2020-11-11: News Headlines

RT (2020-11-11). Brennan & other spooks go full conspiracy theorist over suggestion 'cornered' Trump will indeed 'DECLASSIFY EVERYTHING'. rt.com Former CIA director John Brennan took to CNN to speculate wildly on how Trump would dump the US' most precious military secrets out of spite. Mainstream outlets and social media alike piled on the declassification rumors. | Brennan took to CNN's airwaves on Monday to denounce Trump for firing Defense Secretary Mark Esper, claiming the axe came down over Esper's "rebuff[ing] Trump's efforts to politicize the US military." But the mind-reading went on considerably further as Brennan, aided and abetted by host Chris Cuomo, wondered aloud "who knows what else he has refused to do" — like expose the nation's d…

Media Lens (2020-11-11). Robert Fisk: Death of a "Controversial" Journalist. dissidentvoice.org Robert Fisk, the Independent's Middle East correspondent, died on 30 October aged 74. In reviewing his life and career, the newspaper for which he worked for more than two decades wrote of their star reporter: 'Much of what Fisk wrote was controversial…' As John Pilger noted, in describing Fisk's journalism as 'controversial' the Independent was …

Project Censored (2020-11-10). Ep115: Millennial Candidates, Voters, Activists, and Media Makers. projectcensored.org On today's episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss The Houston Youth P.O.W.E.R. Research & Propwatch Projects with Dr. James Stancil and Mike Gordon. Along…

_____ (2020-11-10). How WWI Soldiers' Bodies Were Controlled, Transformed and Abused to Secure Victory. strategic-culture.org Stephen KHAN | Between 1914 and 1918 the British Empire Most had limited to zero military experience and many men who entered service did not return home the same. Changed and often traumatised, the first world war represented a fracture point in soldiers' personal histories. As a young…

Scott Ritter (2020-11-10). MAGA was far more mainstream than most Americans realized, and its electoral rejection will prove to be a historic mistake. thealtworld.com Americans may come to view Donald Trump's Make America Great Again movement not as an embodiment of …

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2020-11-10). Digital Rights Advocates Warn Trump's FCC Nominee—Who Backs Plan to Censor the Internet—Is 'Even Worse Than Ajit Pai'. commondreams.org Former telecom lawyer Nathan Simington, a Republican, was tapped by the president after an incumbent balked at a plan to weaken online protections granted under a key law. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

oneworld.press (2020-11-10). Hold Alt-Media To Account For Getting It Wrong About Armenia & Azerbaijan! oneworld.press How many remember reading that Azerbaijan was supposedly retreating, the world will recognize "Artsakh" soon, etc.? What about all that fake news about a supposedly "imminent" Russian military intervention in Armenia's support? None of it happened, it was all fake, all information warfare, and many were manipulated by the Alt-Media Community that they trusted. Those who misled you must be publicly challenged by you, their audience, to explain their fake news campaign.

Project Censored (2020-11-10). Peter Kuznick Makes the Case for Americans to Consider a Post-Trump Era with Joe Biden. projectcensored.org Historian Peter Kuznick, co-author with Oliver Stone of the Untold History of the United States, is the first guest in this post-Election 2020 show; he makes the case for Americans…

Anthony Cartalucci (2020-11-10). Thailand: How the US Supports "Penguin" & the Student Mobs. thealtworld.com We were told that Thailand's anti-government protests were "self-organized" by "students." Yet these "students" appear to be regular guests at the same embassies funding anti-government organizations across Thailand as well as supporting the billionaire-led opposition parties of Pheu Thai and Future Forward/Move Forward. | References: | AFP Fact Check — Old photos of former US Ambassador with Thai student leader used to claim fo…

Project Censored (2020-11-10). Trump's Gone, Biden's On… But at the Cost of Some Liberals' Principles and Integrity. projectcensored.org By Nolan Higdon I can remember when the GOP went to crazy town. It was during the George W. Bush presidency, and I watched as seemingly rational people responded to…

Project Censored (2020-11-10). Episode 114: Power Projects: The Houston Youth P.O.W.E.R. Research & Propwatch Projects with Dr. James Stancil and Mike Gordon. projectcensored.org Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that provides listeners with context and analysis about various critical and contemporary issues and topics. Hosted by Dr. Nolan Higdon, Dr. Dreadlocks…

MEE staff (2020-11-09). Alleged victims of torture target US assets of Libya's Khalifa Haftar in lawsuit. middleeasteye.net Alleged victims of torture target US assets of Libya's Khalifa Haftar in lawsuit | Plaintiffs are targeting assets worth millions of dollars owned by Haftar and his family as compensation for his alleged involvement in war crimes, WSJ reports | Mon, 11/09/2020 – 21: 57 | Most of the 17 Haftar-linked properties are owned by limited liability companies controlled by his son Okba Haftar (AFP/File photo) | New det…

Andrew Korybko (2020-11-09). Don't Fall for the Psyop! Biden's Not Officially the President-Elect, At Least Not Yet… globalresearch.ca A massive psyop was launched across the world after the Mainstream Media's "projection" that Biden will become the President-Elect deceived average folks and foreign governments alike into thinking that the US' contentious 2020 presidential election has finally concluded, but the …

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-11-09). Why Do People Believe Propaganda? Creating Submissively "Obedient Individuals" globalresearch.ca In his 1995 book The Demon-Haunted World Carl Sagan lamented as follows: | I have a foreboding of time when… awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even …

David Rosen (2020-11-09). How the U.S. Became an Inferior Communication Nation. progressive.org The Republican-controlled FCC has not only removed nearly all regulations but is allowing private companies to take over state utility wired networks.

Aaron Kesel (2020-11-09). Information War? Internet Archive to Rewrite History with Alerts for Sites that Have Been Fact Checked. globalresearch.ca According to an Archive.org This also includes "dead" web pages that were archived. The Internet Archive has started …

Alan MacLeod (2020-11-08). Media silence marks ongoing OPCW cover-up of Syria chemical weapons scandal. mronline.org "Clearly the U.S. and its allies do not want transparency and open debate about the OPCW Douma investigation, and one can only conclude that this is the case because they know full well that their claims cannot be substantiated. Smears and censorship are the only tactics they have left." — Propaganda Expert Piers Robinson…