Daily Archives: August 14, 2023

2023-08-14: News Headlines

Thomas L. Knapp (2023-08-13). Biden Administration Defends Social Media Censorship Operation. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, government lawyers went to court to defend federal meddling in content moderation decisions on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. On July 4, Judge Terry Doughty of the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, ordered the federal government to refrain from communicating with social media platforms for "the …

WSWS (2023-08-14). Utah Trump supporter who threatened to assassinate Biden, Democrats killed in FBI raid. wsws.org Craig D. Robertson doubled down on his fascistic death threats after FBI agents first contacted him this past March after Truth Social, ex-President Donald Trump's social media platform, reported him to the FBI.

Staff (2023-08-14). PROOF: Big Oil Funding Social Media Stars. leecamp.com

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-14). Dominican President announces his candidacy for 2024 elections. plenglish.com Santo Domingo, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, announced on social media his decision to run again for the presidential elections of May 2024.

ecns.cn (2023-08-13). Don't worry about third wave of COVID, experts say. ecns.cn Despite rising numbers of people on social media claiming to have been infected with COVID-19 for a third time recently, experts have said that those reinfected most likely only had mild symptoms.

Staff (2023-08-14). NY Times exposes its colonial and fossil fuel biases as one writer's response to Hawaiian wildfires is 'Rolex!'. thecanary.co A New York Times's (NYT) journalist's abhorrent tweet on Hawaii's devastating wildfires is exactly what you should expect from an elite corporate outlet that has shilled for the fossil fuel industry. Since Tuesday 8 August, a deadly wildfire has ripped through a Hawaiian town. So far, the blaze has killed nearly a hundred people in Lahaina …


Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-13). Venezuelans celebrate Fidel Castro's birthday. plenglish.com On Twitter, Maduro wrote that Fidel would be recalled as a tireless rebel, intolerant of injustice, and a master of what is impossible. | The Venezuelan president tweeted that the Commander-in-Chief encourages us to continue to fight for the dignity of the people. | This tribute joins others from different regions globally to remember the life and work of one of the leaders and politicians of the 20th century.

Anonymous (2023-08-14). Update: Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council President Recruited QAnon Adherent to Run. indybay.org In an update to previous story 'QANON Adherent worms into Toluca Lake Neighborhood Council/Tony Cardenas Office', QAnon Adherent Jo Ann Rivas was urged by users on Twitter to seek Psychiatric help — several months before January 6 insurrection.

Samuel Farber (2023-08-14). Cuba 1962 and Ukraine 2022. fpif.org Last October, in an interview for a Russian state television documentary about the missile crisis of 1962, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Editor (2023-08-14). DOJ Seized Trump's Twitter Data — Put Gag Order on Twitter. scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2023-08-14). Freshman rides about 1,500 km for university registration. ecns.cn The story of a freshman from east China's Shandong riding nearly 1,500 km to register for university has gone viral on the internet.

Peter Koenig (2023-08-13). Niger: Italian PM Giorgia Meloni Goes Viral After Niger Coup. globalresearch.ca


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