WATCH: Police 'army' blasts non-lethal rounds at BLM protesters in Portland as riot declared
rt.com | 2020-07-03
For the second night in three days, Portland police have declared a riot in the city, opening fire on protesters with non-lethal munitions outside the Multnomah County Justice Center. | The demonstration had remained peaceful throughout the night but then all hell broke loose when, at 11: 45pm local time, a group of protesters set fire to a piece of wood, prompting a police response which escalated as people refused to leave the area and continued protesting. | @PortlandPolice central precinct, police responded and were promptly surrounded by an angry mob. pic.twitter.com/y…
rt.com/usa/493660-riot-declared-portland-blm-protest/

Twitter targets accounts of MintPress and other outlets covering unrest in Bolivia
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-07-03
MintPress News, along with a number of independent Bolivian news outlets and journalists covering the unrest there, were all targeted for suspension at the same time.
mronline.org/2020/07/03/twitter-targets-accounts-of-mintpress-and-other-outlets-covering-unrest-in-bolivia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=twitter-targets-accounts-of-mintpress-and-other-outlets-covering-unrest-in-bolivia

India's Modi Terminates His Weibo Diplomacy
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2020-07-03
What started out as a promising relationship with China is now one struggling to find a direction | MK BHADRAKUMAR | The common perception among Indian analysts, widely articulated in the country's media, is that the government's options to "hit back" at China for whatever has happened in eastern Ladakh during the past two months are very limited. | The reported erasure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "official page" on the Chinese social media website Weibo can only reinforce that impression. It simply doesn't add up. | If reports are to be believed, Modi's official page on Weibo "went blank" on Wednesday with…
strategic-culture.org/news/2020/07/03/india-modi-terminates-his-weibo-diplomacy/

Family of 65-year-old Kashmiri civilian says he was killed by security forces
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-07-03
A civilian was allegedly killed by the Indian security forces in the Sopore district of Kashmir, according to his family. Following the incident, pictures of the deceased's grandson sitting on top of his dead body drenched in blood went viral on social media, triggering widespread condemnation…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/07/03/family-of-65-year-old-kashmiri-civilian-says-he-was-killed-by-security-forces/

Perhaps it's time those accusing the left of antisemitism look in the mirror
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-07-03
Labour leader Keir Starmer recently sacked shadow education secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey after she shared an interview on social media that he said contained an "antisemitic conspiracy theory". Starmer claims he wants to se…
thecanary.co/opinion/2020/07/03/perhaps-its-time-those-accusing-the-left-of-antisemitism-look-in-the-mirror/

Cop Pulled A Gun On Woman's Unarmed Son, Then Used Facebook Posts Against Her In Court
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-07-03
PAR investigates police use of Facebook posts in the cases of Korryn Gaines, Arturo Adame, and Michael Avery, and follows Erica Hamlett's fight for accountability for an off-duty officer who pulled a gun on her child while he waited for a bus.
therealnews.com/stories/cop-pulled-a-gun-on-womans-unarmed-son-then-used-facebook-posts-against-her-in-court

Jessica González on Facebook's Promotion of Hate
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-07-03
Media…
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Drawn Away from Reality in Plain View
Joseph Natoli | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-03
"By wearing a mask, the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and will concentrate in the nasal passages, enter the olfactory nerves and travel into the brain," several false posts on Facebook and Twitter stated." "An extremely credible source has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud."
counterpunch.org/2020/07/03/drawn-away-from-reality-in-plain-view/

Pakistani FM Qureshi tests positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-03
Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, according to reports.'This afternoon I felt a slight fever and immediately quarantined myself at home. I have now tested positive for Covid 19. By the grace of Allah, I feel strong and energetic," Qureshi said on Twitter.He said he will continue to carry his duties from his home and requested the public to keep remember in their prayers.Previously, the country's two former prime ministers, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani, opposition leader Shehbaz Sharif, several cabinet members, lawmakers, and politicians ha…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistani-fm-qureshi-tests-positive-for-covid-19-3533633

EU grants conditional clearance to COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-03
The EU executive said the drug, produced by Gilead Sciences Inc, was the first medicine authorised in the European Union for treating COVID-19 following a "rolling review" begun by the European Medicines Agency at the end of April.The agency reviews data as they become available on a rolling basis, while development is still ongoing.The Commission said on Wednesday it was in negotiations with Gilead to obtain doses of remdesivir for the 27 European Union countries.However, that may prove difficult after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it had secured all of Gilead's projected production…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-grants-conditional-clearance-to-covid-19-antiviral-remdesivir-3533623

'Great news!' Trump hails falling coronavirus daily death counts, brushes off concerns over spike in cases
rt.com | 2020-07-03
US President Donald Trump has argued that the recent surge in coronavirus cases is explained by "massive" and ramped up screenings for the illness, while celebrating the fall in daily fatalities as "great news." | The president took to Twitter late on Thursday night to repurpose what has been widely deemed gloomy news about the course of the pandemic, saying the case spike is, in fact, a function of expanded testing around the country. | "There is a rise in coronavirus cases because our testing is so massive and so good, far bigger and better than any other country. This is great news, but even better news is…
rt.com/usa/493648-trump-coronavirus-cases-tests/

No more slaves and masters: Twitter engineers BAN whole range of terms in fight for 'more inclusive language'
rt.com | 2020-07-03
Twitter's engineering team will systematically purge a list of offensive terms from its source code and internal documents in the name of political correctness. Terms like "master" and "slave" will go, as will gendered pronouns. | "We're starting with a set of words we want to move away from using in favor of more inclusive language," Twitter Engineering announced on Wednesday. | Among the terms to be terminated are "whitelist" and "blacklist," "master" and "slave," which will be replaced with "allowlist" and "denylist," and "leader" and "follower" respectively. Gendered pronouns such as "guys" will be swapped…
rt.com/news/493764-twitter-bans-offensive-language/

British historian slammed online for commenting that there are 'so many damn blacks' in UK and Africa
rt.com | 2020-07-02
Controversial British historian David Starkey has been savaged online after arguing in an interview that slavery wasn't a genocide, because if it was "there wouldn't be so many damn blacks in Africa or in Britain." | Speaking on Tuesday to Reasoned, a YouTube channel dedicated to against-the-grain views, Starkey accused the Black Lives Matter movement of attempting to "delegitimise British history." The historian slammed the activists desecrating statues in London, ridiculed the "arrogant" middle classes supporting the movement, and waved away the notion that Britain's own history of slavery was one of "genoci…
rt.com/uk/493613-david-starkey-slavery-genocide/

Friday 7/3: Virtual Independence Day Rally: Climate Change & Systemic Racism in America
Fire Drill Fridays, Greenpeace, others | indybay.org | 2020-07-02
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/firedrillfriday/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/30/18834790.php

Protesters Switch Destination at Last Minute, March on Menlo Park Police Station Pt 1
Remembering Black Lives Murdered | indybay.org | 2020-07-02
A June 25 rally was purportedly to target FaceBook for paying for a substation and police salaries near their headquarters in Menlo Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/30/18834750.php

America's Two Right-Wing Parties Keep Accusing Each Other Of Being Far-Left
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-02
has a new Spanish-language ad out claiming that President Trump is cut from the same cloth as leftist leaders Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Nicolas Maduro. This is not the first time the Biden campaign has done this, with the same comparison made to Spanish-speaking voters in Florida ads last month. | The hashtag #ComradeTrump is trending on Twitter as of this writing because a
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/americas-two-right-wing-parties-keep-accusing-each-other-of-being-far-left

#StopHateforProfit: What Pundits Get Wrong About the Facebook Ad Boycott
Tim Karr | commondreams.org | 2020-07-02
"There's a reason for Facebook's failure that even industry pundits might understand," explains Karr. "Facebook has long been aware that its ad-driven business model was amplifying hateful and divisive posts over users' friendlier fare. But it chose to bury an internal report warning against the use of its engagement algorithms in this way." (Image: Stop Hate for Profit) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stop_hate_for_profit.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/02/stophateforprofit-what-pundits-get-wrong-about-facebook-ad-boycott?cd-origin=rss

States Might Allow High Doses of Radiation to Public Before Evacuating From a Nuclear Accident During Viral Pandemic
commondreams.org | 2020-07-02
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Workers Filed More Than 4,100 Complaints About Protective Gear
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-02
COVID-19 cases were climbing at Michigan's McLaren Flint hospital. So Roger Liddell, 64, who procured supplies for the hospital, asked for an N95 respirator for his own protection, since his work brought him into the same room as COVID-positive patients. | But the hospital denied his request, said Kelly Indish, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 875. | On March 30, Liddell posted on Facebook that he had worked the previous week in both the critical care unit and the ICU and had contracted the virus. "Pray for me God is still in control," he wrote. He died April 10.
popularresistance.org/workers-filed-more-than-4100-complaints-about-protective-gear/

PM's father Stanley Johnson's visit to Greece angers MPs
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-07-02
Boris Johnson's father Stanley has been criticised by MPs after flying to Greece despite government advice urging against non-essential international travel. | The 79-year-old arrived in Athens on Wednesday 1 July to visit his mountain villa. He shared a video of his plane landing in the capital on social media platform Instagram. | He also posted a picture of himself wearing a face mask, which appeared to be taken in an airport. Johnson flew to Athens via Bulgaria, the Daily Mail said, because the Greek government has banned direct flights from the UK until mid-July.
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/07/02/pms-father-stanley-johnsons-visit-to-greece-angers-mps/

3-year-old Kashmiri boy caught in political web of words
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-02
Disturbing images of a toddler sitting on the chest of his slain grandfather in the Indian-administered Kashmir have stirred a debate, with former government officials, journalists and analysts saying the child has been made a "propaganda tool."Omar Abdullah, former chief minister of the region, said that everything becomes a "propaganda tool" in the bloody violence in Kashmir."A three year old toddler has to have his misery broadcast to the whole world to drive home the "we good they bad" message. We would have got the point without his misery being filmed shared so please don't," Abdullah wrote on Twitter.Amnes…
yenisafak.com/en/world/3-year-old-kashmiri-boy-caught-in-political-web-of-words-3533554

More Pak-Afghan border points to reopen to boost trade
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-02
Pakistan on Thursday announced it will reopen two more border crossings with Afghanistan to boost trade between the neighbors.Mohammad Sadiq, Pakistan's special representative for Afghanistan, said the crossings are likely to be reopened before mid-July."Pakistan will open Angor Adda and Kharlachi border crossings for trade with Afghanistan. After necessary arrangements by both sides, the two crossings are likely to become operational on 12 July," he tweeted.Last month Islamabad reopened the Torkham, Chaman, and Ghulam Khan border crossings, after they were closed in March due to the coronavirus pandemic."In the…
yenisafak.com/en/world/more-pak-afghan-border-points-to-reopen-to-boost-trade-3533545

SJW mob tears into 'racist' white woman after she holds black woman at gunpoint in viral clip — but full video tells another story
rt.com | 2020-07-02
A face-off in Michigan that culminated with a black woman held at gunpoint has set the internet alight, with Twitter quick to pronounce the incident a hate crime. However, things aren't always so black and white. | The encounter was captured on video by a black woman, with the footage going viral on Thursday. In it, a white woman points a handgun at the black woman filming, screaming at her to "get away," while the black woman calls for the police, and accuses the white woman of trying to hit her with her vehicle. | pic.twitter.com/lWksZwXITDР🦋Makay (@makaysmith10)
rt.com/usa/493636-white-woman-karen-gun/

Dems gloat & hold up former GOP presidential Cain candidate hospitalized with Covid-19 as 'proof' US shouldn't have reopened
rt.com | 2020-07-02
Former GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain attended the first Trump rally since the Covid-19 pandemic and now he's in the hospital. Democrats have been unable to resist connecting the two. | Cain was hospitalized on Wednesday, two days after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement posted to the pizza magnate turned politician turned pundit's Twitter on Thursday. | While his symptoms were said to be "serious," he was not put on a ventilator and is "resting comfortably," the tweet continued. His team asked Cain's followers to pray for him and fellow coronavirus sufferers. | We are sorry…
rt.com/usa/493634-herman-cain-coronavirus-rally-mask/

All's fair in WAR? Twitter removes Trump's post featuring his OWN IMAGE after NYT files copyright complaint
rt.com | 2020-07-02
Twitter has taken down a post by US President Donald Trump, in which he used a photo of himself to make a meme. The tweet was yanked shortly after the Times, embroiled in a bitter feud with Trump, filed a copyright claim. | …
rt.com/usa/493537-trump-twitter-post-removed/

UN suspends two observers in Israel after viral VIDEO of sex in official car
rt.com | 2020-07-02
Two employees of the United Nations mission in Israel have been suspended without pay after a viral video showed a sex act in their official vehicle, as it drove down a major street in Tel Aviv. | The two men were identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), a military observer mission in Israel, and were placed on unpaid leave on Thursday. | The 18-second video shows a man in a white uniform, in the back seat of the marked UN vehicle, being straddled by a woman wearing a red dress as another man looks on from the front seat. | The incident took place on HaYarkon St…
rt.com/news/493643-un-israel-sex-video-scandal/

Karma or overkill? Harvard grad fired by Deloitte after threatening to stab anyone who thinks 'all lives matter'
rt.com | 2020-07-02
A Harvard graduate has reportedly lost her job after posting a now-viral TikTok video in which she vowed to assault anyone who didn't support the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. The internet had mixed feelings about her firing. | Claira Janover became an overnight sensation after several news outlets caught wind of a video in which she threatened to attack anyone "entitled" enough to believe that "all lives matter." | "I'ma stab you, and while you're struggling and bleeding out, I'ma show you my paper cut and say, 'My cut matters too,'" she declared in the TikTok clip. | The video sparked pandemonium on soc…
rt.com/usa/493564-tiktok-deloitte-fired-blm-harvard/

UN suspends two observers in Israel after viral VIDEO of sex in official car
rt.com | 2020-07-02
Two employees of the United Nations mission in Israel have been suspended without pay after a viral video featured a sex act in their official vehicle, as it drove down a major street in Tel Aviv. | The two men were identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), a military observer mission in Israel, and were placed on unpaid leave on Thursday. | The 18-second video shows a man in a white uniform, in the back seat of the marked UN vehicle, being straddled by a woman wearing a red dress as another man looks on from the front seat. | The incident took place on HaYarkon…
rt.com/news/493643-un-israel-sex-video-scandal/

Tuesday 7/7: It's Not Working! The Erosion of Labor Rights in America (webinar)
KQED | indybay.org | 2020-07-02
Livestream: www.youtube.com/KQED…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/30/18834792.php

In Russia, a New Generation of Activists are Taking on Climate Crisis
Daria Solomennikova | commondreams.org | 2020-07-01
For young climate activists like Alexey, the lesson is clear: Vladimir Putin, the authoritarian president who has been in power for all of their lives, has never been all too concerned about their safe and sustainable future. (Photo: Fridays for the Future Russia / Facebook) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climateemergency.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/01/russia-new-generation-activists-are-taking-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

Twitter Targets Accounts Of Outlets Covering Unrest In Bolivia
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-01
Social media giant Twitter took the step of suspending the official account of MintPress News on Saturday. Without warning, the nine-year-old account with 64,000 followers was abruptly labeled as "fake" or "spam" and restricted. This move is becoming a frequent occurrence for alternative media, especially those that openly challenge U.S. power globally. | Immediately preceding the ban, MintPress had been sharing stories about Israeli government crimes against Palestinians, the Saudi-led onslaught in Yemen (both funded and supported by Washington), and about activists challenging chemical giant Monsanto's latest p…
popularresistance.org/twitter-targets-accounts-of-outlets-covering-unrest-in-bolivia/

Sunday 7/5: 'The Condor & The Eagle' New Climate Film & Discussion w/ Activists & Indigenous Leaders
Stop The Money Pipline Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-07-01
Online via livestream: | event.webinarjam.com/live/91/wygzyu7mbo8cqpco3p | www.facebook.com/filmsforaction/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/29/18834720.php

Cleveland LGBTQ2S+ for Black Lives
Susan Schnur | workers.org | 2020-07-01
LGBTQ2S+ March for Black Lives, Cleveland, June 27 On June 27, the Cleveland community held a LGBTQ2S+ March for Black Lives. Called by two queer activists using social media, the Greater Cleveland LGBT Community Center not only co-sponsored the action, but actively participated in the militant demonstration. Over 300 people . . . | Continue reading Cleveland LGBTQ2S+ for Black Lives at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/07/49771/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cleveland-lgbtq2s-for-black-lives

Friday 7/3: Virtual Independence Day Rally: Climate Change & Systemic Racism in America
Fire Drill Fridays, Greenpeace, others | indybay.org | 2020-07-01
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/firedrillfriday/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/30/18834790.php

Protesters Switch Destination at Last Minute, March on Menlo Park Police Station Pt 1
Remembering Black Lives Murdered | indybay.org | 2020-07-01
A June 25 rally was purportedly to target FaceBook for paying for a substation and police salaries near their headquarters in Menlo Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/30/18834750.php

Four Giant Reasons To Remove The Statues
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-01
I'm a descendant of General Robert E. Lee. | My family also descends from George Washington and John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the Supreme Court. (The oligarchy was a rather small club back in the day.) And I, along with many other Lee descendants, say: Remove the statues. | Yet, this week President Donald Trump has made it his mission to catch and prosecute those who have taken down statues. I'm positive he's not doing it out of any racist ideology, although it doesn't help that he also retweeted a white power message soon afterwards. | With that said, here are four exceedingly stupid reasons to keep…
popularresistance.org/four-giant-reasons-to-remove-the-statues/

Booker's Loss Was Devastating. But We Can't Lose Sight of Defeating McConnell
Carl Gibson | commondreams.org | 2020-07-01
It's tempting for progressive Kentuckians to want to check out of this election, as many of us have after the corporate wing of the Democratic Party threw a wet blanket on Bernie Sanders' post-Nevada momentum to circle its wagons around Joe Biden. (Photo: @Booker4KY/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2020-01-10_at_2.30.13_pm.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/01/bookers-loss-was-devastating-we-cant-lose-sight-defeating-mcconnell?cd-origin=rss

Ed Yong on the "Disgraceful" U.S. Pandemic Response & How Medicare for All Could Have Saved Lives
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-07-01
As the United States experiences the world's worst outbreak of COVID-19, we speak with Ed Yong, science writer for The Atlantic, who warned of the country's unpreparedness for a viral outbreak in 2018. Now he says "it's truly shocking and disgraceful" how badly the pandemic has been handled in the United States, and blames a lack of federal leadership for most of the damage. "A country with the resources that we have should not be in this state," he argues, and adds that Medicare for All could have saved lives.
www.democracynow.org/2020/7/1/ed_yong_coronavirus

Public Outcry Follows Gilead Decision to Charge $3000 for COVID Drug that Costs Pennies to Produce
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-01
To make matter worse, Remdesivir is a drug that "has had its development costs paid for, in large part, by independent donors like governments and ministries of health in China, the WHO, and the US government." | MPN– California-based pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has announced that a five-day course of its antiviral drug Remdesivir — shown in tests to effectively fight COVID-19 — will cost $3,120 to Americans with heal…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/public-outcry-follows-gilead-decision-to-charge-3000-for-covid-drug-that-costs-pennies-to-produce

A Trendy Rage: Boycotting Facebook and the Stop Hate for Profit Campaign
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-01
Rage can be that most trendy of things, and social media rage has become modish. If you dislike something, scream it in a certain number of characters and post it on every network you subscribe to. You might even feel good about it. When the pot is taken off the boil, the matter goes away.
counterpunch.org/2020/07/01/a-trendy-rage-boycotting-facebook-and-the-stop-hate-for-profit-campaign/

Children's Health Defense Responds to Accusation of Spreading "Misinformation" on Facebook
Jeremy R. Hammond | globalresearch.ca | 2020-07-01
In November 2019, the Washington Post and other major news media accused Children's Health Defense (CHD) of using Facebook advertisements to spread "misinformation" about vaccines. The basis for these accusations, which have since continued, is a study published in the …
globalresearch.ca/children-health-defense-responds-accusation-spreading-misinformation-facebook/5717521

PFAW: Facebook Must Stop Promoting the Spread of Racism and Hatred
commondreams.org | 2020-07-01
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/07/01/pfaw-facebook-must-stop-promoting-spread-racism-and-hatred?cd-origin=rss

Turkey determined to control social media platforms, Erdogan says
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-01
Turkey will introduce regulations to control social media platforms or shut them down, President Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday, pressing ahead with government plans after he said his family was insulted online.Finance Minister Berat Albayrak, Erdogan's son-in-law, said on Twitter on Tuesday that his fourth child had been born. Albayrak's wife Esra was insulted by some users, who were later detained, according to Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.Speaking to members of his AK Party, Erdogan repeated that his party would introduce new regulations to control the use of social media, adding that an increase of…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkey-determined-to-control-social-media-platforms-erdogan-says-3533450

'We all miss Roger!' Trump recalls late 'friend' Roger Ailes in attack on Fox, gets schooled on his death by #Resistance
rt.com | 2020-07-01
In his latest salvo against Fox News, US President Donald Trump invoked the memory of the network's late CEO, Roger Ailes, to say the outlet had declined, drawing astute critics armed with Google to remind him the man had died. | Trump took to his favorite social media venue on Tuesday to decry a Fox panel discussion featuring disgraced CNN contributor Donna Brazile, who was caught passing debate questions to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the 2016 race, as was revealed in a WikiLeaks publication the same year. | "She gets fired by CNN for giving Crooked Hillary the debate questions, and gets hire…
rt.com/usa/493426-trump-roger-ailes-dead/

'We all miss Roger!' Trump recalls late 'friend' Roger Ailes in attack on Fox, gets schooled on his death by the #Resistance
rt.com | 2020-07-01
In his latest salvo against Fox News, US President Donald Trump invoked the memory of the network's late CEO, Roger Ailes, to say the outlet had declined, drawing astute critics armed with Google to remind him the man had died. | Trump took to his favorite social media venue on Tuesday to decry a Fox panel discussion featuring disgraced CNN contributor Donna Brazile, who was caught passing debate questions to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the 2016 race, as was revealed in a WikiLeaks publication the same year. | "She gets fired by CNN for giving Crooked Hillary the debate questions, and gets hire…
rt.com/usa/493426-trump-roger-ailes-dead/

'It's activism, not journalism': CNN publishes shame list of companies that DIDN'T join Facebook boycott
rt.com | 2020-07-01
CNN has named and shamed a list of brands that haven't joined a movement to boycott Facebook for all manner of alleged social justice offenses, drawing criticism online for its "bizarre" activism campaign. | 'Companies do nothing' is not a news story, yet that's exactly what CNN reported on Wednesday. After a slew of major brands — including Unilever, Adidas, Ford, Volkswagen, Microsoft, and Levi Strauss — temporarily pulled the…
rt.com/usa/493530-cnn-activism-facebook-boycott/

Gun-lover & presumed QAnon-believer unseats 5-term Colorado congressman in Republican primary upset
rt.com | 2020-07-01
Lauren Boebert, a mother of four with outspoken views on guns and fringe internet theories, has uprooted Colorado Rep. Scott Tipton. Her primary victory is part of a larger political insurgency taking shape across the country. | An unapologetic political outsider, Boebert was declared the winner of Colorado's 3rd congressional district Republican primary on Wednesday. Tipton, the incumbent, had served five terms in Congress and was endorsed by Donald Trump. Apparently unbothered by her victory, the president took to Twitter to congratulate Boebert on her "really great win." | Boebert's colorful political ads a…
rt.com/usa/493429-boebert-qanon-primary-victory-colorado/

Trump promises to VETO defense budget bill if military bases honoring Confederate officers are renamed
rt.com | 2020-07-01
President Trump threatened to reject next year's National Defense Authorization bill if lawmakers go ahead with Confederate name changes for army bases, including Fort Bragg, Fort Benning, and others. | "I will veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth 'Pocahontas' Warren (of all people!) Amendment, which will lead to the renaming (plus other bad things!) of Fort Bragg, Fort Robert E. Lee, and many other military bases from which we won two World Wars, is in the Bill!" US President Donald Trump tweeted. | I will Veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the Elizabeth "Pocahontas" Warren (of all people!
rt.com/usa/493430-trump-veto-confederate-bases/

Social Justice League, assemble! Cancel brigade come for director Joss Whedon after vague abuse allegation
rt.com | 2020-07-01
'Justice League' actor Ray Fisher has accused director Joss Whedon of "abusive behavior" on the set of the 2017 movie, prompting calls to 'cancel' Whedon. However, Fisher gave no examples of the supposed abuse. | "Joss Whedon's on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and completely unacceptable," Fisher tweeted on Wednesday, adding that former Warner Bros producer Jon Berg, and former DC Entertainment president Geoff Johns "enabled" the abuse. | Joss Wheadon's on-set treatment of the cast and crew of Justice League was gross, abusive, unprofessional, and comp…
rt.com/usa/493527-cancel-josh-whedon-abusive/

Trump resumes attack on NYT's 'Russian bounty' story, says 'secret source probably doesn't even exist'
rt.com | 2020-07-01
US President Donald Trump has again attacked the "discredited" New York Times over its disputed story that Russia offered bounties for the killing of US troops in Afghanistan, blasting the story as a "fake news tale". | In a tweet on Wednesday morning Trump said the story was made up to damage him and the Republican Party. | "The Russia Bounty story is just another made up by Fake News tale that is told only to damage me and the Republican Party," the president wrote. | "The secret source probably does not even exist, just like the story itself. If the discredited @nytimes has a source, reveal it. Just another…
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