(2020-03-10). 'Double standards!' Trump team rips Twitter after it flags Biden 'endorsement' clip but OKs THREE doctored Trump vids. rt.com 
The Trump campaign fired off a withering reply to Twitter after the company said the president had shared a "manipulated" video clip, accusing the platform of unfairly enforcing its rules to help Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden. | Twitter appended its first ever "manipulated media" disclaimer to a video on Sunday, warning users that a clip re-tweeted by Trump — showing a stammering Biden as he apparently endorses the president's re-election — was "edited in a misleading way." But the Trump campaign insists Twitter has simply invented a new rule to "protect" the former VP. | "The Biden campaign has a…
(2020-03-10). 'I was shunned by stuffy golfing world because of my cleavage,' says social media favorite Paige Spirinac. rt.com 
Former pro golfer Paige Spirinac has slammed what she says is rampant "stuffiness" in the sport, claiming she's been shunned "because of her cleavage" and shamed as "a sl*t." | Spirinac, 26, emerged as a college golf star while at university in Arizona and San Diego, before briefly playing professionally on the women's Cactus Tour in 2015-16. | However, the budding blonde star decided to leave the professional ranks as her social media popularity soared, also featuring in magazines such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. | Spirinac currently boasts 2.2 million Instagram followers, and keeps fans…
(2020-03-10). Testimony of a surgeon working in Bergamo, in the heart of Italy's coronavirus outbreak. mronline.org 
In one of the non-stop e-mails that I receive from my hospital administration on a more than daily basis, there was a paragraph on "how to be responsible on social media", with some recommendations that we all can agree on. |
(2020-03-10). "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" indybay.org In California, the richest state in the US, there are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses. | But right now in St. Louis, the Uhuru Movement is creating the basis for an independent African economy by building the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Find out how you can challenge "Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland" by coming to the Uhuru House on Thursday, March 12th at 7: 00 pm – 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
(2020-03-10). Upcoming event March 12th – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency in Oakland. indybay.org There are tens of thousands of African and Mexican people living in tents, under tarps and overpasses in California, the richest state in the US. | But these conditions can change rapidly with resources invested in programs in the hands of the African community like the Black Power Blueprint – www.facebook.com/BlackPowerBlueprint/ | Attend the event – Homelessness, Gentrification and Counterinsurgency, in Oakland on Thursday, March 12 at 7 pm. | Akwaaba Hall / 7911 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland CA (take the 57 bus, only blocks away from Eastmont Mall)…
(2020-03-10). Tesla's one-millionth car rolls off assembly line. yenisafak.com Electric carmaker Tesla has produced its one-millionth automobile, according to the company's CEO, Elon Musk."Congratulations Tesla team on making our 1,000,000th car," Musk tweeted on Tuesday.Thus, the company achieved its goal of producing 1 million cars by 2020.
(2020-03-10). 'Coronavirus Conflicts with her Schedule?' Netizens Sarcastic as Melania Trump Cancels Fundraiser. sputniknews.com The scheduled event was to be hosted by Los Angeles County, which has declared a state of emergency over the coronavirus outbreak.
(2020-03-10). Radioac-Till: Rammstein Frontman Lindemann Rides Carousel in Chernobyl Ghost Town — Video. sputniknews.com The town of Pripyat, just 3 km away from the epicentre of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, has been abandoned completely, with remnants of life rusting away and falling apart.
(2020-03-09). Trump says crashing markets good for consumers, blames Russia, Saudi Arabia and Fake News. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump can't seem to decide whether a sudden, massive drop in oil prices is good or bad for the country, so he's hedged his bets on Twitter, suggesting it's "Good for the consumer" but bad for markets. | Blaming the "market drop" on "Saudi Arabia and Russia…arguing over the price and flow of oil" in a Monday morning tweet, the president whipsawed around and – within the same minute! – bragged that the resulting chaos was "good for the consumer," because gas prices would go down. | Saudi Arabia and Russia are arguing over the price and flow of oil. That, and the Fake News, is the reason for…
(2020-03-09). Johnstone brings her moral compass to our Dantesque world. mronline.org 
It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, both a riveting eye-witness account of many of the horrors and perfidies, and a primer for students of history and all those struggling to not only dismantle the beast, but to prepare us for what follows it. |
(2020-03-09). Many New Voting Systems Aren't Ready for Prime Time. truthdig.com 
Put aside, for now, foreign meddling in U.S. elections, social media propaganda and partisan voter suppression. The newest emerging threat to elections in 2020 is new voting systems that have been insufficiently tested and phased in, but have been debuting in many of 2020's presidential primaries and caucuses. | Since the Iowa Democratic Party's presidential caucuses, there has been a string of new technology-based failures and frustrations—despite officials' and voting system designers' intentions. The failures share some common elements, from data connectivity issues to machinery breakdowns to poor planni…
(2020-03-09). Chernobyl to Katrina: Pundits scramble to compare Trump's handling of coronavirus to previous catastrophes. rt.com 
Media are comparing US President Donald Trump's (mis)handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic to high-profile historical disasters, from the Chernobyl nuclear accident to Hurricane Katrina…and even the fall of Rome. | Pundits eager to see the end of Trump have rushed to compare what they view as his failure to properly deal with the coronavirus outbreak to legendary disasters from recent and ancient history, regardless of how well those disasters reflect current events. | The president himself retweeted a meme that was quickly interpreted as comparing himself to Emperor Nero, who supposedly fiddled whil…
(2020-03-09). Venezuela Committee Tasked to Appoint New CNE In Session. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Committee of Electoral Applications for the renewal of the National Electoral Council (CNE) was officially assembled Monday ahead of the programmed 2020 parliamentary elections. | RELATED: | Through his Twitter account, a lawmaker from the government's bloc (Bloque de la Patria) Francisco Torrealba announced the official formation and the names of the legislators that will make…
(2020-03-09). Netanyahu's Rival Gantz in Discussion With Smaller Parties. telesurenglish.net Israel's Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz said Monday that he held talks with the Arab-led Joint List coalition to form a new government and prevent a fourth election. | RELATED: | Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh spoke on the importance of joint cooperation. "We stick to our goal of replacing Netanyahu's legacy, and it starts by respecting the united voice of the Arab public and our Jewish partners," Odeh tweet…
(2020-03-09). Sudan Prime Minister survives attempted assassination. news.un.org Sudan's Prime Minister survived a reported assassination attempt in the capital Khartoum on Monday, tweeting after the incident that he was "safe and in good shape".
(2020-03-08). Facebook controlled by right-wing echo chamber, Clinton claims, accusing social media of bias against her. rt.com 
Despite numerous accusations of censorship from conservatives, Hillary Clinton is claiming right-wing outlets have "mastered" Facebook and use it against her. | In a Sunday interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, Clinton was asked about a Vox article presenting research claiming the story on Facebook to receive the most interactions on Super Tuesday was one about her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state. | "Fox and the sort of right-wing echo chamber has mastered Facebook, aided and abetted, might I say, from Facebook," Clinton responded. | She claims "algorithms" used by Facebook are ke…
(2020-03-08). One tweet shows exactly why Dominic Raab shouldn't be foreign secretary. thecanary.co 
One country is showing its intent to create chaos in the Middle East. From sparking conflict in the one area in Syria where there was previously peace, to creating a humanitarian crisis in an attempt to bribe Europe to support its war in the region, Turkey is engaged in a dangerous power game that is killing people and putting lives at risk. | But Turkey is a NATO ally. And the UK is desperate for post-Brexit trade partners. So it's perhaps no surprise that foreign secretary Dominic Raab is sucking up to Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. And in one tweet, Raab showed dangerous contempt for the thousands of…
(2020-03-07). 'Just in time for St. Patrick's Day!' Trump appoints Mark Meadows as new chief of staff, 'banishes' Mulvaney to Northern Ireland. rt.com 
President Trump has selected North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows to be the new White House chief of staff, making the former acting chief, Mick Mulvaney, the special envoy to Northern Ireland. | "I am pleased to announce that Congressman Mark Meadows will become White House Chief of Staff. I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one," Trump said in a tweet on Friday night announcing the move. ….I want to thank Acting Chief Mick Mulvaney for having served the Administration so well. He will become the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland. Thank you!— Donald…
(2020-03-07). 'Come and take it!' GOP congressman triggers left with AR-15 gun-wielding message to Biden & Beto. rt.com 
Colorado Congressman Ken Buck proved just how easy it is to trigger the left by posting a video of him wielding an AR-15 in his office and daring Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke to try to "come and take it." | "I have a message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke," Buck says in the video, which was posted to Twitter on Friday. | If you want to take everyone's AR-15s in America, why don't you swing by my office in Washington DC and start with this one? | I have just one message for Joe Biden and Beto O'Rourke, if you want to take everyone's AR-15s, why don't you swing by my office in Washington, D.C. and start with thi…
(2020-03-06). Oil firm dumps plans to drill the Bight, but fight not over. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-03-04). Boosting Morale: Iranian medical teams launched a "dancing challenge" iranian.com Iranian medical teams launched a "dancing challenge" in social media, especially on Instagram, to revive morale in combating the Corona Virus outbreak.
(2020-03-02). Death Toll Rises in Iran, Middle East Epicenter of Coronavirus, Amid U.S. Sanctions & Gov't Negligence. democracynow.org 
The official coronavirus death toll in Iran, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, has risen to at least 54 — the highest number of fatalities outside of China, where the outbreak began. Experts say the real number of people who died from the disease may be as high as 200. This comes after Iran's deputy health minister, Iraj Harirchi, posted a video on social media last week acknowledging he contracted coronavirus. Just one day before, he seemed ill at a press conference, where he downplayed the spread of coronavirus in the city of Qom and said mass quarantines were unnecessary. Iran…
(2020-02-21). In the Midst of Infighting, Anti-LGBTQ Church Network's Website and Social Media Disappear. splcenter.org The New Independent Fundamental Baptist network, most prominently associated with anti-LGBTQ pastor Steven Anderson, appears to be in turmoil as infighting again erupts, this time between Anderson and fellow pastors in the network.