(2019-08-29). Learn. Fight. Win. nationofchange.org 
Everytime there is another white extremist-related incident, or arrest I am reminded that the major news publications and cable networks are out of their depth. CNN just weeks ago had white nationalist Richard Spencer on to discuss President Trump's racist and anti-semetic Twitter tirade. They also adamantly defended right-wing grifter Andy Ngo as a journalist …
(2019-08-29). 'Totally not suspicious': DARPA freaks people out with urgent request for underground complex. rt.com 
DARPA has prompted panic and mockery for its bizarre Twitter shout out urgently seeking complex urban tunnel systems for unspecified "research and experimentation" at very short notice. | "Attention, city dwellers! We're interested in identifying university-owned or commercially managed underground urban tunnels & facilities able to host research & experimentation," the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) tweeted on Wednesday, sparking a wave of alarming theories ranging from zombie and alien invasions, to psyops and the end of the world. | Why did you pick the creepiest possible images to attach…
(2019-08-29). 'Apologies are not enough': Eric Trump threatens to sue MSNBC & host over Russian loan 'smear'. rt.com 
Eric Trump says he's taking legal action against MSNBC and its host Lawrence O'Donnell for slandering and smearing the Trump family and company, while President Donald Trump took to Twitter to slam the host. | Trump responded to O'Donnell's tweet apologizing for "en error in judgement" on his Last Word show on Tuesday night in which he claimed that the president took out bank loans with the help of Russian billionaires. The MSNBC host walked back his report after the president's attorney complained to the network. | "Apologies are not enough," Eric Trump later tweeted, claiming O'Donnell's "true intent" was to…
(2019-08-29). The Reality Brokers (or the Rise of the Automagicians). counterpunch.org 
Whether it's Twitter or Snapchat or whatever, the overriding quality associated with each platform is limited space for expression and impermanence. Snapchat is designed to literally disappear before your eyes. Twitter is particularly pathological in that it is all but impossible to have discussions, or debates there, but excels at individual declarations of fact — the users own sense of 'fact' that is. More
(2019-08-29). This is America: Teacher's 'bullet wound' photo illustrates US mass shooting problem. rt.com 
A stark 'back to school' image being shared on social media highlights the United States' school shooting problem in a single sad and gruesome snap. | CBS This Morning host Tony Dokoupil shared a shocking photograph taken at his mother's back to school teacher training course, where she was "learning how to staunch a giant sucking bullet hole," he said. | My mom has been a teacher for 30 years. Now, because of mass shootings, this is part of her back to school training: learning how to staunch a giant sucking bullet hole. pic.twitter.com/YN8ooLSfCH— Tony Dokoupil (@t…
(2019-08-29). #Resistance goes nuts over Trump axing automatic citizenship for kids born overseas. Only he didn't. rt.com 
Mainstream media, Democrats, and #Resistance Twitter have united to eviscerate a change to citizenship policy regarding children of overseas-deployed military members. The only problem is, they're all reading the policy wrong. | US Citizenship and Immigration Services released an update to its policies on how citizenship is assigned to children of American citizens born overseas on Wednesday. The admittedly confusing document centered on the definition of the term 'residence' and how it figures in the transmission of citizenship from parents to child — a potentially thorny subject, given the Trump adminis…
(2019-08-29). Voters Say Touchscreen Machines Switched Votes in Nine Mississippi Counties. truthout.org | | A viral video published on Facebook showed a voter baffled as a touchscreen voting machine repeatedly switched his vote in Tuesday's Mississippi gubernatorial runoff race. | "It is not letting me vote for who I want to vote for," the voter in the video is heard saying as he repeatedly tried to vote for former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Bill Waller Jr. but continued to see Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves' name m…
(2019-08-29). Unelected UK leaders make a mockery of global posturing about 'democracy'. thecanary.co 
By moving to suspend parliament, the UK's unelected prime minister Boris Johnson is making a mockery of the country's global posturing about 'democracy'. | One journalist summed this up perfectly, saying: | Boris Johnson unlike @NicolasMaduro has never been elected to lead any country & as he was…
(2019-08-29). 'Stain on Public Service': Ocasio-Cortez Calls Out Fellow Democrat Barbara Boxer for Helping Lyft Fight Against California Labor Bill. commondreams.org New York Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out former Sen. Barbara Boxer on Twitter Thursday for helping the ride-hailing company Lyft fight against a proposed state-level bill in California that aims to expand workers' benefits and rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/ocasio_cortez_0_0_1.png …
(2019-08-28). When Ilhan Omar Is Accused of Anti-Semitism, It's News. When a Republican Smears Muslims, There's Silence. theintercept.com 
Rep. Ilhan Omar participates in a panel discussion during the Muslim Collective for Equitable Democracy Conference and Presidential Forum at the National Housing Center in Washington, D.C., on July 23, 2019. | the Benjamins, baby." | That is, of course, what Rep. Ilhan Omar famously tweeted on February 10, in response to a tweet from my colleague Glenn Greenwald decrying "how much time U.S. political leaders spend defending a foreign nation" — namely, the state of Israel. Then, when a journalist followed up by asking Omar w…
(2019-08-28). Out-of-control fire demolishes historic Philadelphia church (VIDEO). rt.com 
Massive flames engulfed a century-old church in West Philadelphia, prompting a rapid evacuation as parts of the building to collapsed, while huge plumes of smoke could be seen from afar. | The three-alarm blaze was finally brought under control after several hours on Tuesday evening, although fire crews remained on the scene into Wednesday night to douse hot spots according to Fire Commissioner Adam Thiel. | RT @NewsBreaking: BREAKING VIDEO: Ma…
(2019-08-28). Mainstream media cries foul over conservatives turning their smear-tactic culture war against them. rt.com 
Conservatives are digging through reporters' social media histories to find "potentially embarrassing" posts that could be used to discredit their employers, MSM has discovered to its horror — only they are allowed to do that! | "A loose network of conservative operatives" is sifting through journalists' social media histories, looking for inflammatory nuggets that can be used to discredit the organizations they work for, the New York Times warned earlier this week, noting that this band of marauding internet sleuths has already exposed sensitive information about reporters from CNN, the Washington Post,…
(2019-08-28). John McDonnell nails exactly what's behind Sajid Javid's early spending review. thecanary.co The chancellor Sajid Javid has announced he's bringing forward the autumn spending review to 4 September. And while Javid claims that this will "clear the decks to let us focus on Brexit", shadow chancellor John McDonnell nailed the real purpose of this early review: | Nobody is fooled that this is a Spending Review. It's a one off pre election panic driven…
(2019-08-27). US TV host apologizes to black co-anchor for saying he looked like a gorilla (VIDEO). rt.com 
A US TV anchor has apologized to her black co-host live on-air after saying he looked like a gorilla in a previous segment. | Alex Housden a host for Oklahoma KOCO TV news station was presenting a segment on a local baby gorilla at Oklahoma City Zoo last Thursday, before telling her black co-host, Jason Hackett, "he kind of looks like you." | www.facebook.com/shjotr/videos/738778216546162/ | At the time, Hackett laughed awkwardly and replied, "he kind of does, actually, yeah." However, on Friday a tearful Housden appeared beside Hackett and apologized after her comment prompted a slew of racism complai…
(2019-08-27). Woman Goes Into Premature Labor After Aggressive Arrest; Judge Still Sends Her to Jail. therealnews.com 
Join us Thursday, August 29th 9PM EST on Youtube and Facebook for the live premiere of The Police Accountability Report. Click on the image for more info. In this episode we will look at a federal lawsuit accusing police of violating the civil rights of a then-pregnant woman that has cleared a major hurdle. Court…
(2019-08-27). What's bugging Bret? NYT columnist has epic meltdown, quits Twitter after being called 'bedbug'. rt.com 
A New York Times columnist was so incensed at being branded a metaphorical "bedbug" on Twitter that he deactivated his account and emailed the culprit's employer. A special kind of snowflake, indeed. | Responding with a seemingly innocuous joke to the news that the NYT offices were being treated for bedbugs, David Karpf, an associate professor at George Washington University, quipped: "The bedbugs are a metaphor. The bedbugs are Bret Stephens." | One might imagine that being labelled a "bedbug" would rank fairly low on the list of Twitter insults, but Bret Stephens evidently feels differently. | Alright fine..
(2019-08-27). Racy Instagram model says moderator is demanding $2.5K a month to keep her pics online. rt.com 
Instagram model Amouranth, who's attracted some 1.6 million followers with her borderline erotic snaps, has found herself in the middle of a mystery extortion plot — and she says the blackmailer is an Instagram employee. | When social media starlet Kaitlyn Siragusa, known as Amouranth on Instagram and Twitch, was first notified that Instagram had removed a post for violating the platform's rules, she saw nothing out of the ordinary, given her typical pulse-raising content. But days later, she received a chilling email. A person claiming to work for Cognizant — a company hired to police content guide…
(2019-08-27). Greenland's New Deal. thenation.com Greenland's New Deal…
(2019-08-26). We Are Not Fooled By The Hong Kong Protests. dissidentvoice.org 
Agnes Chow and Nathan Law accept the 2018 Lantos Human Rights Prize on behalf of Joshua Wong in Washington, DC. (Facebook) Update: Protests continued in Hong Kong this weekend. The protesters returned to the use of violence and the police responded. The South China Morning Post reported: In a now familiar pattern, the protesters threw …
(2019-08-25). Wall Street shaken by Trump tweets. fightbacknews.org San José, CA — On Friday, August 23, the U.S. stock market opened lower, on the news that China was retaliating to Trump's latest round of tariffs. It then recovered after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole economic conference. Then Trump tweeted that he was "ordering" U.S. companies to leave China, and stocks dived, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average ending with a loss of more than 600 points or almost 2.5% lower. The broader S&P 500 average fell a bit more than 2.5% percent and the NASDAQ composite, which is heavily weighted towards technology companies, fell…
(2019-08-24). Twitter relying on US/European gov-funded regime-change groups to crack down on foreign states. thegrayzone.com Twitter is relying on organizations funded by the US government and European allies, such as right-wing lobby group Freedom House,…
(2019-08-23). WaPo Complicit in Corruption of DC Council's Corporate 'Concierge'. fair.org 
After years of hiding in plain sight, Jack Evans' ethical problems are suddenly a story (WJLA, 3/5/19). | When the FBI came knocking on DC Councilmember Jack Evans' door in June, it set off an earthquake in local politics and business. | Over his 28 years on the DC Council, Evans has served as " concierge" for the elite, steering gobs of public money to stadiums, arenas and luxury condos. Along the way, it wasn't just developers and banks that profited; so did Evans. | Ev…
(2019-08-23). Israel's Online Occupation of Palestine. progressive.org How a Facebook post can land you in prison.
(2019-08-21). Representatives Omar and Tlaib speak out against being banned from Palestine. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On August 19, Representative Ilhan Omar (D-Minnesota) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) held a press conference in the State Capitol in Saint Paul to a packed room, with an overflow of 100 people, on the human cost of the Israeli occupation of Palestine and travel restrictions. | On August 16, the Israeli government denied the representatives visas to visit Palestine. Their visas previously had been approved, but after a tweet by Donald Trump denouncing Omar and Tlaib's visit, the approval was revoked. Congresswoman Stacy Plaskett, delegate to House for the Virgin Islands, was to join them on th…
(2019-08-16). Marjorie Taylor Greene: How an Outspoken MAGA Fan Built a Following in a World of Extremists. splcenter.org Originally a MAGA supporter but now an emerging MAGA star, Marjorie Taylor Greene has deftly leveraged social media and confrontations in public to increase her visibility. Now she's entering politics as a GOP candidate for Georgia's 6th Congressional District.