Monday 7/13: Demanding Women: A Conversation About Gun Violence w/ Karen Bass (Moms Demand Action)
MDAEFGS | indybay.org | 2020-07-14
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/Everytown/live/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/18835084.php

'Disgusting organization': PETA savaged online for posting extremely graphic dissected cat photo
rt.com | 2020-07-14
Controversial animal rights organization PETA has sparked a social media backlash after shocking users by posting a grizzly photo of a dissected cat carcass and connecting it with the 'realistic cake' meme. | The image posted by the US-based organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on Twitter contained a close-up photograph of a cat's head being cut open during a dissection. The graphic picture was accompanied by the words "Not cake," plus a broken-heart emoji and the hashtag #CutOutDissection…
rt.com/usa/494674-peta-dissected-cat-photo/

Trump Elevates a Game Show Host's Views on COVID While Stifling Fauci
William rivers Pitt | zcomm.org | 2020-07-14
Source: Truthout "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," read the Monday morning retweet on Donald Trump's Twitter page.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-elevates-a-game-show-hosts-views-on-covid-while-stifling-fauci/

Chris Hedges: Don't Be Fooled By The Cancel Culture Wars
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2020-07-13
The cancel culture — the phenomenon of removing or canceling people, brands or shows from the public domain because of offensive statements or ideologies — is not a threat to the ruling class. Hundreds of corporations, nearly all in the hands of white executives and white board members, enthusiastically pumped out messages on social media condemning racism and demanding justice after George Floyd was choked to death by police in Minneapolis. Police, which along with the prison system are one of the primary instruments of social control over the poor, have taken the knee, along with Jamie Dimon, the ch…
popularresistance.org/chris-hedges-dont-be-fooled-by-the-cancel-culture-wars/

Digital Trade Rules: a Disastrous New Constitution for the Global Economy Written by and for Big Tech
Deborah James | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-13
The largest corporations in the history of the world ‚Äï Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft ‚Äï are seeking to use "trade" rules to rig the rules of the global (digital) economy to enable them to collect more data, exercise more control over our lives and over their workers, and amass ever more profit. More…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/13/digital-trade-rules-a-disastrous-new-constitution-for-the-global-economy-written-by-and-for-big-tech/

Grown-Ups Like Us
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-13
A small child can run around and play happily with a stick or a leaf, because children are stupid and they don't yet know how to stare at their phones tensely waiting for a stranger on social media to respond to your clever comment | A small child can run around and play happily with a stick or a leaf, because children are stupid and they don't yet know how to stare at their phones tensely waiting for a stranger on social media to respond to your clever comment telling them why their opinion is wrong. | Children are too naive to know anything about opinions and ideas. They need us to teach them how to move their…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/grown-ups-like-us

Ecuador: New Arrests in COVID-19 Supplies Corruption Case
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-13
An Ecuadorean judge Monday ordered the preventive detention of five people to investigate the alleged sale of drugs that were donated to Guayaquil city during the pandemic. | RELATED: | China Suspends Ecuador's Shrimps Imports Over Covid-19 Fears | The State Attorney General's Office tweeted that Judge Marco Guerra ordered preventive prison for "Abraham and Moises M., and Alvaro P., Victor Ch. and Erick P. for the alleged organized crime to commercialize COVID-19 medicines," which were…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-New-Arrests-in-COVID-19-Supplies-Corruption-Case-20200713-0010.html

Peruvian Amazon Indigenous People Threatened By COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-13
Peru's Interethnic Association for the Development of the Forest (Aidesep) Monday confirmed five COVID-19 positive cases among the Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon. | RELATED: | COVID-19 Cases Soar in Latin America and the Caribbean in July | "First it (the virus) was installed in the communities, and now it has also reached the villages in initial contact in Ucayali and is threatening those living in voluntary isolation," Aidesep tweeted. | Local health authoriti…
telesurenglish.net/news/peruvian-amazon-indigenous-threatened-by-covid19-20200713-0020.html

Colombia: Another Two Former Combatants Killed, Tally at 218
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-13
Colombia's Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Common (FARC) political party Monday denounced the murder of another two former combatants. | RELATED: | Colombia: Capital Enters Quarantine After COVID-19 Cases Rise | "Almost every day there is a murder, in addition to the 15 forced disappearances. We denounce the extermination plan against our party and we raise our voice of anger and impotence against the State for not stopping these events," FARC tweeted. | One of the vict…
telesurenglish.net/news/-colombia-another-two-former-combatants-killed-tally-at-218-20200713-0018.html

Monday 7/13: Demanding Women: A Conversation About Gun Violence w/ Karen Bass (Moms Demand Action)
MDAEFGS | indybay.org | 2020-07-13
Online via livestream: www.facebook.com/Everytown/live/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/13/18835084.php

Unemployment Claims Still Not Paid; Picketlines Needed
Register & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-07-13
Today's check of the Twitter, twitter.com/search?q=%23EDDFailOfTheDay&src=typed_query&f=live, shows that the Unemployment office is still not paying claims dating back to March and private profit contractor Deloitte is still allowed to touch confidential information and pretend to process these basic claims when Deloitte should be fired immediately for obvious violation of its contract to pay the claims immediately.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835027.php

Donald Trump Jr is lambasted on Twitter for his book cover — and it's not the title, 'Liberal Privilege,' that did it, but a TYPO
rt.com | 2020-07-13
The US president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has triggered Democrats once again. But not, as you might think, with the title of his new book, 'Liberal Privilege,' but over what looks to be a glaring typo on its cover. | "Joe Biden and the Democrat's Defense of the Indefensible," reads the subtitle of the book, an image of which the author shared online over the weekend. | Unless Trump Jr is using "Democrat" to refer solely to Biden, or the political party as a category, the apostrophe should come at the end of the word, as a possessive plural — as legions of detractors on social media were quick to poi…
rt.com/usa/494635-donald-trump-jr-book-cover-grammar/

NBA blasted after viral video shows ban on custom 'FREE HONG KONG' jerseys but no ban on other contentious messages
rt.com | 2020-07-13
The NBA is once again being accused of bowing to China, after a viral video revealed its website does not allow custom jerseys with the phrase "Free Hong Kong," but has no problem with plenty of other disruptive messages. | "The NBA bans you, the fan, from putting #freehongkong on customized league jerseys even as they allow players to wear customized jerseys," journalist Clay Travis tweeted on Sunday. | Travis Included a video actually showing the merchandising section of the website rejecting the phrase. Numerous people took to social media to give other firsthand accounts of the site not allowing the messag…
rt.com/usa/494645-nba-free-hong-kong/

'Everyone is lying': Outrage after Trump retweets TV host who said there's a Covid-19 conspiracy to make him lose election
rt.com | 2020-07-13
TV personality Chuck Woolery ignited uproar after claiming there was a conspiracy afoot to distort the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in order to make Donald Trump lose November's election, a tweet the president then reposted. | "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," the game-show host tweeted on Sunday, adding that "everyone is lying" about the pandemic. | According to Woolery, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Democratic Party, the media and "most" doctors are all in on the anti-Trump conspiracy. By exaggerating the direness of the pandemic, they are trying to "keep…
rt.com/usa/494603-chuck-woolery-trump-tweet-covid19/

'You should be ashamed': Obama's ex-adviser slammed for celebrating NYC triumph over Covid 'from the epicenter to zero deaths!'
rt.com | 2020-07-13
A former adviser to Barack Obama is being slammed for a "ghoulish" tweet celebrating the "short term sacrifices" New York City made to go from the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic to having a day with no new recorded deaths. | "From the epicenter to zero deaths. Short term sacrifice saves lives!!!" Valerie Jarrett tweeted on Saturday evening, in reaction to a story declaring the fact that the previous day included no new coronavirus deaths in New York City. | From the epicenter to zero deaths. Short term sacrifice saves lives!!! t.co/iHJktiPX5p– Valerie Jar…
rt.com/usa/494626-valerie-jarrett-new-york-coronavirus-deaths/

Trump calls on police to 'take a stronger stand' with 'Radical Left' Democratic city governments…meaning what, exactly?
rt.com | 2020-07-13
US President Donald Trump has urged police officers across the country to fight back against the "disrespect" coming from the "Radical" Democrats running major cities. What exactly he meant was open to interpretation, as usual. | "Never in history have Police been treated so badly as they are in Democrat run cities," Trump lamented on Monday via Twitter, calling on cops to "take a stronger stand with the Radical Left politicians that are treating them so badly, and so disrespectfully!!!" | Never in history have Police been treated so badly as they are in Democrat run cities – and these cities are a mess. Polic…
rt.com/usa/494596-trump-police-retaliate-democratic-disrespect/

NYC mayor calls for unity after viral VIDEO shows man putting Bronx cop in headlock — as crowd cheers
rt.com | 2020-07-13
In response to a viral video of a Bronx man putting an officer in a headlock, which outraged police unions, New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said there is "a lot to do to heal the relationship between police and the community." | …
rt.com/usa/494557-deblasio-bronx-police-headlock/

Graphic Video: Probe Launched After US Cop Filmed Kneeling on Man's Head
sputniknews.com | 2020-07-13
Pennsylvania's Allentown Police Department (APD) has launched an internal use-of-force investigation after three officers were seen on top of a screaming man in a recent viral video.
sputniknews.com/us/202007131079875486-graphic-video-probe-launched-after-us-cop-filmed-kneeling-on-mans-head/

As COVID Deaths Soar in Texas, Ted Cruz Seen Without a Mask on Commercial Flight
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-13
Social media was abuzz over the weekend after an image of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz appeared to show him on a plane without a mask on. | The picture features Cruz in first class seating on an American Airlines-affiliated flight, holding a coffee and looking at his phone. The senator is not wearing a mask in the picture, nor is one v…
truthout.org/articles/as-covid-deaths-soar-in-texas-ted-cruz-seen-without-a-mask-on-commercial-flight/

Trump Elevates a Game Show Host's Views on COVID While Stifling Fauci
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-13
"The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19," read the Monday morning retweet on Donald Trump's Twitter page. "Everyone is lying. The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most that we are told to trust. I think it's all about the election and keeping the economy from coming back, which is about the election. I'm sick of it." | Who was the original author of this since-deleted retweet? Why, none other than Chuck Woolery, the world-renowned epidemiologist, noted virologist and este…
truthout.org/articles/trump-elevates-a-game-show-hosts-views-on-covid-while-stifling-fauci/

Trump Shares Tweet Calling CDC, Doctors Liars After Surpassing His 20,000th Lie
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-07-13
President Donald Trump shared a tweet on Monday morning from a former game show host which claimed that lies about the coronavirus were being spread to harm the economy and influence the 2020 election. | "The most outrageous lies are the ones about Covid 19. Everyone is lying," Chuck Woolery wrote. "The CDC, Media, Democrats, our Doctors, not all but most, that we are told to trust." | Woolery stated, without evidence,…
truthout.org/articles/trump-shares-tweet-calling-cdc-doctors-liars-after-surpassing-his-20000th-lie/

Why is crime spiking in NYC? 'People can't pay their rent' and need to shoplift to feed their children, says AOC
rt.com | 2020-07-12
Comments from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her theory about crime spiking in New York City have gone viral and are being slammed relentlessly, as the congresswoman believes it all boils down to people being broke and hungry. | Asked about the increase in crime in her city during a recent virtual town hall, Ocasio-Cortez connected the stats to a bad economy putting people in desperate situations. | "Do we think this has to do with the fact that there's record unemployment in the United States right now? The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession?"
rt.com/usa/494554-aoc-new-york-crime/

Why is crime spiking in NYC? 'People can't pay their rent' and need to shoplift to feed their children, says AOC
rt.com | 2020-07-12
Comments from Alexandria Ocasi-Cortez on her theory about crime spiking in New York City have gone viral and been slammed relentlessly, as the congresswoman believes it all boils down to people being broke and hungry. | Asked about the increase in crime in her city during a recent virtual town hall, Ocasio-Cortez connected the stats to a bad economy putting people in desperate situations. | "Do we think this has to do with the fact that there's record unemployment in the United States right now? The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession?" the De…
rt.com/usa/494554-aoc-new-york-crime/

Colombia: Another FARC ex-Combatant Killed in Meta
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-12
Colombia's Revolutionary Alternative Force of the Common (FARC) political party Saturday announced the murder of another ex-combatant in the municipality of La Uribe, department of Meta. | RELATED: | Another Signatory of the Agreement Killed in Colombia | "We denounce another murder. Fredy Fajardo Avila was killed in La Uribe, Meta. With this comrade, 217 signatories have been murdered in the last years," the political party announced on its Twitter account. | FARC deman…
telesurenglish.net/news/colombia-another-farc-excombatant-killed-in-meta-20200711-0014.html

Unemployment Claims Still Not Paid; Picketlines Needed
Register & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-07-12
Today's check of the Twitter, twitter.com/search?q=%23EDDFailOfTheDay&src=typed_query&f=live, shows that the Unemployment office is still not paying claims dating back to March and private profit contractor Deloitte is still allowed to touch confidential information and pretend to process these basic claims when Deloitte should be fired immediately for obvious violation of its contract to pay the claims immediately.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/12/18835027.php

Gun store offers free rifle to Missouri couple seen guarding their home from BLM ers, after police confiscate theirs
rt.com | 2020-07-12
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, now infamous for a video in which they're seen brandishing firearms at Black Lives Matter supporters, were offered a free AR-15 by a local gun store, after their own was confiscated by police. | "This couple did what they needed to do to protect private property, as the property was being ambushed. I've seen videos, and some of these so-called ers were carrying firearms, and they clearly broke the gate to make way on to the private property (A THREAT)," the owner of Alien Armory Tactical, in St. Charles, Missouri, posted on Facebook, asking followers to share his message so…
rt.com/usa/494535-mcckloskeys-black-lives-matter-ar-15/

Jake Tapper says Trump would have 'saved lives' if he'd worn mask earlier, is shown 'no need for masks' clip from his own show
rt.com | 2020-07-12
CNN's Jake Tapper was confronted with coverage from his own show claiming masks were "not needed" during the Covid-19 pandemic, after he tweeted Donald Trump may have saved lives if he'd worn them in public months ago. | "Some day someone will do a study on how many lives might have been saved if this happened in February or March," Tapper tweeted, reacting to the president being pictured for the first time wearing a mask. | Shaming citizens for refusing to wear masks in public — despite many states and businesses requiring them — has become commonplace on social media, but in "February or March," he…
rt.com/usa/494553-jake-tapper-trump-mask-coronavirus/

The wet set: WATCH passengers sheltering under umbrellas as 'rain' falls INSIDE airborne plane
rt.com | 2020-07-12
A bizarre accident occurred aboard a Russian passenger jet, when travelers were showered with water dripping from its ceiling. The 'rain' turned out to be pretty hard, as some passengers had to hide under umbrellas. | Footage of the leaky situation emerged online over the weekend, promptly going viral on Russian-language social media. The video shows the passengers trying to take shelter from the water dripping from the plane's ceiling. | Some of the travelers came well prepared and whipped out umbrellas, while others apparently got wet and grumpily commented about the leak, berating the plane and the compa…
rt.com/russia/494530-russian-plane-rain-video/

21 injured as massive blaze & EXPLOSION cripple US military ship in San Diego (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-07-12
The USS Bonhomme Richard has caught fire at a naval base in San Diego. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke emitting from under the ship's deck; one explosion and injuries among the crew have been confirmed. | The fire triggered a massive response, with multiple fire engines and ambulances seen at the pier. | "Seventeen Sailors and four civilians are being treated for non-life threatening injuries at a local hospital," US Naval Surface Forces wrote on Twitter a while later. | Explosion & in…
rt.com/usa/494549-navy-ship-fire-san-diego/

18 sailors injured as US military ship catches fire & is covered in massive plume of smoke in San Diego (PHOTO, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-07-12
The USS Bonhomme Richard has caught fire at a naval base in San Diego. Footage from the scene shows a large plume of smoke emitting from under the ship's deck; one explosion and injuries among the crew have been confirmed. | The fire triggered a massive response, with multiple fire engines and ambulances seen at the pier. | "Eighteen Sailors have been transferred to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries," US Naval Surface Forces wrote on Twitter a while later. | Officials also announced that…
rt.com/usa/494549-navy-ship-fire-san-diego/

'Hannibal Lecter or Darth Vader'? Trump wears mask in public for 1st time, providing meme fodder for critics
rt.com | 2020-07-12
US President Donald made his first public appearance wearing a mask (dressed up with a presidential seal), during a visit to a military hospital where he met wounded soldiers and healthcare workers. | On his way to Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, the US leader explained why he finally decided to don a face covering, arguing that he's "never been against masks but I do believe they have a time and a place." | So there's this video of trump finally wearing a mask, and I just had to add this song to it pic.twitter.com/YvwcIbNV5j– Gustavo &uum…
rt.com/usa/494509-trump-coronavirus-mask-memes/

Libya, UN discuss reform of security sector
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-12
Libya's Interior Minister Fathi Bashagha held talks via video conference on Sunday with the acting head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya, Stephanie Williams, to discuss Libyan plans to reform the security sector."We are determined to move forward in implementing the reform programs in the security sector, which must be locally-designed and nationwide under the Libyan leadership for the security and welfare of the citizens," Bashagha said on Twitter.Since April 2019, warlord Khalifa Haftar's illegitimate forces have launched attacks on the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other parts of northwestern Liby…
yenisafak.com/en/news/libya-un-discuss-reform-of-security-sector-3534242

Workers and community supporters racist practices
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-11
Oshkosh, WI – 30 community members came out, July 8, to the leadership of the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh. Community s, artists, teachers, parents and children gathered fully on a corner armed with chalk, chants and messages of anti-racism and solidarity with the pro-Black Lives Matter workers. | When s erupted around the country in late May over the police killings of George Floyd and countless others, the Boys & Girls Club released a statement of solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement on their social media accounts in early June. The workers, who have been impacted by these…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/7/11/workers-and-community-supporters–racist-practices

Workers and community supporters racist practices
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-07-11
Oshkosh, WI – 30 community members came out, July 8, to the leadership of the Boys & Girls Club of Oshkosh. Community s, artists, teachers, parents and children gathered fully on a corner armed with chalk, chants and messages of anti-racism and solidarity with the pro-Black Lives Matter workers. | When s erupted around the country in late May over the police killings of George Floyd and countless others, the Boys & Girls Club released a statement of solidarity for the Black Lives Matter movement on their social media accounts in early June. The workers, who have been impacted by these…
fightbacknews.org/2020/7/11/workers-and-community-supporters–racist-practices

Liberals Are Crazy Idiots
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-11
Whenever John McCain is trending on Twitter I like to try and float a reminder of what a disgusting warmonger he was on top of the trend to disrupt the worshipful hagiography within the mainstream liberal echo chamber. | John McCain was a bloodthirsty warmongering psychopath and the world is better off without him. Death is nature's cancel culture. | — Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) July 11, 2020 | It's a provocation. I freely admit this. But it's a provocation with a fuse that should not exist (nobody should object to som…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/liberals-are-crazy-idiots

Russia Offers Latin America a Drug to Cure COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-11
Russia's Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) director Kiril Dmitriyev Saturday announced Latin American countries will be the firsts to receive the drug Avifavir for COVID-19 treatment. | RELATED: | Russia Approves New Drug for Treatment of COVID-19 | The Russian Embassy in Guatemala, along with with the RDIF, officially presented Avivafir for Latin America and the Caribbean. | "Many countries don't have any antiviral drugs, and Russia is prepared to meet those nations' needs," Dmitriyev assured…
telesurenglish.net/news/russia-offers-latin-america-a-drug-to-cure-covid19–20200711-0011.html

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan hospitalized with Covid-19
rt.com | 2020-07-11
Amitabh Bachchan, a Bollywood megastar who is widely considered in India as the country's greatest living actor, has been diagnosed with coronavirus and hospitalized. | "I have tested Covid positive [and been] shifted to hospital," Bachchan announced on Twitter to his 43.2 million followers. | The 77-year-old said all his family members had since been tested for coronavirus, and were awaiting their results. He urged everyone with whom he'd been in contact over the past 10 days to get tested too. | T 3590 -I have tested CoviD positive .. shifted to Hospital .. hospital informing authorities .. family and staff…
rt.com/news/494503-amitabh-bachchan-coronavirus-bollywood/

Anti-Trump camp in meltdown over VIDEO of dancing Roger Stone after his prison term's commuted
rt.com | 2020-07-11
Political huckster Roger Stone celebrated the commutation of his prison sentence in typically flamboyant style: by gyrating to music in a video that went viral and hit a raw nerve with his opponents and those of President Trump. | Ensnared by Special Counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russiagate' probe, Stone was sentenced in February to three years in prison for interfering with the investigation and tampering with witnesses — charges the long-time Republican maintained were baseless. Trump commuted his sentence on Friday — a move that doesn't overturn his conviction, but spares him a stint behind bars. | Fa…
rt.com/usa/494488-roger-stone-dancing-video/

Pizzagate 2.0? Wayfair forced to deny bizarre rumors its 'overpriced cabinets' are child trafficking front
rt.com | 2020-07-11
Furniture marketplace Wayfair was forced to address accusations of sex trafficking after an elaborate Pizzagate-esque conspiracy drawing connections between the names of 'overpriced' items and 'missing children' went viral. | The speculation was apparently kicked off on Reddit with user PrincessPeach1987 posting a screenshot of the furniture seller's WFX Utility cabinet collection to the site's r/conspiracy forum that highlighted the sky-high prices (between $12,699.99 and $14,499.99 for a single cabinet) and the odd names — like Samiyah, Alyvia, Yaritza, and Neriah — which allegedly matched the name…
rt.com/usa/494461-wayfair-child-trafficking-conspiracy-pizzagate/

UK 'stands with' all feeling Srebrenica genocide pain
yenisafak.com | 2020-07-11
British administration on Saturday "reiterated the UK's commitment to supporting reconciliation across the Western Balkans," on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina."Today (11 July) marks twenty-five years since the Srebrenica genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the worst atrocity in Europe since the end of the Second World War," a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) statement said."Today I stand with all who continue to feel unimaginable pain from the genocide 25 years ago at Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina," Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Twitter…
yenisafak.com/en/world/uk-stands-with-all-feeling-srebrenica-genocide-pain-3534190

Private Prison Simulation Game Goes Viral on Apple App Store
Alan MacLeod | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-10
With over two million people locked up across a sprawling network of private and public prisons, the US has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world, significantly worse than brutal dictatorships in Africa, Latin America or Central Asia. | MPN– A new game called "Prison Empire Tycoon" is going viral. Released in late May, it has risen to become the current number one strategy game in Apple's App Store and has been among the top 20 most popular games overall since its launch, with at lea…
thealtworld.com/alan_macleod/private-prison-simulation-game-goes-viral-on-apple-app-store

Private Prison Simulation Game Goes Viral on Apple App Store
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-07-10
With over two million people locked up across a sprawling network of private and public prisons, the US has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world, significantly worse than brutal dictatorships in Africa, Latin America or Central Asia.
mintpressnews.com/private-prison-simulation-game-goes-viral-on-apple-app-store/269324/

Media Continue to Ignore That Both Parties Almost Always Agree That More War Is Good
Glenn Greenwald | commondreams.org | 2020-07-10
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) with her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney. (Photo: Rep. Liz Cheney/Facebook) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cheneys1.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/07/10/media-continue-ignore-both-parties-almost-always-agree-more-war-good?cd-origin=rss

Harper's and the Great Cancel Culture Panic
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-07-10
You can imagine my chagrin when I discovered that Harper's, a magazine that I have subscribed to since the early 80s, provided a platform for "A Letter on Justice and Open Debate." The open letter was a denunciation of "cancel culture" in the name of liberal values as if angry Tweets by mostly powerless young…
counterpunch.org/2020/07/10/harpers-and-the-great-cancel-culture-panic/

The Movie Villain/The Actual Villain
Caitlin Johnstone | thealtworld.com | 2020-07-10
There's a meme going around on Twitter again called "The Movie Villain/The Actual Villain", where people post an image of someone in a movie or a show and then an image of who they think the real bad guy is. Some are getting creative with it and showing people and things in our general society that have been widely regarded as "villains", versus who the actual villain is in real life. You'll get the idea in a minute. | Anyway, here are my contributions: | The Movie…
thealtworld.com/caitlin_johnston/the-movie-villain-the-actual-villain

Sudan: Female Genital Mutilation Officially A Crime
telesurenglish.net | 2020-07-10
Sudan's Sovereign Council, the highest ruling institution in the country, ratified on Friday a law criminalizing female genital mutilation (FGM). | RELATED: | Sudan Demonstrators Back to the Streets Over Political Reforms | The Justice Minister, Nasredeen Abdulbari, announced on his twitter account that a series of laws had been finally approved by the council, among them, the amendment to the Criminal Law article 141. | The draft law, which criminalizes Female Genital Mutilation…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sudan-Female-Genital-Mutilation-Officially-A-Crime-20200710-0013.html

Twitter data-mining tool Dataminr fed police real-time info on Black Lives Matter ers, despite promises not to spy
rt.com | 2020-07-10
An analytics firm parsing Twitter data in real time for law enforcement and media has been caught funneling detailed info on anti-police-brutality marches to the very agencies users are ing, despite promises not to. | Dataminr, a CIA-funded artificial intelligence startup that mines Twitter's real-time content stream for behavioral patterns and other analytics, has been caught feeding info on police brutality ers from that "firehose" stream back to law enforcement. While the developers had promised they wouldn't enable domestic surveillance after a series of scandals in 2016, Dataminr is once aga…
rt.com/usa/494326-dataminr-twitter-ers-police/