The Mechanics Behind The Egyptian Revolution
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-02-12
The Egyptian revolution, which flared from early 2011 to mid-2013, is usually presented in the media (and some academic circles) as a "Facebook Revolution" or at least as one gigantic event that was ignited and organized online. The truth is slightly different. | The 2011 uprising was the product of a decade-long complicated political process, in which dissent was accumulating, organizing skills were honed, small victories were achieved and fear of the regime's repressive apparatus was gradually eroding. | One central element in this process that would in 2011 culminate in a full-blown revolution was the visualiz…
popularresistance.org/the-mechanics-behind-the-egyptian-revolution/
The Guardian Revealed Its True Face in Sacking a Columnist for Criticising US Military Aid to Israel
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-12
The revelation that a leftwing journalist, Nathan J Robinson, has been sacked as a Guardian US columnist for criticising Israel on Twitter — and that he was pressured to keep quiet about it by Guardian editors — should come as no surprise. He is only the latest in a long line of journalists, myself included,…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/12/the-guardian-revealed-its-true-face-in-sacking-a-columnist-for-criticising-us-military-aid-to-israel/
The Guardian Revealed Its True Face in Sacking a Columnist for Criticising US Military Aid to Israel
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-12
The revelation that a leftwing journalist, Nathan J Robinson, has been sacked as a Guardian US columnist for criticising Israel on Twitter — and that he was pressured to keep quiet about it by Guardian editors — should come as no surprise. He is only the latest in a long line of journalists, myself included,…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/12/the-guardian-revealed-its-true-face-in-sacking-a-columnist-for-criticising-us-military-aid-to-israel/
American Tech Giants Are Partnering with India's Strongman Leader to Crackdown on Dissent
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-02-12
Twitter's actions are quite a departure from 2019 when it delayed a network upgrade in Iran at the behest of the US government for fear that it could interfere with anti-government demonstrations.
mintpressnews.com/big-tech-partnering-india-strongman-modi-crackdown-protests/275327/
'We want real justice': Loujain al-Hathloul's family slams conditions of release
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-12
'We want real justice': Loujain al-Hathloul's family slams conditions of release | Since Loujain's sentence was only suspended, not pardoned, Saudi Arabia retains right to return her to prison for any perceived criminal activity | MEE staff | Fri, 02/12/2021 – 16: 27 | A woman viewing a tweet posted by sister of Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul, Lina, in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh on 10 February (AFP/File photo) | Af…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-activist-loujain-alhathloul-family-demand-real-justice
Facebook Hires ex-NATO Press Officer and Social Media Censor Ben Nimmo as Intel Strategist
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-02-12
Nimmo has previously worked for NATO and the Integrity Initiative, a covert UK govt troll farm. His move to Facebook suggests more censorship on the way for anti-establishment voices. | By Alan MACLEOD | Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has announced Facebook has hired him to "lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations" and "emerging threats." Nimmo specifically nam…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/02/12/facebook-hires-ex-nato-press-officer-and-social-media-censor-ben-nimmo-as-intel-strategist/
Will Twitter ban CNN? O'Keefe rips Twitter hypocrisy after Project Veritas 'doxxing' suspension
rt.com | 2021-02-12
The founder of Project Veritas has fired shots at Twitter for letting CNN get away with a 2018 ambushing of a Trump supporter in her home, but taking down the watchdog's account for allegedly violating its 'anti-doxxing' policy. | The conservative watchdog group's account was permanently suspended on Thursday over "repeated violations of the companies [sic] anti-doxxing policies," founder James O'Keefe said, while he himself was also temporarily locked out of his account. All that after posting a video of a Facebook official being confronted on the platform's alleged hate speech policies, apparently outside th…
rt.com/usa/515341-project-veritas-okeefe-twitter-hypocrisy-cnn/
Over 3.5M people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-12
The number of people in Turkey who were vaccinated against the coronavirus crossed the 3.5 million mark, the country's health minister said on Friday.Vaccination for people over 65 years started as of Friday, Fahrettin Koca added on Twitter.Turkey began its mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Jan. 14, starting with healthcare workers along with top officials to encourage public confidence in the vaccines.Since last December, Turkey has also been implementing curfew on weeknights and a full weekend curfew to curb the spread of the virus.As of Thursday, Turkey registered a total of 27,187 deaths from COVID-19, wh…
yenisafak.com/en/life/over-35m-people-vaccinated-against-covid-19-in-turkey-3560641
Turkey's December industrial output growth beats G20 countries
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-12
With posting the largest rise in industrial production in December 2020, Turkey left behind all G20 countries, the country's industry and technology minister said on Friday."Solid rise in industrial output in the last quarter of 2020 proves that Turkey will be one of the few countries to close out the year with a positive gross domestic product (GDP) growth," Mustafa Varank said on Twitter.His comments came after the Turkish Statistical Institute released figures on the country's industrial output.The industrial production index in December 2020 increased 1.3% on a monthly basis and 9% on an annual basis.The figu…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-december-industrial-output-growth-beats-g20-countries-3560629
Modi hardens nationalist stance amid pressure on Twitter over criticism
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-02-12
By David Asta Alares New Delhi, Feb 12 (efe-epa).- The recent support offered by celebrities like Rihanna and Greta Thunberg on Twitter to the Indian farmers' months-long protests against liberalization of agriculture has raised the heckles of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which has alleged that there is an international conspiracy to defame the country. …
laprensalatina.com/modi-hardens-nationalist-stance-amid-pressure-on-twitter-over-criticism/
Trump: How is He Possible?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-12
How can someone of Trump's caliber have become president? And now that he no longer is president, how is it possible that he is still able to have his will be done in the Republican Party? How is he able, out of office and with his Twitter account blocked, to make everything even worse than it already is — for example, by making a certifiable nut case, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a rising star in what remains of the Party of Lincoln?
counterpunch.org/2021/02/12/trump-how-is-he-possible/
Trump: How is He Possible?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-12
How can someone of Trump's caliber have become president? And now that he no longer is president, how is it possible that he is still able to have his will be done in the Republican Party? How is he able, out of office and with his Twitter account blocked, to make everything even worse than it already is — for example, by making a certifiable nut case, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a rising star in what remains of the Party of Lincoln?
counterpunch.org/2021/02/12/trump-how-is-he-possible/
Navalny in court to face charges of slandering WW2 veteran
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-02-12
Moscow, Feb 12 (efe-epa).- Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was back in court Friday to face charges of slandering a World War II veteran who appeared in a video last year in support of constitutional changes that would allow President Vladimir Putin to remain in power until 2036. Navalny tweeted that those who appeared in …
laprensalatina.com/navalny-in-court-to-face-charges-of-slandering-ww2-veteran/
Ralph Nader: Biden Must Hold Boeing Accountable for Deaths Due to Faulty Planes
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-02-12
Legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader says the U.S. is experiencing a "corporate crime wave," and that the Trump administration's $2.5 billion settlement with Boeing over the manufacturer's faulty 737 MAX jets amounts to a "slap on the wrist." Boeing's faulty planes were involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, including Nader's 24-year-old grandniece Samya Stumo. Nader says the Biden Justice Department should reopen the previous administration's settlement and…
truthout.org/video/ralph-nader-biden-must-hold-boeing-accountable-for-deaths-due-to-faulty-planes/
Where Are the Witnesses? Ralph Nader Says Democrats' Impeachment Case Is "Prescription for Defeat"
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-02-12
As the historic Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump continues, we speak with longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, who says Democrats have set themselves up for defeat by rushing proceedings and failing to call witnesses — including Trump himself. "The narrow approach of the articles of impeachment keep the Democrats from having a full hand," says Nader. "They have like 10 arrows in their quiver and they're using one or two."
www.democracynow.org/2021/2/12/ralph_nader_donald_trump_impeachment_trial
Ralph Nader on Corporate Crime, Holding Boeing Accountable for 737 MAX Deaths & Biden's First Weeks
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-02-12
Legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader says the U.S. is experiencing a "corporate crime wave," and that the Trump administration's $2.5 billion settlement with Boeing over the manufacturer's faulty 737 MAX jets amounts to a "slap on the wrist." Boeing's faulty planes were involved in two fatal crashes that killed 346 people in 2018 and 2019, including Nader's 24-year-old grandniece Samya Stumo. Nader says the Biden Justice Department should reopen the previous administration's settlement and hold Boeing fully accountable. "This is just another example of giant companies getting away with their corporate criminal…
www.democracynow.org/2021/2/12/ralph_nader_corporate_crime_wave_boeing
The Witch Hunt Has Come For Ken Loach
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-02-12
First, the media and political opportunists tried to convince us life-long anti-racist Jeremy Corbyn was Hitler-in-waiting. Now, life-long anti-racist Ken Loach is being attacked by the same witch hunt. But after several years of the fraudulent weaponisation of antisemitism to achieve political objectives, the left is done. You come for one of us, you come for all of us. And that includes Ken. The witch hunt has a standard play after it picks a target. First, a person's social media and public history is combed. Then a fabricated 'controversy' is constructed. This is amplified by the press in order to create a se…
popularresistance.org/the-witch-hunt-has-come-for-ken-loach/
Live Oak Clothing Owner Stands by Violent Threats Directed at Homeless People
Santa Cruz Vigilante Watch | indybay.org | 2021-02-12
Troy Swanner, the owner of Live Oak Clothing on Pacific Avenue in downtown Santa Cruz, is standing by comments he made on social media threatening vigilante violence against the homeless people who have been allowed under a federal judge's order to legally camp and shelter in place nearby in San Lorenzo Park. When confronted on social media on February 11, Swanner said: "I know exactly what I wrote so I really don't care if you screenshot it […] I stand behind what I say." Troy Swanner made the violent and bigoted comments about the homeless people staying in the park on December 30, stating: "Me and the commun…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/11/18839973.php
Facebook's "depoliticization" aimed at censorship of left-wing and socialist organizations
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-02-11
The recent announcement by Facebook that it would "reduce the amount of political content" on its platform is part of the drive by the US ruling establishment to block the spread of progressive, left-wing and socialist ideas on social media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/02/10/18839939.php
Instagram's crackdown on 'hateful' DMs speeds up the spiral of Anglocentric censorship on social media
rt.com | 2021-02-11
The app founded to share cute photos is now using AI to censor "hate speech" in direct messages, enforcing an Anglo-American notion of banning the ever-increasing expanse of unapproved thoughts on the rest of the planet. | Anyone who sends direct messages containing "hate speech" or abuse shall henceforth be banned, Instagram announced on Wednesday. Previously, they only suspended such users for a period of time. While that sounds great on the surface — nobody wants hat…
rt.com/news/515314-instagram-hate-speech-messages-censorship/
Mexico's President AMLO Opposes Social Media Regulation Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2021-02-11
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) rejected the "Social Media Regulation" bill proposed by Morena Party Senator Ricardo Monreal. | RELATED: | Mexico To Use the AstraZeneca Vaccine With the Elderly | The Senate assured that the initiative seeks to deal with 'fake news', considering it a risk to national security. However, AMLO assured it is an attempt to censor the press. | "The Senator has the right to propose bills. However, lawmakers still must debate them and consider…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-AMLO-Opposes-Social-Media-Regulation-Bill-20210211-0014.html
Instagram's crackdown on 'hateful' DMs speeds up the spiral of Anglocentric censorship on social media
rt.com | 2021-02-11
The app founded to share cute photos is now using AI to censor "hate speech" in direct messages, enforcing an Anglo-American notion of banning the ever-increasing expanse of unapproved thoughts to the rest of the planet. | Anyone who sends direct messages containing "hate speech" or abuse shall henceforth be banned, Instagram announced on Wednesday. Previously, they only suspended such users for a period of time. While that sounds great on the surface — nobody wants hat…
rt.com/news/515314-instagram-hate-speech-messages-censorship/
Facebook moves forward with "depoliticization" of News Feed
wsws.org | 2021-02-11
Following up on the remarks of CEO Mark Zuckerberg two weeks ago, Facebook has issued an official statement spelling out how it will move forward with plans to reduce political content on its social media platform.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/11/face-f11.html
Facebook's enforcement report reveals AI is deleting 97 PERCENT of 'hate speech' before anyone reports it
rt.com | 2021-02-11
Facebook has patted itself on the back for nuking almost all "hate speech" that supposedly violated its rules. But not only was most content deleted before anyone could flag it, users weren't even allowed to appeal most deletions. | Unveiling its Community Standards Enforcement Report for the fourth quarter of 2020 on Thursday, Facebook bragged that its expanded use of artificial intelligence had helped it delete almost twice as much "bullying and harassment" content as the previous quarter, just one of several categories in which removals skyrocketed, while its Instagram subsidiary dramatically expanded its a…
rt.com/news/515316-facebook-ai-deleting-hate-speech/
Indian state asks govt to stop sending Covaxin vaccine doses as it won't use them until efficacy data published
rt.com | 2021-02-11
Local authorities in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have asked the government to stop sending doses of the country's homegrown Covid-19 vaccine until proper efficacy data for the jab has been provided. | The health minister of the central-eastern state, T.S. Singh Deo, has written to his national counterpart, Harsh Vardhan, asking for all deliveries of the Covaxin vaccine to be stopped to "avoid the wastage" of the drug. | "There's an inhibition/concern among the community in general regarding the use of Covaxin," Singh Deo said in the letter, which he posted to Twitter on Thursday. | "This concern arises fr…
rt.com/news/515291-indian-state-rejects-covaxin-vaccine/
Top 5 Reasons for Biden to snub Israel's Netanyahu, whom he still hasn't Called
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-02-11
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Danny Danon, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, impatiently tweeted a list of all the foreign leaders that President Joe Biden has already called in his one month in office, and suggesting it was time he called Binyamin Netanyahu. Biden is close to the Israel lobbies and had been …
juancole.com/2021/02/reasons-israels-netanyahu.html
Fox News Cut Off an Impeachment Manager Mid-Sentence, Censoring the Trial
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-02-11
On Wednesday, House impeachment managers laid out their case for convicting former President Donald Trump. When impeachment lead Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) said, "You will not be hearing extended lectures from me because our case is based on cold, hard facts," in his opening remarks on Tuesday, he wasn't kidding. For hours, impeachment managers laid out stunning evidence of tweets, news a…
truthout.org/articles/fox-news-cut-off-an-impeachment-manager-mid-sentence-censoring-the-trial/
Liberal journos cheer as Twitter SUSPENDS Project Veritas account in wake of 'Facebook freezes comments' video
rt.com | 2021-02-11
Conservative watchdog group Project Veritas has been banned from Twitter, hours after one of its tweets was blacklisted. The suspension came after Project Veritas revealed some of Facebook's censorship mechanisms. | Twitter suspended Project Veritas on Thursday evening, hours after it locked the conservative organization's account and the account of its founder, James O'Keefe. Screenshots posted by O'Keefe suggest the initial lockout came in response to the tweet containing a video in which Project Veritas journalist Christian Hartsock confro…
rt.com/usa/515311-project-veritas-twitter-suspended/
Project Veritas says Twitter locked its & founder O'Keefe's accounts over Facebook 'freezing comments' video
rt.com | 2021-02-11
Twitter has reportedly locked conservative watchdog group Project Veritas and its founder, James O'Keefe, out of their accounts after they released a video confronting a Facebook official on his platform's hate speech policies. | In screenshots posted by Project Veritas to Telegram on Thursday, the group showed that its account and that of founder James O'Keefe had been locked down. According to the screenshots, Twitter claimed that Veritas and O'Keefe had posted a video that violated its rules on sharing "other people's private informati…
rt.com/usa/515294-project-veritas-locked-twitter/
'Looks Like Trump Wasn't Playing Around': President Was Told Pence in Danger Just Minutes Before Twitter Attack on VP
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-02-11
Latest revelation could be put to use by Democratic impeachment managers. And as one observer put it, "When the jurors are also witnesses, strange things happen." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/hang_pence.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2021/02/11/looks-trump-wasnt-playing-around-president-was-told-pence-danger-just-minutes?cd-origin=rss
After 'Mandalorian' Star Carano's Firing, Twitter Hounds Out Co-Star Pascal's Controversial Posts
sputniknews.com | 2021-02-11
During Black Lives Matter mass protests in 2020, Disney drew sharp criticism from British-Nigerian actor John Boyega, who played Finn in the Star Wars films and accused the media company of pushing black characters "to the side" in the franchise while focusing heavily on the development of white characters.
sputniknews.com/viral/202102111082049558-after-mandalorian-star-caranos-firing-twitter-hounds-out-co-star-pascals-controversial-posts/
Turkey 'neutralizes' 2 YPG/PKK terrorists in N.Syria
yenisafak.com | 2021-02-11
The terrorists attempted to infiltrate the area of Turkey's cross-border anti-terror offensive Operation Peace Spring to disrupt peace and security in the region, the ministry said on Twitter.Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" to imply the terrorists in question surrendered or were killed or captured.Since 2016, Turkey has launched a trio of successful anti-terror operations 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 than 30-year terror campaign agains…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkey-neutralizes-2-ypg-pkk-terrorists-in-nsyria-3560529
Sale of 'anti-Arab' Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem to UAE royal frozen
Mustafa Abu Sneineh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-11
Sale of 'anti-Arab' Israeli football club Beitar Jerusalem to UAE royal frozen | Future of $92m deal up in the air after questions raised over Hamad bin Khalifa's true wealth | Mustafa Abu Sneineh | Thu, 02/11/2021 – 16: 08 | Moshe Hogeg, Beitar Jerusalem's CEO, standing between Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nayhan, and his son Mohammed, after signing the sale deal in Dubai in December (Twitter) | Israel's Foot…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-uae-beitar-jerusalem-royal-deal-frozen
#CancelDisneyPlus: Boycott campaign claims 'Mandalorian' star Gina Carano's firing was politically motivated
rt.com | 2021-02-11
Social media users have sharpened their pitchforks after it was revealed that Lucasfilm axed 'Mandalorian' star Gina Carano. Conservatives claim she was wrongfully 'canceled' from the show due to her political beliefs. | No stranger to internet controversy, Carano shared a post from another user on her Instagram page on Wednesday which described how Jews were treated in Nazi Germany, as part of a broader commentary about political persecution.
rt.com/usa/515215-cancel-disney-twitter-carano-mandalorian/
Angola has decriminalised same-sex relationships. Will the rest of Africa follow?
Sophia Purdy-Moore | thecanary.co | 2021-02-11
Angola has introduced a new penal code which decriminalises same-sex relationships and prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. The colonial-era code, which characterised gay relationships as "vices against nature", was scrapped in January 2019 and came into force on 10 February 2021. LGBTQI+ activists across the African continent took to Twitter to celebrate the news and share their hopes that Angola's new l…
thecanary.co/trending/2021/02/11/angola-has-decriminalised-same-sex-relationships-will-the-rest-of-africa-follow/
NBC's Andrea Mitchell left red-faced after wrongly correcting Sen. Ted Cruz's Shakespeare 'sound & fury' impeachment quote
rt.com | 2021-02-11
NBC's Andrea Mitchell was treated to a lesson in English literature after attempting to correct Senator Ted Cruz's use of a Shakespeare quote, wrongly crediting the line to William Faulkner despite holding a degree in the subject. | Singling out the Texas Republican by name in a Wednesday tweet, Mitchell said Cruz had misattributed a quote to the renowned English playwright after he cited it in reference to the ongoing impeachment drive against ex-president Donald Trump, saying it is "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." | "Senator Ted Cruz says [the] impeachment trial is like Shakespeare, full of soun…
rt.com/usa/515213-andrea-mitchell-cruz-shakespeare/
Nicole Karlis | salon.com | 2021-02-11
Some digital natives have seen their entire lives mediated through social media posts. Is this healthy?>…
salon.com/2021/02/11/a-generation-of-kids-has-used-social-media-their-whole-lives-heres-how-its-changing-them/
A generation of kids has used social media their whole lives. Here's how it's changing them
Nicole Karlis | salon.com | 2021-02-11
Some digital natives have seen their entire lives mediated through social media posts. Is this healthy?>…
salon.com/2021/02/11/a-generation-of-kids-has-used-social-media-their-whole-lives-heres-how-its-changing-them/
"Mandalorian" actress Gina Carano fired after "abhorrent" social media post referencing Nazi Germany
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2021-02-11
It's just the latest in a series of controversial social media posts that have garnered criticism…
salon.com/2021/02/11/mandalorian-gina-carano-fired-lucasfilm-jews-nazi/
'Gorilla Glue Girl' Gathers $20,000 in Donations After Doctors Remove Glue From Her Hair
sputniknews.com | 2021-02-11
In January, Tessica Brown did her hair, mistakenly fixing it with Gorilla Glue. The poor woman couldn't unmake her smooth hairstyle for a month as, in the hospital, where she went first, doctors applied a bandage soaked in acetone to her head. Unfortunately this made the glue even stronger and burned her scalp.
sputniknews.com/viral/202102111082049574-gorilla-glue-girl-gathers-20000-in-donations-after-doctors-remove-glue-from-her-hair/
UAE urged to free Jordanian imprisoned for highlighting corruption in Amman
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-11
UAE urged to free Jordanian imprisoned for highlighting corruption in Amman | Ahmed al-Atoum was sentenced to ten years in prison over social media posts criticising Jordan's king and government | Nadda Osman | Thu, 02/11/2021 – 13: 15 | The Jordanian activist was sentenced to ten years over his social media posts (Screengrab/Social media) | Human rights organisations have this week urged the United Arab Emirates to r…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uae-jordan-activist-imprisoned-highlighting-corruption
Facebook's "depoliticization" aimed at censorship of left-wing and socialist organizations
wsws.org | 2021-02-10
The recent announcement by Facebook that it would "reduce the amount of political content" on its platform is part of the drive by the US ruling establishment to block the spread of progressive, left-wing and socialist ideas on social media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/10/poli-f10.html
London bus workers denounce Facebook censorship: "Hands off the WSWS!"
wsws.org | 2021-02-10
A resolution protesting Facebook censorship of the World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party has been received from the London Bus Rank-and-File Committee, along with statements of support from bus drivers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/02/10/lbus-f10.html
Egypt: New mega-mosque project for administrative capital divides opinions
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-10
Egypt: New mega-mosque project for administrative capital divides opinions | Social media users have both praised and condemned the government's plans to build what it says would be the biggest mosque in the world | Nadda Osman | Wed, 02/10/2021 – 15: 55 | The mosque is set to be one of the largest in the world, according to Egypt's presidential spokesperson (Screengrab/Facebook) | Egypt's announcement of plans to bui…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-new-mosque-administrative-capital
In the News: Trump and Right Wing Privilege
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2021-02-10
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the …
liberationnews.org/in-the-news-trump-and-right-wing-privilege/
Consumer Price Index: Jump in Gas Prices Pushes Overall CPI up 0.3 Percent in January
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2021-02-10
(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 overall inflation picture looks good. Inflation in the problem areas (rent, medical care, and education) continues to be under control. We will see a bounce back in hard hit sectors like …
cepr.net/prices-2021-02/
Here's my number: Netanyahu still waiting for Biden phone call
Ali Harb | middleeasteye.net | 2021-02-10
Here's my number: Netanyahu still waiting for Biden phone call | Israeli envoy to the UN sent a phone number purporting to be Netanyahu's office line to the US president on Twitter | Ali Harb | Wed, 02/10/2021 – 20: 43 | Then-Vice President Biden and Israel's Netanyahu give joint statements in Jerusalem, 9 March 2016 (AFP/File photo) | We've all had friends who don't call. Sometimes they are busy. Sometimes they are avoidin…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/joe-biden-benjamin-netanyahu-phone-snub-danny-danon
A Death on the Anniversary of the Iranian Revolution
Behrooz Ghamari Tabrizi | counterpunch.org | 2021-02-10
Haleh Lajevardi, an Iranian professor of sociology, died last week in Tehran at the age 56. Her brother who tweeted the news of her passing did not reveal the cause of death. People close to her knew that she had dealt with bouts of depression for many years, particularly after she was dismissed from her…
counterpunch.org/2021/02/10/a-death-on-the-anniversary-of-the-iranian-revolution/
'When you're removed, you're removed': Twitter chief says Trump ban is PERMANENT even if he's re-elected
rt.com | 2021-02-10
Former President Donald Trump will never be allowed back on Twitter, even if he runs for office again in 2024 and wins, company Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal told CNBC. | "The way our policies work, when you're removed from the platform, you're removed from the platform," Segal told CNBC on Wednesday, adding that bans are permanent "whether you're a commentator, you're a CFO, or you are a former or current public official." | $TWTR CFO @nedsegal on if President Trump's account could be restored. pic.twitter…
rt.com/usa/515173-twitter-trump-ban-permanent/
Biden throws weight behind Newsom as campaign to recall California governor says it nears 1.5mn signatures needed to trigger vote
rt.com | 2021-02-10
US President Joe Biden is "clearly" opposed to the drive to oust California Governor Gavin Newsom from office, the White House said, as more than 1.4 million people have reportedly signed a petition to recall the governor. | Biden's spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, took to Twitter on Tuesday to voice support for the embattled governor, stating that the president considers him an ally in many areas and does not endorse the fast-growing recall campaign. | "In addition to sharing a commitment to a range of issues with Gavin Newsom from addressing the climate crisis to getting the pandemic under control, [President Biden]…
rt.com/usa/515081-biden-oppose-newsom-recall/