"Fake News": "Hundreds" of Iraqis Want US Troops to Leave their Country
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-26
Who is telling the truth. Compare the images. | The Mainstream Media is lying. | "Fake News"? | See the official tweet of the Associated Press. | Hundreds, Thousands? Millions? | It's what you call "investigative reporting"… | You see what you want to …
globalresearch.ca/fake-news-hundreds-of-iraqis-want-us-troops-to-leave-the-country/5701772

'Bad Farsi? Try English': Iran's Zarif mocks Trump for comments based on Fox headlines & shabby translation
rt.com | 2020-01-26
Tehran's top diplomat has suggested the US president stop sourcing news from either Fox or his hapless Farsi translators, after Trump rejected negotiating with Iran, apparently missing a crucial nuance in a Der Spiegel interview. | President Donald Trump on Sunday told his Twitter subscribers that "Iran wants to negotiate with The United States, but wants sanctions removed." He tagged Fox News and One America News and issued a resounding "No Thanks!" To hammer home the message, the commander-in-chief posted the same words in Farsi, the official language of Iran. Trump had earlier tweeted, also in Farsi, his su…
rt.com/news/479210-zarif-mocks-trump-twitter/

'Pakistan has far better minds than India': Pak government minister's peculiar pitch to Netflix unleashes slew of criticism
rt.com | 2020-01-26
Pakistan's minister for science and technology is under fire for a bizarre pitch to Netflix and Amazon which claimed that Pakistan has "far better minds" than its neighbor India. | In a tweet congratulating a Pakistani TV channel for airing a drama he enjoyed, Fawad Chaudhry called on the streaming giants to invest in the Islamic republic. | "I yet again ask @amazon and @Netflix invest in Pak drama n film #Pakistan has far better minds than India our music is far superior, you guys wont regret" he wrote. | Must congretulate @ARYVideos for showing…
rt.com/news/479212-pakistan-politician-chaudhry-netflix-india/

Miss BumBum Reveals How Much Her Outstanding Physique Brings Her Per Year
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-26
Brazilian stunner Suzy Cortez made history last October when she became the first woman to be crowned Miss BumBum twice. This gave a boost to the career of the curvy 29-year-old, who not only enjoys fame on social media

German police probe sale of 'Nazi beer' bearing Third Reich symbols
rt.com | 2020-01-26
Police in Germany have launched an investigation after beer branded with Nazi-era symbolism was discovered on sale. The inflammatory alcohol was priced at an eyebrow-raising ‚Ǩ18.88. | The probe was opened after conservative politician Gotz Ulrich spotted the 'Deutsches Reichsbräu' (German Reich Brew) on sale in the small town of Bad Bibra in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The drink's label features a Nazi-esque eagle clutching a flared cross. | www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2667958006653168&set=pcb.2667972309985071&type=3&theater | Ulrich said he was ashamed to see the pr…
rt.com/news/479234-nazi-beer-investigation-germany/

German police probe sale of 'Nazi beer' bearing Third Reich symbols
rt.com | 2020-01-26
Police in Germany have launched an investigation after beer branded with Nazi-era symbolism was discovered on sale. The inflammatory alcohol was priced at an eyebrow-raising ‚Ǩ18.88. | The probe was opened after conservative politician Gotz Ulrich spotted the 'Deutsches Reichsbräu' (German Reich Brew) on sale in the small town of Bad Bibra in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt. The drink's label features a Nazi-esque eagle clutching a flared cross. | www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2667958006653168&set=pcb.2667972309985071&type=3&theater | Ulrich said he was ashamed to see the pr…
rt.com/news/479234-nazi-beer-investigation-germany/

Forget Murdoch's 'scoop' on Corbyn's legacy. A video sums it up perfectly
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-26
Hopefully you don't read Rupert Murdoch's broadsheet rag the Sunday Times. But if you do, you may have seen a 'plot' by Jeremy Corbyn to continue his "socialist" legacy. But don't worry. There's a perfect antidote to this right-wing drivel. It's a video showing what people will really remember the Labour leader for. And it's already clocked up over 250,000 views. | Corbyn: red under the bed?: | "SCOOP" screamed Sunday Times journalist Gabriel Pogrund on Twitter. This was because he'd leaked Corbyn's "pla…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/01/26/forget-murdochs-scoop-on-corbyns-legacy-a-video-sums-it-up-perfectly/

'We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry': White House spiritual adviser sparks intense reactions with bizarre sermon
rt.com | 2020-01-26
Televangelist Paula White has brought some odd attention to the White House after a video of her sermon about "satanic pregnancies" went viral, sparking trending hashtags like '#satanicpregnancies' and '#rosemarysbaby' on Twitter. | White, who is an adviser to the Faith and Opportunity Initiative at the Office of Public Liaison, can be seen giving a fiery, if somewhat disturbing sermon in a video posted by the group Right Wing Watch on Twitter. | "We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right now," the Florida preacher told her congregation. "We declare that anything that's been conceived in wombs, that…
rt.com/usa/479238-paula-white-satanic-pregnancies/

Snowboarding in Almost Unreal Winter Wonderland Terrain Leaves Twitter in Awe
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-26
Winter can sometimes work wonders, transforming the landscape in such a way it begins to look almost out of this world.
sputniknews.com/videoclub/202001261078142016-snowboarding-in-almost-unreal-winter-wonderland-terrain-leaves-twitter-in-awe/

Plane 'catches fire' after takeoff from airport in northern Iran
rt.com | 2020-01-26
A Tehran-bound passenger plane was forced to return to Gorgan airport in northern Iran, as one of its engines caught fire shortly after takeoff. Footage has emerged allegedly showing the frightening scene. | The aircraft made an emergency landing and the passengers have been evacuated. The plane was carrying 85 passengers, none of whom were said to have been injured in the incident, according to local media. The flight was reportedly operated by Qeshm Air. | Meanwhile, photos purportedly showing the extent of the blaze appeared on Twitter. | üî¥ ÿ¢ÿ™ÿ¥ &fras…
rt.com/news/479237-iran-plane-fire-gorgan-airport/

Do You Want to Smell Like Tana Mongeau? Fans Go Dizzy With New Sold-Out Perfume
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-26
The American blogger had been teasing her fans for a while with hints that a big and potentially exciting project that she'd been working on for quite some time was about to be unveiled.
sputniknews.com/viral/202001261078142162-do-you-want-to-smell-like-tana-mongeau-fans-go-dizzy-with-new-sold-out-perfume/

Only One Lab in China Can Safely Handle the New Coronavirus
Nicoletta Lanese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-26
As an escalating viral outbreak unfolds in China, only one lab in the country meets the required biosafety standards needed to study the new disease. | The lab happens to sit in the center of Wuhan, the city where the newly …
globalresearch.ca/only-one-lab-china-safely-handle-new-coronavirus/5701733

Oman's foreign minister meets Iranian counterpart Zarif
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-26
Oman's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah will meet Iran's Foreign Ninister Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday to discuss maritime security in the Hormuz strait, Oman's foreign ministry tweeted.Oman maintains friendly ties with both the United States and Iran and has previously been a go-between for the two countries, which severed diplomatic ties after the 1979 Iranian revolution.
yenisafak.com/en/world/omans-foreign-minister-meets-iranian-counterpart-zarif-3510508

Cedi Osman-led support campaign for Elazığ reach $65K
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-26
NBA player and Turkish international Cedi Osman's campaign for quake-hit Turkish province Elazig reached around $65,000 after the Cleveland Cavaliers – Chicago Bulls game on Saturday evening.On Saturday, Osman announced via Twitter that he would donate $100 for every three-pointer made during the game.After some Turkish sports people, including Arda Turan, Nuri Sahin, Isil Alben, Yusuf Yazici, also pledged to donate the same amount, the campaign grew bigger.Turkish people

The significance of Italy's Sardines movement
wsws.org | 2020-01-25
In less than two months, the Sardines movement, a social media initiative, has mobilized thousands of protesters against the right-wing former deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/25/ital-j25.html

Is Our Right to Peaceful Protest Disappearing?
Council of Canadians | commondreams.org | 2020-01-25
Demonstrators hold signs to protest the construction of TransCanada's Coastal GasLink through unceded Wet'suwet'en territory. (Photo: Unist'ot'en Camp/Facebook) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/right-protest-canada.jpg …
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Limited Internet Restored in Kashmir, Shutdown Continues
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
Indian authorities announced Friday that low-speed mobile (2G) internet will be restored on Saturday in occupied Kashmir but only limited to about 300 "whitelisted" sites. | RELATED: | Kashmir: 1 Million Tweets Critical of India Removed by Twitter | The local Jammu and Kashmir government said social media applications that allow "peer to peer" communication will continue to be banned for the Muslim-majority area's more than seven million people. | "Mobile data services and inte…
telesurenglish.net/news/Limited-Internet-Restored-in-Kashmir-Shutdown-Continues-20200125-0011.html

A new MP brilliantly demolishes Tony Blair's attempt to troll Jeremy Corbyn
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
In a desperate attempt to defend his legacy of ' Thatcherism-lite' politics, Tony Blair has hit out at Jeremy Corbyn. But it only took one tweet from a new MP to demolish his argument. | Blair put out a video in which he said: I don't often respond to the Leader of the Labour Party's attacks on the last Labour government, but enough is enough. | He went on to criticise Corbyn for lumpi…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/25/a-new-mp-brilliantly-demolishes-tony-blairs-attempt-to-troll-jeremy-corbyn/

In one tweet, a new kick-ass MP rinses Boris Johnson and the media
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-25
Zarah Sultana is one of the new Labour MPs to join parliament following the 2019 election. And she's quickly becoming one of a new generation of kick-ass women putting both government and parliament in their places. | This time she's taken on Boris Johnson, billionaires and the media in one tweet. And she makes a fundamentally important point: | Boris Johnson is an old Etonian Bullingdon boy. | His party is funded by ‚Öì of all UK billionaires. | It's the party of the 1%. | And th…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/25/in-one-tweet-a-new-kick-ass-mp-rinses-boris-johnson-and-the-media/

Lee Camp straightens out 'sewage' NYT article that claims Russian bots 'sowed confusion' in South America (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-24
American comedian Lee Camp issued a scathing retort to a New York Times piece alleging that Russian bots stoked tensions in South America, jokingly noting that it would take several years to fully dissect the baseless report. | The host of Redacted Tonight marveled at how the piece, titled "As Protests in South America Surged, So Did Russian Trolls on Twitter, US Finds," was based on data provided by not-very-objective State Department 'analysts'. For Camp, this raised a number of obvious red flags. | He argued that, contrary to the US government-sourced piece, Washington and its cheerleaders in the media are…
rt.com/usa/479076-lee-camp-nyt-russian-bots-venezuela/

Impeachment as a Distraction
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
Well, the circus has arrived in the United States capital, and the media is all agog at the show! In the Big Tent, sometimes referred to as the White House, announcements about forthcoming performances are being tweeted at a breath-taking rate. Many of them are coming directly from the star clown himself, none other than…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/impeachment-as-a-distraction/

Venezuela Must Remain Vigilant and on Guard Against US Hybrid Warfare
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
A meme circulating on social media shows the distraught gaze of Venezuela's opposition member Juan Guaidó with a caption that says in part,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/venezuela-must-remain-vigilant-and-on-guard-against-us-hybrid-warfare/

European Jewish Congress (EJC) Launches Campaign Against 'Antisemitism' (Aka Support for Palestinian Rights)
Alison Weir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-24
The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has announced the launch of a worldwide, star studded social media campaign against what it calls "antisemitism," but which is often advocacy for Palestinian human rights and opposition to Israeli apartheid. EJC is the …
globalresearch.ca/jewish-congress-launches-campaign-against-antisemitism-support-palestinian-rights/5701608

Venezuela Must Remain Vigilant and on Guard Against US Hybrid Warfare
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
A meme circulating on social media shows the distraught gaze of Venezuela's opposition member Juan Guaidó with a caption that says in part,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/venezuela-must-remain-vigilant-and-on-guard-against-us-hybrid-warfare/

Bolsonaro: 'More and More the Indian Is a Human Being Like Us'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-24
Brazil's far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, once again displayed his racism Thursday. He defended that Indigenous communities should integrate with the rest of society and assessed that, increasingly, the Indian is "evolving" and becoming a "human being like us." | RELATED: | Brazil's Peoples: Bolsonaro Means Genocide, Ethnocide, Ecocide | During a live broadcast on Facebook, Bolsonaro announced the creation of the Amazon Council, a structure created earlier this week to coordina…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-More-and-More-the-Indian-Is-a-Human-Being-Like-Us–20200124-0010.html

The Coronavirus Serious Public Health Threat in China
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
The happy expectations for the week-long Chinese New Year holidays has been dampened by a new viral infection that is spreading rapidly in China (cases have been confirmed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong province) and other countries. Since late 2019, people from Wuhan had been infected with a viral pneumonia whose cause was unknown. Now…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/the-coronavirus-serious-public-health-threat-in-china/

The Coronavirus Serious Public Health Threat in China
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
The happy expectations for the week-long Chinese New Year holidays has been dampened by a new viral infection that is spreading rapidly in China (cases have been confirmed in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong province) and other countries. Since late 2019, people from Wuhan had been infected with a viral pneumonia whose cause was unknown. Now…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/the-coronavirus-serious-public-health-threat-in-china/

#MarchForLies: Reproductive Justice Advocates Counter Trump's "Dangerous Rhetoric" at Anti-Choice March
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-24
As President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend the annual March for Life on Friday, reproductive rights advocates used social media to counter his anti-choice message with the hashtag #MarchForLies, sharing accurate information about reproductive health and slamming Trump for his attacks on women. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-24_at_2.48.04_pm.jpg …
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In Latest Encryption Battle with Apple, Justice Department Still Wrong
Jennifer Stisa Granick | aclu.org | 2020-01-23
The | federal government is once again trying to force Apple to weaken the security | of millions of iPhones. On Wednesday, President Trump issued a call from Davos, | Switzerland for Apple to assist law enforcement in unlocking iPhones. Last week, | Trump made the same demand of Apple, tweeting that the | company should unlock cell phones as a quid pro quo for any benefits it enjoys | as a result of favo…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/in-latest-encryption-battle-with-apple-doj-still-wrong

U.S. clearing anti-war voices off social media in vast censorship operation
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-23
Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that appear to be in support of the late Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in order to comply with U.S. sanctions, a company spokesperson recently told CNN. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/23/u-s-clearing-anti-war-voices-off-social-media-in-vast-censorship-operation/

U.S. clearing anti-war voices off social media in vast censorship operation
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-23
Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that appear to be in support of the late Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in order to comply with U.S. sanctions, a company spokesperson recently told CNN. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/23/u-s-clearing-anti-war-voices-off-social-media-in-vast-censorship-operation/

Now Three Years into the Reign of Trump, What's Left?
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-23
On January 20, Donald G. Trump completed his third year in office. My one blog that received five-digit Facebook shares predicted Trump would lose in 2016. I was spectacularly wrong but not alone. Even the Las Vegas bookies thought Clinton was a shoo-in with her unbeatable two-punch knockout of (1) I'm not Trump and (2) …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/now-three-years-into-the-reign-of-trump-whats-left/

Ending Militarization Of Our Communities
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-22
From Stop The Militarization of Police Facebook page In recent weeks Popular Resistance has focused on the escalation of US militarism around the world, especially in the Middle East with the assassination of General Soleimani, US troops staying in Syria to take their oil and the US refusing to leave Iraq despite being asked to leave. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/ending-militarization-of-our-communities/

Muddle-Eastern diplomacy: White House confuses Iran and Iraq in YouTube blunder
rt.com | 2020-01-22
As President Donald Trump sat down with the world's movers and shakers at Davos, White House staff clearly weren't paying much attention, mistaking Iraqi President Barham Salih for his Iranian counterpart. | "President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Iran," the title of a YouTube video published by the White House on Wednesday proclaimed. | Hell had not frozen over, however, and Trump had not secretly met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unbeknownst to the world's media. Instead, the video clearly showed Trump meeting with Iraqi President Barham Salih. | Ira…
rt.com/usa/478894-white-house-iran-iraq/