Daily Archives: November 21, 2019

2019-11-21: News Headlines

RT (2019-11-21). Journalist cries troll after finding 'Russian quotation marks' in story about Biden's illegitimate child. rt.com A journalist called out an Arkansas paper for running a story about Hunter Biden's illegitimate child, pointing to a "Russian quotation mark" the account had used in its tweet promoting the article. Also known as an arrow. | Journalist Julia Ioffe, a Russiagate true-believer who covers foreign policy and national security topics for mainstream US publications like WaPo and The Atlantic, immediately smelled a rat when the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette tweeted an article claiming that "DNA testing has established that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby," with what she — a Russian speaker — call…

RT (2019-11-21). Trump asked Tim Cook if Apple could 'get involved' in building 5G networks in US. rt.com US President Donald Trump wants Apple CEO Tim Cook to "get involved" in developing 5G across the US in an apparent bid by Washington to push against the "threat" of Chinese tech giants. | Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that he had asked Cook about becoming involved with 5G during his visit to Austin, Texas, where he visited Apple facilities and discussed the construction of a new $1 billion, three-million-square-foot campus. | "I asked Tim Cook to see if he could get Apple involved in building 5G in the US. They have it all — Money, Technology, Vision & Cook!" Trump tweeted. | During my visit yesterday…

Johanna Ross (2019-11-21). Anti-Corbyn Propaganda on Full Blast as UK Election Nears. globalresearch.ca With less than a month to go before the UK general election, all efforts are being made by political parties to further their agendas. Naturally each side is launching attacks on the other, but perhaps the most virulent campaign is …

WSWS (2019-11-21). UAW President Gary Jones resigns as GM lawsuit charges that UAW is a "controlled enterprise" of Fiat Chrysler. wsws.org Jones' resignation came after the UAW International Executive Board, in an act of damage control, took measures to remove and expel him.

teleSUR (2019-11-21). Thousands of Colombians Demonstrate Amid Duque's Militarization. telesurenglish.net As a response to the nationwide strike that thousands of Colombians are carrying out on Thursday, President Ivan Duque increased the number of troops patrolling in urban areas, which generated concern at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). | RELATED: | Colombia Scandal: Diplomats Evidence Plot Against Venezuela | "The…

Ed Sykes (2019-11-21). Nigel Farage's Brexit Party gets trolled brilliantly as new controversy hits. thecanary.co Political campaign group Led By Donkeys has bought the website " thebrexitparty.com" and is offering to sell it to Nigel Farage for over a million pounds. The group said the entire fee, which will increase by £50,000 each day, would be donated to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.The move comes after Brexit Party lawyers contacted Led By Donkeys asking them to remove their logo from the site. The party said…

Staff (2019-11-21). Michael Moore: 'I'm the Mainstream Now of the Democratic Party'. truthdig.com During a panel discussion Wednesday night following the 2020 Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, filmmaker Michael Moore pushed back against MSNBC pundits for suggesting that a "moderate" candidate would be more likely to defeat President Donald Trump and said the majority of U.S. voters favor progressive solutions to the nation's most pressing issues, from healthcare to the climate crisis. | "I am the center. I am the mainstream now of the Democratic Party. The majority of Americans agree with me and Bernie on all the issues," Moore, who has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president, said to the panel, w…

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-20). The coup in Bolivia has everything to do with the screen you're using to read this. mronline.org The nationalization efforts of Evo Morales ensured that the State controlled 51 percent of all private energy firms that operated in Bolivia, which allowed the State's coffers to fill rapidly. It was this money that was invested to go after poverty, hunger, and illiteracy. | Source

Emily Apple (2019-11-20). 11 words from Dominic Raab on the Twitter 'fact check' scandal sum up why no one can trust the Tories. thecanary.co Foreign secretary Dominic Raab appeared on BBC Breakfast on 20 November to defend his party's decision to temporarily rebrand its Twitter page as a "factcheckUK". | But 11 words from Raab summed up why no one can trust the Tories — let alone rely on them to check facts. | 'Who really cares about this social media business anyway?': | Raab was repeatedly asked about why the party had decided to pull the Twitter stunt. But the best line he see…

Emily Apple (2019-11-20). The Conservative Party managed to stoop so low even the BBC wasn't impressed. thecanary.co During the leadership debate on 19 November, the Conservative Party stooped to a new low. It rebranded its @CCHQPress Twitter account as "factcheckUK". | But this deception was too much for the BBC. And even it couldn't hide its contempt at what the party had tried to do. | "Misleading" and "dystopian": | Following the debate, Emily Maitlis interviewed Conservative Party chair James Cleverly on News…

Michelle Renee Matisons (2019-11-20). Freedom, Valor, Love: On Snowden's Permanent Record. counterpunch.org "The computer guy [sic]…can know everything…" —Edward Snowden, Permanent Record We all know someone who has suffered explicit privacy violations through data breaches, has been censored, or has valiantly fought for press, Internet, and telecommunications freedoms at a time of deep political polarities and culture war divisions. Edward Snowden's life reveals it's not just "the More

Ed Sykes (2019-11-20). Labour's business stance is so sensible that even business people have to applaud it. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party has proposals for improving the UK for the many, not just the super-rich few. And the party's moderate stance…

Joshua Cho (2019-11-19). Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'. fair.org Who are you going to believe, "hard data" or your lying eyes (CNBC, 10/7/19)? | Last month, CNBC ( 10/7/19) reassured us that fears of a potential recession are "overblown," because the "hard data" shows that the "US economy remains strong." | If you've been keeping track of corporate media coverage of the US economy over the past several years, you might have noticed a contradictory pattern. You'll find that corporate…

Alan Macleod (2019-11-18). Media Silent as Bolivia's New Right-Wing Gov't Massacres Indigenous Protesters. mintpressnews.com Both the corporate media and human rights groups have been silent as journalists and indigenous protesters have been targeted as Bolivia's self-declared right-wing government uses violence to secure its tenuous hold on power.

Gregory Shupak (2019-11-18). Unpacking Media Propaganda About Bolivia's Election – Pro-coup editorials rely on—and misreport—questionable evidence from the dubious OAS. fair.org To endorse the coup in Bolivia, numerous editorials in major US media outlets paint President Evo Morales as undemocratic. Exhibit A in their case is the Organization of American States' (OAS) claims that there was fraud in the October 20 Bolivian election in which Morales was elected for a fourth term. They also argue that he should not have been allowed to run again in the first place. | The New York Times' editorial ( 11/11/19) accused Morales of "brazenly abusing the power and institutions put in his care by the electorate."

Mnar Muhawesh (2019-11-14). Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent. mintpressnews.com | | It's an open secret. The deep state is wo…

Activist Post (2019-11-12). Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself. thelastamericanvagabond.com Mike Pompeo continues to lead the propaganda push to get the public panicking about an Iran "nuclear breakout" even when all evidence shows that Iran is nowhere near capable of being a nuclear threat. Of course many other countries have far more robust nuclear programs, but because it's Iran we have to come together as …

Activist Post (2019-11-10). Revealed: Breathalyzer Test Is "Fake Science" — What's NOT Fake Today? thelastamericanvagabond.com So much of what we are confronted with in the mainstream media and from government sources is fake. So much so, that the question should be: what is NOT fake? Apparently, the science behind the much-touted breathalyzer used by police to nab drunk drivers ALSO can be added to the list of fakery. Given how …

Hatewatch Staff (2019-11-05). League of the South Resorts to Video Stunts as Membership Declines. splcenter.org The League of the South made a 25-second propaganda video over the weekend at the memorial of a civil rights icon in an apparent attempt to attract members to its neo-Confederate ideology.

2019-11-21: Social Media Postees

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Journalist cries troll after finding 'Russian quotation marks' in story about Biden's illegitimate child
rt.com | 2019-11-21
A journalist called out an Arkansas paper for running a story about Hunter Biden's illegitimate child, pointing to a "Russian quotation mark" the account had used in its tweet promoting the article. Also known as an arrow. | Journalist Julia Ioffe, a Russiagate true-believer who covers foreign policy and national security topics for mainstream US publications like WaPo and The Atlantic, immediately smelled a rat when the Arkansas-Democrat Gazette tweeted an article claiming that "DNA testing has established that Hunter Biden is the father of an Arkansas baby," with what she — a Russian speaker — call…
rt.com/usa/474018-journo-redbaits-arkans…

Michael Moore: 'I'm the Mainstream Now of the Democratic Party'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-21
During a panel discussion Wednesday night following the 2020 Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, filmmaker Michael Moore pushed back against MSNBC pundits for suggesting that a "moderate" candidate would be more likely to defeat President Donald Trump and said the majority of U.S. voters favor progressive solutions to the nation's most pressing issues, from healthcare to the climate crisis. | "I am the center. I am the mainstream now of the Democratic Party. The majority of Americans agree with me and Bernie on all the issues," Moore, who has endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president, said to the panel, w…
truthdig.com/articles/michael-moore-i-am…

Anti-Corbyn Propaganda on Full Blast as UK Election Nears
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-21
With less than a month to go before the UK general election, all efforts are being made by political parties to further their agendas. Naturally each side is launching attacks on the other, but perhaps the most virulent campaign is …
globalresearch.ca/anti-corbyn-propaganda…

Thousands of Colombians Demonstrate Amid Duque's Militarization
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-21
As a response to the nationwide strike that thousands of Colombians are carrying out on Thursday, President Ivan Duque increased the number of troops patrolling in urban areas, which generated concern at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). | RELATED: | Colombia Scandal: Diplomats Evidence Plot Against Venezuela | "The…
telesurenglish.net/news/Thousands-of-Col…

UAW President Gary Jones resigns as GM lawsuit charges that UAW is a "controlled enterprise" of Fiat Chrysler
wsws.org | 2019-11-21
Jones' resignation came after the UAW International Executive Board, in an act of damage control, took measures to remove and expel him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/21/auto…

Trump asked Tim Cook if Apple could 'get involved' in building 5G networks in US
rt.com | 2019-11-21
US President Donald Trump wants Apple CEO Tim Cook to "get involved" in developing 5G across the US in an apparent bid by Washington to push against the "threat" of Chinese tech giants. | Trump tweeted on Thursday morning that he had asked Cook about becoming involved with 5G during his visit to Austin, Texas, where he visited Apple facilities and discussed the construction of a new $1 billion, three-million-square-foot campus. | "I asked Tim Cook to see if he could get Apple involved in building 5G in the US. They have it all — Money, Technology, Vision & Cook!" Trump tweeted. | During my visit yesterday…
rt.com/usa/473996-trump-tim-cook-apple/

Nigel Farage's Brexit Party gets trolled brilliantly as new controversy hits
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-21
Political campaign group Led By Donkeys has bought the website " thebrexitparty.com" and is offering to sell it to Nigel Farage for over a million pounds. The group said the entire fee, which will increase by £50,000 each day, would be donated to the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.The move comes after Brexit Party lawyers contacted Led By Donkeys asking them to remove their logo from the site. The party said…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/21/nigel-farages-brexit-party-gets-trolled-brilliantly-as-new-controversy-hits/

The coup in Bolivia has everything to do with the screen you're using to read this
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-20
The nationalization efforts of Evo Morales ensured that the State controlled 51 percent of all private energy firms that operated in Bolivia, which allowed the State's coffers to fill rapidly. It was this money that was invested to go after poverty, hunger, and illiteracy. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/19/the-coup-in-boli…

11 words from Dominic Raab on the Twitter 'fact check' scandal sum up why no one can trust the Tories
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-20
Foreign secretary Dominic Raab appeared on BBC Breakfast on 20 November to defend his party's decision to temporarily rebrand its Twitter page as a "factcheckUK". | But 11 words from Raab summed up why no one can trust the Tories — let alone rely on them to check facts. | 'Who really cares about this social media business anyway?': | Raab was repeatedly asked about why the party had decided to pull the Twitter stunt. But the best line he see…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/20/11-words-from-dominic-raab-on-the-twitter-fact-check-scandal-sum-up-why-no-one-can-trust-the-tories/

The Conservative Party managed to stoop so low even the BBC wasn't impressed
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2019-11-20
During the leadership debate on 19 November, the Conservative Party stooped to a new low. It rebranded its @CCHQPress Twitter account as "factcheckUK". | But this deception was too much for the BBC. And even it couldn't hide its contempt at what the party had tried to do. | "Misleading" and "dystopian": | Following the debate, Emily Maitlis interviewed Conservative Party chair James Cleverly on News…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/20/the-conservative-party-managed-to-stoop-so-low-even-the-bbc-wasnt-impressed/

Freedom, Valor, Love: On Snowden's Permanent Record
Michelle Renee Matisons | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-20
"The computer guy [sic]…can know everything…" –Edward Snowden, Permanent Record We all know someone who has suffered explicit privacy violations through data breaches, has been censored, or has valiantly fought for press, Internet, and telecommunications freedoms at a time of deep political polarities and culture war divisions. Edward Snowden's life reveals it's not just…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/20/freedom-valo…

Record Inequality and Corporate Profits Are What Media Call a 'Strong Economy'
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2019-11-19
Who are you going to believe, "hard data" or your lying eyes (CNBC, 10/7/19)? | Last month, CNBC ( 10/7/19) reassured us that fears of a potential recession are "overblown," because the "hard data" shows that the "US economy remains strong." | If you've been keeping track of corporate media coverage of the US economy over the past several years, you might have noticed a contradictory pattern. You'll find that corporate…
fair.org/home/record-inequality-and-corp…

Media Silent as Bolivia's New Right-Wing Gov't Massacres Indigenous Protesters
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-18
Both the corporate media and human rights groups have been silent as journalists and indigenous protesters have been targeted as Bolivia's self-declared right-wing government uses violence to secure its tenuous hold on power.
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-bolivia-m…

Unpacking Media Propaganda About Bolivia's Election – Pro-coup editorials rely on–and misreport–questionable evidence from the dubious OAS
Gregory Shupak | fair.org | 2019-11-18
To endorse the coup in Bolivia, numerous editorials in major US media outlets paint President Evo Morales as undemocratic. Exhibit A in their case is the Organization of American States' (OAS) claims that there was fraud in the October 20 Bolivian election in which Morales was elected for a fourth term. They also argue that he should not have been allowed to run again in the first place. | The New York Times' editorial ( 11/11/19) accused Morales of "brazenly abusing the power and institutions put in his care by the electorate."
fair.org/home/unpacking-media-propaganda…

Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-14
| | It's an open secret. The deep state is wo…
mintpressnews.com/social-media-censorshi…

Pompeo's Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
Mike Pompeo continues to lead the propaganda push to get the public panicking about an Iran "nuclear breakout" even when all evidence shows that Iran is nowhere near capable of being a nuclear threat. Of course many other countries have far more robust nuclear programs, but because it's Iran we have to come together as …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/pom…

Revealed: Breathalyzer Test Is "Fake Science" — What's NOT Fake Today?
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-10
So much of what we are confronted with in the mainstream media and from government sources is fake. So much so, that the question should be: what is NOT fake? Apparently, the science behind the much-touted breathalyzer used by police to nab drunk drivers ALSO can be added to the list of fakery. Given how …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/rev…

League of the South Resorts to Video Stunts as Membership Declines
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2019-11-05
The League of the South made a 25-second propaganda video over the weekend at the memorial of a civil rights icon in an apparent attempt to attract members to its neo-Confederate ideology.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/11/05/leagu…