[Correspondence] Acute liver failure
Sandro Vento, Francesca Cainelli | thelancet.com | 2020-06-13
In their Seminar, R Todd Stravitz and William Lee1 state that estimates of the incidence of acute liver failure range from one case per million people per year to about 2000–3000 cases per year in the USA; that viral hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis E are the main causes of acute liver failure in "developing countries"; and that only about 5% of all diagnoses have indeterminate causes.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30046-5/fulltext?rss=yes

Project Venezuela: Right-Wing Activists Push Wikipedia to Blacklist MintPress, other Alternative Media
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-12
Still unable to convince a sufficient number of their countryfolk to support them, the Venezuelan opposition has turned their efforts towards convincing an international audience

Hawkish, Gov't Funded Think Tank Behind Twitter Decision to Delete Thousands of Chinese Accounts
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-06-12
Twitter's decision came after close collaboration with a deeply controversial U.S. and Australian government-funded think tank that has been denounced by Australia's former ambassador in Beijing as "the architect of the China threat theory in Australia."
mintpressnews.com/hawkish-think-tank-twitter-decision-delete-chinese-accounts/268524/

It is all About Race: Awful Hypocrisy to Say it is Not!
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-06-12
While I am following closely various discussions on Western mass media and social media, simultaneously engaging in several direct exchanges, one overwhelming leitmotif that I see is clearly emerging: "What is happening in the United States (and the UK, France and other parts of Western Empire) is not really about the race. Let us protest …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/06/it-is-all-about-race-awful-hypocrisy-to-say-it-is-not/

Media are slowly starting to be serious about police violence
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-12
As the George Floyd protests against police violence erupted around the nation, a massive amount of evidence of police brutality was widely captured through social media. Unfortunately, very little of it made it to mainstream outlets until much later.
mronline.org/2020/06/12/media-are-slowly-starting-to-be-serious-about-police-violence/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=media-are-slowly-starting-to-be-serious-about-police-violence

Will Science and Reason Save Us? The Liberal Left's False Wall of Defense
Gabriel Kuhn | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-12
Lies on social media, life-threatening health advice, "alternative facts," info wars, etc. It is easy to be concerned about the disregard for truthfulness, reflection, and sensibility involved in the far-right offensive that has entered government buildings around the world. Yet, it is also troubling that an increasing number of leftists embrace a neoliberal line of…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/12/will-science-and-reason-save-us-the-liberal-lefts-false-wall-of-defense/

Dams for the Breaching
David Yearsley | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-12
The Lockdown has sparked a renaissance in correspondence. I've been exchanging postcards with my mother and letters with my youngest nephew. Emails have gotten longer, more interesting, more personal, more fun. I'm not on FaceBook or any other social media, but I have received greetings and reports from high school teachers and childhood friends. Running…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/12/dams-for-the-breaching/

Infiltrating Antifa: the Feds and Their Long History of Subversion
T.J. Coles | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-12
On May 31st, President Trump (or his people) tweeted: "The United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a Terrorist Organization." Attorney General, William Barr, said: "The violence instigated and carried out by Antifa and other similar groups in connection with the rioting is domestic terrorism and will be treated accordingly." Trump and Barr…
counterpunch.org/2020/06/12/infiltrating-antifa-the-feds-and-their-long-history-of-subversion/

Police Violence: "Reform" is Not Enough
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-06-12
Every few years, some particular instance of a pervasive phenomenon

Inauthentic behavior: SouthFront is the latest victim of the Facebook banhammer
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-06-11
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.
mronline.org/2020/06/11/inauthentic-behavior-southfront-is-the-latest-victim-of-the-facebook-banhammer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inauthentic-behavior-southfront-is-the-latest-victim-of-the-facebook-banhammer

Viruses & imperialism
Tony Norfield | mronline.org | 2020-06-11
Despite conspiracy theories, there is no evidence whatsoever that the virus was manufactured in or escaped from a laboratory, in China or anywhere else. Such accusations ignore how easy viral transmission can be when other factors come into play.
mronline.org/2020/06/11/viruses-imperialism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viruses-imperialism

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

Zarif: Time to End Israel's Tyranny over Western Halls of Power
Tasnim News | iranian.com | 2020-06-12
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif lashed out at the Zionist lobbies for "poisoning" US politics, saying the time has come to end Israeli influence on the Western decision-making bodies. In a post on his Twitter account on Thursday, the top Iranian diplomat pointed to an article published in the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about Israel's …
iranian.com/2020/06/12/zarif-time-to-end-israels-tyranny-over-western-halls-of-power/

UK won't extend Brexit transition period: Minister
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-12
The UK on Friday confirmed to the EU that it will not extend the Brexit transition period. | Michael Gove, minister for the Cabinet Office, wrote on Twitter that he chaired a "constructive" EU Joint Committee meeting with European Commission Vice President Maros Sefcovic. | "I formally confirmed the UK will not extend the transition period the moment for extension has now passed. On 1 January 2021 we will take back control and regain our political economic independence," he wrote. | This came after Scottish and Welsh first ministers sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, requesting an extension to c…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-wont-extend-brexit-transition-period-minister-3531910

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

Syria in Seattle: Commune Defies the U.S. Regime
Andrey Areshev | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-12
The marriage of post-Lockdown and George Floyd protests has nurtured a rough beast that is still immune to any form of civilized debate in the U.S.: the Seattle Commune. | So what really is the Capital Hill Autonomous Zone cum People's Republic all about? | Are the communards mere useful idiots? Is this a refined Occupy Wall Street experiment? Could it survive, logistically, and be replicated in NYC, L.A. and D.C.? | An outraged President Trump has described it as a plot by "domestic terrorists" in a city "run by radical left Democrats". He called for "LAW & ORDER" (in caps, according to his Tweetology). | Shades…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/12/syria-in-seattle-commune-defies-us-regime/

Thursday 7/2: Thirty Thursday Virtual Concert
Ecology Center | indybay.org | 2020-06-11
Livestream Facebook Live Virtual Concert…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/09/18834064.php

Trump Refuses to Discuss Removing Confederate Names From Military Bases
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-11
President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday on social media that he would not engage in any discussions on renaming military bases that bear the names of Confederate generals. | The debate on removing Confederate names, symbols and monuments has been renewed in recent weeks, following a string of uprisings in cities across the U.S. after a white Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd, a Black man, in May. | Protesters across the country have removed monuments of Confederate generals and…
truthout.org/articles/trump-refuses-to-discuss-removing-confederate-names-from-military-bases/

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/

Boston music college begs forgiveness for letting police use their toilets during protest
rt.com | 2020-06-11
Top officials at the Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts have apologized profusely for 'perpetuating feelings of oppression' by letting Boston police use their restrooms during a recent Black Lives Matter protest. | After receiving messages of "hurt and anger" from the "campus community," both personally and over social media, President Roger Brown, Vice President Mac Hisey and campus police chief David Ransom issued a groveling apology, pledging to "consider the effects of our actions" and that something like this will not happen again. | We understand that many members of our community feel betrayed. W…
rt.com/usa/491587-berklee-boston-police-toilets-apology/

Country band Lady Antebellum joins woke mob, apologizes and changes name because… slavery
rt.com | 2020-06-11
US country music band Lady Antebellum have changed their name after "personal reflection" and conversations with their "closest black friends" amid widespread protests over the death of George Floyd. | The Grammy-winning group announced the change through social media on Thursday, with a long statement from members Hillary Scott, Charles Kelley and Dave Haywood. They will now be called Lady A. | …
rt.com/usa/491567-lady-antebellum-name-change-slavery/

'If you don't do it, I will!' Trump threatens Seattle & WA govt with INTERVENTION if they don't clear protester-occupied 'Zone'
rt.com | 2020-06-11
US President Donald Trump has delivered an ultimatum to Washington officials: clear out the Seattle Autonomous Zone or he'll do it himself (presumably via the National Guard). The six-block area was taken by protesters on Sunday. | Trump threatened to send in the troops on Thursday on Twitter, ordering state governor Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to "take back your city NOW" and "MOVE FAST" doing it. | Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen…
rt.com/usa/491570-seattle-antifa-evict-anarchists-troops/

Cop accused of racism for citing research that police are shooting African-Americans 'less than we ought to'
rt.com | 2020-06-11
Major Travis Yates of Tulsa, Oklahoma is refusing to apologize and rejects accusations of racism, saying he was quoting research and not his personal opinion in a radio show appearance. The Tulsa PD has disavowed his remarks. | Yates made waves this week when his opinion piece about the wave of George Floyd protests went viral. "It's over America. You finally did it. You aren't going to have to abolish the police, we won't be around for it," he wrote in his piece, published by RT. | Also…
rt.com/usa/491573-police-racism-media-tulsa/

Hollywood actors blasted for 'performative nonsense,' after committing to 'take responsibility' for racism in cringey VIDEO
rt.com | 2020-06-11
An impressive lineup of Hollywood celebrities has banded together to "take responsibility" for racism in a video that many on social media were quick to ridicule for over-the-top and cringeworthy "virtue signalling." | The video, produced in black and white, with sombre music playing in the background, features celebrities including Kristen Bell, Justin Theroux, Sarah Paulson, Debra Messing and Julianne Moore, among others. | One by one, the actors declare that they take responsibility "for every unchecked moment," "for every unfair stereotype," and for every time they ignored a racist comment because it was "
rt.com/news/491562-celebrities-responsibility-racism-video/

AIPAC has poisoned US politics for years, says Iran Foreign Minister
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-11
TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA)

UK tabloid story on JK Rowling abuse condemned
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-12
British tabloid The Sun was roundly condemned on Friday for a controversial front-page story about Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling suffering domestic abuse.The story

Trump: Take back Seattle from 'domestic terrorists'
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-11
US President Donald Trump late Wednesday complained that "domestic terrorists" have taken over Seattle, Washington amid George Floyd protests, putting the blame on Democratic governor and mayor."Domestic Terrorists have taken over Seattle, run by Radical Left Democrats, of course. LAW ORDER," Trump said in one of his last tweets for the day.In a separate tweet, he urged Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to take back the control of the city."Radical Left Governor @JayInslee and the Mayor of Seattle are being taunted and played at a level that our great Country has never seen before," Tr…
yenisafak.com/en/news/trump-take-back-seattle-from-domestic-terrorists-3531780

Who Supplied The Weapons Used Against #BLM Protesters?
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-12
In response to the murder of George Floyd by a member of the Minneapolis police department on 25th May, thousands of people across the United States joined protests demanding justice for his killing, radical reform of police forces, and driving home the message that Black Lives Matter. Many of these protests face militarised police responses, including the use of rubber bullets, sting balls, stun grenades, battons, police charges, and chemical weapons like tear gas and pepper spray. | Twitter users have photographed a large number of canisters that were fired during the protest. Many appear to have been produced…
popularresistance.org/who-supplied-the-weapons-used-against-blm-protesters/

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/

"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/

'Voter suppression' could be happening in Black communities while American politicians say 'Black Lives Matter'
Afroze Fatima Zaidi | thecanary.co | 2020-06-10
Primary election voting took place in the American state of Georgia on Tuesday 9 June. However, thousands of voters were reportedly unable to cast their votes. Across the state, polling stations have been closed and technical issues have caused problems with newly purchased voting machines. | On Twitter, many people slammed the difficulties faced by voters as "voter suppression": | Pittman Park polling location didn't open until 8: 10am. The 1 machine they dedicated to this l…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/06/10/voter-suppression-could-be-happening-in-black-communities-while-american-politicians-say-black-lives-matter/

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

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

Be ashamed of crying wolf over detention of an Iranian
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-10
TEHRAN, Jun. 10 (MNA)

'Confederate States of America': Netizens Enraged as Trump Opposes Renaming US Military Bases
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-10
Netizens were up in arms on Wednesday, slamming US President Donald Trump after he issued a series of tweets in which he stated that he was not interested in the idea of rechristening US military bases named after Confederate generals.
sputniknews.com/us/202006101079579673-confederate-states-of-america-netizens-enraged-as-trump-opposes-renaming-us-military-bases/

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

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/

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

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/