(2019-11-26). Spanish Ship Arrives in Italy With 62 Rescued Migrants. telesurenglish.net The Open Arms humanitarian vessel on Tuesday arrived in the Taranto port (Italy) with 62 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea some five days ago. | RELATED: | Italy: Government Addresses Migration Issues With Rescue NGOs | "We have finished the landing of 62 people… we hope they leave behind terrible experiences lived before and be treated with humanity by Europe," Open Arms tweeted. | The international charity also informed that another 11 African migrants were previousl…
(2019-11-26). Ukrainian MP Claims $7.4 Billion Obama-Linked Laundering, Puts Biden Group Take at $16.5 Million. globalresearch.ca Update 2: Dobinsky, the MP, says there is a " signed suspicion" at 1: 19 in the video below. This has been described in Ukrainian media as an investigative step which documents allegations against an individual or individuals, similar to …
(2019-11-26). Demonstrators Storm UN Camp in Congo After Deadly Attack. telesurenglish.net Demonstrators bursted into the U.N. facilities in the city of Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday, after the U.N. forces were unable to stop an attack perpetrated by armed fighters that killed eight civilians in that northeastern city. | RELATED: | African Union Urges Return of UK Colony to Mauritius | A tweet by the local police first showed the flame…
(2019-11-26). 'Pete Buttigieg is a lying MF' trends on Twitter after column on past 'racism' goes viral. rt.com 
While he may be enjoying a surge in the Iowa polls, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is trending on Twitter for an entirely different reason, after a column entitled 'Pete Buttigieg Is A Lying MF' went viral. | In the column for the Root, senior writer Michael Harriot scathingly addresses a recently resurfaced video of Buttigieg claiming that black kids in low-income neighborhoods fail at school in high numbers because there "isn't someone who they know personally who testifies to the value of education." Buttigieg made the comment in 2011, while he was running for mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
(2019-11-26). PETA mocked over demand for University of Georgia to retire 'miserable' bulldog mascot. rt.com 
The militant animal rights group PETA has called for the retirement of University of Georgia's bulldog mascot, posting a video supposedly showing him looking miserable. The message backfired among the offended Dawgs fans. | "He looks miserable," tweeted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Monday, posting a video of Uga X at a rainy-day football game. Uga was sitting dry in a dog house while people around him endured the wet and cold weather. | @UGAAthletics must retire Uga immediately! He should be at home with a loving family. pic.twitter.com/XBdIjRMLGW<...
(2019-11-26). 'Erdogan thumbs his nose at Trump': US senator says Turkey crossed 'another red line' with S-400 test, calls for new sanctions. rt.com 
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is mocking the US and has crossed a new "red line" as Ankara decided to start testing its S-400 air defense systems, a US senator said, calling for new sanctions against Turkey. | Turkey's persistence in its desire to actually use the armaments it procured from Russia was bemoaned by US Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen in a bitter tweet.The official said that Ankara's push for testing radars of the S-400 systems just two weeks a…
(2019-11-26). PETA mocked over demand for University of Georgia to retire 'miserable' bulldog mascot. rt.com The militant animal rights group PETA has called for the retirement of University of Georgia's bulldog mascot, posting a video supposedly showing him looking miserable. The message backfired among the offended Dawgs fans. | "He looks miserable," tweeted People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Monday, posting a video of Uga X at a rainy-day football game. Uga was sitting dry in a dog house while people around him endured the wet and cold weather. | HE LOOKS MISERABLE! | No dog deserves to be packed up, carted from state to state, and paraded in front of a stadium full of screaming fans. | Animals…
(2019-11-26). 'Imposing collective punishment': Employees of Israeli spyware company NSO Group countersue Facebook for deplatforming. rt.com 
Eight employees of infamous Israeli spyware company NSO Group are countersuing Facebook after it took their accounts offline while suing NSO for spying on thousands of users of its subsidiary WhatsApp through a security exploit. | The current and former NSO Group employees slammed Facebook's "barbarous and unilateral" decision to block their private accounts "just because the company they work for or previously worked for was sued by Facebook," claiming in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday that the deplatf…
(2019-11-26). 'Never nutmeg Ronaldo!' Juventus star trolled after teammate's cheeky training move (VIDEO). rt.com 
Social media users have seen the funny side of a Juventus training ground video which shows Italy international Leonardo Bonucci fooling Cristiano Ronaldo during a training ground exercise, even if the Portuguese marksman doesn't. | Ronaldo has a history of making a mockery of defenders throughout his record-breaking career but apparently doesn't like it so much when the tables are turned, after the video which emerged from the Juventus Center training ground shows the five time Ballon d'Or winner being nonplussed when 'nutmegged' in training – even as his Juve teammates respond with laughter. | Also on rt.com…
(2019-11-25). Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel's Increasing Violence Against Media. mintpressnews.com 
2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.
(2019-11-25). World Wide Web inventor slams 'brazen' Tory misinformation campaign. thecanary.co World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has slammed the Conservative Party's recent move to rename its Twitter account to make it look like an official fact-checker. | "Don't trust people who do that": | Speaking about the Conservatives' move, Berners-Lee told the BBC: That was really brazen… It was unbelievable they would do that. | He called the move "impersonation", saying: Don't do that. Don't trust peo…
(2019-11-25). Jeremy Corbyn's priceless response to a billionaire's act of 'charity'. thecanary.co On 22 November, Amazon CEO and arguably the richest person in the world Jeff Bezos announced a donation of $98.5m to help homeless peopl…
(2019-11-25). Cuba Pays Tribute To Fidel Castro Three Years After His Passing. telesurenglish.net The Cuban people paid tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro, three years after his death, in a display of commemorative acts that exalted the legacy of Cuba's eternal Commander in Chief. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Arrested, Harassed In Bolivia Return Home Safely | Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel published in his official Twitter account a letter that highlighted the force of the political leader, who according to him, led a frontal fight against impe…
(2019-11-25). US-senator Ted Cruz jokes he is mysterious Skyjacker 'Dan Cooper'… triggers avalanche of reasons why it's not the case. rt.com 
One of the most mysterious skyjackings has finally been solved. At least, if we go by the admission of US-Senator Ted Cruz. And Twitter was there to give its take in the matter. | In 1971, a man using the alias 'Dan Cooper', managed to hijack a plane and walk away with $200.000 in ransom. Despite allocating huge amounts of money, time and energy, the real identity of the hijacker still remains one of the biggest mysteries, for both FBI and conspiracy zealots alike. | Though Ted Cruz effectively couldn't be the mysterious Cooper, being born a year before the plane hijack took place, this didn't stop the US-Sena…
(2019-11-24). He did it for the memes! Musk claims Cybertruck orders through the roof after presentation 'fiasco'. rt.com 
There is no such thing as bad PR, apparently, with Tesla CEO Elon Musk now claiming the electric car maker has received nearly 150,000 pre-orders for his 'Cybertruck', after its unveiling spawned a torrent of online mockery. | Two days after his car crash of a presentation (no pun intended) for the futuristic Cybertruck vehicle, Musk declared on Twitter that orders for the peculiar-looking electric car have soared. | Also on rt.com | | Fragile glass, handle with care: BULLETPROOF windows on Elon Musk's electric truck crack during awry live demo (VIDEO)
(2019-11-24). Trump taps Ambassador to Norway Braithwaite to replace Navy Sec. fired over Gallagher scandal. rt.com 
Donald Trump has nominated current ambassador to Norway, Ken Braithwaite, as the new head of the Navy, saying that he was "not pleased" with the way fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer handled the SEAL Eddie Gallagher's case. | In a flurry of tweets on Sunday, the US president confirmed Spencer's resignation, saying that his "services have been terminated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper." ….contracting procedures were not addressed to my satisfaction. Therefore, Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer's services have been terminated by Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. I thank Richard for his service & co…
(2019-11-24). Laura Kuenssberg scrapes rock bottom in a pathetic attempt to defend Boris Johnson's manifesto. thecanary.co 
Boris Johnson launched the Conservative Party's manifesto on 24 November. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given her previous record, the BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg couldn't wait to defend it. But luckily, Twitter users were on hand to set the record straight and ensure her response got the takedown it deserved. | Kuenssberg tweeted: | Main sense is it's a do no harm document after the Tory calamity of 2017 — most of big picture plans already out there aside from promise to recruit lots of extra nurses | — Lau…
(2019-11-23). 'OK boomer': Biden attempt to roast Trump on Twitter unites left and right in mockery. rt.com 
Conservatives and liberals found rare common ground in mocking the Twitter game of former Vice-President and current Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, after he tried to accuse President Donald Trump of corruption. | "Corruption is Donald Trump's middle name," Biden tweeted out on Friday, following that up with a plea for $5 donations to oust the "most corrupt president in modern American history." | This prompted Ken Klippenstein, a journalist with the progressive outlet The Young Turks, to post a screensho…
(2019-11-20). At Private California Fundraiser, Pete Buttigieg Explains Limited Black Support. theintercept.com At a private fundraiser in California on Friday, Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested that black voters in South Carolina preferred former Vice President Joe Biden because of a perception of "familiarity," even though Biden isn't "the candidate with the best answers on the subject of race." | Asked by a guest in attendance at a meet-and-greet event at Thunderbird Heig…
(2019-11-20). Iran: Over 100 Feared Dead in Protest Crackdown as Authorities Impose Internet Blackout. democracynow.org 
In Iran, Amnesty International reports over 100 protesters have been killed in 21 cities by security forces during ongoing nationwide demonstrations sparked by a sudden hike in fuel prices last week. The death count may be much higher, the report warns, with some suggesting as many as 200 have been killed. According to Iranian state media, over 1,000 people have been arrested. On Thursday, Iran announced a rise in the cost of gas ranging from 50% to 300%. Soon after protests broke out on Sunday, Iran imposed an almost complete internet blackout, making it nearly impossible for protesters use social media to share…
(2019-11-17). CAP's Topher Spiro Is Trying to Deceive Journalists By Lying. peoplespolicyproject.org 
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…
(2019-11-15). Whistleblowers Are Public Servants. We Must Protect Them. aclu.org President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke on the phone. The president insists the call was " perfect." Others are concerned that, during the call, the president intimated he would withhold financial aid appropriated to Ukraine unless the Ukrainian president agreed to investigate former-Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival of the president. | How do we even know about any of this? A…