2020-06-25: Social Media Postees

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Brazilian oligarchs sacrifice people for profit
Ryan Cecil Jobson | zcomm.org | 2020-06-25
Business leaders are using social media and political influence to spread coronavirus disinformation — and endangering thousands of lives…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/brazilian-oligarchs-sacrifice-people-for-profit/

The problem with Robert Jenrick runs deeper than just 'Tory corruption'
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-06-25
Pressure is growing on housing secretary Robert Jenrick to resign, as more revelations about his involvement with ex-Daily Express owner Richard Desmond have come to light. And while the story is symptomatic of ' Tory corruption', as many have been saying on Twitter, the furore encapsulates something deeper than that.Jenrick: the scandal…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/06/25/the-problem-with-robert-jenrick-runs-deeper-than-just-tory-corruption/

Top Turkish diplomat attends SE Europe group meeting
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday took part in a meeting of a group of southeastern European countries, including the Balkans.Mevlut Cavusoglu met his counterparts from South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) member states via video conference.Cavusoglu said on Twitter that they discussed regional cooperation and opportunities within SEECP during the coronavirus normalization process."Turkey is taking over 2020-21 Chairmanship of SEECP, the broadest regional organization in the Balkans. @TurkishCiOSEECP," he added.Next week, on July 1, Turkey is set to take over the SEECP chairmanship for one year.In…
yenisafak.com/en/news/top-turkish-diplomat-attends-se-europe-group-meeting-3532966

Magnitude-5.4 earthquake hits eastern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-25
A magnitude-5.4 earthquake jolted Turkey's eastern province of Van on Thursday, according to the country's disaster agency.The Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said the quake struck off the Ozalp district at 1.03 p.m. local time (1003 GMT). It originated at a depth of 6.9 kilometers.Van Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez said some houses were damaged due to the tremors, and damage assessment studies are ongoing.No casualties have been reported so far.Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Twitter that further updates on the situation will be given to the public by Van Governorate and AFAD.Iran and T…
yenisafak.com/en/news/magnitude-54-earthquake-hits-eastern-turkey-3532946

Friday 6/26: The Stonewall Inn: Birthplace of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement (online)
San Francisco Public Library | indybay.org | 2020-06-25
Online on YouTube…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834518.php

Arrest Of Activist Leads To Protests; At Least Four Vehicles Strike Protesters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
Hundreds of people are protesting in downtown Madison after the arrest of activist Yeshua Musa. | Videos of the arrest posted to social media show as many as five police officers wrestling Musa, also known as Devonere Johnson, to the ground and carrying him to the back seat of a police cruiser, while he asks what he's being arrested for. After officers get him into the car, he can be seen jumping out of the opposite car door before being tackled again and taken into custody. In one of the videos, witnesses can be heard asking why Musa is being arrested and saying he had only been speaking in a megaphone, exercisi…
popularresistance.org/arrest-of-activist-leads-to-protests-at-least-four-vehicles-strike-protesters/

Twitter suspends account of black comedian who posted viral 'Karen-shaming' video as other incidents emerge
rt.com | 2020-06-24
Self-proclaimed stand-up comedian and entertainer (as well as delivery driver and activist) Karlos Dillard has been suspended from Twitter for violating the platform's terms of use, in the wake of his viral 'Karen-shaming' video. | The overnight fame may have gotten the best of Dillard, though it remains unclear exactly what led to him being temporarily suspended from the platform. Many online accused him of profiteering from the incident and of misleading witnesses (whom he also videoed but without mentioning any racial profanity). | For those who got excited by all this, you can buy t-shirts from him on Inst…
rt.com/usa/492800-karlos-dillard-suspended-twitter-karen-video/

What Elinor Ostrom's Work Tells Us About Defunding The Police
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-24
In the past weeks, I've watched the news about the explosion of protests against police brutality and racism in the United States and around the world, and the resulting conversations on police defunding, reform or abolition. As I scrolled through social media and obsessively scanned and rescanned the headlines, a small thought tugged at me. | It was the story of how one of my heroes, Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2009, had arrived at the research that made her famous. Ostrom has become celebrated as the person who introduced the world to "the commons" — that is, ho…
popularresistance.org/what-elinor-ostroms-work-tells-us-about-defunding-the-police/

Liberal white woman on crusade to 'fix racism' goes viral for berating black cops (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-06-24
A liberal white woman is being roasted on social media for attempting to explain away her harassment of black police officers as part of her crusade to "fix racism." | The incident took place on Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington DC on Tuesday, when the woman was among a group of protesters haranguing police officers, who were monitoring the demonstrations taking place in the shadow of the White House. | The woman could be heard asking a black police officer "when you take off your uniform are you afraid of police?" only to be met with stoic silence from the cop, who was one of several black cops who were…
rt.com/usa/492834-liberal-white-woman-berate-black-cops-video/

Twitter Censors Trump For "Threat Of Harm", Has No Problem With Threats To Bomb Foreigners
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-06-24
"We've placed a public interest notice on this Tweet for violating our policy against abusive behavior, specifically, the presence of a threat of harm against an identifiable group," Twitter stated on the platform. "Per our policies, this Tweet will remain on the service given its relevance to ongoing public conversation. Engagements with the Tweet will be limited. People will be able to Retweet with Comment, but not Like, Reply, or Retweet it." | "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washingt…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/twitter-censors-trump-for-threat-of-harm-has-no-problem-with-threats-to-bomb-foreigners

No, seriously — take down that statue! Mashable jumps on DIY statue-toppling bandwagon with winking HOW-TO video
rt.com | 2020-06-24
Mashable has joined the growing — and disturbing — chorus of influential voices urging Americans to topple "racist" statues themselves, posting a cutesy yet detailed how-to video, with a perfunctory legal disclaimer. | The outlet posted the video, titled "How to take down racist statues," on Wednesday, apparently deciding at some point to rename it "How to *hypothetically* take down a racist statue" — perhaps on the advice of its lawyers. The clip features advice from archaeologist Sarah Parcak, whose detailed "public service announcement" on how to "safely" take down obelisks went viral earli…
rt.com/usa/492845-mashable-racist-statues-archaeologist-criminal/

Pakistan receives $1B in loans to fight pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-24
Pakistan on Wednesday received $1 billion loans to prop up its struggling economy that has taken a hit from global coronavirus restrictions, the central bank announced.The Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the World Bank each have lent $500 million to cash-strapped Pakistan."SBP [State Bank of Pakistan] has received USD 1 bn [$1 billion] today with USD 500 mn [$500 million] each from ADB and WB," the SBP said in a Twitter post, without providing more details. | The ADB had signed an agreement for a $500 million loan with Pakistan on June 19 following the World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank each si…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-receives-1b-in-loans-to-fight-pandemic-3532886

Iran-China to improve 25-year-coop. document: Zarif
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-24
TEHRAN, Jun. 24 (MNA) — In a tweet in Chinses, Iranian FM Zarif informed that in his talks via a video conference with his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday, they have conferred on the development of a 25-year cooperation document as well as some other issues.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160157/Iran-China-to-improve-25-year-coop-document-Zarif

Social media and online harms: Imperial researchers inform policymakers
imperial.ac.uk | 2020-06-24
Preventing online harms, an issue at the forefront of health and digital policymaking, was the focus of The Forum's first ever online panel event.
imperial.ac.uk/news/198613/social-media-online-harms-imperial-researchers

Friday 6/26: The Stonewall Inn: Birthplace of the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement (online)
San Francisco Public Library | indybay.org | 2020-06-24
Online on YouTube…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/23/18834518.php

Twitter Censors Trump for 'Threat of Harm', Has No Problem With Threats to Bomb Foreigners
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-06-24
Power is the ability to control what happens. Absolute power is the ability to control what people think about what happens. Our world does not widely understand this, and it is ruled by people who do. We're going to have to change this if we're to begin moving collectively toward health and harmony.
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/06/24/twitter-censors-trump-for-threat-of-harm-has-no-problem-with-threats-to-bomb-foreigners/

DC Protesters Try To Pull Down Andrew Jackson Statue Near White House
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
Protesters tried to pull down a statue of President Andrew Jackson near the White House Monday night before being dispersed by police. | Police used pepper spray to move protesters out of Lafayette Square, where the Jackson statue is located. Videos posted on social media showed that the protesters had climbed on the statue and tied ropes around it, then tried to pull it off its pedestal. | The statue shows Jackson in a military uniform, riding a horse that is rearing on its hind legs. The 19th-century president's ruthless treatment of Native Americans has made his statue a target of demonstrators protesting the…
popularresistance.org/dc-protesters-try-to-pull-down-andrew-jackson-statue/

'If we can't sleep, you won't sleep': New Yorkers hold noisy protest against illegal fireworks outside Mayor de Blasio's home
rt.com | 2020-06-23
New Yorkers assembled outside Bill de Blasio's home to express their anger over the city's unwillingness to crack down on an epidemic of illegal fireworks usage. The demonstrators tried to disrupt the mayor's sleep as payback. | A huge line of cars honked their horns near the mayor's residence, Gracie Mansion, on Monday night as part of the organized demonstration. Videos on social media show the street near de Blasio's house flooded with automobiles and frustrated residents. Many of the demonstrators were from New York's Orthodox Jewish community. Councilman Chaim Deutsch, who attended the rally, said he want…
rt.com/usa/492662-de-blasio-protest-fireworks-nyc/

CHAZ protesters reinforce barricades & form human chains as Seattle mayor vows to dismantle anarchic encampment (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-06-23
The residents of the self-declared 'autonomous zone' in Seattle are preparing for a showdown with police, after city officials signaled that it is time to break up the violence-plagued camp. | Photographs and videos posted to social media show demonstrators strengthening street barricades used to separate the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (CHAZ) from the rest of Seattle. The protesters appear to be focusing their efforts on defending a smaller area around the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct, which they took over after law enforcement pulled out of the neighborhood. | Images from this evening as a grou…
rt.com/usa/492658-chaz-barricades-police-seattle-defend/

Enforcing the law is now 'threats of harm'? Twitter CENSORS Trump again
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Twitter has censored another post by President Donald Trump, claiming his warning against creating an 'autonomous zone' outside the White House amounted to a "threat of harm" and violated their policy against abusive behavior. | "There will never be an 'Autonomous Zone' in Washington, DC, as long as I'm your President. If they try they will be met with serious force!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday, after a large crowd of masked protesters tried setting up barricades in Lafayette Park. | Graffiti declared the set-u…
rt.com/usa/492753-woke-twitter-censors-trump/

BLM Demonstrators Calling for Racial Justice March on Facebook HQ
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-06-23
On June 12, hundreds of Black Lives Matter protesters demanded Facebook stop funding local police by marching on the social media giant's headquarters in Menlo Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/21/18834401.php

Arizona mired in pandemic as governor puts profits before people
Josh Bacopulos | peoplesworld.org | 2020-06-23
"Arizona is the new national hotspot for COVID-19" tweeted Arizona Democratic Congressman Greg Stanton on June 14. The enormous rise of COVID cases and hospitalizations in the Grand Canyon State has put Arizona into the national and global spotlight as a case study of how not to handle a global pandemic. Every week, Arizona is breaking …
peoplesworld.org/article/arizona-mired-in-pandemic-as-governor-puts-profits-before-people/

Dominant Global Viral Strain Found in Beijing Cases
Leng Shumei | globalresearch.ca | 2020-06-23
The coronavirus mutation discovered to be currently dominating the world has been pinpointed as the cause of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing, which experts say indicates that the virus was imported from outside China. | The Chinese Center for Disease …
globalresearch.ca/dominant-global-viral-strain-found-beijing-cases/5716754

Over One Million People View Poor People's Assembly And Moral March On Washington
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-23
President Trump drew a smaller crowd than he expected for his rally this past Saturday, but that wasn't the case for the Poor People's Campaign. Well more than a million people viewed the campaign's Mass Poor People's Assembly and Moral March on Washington via Facebook that same day. Many more viewed MSNBC and C-SPAN simulcasts and two repeat broadcasts over the weekend. | According to organizers, the three and a half hour event was "the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation's history." | The virtua…
popularresistance.org/over-one-million-people-view-poor-peoples-assembly/

Twitter Places 'Public Interest' Notice on Trump's Tweet for Abusive Behavior
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-23
Twitter on Tuesday placed a "public interest" notice on a tweet by US President Donald Trump because it violated the platform's community rules.
sputniknews.com/us/202006231079700127-twitter-places-public-interest-notice-on-trumps-tweet-for-abusive-behavior/

Shocking VIDEO shows laughing man throwing huge firework at sleeping homeless person in Harlem (DISTURBING)
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A man was captured on video throwing a live firework at what appears to be a sleeping homeless person in Harlem, with a massive explosion seen going off at point-blank range. | A brief clip made the rounds on social media on Monday night, showing a group of men and women recording the assailant as he pitched a lit firework at somebody laying on the sidewalk, presumably a homeless man, outside a business in Harlem. The firework is seen detonating just inches away from the victim's body, making a loud bang and shooting off flares as one bystander is heard laughing. | Warning: This video contains disturbing image…
rt.com/usa/492645-fireworks-sleeping-homeless-person/

Starbucks under investigation after LA County off-duty cop allegedly finds TAMPON in his Frappuccino — reports
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Law enforcement in Los Angeles County has launched a probe in response to a complaint filed by an off-duty officer, who claims that a beverage he purchased at Starbucks contained a tampon, local media reported. | The unidentified LAPD officer purportedly found the tampon in his Frappuccino after patronizing a Starbucks cafe in Diamond Bar, according to a local FOX affiliate. The off-duty cop used his police credit union debit card to purchase the drink, which may have alerted employees that he was law enforcement. | A stomach-churning photograph shared on social media purportedly shows the coffee-drenched tamp…
rt.com/usa/492649-tampon-police-starbucks-los-angeles/

'Gotta get Trump out of office!' Project Veritas insider exposes anti-Republican bias among Facebook moderators
rt.com | 2020-06-23
A former Facebook moderator says the company has a blatant anti-convervative agenda in removing posts from the platform, as revealed by a new Project Veritas report questioning Facebook's commitment to being politically unbiased. | Zach McElroy was a content moderator at Cognizant, a company hired by Facebook to monitor content on its platform, when he started to become concerned about politically targeted moderation of Facebook posts. He noticed that in Cognizant's so-called 'Civic Harassment queue' — a list of Facebook posts that get flagged by a special algorithm due to possible violations of the platf…
rt.com/usa/492727-project-veritas-facebook-expose/

Rude 'Karen' shamed in viral video, but who's really stoking racism?
rt.com | 2020-06-23
It's a sight we're all familiar with. An entitled white woman called out for her alleged racism is shamed in front of the world in a viral video. But in the most recent case, things aren't exactly what they seem. | In video footage shot in Seattle on Monday, black Twitter user Karlos Dillard confronted a middle-aged white woman who, he said, had cut him off in traffic then flipped him off. Following the woman home, Dillard asked her to speak to him outside her house, but the woman refused, covering her face and attempting to hide her license plate from his camera. | This Karen cut me off, break checked some al…
rt.com/usa/492757-karen-racist-viral-video/

Rude 'Karen' shamed in viral video, but who's really stoking racism?
rt.com | 2020-06-23
It's a sight we're all familiar with. An entitled white woman called out for her alleged racism is shamed in front of the world in a viral video. But in the most recent case, things aren't exactly what they seem. | In video footage shot in Seattle on Monday, black Twitter user Karlos Dillard confronted a middle-aged white woman he said cut him off in traffic, and flipped him off. Following the woman home, Dillard asked her to speak to him outside her house, but the woman refused, covering her face and attempting to hide her license plate from his camera. | This Karen cut me off, break checked some almost causi…
rt.com/usa/492757-karen-racist-viral-video/

'No exceptions!' Trump orders the arrest of anyone vandalizing monuments, warns they face up to 10 years in prison
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Donald Trump has authorized law enforcement to arrest anyone who vandalizes statues or other landmarks on federal property and sentence them to as much as a decade in prison. He said the measures can also be imposed retroactively. | The US president wrote on Twitter that he would no longer tolerate the destruction of federal property. | "I have authorized the Federal Government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such Federal property in the U.S. with up to 10 years in prison, per the Veteran's Memorial Preservation Act, or such other laws that may be pertinent," he said,…
rt.com/usa/492692-trump-people-vandalizing-monuments-arrested/

Bill Clinton pays tribute to 'big-hearted' Steve Bing after millionaire film producer reportedly jumps to his death
rt.com | 2020-06-23
Former US president Bill Clinton has expressed sadness over the alleged suicide of film financier and philanthropist Steve Bing. The millionaire was a generous donor to the Clinton Foundation. | The 55-year-old is believed to have jumped to his death from his 27th floor apartment in Los Angeles on Monday. Following standard protocol, the LAPD released a description of the victim but declined to confirm that the individual in question was Bing. | Any lingering doubts about his passing were removed, however, after Bing's old friend Bill Clinton posted a tribute on Twitter. | "I loved Steve Bing very much. He had…
rt.com/usa/492684-bing-clinton-suicide-tribute/

'Christianity' trends as Americans fear it will be next on cancel culture's chopping block
rt.com | 2020-06-23
'Christianity' is trending across the United States, but it's not some great reawakening of the American faithful — it's anxious church-goers who are nervous that their religion will be next to suffer the wrath of cancel culture. | The phrase shot to the top of the Twitter trending charts after a member of US President Donald Trump's legal team, Jenna Ellis, drew the battle lines with a rallying cry to her fellow Christians. | "I'm going on record now," Ellis wrote. "If they try to cancel Christianity, if they try to force me to apologize or recant my Faith, I will not bend, I will not waver, I will not…
rt.com/usa/492676-christianity-trends-twitter-cancel-white-jesus/

"Robert E. Lee Was a Brutal Slave Master": Activist's Call to Rename Louisiana School Goes Viral
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-06-22
We play a video that has now gone viral from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where community activist Gary Chambers Jr. calls out members of the Lee High School school board for their racism during a June 18 meeting to discuss a resolution to rename the school, which is named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Chambers urged members to choose a name in honor of people who fought slavery and racism, not someone who defended it, and addressed board member Connie Bernard, who had defended Robert E. Lee and was seen shopping on her computer during the meeting.
www.democracynow.org/2020/6/22/gary_chambers_connie_bernard

If people can go out & protest… they can also go out & VOTE': Trump hammers claim mail-in votes lead to fraud
rt.com | 2020-06-22
Donald Trump has doubled down on his criticism of mail-in ballots saying the practice will lead to 'all sorts of havoc' and 'millions' of fraudulent votes, and argued that if people can protest they can go to a polling station. | In a tweet, the US president pondered on the chaotic nature and secrecy which he claims comes with voting by mail. | "If people can go out and protest, riot, break into stores, and create all sorts of havoc, they can also go out and VOTE — and keep our Election Honest. With millions of mail-in ballots being sent out, who knows where they are going, and to whom?" he contemplated.
rt.com/usa/492635-trump-protests-mail-in-ballots/

Rally in Arlington, TX demands justice
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-06-22
Arlington, TX — The Progressive Student Union (PSU) rallied 30 students and community members, June 18, demanding community control and defunding of the Arlington Police Department. "We need to remember why we are doing this," said Arlington resident Adara Arrie. "This is not something to post on social media for a trend. Change has not happened," | This rally is one of the many across this country calling for community control of the police and less over-policing in our communities. | "The Arlington Police Department receives $66 million," said PSU organizer Mark Napieralski, "we could use that money to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/6/21/rally-arlington-tx-demands-justice

Court Refuses To Block Information On Who Police Targeted In Social Media
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-06-22
Massachusetts's highest court will not block the disclosure of police reports that could show the Boston police department has targeted Black and Latinx men for surveillance on social media. | Boston attorney Josh Raisler Cohn, who represents a man charged with several gun violations, began seeking the police reports in November 2018 to determine if the police have surreptitiously used the social media service, Snapchat, to target people of color. Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins appealed Ullmann's order, but her office's petition was denied. After an unsuccessful appeal to a single justice of the…
popularresistance.org/court-refuses-to-block-information-on-who-police-targeted-in-social-media/

Military standoffs apart, Chinese investments roar in India
yenisafak.com | 2020-06-22
Amid the clamor to boycott Chinese goods and cut trade ties, in the wake of the killing of its 20 soldiers in a border clash, experts in India have warned that it will inflict more damage to the country itself.Out of $92 billion worth annual trade, Indian exports account for just $18 billion, according to the figures available with India's Commerce Ministry.Videos of Indians breaking and burning functional Chinese appliances, such as television sets, have been doing the rounds in social media. Ramdas Athawale, a government minister, even demanded a ban on restaurants selling Chinese food.But a fact check suggests…
yenisafak.com/en/world/military-standoffs-apart-chinese-investments-roar-in-india-3532700

Netizens Enraged as Full Page Tennessee Newspaper Ad Declares 'Islam' Will 'Detonate Nuclear Device'
sputniknews.com | 2020-06-22
The published ad was paid for by a religious group referring to itself as "Ministry of Future for America", who defined their mission "to proclaim the final warning message" of the Christian Bible.
sputniknews.com/viral/202006221079684134-netizens-enraged-as-full-page-tennessee-newspaper-ad-declares-islam-will-detonate-nuclear-device/

No foreign provocation can undermine Iran-Afghanistan close relation: Foreign Ministry
en.mehrnews.com | 2020-06-22
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) — Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in its twitter account on Monday wrote that no ill-intended foreign provocation can undermine Iran-Afghanistan close relation.
en.mehrnews.com/news/160063/No-foreign-provocation-can-undermine-Iran-Afghanistan-close-relation

Trump warns of 'RIGGED' election, claims millions of mail-in ballots will be forged by foreign powers
rt.com | 2020-06-22
The upcoming presidential election will be the scandal of the century, Donald Trump has predicted, stating that the use of mail-in ballots opens the door to widespread vote fraud as well as foreign meddling. | In one of his signature all-caps tweets, the US leader expressed his concerns about November's contest against Democrat Joe Biden. | "RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL BE THE SCANDAL OF OUR TIMES!" shrieked Trump's tweet. | RIGGED 2020 ELECTION: MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WILL BE PRINTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES, AND OTHERS. IT WILL B…
rt.com/usa/492579-trump-election-rigged-mail-ballots/

Trump says he gave 'wacko' John Bolton a chance, just to hear 'differing points of view'
rt.com | 2020-06-22
Calling him a "wacko" and a "liar," President Donald Trump has mockingly defended his decision to hire warhawk adviser John Bolton, who recently unleashed a tirade of criticism at his old boss in a tell-all book. | "I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of being Senate confirmed because he was considered a wacko, and was not liked, a chance," Trump tweeted on Monday. | "I always like hearing differing points of view," he added, before issuing a damning appraisal of the former national security advisor's time in the administration, whom he called an incompetent "liar." | I gave John Bolton, who was incapable of…
rt.com/usa/492591-trump-wacko-john-bolton/

Trump Spreads Baseless Claims About Foreign Powers Counterfeiting Ballots
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-06-22
President Donald Trump is continuing to push back against the idea of expanding mail-in voting for the upcoming 2020 elections, baselessly arguing that the practice is rife with fraud. | Many voting experts and lawmakers are hoping to expand mail-in (or absentee) voting due to concerns some voters have of voting in-person due to the coronavirus, or the possibility that infection rates could rise again by November and thus deter voter participation. | Trump, however, tweeted on Monday morning tha…
truthout.org/articles/trump-spreads-baseless-claims-about-foreign-powers-counterfeiting-ballots/