Daily Archives: November 11, 2019

2019-11-11: News Headlines

RT (2019-11-11). 'F**k the Queen': Debate over Remembrance poppy reignites after viral VIDEO of woman burning one. rt.com Footage of a young woman saying "f**k the queen" before burning a poppy ahead of Remembrance Day has been shared far and wide on social media, evoking widespread ire. However, this is not the first time the video has gone viral.

RT (2019-11-11). 'Just a hobby': Chinese female bodybuilder speaks on viral fame after naked snaps cause internet stir (VIDEO). rt.com Chinese viral sensation Yuan Herong, who sent social media into a frenzy with her stunning pictures including naked poses, has spoken about her internet fame, saying that bodybuilding and grueling gym workouts are "just a hobby." | The model, who previously took part in bodybuilding competitions, swapped the full-time fitness industry for the medical profession, and now works as a doctor in a Chinese hospital. | Also on rt.com | | 'Angel with body of a devil': Former Chinese bodybuilder sends internet into frenzy with naked snaps (PHOTOS) | The 31-…

teleSUR Desk (2019-11-11). Evo Morales slams coup plotters for keeping up violence. mronline.org "Mesa and Camacho, discriminators and conspirators, will go down in history as racists and coup plotters," Morales said in a tweet early Monday morning. | Source

Joseph Natoli (2019-11-11). In the Looming Shadow of Civil War. counterpunch.org "If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal," — Donald J. Trump, tweet "The mood of the country has been more poisonous that this; at the time of Nixon's More

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Major Police Attacks Against Evo Morales' Supporters, 1 Dead. telesurenglish.net Residents of the city of El Alto, in the department of La Paz, took to the streets Monday to protest against the coup d'etat that forced the resignation of Evo Morales, however, they were met with violent police repression, in which officers are reportedly using live ammunition and rubber bullets. | "After the first day of the civic-political-police coup, rebellious police use bullets to cause deaths and injuries in El Alto. My solidarity with those innocent victims, among them a girl, and the heroic alter people, defender of democracy," Morales said from his Twitter account Monday. | Bolivia | Security force…

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum. telesurenglish.net Mexico which has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching towards the nation's legislative assembly. | RELATED: | Major Police Repression Against Evo Morales' Supports, 1 Dead | "It's a coup because the army requested the resignation of the president, and that violates the constitutional order of that cou…

WSWS (2019-11-11). Facebook and YouTube remove posts naming CIA impeachment whistleblower. wsws.org Facebook and YouTube have taken the extraordinary step of censoring social media content on their platforms that mention the name of the CIA whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.

Alex Darocy (2019-11-11). Community Members Re-establish Ross Camp. indybay.org Homeless residents in Santa Cruz are moving back into the Ross Camp today. The area has been fenced off since it was closed by authorities in the spring, but homeless community members are presently accessing it, cleaning it up, and moving back in. Alicia Kuhl of the Santa Cruz Homeless Union is among a group of individuals facilitating services there. She posted the following message on social media: "I'm asking for people to come and show up in support of the re-established Ross Camp today, maybe bring water or food item to share, or just come and support us."

Jonathan Cook (2019-11-11). Israel is silencing the last voices trying to prevent abuse of Palestinians. dissidentvoice.org It has been a week of appalling abuses committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank — little different from the other 2,670 weeks endured by Palestinians since the occupation began in 1967. The difference this past week was that several entirely unexceptional human rights violations that had been caught on film went viral on …

Ed Sykes (2019-11-11). Corbyn condemns tragic hard-right coup in Bolivia. thecanary.co In one of Latin America's greatest tragedies in recent years, a hard-right coup is currently underway in Bolivia — where a successful progressive government had ruled for just under 14 years. | UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn condemned this coup in no uncertain terms, saying: | To see @evoespueblo who, along with a powerful movement, has brought so much social progress forced from office by the military is appalling. | I condemn this coup against the Bolivian people and stand with the…

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Former Ecuadorean President Condemns Coup In Bolivia, OAS. telesurenglish.net Former Ecuadorean leader Rafael Correa said the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales was the result of a coup and that events could have ended in worse violence if the socialist leader had not resigned. | RELATED: | Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum | In an exclusive interview with RT, Correa condemned the coup in Bolivia a…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-11-11). Progressives Excoriate Schumer for Mourning as 'Card-Carrying Islamophobe' GOP Rep. Peter King Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election. commondreams.org "This Schumer tweet is yet another reminder that the top Dem in the Senate doesn't give a damn about Islamophobia and is unfit to hold the title of Minority Leader." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/king_schumer.jpg

Jake Johnson, staff writer (2019-11-11). Global Condemnation of 'Appalling' Coup in Bolivia as Military Forces Socialist President Evo Morales to Resign. commondreams.org "The coup mongers are destroying the rule of law," Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, tweeted late Sunday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/evo_morales_1.jpg

Tracy Keeling (2019-11-11). Jeremy Corbyn nails exactly what damage the Brexit Party 'pact' could do to the Tories. thecanary.co Nigel Farage has revealed that the Brexit Party will not contest any of 2017's 317 Tory seats in the upcoming election. Instead, Farage said the party will put its "total effort" into Labour-held areas. | On Twitter, Jeremy Corbyn pointed to who…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-11-10). Facebook Sues Israeli Cyber Security Co. NSO Over WhatsApp Surveillance. imemc.org Shir Hever discusses the strategy of the Israeli offensive cyber company NSO, its roots in the notorious Israeli "8200" military intelligence unit, and how it crossed a line that very few companies dare cross. Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in …

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2019-11-10). Babies going hungry in the dystopian nightmare that is Tory Britain today. thecanary.co A tweet requesting donations for a 'baby food bank' in Glasgow has gone viral. | In a damning indictment of Tory Britain, people are expressing outrage over the distressing reality that babies are at risk of going hungry in one of the richest countries in the world: | BABY FOOD BANK. BABY FOOD BANK, @BorisJohnson Three words that should destroy you…

James Wright (2019-11-10). '16 year olds don't deserve £10 per hour'. A Labour supporter's takedown of that sorry claim went viral. thecanary.co With the election debate raging on, somebody posted on Twitter that '16-year-olds don't deserve £10 per hour': | A 16 year old scanning groceries or stacking shelves does not deserve or need £10 per hour | — Aps (@sIaghetti) November 8, 2019 | But this sorry claim got taken down pretty fast. | Takedown: | The tweet references Labour's promise for a £10 minimum wage. Fortunately, a supporter's takedown of the claim we should exclude…

RT (2019-11-09). 'Reverse Pol Pot': Berkeley philosophy lecturer slammed after saying rural Americans made 'bad life decisions' & should be SHAMED. rt.com A Harvard-educated UC Berkeley philosophy lecturer is catching flak for bashing rural Americans as parasites on more "efficient" city-dwellers. He has since apologized for the tone of the original tweets, but not their substance. | Disdain for "flyover country" by the coastal elites is a trope of American politics and culture wars at this point, but Jackson Kernion apparently sought to embody it with a series of tweets this week, declaring that Americans living in the countryside should not be "subsidized by those who choose a more efficient way of life." | Pretty sure I did a bad tweet here. Gonna delete it.

WSWS (2019-11-09). The Democrats' campaign for internet censorship: Who is to determine what are "lies"? wsws.org While couched in demagogic language accusing Facebook of "profiting" off of "disinformation," the Democrats' campaign for internet censorship is aimed at silencing political opposition and dissent.

Middle East Eye (2019-11-09). Twitter Boss Met Mohammed Bin Salman Six Months After Saudi Spy Discovered. theantimedia.com Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman months after learning that a spy, directed by Saudi Arabia, had infiltrated the company.

Afroze Fatima Zaidi (2019-11-09). Home Office-funded counter-extremism group promoting anti-Corbyn messages. thecanary.co An initiative receiving counter-extremism funding from the Home Office has reportedly been posting consistently anti-Corbyn messages. | Faith Matters is funded by the Home Office's Building a Stronger Britain Together programme (BSBT)…

Ryan Grim (2019-11-08). A Facebook Ban on Political Ads Would Be a Major Blow to the Left. Just Look at AOC's Campaign. theintercept.com AOC fueled her rise, and the rise of a movement, by deftly combining on-the-ground organizing with sophisticated targeting on Facebook.

RT (2019-11-07). Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he's not a fan of Warren's wealth tax. rt.com Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates' wealth tax and hinting he'd vote for whoever is "more professional," which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the "wealth tax" proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he'd only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes, I've paid more than anyone in taxes! I'm glad to have—If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine," he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.

RT (2019-11-07). Rapper T.I. faces huge backlash after admitting taking his 18yo daughter to obgyn to 'check her hymen'. rt.com Rapper T.I. has sent Twitter into overdrive after he revealed that he takes his teenage daughter to a gynecologist to check if her hymen is intact. The bizarre admission has prompted accusations of abuse. | "Not only have we had the conversation [about sex], we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen," T.I. said, with his confession leaving podcast hosts Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham somewhat dumbfounded. | The musician, however, did not stop at that, making sure nobody got the impression he was just messing with the presenters. | "Right after the birthday we celebrate. And usually like the da…

Fred_F (2019-11-07). Something in the air. greenleft.org.au international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…

Staff (2019-11-07). Ex-Twitter Workers Charged with Spying for Saudis as Part of Kingdom's Growing Crackdown on Dissent. democracynow.org The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user's location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. A new report by Human Rights Watch fin…

Staff (2019-11-07). Headlines for November 7, 2019. democracynow.org Televised Impeachment Hearings Begin Next Week, Sessions to Run for Old Senate Seat; Pressley Endorses Warren, Trump Expands Military Mission in Syria Aimed at Controlling Oil Fields, Esper to Urge Trump Not to Intervene in Cases of Soldiers Accused of Murder, Judge Voids Trump Rule Allowing Medical Workers to Deny Care on Religious Grounds, ProPublica: Pence's Office Meddled in Foreign Aid Money to Favor Christians, DOJ Charges Ex-Twitter Employees; California Investigates Facebook, New Zealand Approves Landmark Climate Legislation Aimed at Zero Carbon Emissions, U.S.-Manufactured Ammunition Used in Massacre of…

Peter Ford (2019-11-07). Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump's Syria Oil Grab. mintpressnews.com The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners: | We are repositioning @CJTFOIR forces to Deir ez Zor #Syria to continue partnering w/ #SDF to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure, & deny ISIS access to revenue sources…

Lucas Koerner (2019-11-05). Media Conceal Chile's State Criminality, Delegitimize Bolivian Democracy. fair.org Chilean protester beaten by government forces (Twitter, 10/21/19) | Chile's anti-neoliberal rebellion is entering its third week, and the brutal crackdown continues. Hard-right President Sebastian Piñera and his generals have effectively decreed the country's oligarch-dominated democracy out of existence by sending soldiers into the streets to kill, maim and torture their own people. | And, for the most part, the Western corporate media blackout persists unabated. | October 25's historic 1.2 million—person march in Santiago—the…

Hannah Gais (2019-10-23). YouTube Yanks Second Red Ice Channel. splcenter.org YouTube has taken down a second Red Ice channel after the hate network tried to circumvent the media giant's initial ban.

Hannah Gais (2019-10-18). YouTube Takes Down Red Ice's Main Channel. splcenter.org YouTube removed one of the most prominent video news outlets for white nationalists, Red Ice, from its platform.

2019-11-11: Social Media Postees

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Major Police Attacks Against Evo Morales' Supporters, 1 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
Residents of the city of El Alto, in the department of La Paz, took to the streets Monday to protest against the coup d'etat that forced the resignation of Evo Morales, however, they were met with violent police repression, in which officers are reportedly using live ammunition and rubber bullets. | "After the first day of the civic-political-police coup, rebellious police use bullets to cause deaths and injuries in El Alto. My solidarity with those innocent victims, among them a girl, and the heroic alter people, defender of democracy," Morales said from his Twitter account Monday. | Bolivia | Security force…
telesurenglish.net/news/Major-Police-Attacks-Against-Evo-Morales-Supporters-1-Dead-20191111-0005.html

'Just a hobby': Chinese female bodybuilder speaks on viral fame after naked snaps cause internet stir (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Chinese viral sensation Yuan Herong, who sent social media into a frenzy with her stunning pictures including naked poses, has spoken about her internet fame, saying that bodybuilding and grueling gym workouts are "just a hobby." | The model, who previously took part in bodybuilding competitions, swapped the full-time fitness industry for the medical profession, and now works as a doctor in a Chinese hospital. | Also on rt.com | | 'Angel with body of a devil': Former Chinese bodybuilder sends internet into frenzy with naked snaps (PHOTOS) | The 31-…
rt.com/sport/473172-chinese-viral-bodybuilder-hobby/

Community Members Re-establish Ross Camp
Alex Darocy | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Homeless residents in Santa Cruz are moving back into the Ross Camp today. The area has been fenced off since it was closed by authorities in the spring, but homeless community members are presently accessing it, cleaning it up, and moving back in. Alicia Kuhl of the Santa Cruz Homeless Union is among a group of individuals facilitating services there. She posted the following message on social media: "I'm asking for people to come and show up in support of the re-established Ross Camp today, maybe bring water or food item to share, or just come and support us."
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/10/18827989.php

Facebook and YouTube remove posts naming CIA impeachment whistleblower
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
Facebook and YouTube have taken the extraordinary step of censoring social media content on their platforms that mention the name of the CIA whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/face-n11.html

'F**k the Queen': Debate over Remembrance poppy reignites after viral VIDEO of woman burning one
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Footage of a young woman saying "f**k the queen" before burning a poppy ahead of Remembrance Day has been shared far and wide on social media, evoking widespread ire. However, this is not the first time the video has gone viral. | …
rt.com/uk/473164-woman-burns-poppy-viral-video/

Israel is silencing the last voices trying to prevent abuse of Palestinians
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-11
It has been a week of appalling abuses committed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank — little different from the other 2,670 weeks endured by Palestinians since the occupation began in 1967. The difference this past week was that several entirely unexceptional human rights violations that had been caught on film went viral on …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/israel-is-silencing-the-last-voices-trying-to-prevent-abuse-of-palestinians/

In the Looming Shadow of Civil War
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-11
"If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal," — Donald J. Trump, tweet…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/11/in-the-looming-shadow-of-civil-war/

Evo Morales slams coup plotters for keeping up violence
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2019-11-11
"Mesa and Camacho, discriminators and conspirators, will go down in history as racists and coup plotters," Morales said in a tweet early Monday morning. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/11/evo-morales-slams-coup-plotters-for-keeping-up-violence/

Global Condemnation of 'Appalling' Coup in Bolivia as Military Forces Socialist President Evo Morales to Resign
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
"The coup mongers are destroying the rule of law," Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, tweeted late Sunday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/evo_morales_1.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/global-condemnation-appalling-coup-bolivia-military-forces-socialist-president-evo?cd-origin=rss

Progressives Excoriate Schumer for Mourning as 'Card-Carrying Islamophobe' GOP Rep. Peter King Announces He Won't Seek Re-Election
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
"This Schumer tweet is yet another reminder that the top Dem in the Senate doesn't give a damn about Islamophobia and is unfit to hold the title of Minority Leader." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/king_schumer.jpg
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/11/progressives-excoriate-schumer-mourning-card-carrying-islamophobe-gop-rep-peter-king?cd-origin=rss

Jeremy Corbyn nails exactly what damage the Brexit Party 'pact' could do to the Tories
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2019-11-11
Nigel Farage has revealed that the Brexit Party will not contest any of 2017's 317 Tory seats in the upcoming election. Instead, Farage said the party will put its "total effort" into Labour-held areas. | On Twitter, Jeremy Corbyn pointed to who…
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/11/11/jeremy-corbyn-nails-exactly-what-damage-the-brexit-party-pact-could-do-to-the-tories/

Facebook Sues Israeli Cyber Security Co. NSO Over WhatsApp Surveillance
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-10
Shir Hever discusses the strategy of the Israeli offensive cyber company NSO, its roots in the notorious Israeli "8200" military intelligence unit, and how it crossed a line that very few companies dare cross. Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in …
imemc.org/article/facebook-sues-israeli-cyber-security-co-nso-over-whatsapp-surveillance/

'16 year olds don't deserve £10 per hour'. A Labour supporter's takedown of that sorry claim went viral
James Wright | thecanary.co | 2019-11-10
With the election debate raging on, somebody posted on Twitter that '16-year-olds don't deserve £10 per hour': | A 16 year old scanning groceries or stacking shelves does not deserve or need £10 per hour | — Aps (@sIaghetti) November 8, 2019 | But this sorry claim got taken down pretty fast. | Takedown: | The tweet references Labour's promise for a £10 minimum wage. Fortunately, a supporter's takedown of the claim we should exclude…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/10/16-year-olds-dont-deserve-10-per-hour-a-labour-supporters-takedown-of-that-sorry-claim-went-viral/

Babies going hungry in the dystopian nightmare that is Tory Britain today
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2019-11-10
A tweet requesting donations for a 'baby food bank' in Glasgow has gone viral. | In a damning indictment of Tory Britain, people are expressing outrage over the distressing reality that babies are at risk of going hungry in one of the richest countries in the world: | BABY FOOD BANK. BABY FOOD BANK, @BorisJohnson Three words that should destroy you…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/10/babies-going-hungry-in-the-dystopian-nightmare-that-is-tory-britain-today/

The Democrats' campaign for internet censorship: Who is to determine what are "lies"?
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
While couched in demagogic language accusing Facebook of "profiting" off of "disinformation," the Democrats' campaign for internet censorship is aimed at silencing political opposition and dissent.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/pers-n09.html

'Reverse Pol Pot': Berkeley philosophy lecturer slammed after saying rural Americans made 'bad life decisions' & should be SHAMED
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A Harvard-educated UC Berkeley philosophy lecturer is catching flak for bashing rural Americans as parasites on more "efficient" city-dwellers. He has since apologized for the tone of the original tweets, but not their substance. | Disdain for "flyover country" by the coastal elites is a trope of American politics and culture wars at this point, but Jackson Kernion apparently sought to embody it with a series of tweets this week, declaring that Americans living in the countryside should not be "subsidized by those who choose a more efficient way of life." | Pretty sure I did a bad tweet here. Gonna delete it.
rt.com/usa/472995-rural-americans-shamed-berkeley/

Twitter Boss Met Mohammed Bin Salman Six Months After Saudi Spy Discovered
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-09
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman months after learning that a spy, directed by Saudi Arabia, had infiltrated the company.

Twitter Boss Met Mohammed Bin Salman Six Months After Saudi Spy Discovered

A Facebook Ban on Political Ads Would Be a Major Blow to the Left. Just Look at AOC's Campaign
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-11-08
AOC fueled her rise, and the rise of a movement, by deftly combining on-the-ground organizing with sophisticated targeting on Facebook.
theintercept.com/2019/11/08/facebook-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-political-ads/

Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he's not a fan of Warren's wealth tax
rt.com | 2019-11-07
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates' wealth tax and hinting he'd vote for whoever is "more professional," which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the "wealth tax" proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he'd only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. "I've paid over $10 billion in taxes, I've paid more than anyone in taxes! I'm glad to have–If I had to pay $20 billion, it's fine," he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.
rt.com/usa/472861-bill-gates-democrats-warren-wealth/

Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump's Syria Oil Grab
Peter Ford | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-07
The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners: | We are repositioning @CJTFOIR forces to Deir ez Zor #Syria to continue partnering w/ #SDF to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure, & deny ISIS access to revenue sources…
mintpressnews.com/peter-ford-former-british-ambassador-syria-uk-complicit-trumps-syria-oil-grab/262693/

Rapper T.I. faces huge backlash after admitting taking his 18yo daughter to obgyn to 'check her hymen'
rt.com | 2019-11-07
Rapper T.I. has sent Twitter into overdrive after he revealed that he takes his teenage daughter to a gynecologist to check if her hymen is intact. The bizarre admission has prompted accusations of abuse. | "Not only have we had the conversation [about sex], we have yearly trips to the gynecologist to check her hymen," T.I. said, with his confession leaving podcast hosts Nazanin Mandi and Nadia Moham somewhat dumbfounded. | The musician, however, did not stop at that, making sure nobody got the impression he was just messing with the presenters. | "Right after the birthday we celebrate. And usually like the da…
rt.com/usa/472812-rapper-ti-hymen-virginity/

Something in the air
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…
greenleft.org.au/content/something-air

Ex-Twitter Workers Charged with Spying for Saudis as Part of Kingdom's Growing Crackdown on Dissent
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user's location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. A new report by Human Rights Watch fin…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/former_twitter_employees_charged_with_spying

Media Conceal Chile's State Criminality, Delegitimize Bolivian Democracy
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-11-05
Chilean protester beaten by government forces (Twitter, 10/21/19) | Chile's anti-neoliberal rebellion is entering its third week, and the brutal crackdown continues. Hard-right President Sebastian Piñera and his generals have effectively decreed the country's oligarch-dominated democracy out of existence by sending soldiers into the streets to kill, maim and torture their own people. | And, for the most part, the Western corporate media blackout persists unabated. | October 25's historic 1.2 million–person march in Santiago–the…
fair.org/home/media-conceal-chiles-state-criminality-delegitimize-bolivian-democracy/

YouTube Yanks Second Red Ice Channel
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-10-23
YouTube has taken down a second Red Ice channel after the hate network tried to circumvent the media giant's initial ban.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/23/youtube-yanks-second-red-ice-channel

YouTube Takes Down Red Ice's Main Channel
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2019-10-18
YouTube removed one of the most prominent video news outlets for white nationalists, Red Ice, from its platform.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/10/21/youtube-takes-down-red-ices-main-channel