Trump coup attempt: U.S. war comes home
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2021-01-15
A caustic commentary on U.S. policy that circulated on social media worldwide within 24 hours of the Jan. 6 events at the U.S. Capitol was: "Due to travel restrictions this year, the U.S. had to organize the coup at home." A domestic coup on the U.S. government was indeed . . . | Continue reading Trump coup attempt: U.S. war comes home at Workers.org…
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Andrew Yang announces $1bn universal basic income & 'TikTok hype houses' in his bid to become NYC mayor
rt.com | 2021-01-14
Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang has officially launched his campaign to become New York City's mayor, with a flashy video and some very bold promises. | "Seeing my city the way it is now breaks my heart," Yang says in his first campaign video, which was directed by acclaimed 'Requiem for a Dream' filmmaker Darren Aronofsky. | t.co/TGnxwuBiHB pic.twitter.com/n9zxPybgbhРAndrew Yang🧢🗽🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang)

Morocco: Adnane Bouchouf's killer sentenced to death for rape and murder of child
Yasmina Allouche | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-14
Morocco: Adnane Bouchouf's killer sentenced to death for rape and murder of child | Death of the 11-year-old boy sent shockwaves through the county amid calls for harsher sentences for predators | Yasmina Allouche | Thu, 01/14/2021 – 13: 17 | Bouchouf was declared missing by his family on 7 September and his body was discovered four days later buried near his home (Screengrab/Twitter) | The main suspect in t…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-adnane-bouchouf-killer-sentenced-death

Twitter's ban on Trump will only deepen the U.S. tribal divide
Jonathan Cook | mronline.org | 2021-01-14
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment.
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Angry Far-Right Extremists Seek to Overshadow Biden Inauguration, Amid Growing Scrutiny
splcenter.org | 2021-01-14
Facing mounting pressure from law enforcement and obstacles in the form of tech companies pushing fringe websites and prominent social media accounts offline, far-right extremists have embraced a more diffuse, chaotic response to Joe Biden's inauguration than the concentrated mob attack that engulfed the Capitol on Jan. 6.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/14/angry-far-right-extremists-seek-overshadow-biden-inauguration-amid-growing-scrutiny

A Big Jump In Gas Prices Pushes Overall CPI Up 0.4 Percent In December
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2021-01-13
(This is a compilation of Dean Baker's quick-take analysis over Twitter. Follow @DeanBaker13 on Twitter to get his quick-take analysis of government data immediately upon release.) The pandemic has led to a real flip in price trends. Rent, medical care, and education had been sectors with higher inflation. This is no longer the case; now food and cars …
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Questions In the Wake of the Beer Belly Putsch
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-01-13
After seeing some very strange, amnesiac discussion threads on social media, I have a few words to consign to the screen. Naturally, social media and the media media are all going nuts since the more or less successful far right siege of the Capitol. There are a variety of talking points that I've been hearing …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/01/questions-in-the-wake-of-the-beer-belly-putsch/

Palestinian activist wins legal battle to have name removed from World-Check 'terror list'
Rayhan Uddin | middleeasteye.net | 2021-01-12
Palestinian activist wins legal battle to have name removed from World-Check 'terror list' | Zaher Birawi receives damages from financial database after it 'wrongly and unjustly' linked him to terrorism | Rayhan Uddin | Tue, 01/12/2021 – 16: 30 | Zaher Birawi, the chairman of London-based Palestine advocacy group Europal Forum, won a legal battle against World-Check financial database (Twitter/screenshot) | A Palest…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/zaher-birawi-palestinian-activist-world-check-terrorism-list

Hook-up culture evolves but murder never changes? Revivals of Sex And The City, Sopranos spark debate about morphing social mores
rt.com | 2021-01-12
News that fresh life will be given to The Sopranos and Sex and the City has been mostly met with cheers, but has also sparked a deep philosophical Twitter debate about which serial is a better fit for the current zeitgeist. | …
rt.com/news/512253-sex-city-sopranos-debate-culture/

Facebook reinstates Press TV page with 4 million subscribers, hours after mysterious 'FINAL' deletion
rt.com | 2021-01-12
Iranian news outlet PressTV has had its Facebook page restored after appealing the platform's decision to remove it. Boasting over four million followers, the page had been deleted without warning earlier on Tuesday. | The English-language outlet revealed its appeal to Facebook had been successful on Tuesday, just hours after the page had vanished without warning or explanation. | The platform had initially claimed the deletion was not only "final" but that it could not provide any more information than that the page had been removed for "safety and security reasons," Press TV reported earlier in the day. | Al…
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US Designates Cuba As A 'Sponsor Of Terrorism'
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-01-12
The United States announced on Monday January 11 that it will designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The move came hours after Secretary of State of the Trump administration, Mike Pompeo, announced that the Yemeni militant group Ansar Allah, commonly known as the Houthis, would be designated as a "foreign terrorist organization." The announcement has been met by widespread condemnation by authorities within Cuba and political leaders and movements worldwide. | Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla wrote on Twitter, "We condemn the hypocritical and cynical announcement by the US to designate Cuba as a…
popularresistance.org/us-designates-cuba-as-a-sponsor-of-terrorism/

Twitter's Ban on Trump Will Deepen the US Tribal Divide
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-12
Anyone who believes locking President Donald Trump out of his social media accounts will serve as the first step on the path to healing the political divide in the United States is likely to be in for a bitter disappointment….
globalresearch.ca/twitter-ban-trump-deepen-us-tribal-divide/5734193

Global Research: The Silencing of Independent Media. We Need Your Help
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2021-01-12
We are currently facing an unprecedented threat to the independent media and freedom on the Internet. An increasing number of search engines & social media implement algorithms which are negatively biased against independent news and analysis websites such as Global …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-the-silencing-of-independent-media-we-need-your-help/5734251

US designates Cuba as a "sponsor of terrorism"
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-01-12
The United States announced on Monday January 11 that it will designate Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism. The announcement has been met by widespread condemnation by authorities within Cuba and political leaders and movements worldwide. | Foreign minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla wrote on Twitter, "We condemn the hypocritical and cynical announcement by the US to designate Cuba as a State sponsoring terrorism. The US political opportunism is recognized by th…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/01/12/us-designates-cuba-as-a-sponsor-of-terrorism/