(2020-10-25). Slate calls for Mozart & Beethoven to be referred to by their full names to fight 'sexism and racism,' leaving Twitter baffled. rt.com 
Calling famous classical music composers just by their last names can be "harmful" nowadays, according to an article published in US liberal magazine Slate. The piece was instantly mocked online. | Writing for Slate, Chris White, an assistant professor of music theory at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, took issue with how some composers, like Beethoven or Mozart, are often referred to just by their last names, while others are not. In fact, continuing to use such mononyms today could be seen as "outdated and harmful," he argued. | When we say, 'Tonight, you'll be hearing symphonies by Brahms and Edmon…
(2020-10-25). 'Rocks' & punches thrown as anti-Trump protesters CLASH with 'Jews for Trump' parade in NYC (VIDEOS). rt.com 
A massive car parade of Jewish Donald Trump supporters was met with violent resistance in New York City, with counter-protesters throwing projectiles at cars and trading punches with the conservative demonstrators. | The cars, many of which sported American, Israeli, and pro-Trump flags, all crossed the Brooklyn Bridge and, at one point, passed Trump Tower, honking repeatedly as they passed the building. | #JewsForTrump rally @realDonaldTrump #Trump2020
(2020-10-25). VIDEO of NYPD officers blaring 'Trump 2020' through patrol car loudspeaker SETS OFF liberals. rt.com 
Critics are taking to social media to express outrage over a video showing three NYPD cops in Brooklyn using their patrol vehicle to say "Trump 2020," behavior that would be prohibited for an officer. | Multiple videos show the incident, which appeared to involve at least three officers, on Saturday night from multiple angles. | An officer can be seen blocking a crosswalk with his vehicle in one video taken from a distance. He says "Trump 2020" through the car's loudspeaker and encourages people to record him and post it to their social media. A man can be heard cursing at the officer, as the cop calls him a "
(2020-10-25). Exxon Spends Millions on Facebook To Keep the Fossil Fuel Industry Alive. zcomm.org Aided by a right-wing political consulting firm, the company is rallying supporters to fight for oil and gas interests at every level of government…
(2020-10-25). Thursday 10/29: Censorship, Entanglement & Corruption: The Israel Lobby 2021 Agenda. indybay.org Webinar with participation through Zoom and YouTube. 9AM California time, Noon EDT.
(2020-10-25). India's central bank chief tests positive for coronavirus. yenisafak.com "I have tested Covid-19 positive. Asymptomatic. Feeling very much alright," Das said in a tweet."Will continue to work from isolation. Work in the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) will go on normally," he said.Many top Indian politicians including Home Minister Amit Shah and actors such as Amitabh Bachchan have tested positive for the virus, and since recovered.Over 7.8 million Indians have tested positive for COVID-19 so far. The pandemic has claimed 118,534 lives in the world's second most populous country.
(2020-10-25). French president encouraged Islamophobia: Pakistan PM. yenisafak.com The Pakistani prime minster has added his voice to the growing criticism of the French president for "encouraging Islamophobia" following the killing of a teacher who showed cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad to his pupils. | "Hallmark of a leader is he unites human beings… rather than dividing them. This is a time when President [Emmanuel] Macron could have put healing touch, and denied space to extremists rather than creating further polarisation and marginalisation that inevitably leads to radicalization," Imran Khan said in a series of tweets on Sunday. | "It is unfortunate that he has chosen to encourage Isl…
(2020-10-24). Trump critics lose it as 'permanent manned presence on the Moon' and trip to Mars listed as Republican priorities. rt.com 
Space exploration doesn't seem to hold much interest for President Donald Trump's critics, as they've blasted the Republican Party's announcement of prioritizing manned missions to the Moon and Mars as "out of touch." | According to a Friday tweet from the Republican Party's Twitter account, some of President Trump's priorities for a second term include a "permanent presence" on the Moon and the first manned mission to Mars. | Pres. Trump is fighting for YOU! Here are some of his priorities for a 2nd term: | *Establish Permanent Manned Presence on The Moon | *Send the 1st Manned Mission to Mars | *Build World'
(2020-10-24). 'Who would ever vote for him?' Never-Trumpers & Dems cheer after Fox host Lou Dobbs rips Sen. Lindsey Graham for Trump 'betrayal'. rt.com 
Pro-Trump Fox pundit Lou Dobbs has earned unlikely admiration from critics on both sides of the aisle after torching GOP Senator Lindsey Graham, who he accused of betraying the American people by turning against the president. | Dobbs took to the airwaves with an anti-Graham tirade on Friday, blasting the South Carolina senator after he suggested he would not attempt to compel testimony from the heads of social media giants Twitter and Facebook on allegations of censorship until after the November election. | "Graham has betrayed President Trump at almost every turn, he has betrayed the American people and his…
(2020-10-24). 'Many are inappropriate': UFC starlet Liana Jojua says she receives CRAZY messages from fans as she prepares for battle at UFC 254. rt.com 
When Liana Jojua steps into the octagon on UFC Fight Island, she'll have an army of fans cheering her on, but the Georgian starlet admits that some of her supporters take things a little too far on social media. | The 25-year-old flyweight will take on newcomer Miranda Maverick in the second fight of the event at UFC 254 in Abu Dhabi, and she is hopeful of claiming her second victory in the UFC. | Jojua lost her octagon debut to Sarah Moras at UFC 242 in Abu Dhabi last year, but bounced back in her most recent fight in the UFC, defeating Diana Belbita via first-round armbar on Fight Island in July. | Now the f…
(2020-10-24). Children in 'crack dens' and 'brothels'? A Tory MP accidentally exposed the state of Britain's care system. thecanary.co 
In a now deleted tweet, Conservative MP for Mansfield He went on to
(2020-10-24). Biden And Liberal Censorship. popularresistance.org We can thank liberals for turning social media platforms into the biggest champions of censorship in the country. Frustrated in the wake of the 2016 election debacle, they rushed to cover up for their own failures and used Russia as their scapegoat. Russiagate began even while the campaign was still in progress, as Hillary Clinton tried unsuccessfully to label Donald Trump a "Putin puppet" and worked with surveillance state insiders to make their tall tale appear real. | The country has never recovered from this scheme. The Democrats repeated incessantly that foreign interference lost them the election.
(2020-10-24). Arab trade groups boycott French products over insults. yenisafak.com Several Arab trade groups have announced their boycott of French products in response to incitements against the Islamic religion and insulting statements against Prophet Muhammad.Arab activists also launched several social media campaigns for the boycott of all French products, using several hashtags as (#boycottfrance #boycott_French_products #ProphetMuhammad).In Kuwait, the Alnaeem Cooperative Society, a large series of supermarkets in the Gulf state, said it will remove all French products from the shelves in protest of the French insulting statements against Islam and the prophet.A similar move was taken by…
(2020-10-23). Who is 'the least racist person in the room'? therealnews.com 
Burn It Down with Kim Brown — airing live on 10/23/2020. As YouTube restricts embedding for new channels, please click over to the YouTube link below. | Trump and Biden traded blows over each other's character, and what they would do for the country. Our panel discusses the final 2020 presidential debate, along with the recent developments in the fight against voter suppression.
(2020-10-23). Biden claims he never said he'd ban fracking, despite video, admits he wants to 'transition' away from oil industry. rt.com 
Joe Biden said he wants to "transition" away from oil and have all industries at "net zero emissions" by 2035. He also claimed he's never said he would ban fracking, despite video evidence of him saying just that. | "Would he close down the oil industry?" President Donald Trump asked of Biden at Thursday's presidential debate. "Would you close down the oil industry?" | "I would transition from the oil industry, yes," Biden admitted, a statement Trump called "big" and critics latched onto on social media, taking it as an admission he would destroy an industry vitally important to the economies of many states.
(2020-10-23). Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments. middleeasteye.net 
Algeria: Minister tells people to leave if they disagree with constitutional amendments | Algerians describe Sid Ali Khaldi's words as 'serious' and 'undermining national unity' ahead of next month's referendum | Fri, 10/23/2020 – 12: 20 | The hashtag 'I don't like the situation' began trending following Khaldi's comments (YouTube/Screengrab) | The Algerian minister of youth and sport has…
(2020-10-23). Early Voting, Long Lines, and Voter Suppression. dissidentvoice.org 
November 3rd, Election Day in America, is rapidly approaching. However, early in-person voting has started in several states across the country and there are some concerning issues already coming to light this election year. Videos by voters have been circulating on social media sites such as Twitter, showing extremely long lines and long waiting periods. …
(2020-10-23). Twitter locks socialist for urging people to 'kill' late anti-communist McCarthy IN THEIR HEADS. rt.com 
Metaphorically telling people to get rid of their censorship instinct got one prominent Twitter user censored herself, after the platform decided that went against their harassment rules for wishing someone "physical harm." | "Boomers need to kill the Joseph McCarthy that's still alive in their heads! He is dead but he still censors the thinking of many Boomers!" is what the user, who goes by the name Esha, tweeted on Thursday. She was addressing the generation of Americans born right after the Second World War, and referring to the Wisconsin senator who infamously claimed the US government was infiltrated by…
(2020-10-23). 'That's not a plan, dude': Biden ripped for saying best way to battle Covid-19 is to 'wear a mask all the time'. rt.com 
While criticizing President Donald Trump's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, Joe Biden recommended people wearing masks "all the time," setting off critics on social media. | "I would make sure everyone was encouraged to wear a mask all the time," Biden said during Thursday's presidential debate while discussing his potential plans for ending the pandemic, which includes more rapid testing and national standards for states reopening their economies. | Trump has mocked Biden for his near-constant mask wearing in the past. While the president walked onto the debate stage not wearing a mask, Biden did. He also h…
(2020-10-23). Then they came for the LEFT? Facebook 'mistakenly' deletes account of biologist & Big Tech critic Bret Weinstein. rt.com 
Facebook has been accused of trying to silence biology professor Bret Weinstein, after his account was deleted without explanation. Following an internet outcry, it restored his account, claiming it had been removed in error. | Weinstein, who rose to national prominence when he opposed a 2017 event at Washington's Evergreen State College banning white people from campus for one day, said on Thursday on Twitter that he had been "evicted" from Facebook. "No explanation, no appeal." | I have been evicted from Facebook. No explanation. No appeal. I have downloaded "my information" and see nothing that explains it.
(2020-10-23). Federal judge blocks new DOJ effort to ban WeChat downloads from US app stores, citing users' First Amendment rights. rt.com 
A US federal judge has denied a government request to blacklist the Chinese-owned WeChat program from app stores, arguing that the sweeping ban is far too broad and would violate the speech rights of users. | Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler shot down the Justice Department's renewed attempt to prohibit the app in a
(2020-10-23). Take a bite out of this: Atletico striker Luis Suarez buys 1,000 Big Macs for children's charity event. rt.com 
Atletico Madrid striker Luis Suarez bought and donated 1,000 Big Macs for children in his native Uruguay as part of a charity event. | The 33-year-old spent €4.75 ($5.63) on each of the burgers – which he donated to children in a youth league in Pando, a small city north west of Uruguayan capital Montevideo – raising a McDonald's Uruguayan Twitter account thanked…
(2020-10-23). 'You know you're guilty': PewDiePie fans aren't buying YouTube's SHADOWBAN denial after top creator's videos vanish from search. rt.com 
YouTube is trying to ease controversy over allegations that it shadowbanned its second-most-popular content creator, PewDiePie, but his fans said the company's explanation didn't match up with what they saw on the platform. | Pressed for answers as to why PewDiePie subscribers weren't receiving notifications of his new videos and weren't able to find his channel or content in searches, the video-sharing platform tweeted on Thursday that "YouTube doesn't shadowban channels. It's possible the video was flagged by our systems as potentially violative and needs to be reviewed first before it shows up in search, et…
(2020-10-23). Sudan Bends to Trump's Pressure to Normalize Relations with Israel. globalresearch.ca The US has taken Sudan off the list of state-sponsors of terrorism, and with UAE support to provide several billion dollars of aid, in exchange for normalization with Israel. | US President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Monday: "GREAT news! New …
(2020-10-23). Video: Rocco Galati Rocks Toronto's Freedom Rally. globalresearch.ca Watch the video below where Rocco Galati, Constitutional Lawyer, spoke at Toronto Freedom Rally on October 17, 2020. | "What I quickly learned in the past month and a half is that mainstream media and social media are really no different. …
(2020-10-23). NPR, CNN, NYT, Wa-Po, MSNBC, Twitter, Facebook, Google Presstitutes Covering Up Biden Scandals by Refusing to Report on Them. thealtworld.com There has never been a news media as biased as the American one The New York Post's …
(2020-10-22). "A Truly Orwellian Culture" — Amazon Removes COVID Skeptic's Book for Violating Content Guidelines. globalresearch.ca Around the time Twitter
(2020-10-22). "We Are Asking for Justice": #EndSARS Anti-Police Brutality Protests Grow as Nigerian Forces Kill 12. democracynow.org 
Mass protests against police brutality continue in Nigeria after security forces shot and killed 12 peaceful protesters in Lagos this week. Video widely shared on social media shows security forces firing directly into a crowd of demonstrators in Lagos singing the country's national anthem. Authorities have imposed a curfew to clamp down on the growing demonstrations, which started as a demand to disband the notorious police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS, but which have since grown into a wider movement against police brutality and official impunity. "We are asking for justice. We are aski…
(2020-10-22). Hunter's business partner CONFIRMS authenticity of laptop email, claims Joe Biden was part of Chinese deals. rt.com 
A former associate of Hunter Biden's has said that an email addressed to him concerning potentially shady deals with a Chinese firm is genuine and that Hunter's father was also involved in the scheme. | A tranche of emails, text messages and photos, allegedly taken from a hard drive that belonged to the former vice president's son and published by the New York Post, have been dismissed by many media outlets as "unverified" and potentially even "Russian disinformation." Twitter even blocked the link to the original story. But now a man claiming to be a recipient of one of the leaked emails, concerning a busines…
(2020-10-22). US federal judge says Trump's tweet calling to release Russiagate docs with 'no redactions' was NOT official order amid FOIA suits. rt.com 
A US judge has ruled that a tweet sent by President Donald Trump earlier this month did not constitute an order to declassify material linked to the Russiagate probe, as CNN and Buzzfeed press for the docs in ongoing lawsuits. | US District Judge Reggie Walton said on Wednesday that, while the tweet appeared to order the release of new material free of any redactions, a clarification from White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows qualified as a reversal of the move. The judge was also critical of the administration for a lack of clarity on the question. | "It is unfortunate that we are in this situation because,…
(2020-10-22). FDA formally approves pricey antiviral Remdesivir as Covid-19 treatment. rt.com 
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Gilead Sciences' expensive antiviral drug Remdesivir to treat Covid-19, expanding its earlier emergency use authorization and guaranteeing huge profits for the company. | Remdesivir has become the first and only drug to be officially approved in the US for treating infection with the novel coronavirus after the FDA issued its decision on Thursday. The move expands on a May emergency use authorization, which allowed doctors to use it to treat hospitalized Covid-19 patients. | Gilead has issued a statement confirming the drug will be used for Covid-19 patien…
(2020-10-22). Conservatives accuse Twitter of selectively ignoring own policies on REVENGE PORN, misleading content in Borat prank on Giuliani. rt.com 
Conservatives blasted Twitter for ignoring and even promoting what they called a misleading revenge-porn attack on Rudy Giuliani after censoring reporting on alleged influence-peddling by Joe Biden's family. | At issue was a picture posted on Twitter on Wednesday showing Giuliani laying back on a bed with his hand reaching inside his pants while a woman stands nearby. The image was taken from the new 'Borat' sequel, in which Giuliani, a personal lawyer for President Donald Trump, believed himself to be doing an interview on the Covid-19 pandemic with a female Russian reporter. After the interview, Giuliani and…
(2020-10-22). WATCH: Colorful fireball blazes across Puerto Rican skies as Google Loon project sparks hundreds of UFO reports. rt.com 
As a fireball lit up the night sky in Puerto Rico, hundreds of people notified the authorities about strange objects flying above the Caribbean island. | The impressive light show took place on Tuesday night, as the Orionid meteor shower was peaking. The stunning spectacle was captured by photographer Frankie Lucena, who shared footage of the incident on social media on Wednesday. | The skywatcher speculated that the fireball was a Taurid — a type of meteor named after their radiant point in the constellation Taurus. | Colorful fireball from last night. The tail seems to be pointing in the direction of Ta…
(2020-10-22). 'Best goal EVER': Rangers star Kemar Roofe sends social media wild with OUTRAGEOUS goal from inside his own half (VIDEO). rt.com 
Rangers star Kemar Roofe sent social media into meltdown as he scored a guaranteed Puskas contender with an incredible strike from inside his own half during the Europa League game against Standard Liege. | With the match into injury time and the Scottish visitors 1-0 to the good thanks to James Tavernier's first-half penalty, Roofe showed no ambition to play things safe when he won up the ball deep in his own half. | Instead, the 27-year-old, who had only come on as a 74th-minute substitute for Steven Gerrard's men, danced his way past three opposition players before unleashing a long-range drive from inside…
(2020-10-22). An End to the Fog. Understanding the World We Live In… globalresearch.ca Understanding the world we live in seems more confusing than ever, and, advanced technology is part of the problem, presenting information not always reliable and bringing to the front real and fake conspiracies. Our attention, often hostage of social media, …
(2020-10-22). Tallahassee: Candidate from for Superintendent of Leon County Schools. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, October 10, the Progressive Parent Teacher Student Alliance (PPTSA), a subcommittee of Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) hosted an online candidate forum for Superintendent of Leon County Schools, with the aim of giving the viewing public an opportunity to learn where the candidates stand in relation to the progressive platform put forth by TCAC. | The event was hosted on Zoom and broadcast on Facebook Live. Although TCAC put on the forum, moderator Dawn Orocio opened the event by clarifying, "TCAC does not endorse candidates but we encourage candidates to endorse our p…
(2020-10-22). Facebook Launches Independent Oversight Board to Hear Appeals by Banned Users. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Facebook announced in a press release on Thursday that users who have been banned and have exhausted appeals can have their cases examined by an oversight board consisting of outside experts who are independent of the social media giant.
(2020-10-22). 'Diplomatic Offensive': US Cementing Stance on Quieting Israel Critics With Rumored NGO Label. sputniknews.com The US continues to ignore international law, Kim Iversen, independent journalist and host of the Kim Iversen Show on YouTube, and Nicolas Davies, peace activist and author, told Political Misfits Thursday, citing a new story alleging that the US administration plans to declare several prominent nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as anti-Semitic.
(2020-10-22). Liverpool hospitals treating more coronavirus patients than at peak of pandemic. thecanary.co Hospitals in Liverpool are treating more coronavirus patients than they were during the peak of the first wave of the pandemic, the medical director has said. | Dr Tristan Cope, medical director of Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Royal, Aintree and Broadgreen hospitals in the city, said the numbers were continuing to rise. | Writing on Twitter, he said: "Sadly we are now treating more patients in hospital with Covid-19 @LivHospitals than we did in April at the peak of the first wave and numbers continue to rise. | "So important that people in #liverpool and @LivCityRegion adhere to social…
(2020-10-22). Nigerian Forces Kill 12 as Anti-Police Brutality Protests Grow. truthout.org Mass protests against police brutality continue in Nigeria after security forces shot and killed 12 peaceful protesters in Lagos this week. Video widely shared on social media shows security forces firing directly into a crowd of demonstrators in Lagos singing the country's national anthem. Authorities have imposed a curfew to clamp down on the growing demonstrations, which started as a demand to disband the notorious police unit known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS, but which have since grown int…
(2020-10-22). Top Belgian diplomat in intensive care with COVID-19. yenisafak.com Belgium's foreign minister has been hospitalized in intensive care for treatment of the coronavirus.A Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday confirmed Sophie Wilmes had been in hospital since last night.Wilmes announced Saturday on Twitter that she had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, adding: "An infection that probably occurred in the family circle, given the precautions I have taken outdoors." She was in self-quarantine since Friday.In the past few days, Belgium has recorded a steep rise in the infections. With the country's health minister warning of a "tsunami" of infections, the government has or…
(2020-10-22). Turkey neutralizes 3 YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria. yenisafak.com "Three PKK/YPG terrorists, who tried to infiltrate the [Operation] Peace Spring area to disrupt the peace and security environment, were neutralized by our heroic commandos," the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish officials often use the word "neutralize" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations across its border in northern Syria to prevent the formation of a terror corridor and enable the peaceful settlement of residents: Euphrates Shield (2016), Olive Branch (2018), and Peace Spring (2019).In its more th…
(2020-10-21). 'Our account was hacked!' Fort Bragg, home of US Special Operations, nukes account after posting sexually explicit tweets. rt.com 
Fort Bragg, the massive US military base in North Carolina, has deleted its official Twitter account after claiming it had been hacked to explain a string of embarrassing sexually explicit messages. | The messages were "not the work of our admins," the base said in a now-deleted tweet on Wednesday afternoon. "Our account was hacked. We apologize to our followers." The entire account disappeared shortly thereafter. | Someone from Fort Bragg's social media staff didn't realize they were logged into the wrong account. Whoops! | (Fort Bragg has since nuked their twitter after seemingly lying about being hacked. DO…
(2020-10-21). WHO mega trial results out: Remdesivir, Interferon fail to prove effective. peoplesdispatch.org None of the four drug/drug combinations that were deployed in the WHO's SOLIDARITY trial were found to be effective in reducing mortality, not even the much-hyped anti-viral drug Remdesivir…
(2020-10-21). Trump Abruptly Ends "60 Minutes" Interview Tweeting It Was "FAKE and BIASED" truthout.org Apparently upset over the line of questioning he was receiving from CBS News's Lesley Stahl, President Donald Trump abruptly ended an interview on Tuesday with the veteran journalist that was set to air on "60 Minutes" over the weekend. |
(2020-10-21). Facebook and Google Cash In on Misleading Ads for Nonexistent "Trumpcare" truthout.org "Trumpcare" insurance will "finally fix healthcare," said an advertisement on Facebook. | The problem is, there's no such thing as "Trumpcare." | Facebook and Google have promised to crack down on lies and misinformation about politics in the run-up to next month's presidential election, but they have run tens of thousands of ads in the past year containing false claims about health insurance reform and plans. | The "Trumpcare" ads don't appear to have a political aim and don't advocate for the re…
(2020-10-21). Mosques in two French cities under police protection after threats, says minister. yenisafak.com French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Wednesday he had asked local authorities to put mosques in the cities of Bordeaux and Beziers in southwestern France under police protection following threats or acts of violence."Such actions are unacceptable on the soil of the Republic" the minister said in a tweet.