Suppressing the Truth, Sustaining The Lie. Censorship is the "New Normal" in America
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
Censorship is the new normal in the US. They're increasingly threatening speech, press, and academic freedoms
President Trump Is Seeking Another Victim
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-10
On George Floyd final viewing day and celebration of his life (under the Democratic Party supervision), the fascistic minded President Trump is seeking another victim! He has tweeted: "Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year …
globalresearch.ca/president-trump-seeking-another-victim/5715531
"Justice for George Floyd" petition sets record: 17 million names
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-10
There are petitions, and there are petitions…and then there's the petition by started by a 15-year-old Portland, Ore., girl, identified on Facebook as Kellen S., on change.org, demanding justice for George Floyd. Talk about a tsunami, and her petition is it. Following Floyd's burial June 9 in his hometown of Houston, the demand for justice …
peoplesworld.org/article/justice-for-george-floyd-petition-sets-record-17-million-names/
Inauthentic Behavior: SouthFront is the Latest Victim of the Facebook Banhammer
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-09
The censorship of alternative media is becoming more widespread. The latest victim to fall to Facebook and YouTube's overzealous banhammer is well-known conflict watchdog website, SouthFront.
mintpressnews.com/inauthentic-behavior-southfront-latest-victim-facebook-banhammer/268408/
Trump is Not the Problem
John O'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-09
The Trump-bashing among the slate of Democratic candidates for president never got beyond the occasional blurb that Trump is not the problem. An extended discussion about what this means was neither compatible with the time limit on responses in the debates nor the agenda limits of the candidates themselves. Trump's outrageous tweets and comments to…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/09/trump-is-not-the-problem/
Black teenager shot by white cop: The play 'Scraps' for home viewing
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-09
The Matrix Theatre Company's award-winning production of Scraps by Geraldine Inoa is now available for viewing on the company's Youtube page. In a provocative mash-up of poetry, realism, and expressionism, Scraps boldly chronicles how the family and friends of a black teenager shot by a white police officer struggle to cope in the aftermath. Set …
peoplesworld.org/article/black-teenager-shot-by-white-cop-the-play-scraps-for-home-viewing/
Viral video forces police to back down in Buffalo, N.Y
| workers.org | 2020-06-09
By Victor Enrique June 7
FBI Launches Open Attack on 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
Gareth Porter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-08
Under FBI orders, Facebook and Google removed American Herald Tribune, an alternative site that publishes US and European writers critical of US foreign policy. The bureau's justification for the removal was dubious, and it sets a troubling precedent for other …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-launches-open-attack-foreign-alternative-media-outlets-challenging-us-foreign-policy/5715296
The Fires This Time and Next
John G. Russell | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-08
George Floyd is dead, murdered by a policeman while three others stood by and did nothing to protect him. Eric Garner is dead, murdered by a policeman while at least seven others milled about and did nothing to protect him. Over the decades, countless and uncounted black men, women, and children have died, killed in the custody of police. Some of these deaths and the preludes to them have been captured by cellphone cameras and uploaded to social media. Many more have not.
counterpunch.org/2020/06/08/the-fires-this-time-and-next/
LAPD Chief Moore delays finalizing report on cop who beat Richard Castillo
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Los Angeles, CA – On April 27, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught LAPD officer Frank Hernandez and another unnamed woman officer violently beating and arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Officer Hernandez has a violent history. He killed Manuel Jamines, shot in the head, September of 2010 and was known to…
fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/lapd-chief-moore-delays-finalizing-report-cop-who-beat-richard-castillo
LAPD Chief Moore delays finalizing report on cop who beat Richard Castillo
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-08
Los Angeles, CA – On April 27, a video filmed by a neighbor in Boyle Heights caught LAPD officer Frank Hernandez and another unnamed woman officer violently beating and arresting Chicano Richard Castillo. The video quickly went viral due to the completely unprovoked manner in which officer Hernandez punched and attacked Castillo. After backup was called, witnesses had to come out to defend Castillo. Officer Hernandez and others drew guns on the witnesses and ordered them to "Get out of here!" | Officer Hernandez has a violent history. He killed Manuel Jamines, shot in the head, September of 2010 and was known to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/8/lapd-chief-moore-delays-finalizing-report-cop-who-beat-richard-castillo
Comedian's viral parodies poke fun at 'subtle racism' in British media
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-06-09
A comedian who has gone viral for his parody videos of British news reports says he wants to draw attention to "subtle" racism in the UK media.After this weekend's Black Lives Matter protests, Munya Chawawa created a mock news broadcast poking fun at what he saw as the "quite negative" media response.The video, which has now been viewed 2.5 million times, was shared by actor John Boyega and prompted calls to get Chawawa his own TV show."The final racist icing on the pounded yam was when a brown horse aggressively galloped through the streets at the speed of Dominic 'Vin Diesel' Cummings," he joked."Perhaps it's t…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/06/09/comedians-viral-parodies-poke-fun-at-subtle-racism-in-british-media/
Buffalo Police Assaulted a 75-Year-Old Longtime Peace Activist, Now Trump Is Attacking Him Too
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-10
We look at the story of peace activist Martin Gugino, who was hospitalized in critical condition after being pushed to the ground by a police officer in Buffalo last week
Immigration Agents Target People at Police Brutality Protests, Including a U.S. Citizen Military Vet
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-09
As protests against police brutality continue nationwide, immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at some of the demonstrations. A viral video showed a group of ICE agents working with the New York City Police Department to detain a protester at a George Floyd rally in New York City last week, and advocates say agents held the man on the ground as they pointed three guns at him and handcuffed and searched him. He was reportedly released after agents found a military veteran's ID on him, and is a U.S. citizen of Puerto Rican descent. We spea…
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/9/mizue_aizeki
Couldn't Bury Your Father Because of Lockdown? Public Health Experts Have a New Exciting Message for You: "ACAB!"
Dan Diamond | anti-empire.com | 2020-06-08
For months, public health experts have urged Americans to take every precaution to stop the spread of Covid-19–stay at home, steer clear of friends and extended family, and absolutely avoid large gatherings. | Now some of those experts are broadcasting a new message: It's time to get out of the house and join the mass protests against racism. | "We should always evaluate the risks and benefits of efforts to control the virus," Jennifer Nuzzo, a Johns Hopkins epidemiologist, tweeted on Tuesday. "In this moment the public health risks of not protesting to demand an end to systemic racism greatly exceed the ha…
anti-empire.com/couldnt-bury-your-father-because-of-lockdown-public-health-experts-have-a-new-exciting-message-for-you-acab/
Thursday 7/2: Thirty Thursday Virtual Concert
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-10
Livestream Facebook Live Virtual Concert…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834064.php
Thursday 7/2: Thirty Thursday Virtual Concert
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-09
Livestream Facebook Live Virtual Concert…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834064.php
We Won't Win the Climate Fight Without Youth Leadership
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-10
Jamie Margolin, 18, youth climate lawsuit litigant and founder of youth-led climate activist group Zero Hour, gets a lot done. | By noon on a typical day in school, as Margolin chronicles in her guide for youth activists, Youth to Power, she has already posted on Zero Hour and her own social media, responded to DMs and emails, done her homework, gone to classes, fielded m…
truthout.org/articles/we-wont-win-the-climate-fight-without-youth-leadership/
Top EU official BACKS Twitter in fact-checking 'war' with Trump, says Europe should take same approach
rt.com | 2020-06-10
Twitter has received unexpected support in its fact-checking war with US President Donald Trump. The EU Commission's vice president for values and transparency,Vera Jourova, said it has taken exactly the approach Europe needs. | Jourova, who leads the bloc's own crusade against disinformation, waded into the Trump-Twitter dispute, praising the instant messaging service for "promoting the facts" instead of taking down the president's tweets altogether. | "I support the Twitter reaction to tweets of President Trump," she said during a press conference. "They did not delete it. We all can see it. They provided fa…
rt.com/news/491451-eu-twitter-fact-check-trump/
'Our history will not be tampered with!' Trump rules out renaming US military bases named after Confederate generals
rt.com | 2020-06-10
US President Donald Trump has declared opposition to renaming a dozen military bases that bear the names of Civil War generals who fought for the Confederacy, saying they are part of history and a proud military heritage. | Mentioning Fort Bragg, Fort Hood and Fort Benning by name, Trump tweeted on Wednesday that the "Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage" and "history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom." | "My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," he added. | It has been suggested that we should rena…
rt.com/usa/491457-trump-rejects-renaming-bases-confederacy/
'Jeopardy' champ gets schooled on Hollywood bias after claiming almost ZERO entertainers are conservatives
rt.com | 2020-06-10
Top 'Jeopardy' champ Ken Jennings drew plenty of pushback for claiming no entertainers hold conservative views
Catch me if you can? Chicago looters BRAG on Facebook about unloading stolen goods
rt.com | 2020-06-09
After two weeks pillaging shops under the cover of George Floyd protests, over-confident looters are boasting about their hauls on Facebook. The police and FBI claim to be hot on their trail
Anarchists & 'Antifa' occupy Seattle police station abandoned by 'regime' forces, set up 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone'
rt.com | 2020-06-09
After police in Seattle, Washington retreated from the Capitol Hill neighborhood, protesters took over the abandoned 'regime' precinct and erected barricades to mark an 'autonomous zone' for several blocks around it. | Six blocks of downtown Seattle have been declared the 'Free Capitol Hill Zone' or 'Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone' (CHAZ), according to area activists that have taken control of Seattle PD's East Precinct, on 12th Avenue and E. Pine Street. | Journalist Julio Rosas tweeted photos from the 'zone,' including flyers demanding that Seattle PD be defunded, and declaring that police "will always be raci…
rt.com/usa/491347-seattle-autonomous-zone-police/
Police chief ousted for backing 'gun-toting' vigilantes who defended small town from alleged 'Antifa threat'
rt.com | 2020-06-09
Amid rumors of an impending Antifa invasion, a number of armed individuals gathered in the small town of Snohomish, Washington, and were praised for doing so by the town's sheriff. He has now been demoted for his support. | Snohomish Police Chief Keith Rogers was ousted amid a slew of complaints after his vocal support for a gathering of several hundred "armed vigilantes" who converged on the town of 9,000 inhabitants on May 31. | www.facebook.com/SnohomishPD/posts/1412336185625305 | Rogers was criticized for referring to the gathering as a "festive night of tailgating and celebratory pleasantries." De…
rt.com/usa/491299-police-chief-ousted-vigilantes-antifa/
Trump celebrates Senate approval of 'FIRST-EVER African-American military service chief' as Charles Brown takes over USAF
rt.com | 2020-06-09
The US Senate has confirmed General Charles Brown to be the chief of the US Air Force, the first time an African-American has headed a branch of the military. President Donald Trump jumped the gun to take a victory lap on Twitter. | …
rt.com/usa/491337-trump-airforce-black-general/
Guardian writer Jones derided after promoting website seeking to topple Earl Grey statue, UK PM responsible for ending slavery
rt.com | 2020-06-09
UK journalist Owen Jones has been mercilessly mocked after enthusiastically promoting a website that marks out statues around the UK that should be toppled…including that of a former PM who oversaw the abolition of slavery. | Jones
Be ashamed of crying wolf over detention of an Iranian
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)
Cast Member of MTV's 'The Challenge' Fired After Posting Tweets on 'Black Lives Matter' Movement
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-09
Nguyen came under fire from both netizens and her colleagues on "The Challenge", who accused her of using the "Black Lives Matter" as a trend to boost her own popularity, though she later brought in an apology.
sputniknews.com/us/202006091079570342-cast-member-of-mtvs-the-challenge-fired-after-posting-tweets-on-black-lives-matter-movement/
The Police Have Been Spying On Black Reporters And Activists for Years
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-10
On Aug. 20, 2018, the first day of a federal police surveillance trial, I discovered that the Memphis Police Department was spying on me. | The ACLU of Tennessee had sued the MPD, alleging that the department was in violation of a 1978 consent decree barring surveillance of residents for political purposes. One of the first witnesses called to the stand: Sgt. Timothy Reynolds, who is white. To get intel on activists and organizers, including those in the Black Lives Matter movement, he'd posed on Facebook as a "man of color," befriending people and trying to infiltrate closed circles.
popularresistance.org/the-police-have-been-spying-on-black-reporters-and-activists-for-years/
A T-Shirt Sparks Claims That Another 'Foreign Agitator' Is Behind US Racial Unrest
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-09
We've seen various state and federal officials over the past two weeks of George Floyd protests point to a 'foreign hand' stirring the unrest for the purpose of creating deeper instability in American society, already unsettled by months of the coronavirus pandemic crisis. | Of course, the 'nefarious Russians' were the first to be named
Monday 6/8: Undercounted: Black Men Speak: Systemic Racism, Recent Events & 2020 Census (ep. 2)
Fair Count | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833867.php
Saturday 6/6: Standing With Black Lives Matter Livestream Panel (Once Again Pac)
Once Again Pac | indybay.org | 2020-06-08
Online livestream: www.facebook.com/onceagainpac/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833869.php
Virtue signaling or necessary intervention? UK MP calls on govt to 'speed up' removal of all slave-trader statues
rt.com | 2020-06-08
An MP has urged the UK government to help local communities "speed up" the process of removing statues of slave merchants across the nation, prompting praise, anger and cynicism by turns online, given the timing of her request. | On Monday, Liberal Democrat MP Layla Moran published on Twitter the letter she sent to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Oliver Dowden, in which she asked that the UK government allow local councils to involve their communities in assessing and removing the controversial memorials to slave traders. | Statues of slave merchants shouldn't still be standing
'Democrats have gone CRAZY,' says Trump, declaring calls to defund police 'unacceptable'
rt.com | 2020-06-08
US President Donald Trump stands against defunding or abolishing the police, the White House said, after he tweeted about it and accused "radical left Democrats" of being insane for entertaining the proposal. | "The president is appalled by the defund the police movement," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said during the briefing on Monday, naming several Democrats who have called for it in recent days. | | . @PressSec: "The President is appalled by the 'Defund…
rt.com/usa/491235-trump-opposes-defunding-police/
Apple & Google 'woke-ify' virtual assistants to educate users on Black Lives Matter
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Apple and Google have programmed their trademark voice assistants to respond to questions about the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as to scold those who ask them about 'all lives matter.' | Business Insider reports that tech companies across the board are training their voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. | On Sunday, sports blogger David Gardner tweeted a video showing his Google Home smart speaker responding to the question,…
rt.com/usa/491244-apple-google-virtual-assistants-floyd/
Apple & Google 'woke-ify' virtual assistants to educate users on Black Lives Matter
rt.com | 2020-06-08
Apple and Google have programmed their trademark voice assistants to respond to questions about the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as to scold those who ask them about 'all lives matter.' | Business Insider reports that tech companies across the board are training their voice assistants to respond to questions on the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. | On Sunday, sports blogger David Gardner tweeted a video showing his Google Home smart speaker responding to the question…
rt.com/usa/491244-apple-google-virtual-assistants-floyd/
Turkey's first lady marks World Oceans Day
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Turkey's first lady on Monday marked the occasion of June 8, World Oceans Day."Water is life. Oceans are the home of countless species. Let's remember once again on June 8 #WorldOceans Day that the cleanliness of the oceans, seas and coasts is vital for our world," Emine Erdogan said on Twitter.She underlined that seas and oceans are the "common frontier" of all countries in the world, and called to act with a "common conscience" on this matter."If we can make #ZeroWaste philosophy a lifestyle that includes seas as well, we can carry the vast blues to the future," Erdogan said."Our children do not deserve a futur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-first-lady-marks-world-oceans-day-3531487
Police hunting for gigantic crocodile in Spanish river
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-08
Spanish police are on a hunt for a crocodile in the region of Valladolid after several people reported seeing a massive creature near the confluence of the Duero and Pisuerga rivers over the weekend.The first calls came in on Friday, when two young boys reported seeing the animal swimming in the river. On Saturday, local police also identified the animal."We get all kinds of calls but the one we received today surprised us," tweeted the Castile and Leon emergency phone number on Saturday. "Police have been deployed to find the crocodile."On Sunday, biologists also discovered two suspected nests and parts of fish…
yenisafak.com/en/world/police-hunting-for-gigantic-crocodile-in-spanish-river-3531496
FBI Launches Open Attack On 'Foreign' Alternative Media Outlets Challenging US Foreign Policy
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
The FBI has publicly justified its suppression of dissenting online views about US foreign policy if a media outlet can be somehow linked to one of its adversaries. The Bureau's justification followed a series of instances in which Silicon Valley social media platforms banned accounts following consultations with the FBI. | In a particularly notable case in 2018, the FBI encouraged Facebook, Instagram and Google to remove or restrict ads on the American Herald Tribune (AHT), an online journal that published critical opinion articles on US policy toward Iran and the Middle East. The bureau has never offered a clea…
popularresistance.org/fbi-launches-open-attack-on-foreign-alternative-media-outlets/
Photo Of Police Officer With Armed Men Prompts Outrage And Investigation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-08
A photo circulating on social media Friday showing an Olympia Police officer posing with a group of armed men in front of Baskin Robbins on Olympia's west side has prompted outrage from many, a response from Mayor Cheryl Selby, and an investigation by the police department. | A Facebook post featuring the photo that was shared on Twitter Friday is captioned "this is us the 3% with a OPD at 140am when she came to that k (sic) us for being there and her partner on duty came and thanked us to." The hand gesture is associated with the Three Percenters movement also mentioned in the photo's caption. The gesture repres…
popularresistance.org/photo-of-police-officer-with-armed-men-prompts-outrage-and-investigation/
Taking a knee not enough? VIDEO shows Massachusetts police chief LYING FACE DOWN at urging of BLM protesters
rt.com | 2020-06-07
A video on social media shows the head of police in Webster, Massachusetts expressing his solidarity with Black Lives Matter activists by lying face down on the ground, prompting applause from protesters
De Blasio plans to partially DEFUND NYPD, use money for youth and social services
rt.com | 2020-06-07
New York will be shifting funds from the police to youth groups as part of reforms, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced, saying the Big Apple's citizens "need to be reached, not policed." | "We committed to move resources from the NYPD to youth and social services as part of our City's budget," de Blasio wrote on Twitter amid ongoing violent protests in New York and many other US cities, provoked by the death of African American man George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May. | "Our people need to be reached, not policed," the mayor said, insisting that it would still be possible to keep N…
rt.com/usa/491132-deblasio-take-funds-nypd/
'You talk like Goebbels': Global Times editor-in-chief shoots back at Pompeo's parallels between China & Nazi Germany
rt.com | 2020-06-07
The editor-in-chief of a major Chinese tabloid slammed Mike Pompeo for comparing his country to Nazi Germany, likening his words to those of Hitler's propaganda chief and reminding the secretary of state of America's endless wars. | Hu Xijin took to Twitter on Sunday venting his anger about Mike Pompeo's remarks. | "You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the world apart. You aren't like a top diplomat, instead, you talk like Goebbels of Nazi Germany. I'm worried that world peace will eventually be destroyed by extreme politicians like you," he wrote. | You are inciting radical hostility and ripping the…
rt.com/news/491131-pompeo-goebbels-china-nazi/
Monday 6/8: Undercounted: Black Men Speak: Systemic Racism, Recent Events & 2020 Census (ep. 2)
Fair Count | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/faircountgeorgia/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833867.php
Saturday 6/6: Standing With Black Lives Matter Livestream Panel (Once Again Pac)
Once Again Pac | indybay.org | 2020-06-07
Online livestream: www.facebook.com/onceagainpac/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/06/18833869.php