Daily Archives: July 11, 2019

2019-07-11: News Headlines

Philip A Farruggio (2019-07-11). I Still Can't Get No Satisfaction. Relentless War Propaganda. globalresearch.ca I can't get no satisfaction | I can't get me no satisfaction | And I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try try | I can't get no I can't get me no | When I'm riding in my car | And a man …

The Canary (2019-07-11). Sexual harassment and bullying at Westminster exposed by new report. thecanary.co WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS INFORMATION SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING. | A probe into sexual intimidation and harassment at Westminster has found that MPs' staff face an "unacceptable risk" of abuse. | The hard-hitting independent investigation heard that some people who work for MPs have to cope with "very serious sexual assault" and having heavy objects thrown at them in bouts of "uncontrollable rage". | Gemma White QC said there was a "significant problem" about the way some MPs treated those who worked for them. | She said the House of Commons authorities had been too slow to act in response to previou…

RT (2019-07-11). House Judiciary Committee approves subpoenas for 12 witnesses in Trump probe. rt.com The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for 12 witnesses in the ongoing probe into whether President Trump obstructed special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russian collusion' investigation.

RT (2019-07-11). White House disinvites author of 'anti-Semitic' Soros cartoon from social media summit. rt.com Cartoonist Ben Garrison has been disinvited from the White House Social Media Summit after complaints about a 'blatantly anti-Semitic' cartoon he drew depicting controversial financier George Soros as a puppet master.

RT (2019-07-11). 'Fake news less important than social media,' says Trump ahead of WH social media summit. rt.com In anticipation of the White House's social media summit, where online personalities will gather to discuss censorship on the web, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to put tech companies and the 'Fake News Media' on blast.

RT (2019-07-11). Another nail in Russiagate coffin? Federal judge destroys key Mueller report claim. rt.com Special counsel Robert Mueller's claim of "sweeping and systematic" Russian meddling in the 2016 US election just took another body blow, as a federal judge ruled that his indictment of a 'troll farm' is not actual proof of it.

RT (2019-07-11). Hiring the swamp: Meet new RFE/RL boss, a Russiagate-pushing neocon. rt.com Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a US government-funded propaganda outfit, will soon get a new president — a NeverTrump neoconservative flack, who last worked at an outfit promoting the 'Russiagate conspiracy.'

Ben Norton (2019-07-10). The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson. thegrayzone.com Britain's leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed…

Thomas Hon Wing Polin (2019-07-10). Hong Kong: New Epicenter of the Empire's Smear Campaign Against China? counterpunch.org Photograph Source: 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests by Studio Incendo — CC BY 2.0 | As the Western Empire ramps up its full-spectrum war on the Chinese, its latest target is Hong Kong, China's premier special administrative region (SAR). Even the latest wave of media assaults confirms it. | An essential adjunct to an Imperial attack on any designated victim is a sustained campaign of demonization, conducted through mainstream media and supported by associated local media. Such a drive had been onging in Hong Kong, since the former Britis…

Global Research News (2019-07-10). Selected Articles: Towards a Banking Crisis? globalresearch.ca In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …

Eds. (2019-07-09). Warning to progressive Dems: you're leaving corporate media's comfort zone. mronline.org After the first round of Democratic primary debates, the line from corporate media and their overwhelmingly centrist sources was clear: The Democrats are moving dangerously to the left, at their own peril. | Source

Staff (2019-07-07). Why is Germany's Left Struggling to Gain Traction? therealnews.com Heinz Bierbaum, a former deputy chair of Germany's Left Party, Die Linke, discusses the recent disappointing European Parliament results, the rise of the right, the possible collapse of the Merkel government, and the Greens as a new mainstream party…

Eva Bartlett (2019-07-04). Voices from Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting. mintpressnews.com Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was very different than the 'reality' depicted by the Western press.

Whitney Webb (2019-07-03). How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights" mintpressnews.com The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.

Julie Hollar (2019-07-02). Warning to Progressive Dems: You're Leaving Corporate Media's Comfort Zone. fair.org by Julie Hollar After the first round of Democratic primary debates, the line from corporate media and their overwhelmingly centrist sources was clear: The Democrats are moving dangerously to the left, at their own peril. | Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer ( 6/30/19), under the headline "Democratic Candidates Veer Left, Leaving Behind Successful Midterm Strategy," pushed the media conventional wisd…

Jane Regan (2019-06-29). In Haiti, Washington Meddling Missed by Press. fair.org Unlike Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, President Jovenel MoàØse is Washington's "man in Port-au-Prince." He was hand-picked by Michael "Sweet Mickey" Martelly, the previous Washington-approved president, and had pledged to follow his "Haiti Is Open for Business" neoliberal policies. Is that why corporate media are not calling for the replacement of the Haitian government?>

Michael Edison Hayden (2019-06-27). Far-Right Extremists Are Calling for Terrorism on the Messaging App Telegram. splcenter.org Neo-Nazis, white nationalists and antigovernment extremists are publishing volumes of propaganda advocating terrorism and mass shootings on Telegram, a Hatewatch review of hundreds of channels on that app reveals.

2019-07-11: Social Media Postees

I Still Can't Get No Satisfaction. Relentless War Propaganda
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-11
I can't get no satisfaction | I can't get me no satisfaction | And I try and I try and I try t-t-t-t-try try | I can't get no I can't get me no | When I'm riding in my car | And a man …
globalresearch.ca/i-still-cant-get-no-sa…

Sexual harassment and bullying at Westminster exposed by new report
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-07-11
WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS INFORMATION SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING. | A probe into sexual intimidation and harassment at Westminster has found that MPs' staff face an "unacceptable risk" of abuse. | The hard-hitting independent investigation heard that some people who work for MPs have to cope with "very serious sexual assault" and having heavy objects thrown at them in bouts of "uncontrollable rage". | Gemma White QC said there was a "significant problem" about the way some MPs treated those who worked for them. | She said the House of Commons authorities had been too slow to act in response to previou…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/07/11/sexual-harassment-and-bullying-at-westminster-exposed-by-new-report/

White House disinvites author of 'anti-Semitic' Soros cartoon from social media summit
rt.com | 2019-07-11
Cartoonist Ben Garrison has been disinvited from the White House Social Media Summit after complaints about a 'blatantly anti-Semitic' cartoon he drew depicting controversial financier George Soros as a puppet master. | …
rt.com/usa/463881-trump-censors-garrison…

'Fake news less important than social media,' says Trump ahead of WH social media summit
rt.com | 2019-07-11
In anticipation of the White House's social media summit, where online personalities will gather to discuss censorship on the web, President Donald Trump took to Twitter to put tech companies and the 'Fake News Media' on blast. | …
rt.com/usa/463934-trump-white-house-soci…

Hiring the swamp: Meet new RFE/RL boss, a Russiagate-pushing neocon
rt.com | 2019-07-11
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a US government-funded propaganda outfit, will soon get a new president — a NeverTrump neoconservative flack, who last worked at an outfit promoting the 'Russiagate conspiracy.' | …
rt.com/usa/463955-rfe-fly-neocon-preside…

House Judiciary Committee approves subpoenas for 12 witnesses in Trump probe
rt.com | 2019-07-11
The Democrat-controlled House Judiciary Committee has approved subpoenas for 12 witnesses in the ongoing probe into whether President Trump obstructed special counsel Robert Mueller's 'Russian collusion' investigation. | …
rt.com/usa/463961-house-judiciary-commit…

Another nail in Russiagate coffin? Federal judge destroys key Mueller report claim
rt.com | 2019-07-11
Special counsel Robert Mueller's claim of "sweeping and systematic" Russian meddling in the 2016 US election just took another body blow, as a federal judge ruled that his indictment of a 'troll farm' is not actual proof of it. | …
rt.com/usa/463880-judge-mueller-concord-…

The Guardian publishes, then censors Jewish open letter defending smeared pro-Corbyn Labour MP Chris Williamson
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-07-10
Britain's leading newspaper The Guardian, which has relentlessly attacked Jeremy Corbyn and his leftist allies, published but then quickly removed…
thegrayzone.com/2019/07/10/the-guardian-…

Hong Kong: New Epicenter of the Empire's Smear Campaign Against China?
Thomas Hon Wing Polin | counterpunch.org | 2019-07-10
Photograph Source: 2019 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests by Studio Incendo — CC BY 2.0 | As the Western Empire ramps up its full-spectrum war on the Chinese, its latest target is Hong Kong, China's premier special administrative region (SAR). Even the latest wave of media assaults confirms it. | An essential adjunct to an Imperial attack on any designated victim is a sustained campaign of demonization, conducted through mainstream media and supported by associated local media. Such a drive had been onging in Hong Kong, since the former Britis…
counterpunch.org/2019/07/10/hong-kong-ne…

Selected Articles: Towards a Banking Crisis?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-07-10
In spite of online censorship efforts directed against the independent media, we are happy to say that readership on globalresearch.ca has recently increased. We wish to thank all of you who share our articles far and wide. | We cover a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-iran…

Warning to progressive Dems: you're leaving corporate media's comfort zone
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-07-09
After the first round of Democratic primary debates, the line from corporate media and their overwhelmingly centrist sources was clear: The Democrats are moving dangerously to the left, at their own peril. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/07/09/warning-to-progr…

Why is Germany's Left Struggling to Gain Traction?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-07-07
Heinz Bierbaum, a former deputy chair of Germany's Left Party, Die Linke, discusses the recent disappointing European Parliament results, the rise of the right, the possible collapse of the Merkel government, and the Greens as a new mainstream party…
therealnews.com/stories/why-is-germanys-…

Voices from Syria's Rukban Refugee Camp Belie Corporate Media Reporting
Eva Bartlett | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-04
Eva Bartlett visited refugees in Syria escaping the horrid conditions in the Rukban Refugee Camp, a desolate outpost in the US administered deconfliction zone. What she found was very different than the 'reality' depicted by the Western press.
mintpressnews.com/voices-syria-rukban-re…

How the Third Temple Movement in Israel Rebranded Theocracy as "Civil Rights"
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-07-03
The Temple Activist movement is now more mainstream than ever before and its effort to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, has advanced with great rapidity since the year began and has picked up precipitously in recent weeks.
mintpressnews.com/third-temple-activist-…

Warning to Progressive Dems: You're Leaving Corporate Media's Comfort Zone
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-07-02
by Julie Hollar After the first round of Democratic primary debates, the line from corporate media and their overwhelmingly centrist sources was clear: The Democrats are moving dangerously to the left, at their own peril. | Washington Post reporter Michael Scherer ( 6/30/19), under the headline "Democratic Candidates Veer Left, Leaving Behind Successful Midterm Strategy," pushed the media conventional wisd…
fair.org/home/warning-to-progressive-dem…

In Haiti, Washington Meddling Missed by Press
Jane Regan | fair.org | 2019-06-29
Unlike Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, President Jovenel MoàØse is Washington's "man in Port-au-Prince." He was hand-picked by Michael "Sweet Mickey" Martelly, the previous Washington-approved president, and had pledged to follow his "Haiti Is Open for Business" neoliberal policies. Is that why corporate media are not calling for the replacement of the Haitian government?>…
fair.org/home/in-haiti-washington-meddli…

Far-Right Extremists Are Calling for Terrorism on the Messaging App Telegram
Michael Edison Hayden | splcenter.org | 2019-06-27
Neo-Nazis, white nationalists and antigovernment extremists are publishing volumes of propaganda advocating terrorism and mass shootings on Telegram, a Hatewatch review of hundreds of channels on that app reveals.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/06/27/far-r…