack caused the nationwide blackout" and power companies along with …
(2019-07-23). Western Media Losing Enthusiasm for Failing Coup in Venezuela. fair.org 
When previously unknown Venezuelan opposition politician Juan Guaidó stood up in an East Caracas plaza and declared himself "interim president" of the South American country, Western corporate media were ebullient. | In those heady early days, corporate journalists could scarcely conceal their love affair with the 35-year-old politician, whom they likened to Barack Obama (CNN, 2/7/19) and described as a "freedom fighter" (Fox Business, 1/29/19)…
(2019-07-22). UN health agency 'strongly recommends' dolutegravir antiretroviral medication to manage HIV. un.org Based on new evidence, the United Nations health agency on Monday announced it was recommending the use of the antiretroviral drug dolutegravir (DTG) — which, with other medication, treats HIV/AIDS — as the preferred first- and second-line treatment for all cases, including pregnant women and those who have the potential to give birth.
(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.
(2019-07-11). 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.