Daily Archives: November 16, 2021

2021-11-16: News Headlines

Staff (2021-11-16). Activist says he's got '1,000 soldiers locked and loaded' to defend CRT. rt.com An African-American activist defending critical race theory at a Texas school board meeting said he has "thousand soldiers" who are "locked and loaded" on standby, but insists it's a sports term and not a threat. | Video of a meeting of the Fort Worth Independent School District board shows Malikk Austin arguing that he fights for "critical race theory equity" for the sake of his children, and that he's got "over 1,000 soldiers ready to go." | pic.twitter.com/VmqNaQQh10— Carlos Turcios (@Carlos__Turcios) Nove…

_____ (2021-11-15). Censorship Is The Last Gasp Of The Liberal Class. popularresistance.org On November 8, 2021, Twitter locked my account for a period of one day for responding to corporate media darling and Russiagate fanatic Keith Olbermann's slanderous reply to journalist Wyatt Reed's coverage of the Nicaraguan election. The flagged tweet simply restated Olbermann's question, replacing "whore for a dictator" with "whoring for the American oligarchy." Twitter demanded that I delete the tweet or send a time-consuming, lengthy appeal with no assurances as to if or when my sentence in "Twitter jail" would end. This prompted me to delete the tweet and wait for the 12-hour suspension to end. Keith Olberma…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). Young Cubans Take Part In Sit-In To Reject US Blockade. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, over 70 young Cubans took part in a sit-in at Havana's Central Park to reject the U.S. blockade, recent destabilization attempts, and smear campaigns in social media against Cuba. | RELATED: | "These actions are part of the strategy of unconventional war against our people. We deserve to live in peace and without the obstacles imposed by unilateral coercive measures," President Miguel Diaz-Canel stated. | The initiative known as "Red Sc…

Ann Brown (2021-11-15). ADOS Reparations Movement Confronts Rep. Clyburn, Who Now Says He Supports Reparations. moguldom.com For the longest time, House Majority Whip James Clyburn has pushed back against the idea of reparations. While he has said he supports proposed HR-40 legislation that calls for a committee to study reparations, he has not fully supported the concept of reparations. Grassroots journalist Jameion Fowler retweeted a confrontation that took place in July …

Staff (2021-11-15). Beto O'Rourke wants to challenge Republican's 'extremist policies' with governor bid. rt.com Former US Representative Beto O'Rourke has announced that he will challenge Republican Greg Abbott for the governorship of Texas in 2022, as he criticized the current administration's divisive politics. | In a tweet on Monday, O'Rourke — the former El Paso congressman, 2018 US Senate nominee, and 2020 Democratic presidential contender — said that he was running to make progress on the things that most Texans actually agree on, such as legalizing marijuana and expanding Medicaid. | I'm running for governor. | Together, we can push past the small and divisive politics that we see in Texas today —…

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