Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzed Cuba Incident
Editor2 | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-14
The renowned Spanish analyst Julián Macías Tovar has broken down the intense campaign extended across social media networks against the Cuban Revolution in the last few days. It was launched from outside of Cuba and one of its directors was the Argentinean Agus Antonelli, a right-wing political operator who has participated in several campaigns against leftist movements in Latin America. | The operation made extensive use of robots, algorithms, and accounts recently created for the occasion, intended to amplify the messages issued by the directors of the manipulative campaign. | The first account that used the ha…
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Twitter Reports Rise in Governments Demanding Removal of Journalists' Content
_____ | commondreams.org | 2021-07-14
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Golden State Dysphoria
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-07-14
Caitlyn Jenner's rise in California shows that we are confused not just about gender, but about the nature of liberty. | By Matthew SCHMITZ | Conservatives are lining up behind Caitlyn Jenner. Jenna Ellis, former senior counsel to Donald Trump, says that Jenner's campaign for the governorship of California shows "how non-inclusive and intolerant the leftists really are." Paul Gosar, the firebrand Arizona congressman, approvingly notes that the "left is triggered" by the candidate. John Fund, the national affairs reporter for National Review, tweets: "Caitlyn Jenner's new video for CA governor is SUPERB. As a C…
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Guide to safe grilling practices
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-07-14
The July Fourth holiday weekend often means gatherings. Keep your gathering safe by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's COVID-19 guidance for activities. If you are looking forward to a weekend cookout, make sure to keep foodborne bacteria and germs off your guest list. Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse, a Mayo Clinic pediatric infectious diseases physician, says warmer temperatures are when foodborne germs thrive and illnesses peak. Watch: Dr. Nipunie Rajapakse talks about safe grilling practices. www.youtube.com/watch?v=19v4oRLW-hw&t=3s Journalists: Broadcast-quality sound bites are…
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Top CEOs Made Nearly 300 Times More Than Average Employee During Pandemic
_____ | commondreams.org | 2021-07-14
The social media giant said that in the second half of 2020, the accounts of nearly 200 verified reporters and news outlets worldwide faced 361 legal demands to remove content—a 26% increase from the first half of the year.
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Saudi Officials Claim 'Accident' Behind Large Explosions In Ammo Depots Near Al-Kharj (Video)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-07-14
Screen grab from one of the explosions' videos. | Early on July 14, a series of explosions rocked the outskirts of the central Saudi city of al-Kharaj to the south of the Kingdom's capital al-Riyadh. | Local activists shared videos on social media showing large explosions near al-Kharaj, where ammunition depots and military bases are known to be located. | A spokesman for the Saudi Ministry of Defense, Brigadier General Turki al-Malki, claimed in a brief statement that an "accident" was behind the explosions. | "An inciden…
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Argentina Asks to End Blockades Against Cuba and Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2021-07-13
On Monday, Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez addressed the economic and social situation of Cuba and Venezuela and ratified his position in favor of ending the U.S. economic blockades against these nations. | RELATED: | Fake Social Media Operation from Abroad Catalyzes Cuba Incident | "This policy has prevented Cuba and Venezuela from accessing artificial respirators. Realize what that means", Fernandez said, stressing that those who suffer the consequences of the block…
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President Díaz-Canel Speaks with the People in Streets of Cuba & Repudiates Fake News
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-13
With a tour of the streets of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message of gratitude to the revolutionaries who came out to counter the manipulations of the national and international right wing promoting acts of violence. | In this way, the president joined the campaign in defense of peace and sovereignty on the Caribbean island, which has been threatened recently by what he denounced as "counterrevolutionary elements who receive money from US agencies." | Meanwhile, in the mainstream media and on social media networks, the usual suspects tried to disseminate fake news of an alleged mass mobilization agai…
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President Díaz-Canel Speaks with the People in Streets of Cuba & Repudiates Fake News
José Manuel Blanco Diaz | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-13
With a tour of the streets of Cuba, President Miguel Díaz-Canel sent a message of gratitude to the revolutionaries who came out to counter the manipulations of the national and international right wing promoting acts of violence. | In this way, the president joined the campaign in defense of peace and sovereignty on the Caribbean island, which has been threatened recently by what he denounced as "counterrevolutionary elements who receive money from US agencies." | Meanwhile, in the mainstream media and on social media networks, the usual suspects tried to disseminate fake news of an alleged mass mobilization agai…
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Lula Rejects the Manipulation of Narrative Against Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2021-07-13
Former Brazilian president and socialist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva denounced via Twitter on Tuesday the manipulation of the Cuban reality in the aftermath of Sunday ¥s disturbs. | RELATED: | Brazil: Ex-President Lula Offers Exclusive Interview to teleSUR | "What is happening in Cuba that is so special that they talk about it so much?! There was a march. I even saw the president of Cuba at the march, talking to people. Cuba has already suffered 60 years from a US econ…
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Talk World Radio: Brian Concannon: Haiti Has Had All the U.S. Help It Can Stand
David Swanson | warisacrime.org | 2021-07-13
Talk World Radio is recorded as audio and video on Riverside.fm. Here is this week's video and all the videos on Youtube. This week on Talk World Radio, we're discussing Haiti with human rights lawyer and activist Brian Concannon. He is Executive Director of Project Blueprint, which promotes a progressive, human rights-based U.S. foreign policy … Continue reading "Talk World Radio: Brian Concannon: Haiti Has Had All the U.S. Help It Can Stand"
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Roe v. Wade Is Under Attack. Organizers Say We Must Take Action Beyond the Court
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-07-13
Image Credit: Facebook: Center for Reproductive Rights | The Supreme Court is set to review a Mississippi law banning abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy that intends to challenge Roe v. Wade, raising concern for advocates about how reproductive rights can be preserved without the landmark ruling. "I think it's very, very likely that the court will either eradicate the right to choose abortion as we now know it completely or so undermine it to make it meaningless for most of American women,"
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Venezuela Reports 1,200 New COVID-19 Cases, 12 Deaths & a 94% Recovery Rate on Sunday
Victoria Torres | orinocotribune.com | 2021-07-13