(2019-09-09). Trump, John Legend and 'filthy-mouthed' Chrissy Teigen in Twitter spat about criminal justice reform. rt.com 
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. | September 9, 2019 ….musician (2019-09-09). Trump, John Legend and 'filthy-mouthed' Chrissy Teigen spar about US criminal justice reform. rt.com 
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…
(2019-09-09). As Biden Invokes Dead Family Members Against Medicare for All, Media Play Along. fair.org 
by Joshua Cho | Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden last month released a new Iowa TV ad called " Personal," which recounts the former vice president's personal tragedy of losing his wife and daughter to a car crash, and the subsequent loss of his son Beau Biden from brain cancer. | Biden presented his story as a celebration of for-profit health insurance by saying that he "couldn't imagine" what it would've been like if their insurance didn't cover the healthcare required "immediately," and that…
(2019-09-09). The Capitalists Are Afraid. truthdig.com Capitalists seek to maximize profits and reduce the cost of labor. This sums up capitalism at its core. It is defined by these immutable objectives. It is not about democracy. It is not, as has been claimed, about wealth creation for the working class. It has nothing to do with freedom. Those capitalists, especially in corporations, who are not able to increase profits and decrease the cost of labor, through layoffs, cutting wages, destroying unions, offshoring, outsourcing or automating jobs, are replaced. Personal ethics are irrelevant. Capitalists are a…
(2019-09-09). Sadiq Khan challenges the conflict and suffering caused by the world's largest arms fair. thecanary.co London mayor Sadiq Khan has spoken out against the world's largest arms fair. As protests continue against the Defence Security and Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair, Khan's open letter also makes the link between the "arms and w…
(2019-09-09). You've got to hand it to the Irish PM, he just out-Boris-ed Boris right to his face. thecanary.co You've got to hand it to Ireland's PM Leo Varadkar — he played a blinder on 9 September. In a press conference with Boris Johnson, he proved he's got the UK PM's number: by out-Boris-ing the man himself. | Classic: | In the press conference in Dublin, Johnson reaffirmed his desire to leave the EU on 31 Oc…
(2019-09-09). Tom Noddy Explains How the Santa Cruz Recall is Undemocratic. indybay.org Known world-wide as a performing artist for his enchanting "Bubble-Magic" show, Santa Cruz's Tom Noddy explains why he believes the campaign to recall Santa Cruz City Councilmembers Chris Krohn and Drew Glover is "an effort to reverse the results of the election through a less democratic process". In a recent post on his Facebook page, Noddy states: "the two progressives, in order to hold their seats, must receive 50% +1 of the electorate and if they don't, they will be replaced by one of the field of opponents who will win the seat if they get the most votes of any of the opponents in the field running against t…
(2019-09-08). Ultimate troll? Trump tweets meme-y CNN video amid Hurricane Dorian 'Sharpie' scandal. rt.com 
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…
(2019-09-08). Relentless lightning storm causes chaos in Seattle (VIDEOS). rt.com 
The Seattle skies lit up with an extreme lightning storm on Saturday night, with over 200 strikes recorded in just 45 minutes. | The National Weather Service's Seattle station said about 1,250 strikes had been recorded during the powerful thunderstorms over Western Washington, in the space of about three-and-a-half hours. | These lightning strikes are insane! This video was taken during Saturday night's thunderstorm in Roy, Washington, south of Seattle. Thanks to KOMO viewer Kayle Ray for sending this in! Wow! &sb…
(2019-09-08). Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast. rt.com 
The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued, and four remain missing. | The 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray, is listing heavily in the St. Simons Sound. Images from the scene show smoke rising from its side. | 71,000-ton GRT vehicle carrier GOLDEN RAY is in distress in St Simon Sound off Brunswick, Georgia. US #Coast Guard photos show the 200-meter-long vessel with an extreme list and an internal fire…
(2019-09-08). Four missing, 20 rescued after cargo ship capsizes off Georgia coast. rt.com The US Coast Guard is searching for four crew members of a large cargo vessel that capsized while a fire on board still raged. Twenty people have so far been rescued, and four remain missing. | The 656-foot vehicle carrier, the M/V Golden Ray, is listing heavily in the St. Simons Sound. Images from the scene show smoke rising from its side. | #Coast Guard photos show the 200-meter-long vessel with an extreme list and an internal fire amidships. 20 rescued, 4 missing. Was en route to Baltimore t.co/SsfcVHD7S0 pic.twitter.com/pLZ…
(2019-09-08). Hillary Clinton & Elizabeth Warren's 'secret talks' ignite outrage, mockery on social media. rt.com 
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren is reportedly in talks with failed presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a move that's at odds with Warren's progressive image, and people really aren't happy about it. | The two have been in communication since the Massachusetts senator announced her presidential run, although both are keeping quiet about it, NBC reports, citing several people who wished to remain anonymous. | pic.twitter.com/pm4FPOttz…
(2019-09-08). What if President Trump Is in "Cognitive Decline"? No, Seriously. globalresearch.ca
(2019-09-08). Tom Noddy Explains How the Santa Cruz Recall is Undemocratic. indybay.org Known world-wide as a performing artist for his enchanting "Bubble-Magic" show, Santa Cruz's Tom Noddy explains why he believes the campaign to recall Santa Cruz City Councilmembers Chris Krohn and Drew Glover is "an effort to reverse the results of the election through a less democratic process". In a recent post on his Facebook page, Noddy states: "the two progressives, in order to hold their seats, must receive 50% +1 of the electorate and if they don't, they will be replaced by one of the field of opponents who will win the seat if they get the most votes of any of the opponents in the field running against t…
(2019-09-08). Varadkar accepts criticism that border checks undermine Good Friday Agreement. thecanary.co The Irish Premier said he understands criticism that border checks in a no-deal Brexit undermine the Good Friday Agreement. | Leo Varadkar outlined the impacts of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union without a deal during a speech to business leaders in Dublin. | He said there will be checks on goods and live animals, which he said would take place "as far as possible" in ports, airports and at businesses. | "But some may need to take place near the border," he said. | @HMcEntee and (2019-09-07). Trump lauds prisoner exchange between Russia & Ukraine as 'giant step to peace'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has praised the prisoner swap between Moscow and Ukraine, congratulating the two countries for making such a move and naming it a "giant step to peace." | Earlier in the day, Russia surrendered 35 individuals to Ukraine that had been held in its prisons and detainment centers, receiving an equal amount of people in return. | Weighing in, Trump wrote that it was indeed a step forward. | Very good news, perhaps a first giant step to peace. Congratulations to both countries!
(2019-09-07). Trump Scraps Afghan Peace Talks With Taliban Over Attack. telesurenglish.net United States President Donald Trump informed Saturday he canceled peace talks with Afghanistan's Taliban leaders after the group claimed the attack in Kabul that killed a U.S. soldier and 11 civilians. | RELATED: | 'We're Going to Always Have a Presence in Afghanistan': Trump | "If they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks…then they probably don't have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway," Trump said on Twitter. | The U.S. presiden…
(2019-09-06). Extinction Via Rugged Individualism. counterpunch.org 
I was recently amused by a train of thought on Twitter excoriating Henry David Thoreau for his experiment in self-sufficient living. True, he was on the land of his wealthy neighbor, his mother did his laundry (and brought him old-timey donuts to eat), but it was rugged, dammit. Okay, it was something akin to a More
(2019-09-06). US states scrutinize Google & Facebook dominance, privacy abuses in massive antitrust probes. rt.com 
Over 40 state attorneys general have joined forces to investigate whether Big Tech powerhouses Facebook and Google violated antitrust laws with anticompetitive practices, hurting users in the process. | Prosecutors in the first probe will check whether Facebook "stifled competition and put users at risk," New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is leading the investigation, said on Friday. The attorneys general of Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia are also taking part in the probe. | Even the largest social media platform in the world must fol…
(2019-09-06). Serena Poised for Multiple Record-Breakers at US Open Final. telesurenglish.net Tantalizingly close to tying Margaret Court's record 24 Grand Slam titles, Williams is already tennis' undisputed GOAT (Greatest of All Time) in the eyes of her legions of adoring fans, with an ever-growing, odds-defying career and trophy case. | RELATED: | #UyineneMrwetyana: South Africans Storm Twitter Against University Student's Rape, Murder | Of course, winning at the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Saturday would also mean breaking Chris Evert's record of 10…
(2019-09-06). Tension palpable as Ash Sarkar speaks out on Channel 5 Debate show. thecanary.co Tensions ran high on Channel 5's debate show on 2 September. Novara Media senior editor Ash Sarkar took aim at the inherent biases displayed by the show when she appeared on it. | "Snoozing": | Sarkar said: One of the main forces that's supposed to hold our politicians to account is our press and our media… And if I may say so, I'm very, very grateful for being invited here, but this show is the perfect example of it. We're having a discussion about trust in politics where some of the ma…
(2019-09-06). Denmark passes landmark consent-based rape laws. greenleft.org.au 
sexual consent Lisbeth LathamIssue 1236 Denmark rape lawsSeptember 6, 2019Denmark's Red-Green Alliance or Enhedslisten (United List) announced on July 14 that the g…
(2019-09-06). Chuka Umunna takes desperate measures to avoid facing a by-election. thecanary.co 
On 6 September, serial party-changer Chuka Umunna announced that he would be competing for a different parliamentary seat in the next general election. Since leaving the Labour Party earlier this year, he has refused to give constituents a chance to change their minds too via a by-election. | I'm delighted to have been appointed as the @LibDems candidate for the Cities of London & Westminster. I relish the p…
(2019-09-05). 'McCarthy style racist': Trump shreds actress Debra Messing over Hollywood donor 'blacklist'. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has fired back at Will & Grace co-star Debra Messing over her call for a Hollywood Trump donor "blacklist," calling the actress a "McCarthy style racist" and suggesting she should lose her job. | Wading into the controversy in a pair of tweets on Thursday morning, the president shredded Messing's demand last week for the de facto blacklist, drawing parallels to the McCarthy era, when suspected communists were blackballed from their professions. | "Bad 'actress' Debra The Mess Messing is in hot water," he said. "She wants to create a 'Blacklist' of Trump supporters, & is being accused…
(2019-09-05). Big Tech & Big Brother meet at Facebook HQ to discuss how to 'secure' US elections. rt.com 
Security teams for Facebook, Google, Twitter and Microsoft met with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence's office to coordinate a strategy to secure the 2020 elections. | The tech platforms met with government officials at Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters on Wednesday, the company has confirmed, boasting that Big Tech and Big Brother have developed a "comprehensive strategy" to get control of previous election-related "vulnerabilities" while "analyzing and getting ahead of new threats." | Facebook has scrambled to get in front of the 2020 election after being…
(2019-09-05). UN health agency welcomes Facebook pledge to stop vaccine misinformation from going viral. un.org 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.
(2019-09-05). Thursday's Daily Brief: Facebook rallies against vaccination 'fake news', DPR Korea UN staff cuts call, Syria crop report, crisis funding and Dorian latest. un.org 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.
(2019-09-04). 'Will & Grace' actor says his idea of Hollywood Trump donors blacklist was 'misinterpreted'. rt.com 
Star of American sitcom 'Will & Grace' Eric McCormack is backpedaling on his demand for news outlets to name President Donald Trump's donors, accusing critics of "misinterpreting" his words. | The actor's apparent reversal comes after he penned a tweet last week asking the Hollywood Reporter — which covers entertainment industry news — to "kindly report" the name of every person attending a Trump fundraising event in Beverly Hills, "so the rest of us can be clear about who we don't wanna work with." H…
(2019-09-04). Hong Kong: Google censors China. workers.org 
Google stripped away the illusion that the continuing protests in Hong Kong are about democracy when on Aug. 20 the internet monopoly suspended 936 Twitter accounts and disabled 210 YouTube channels, charging them with seeking to "discredit Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement and sow political discord in the city." (theguardian.com, Aug. 23) Twitter . . . | Continue reading Hong Kong: Google censors China at Workers.org
(2019-08-23). Israel's Online Occupation of Palestine. progressive.org How a Facebook post can land you in prison.
(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.